National Tide 1980

Outside the window, the light dimmed.

Inside the house, people have left.

Right now there are only two masters and apprentices sitting across from each other.

Before Ganqing understood Master's attitude, even though money was not an issue, even though Ning Weimin really admired and appreciated his wedding tent plan, he still didn't tell the truth to his face.

His excuse was fire.

He said that the plan of the two old masters was good, but it was only one piece. Such a large project used reeds, fir poles, bamboo poles and other things, which could easily catch fire.

What's more, when the tent is set up, we still have to tie up the colors.

There will definitely be a lot of cloth and caijuan needed at that time, and these are also flammable materials.

It's so hot in the summer, and with such a big garden and a lot of vegetation, it's not a joke to catch a fire if you don't take care of it carefully.

So he needs some time to plan carefully.

You must first ensure safety, eliminate fire hazards, and figure out specific regulations on how to prevent fires before finalizing the matter.

This time, it was a knock on the fate of the two masters.

So, the two old masters looked at Kang Shude and saw that he also recognized this truth, so they had no choice but to go and get busy with the banquet building first.

They had to wait patiently for their master and apprentice to discuss a specific charter and make the final decision.

As soon as the two old masters left the courtyard, Ning Weimin personally sent them out and brought them back. The master and apprentice finally had the opportunity to talk to each other privately and openly.

"Master, you didn't blame me, did you?"

Ning Weimin and Kang Shude moved together and sat down on the sofa. He asked while pouring tea for Kang Shude.

"Oh? What do you think you did wrong?" The old man took the tea.

"Didn't I use the fire prevention thing as an excuse? You don't think I'm just picking on the ropes and have no responsibility, do you?"

"On the contrary, I think you handled this matter very well. Originally, I was worried that you would become rich and prosper, and you would dare to agree to anything. Okay, you also know how to use your brain and think about it when you encounter problems, so you won't be confused."

The old man lowered his head and blew the foam from the tea leaves without raising his eyes at all, showing his composure and composure.

"Are you trying me? Master?" Ning Weimin woke up and couldn't help laughing.

"What? You can't try? Do you think you can become a master?"

The familiar feeling came again. This was the Kang Shude that Ning Weimin knew.

"No, no, you can try if you can. How can I be so ignorant? This is enough to prove that you care about me as your apprentice."

However, Ning Weimin's natural temperament makes him like to make silly remarks when he is happy.

Originally, the conversation ended here, but he still insisted on asking Kang Shude.

"But Master, how would you rate my performance this time?"

"You... I'll give you a hundred points."

Although the old man hesitated for a while, he actually gave it a perfect score in the end. This made Ning Weimin, who was originally arrogant, much higher than his expectations, and even he couldn't help but be surprised.

In his opinion, he just used his words to tie things up. He thought he had to discuss with his master before making a decision, so he just stabilized the two masters first.

How could the old man recognize his ability, which is not very big at all?

I somewhat doubt that there is something in Master's words.

"Ah? This... this is too... a bit high... are you kidding me..."

But the old man didn't think so, Kang Shude had his own reasons.

"You don't understand, that's because you don't know how this shed business disappeared from our capital. Many people think that the shed business in the capital disappeared after liberation. It started with the change of customs and the emphasis on new things and new things. Without this industry, There was not much living space before liberation.”

"After the fall of Peiping in 1937, the Japanese invaders immediately demanded that all the ceilings be demolished. They were afraid that the national army planes would drop bombs and the ceilings would catch fire too easily. After the liberation, the industry did not recover. That was because in addition to the poor people, Oh, I don’t even dare to do anything big like this, because it’s easy to catch fire.”

"You have to hold a lamp at night when you set up a tent, and it's easy to get into trouble. But you have to know that the capital at that time was not like now. The country had a fire department that was responsible for putting out fires. There was a water dragon team in the capital, and it seemed that they were basically sponsored by merchants. When the Japanese left, all industries were gone and businessmen had no money. The common people could only hope for their own good. It was even more impossible for the officials of the Kuomintang to care about this. They were here to make money and did not care about the lives of the people. "

"So this one is where the shed door is. And you can see the biggest safety hazard in this shed at a glance. Your eyesight is worthy of my praise. Marriage is a major event in life, young people In such a special time, people tend to be happy and have no brains. You can still be sober, which shows that you have made progress. "

After saying this, Ning Weimin suddenly realized.

