Life in a small village with quiet mountains and quiet waters

107 - Small Courtyard

Gu Siwei followed Xu Congwen all the way down the alley. He originally thought that Xu Congwen lived in the same place as Qiao Yitong and Hu Yanqiu's. The difference was the size of the house, bungalows and tube buildings.

But what Gu Siwei didn't expect was that Xu Congwen didn't live in such a place. He seemed to live in a separate small courtyard, kind of like a quadrangle, but it wasn't a quadrangle. The wing room and the main room are also divided into two parts, and there is a wall in the middle, which looks as weird as it gets.

Xu Congwen saw curiosity in his eyes beating Gu Siwei, so he asked with a smile: "What's the matter, have you never seen such a house?"

"I've never seen it before. It's a bit like a courtyard house, but it's different. I can't tell what it feels like." Gu Siwei shook his head with a smile.

The courtyard wall of the courtyard is not high, only half of the pond, and there is still a large part of it through the air. Standing outside, you can see a corner of the small courtyard, so although you didn't enter the courtyard, Gu Siwei still took a good look at the small courtyard Eighty-eight.

Xu Congwen took out the key from his pocket, grabbed the lock on the door with one hand, raised the keyhole to face himself, and put the key in with the other hand.

With a click, the lock is unlocked, take the lock off, take the door nose off the knocker, and hang the lock on the knocker again.

Afterwards, Xu Congwen gently pushed the door, and the wooden door let out a slender creak and slowly opened.

"Go in and have a look if you are curious, there are no outsiders in my family." Xu Congwen pushed open the door and motioned for Gu Siwei to advance.

Gu Siwei declined for a while, then pulled Xu Congwen in first, and he followed Zhu Shiming, and entered the courtyard half a step slower than Zhu Shiming.

After entering the yard, I found that the yard is very beautiful. There are no trees in the yard, but flower pots are placed in every corner. Now the flowers in most of the flower pots are blooming. It can be said that a small yard is decorated It is colorful and colorful.

Most of the yard is covered with stone slabs, and some slates are still printed with patterns. The slates look a bit old, not like the work done in recent decades. It is even more impossible after the liberation. This is where the factory is built. , It’s not a nursing home, the bricks on the ground are still carved, this is not a big house built by local tyrants decades later.

"How about it?"

"It's very beautiful, and it looks interesting from the outside, but after entering, I found that Mr. Xu still understands life quite well," Gu Siwei said with a smile.

The courtyard is really beautiful, and exudes an elegant atmosphere. Gu Siwei also wants to make his small courtyard into this type, but unfortunately, he has no clue so far, and it looks tacky no matter how you look at it.

Xu Congwen laughed and said, "I know a shitty life. I didn't fiddle with these things. My wife did them when he was busy. I'm just a shopkeeper who throws his hands away."

"Then your wife is not here today? I really want to see her. I have a small courtyard myself, and I have always wanted to dress up, but no matter how I do it, I can't make it so elegant."

Gu Siwei looked at it, and then thought if there were people in the room, why should the door be locked?
Xu Congwen said: "She went to her son's side to help take care of her grandson, and I can't leave here. If you want to ask her about these flowers and plants, then you have to wait at least a month, and don't take care of the child until the full moon. My lover can't come back.

Let's not talk about this today, let's talk about drinking today, and we can only rest when we get drunk tonight, Xiao Gu, you have really helped us a lot."

After hearing this, Zhu Shiming said with disdain: "It sounds like you can drink very much. Xiao Gu, don't believe him. This person can drink three or two at most, and he will crawl on the ground if there is more."

Xu Congwen laughed and said: "Whether you climb or not, it's worth having a drink today when you meet Xiao Gu. Human nature is like a happy meeting with a friend!
By the way, if you don't mind, let me ask, Xiao Gu, who did you learn your mechanical knowledge from? "

Gu Siwei has pondered this question many times in his heart, just in case others ask it.

"I actually don't know about it. I was rescued by the folks in Shimo Village. It may have hurt my brain. Some of the previous things can be remembered, and some of them can't be remembered. I don't know what to do. Where do you come from, where do you want to go, but there are some things that seem to be imprinted in your mind, including this knowledge and things like playing with machines," Gu Siwei said.

"Is there still this?"

Zhu Shiming and Xu Congwen looked at each other, both thinking it was too strange.

The two of them had no doubts about him. If Liu Dezhu was here, they would definitely put Gu Siwei in the ranks of spies again, but Zhu Shiming and Xu Congwen knew that the young man in front of him had this level of knowledge, so it was impossible for him to be Jiang. The spies sent here, people of this level are sent to be spies, and the people sent there must have not developed their brains well.

Zhu Shiming and Xu Congwen asked a few questions, and Gu Siwei answered honestly.

"Your accent is really difficult to judge. It seems to be from Hebei, but there is a little bit of Jianghuai tone in it, and there are all kinds of them," Zhu Shiming said.

The Mandarin that Gu Siwei speaks now is really standard, even more standard than Xu Congwen and Zhu Shiming.Therefore, from the tone of the two people's speech, it is easy to distinguish the region.

"Speaking of the house, why did you mention Xiaogu again?" Zhu Shiming said with a smile.

Zhu Shiming felt that Gu Siwei definitely didn't want to answer these questions now, so he sympathetically changed the topic to the house.

Gu Siwei really doesn't mind other people mentioning this. He feels that he has made a good arrangement. Of course, if it is too difficult to answer, he doesn't mind rubbing his head and pretending to be in pain to show that he can't think about such questions.

This is the last trick, which can make Gu Siwei use this trick. Gu Siwei thinks it is unlikely that there is such a person. If others ask him, he can't do anything to him if he doesn't answer them.

