National Tide 1980.

Chapter 1058
When he woke up, the ceiling was already illuminated by the dazzling light from outside.

The small wind blown by the electric fan in the room moved the curtains, and the blurred window frame moved with the light stream, like a slowly moving train, taking Ning Weimin far away.

He opened his eyes at this moment, feeling bored, and couldn't help but continue to lie on the bed in a daze.

The annual calendar hanging on the wall and being torn off every day shows that today is already the fourth day after he returned to China—July 1986, 7.

But he still didn't want to do anything serious.

Even in order not to be disturbed, even the BP machine left in the country has not been turned on.

So he didn't really wake up to take a shower until he woke up for another half an hour in a daze and found that it was already ten o'clock.

There is an old saying that "people who leave their hometowns are cheap", and this saying is absolutely true.

Once a person leaves the place where he was born and grew up, and arrives in a new place far away, he can neither understand the words nor know anything.

Inevitably, it will appear silly, just like lack of understanding.

When Ning Weimin was in Japan, he really felt this feeling.

Even if he has money in his hand, even if he is doing well, but because he has only a half-knowledge of language, culture, and customs, he is always afraid of making jokes in Tokyo.

Even though I am getting more and more used to it now, and my wealth is getting more and more rolling, but after all, I am still living abroad, wandering in a foreign land.

Then a person is always restrained, it is difficult to relax, and there is always a string in his heart, which keeps him alert forever.

But after returning home, it was completely different.

The string in his heart was loosened at once, and it was gone, and the pressure on his shoulders seemed to disappear out of thin air.

This is the only way to truly feel the long-lost relaxation and freedom, and to truly let yourself go.

Therefore, Ning Weimin also derived the second half of the sentence from the principle of "people leave their hometowns and are humble"-people return to their hometowns to be lazy.

After he came back, he still wanted to spend a few days lazily like a good-for-nothing, doing whatever he wanted without worrying about hard work.

I just like to wander around like an unemployed young man all day long, eating enough to stay in the dark.

Perhaps for most people, such a life without desires and desires will be regarded as worthless and without ambition, which is absolutely unacceptable.

But on the contrary, for a successful person like him who has just returned from abroad, the reverse is just a need for recuperation.

This is probably the truth that the more people lack something, the more they want it.

Of course, from the perspective of material conditions, the capital cannot catch up with Tokyo no matter what.

Especially the courtyards in Fan’er Hutong, even Ning Weimin’s staff dormitory remodeled with “Abato” in Japan can’t compare.

In addition, there is no dog days in the capital at this time, and without air conditioning, it is so hot that people can't wait to peel off their own skin.

But it is such a poor place, such a hot summer day when many families are crowded in a large courtyard.

But it has the simple happiness that only those born and bred in the alleys of the capital can appreciate, and the joy of life that requires a peaceful mind.

Yes, the weather was unbearably hot.

However, the unique way of spending summer in the capital makes such a scorching hot day much more wonderful.

First of all, this hot season is also the season with the greatest population happiness in the capital.

Not only red plums, jade plums, tiger carts, juicy peaches, Dasha fruits, and milk grapes are edible.

Besides fruits, there are also melons.

At this time, in the suburbs of Beijing, there are many kinds of watermelons alone.

What are "thrush", "black devil", "big three whites", "green three whites", "huapi melon", "jinpi melon", "pillow melon", "black bungee", "six tendon Son" and so on.

Some are white, some are green, some are black, some are yellow, some are white with white flesh, yellow flesh with sunspots, red flesh with sunspots, golden yellow with red flesh, or they are all in one piece, or the skin is distinct.

Similarly, the variety of cantaloupe is no less than that of watermelon, and the name is more vivid and interesting.

Like "white sheep horn honey" and "green horn" which are named after their shape.

"Han Sanbai", "Dashuibai", "White Gourd Crisp", "Lantern Red" and "Hanjin Zhui'er" are named after their colors.

There is also "Ha Toad Crisp", which is nicknamed "Old Man Le" for the sake of the elderly because of the difficulty of talking.

And because of the mouthfeel, it is often misunderstood by people in the opposite way, and is mistaken for the "face monkey" of "Old Man Le".

In addition, there are crispy melons and old cucumbers.

Although these two kinds of melons have no sweet taste, they can only be taken to quench their thirst.

But if you eat it cold, it also has a refreshing taste, which makes people feel good about the melon season.

To be honest, in Ning Weimin's personal experience, the capital city in summer can be compared to Huaguo Mountain.

