Zhu Tian: The Fiery Years Begin with Taking Qin Huairu as a Concubine

Chapter 223 Another Era Begins
Zhang Kaiwu took off his coat speechlessly. They checked the place carefully, looking everywhere for bullet holes or something.

Seeing that they had settled down, the young ladies and their sisters continued to study, while Lin Xiaoniang and the others rubbed their shoulders and beat their legs beside them, obviously trying to kill time.

Qin Huairu hugged him and said with a smile:

"Brother Kaiwu! Don't go out during this period, it's too dangerous!"

Mrs. Lin was yelling that all the people in the patrol department were good-for-nothings, and what if the master got beaten?
Zhang Kaiwu rubbed them and said with a smile:

"Sister Huairu! I have been an excellent hunter since I was a child, you all know that. It's not like you were shot, what are you afraid of!? You should go to school quickly, it's useless to flatter me, you still have to report for today's dictation homework!"

The plan failed, Qin Huairu got angry and stopped beating her legs.

Lin Xiaoniang stopped rubbing the little shoulders, and pounded them hard with her little fists, then stopped.

Sister Huizhen no longer smiled and tried to comfort him, but ran away with a sullen face.

A few adults ran away angrily and hurried back to learn how to read.

In this day and age, there is no such thing as being so pretentious. There are shootings everywhere, and if there are no injuries, it means nothing has happened.

Every night when we go to bed, we often hear gunshots, but after we get used to it, it doesn’t disturb anyone’s sleep anymore.

The phone in the office also started ringing. Several old principals and a bunch of people called to ask if he was injured.

Zhu Zhiyin and Wang Tiantian also ran back with Xiaohua to check on his condition. After seeing that nothing was wrong, they ran away again.

After a while, Xiaojiu and Ye Tingting also ran over to look at him.

Ha ha ha ha ha!
Xiaojiu looked at his calm appearance and calmed down.

Ye Tingting asked excitedly:

"Senior! Are you not hurt?!"

Zhang Kaiwu said calmly:

"No! It's just a small matter, just go back and do your research!"

Xiaojiu silently took Ye Tingting away. She was really annoyed, but no expression showed on her face.

She is a smart person, she doesn’t even know who the enemy is, where can she vent her anger! ?
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It started to snow heavily, so people probably started to light the table and warm themselves by the fire.

A few days later, the heavy snow stopped.

President Hu, who vowed to live and die with Peking University, secretly took his family to the Dongcheng airstrip and flew to the United States. His beloved Porsche was left at the airport.

I don’t know who took it away.

There was a group of people near the airport who specialized in doing this. When those people ran away, they would steal the goods from their cars and sell them in Beijing.

When the news came out in the newspaper, there was an uproar in the schools in Peking, and everyone was in a state of panic.

Neither the patriotic people who advised him to stay and continue running the school, nor the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics who advised him to go to Nanjing to continue running the school, expected this.

Principal Hu is Principal Hu, and he knows that war is a treacherous art!

He used the trick of escaping from his shell with perfection and flew away to the beautiful country quietly.

The bald chairman was almost crying with anger.

Principal Hu set a bad example, and many more people chose to flee to the United States or France.

Zhang Kaiwu ignored these things and devoted himself to practicing farm tricks in the morning, screwing in the morning, and working as a blacksmith in the afternoon.

In the evening, I just played with Huairu and the others, and didn't even dare to go on a date with Annette and the others.

Even when I was sleeping at night, I had to keep an eye on what was happening near the virus research institute.

I was afraid that someone would sneak in and shoot me secretly.

Property panel:
【Strength: 5】

[Physique: 5]

[Agility: 5]

【Mental Power: 10】

skill:
Manufacturing Level 220: 500-.

Level 720 medical skills: 1000~.

Farm Tricks Boxing and Kicks Level 468: 500-.

Master of Gunmanship: ~~~~~~.

Archery level three: 425~1000.

Fishing level three: 132~1000.

Cooking Level 65: 1000~.

Level 800 English: 1000~.

Russian Level 255: 1000～.

Japanese Level 50: 500-.

French Level 80: 500-.

