I am a cripple in the Siheyuan. Who am I afraid of?

Chapter 3 The Siheyuan at this time

This alley looks dusty and a bit old, but it is relatively wide, probably big enough for two cars.

There are two rows of thick old locust trees planted against the house walls on both sides of the lane. They look very old. Like the house walls on both sides, they have weathered the weather.The walls of the house are covered with revolutionary slogans and slogans that are characteristic of the times, giving this somewhat gloomy alley more vitality of the times.

Song Wu stood at the gate of the courtyard and looked at the gatehouse carefully.

"The gate of this courtyard is not small. It seems that this courtyard has a big background."

Song Wu gently touched the painted door frame with his hand, stepped over the threshold and entered the courtyard. He looked up and saw that the original carving patterns on the screen wall opposite had disappeared, leaving only the repainted white wall and some already attached to it. The word "福" in black letters on faded red paper.The Moon Gate on the right was tightly closed and locked. Seeing it, Song Wu's heart moved and he exited the yard again.

He came to the reverse room that had been converted into a facade room to the east of the gate.

"Hey, I forgot to take a look at my car repair shop." After all, his memory had just merged, so he would inevitably forget things, but he definitely shouldn't forget his precious shop.

This small-fronted house converted from a reverse-seat house is a two-bay house with an estimated area of ​​about twenty square meters. It has only one door that is about one meter wide.A slender white-painted wooden sign hung on the east side of the door, with the words "Limin Car Repair Shop" written in five characters.

"Okay!"

Song Wu couldn't help but stepped forward and touched the white lacquered wood sign with his hand.

"This is a front-end house where you don't have to pay rent every day. It makes me feel happy just thinking about it."

He took two steps back and stood under the old locust tree at the door, which was too big for one person to hold. He looked carefully at the front house. The more he looked at it, the happier he became, and the more he looked at it, the more he liked it, and he felt secretly happy.That is to say, he doesn't have the key with him now, otherwise he would have to open the door now and go into the shop to take a good look.

"There's also a small courtyard behind here."

The connected courtyard in my memory was not too big, probably only thirty or forty square meters.The courtyard that was originally used as a private school was connected to the courtyard of the inverted room through the moon gate that was padlocked just now.

Now this door is locked all year round and is basically never opened, making this small front room connected to the small courtyard an independent courtyard.In my memory, to open the door of the facade room, Song Wu had to go around the gate to enter and exit the courtyard every day, which was very inconvenient for him dragging his residual leg.

Song Wu re-entered the courtyard gate, looked at the locked moon gate on his right hand, and thought to himself, "This is so inconvenient, why should this gate be locked?"

He thought for a while and then remembered that the lock on the door was hung by Yan Bugui, the third uncle who lived in the front yard, and the key to the lock was also in his hand.

In my memory, this door was actually always open and never locked.

Moreover, the predecessor was relatively lazy. He originally planned to open a door in the partition wall connected to the south of his east wing so that he could directly enter and exit the small courtyard of the front room.In this case, there is no need to pass through the hanging flower gate in the front yard and then through the courtyard gate every day.

You must know that in this courtyard house, the threshold of each door is relatively high.His legs and feet are inconvenient, so walking back and forth every day is really hard work.

But Yan Bugui, the third uncle who lives opposite his east wing in the front yard, disagrees!
Not only were they not allowed to open the small door on the partition wall, but they even went so far as to lock the Moon Gate, which had always been open, in a hospital-wide meeting on the pretext of ensuring the safety of the children in the courtyard.As a result, the predecessor not only had to enter and exit through the main door every day, but also had to remodel the small door of the front room and add a lock on the outside.

"Damn, this Yan Bugui is really busy."

The gate to this courtyard is basically never locked, and anyone can come in and out at will.He, Yan Bugui, could take care of her when he was at home, but he also had to go to work every day.If we only rely on the three aunts who are at home every day to check on the door, it is unreliable no matter how we look at it.

The third aunt is not seen to be very diligent in this matter. She is basically busy doing needlework in the house every day, or doing other chores she gets from the street.She didn't have the extra time to look after the courtyard gate.Therefore, if Yan Bugui was not at home and came in and out of the yard, basically no one would bother him.

On the contrary, it was the front room of the predecessor. Basically, as long as the door was opened, he would be busy working inside.If someone is not in the front room, the door to the front room will definitely be closed.

Yan Bugui didn't know where he could tell that it was unsafe to go through the Moon Gate?
To be honest, there are a lot of things in the car repair shop!Not to mention various accessories, there are also many ready-made wheels and semi-finished and worn-out bicycles.If someone really wants to steal something, a trip to the bicycle shop might be more effective than entering the courtyard.

Song Wu slandered Yan Bugui in his heart.