He did not expect that with his knowledge ahead of his time and his experience in planning public events for the Temple of Heaven Park, he would be appreciated by his master by accident. This was his advantage in information.

But precisely because of this, he couldn't help but feel even more strange.

Obviously this is a matter of spending money to find trouble, and the old man clearly sees the many shortcomings in it.

Obviously, this kind of standing out has always been a big taboo for the old man, and it is inconsistent with his desire to try every means to hide this mansion.

But now looking at what the old man means, it seems that he is quite happy and supportive of this matter, and even spends huge sums of money. Why is this?

Is it true that, as Luo Guangliang and Xiao Tao said, the old man was stimulated by the scale of their wedding in Japan?

Or was it because of the words of the fourth aunt of the Jiang family that the old man...

Ning Weimin wanted to ask clearly, but when the words came to his lips, he really couldn't open his mouth.

Because no matter what, this was the old man who was doing his best to arrange his marriage.

Now that he came back and questioned this matter in person, he seemed a bit like an ungrateful ungrateful person.

He was afraid that the old man would misunderstand, and even more afraid that the old man would be angry.

But fortunately, Kang Shude had seen through his thoughts a long time ago, so he simply made it clear himself.

This time, Ning Weimin finally understood the old man's thoughts.

"This matter is indeed a bit of a fuss, and a lot of money has been spent. Weimin, I know you are not the kind of person who likes vanity, and you will probably feel uneasy. However, there is no need to be. Your aunt Jiang is right. As your master, I have no children, and your parents are gone. If I don't arrange it for you, who will? If I still want to deal with it perfunctorily in your marriage, what else can I do? I am not ashamed to be a teacher, and I am not worthy of the relationship between us."

"Master, you..."

This is a bit heavy, Ning Weimin couldn't help but shout.

However, Kang Shude waved his hand, not letting him interrupt, and continued, "Secondly, your aunt Jiang came back this time, and the capital has changed a lot. Although it is hard to leave the hometown, in the hearts of old people like us, the capital will always be the best place. But the familiar life, familiar people, and familiar things in the past are now gone one by one. It is inevitable that people feel sad and desolate. I still have a big wine jar and can chat with those old people of the same age. What can your aunt Jiang have? No matter how good the Ma family garden is, she will get bored if she is trapped in this small courtyard every day, and she may get sick. What's more, she is a lively person and can't stand loneliness since she was a child. When Peking fell, she was so bold that she sneaked out to watch movies and plays from time to time. So, since she is willing to take the lead in arranging your affairs, wanting to be lively and see the familiar scenes in the past, I can't let her down. I have to try my best to make her wish come true."

Understand, of course I can understand.

Who else can understand this emotion better than the reborn Ning Weimin?

Although he came to the front from the future, when he first arrived in the 1980s, he knew that he had gotten the biggest advantage. Even though he had no relatives, no wife or children, he always missed the era he had lived in.

It was not entirely because life in the future would be more convenient, but simply because he missed the era that made him familiar, the environment that he was familiar with, the way of eating, drinking and living that he was familiar with, and the songs and film and television works that he was familiar with.

After 1986, he inexplicably felt that he was living more realistically.

Because he finally ushered in the year when he began his life in his previous life, the time from then on had a more special meaning to him.

So he clearly grasped the old man's subtext, that this wedding was held for him and for Jiang Nianyun at the same time.

"Yes, Master, what you said makes sense. And Aunt Jiang is really good to me, and my own aunt is no better than that. I am very grateful. I will take Qingzi to thank her in person in a while." Ning Weimin responded sincerely.

"You have to do this. I, your master, don't have so much money. Including your salary, I have collected 160,000 yuan. The rest of the expenses are paid by your aunt Jiang. It's probably tens of thousands of yuan."

"Don't worry about it. I'm back, and money is not a problem. Your apprentice has nothing but money. I will return the money to the fourth aunt later. I will leave you another million this time, so that you don't have to worry about money in the future. In fact, you are also short of money. If you don't have enough money, don't tell my third brother or Zhang Shihui? They can solve this problem."