German Level 89: 500-.

Level 155 Stun: 500-.

Master of Chinese.

(Additional effect: Idealism)

Su Nu Heart Sutra Level 406: 500-.

Portable space: 10X10X10m.

Energy progress: 4110-10000...

The experience points for blacksmithing have increased a lot, that mad dog punch.

wrong!

The experience value of Farm Tricks is about to be full. It will reach level three and become a master.

Because his physical fitness is at the maximum level, it is of course different from the general third-level boxing.

Others might injure people, but he directly took their lives.

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January 21, 1949, Chinese New Year’s Eve.

At No. 95 Nanluoguxiang, another guest came to Mrs. Long’s house, a man about thirty years old.

He said to Mrs. Long seriously:

"Madam Long! General Fu is preparing for an uprising. We will be liberated soon. You must quickly sever all ties with your former ties and find a way to sell this large compound."

“Those things you did in the past were not nice to hear. Even if I don’t bother you, your reputation in the future will not be nice either!”

Mrs. Long said in surprise:

"Xiao Xiao! Those wicked businesses have been abandoned for a long time! I have lived here all my life. I am already over 40 years old and I don't know how many years I can live! Where can a weak woman like me go?"

"Besides, how can we sell the house now? Just think of a solution for me!"

Xiao Xiao thought about it and said:

"This big yard is too eye-catching. I'll think of a solution for you later. You should be more kind to others recently."

After Xiao Xiao left, the maid Xiao Tan (a middle-aged woman) next to him suggested:

"Madam! Otherwise, just rent out this yard and keep the two rooms in the backyard for you to live in."

Mrs. Long said:
"Xiao Tan! You can't rent this out! Besides, who would rent a house now? It's too eye-catching, so just give it away!"

Xiao Tan asked in surprise:
"Ah! Send it out!?"

Mrs. Long said:
"Yes! Send her away! Xiao Tan! As a dowry maid, I know you have been with me for so many years, and your health has been damaged by those social relationships. Even if you have no merit, you have worked hard."

Xiao Tan said quickly:

"Madam! I am a servant, and you raised me since I was a child. This is all I should do."

Mrs. Long said with a smile:
"I have always treated you as my own daughter. I have wronged you in the past, but who has it easy in this era? I know you and that Yi guy also have a secret relationship, but I have never said anything about it."

"I actually burned your indenture a long time ago, and the two houses you live in now are now given to you. You and the blacksmith Yi in that alley can use them to get married and have children, and it can be considered a marriage of love."

Xiao Tan said gratefully:
"Madam! If you take care of me like this, even if we get married and have children in the future, I will still take care of you for the rest of my life."

Mrs. Long said with a smile:
"You should go and discuss it with the blacksmith tonight. I remember his name is Yi Zhonghai, right? Let's discuss it carefully tomorrow. We are a family now."

The old bachelor Yi Zhonghai is still alone and rents a small room.

When Xiao Tan ran to tell Yi Zhonghai this good news, Yi Zhonghai was overjoyed and agreed without saying a word.

The next day, she packed her bags and moved in, smiling and following Xiao Tan, she began to call her Mrs. Long.

Mrs. Long was also polite and smiling, and wrote a deed to them both, saying with a smile:

"Xiao Tan will live with you, Xiao Yi, from now on. You must treat her well. Have a baby soon so that you can have an heir."

The three of them discussed the matter for a while, and Mrs. Long suggested:
"The cook He Daqing from the neighboring courtyard is a cheapskate. Why not sell the two master bedrooms to him and let him shoulder the reputation of this courtyard?" Yi Zhonghai said:
"Sure! He will definitely take these two houses. With his carefree personality, he might not even know how great they are."

The three of them discussed it and decided that this was a good idea. Since He Daqing lived in the master bedroom, he naturally had to take responsibility.

Yi Zhonghai went to find He Daqing, and sure enough, He Daqing took the two master bedrooms without saying a word. He also found an excuse to ask for a small side room next to Yi Zhonghai for He Yushui to live in.

Mrs. Long did not expect He Daqing to be so greedy. She wrote the house deed to He Daqing with a grim look on her face and watched him leave happily.