"If I find a chance, I have to open a door in the partition wall near my house. If it can't be opened, the lock of the moon door inside has to be unlocked. I have to decide how to lock this door myself. Why should Yan Bugui lock it on me? Door." He thought as he passed through the hanging flower door and entered the front yard.

Just in time, Yan Bugui walked out of the west wing with his bag.

He saw Song Wu suddenly startled, as if he didn't recognize him for a moment.The little eyes wearing glasses looked up and down, then said "Ah" in sudden realization, and then said: "It turns out to be Song Wu. I almost didn't recognize it, and it scared me." Song Wu just nodded, He replied with a faint smile: "Third uncle, have you gone to work after dinner?"

"Yes, I have two classes in the afternoon. Why did you clean up so well today?" The third uncle's little eyes rolled around, "You're not going on a blind date, are you?"

Song Wu said: "The third uncle is joking. Who would go on a blind date with me under my conditions? Matchmakers have never been to my door."

In fact, people on the street also helped Song Wu, but they were all widows with children. After being rejected by his predecessor, people on the street gradually stopped coming and seemed to have forgotten about him.Therefore, he is 26 and [-] years old this year and is still single.

Yan Bugui curled his lips, with some contempt in his eyes.

He knew how the neighbor across the door lived. Not only was he lame, but he was also slovenly all day long. Whose good girl would look for him?

"It's not that the third uncle is telling you, Song Wu, you can't be too picky when it comes to finding a wife. Let me tell you, ask the third aunt to take a look at you in the countryside. There is someone who is not too old and can take you with you. You can almost find a widow with a child. You, don’t be stubborn and have to find a big girl in the city. Otherwise, when will this bachelor be considered dead?" The third uncle, Yan Bugui, made He looked very concerned about Song Wu.

In fact, he didn't know that Song Wu had changed his mind now, and his ideas were very different from those of his predecessor. If there really was a pretty little widow like that, Song Wu really wouldn't mind.

However, even if he wanted to find him, he would not have too much involvement with Yan Bugui.This man was a man who never took advantage of himself. Even if a dung truck passed by the entrance of the courtyard, he would feel the salty taste.If you ask him for help, wouldn't you just hand him an opportunity and let him take advantage?

Fortunately, Yan Bugui didn't keep talking to Song Wu. He was still in a hurry to go to school, so he chatted for a few words and hurried out of the hospital.

After he left, Song Wu had the opportunity to take a good look at the front yard where he lived.

Although this courtyard house is a bit shabby, it is really not small.Although the courtyard walls and houses are very old, it can still be seen that they were originally very grand.Just talking about the front yard, it is estimated to be nearly 20 meters long and wide.

There is a three-bay room in the west wing without an ear room, and Yan Bugui's family of six lives there.

The east wing is also three-bay, but it also has a small wing in the south, which is Song Wu's home.

In addition, there is a hall room on each side of the three-door hall, and there are two connecting rooms with south doors on each side, housing five families.

Except for Song Wu's house in the front yard, which is a private house, several other households and even Yan Bugui's house are divided into units.

In the entire courtyard, there are two private houses.

The family is He Yuzhu from the middle courtyard. His father He Daqing made quick moves and occupied three main rooms in the middle courtyard and a small room to the north of the east wing.The other two are the lonely old lady in the backyard and the three rooms in the backyard of Old Mrs. Long.

In addition, more than a dozen other residents are housed in units and have to pay rent every month.The standard price for a room is 2 yuan per month, but in fact the price difference is a few cents per month depending on the condition of the house.

If we really talk about it, the best house in the courtyard is of course the three main rooms in the middle courtyard where He Yu lives.It has the best lighting, the highest and most spacious house.The total area of ​​the three rooms is estimated to be about 50 square meters, which is much larger than the east wing room in Song Wu's front yard.

But Song Wu was already very satisfied. He lived alone in three large rooms, a small wing room, and a front room with a yard.Thinking about it, I could wake up laughing when I went to sleep. How could I still envy He Yuzhu's house?

Besides, living in the front yard is much closer to going to the toilet in the alley, which is more convenient for a kid like him.

Of course, it's a bit inconvenient for him to live in the front yard.

In the whole yard, there is only one tap at the door of Jia's house in the west wing of the middle yard.All other households have to carry buckets there to collect water.This is really a troublesome thing for Song Wu to pick up water every time.

"You have to go to the street and ask if you can connect a faucet to your kitchen or the small courtyard of the front house. It will be more convenient to use water."

It was his legs that hurt whenever he walked, and Song Wu was really not willing to let him run around carrying a bucket of water.

The only disadvantage of living in a courtyard is that it is a bit troublesome to use water and go to the toilet.If we can find a private courtyard with convenient water, bathing, and bathroom in the future, we will live a comfortable life.

(End of this chapter)