Rebirth of the courtyard, the start is 80s

After leaving Uncle Lin, Cao Zhiqiang, still wearing a mask and a coat, took a jeep and quietly arrived at the junction of Deshengmennei Street and Dongming Hutong.

After getting out of the car and nodding goodbye to the middle-aged man who had been with him since the old Guangzhou Baiyun Airport, the middle-aged man who had never said his name so far stepped on the accelerator and drove away.

Seeing the other party driving away, Cao Zhiqiang touched his chin, looked at Dongming Hutong not far away, and smiled silently.

Sure enough, Uncle Lin knew something about him, so when he was sent here, he was sent here.

It was obvious that Uncle Lin regarded the house over Houhai, which was Wu Qinghong's address, as his home.

But in fact, Cao Zhiqiang doesn't feel that he has a sense of belonging there, nor does he feel that it is his home.

Strictly speaking, his home in the capital is still the old courtyard house, after all, he is most familiar with it there.

But since Cao Zhiqiang moved out and bought the entire west courtyard of the old courtyard, renovated it and gave it to his sister, he actually has little to do with it there.

Later, although Cao Zhiqiang also bought many courtyard houses in the capital, he did not live in those places permanently.

After Cao Zhiqiang moved out of the courtyard, he actually lived in hotels most of the time, mainly Jianguo Hotel.

Uncle Lin should know this, but he still asked someone to send him here. It seems that he really wants him to meet his relatives, especially his lover.

After all, on the surface, Cao Zhiqiang's real girlfriend is Wu Qinghong.

Even if strictly speaking, Wu Qinghong's time with Cao Zhiqiang is not longer than that of other women, but the status is there after all.

After taking off his mask and exhaling cold air, Cao Zhiqiang looked at the snow around him, smiled softly, and then walked towards the courtyard on the other side of Houhai.

Well, it has indeed snowed here in the capital. Although it is not convenient and the road is a bit slippery, it feels much better.

Sure enough, the capital is suitable for snow. Once it snows, the old capital will look much more beautiful, with a touch of poetry and history.

After walking for a while with his backpack on his back, Cao Zhiqiang arrived at the gate of the house where Wu Qinghong lived.

He went up and knocked on the door. Not long after, the door opened.

However, what caught his eye was not Wu Qinghong, but an unexpected woman.

"Ah, Brother Cao? Is that you?" After the woman was stunned, she immediately shouted in surprise, "Sister Qinghong, Sister Zhenzhen, come quickly, Brother Cao is back!"

Well, Cao Zhiqiang finally remembered that this was a girl he brought back from Jinling before. She was the youngest daughter of Director Wang of Jinling Yuhong Machinery Factory, named Wang Xiaohong.

When Cao Zhiqiang was in Jinling, thanks to the care of Factory Director Wang, he later launched a so-called cooperative project with Director Wang.

Among them, Wang Xiaohong was the liaison officer sent by Factory Director Wang, or simply asked Cao Zhiqiang to arrange a good job for Wang Xiaohong.

Although Factory Director Wang can arrange work for Wang Xiaohong in Jinling, no matter how good Jinling is, it is still not as good as the capital.

Only by coming to the capital can we have the possibility to go further.

What's more, Cao Zhiqiang had drawn so many cakes for Factory Director Wang before, so he would be a little worried if he didn't send someone from his family to watch over them.

However, after Cao Zhiqiang brought Wang Xiaohong over and arranged his residence and work, he basically stopped asking questions.

Unexpectedly, at this time, Wang Xiaohong is still living here.

Just when Cao Zhiqiang was still reminiscing about the past, a burst of chaotic footsteps came.

Soon, Wu Qinghong and Gu Zhenzhen, wearing cotton-padded jackets, appeared at the gate together and saw Cao Zhiqiang at the same time.

"Hi, Qinghong!" Cao Zhiqiang smiled and waved his hand first, and said hello to Wu Qinghong, "I'm back."

Wu Qinghong's eyes turned red immediately, and she rushed over with tears streaming down her face, and hugged Cao Zhiqiang: "Zhiqiang, you are so good, you are finally back, woo woo woo..."

No wonder Wu Qinghong was so excited, it was because Cao Zhiqiang had been away for too long.

Although strictly speaking, Cao Zhiqiang's absence was not long, only a few months.

But for Wu Qinghong, who is in love and has no other relatives in the capital, these past few months have been so long that it makes people crazy.

Fortunately, Wu Qinghong is now a college student and still has to go to school. In addition, there are good friends Gu Zhenzhen and newcomer Wang Xiaohong as companions in the courtyard, which can relieve some loneliness.

