Era: Craftsmen in the Siheyuan

Chapter 12
There is a saying that Sijiu City is "nine inside, seven outside, seven emperors, four, nine gates, eight o'clock and one o'clock".

The busiest street is from Qianmen Street to Wangfujing, with shops lined on both sides of the street and plaques hanging high!
Xinhua Bookstore, photo studio, etc. are all here.

The more famous gourmet restaurants, Roast Duck Restaurant, Wufangzhai and Donglaishun are still famous in future generations.

The cinema was crowded, but the entrance to the Peking Opera poster was relatively deserted.

Compared with the price of a movie ticket, which costs [-] cents or [-] cents, watching a Peking Opera performance is much more expensive.

In particular, the top four opera tickets in Beijing cost [-] yuan, a single person costs [-] yuan, and a small group costs [-] cents. It is not something that ordinary people can afford!
Xu Deyong didn't stop. He was riding a tricycle as if he were outside, watching the scenery, and it felt like watching an old film!

When he arrived near the overpass, the hustle and bustle of the market and the breath of life came to his face.

"Robert with a red heart, Robert with a green heart, crunchy!"

"Grind... scissors... kitchen knife..."

……

The authentic Beijing accent is full of vitality.

In the market, there are also street performers, Peking Opera, Hebei Bangzi, puppet shows, cross talk, shirtless old people playing sticks, little children doing somersaults, monkey performers, medicine sellers...

Countless people make up this picture full of characteristics of the times.

Xu Deyong felt extremely small in it!
Under the rolling torrent of the times, even if he is a time traveler, he can only drift with the flow, and at most he can warm the people around him.

Any more, and they will be smashed to pieces by the torrent!

"Tricycle, tricycle...!"

The greetings from passers-by seemed to pull him from outside the painting into the painting. Xu Deyong responded loudly, "Come on," and pedaled over.

Like a drop of water blending into a river.

It turns out that he is already in it!
……

Xu Deyong walked back to the alley through the night.

Today I left late, came back early, and wandered around again, but there were more customers than usual, so I made [-] cents.

"Deyong is back!"

"Deyong came back very early today."

"Brother Deyong..."

"Brother Deyong...!"

……

Neighbors who usually didn't say hello to him all laughed.

Xu Deyong's pupils moved slightly, and he responded with a few words with a smile.

When you are strong, the whole world seems to be in harmony!
When he arrived at the entrance of the courtyard where he lived, a group of half-grown men might have been waiting for him. When they saw him coming back, they immediately gathered around him.

"Brother Deyong, let me lift the car for you."

"Brother Deyong, you have been pedaling all day. Take a rest and I will carry you."

……

A group of boys took the tricycle away from him, and those who didn't know better thought it was a robbery!

Xu Deyong smiled, feeling relaxed and happy. He walked to the place where the car was parked, took out the key, and locked it while saying: "It is said that people must ask for something when they are polite. What are you doing?"

Everyone looked at each other, scratching their heads and giggling.

Xu Deyong stood up after locking himself up and said, "If you don't tell me, then I'll go home for dinner."

Yan Jiecheng couldn't hold himself any longer and said quickly: "Brother Deyong, we want to learn how to repair radios from you."

"Xu Damao said you can do it yourself, and we want to learn too!"

……

As soon as the chat box was opened, everyone started talking about it.

Xu Deyong was not in a hurry. After they finished speaking, he said calmly: "You can learn..."

Everyone looked happy, and before their smiles dissipated, they heard Xu Deyong continue: "Do you know the basic knowledge about radios?"

"Do you have money to buy tools?"

"Do you have money to buy components?"

A three-hit combo, the expressions on the faces of this group of young and middle-aged men all froze.

Want money...nothing!
Xu Deyong was afraid of shocking them, so he said: "The book has its own golden house, and the book has its own beauty. As long as you are a good student, it is not a problem to buy an external radio with a light after work."

The concept of three good students was proposed in these two years.

This year, "good health, good homework, and good conduct" has been officially written into the student code of conduct. Students striving to be three good students will become a slogan in everyone's mouth.

"Ah, that will take a long time!"

"I'm not good at studying!"

"I can't study well either!"

……

Yes, they are all a bunch of hardcore people. Except for Liu Guangqi, the eldest son of the Liu family, who was admitted to a technical secondary school after the new year, none of them have any future.Xu Deyong didn't bother to say anymore, he was just a 'brother', not a father!
"Okay, let's all disperse!" Xu Deyong waved his hand and left.

The young men looked at each other, and someone suddenly said: "I remember that Brother Deyong didn't study much, right?"