Of course He Daqing really knew the situation, because the troops would start leaving the city in batches to accept the surrender starting tomorrow. Mrs. Long was just giving away money to avoid disaster, and he was not very grateful deep down in his heart.

After a while, Liu Haizhong from the iron factory took the house deed with great gratitude and left with a smile.

Yi Zhonghai came up with another idea and included Jia Zhang, the widow of Jia, who often had an affair with him, on the list of people to be allocated houses.

It’s not that Yi Zhonghai has to take care of Jia Zhang, but Yi Zhonghai has been friends with Mrs. Jia from the old Jia family for many years, and he doesn’t know whether little Jia is his own child.

Xiao Jia is also learning skills from him now, and he secretly treats him as his son.

Widow Jia was just over thirty years old and her son was sixteen years old.

Life is still okay. Old Jia just died, but there is still Old Yi to take care of us.

My son's luck turned for the better some time ago. In the middle of the night, he picked up a young and beautiful wife named Lin Cuixiang.

Without spending a penny, the daughter-in-law brought two small yellow croakers and more than a dozen dollars. She said she was a runaway maid from a wealthy family and she never went out to play because she was afraid of being caught.

Widow Jia was so happy that she was in a hurry to get a house for free.

But Xiao Tan and Mrs. Long were not pushovers. Knowing what Yi Zhonghai was doing with the Jia family, they only agreed to give Jia Zhang one room.

When Xu Damao's father, who was a movie projectionist, heard about this, he came up without saying a word and asked for the two rooms in the backyard.

Mrs. Long stopped doing this only after she saw that there were only a few empty houses left.

A group of people congratulated each other with laughter and vowed to take good care of Mrs. Long.

The private school teacher Yan Bugui came again and talked with Mrs. Long for a long time, and finally got two rooms.

Everyone from the courtyard gathered here.

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how to say?

At this time, there are too many ownerless houses and yards. It is not uncommon to see brave people running around occupying houses. They are countless.

There are also many successful people. Those who are not so ambitious and occupy smaller houses are generally successful.

You occupied two houses and said they were rented. No one bothered you. The purpose was to house the homeless, so you just occupied them.

The owner has run away and there is no rental document to be found.

If you have particularly strong desires and want to occupy a larger and more beautiful house, or just occupy a yard, but you cannot produce the title deed, you will basically fail.

Even Zhang Kaiwu had to find someone to watch over his house to prevent it from being occupied by others.

Although he had the ability to get it back in the end, the process was really disgusting, especially after being taken advantage of by a group of people.

I don’t dare rent out my house because I really can’t get it back after I do.

Of course it would be best if Mrs. Long sold the house for free herself so that there is no risk!
In fact, the unlucky one is Widow Jia. With her status, if she could find two houses to rent or occupy, the house would definitely be hers in the end.

It seemed that Mrs. Long gave her a house for free, but in fact she was picking up sesame seeds and losing watermelons!

A few days later, Xiao Xiao came over again. Mrs. Long told him about this matter. Xiao Xiao smiled and said:

"That's fine too! The yard is getting a lot more lively now. You should go out less recently. The weather will soon change."

After Xiao Xiao left, Mrs. Long smiled bitterly as she looked at the courtyard which had become much more lively.

With more people coming, the yard becomes much more lively and there is more going on.

Yi Zhonghai is the one who looks honest. He finally married Xiao Tan, but he just likes to take care of the widow.

There is also the unscrupulous He Daqing, who also likes to take care of Widow Jia, and wants to take care of Sister-in-law Yi, and also wants to take care of Xu Damao's mother.

Xu Damao's father was not a good person either. He wanted to take care of Widow Jia from time to time. Everyone felt that Widow Jia's family was suffering.

Plus, we are all in the same yard, so if anyone is interested, it’s like a broadcast.

Another person who is also very successful and eager to get ahead is the old bachelor Yi Zhonghai. Not only does he have a wife, he also has a lover who lives next door to him.

Liu Haizhong loves to beat children, and it's like he's killing pigs all day long.