In other words, when Cao Zhiqiang did not show up, Wu Qinghong actually performed well, and there was no problem.

But once Cao Zhiqiang appeared, the attachment and uneasiness hidden in his heart immediately burst out.

In the final analysis, Wu Qinghong's heart is very weak, far not as strong as her appearance.

[Ding, a high-quality woman who meets the storage conditions has been detected within ten meters of you. 】

[Target locked—Wu Qinghong! 】

[Excuse me, do you want to bind Wu Qinghong to become your love angel reserve? 】

Cao Zhiqiang was not surprised when he saw these system subtitles that suddenly appeared.

After all, with Wu Qinghong's beauty, it is only natural that she would be chosen as the Angel of Love.

After choosing binding, the system subtitles changed again.

[Name: Wu Qinghong]

[Comprehensive score: 92.8 points]

[Favorability: 93 points]

[Current total love fund: 666 billion US dollars]

Seeing this, Cao Zhiqiang raised his eyebrows and called him a good guy.

The favorability score is actually as high as 93 points. This is Cao Zhiqiang's highest favorability score among all the women currently, even higher than the pregnant Zhu Lin.

Of course, the overall score is much worse than Zhu Lin, and only slightly higher than Akina Nakamori.

This is understandable.

Although in Cao Zhiqiang's mind, Wu Qinghong is more beautiful than Nakamori Akina.

But Akina Nakamori is a star. With the star bonus, overall, she is definitely better than Wu Qinghong.

I believe that if Wu Qinghong becomes famous or influential enough in the future, her score can be improved even more.

This is the total amount of the love fund. I don’t know how it is calculated.

Although Wu Qinghong’s love fund pool is currently the highest, reaching 666 billion US dollars.

But her overall score is not high.

Is it also related to favorability?

Forget it, don’t think about it anymore, let’s reminisce about old times first.

Thinking of this, Cao Zhiqiang came back to his senses and patted Wu Qinghong's back gently: "Okay, Qinghong, don't cry. I'm back. It's time to be happy. If you cry, you won't be beautiful. What's more, , and there are so many people watching.”

Wu Qinghong then let go of her hand and left Cao Zhiqiang's arms. She wiped her tears with some embarrassment and said, "I'm sorry, I lost my composure."

"Qinghong." Gu Zhenzhen smiled and smoothed things over, "It's cold outside. Let Brother Cao come in quickly. It'll be warm inside. If you want to reminisce about old times, let's talk in the room."

"Yes, yes." Wu Qinghong smiled and nodded quickly, "Zhiqiang, let's go into the house and chat." Cao Zhiqiang nodded and followed Wu Qinghong and others through the door.

When Cao Zhiqiang just entered the door and was thinking about going back and closing the door, who knew that Wang Xiaohong quickly closed the door and then looked at Cao Zhiqiang and laughed.

Seeing her expression of watching the show, Cao Zhiqiang was speechless for a while.

Sighing, Cao Zhiqiang said: "Since we are all here, let's go into the house and chat together."

"Okay, okay." Wang Xiaohong chuckled, "I have admired Brother Cao for a long time. This time, Brother Cao has been abroad for so long and made our movie popular there. He must be very powerful. I also want to Do you know Brother Cao’s experience in Japan?”

Cao Zhiqiang was stunned for a moment, then smiled.

He understood that the news about him in China was mainly due to the movie "Love in the Rain".

As for his being a singer in Japan, not many people here know about it.

This is normal. After all, this is not the era of the Internet yet. News from Japan and China is actually not smooth.

Some things that happened in Japan are not known here at all.

In the same way, Japan does not know about some things that happen in China.

Both parties have little understanding of each other, and both understand each other through a few words, which leads to many deviations.

For example, Masashi Sada at the time, his understanding of China was that China had a vast land, abundant resources, and beautiful scenery, but he was very hostile to the Japanese.

After the results came, I found that it was actually different from what I thought. At least the people here no longer hated the Japanese, and even envied them.

This is of course related to publicity.

After all, this is the period of friendship between China and Japan, and both sides are sparing no effort to promote friendship.

Because of this, many people have listened to the government's propaganda.

There is no other way. At this time, the common people still believe in the propaganda of the central government.

What's more, some previously imported Japanese movies have given the domestic people a little glimpse into Japan's modern life, and they are quite envious of other people's society.

Not to mention, there are still a large number of public intellectuals in China who advocate Japan, and they even boast about Japan.

There are many newspapers and magazines with short stories about Japan.