Kang Shude felt the generosity of his apprentice and nodded with satisfaction, but the words he said were unexpected.

"It's good that you have this intention, and it's even better that you have so much money in your hands. Your master is not greedy for money, you should know this. But now it seems that money can really solve some problems. What I am going to tell you next is about the future of Ma's Garden. You listen carefully, I'm afraid you will have to spend another million."

Hearing what the old man said, how could Ning Weimin's attitude not be correct?

He knew best how important this garden was to his master, so he immediately sat up straight and put down the teacup in his hand.

"Master, you speak. I'm listening."

"If this continues, the Ma Family Garden will no longer be hidden."

"Master, are you worried that my marriage will be too ostentatious?"

"No, no, that's not what I mean. It has nothing to do with you. Even if you didn't get married, this would be inevitable."

Kang Shude sighed, "Look, this garden has only been repaired for a few years. Some places are not well taken care of, so they are damaged and leaking. If nothing else, the Ma Family Garden in the past was like the Grand View Garden in Dream of the Red Chamber. At the very least, there must be hundreds of people maintaining everything inside and outside, big and small, to make it work."

"Now, how many of us live there? Such a big house is really empty, inconvenient and uncomfortable. To put it bluntly, you have to ride a bicycle even to go out to buy groceries. To go to the newspaper box outside, You have to walk at least two stops to get a newspaper or milk. In fact, not to mention cleaning, transporting garbage is an unbearable physical task. "

"To be honest, thanks to your help, these problems were barely solved. Now the gardeners from the Temple of Heaven Park help clean up the garden, and the cleaners from the Temple of Heaven help sweep the yard and transport garbage. I am everyone. Three or four people are sent to clean up once a week. Xiao Zhang is more diligent and always sends people from Tan Gong Restaurant to help with the indoor hygiene of these two small courtyards. No one can live here anymore.”

"That's not all. The installation of street lights and wiring in our garden has made Ma's Garden the most conspicuous place in the surrounding area. Don't do it, it's too dark at night, but do it. , the monthly light and electricity bills cost a small 500 yuan. And the key is that with these things, once opened at night, the garden will look like a Friendship Hotel. It is impossible to hide such a scene from the people outside. It’s impossible not to pay attention?”

"In addition to electricity, there is also water. The water fee of two yuan and eighty cents is not expensive. But summer is here, and I am thinking that when you get married, you have to release water to raise fish this time, so that the three ponds in the garden can become a landscape. If you don't use it at this time, when will you use it? Well, after filling the water, the water meter ran out more than 2,000 tons, including the cost of planting lotus and frying. This guy is still not making money. Your favor is in vain."

"So think about it, how do people outside view this place? To tell you the truth, from the day I delivered the street lamps to the garden, people who live near the Weijia Hutong always ask questions about me when they see me. Who lives here, who is a big boss, or some important government office. Fortunately, they thought I was the old janitor and let me fool them. Otherwise, they might have caused trouble if they knew I was the landlord. What kind of basket is it? If you have to wear a hat on the street again, will I survive? Even now I feel chills down my spine."

"What's even more unfortunate is that in the past two years, the government has called for water and electricity conservation. It must be due to insufficient energy supply. Since last year, there have been frequent water and power outages. It is conceivable that for a garden as big as ours, we need a lot of water. Is there anything wrong with the electricity consumption? Last month, people from the power supply bureau and the water plant came to find out what happened.”

"Fortunately, Director Wei from the street was nice to us. He said that there were foreigners living here, and he used your Aunt Jiang's American passport to fool them into leaving first. But this is not a common thing. If things go on like this, there will be people coming. In short, Such a large garden cannot be maintained by oneself, nor can we enjoy it privately.”

"So I thought about it a lot, and since I can't hide it, I might as well stop being secretive and just show it openly. At the moment, if I want to continue to seek peace and maintain this new situation, I'm afraid that's all I can do. There is only one way. If that doesn't work, let's start a business together with your Aunt Jiang and continue to use her American identity to open a joint venture garden hotel."