It is not difficult to think that it is really necessary to rely on this side of water and soil to support the gods who only eat fresh fruits and do not touch fire.

And this kind of blessing is enough to make the Japanese envious, because even ordinary people in the capital can achieve fruit freedom.

In addition, there are wild fish and shrimp, crabs, lotus flowers, lotus leaves, water chestnuts, fresh lotus root and chicken head rice in Gaoliang River, Shichahai Lake and Tongzi River.

As long as you know how to water and are good at fishing, no matter adults or children, you can take it by yourself.

Completely natural, green and pollution-free.

It is no exaggeration to say that the summer heat in the capital can be cooled by at least one-third by these seasonal fresh products.

Of course, summer meals may be simpler due to the heat, but these fresh products can basically make up for people's loss in meat.

In Courtyard No. 2, I often hear people say, "It's so hot that I don't want to eat anything, so I don't have to do anything at noon today, just wash some melons and fruits, get some fresh garlic, and have a bowl of noodles with fried sauce. "

The eldest grandchildren of the Luo family and the Bian family are already in kindergarten, and even these two furry children have made bold statements similar to Sun Dasheng.

"If you want to eat three hundred peaches a day, if you don't eat, I will do it!"

"Yes, if it's that big and red peach, you won't eat it if you don't eat it!"

So it doesn't make people feel wronged.

Maybe it seems a bit bland, but there are "boiled peanuts" and "boiled edamame" to adjust the taste.

Especially for someone like Ning Weimin who is taking advantage of money in his pocket, he can go for a walk in the non-staple food store again.

Cut some garlic sausages and powder sausages, get some bone meat, preserved eggs and peanuts, and it will be enough to appease the gluttons.

If some hawkers selling donkey meat from the outskirts of Beijing come to the city and wander into the alleys and sell them again, there will be extra food.

Anyway, Ning Weimin didn't spare any money, so he had to buy a few catties, cut them into thin slices, rolled them into pancakes, and served them with spring onion dipping sauce to feast on.

In the end, take a ten thousand step back and talk about it, there is still a big wine tank opened by Kang Shuode to support the bottom.

Different from winter, the business of Kang Shude and Zhang Dashao also has seasonal food unique to summer in summer.

The wine is filled with iced bamboo leaf green and Yinchen wine.

Side dishes include peas and kidney beans boiled with peppercorns, fried small river prawns, and tofu mixed with Chinese toon.

With these, a bowl of sliced ​​noodles or rotten meat noodles is a hearty meal.

The most amazing thing is that "Zhang Dashao" has added Bing Wan'er, which is the only one in the big wine tank, and has no other branches.

This is to imitate the practice of "Huixian Hall" on the Shichahai Sea, one of the Eight Great Halls in the capital.

Use a large bowl of crystal ice, covered with a green lotus leaf, on which are supported muskmelon, fresh water chestnut, fresh walnut, fresh almond, fresh lotus root, lotus seeds with core removed, then paired with fresh hazelnuts and candied fruit, and finally sprinkled Add some honey water and sweet-scented osmanthus sauce.

This dish of wine is not only fragrant, fresh, clear, and cool, but also the dazzling colors of these fresh ingredients are enough to make people get rid of the heat and move their index fingers.

The key point is that it also has a nice and auspicious name called "cornucopia".

That's nothing to say, this Ning Weimin opened his eyes while enjoying the beauty, so he learned another skill.

I plan to list this Bing Wan'er on the summer menu of Tangong Restaurant in the future.

At least he can be sure that the little devil will definitely follow this.

In addition, you have to talk about it.

In this year's capital city, backwardness also has its advantages. At least in terms of the environment, there is no greenhouse effect.

This led to the fact that even in the dog days when the sky was on fire, there was a steamer on the ground, and there was nowhere to hide, the capital was still quite cool this morning and night.

Even though the houses in Dazayuan are simple and without air-conditioning, most of the time, people can sleep peacefully.

So even if it is a poor person, it is not too difficult, and they can still feel the loveliness of Xia Tian.

For example, if you get up early, open the door every morning.

People in the yard came out to wash up, and they could see the morning glories that Uncle Bian had planted in the yard.

Blue, white, red, with dew, upturned bell mouth with stamens, and sometimes there may even be a red dragonfly on these flowers, how pleasing to look at?

Even if Ning Weimin didn't have the habit of getting up early, he could hide in the Temple of Heaven Park to cool off when the sun was too high and the house was too hot to stay.