He was praised for being clean, polite, humble and courteous, repaying kindness, and so on.

This kind of publicity, coupled with the fact that Japan's economy at this time was indeed good, it was a developed country, and there were many useful Japanese products in the country, which of course made many people envious.

It can be said that many young people in the 1980s, those born in the 1960s like Cao Zhiqiang, actually admired foreign things, especially Japan.

This is not their own problem, it is society's problem.

Of course, as national power increases, sooner or later there will be divisions among these people.

A large number of people will repent and change from the original admiration for foreign countries to the so-called little pink.

There is also a small group of people who will become even more hysterical and worship foreign countries to death. They do not recognize the progress of the country or the ugliness and decline of the Western world.

All I can say is that stereotypes are like a big mountain. Once planted, they cannot be easily changed.

And the more educated those born in the 1960s are, the easier it is for them to fall into the whirlpool of blind worship of the West.

On the contrary, it is easy for those lower-class people with low education and low background to turn around.

Although Cao Zhiqiang is also born in the 1960s, he is still recognized as a great poet and musician in China, and he is also a recognized intellectual.

But in his heart, Cao Zhiqiang is a post-1995 generation.

The generation in his previous life has been in the country's rising stage since he was born. By the time he reached middle school, it was also a period when he began to establish his three outlooks. The country was already very strong, and in terms of the world's economy, it was already the second largest in the world.

Therefore, people of their generation have a deep-seated pride and recognition of the country, and most of them also have a deep-seated self-confidence.

Since then, even though there are still many problems in the country, and even though many parts of the country have been inferior to the West for a long time, the gap has been clearly visible, and many places have actually surpassed the West long ago.

For example, before Cao Zhiqiang traveled through time, the country's economic, military and technological strength could already compete with the United States, making it a true hegemonic country.

With such an obvious fact, how can Cao Zhiqiang stop admiring foreign things and flatter foreigners?

Of course, at that time, there were indeed some little fairies who always preached how wonderful foreign countries were, but they were a minority after all, and most of those so-called fairies were influenced by their families and brainwashed by their parents.

Think about it, most of the parents of those people were born in the 1960s, and most of them were high-level intellectuals who admired foreign things. They were among the group of people who benefited from the reform. Otherwise, they would not have had the opportunity to go abroad or send their children abroad.

If you want to go abroad or send your children abroad, you must have the ability. If you don’t have the ability, you can’t go abroad.

If these people are in that kind of family environment, you can only imagine what will happen to them.

Especially those little fairies who are insensitive to national affairs and political economy. They don’t know the basic facts. They only see some good things in the West one-sidedly, and think that the West is good and the country is not good. In fact, they are still divorced in essence. Reality, unclear understanding, and just wanting to show off.

When they receive some kind of severe beating and know it hurts, they will restrain themselves or continue to be stubborn to the end.

There are countless similar examples. Cao Zhiqiang was so tired of looking at them that he didn't even bother to complain.

Therefore, although Cao Zhiqiang is now a full-fledged post-60s generation, he is actually completely different from other post-60s generation.

His patriotism, as well as his trust and support for the country, are also incomprehensible to other people born in the 1960s or even the 1950s.

On the contrary, it is people like Uncle Lin who came from the war period, saw the poor and weak country, and felt the dedication to the country from the bottom of their hearts, who can somewhat resonate with Cao Zhiqiang.

But this resonance is only a small part, and the essence is different.

The patriotism of people like Uncle Lin and Uncle Xu is a kind of tragic and indignant patriotism, a kind of patriotism that understands shame and then becomes brave.

They only saw the country's weakness, but not its strength and aggressiveness.

But Cao Zhiqiang has seen all of these things.

So in terms of self-confidence, Cao Zhiqiang is far better than people like Uncle Lin.

In fact, Cao Zhiqiang still has the temperament of a great power, and he always unconsciously regards his motherland as a great power. This is something that other people at the same time would never expect and cannot understand.

Yes, when did China become a great power?

This is simply impossible!

Perhaps because of this, although Cao Zhiqiang has been in this world for so many years, he has always felt a little out of tune with this world and seemed to be unable to get along with everyone.

Even though Cao Zhiqiang has had many women and met many people since he came here, he has no one who can truly be called a confidant.

Alas, where can I find a close friend at the end of the world? It’s hard to find a close friend. It’s hard to find a close friend.

I don’t know if I can find a close friend of the same age in this world.

Huh? It seems that there is a person who seems to be able to understand himself and seems to know his true thoughts.

But she...

Forget it, maybe that's just an illusion, it shouldn't be possible.