National Tide 1980.

Chapter 633

From Kang Shuode's recollection of the past, Ning Weimin clearly understood the details of the old man's youthful life for the first time.

Knowing how he grew up under Mr. Song's care and care.

Knowing that they are masters and servants in name, but in essence they are masters and apprentices, father and son.

I know that in the old man's heart, he really regards Mr. Song as a noble person who has the grace of saving his life and rebuilding him.

Seeing the emotional part, Kang Shude even sighed and burst into tears.

Ning Weimin had to comfort him again and again so that the old man would not be overly excited.

But even so, Ning Weimin knew that the old man still had a lot of things hidden in his heart.

The basis is that whether he inquired about the Ma family or the situation of Mr. Song's family, Kang Shude knew everything about him and talked endlessly.

Like some Japanese lady is very beautiful, friendly, and has a good personality.

In the past, when I went out, I often wore kimonos, beautiful and colorful.

Her hair was tied up in a high bun, her face was wiped white, and she wore clogs, "tick-tick-tick", like a butterfly, attracting the attention of the servants in Ma's garden and passers-by at the door.

When leaving China and returning to China, the Japanese lady gave him special instructions, explaining that Mr. Song was sometimes hungry in the middle of the night and often needed something to eat, so he was asked to pay attention to make sure that Mr. Song's snack jar was never empty.

A good woman like this, if it wasn't for the war between the two countries, it can be said that there is no choice...

Or maybe Ma Huitang lived like a half-immortal in his later years, just like Jia Jing who devoted himself to cultivating immortality in Dream of the Red Chamber.

Not only did he set up a shed in the South Study Room where he lived, bought sheep, and drank goat milk every day to keep healthy, but he also fell in love with meditating with Taoist priests.

The Buddhist hall and the Temple of the God of Wealth in Majia Garden are also constantly burning incense, and at least ten catties of sesame oil must be added every day to burn the eternal lamp...

What else? The five-room rolling shed Xieshan building in the garden used to be the billiard hall of the Ma family.

The empty field under the billiard hall is also useful during the Winter Solstice.

Every year, servants come to pour water into ice, and when the ice is two or three inches thick, a huge artificial ice rink can be obtained.

When people slide on it, it has the same effect as the Taimiao Ice Rink.

At night, you can even continue to slide by the electric lights drawn from the billiard hall.

So not only the children are playing here in full swing, but also adults often join the skating team.

The people who live here are too addicted to ice skating...

Let's put it this way, maybe it's because people's mouths break when they get old.

Or maybe just say whatever comes to mind.

Anyway, no matter what Ning Weimin wanted to hear, he still didn't want to hear it.

It doesn't matter whether it's a mess or not.

Kang Shude took out everything in one go.

But as long as Ning Weimin asked about the situation of the Jiang family next door, for some reason, the old man responded very perfunctorily.

It is often enough to say a few words and make a general statement.

At the beginning, Ning Weimin didn't think much about it.

He thought it might be because Mr. Jiang and Mr. Song had a gap in occupation and status, and they were mixed in two circles.

In particular, Mrs. Song is Japanese, and she is born with a sense of distance, so the two families have less contact with each other.

But later, as Kang Shude recalled more and more about the old days, he gradually discovered something strange, and felt that this was not the case anymore.

The old man was obviously trying to avoid it on purpose, and he didn't want to talk too much about the people and things of the Jiang family.

You know, although the Jiang family and the Song family can't be said to be close to each other, after all, distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors.

Living with such a wall between each other, and they are all educated people, it is inevitable that entertainment and daily life will overlap.

Especially the Jiang family has two sons and two daughters, the eldest son is seven years older than Kang Shude, and the youngest daughter is actually the same age as Mr. Song's son.

Under such circumstances, even if the two adults do not deal with each other, how could the younger generations of the two families not be familiar with each other?Why not play together?

In fact, when it comes to the diet of the old days.Kang Shude unintentionally said that he was bald, revealing a very surprising situation.

The pagoda flower lazy dragon that the old man dared to make for Ning Weimin was actually the invention of the fourth lady of the Jiang family next door.

Moreover, it was made of the pagoda tree flowers from the pagoda tree to the west of Xiyin Pavilion in Ma's garden.

This is because the children of the Jiang family and the Song family used to imitate the adults when they were teenagers, meeting regularly and taking turns as hosts.

The host will take the initiative to prepare delicious food to entertain friends.

Because the meeting time is often on Sunday, it is called "Baitianhui".

Ning Weimin was naturally very interested in this party.

