Reborn sparrow becomes phoenix

Chapter 67

Xingye came to the old house on Guqiao Street together with Xiaojia and her grandparents.

Xingye looked at the high-rise buildings not far away, and stood next to the red-walled and gray-tiled buildings in the late Qing Dynasty in front of him, as if the alternation of two eras was unfolding before his eyes.

"The city originally wanted to demolish this piece of old city. Look at this archway. Most of these buildings are from the Qing Dynasty, and some are from the late Ming Dynasty. They are all of historical value." Grandpa Xingye pointed to an old building. Said the house, "This would all be ruined if a bunch of us old guys didn't stop it."

Xingye did not expect that it was Grandpa who organized people to protect this ancient building.

Xingye walked along the small street with my grandfather, and the surroundings were quiet and serene. This place is different from the large courtyards in the provincial capital where people come and go. It should be that the courtyards are very large, and there is only one family far away. Xingye I immediately fell in love with this place. It is rare to have such a pure land in the city. It is different from the quietness of Jiayuan Community, and it is surrounded by more humanistic atmosphere.

"It used to be an ancestral hall, but it was later converted into a private school. It has a history of more than 300 years. Looking at the weathered lithographs, it is engraved with the story of 24 filial piety." Grandpa introduced as he walked.

"Grandpa's place is different from what I thought? I thought it would be like the big courtyards I've seen. There are five or six families living in one courtyard. The kitchens are all in the courtyard, and the toilets have to go far away." Xing Ye Said.

Grandpa laughed, "Why not! This batch is well-preserved, because in the past it was also lived in by someone with a family background, so it should be more natural. There is an alley in front of you and you can go in and look at it. Just like you said, the whole yard They are all full of houses, but the front has been rebuilt, and many people have moved out and bought new houses.”

Several people stopped at a house in the middle.

"It's here?" Xingye asked with some doubts, because the two red-painted doors were very new, obviously they had just been painted not long ago, and the doors were still ajar.

"Go in." Grandpa pushed the door first and walked in.

The entrance is a tall shadow wall, engraved with the pattern of Songhe Yannian. Turning the shadow wall, you can see the whole yard. There are five main rooms with overhanging buildings and three wing rooms. The moon gate, I think there is a cave inside.

The ground is paved with gravel paths leading to the houses and the courtyard. Two unknown big trees were planted in the courtyard, and two large lotus vats were placed. Because it was winter and there were no flowers and plants, the vats were also empty. The empty shelves against the wall should be It's also a flower stand!

"If it's spring and summer here, plant some flowers and plants, raise a few koi carps, put a deck chair under the flower stand, and make a pot of tea, wow, it's like a fairy's life." Xingye couldn't help but imagine Continuous articles.

Grandpa and grandma look at each other, they have said such things, and they have done such things before.

"Sister Lan, you are here." An old man came out of the courtyard and greeted them.

"This is Grandpa Wu. We have been friends for decades. Thanks to him for taking care of this house." Grandma introduced to Xingye.

Xingye hurriedly said hello. It turned out that Grandpa Wu's family lived not far behind. After the grandfather's family moved out, they dragged him to take care of the house. The old man is very careful, so this house is not dilapidated like no one lives in it at all.

Xingye likes this courtyard more and more, it's really suitable.

Grandma introduced, "The layout of the courtyard inside is the same as the one outside. It was my master's house back then. Your grandfather bought the courtyard next door at a high price for the convenience of me taking care of the master. After the master left, he left the house to me. It’s only when the two families got connected that it became what it is now.”

"Grandma, what kind of tree is this?" Xingye couldn't help asking as she saw her grandma touching the big tree in the courtyard like caressing a child.

"It's Magnolia. We planted it together back then, and it's been 50 years now." Grandma said with a smile.

Xingye felt that grandma's smile was extraordinarily sweet, as if it made her see the girl who was standing next to the sapling and smiling at her lover 50 years ago. At that moment, Xingye wondered if this place is suitable?I suddenly felt that every plant and tree here should not be destroyed. There are too many memories of my grandparents here.

"This is your mother's room back then, do you want to go and see it?" Grandma asked.

Xingye nodded, and followed her grandmother to the room on the north side of the inner courtyard.

It still looks more than ten years old, with white walls, small floral curtains hanging on the windows, a wooden bed with only bed boards, and the furniture is actually old-fashioned European-style furniture. It can be seen that my mother's life at that time was still very good.

"Grandma, I don't want to use this place anymore." Xingye whispered to grandma.

"Why? Isn't this place suitable?" Grandma asked in surprise, and even Zhu Xiaojia had a surprised expression, obviously she also likes this place very much.

Xingye sighed softly, and said: "There are too many memories of you and grandpa here. If we were to build a restaurant, everything including mother's would disappear. That would be a pity."

"Yeah, I'm a little bit reluctant," said grandma in a low voice, "but even now, don't we come back every few years?"

"But they are still there, they will be here whenever you come back." Xingye whispered.

