Rebirth of the courtyard, the start is 80s

Chapter 5 Life is more than just a present
Cao Zhiqiang, who was in a sad mood, quickly pushed the car along the veranda to the door of his house, and immediately found that the window of the south room of the house had been opened.

This shows that the younger sister Cao Lili has come back from school.

Because after the death of cheap mother, Cao Zhiqiang lived in the relatively dark north room, and gave up the south room with a better orientation to his younger sister Cao Lili, so the south room is now Cao Lili's personal room.

The reason for this is that the East and West Wings here are separated from the South Wing, with a distance between them, and they are not connected together. Therefore, the south side of the East and West Wings can be exposed to the sun. .

When there was an earthquake, everyone was repairing the house. When the earthquake house was built, Cao Zhiqiang’s father took the opportunity to open a window on the south wall of the house, and added a south window, so there are windows on the west and south sides of the south room. It can be sunny, and the lighting is the best.

As for functions such as kitchen and living room, they are all in the earthquake room that was built at the beginning.

That is to say, the original two east wing rooms, because of the extension to the west and the addition of an earthquake room, the entire house has nearly doubled the area of ​​the original house, and the total area has reached [-] square meters, which has become a proper building. The three-bedroom apartment is quite good in other aspects except for lighting.

Now that the window in the south room is open, Cao Lili must be reading and doing homework in her room.

It is now approaching evening, and the sky is still very gloomy, so the indoor lighting at this time is not very good.

While reading and writing homework, you need sufficient light, otherwise it will be bad for your eyes, and you will not be able to read the textbook clearly.

Therefore, although it will be cold to open the window, it will allow more light to shine in, so that the electric light can be turned on less for a while, and more electricity can be saved.

Thinking of this, Cao Zhiqiang sighed faintly.

Speaking of which, since the death of cheap mother Lin Meili, or since Cao Zhiqiang crossed over.

In my impression, the unrelated younger sister Cao Lili has always been very shy and very taciturn.

She is obviously still a child, but now, apart from occasionally responding to Cao Zhiqiang, she usually keeps a straight face, expressionless and serious.

After Lin Meili died, now she has become more silent, basically does not communicate with other people, and is very shy of strangers, especially afraid of strange men touching her, she is not at all innocent and romantic like a child.

This performance made Cao Zhiqiang feel distressed and worried.

It's a pity that Cao Zhiqiang is not an expert in child psychology, and he is not good at coaxing children. He can only take care of her as best he can, especially if he does not lack her materially.

At the very least, she now eats meat every day, and drinks goat milk every day. She never lacks vegetables and fruits, and she is already much better than many of her peers.

Of course, this is only temporary. In the future, with more and more income, Cao Zhiqiang believes that Cao Lili's life will only get better.

As for blood relationship or something, that doesn't matter.

What's important is that although this younger sister is not stunning in appearance, and her appearance and figure are ordinary, but with her demeanor and expression, she looks very weak and helpless, and she seems to have a protective desire.

Raising this younger sister is much better than raising a cat in the previous life.

It's really strange, how could that Cao Zhiqiang from before be willing to look down on this younger sister and bully her in various ways?
This is obviously a cute product that should be held in the palm of your hand and taken good care of!
Forget it, that's all in the past!
Anyway, from now on, this cute girl's life will be guarded by me!

After thinking of this sentence suddenly, Cao Zhiqiang couldn't help but smile slightly.

Afterwards, without saying anything, he parked the car in the porch in front of his house. He didn't care about the contents of the car basket or the pork belly. Instead, he untied the rope on the back seat of the car, picked up the radio, and kicked the door open. Walked into the living room.

After entering the living room, I found that the stove had been lit, which must have been written by my sister.

This younger sister is really hardworking, I really have nothing to say.

Of course, doing so will also keep you warmer.

It is early spring now, and it has only been a few days since March in the Gregorian calendar.

At this time, the temperature in the capital is still quite low, which is the so-called late spring cold.

Especially in the morning and evening, although it is not below zero, it is quite cold.

Therefore, everyone in the courtyard still has to burn the stove in the house to keep warm at this time, or else they can't stand it.

The main body of the coal stove in Cao Zhiqiang’s house is in the earthquake room that was built privately before, but the chimney of the stove is T-shaped. There are two chimneys leading to the south room and the north room respectively, and then the smoke is exhausted from the roofs of these two rooms. .

In this way, the south house and the north house can also be slightly warmer.

This kind of heating structure using chimneys is definitely incomparable with heating methods such as heating and floor heating, but heating with chimneys is better than nothing.

The structure of the old courtyard house is like this, unless it undergoes major repairs and major changes, in terms of quality of life, it is really inferior to modern buildings.

After entering the room, Cao Zhiqiang felt the warmth in the room, and after smiling again, he put the tape recorder on the dining table in the living room, and began to unpack it.

He decided not to call his sister out and surprise her later.

Soon, he finished unpacking, then pulled the plug strip, plugged in the power, took out a tape, and loaded it into the tape recorder.

At this moment, there was a sudden bang outside, and a sudden thunder.

Immediately afterwards, there was a ticking sound, and a light rain began to fall.

Cao Zhiqiang stopped his hand and turned to look out the window.

"Good rain knows the season, when spring happens, it's a good omen."

With a slight smile, Cao Zhiqiang stopped playing the tape recorder.

Get up and go to the cabinet.

He opened the cabinet door and took out two tin jars and a small white porcelain jar.

Pour a little instant Panama Geisha coffee powder from a black ceramic jar and pour it into an enamel crock.

Pour a little of the instant Alpine goat milk powder from the white ceramic jar and pour it into the enamelled crock as well.

Then pour a little white sugar from another porcelain jar, and pour it into the enamel jar as well.

He looked around carefully, and when he found no one, he suddenly stretched out his hand, and as if by magic, he conjured a military kettle out of thin air.

Open the stopper of the military kettle, and there is scalding hot water inside.

I made a cup of strong coffee with hot water and took a deep breath.

The full aroma of coffee immediately lingers in the nose and chest.

Well, the reason for this is Cao Zhiqiang's impromptu idea.

After all, there is a guy who is very good at pretending, but the guy who overturned the car later said that.

Life is not just about living in front of you, but also poetry and distance.

There is no need for poetry and distant places, but a sense of ritual is also very necessary to live life.

Otherwise, how boring is life?

Just like now.

Accompanied by the first spring rain.

Drinking Panamanian Geisha coffee brewed with boiling Fiji water and mixed with Italian alpine goat's milk.

Using a domestic boutique tape recorder.

Listening to 80s Hong Kong and Taiwan pop music.

It’s very ceremonial, very bourgeois, and very flavorful!

Pretending to be seen by others is called pretending to be thirteen, or pretending to be a wolf with a big tail.

Do it for yourself, that's called knowing the fun and understanding life.

After nodding with a smile, Cao Zhiqiang, who was in a happy mood, lightly pressed the play button, and the recorder started to operate.

Soon, a melodious voice came from the stereo speakers:
who is knocking on my window

who is plucking the strings

that forgotten time

Gradually, rising out of my heart
……

Accompanied by the melodious "Forgotten Time".

There is also the sound of the dripping rain outside the house.

Cao Zhiqiang took a sip of the instant coffee brewed with Fijian water at 85 degrees Celsius, mixed with Italian Alpine ibex instant milk powder and Panama Geisha instant coffee powder.

After closing his eyes, Cao Zhiqiang sighed deeply.

The various things he has experienced after time travel.

It started with the sound of rain and music.

Quickly skip before your eyes like a fast-moving movie.

(End of this chapter)