He really wanted to know more about how many tricks these young men and women made in those years, and wondered if there were any fantastic diets in this "Baitianhui".

But when he asked again, the old man was unwilling to say anything, just shook his head and remained silent.

What surprised Ning Weimin the most was that when the old man took him for a walk and finally walked through the corridor connecting the south wall, the old man was facing the moon door sealed by wooden boards in the east, motionless. , in a daze.

At that time, as soon as Ning Weimin walked out of the hall, he was attracted by the beautiful scenery in front of him.

Because I never expected that walking out from here would not be the main entrance of this small courtyard.

It is a garden with a large space, with passages all around, and connected to other courtyards.

In the four corners of the courtyard, there are one purple lilac and one white lilac, one Xifu crabapple and one pearl plum.

Now the lilacs are in full bloom, and the Xifu crabapple is even more tender green and bright red, very pleasing to the eye.

Especially the most amazing thing is that there is a pool in the courtyard, and there is a stone sculpture of a monkey holding an umbrella in the pool.

Although there is no water in the pool, there is still a lot of garbage.

However, the style of the stone carvings is very delicate and interesting, and it seems that after the water is stored, it can spray water upwards.

In addition, there is a group of rocks in the courtyard, faintly echoing the pool.

Seeing that there seemed to be words on the rock, vaguely the word "Shadow Pool", Ning Weimin wanted to ask Kang Shude, but he might as well turn around.

I found the old man standing in front of the moon gate, with his back turned to him, stroking the wooden boards that sealed the gate, and the description seemed a bit abnormal.

He couldn't help but walked over and asked, "Old man, what are you doing?"

Kang Shude actually ignored him.

Ning Weimin looked at the moon gate again. According to the direction, it should lead to the courtyard that the Jiang family rented in the past, but now this courtyard, together with the theater building of the Ma family, is owned by the "Ancient and Modern Culture Research Association" .

He thought the old man was thinking about the yard over there, so he had to say, "You, don't worry, don't worry about this yard being sealed today, we won't be able to see it for the time being, but it's the same if it's taken back a few days later. If you want Don’t worry about your apprentice, I’ll just wait, and sooner or later I’ll get you back the house over there. If you want me to say, let’s repair the house we got first, it’s more practical. What do you think?”

But I didn't expect that the old man just flickered and leaned forward...

Thanks to Ning Weimin who was standing behind the old man at this moment, with sharp eyesight and quick hands to support him, he was spared!

Finally, the old man didn't knock his head on the wood or fall to the ground.

Otherwise something will happen.

"Master, master, what's wrong with you? What's wrong with you?"

Ning Weimin hurriedly helped Kang Shude up, he didn't expect to see him even more surprised!
Because Kang Shude's complexion was pale, and he silently shed two lines of tears.

He couldn't help asking, "Old man, why are you doing this? Just... just for the moon gate? What's wrong with this gate?"

As a result, the old man's response was actually like this.

"Weimin...my...the biggest mistake in my life was to let someone down. You don't know, when I saw this door, my heart ached...39 years, this Moon Gate has been closed for 39 years..."

Ning Weimin suddenly had doubts in his heart.

What?Wasn't the moon gate sealed when the property was confiscated and Ma's garden was divided into three yards?
Live up to?Who is the old man talking about?
Is it Mr. Jiang?Or one of the Jiang family's children?
What's going on here?
…………

At this same moment, across the ocean in the United States, the time was still ten o'clock the night before.

In the "Huaixiangju" in Flushing, Queens, a Chinese lady was explaining an important matter to her son when the restaurant was about to proofread.

"I must get some Sophora japonica tomorrow, otherwise it will not be in season. Don't make any mistakes, you must have white Sophora japonica. Pink..."

"The pink one is poisonous." The middle-aged man snatched up the words, and at the same time smiled and walked over to massage his mother's shoulders.

"Mom, my son is no longer a child. I will never make such low-level mistakes again. I will drive to pick it early tomorrow morning, and I will send it to you at noon. It is guaranteed to be as white as jade, fresh and fragrant. Do you want me to do it tomorrow? ? Kneading dough is very hard..."

"No need, I'm not too old to make pasta. You have to be filial, so bring my grandson and granddaughter over and let's have a meal together at noon. Your foreign daughter-in-law, forget it... ..."

"Okay, actually Timmy and Annie miss their grandma too."

"What's Timmy and Annie's? It's ugly. Don't they have Chinese names?"

"Okay, it's Chongjie and Sunyun, okay?"

(End of this chapter)