Grandpa listened and said: "Good memories are kept in the mind, these objects will be damaged, old and discarded, but memories will not, do you think we will forget the past life without everything here? "

Grandpa's words left Xingye speechless.

Coming out of the old house, grandpa looked at the tall gate again, and said, "I'll leave this to you at Starry Night, and I will come when it opens. If you make this a mess for me then, it's okay." Don't blame me for sending you away."

Xingye stuck out her tongue and hurriedly promised that it would be fixed.

Such a house would be bigger and better than what Xingye originally envisioned. If it wasn’t for grandma’s house, I would have spent all my little money on the house. It's really not worth showing off!In this way, I have taken advantage of myself.

Xingye thought for a while and said, "Grandfather uses this house as a share, so you can also participate?"

Grandpa laughed, "I won't play with you children anymore, just let go and do it."

"No, grandpa will give you [-]% of the shares. This is also our advantage." Xingye said.

Zhu Xiaojia also nodded in agreement with Xingye's statement.

Seeing Grandpa, Xingye wanted to decline, so he hurriedly said: "Grandpa didn't let you get a dividend for nothing, we hired you as a consultant, and invited some old friends of yours when we opened, okay? Or leave us a calligraphy or something of?"

"Okay, let me tell you, you cunning little fox, that's what you paid attention to, and you gave [-]% of the shares because you wanted to use my old bones, and you used it more confidently!" Grandpa laughed.

"Grandpa, look at what you said, okay, you don't have to worry about anything, you can still share dividends, it's okay, invite a few friends to have a few drinks, isn't it free?" Xing Ye said with a flattering smile.

"Hmph, change the soup but not the medicine." Grandpa turned his head and walked forward, Xingye knew his temper well and knew there was something to it.

Grandpa's social circle is mostly in academia, old professors, artists in the painting and calligraphy circles, they should all become my consumer groups here, if grandpa is willing to help, nothing else is needed, just invite them to have a meal, Xingye believes , with Uncle Zhu's craftsmanship and good environment, they will definitely become repeat customers.

Besides, I am a student, and Uncle Zhu's family is nothing more than ordinary people. It is inevitable to have a lot of money in business, and the old man is invited to sit in the town. If there is anything, he can open his mouth to help.

Afterwards, Starry Night didn't have much to do. Zhu Xiaojia got busy, contacting designers, and applying for various certificates.

Xingye went to school as usual, and when she arrived at school, she went to Lu Chang and handed over the manuscript she wrote to him, asking him to help review it.

Lu Chang took Xingye's manuscript, the title is "The Troubles of Youth". Read on, it describes some common problems that adolescent boys and girls will encounter, such as disagreement with their parents, changes in personality, and feelings towards the opposite sex. Goodwill, etc., and then explained these in words that teenagers can understand, and how to better solve these problems, so that I can spend a regretless and fulfilling youth.

Lu Chang nodded straightly. It is not a topic of simple hard work or study. The topic selection is very novel and bold, and it will definitely resonate among the students.

Xingye naturally doesn't have such youthful troubles, and writing this topic is also for the sake of errands. Since Lu Chang nodded and passed, she has completed the task, so I won't worry about it from now on.

The school newspaper came out in less than two days, and sure enough, as Lu Chang expected, Xingye's article was sought after by everyone, especially the understanding and understanding of puppy love mentioned in the article, and whether there can be friendship between boys and girls , and Xingye's theory of astringent fruits have become the focus of discussion, because some of Xingye's concepts are still very advanced.

Xingye is naturally not affected by these, but now besides studying, he also has to consider some decoration issues of Meijia Restaurant, and specifically checked the information for this.

What Ling Xingye didn't expect was that her article caused trouble again. A boy in the second and third classes of high school fell in love with a girl in the class, and wrote an emotional love letter to the girl. He replied and handed the letter to the teacher. Their homeroom teacher is an old teacher who has been teaching for more than [-] years. What he usually hates the most is the puppy love problem of the students.

At the moment, the teacher read the love letter in front of all the students regardless of the boy's feelings, and severely criticized the boy, and asked him to write a review and call the parents. The teacher's actions also annoyed the boy , was originally a rebellious age, and he didn't care about anything when he got angry. This boy argued with their teacher loudly, and took out an article from the school newspaper on the starry night, and held it up to their teacher's face, saying that it was all about puberty It's normal to love and pursue the opposite sex. Boys and girls can make friends, but the result is naturally a quarrel, which makes their class teacher very angry
In fact, he took it out of context. If you read the whole article, you will know that the theme of the whole article is to advise young people to treat their feelings carefully and learn to face them correctly.

Mr. Zhang, the head teacher of Class [-], who returned to the office, became more and more angry when he thought about it. He had never met a student who dared to challenge him like this after teaching for more than [-] years. Looking at the collected school newspaper, he saw the proud teacher of Class [-] Teacher Liu, Teacher Zhang's anger has risen again, but this time it's directed at Teacher Liu.

(End of this chapter)