"Seems to be!"

"Then how come he knows so much?"

"You ask me, who am I going to ask?"

Yes, let’s go home for dinner!

A group of friends left in dismay.

Xu Deyong returned home, but unexpectedly found that there was someone else at home.

When Xu Nanshi saw him coming back, she introduced him: "Deyong, this is your Aunt Wang. She also has an old-fashioned clock at home. I want to ask if you can repair it?"

Xu Deyong smiled and said: "Aunt Wang, if this can be repaired, I have to take it apart and take it apart to have a look before I can draw a conclusion. If I say it in vain, if I say directly that it can be repaired, wouldn't that be coaxing you!"

Aunt Wang said with a smile: "What De Yong said is right. Then I will go back and pick up the things and bring them over tomorrow. If it can be repaired, I won't let you work in vain. You can pay as much as you need."

"It's possible, but I can't guarantee whether it can be repaired." Xu Deyong said.

"Of course." Aunt Wang said, "Auntie is not an ignorant person."

"Also." Xu Deyong said with a thought: "I have something to say at the beginning. If it is repaired, it is just a matter of mutual help between neighbors, not a transaction. I help, and you can give me a 'thank you'."

He added a little more emphasis to the word 'thank you'.

"Aren't they all the same?" Aunt Wang said indifferently.

Xu Deyong said: "The result is the same, but the explanation is different and the nature is different. Don't say too much to the outside world. If others ask you, just say so, otherwise I will not repair your clock."

"Okay, I'll do as you say. If someone asks me, I won't even tell you how much it will cost!" Aunt Wang thought Xu Deyong had other ideas and agreed readily.

After chatting with Xu Nanshi for a while, Aunt Wang said goodbye and left.

Xu Nan took a taste and said: "Xiaoyong, if you repair things for others, will you be said to be speculative?"

Xu Deyong said: "Who knows, but it's not wrong to be careful."

Xu Nanshi nodded and said, "Indeed, I will talk about it later when I see Aunt Wang."

"Then how much should we charge later?" Xu Nanshi struggled again: "If we charge too much, I'm afraid it will be difficult for the neighbors!"

Xu Deyong smiled and said: "You don't have to worry about this matter. In short, it's cheaper for me to repair it outside."

Xu Nanshi said a little unwillingly: "We can't make peace in vain, we can't lose too much."

Xu Deyong said: "Okay, don't worry about it anymore. My grandson is already hungry."

Xu Nanshi said quickly: "Oh, I have been chatting with your Aunt Wang and forgot to cook. Let's eat pork and cabbage tonight."

Xu Deyong sighed after hearing this and said: "Put more lard!"

The vegetables cost only a few cents per pound, and grandma would not hesitate to buy them. In addition, there are very few vegetables in winter. Cabbage is a 'winter storage vegetable', so every household must prepare a lot of it, but they cannot eat it every day.

This is not like later generations, where there are greenhouses everywhere.

After dinner, Xu Nan finally had an entertainment project: the opera box!

Xu Nanshi also asked Xu Deyong if he wanted to listen for a while.

Xu Deyong has heard everything he should and shouldn't hear, so how can he take up the old lady's entertainment time!

So the old lady smiled and went back to the cubicle to listen. There was a Peking Opera broadcast in the evening.

Not to mention, the old lady wore "retro" headphones on her head, which gave her a bit of a fashionable geriatric disco vibe.

……

Another page in the old almanac has been turned!
Xu Deyong opened his eyes in the dimness, and was stunned for a moment as usual. He heard the "tick-tock" sound of the clock in his ears, and he almost fell asleep again when he heard the sound.

Xu Nanshi still got up without knowing when, as if she had endless things to do.

It was too painful to get up in the winter. Xu Deyong cheered himself up, threw off the quilt, and got up to get dressed. What stood out was that he was a "fast" man.

As long as he is fast enough, the body temperature will not dissipate!

Seeing this, Xu Nan couldn't help laughing and said, "You are so grown up, why do you still look like a hairy monkey?"

Xu Deyong gasped and said, "This stove is too small. Next winter, I will give you a bigger one to keep the room warm."

Xu Nanshi rolled her eyes at him and said angrily: "The stove is too big to burn more coal. People are cold but they won't freeze. You just don't know how to live."

"Okay, whatever you say makes sense, right?" Xu Deyong said, putting on his shoes.

Xu Nanshi said as if it was a matter of course: "It makes sense."

Xu Deyong came to the door, stretched his body, punched and kicked, vigorously.

While playing, he thought about opening today's blind box.

"Snapped."

A long bar falls into the blind box space.

(End of this chapter)