Besides, Lao Gu is going to die of old age in Yinsongya and Hulugu, and the outside affairs are his business.

Hearing that his old friend was so innocent, Xu Congwen also understood, so he said to Gu Siwei: "Actually, this place used to be a temple."

"temple?"

This, Gu Siwei really didn't expect, who would have thought that Xu Congwen's family lived in the temple.

"I heard that it used to be quite big, but when our factory moved here, there was only such a big place left, and no one lived there. After cleaning it up, no one else dared to live in it. When I saw it, no one else dared to live in it. I volunteered to live in. We people don't care about these old gods, we are people of faith, so can we be afraid of this?

If there is, I'm not afraid, we can't protect the gods in China, I'm a bird, Xiaogu, do you think it makes sense? "

Xu Congwen seemed a little proud of this matter, and he was beaming when he talked to Gu Siwei.

Gu Siwei nodded with a smile, and Gu Siwei didn't care about it. No matter which temple he went to, he was not interested in worshiping these muddy wooden bodies, so he naturally felt that the old man Xu Congwen was more and more interested in him.

"Yes, quite right. I'm an atheist".

Having said that, Gu Siwei thought of the space, and suddenly felt a little guilty.

"Okay, let's go to the store. What are we going to eat tonight? Should we call someone over to make it or what should we say? Also, it's just the three of us, or should we call someone else?"

Zhu Shiming asked.

Xu Congwen said: "What are you asking so many people to do? Just the three of us have a good drink. The presence of others is a bit of a hindrance. As for cooking, I'm not good at it, and neither are you. Let's call the cook from the factory to come over and help. Well, it’s the same when you send it over.”

"Is there any food? If there is food, I will cook it?"

Gu Siwei asked.

Xu Congwen asked strangely: "Do you know how to cook?"

Gu Siwei said: "Ordinary home cooking is no problem."

Cook and eat by yourself, since only three people drink, then don't bother others, there are people busy while eating here, this meal is always almost meaningless.

Zhu Shiming laughed and said: "Then it's easy to handle, Xiao Gu, you can list out the dishes you need, and someone will send them over later. Then it will depend on your craftsmanship. Anyway, Lao Xu and I are a little bit different." No way, if we want to do it, we can only boil it in water, put it in our mouth when it is cooked, and don’t even think about it if it tastes bad.”

"Then try my craft?" Gu Siwei smiled.

"You have to try it. Seeing how confident you are, your craftsmanship must be good," Xu Congwen said.

In this way, Xu Congwen took the pen and paper to Gu Siwei, and Gu Siwei picked up the pen and asked again.

"What's in the cafeteria?"

"As long as it's not too biased, if you write about dragon meat, other ordinary people can eat and think of almost all of them, so just write it down," Xu Congwen said.

Gu Siwei thought for a while, and then began to make a list. There were only three people in total. Gu Siwei prepared four cold dishes and four hot dishes. Because it takes a long time to drink, Gu Siwei deliberately made more. Sometimes everyone chats while drinking, and it may take several hours. If there are only three or four dishes, it will definitely not work.

A very simple home-cooked dish, the cold dishes are peanuts, preserved egg tofu, tomatoes mixed with sugar and cucumbers that are now common.

The hot dishes are braised fish, shredded pork and green peppers, leek eggs and braised duck with bamboo shoots.

I didn't ask for much meat, lest others feel that they have never eaten meat.

Xu Congwen took the list, and seeing the weight and materials written on Gu Siwei, he opened his mouth and said: "I believe you can cook now, if you don't know how to cook, you will definitely not be able to make an example."

"I really will, I'm not bragging, and I'm doing a good job," Gu Siwei laughed.

Xu Congwen played the list, turned back to the house and called the cafeteria, and sent someone to deliver what Gu Siwei wanted.Gu Siwei and Zhu Shiming sat next to the small stone table in the yard, Zhu Shiming made tea, and everyone chatted while waiting for the tea.

The tea is good tea with a very fragrant taste. It was the first time for Gu Siwei to drink such a strong tea, and he couldn't help but take a second sip after one sip.

"How is it?" Zhu Shiming asked.

"It's fragrant, it's really fragrant," Gu Siwei said.

After hearing this, Zhu Shiming said: "Today is also a blessing from you. Usually, this old guy is reluctant to take it out. Just this half catty of tea has been hidden for more than a year, and the new tea has been hidden into mature tea."

At this time, Xu Congwen walked out of the room, heard this and asked, "What are you talking about me?"

"Talk about your tea," Zhu Shiming said.

"Oh, it's up to you, Xiao Gu, how about this tea?"

Xu Congwen sat down as he spoke, took the big tea mug on the table and squeezed a handful of tea leaves into the mug, then poured almost half a pot of water into the mug.

"Hey, you bastard who chews peonies, can you drink this tea like this? Do you think you can buy ten catties of tea for one dollar on the street...".

Xu Congwen was fine, but Zhu Shiming was so distressed.

"This seems to be my family's tea, right?" Xu Congwen wondered for a moment whether he remembered it wrong, and Lao Zhu brought the tea here.

Looking at the two old men, Gu Siwei was delighted: "Old boy, old boy, these two really look like two children when they get along."

Thinking of this, Gu Siwei suddenly thought that when he was their age, would he also have such a close friend by his side to fight around?

Gu Siwei felt that it seemed a bit difficult!

The two quarreled for a while, and everyone sat down to drink tea, drank and chatted on the machine, until a young man came and knocked on the door of Xu Congwen's house.

The young man came to deliver things, and the bicycle carried a large bag of things.

Gu Siwei opened the cloth bag and saw the problem at a glance, something was missing.

(End of this chapter)