There are the most thousand-year-old trees, green pines and cypresses, which are the best summer resorts that can be found in the capital in summer.

The temples there are very tall and deep, and there is always a slight breeze.

In particular, Ning Weimin personally accumulated blessings for himself.

The summer book fair facilitated by him, the second-hand goods market at the entrance of the Zhai Palace, the zoo outside the West Tianmen, and the new tea shed inside the East Tianmen are all good pastimes.

Go to the book market to buy a few books, go to the zoo to feed the deer, and go to the food stall at the gate of the Zhai Palace to fill up when you are hungry.

When you are tired, go to the tea shed to make a pot of tea, sit under the shade of a tree, eat sour plum cake, ask for a plate of melon seeds and peanuts, and listen to a few books.

He can live a good life without revealing his identity at all.

When the sun was westward, he walked back slowly, buying some food to fill his stomach at night on the way back.

The two children in the courtyard are always under the big pagoda tree at the door, picking pagoda flowers while waiting for the adults in the courtyard to come back.

Ning Weimin loves to tease the two children, and likes their cleverness.

So almost every day I have to bring back a few pieces of sugar, one or two pieces of pea yellow, or beef jerky to share with them.

Sometimes by coincidence, maybe at this time, there will be a grasshopper seller or a little goldfish seller in the alley.

If he catches up, Ning Weimin will definitely call the peddler over.

For the greedy children who dare not ask the adults for money, buy two grasshoppers, or a few small fish with golden silk grass.

Since he is an uncle, he should act like an uncle.

It's not easy to let the two children of the neighbor's family have one "uncle" and call him for nothing every day, right?
After entering the door at this time, there is shade under the west wall, and Ning Weimin will move a small stool and sit under the jujube tree, sipping mung bean soup or sour plum soup from a neighbor's house, listening to the evening music. Storytelling broadcast.

To be honest, since Kang Shude seldom ate at home after he got a business, Ning Weimin had a higher degree of freedom for dinner.

Instead of going to the big wine tank to join in the fun with the master, he would stay in the courtyard and share a table with the neighbors.

The food and drink at the neighbor's house may just be tofu mixed with toon, or pickled cucumber with shallots, which is far less good than the meat dishes brought back by Ning Weimin.

But Ning Weimin is never picky, never sees outsiders.

What he wanted was the excitement, affection, and the warmth of neighbors as if they were family.

After dinner, it’s often not dark yet, so the most enjoyable and relaxing summer session begins.

The habit of enjoying the cool air in the capital has a long history, but there is a difference between children and adults.

Children, especially boys, after meals or before going to bed, must have something for the adults in the family to "shine the spine".

This kind of shower is different from bathing, and there is no need to throw people into the big wooden basin of "two his mothers" for scrubbing.

There is no need for a bathroom, and you don't even have to take off your pants.

All you need to do is to let the child who is taking a shower take off his shirt, stand directly in the courtyard, catch the water with a ladle or a washbasin, and it will be cool after such a shower!

If you are particular about it, you need to wash it with soap, and if you are not particular about it, just rinse it casually, and you will be able to sweat off your body without getting prickly heat.

And these waters also washed the ground in the courtyard clean, and the heat was removed, which absolutely killed two birds with one stone.

As for the adults in the courtyard, those who don’t have to take care of their children will often move out benches, summer mats or bamboo deck chairs from home and sit under the grape vine trellis or loofah trellis in the courtyard.

Everyone drank jasmine tea, ate melons, fruits and bean beans brought out by each family, and listened to the old people shaking cattail fans from each family talking about ancient times.

Being able to sit until past ten o'clock in the evening, enjoying the cool breeze in the courtyard, smelling the fragrance of tuberose flowers in the courtyard, and listening to the sound of oil gourds in the courtyard, how pleasant and pleasant it is.

That's not counting. In addition, the alley outside the courtyard gate is a wider communication platform and a larger-scale social place.

If you don’t want to stay in the courtyard, you can take a bench or a horse and gather in the open space of the street, chatting with neighbors in other courtyards in the whole alley, or take advantage of the dim street lights Light, play chess, play cards.

The naughtiest boys actually like to hang out with the adults at this time, listen to all kinds of social rumors, learn from others, and learn from others.

Think about it, how can Ning Weimin be willing to live with such a down-to-earth and fun life?

To be honest, sometimes he really envies these ordinary people.

If he could, he really wished he could go on leisurely like them.

(End of this chapter)