A group of children also played and quarreled every day, including Shazhu, Shamao, and Yan Jiecheng, the eldest son of Yan Bugui's family. These young boys liked to keep an eye on the widow Jia's family.

Of course, he was not waiting for Jia Zhangshi, but for Lin Cuiqing, who went by the alias Lin Cuixiang.

The young ladies from wealthy families had a very pure charm that could not be concealed even by coarse clothes, and they were all very rare.

Especially Sha Zhu, he always felt that the way Sister Lin Cuixiang looked at him was a little different.

When there were no outsiders around, Sister Lin Cuixiang always liked to hold Sha Zhu's hand and talk to him secretly.

Ask Sha Zhu if he has a brother, and whether he is He Daqing’s biological son! ?

The intimacy in those eyes made Sha Zhu feel a little scared, yet a little expectant.

When he has nothing to do, Sha Zhu always likes to secretly peek at the door of the house.

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It is easier to invite a god than to send him away. These people know this very well. They are all neighbors here. Could it be that Mrs. Long is a kind-hearted person and cannot do good deeds?

To put it bluntly, her act of giving away the house is to avoid disaster and spend money to avoid calamity.

Afraid of being killed.

The hustle and bustle in the yard made Mrs. Long dizzy.

Mrs. Long has a huge secret hidden in her heart. From the name of her maid Xiao Tan (Ya Ma), we can know that Mrs. Long's surname was also Tan.

Her correct name is: Longtan.

He Daqing is actually Mrs. Long’s nephew. Strictly speaking, He Daqing’s name should be Tan Daqing, as can be seen from the Tan family recipes in his home.

But the Tan family had fallen into decline, and they had too many enemies, so the family members fled in all directions.

This secret had always been hidden by Mrs. Long. After discovering He Daqing's identity, she did not go to recognize him despite the chaos of war, but only secretly took care of this adopted nephew.

The reason why she asked He Daqing to cook a meal occasionally was just because she missed her previous life in the Tan family.

He Daqing had gotten into trouble several times before, and it was Mrs. Long who secretly settled the matter.

In this turbulent era, the dynasty is about to change. He Daqing's identity should have been unknown for a long time. It just so happens that this house is also going to be given away, so it is a good opportunity for He Daqing to return to this mansion.

Whether the surname is Tan or He, it is enough as long as the blood relationship can be passed on.

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No one celebrated the New Year this winter, and there was no festive atmosphere at all.

Zhang Kaiwu simply asked them to make some dumplings at home and eat them together.

A few days later, on January 31st, another era began.

The garrison troops in the city went out in batches to accept the surrender and recover.

Everyone went back to their own homes and mothers. Some went back to other places, while some who got married in Beijing stayed.

The city was also replaced by PLA soldiers on duty, and the city of Beijing became bustling again.

The people of Peking received the first wave of benefits and could exchange their old banknotes for RMB.

The exchange rate is 300,000 to 1, 30 million to 10,000.

That's just one dollar.

Although only part of it could be exchanged, there was always money circulating in Peking.

Because there were too many ruffians and various enemies, they began to boldly activate the original patrol system because they were familiar with the terrain and the personnel situation.

All walks of life resumed their business. After resting at home for a few days, Huang Shijun transformed himself into a policeman in Qianmen and deputy director of the police station of the Public Security Bureau. He studied and reformed himself while working hard.

Ye Tingting also came and excitedly discussed things with Zhang Kaiwu.

She took his arm and said with a smile:
"Senior! We are going to prepare a city entry ceremony tomorrow to commemorate the occasion. Will you go?"

Zhang Kaiwu smiled and said:

"That's great! Of course I will go and see that exciting scene."

Ye Tingting said excitedly:

"If they pass by us at that time, we can organize ourselves and go together."

Zhang Kaiwu said with a smile:
"Ye Tingting! Don't forget that you are from Tsinghua University. You and I are not from the same school. We organize our own activities in the medical school."

She said angrily:

"Then our school will go to Yongdingmen to welcome them, and the entry ceremony will begin there."

Zhang Kaiwu smiled and said:

"Go back quickly! We will welcome you in the medical school."

(End of this chapter)