463 Siheyuan

Su Taotao came to the front of this well-maintained Siheyuan with extremely complicated feelings.

In addition, the outer wall had just been renovated, and it looked no different from a brand new building.

It didn't look out of place in the building in the "rich area".

Su Taotao looked at the lifelike stone lions on both sides of the Ruyi Gate, which were even more solemn and majestic than the ones she saw in the capital in later life.

The awe-inspiring look showed that the owner's status was either rich or noble.

Su Taotao couldn't help but stare at Fu Zhengtu. This man was so secretive that she never knew that the house in the capital was actually a Siheyuan.

Fu Zhengtu naturally didn't know the obsession of people in the 21st century with Siheyuan.

Thinking that Su Taotao was tired, he took the small package from her hand and held her hand in his palm again.

"Are you wearing too little? Your hands are so cold?"

Su Taotao shook her head: "I'm not cold at all. I'm so excited now!"

Fu Zhengtu: "…………"

The ancient Ruyi Gate slowly opened. Chenchen was overwhelmed and walked in and stood in front of the screen wall:

"Wow, this house is so big and beautiful, as big as Grandma Song's house. Are we going to live here in the future?"

Passing through the hanging flower gate, there was a deep courtyard with towering trees. Chenchen felt that his eyes were not enough to see.

"Mom, this house is so beautiful, it's even newer than Grandma Song's house."

Su Taotao smiled, "Yes, Mom only just found out that we have such a beautiful house in the capital."

Zhou Linglan looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar yard in front of her, and her mood was extremely complicated.

She thought she would never come back here in her life.

The yard has been completely renovated, and there are not many traces of her childhood life.

She herself can't tell whether she likes it or not, anyway, she feels very conflicted.

Seeing that they really liked it, Xiao Zhang felt relieved and said to Chen Chen,

"Commander Hu's place hasn't been renovated for ten or eight years. This place has just been renovated, so it looks newer, but the yards here are about the same age."

Chen Chen asked with a smile, "Then how old is it?"

Xiao Zhang was stunned for a moment and smiled, "It's probably over fifty years old."

Chen Chen took Baibai inside: "Mom, I'll take Baibai to explore the road!" It was

Baibai's first time on a plane, and he still couldn't calm down. He was listless and didn't want to move.

Chenchen felt a little distressed, holding Baibai's head and saying, "Baibai, go inside for a while, I'll come back to you after I finish my inspection."

The big black dog wagged its head and tail, following Chenchen closely, refusing to leave.

Chenchen had no choice but to walk around slowly with his hands behind his back like a big boss.

Xiao Zhang waited until everyone went in, followed them and said, "Look for any other places that need repairs, just tell me, I'll find someone to do it for you."

Su Taotao hadn't recovered from the visual shock.

Zhou Linglan shook her head and said, "No, this is great. Thank you for your hard work."

Xiao Zhang touched the back of his head, a little embarrassed: "It's not hard, I'm just responsible for finding people, others did the work, I just watched, then I'll go back first, call me if you have anything."

Fu Yuanhang, who had been silent all the way, suddenly asked, "Mom, this yard is big enough, can I install a basketball hoop in the yard?"

Chenchen came running over : "Basketball hoop, basketball hoop is good, I like it too. Grandma, can we install one?"

Zhou Linglan nodded: "Of course, as long as you like it."

Fu Zhengtu said: "Don't bother Xiao Zhang with this, I'll do it when the weather gets warmer."

Xiao Zhang scratched his head: "No trouble, no trouble. In fact, the easiest way is to nail a basketball hoop directly on the toon tree at a suitable height, but it will hurt the tree a little."

"No need," Fu Zhengtu shook his head, "I'll just install a wooden frame under the tree and nail the basketball hoop on it."

Xiao Zhang nodded: "That's a good idea, with a big tree to rely on, and it won't get hurt."

Xiao Zhang made sure that everyone didn't need anything, and helped them pack their large luggage before getting up to say goodbye.

Zhou Linglan stuffed two bags of coconut candy and some dried seafood brought from the south into Xiao Zhang's arms, and didn't allow him to refuse.

Xiao Zhang had no choice but to accept it.

After he left, Zhou Linglan walked around the pomegranate tree and saw the knife marks on it. The past came to her mind and she smiled knowingly.

People in the capital like to plant pomegranate trees in the yard, which means many children and good fortune.

But their family was small, and Zhou Linglan's mother's generation was the only one left.

Her mother only gave birth to her.

Otherwise, her biological father, who was a beast in human form, would not have dared to allow the second wife to eat up the whole family.

Zhou Linglan thought, if she hadn't been rescued by Han Lei that year, they would have succeeded.

God is merciful, and those who wanted to eat up the whole family ended up being the last.

It's a pity that she can't cut her bones to return to her father. Even if she doesn't have his last name, her body, her children's, and her grandchildren's bodies still flow with his dirty blood.

What a pity.

"Grandma, why are there so many scars on this tree?" Chenchen, who had just returned from inspecting the territory, raised his little head and asked in confusion.

Zhou Linglan stopped reminiscing and touched the child's head:

"This is the height scale of grandma when she was a child. It was drawn by grandma's grandmother."

Chenchen blinked: "Wow, no wonder it grows so tall, grandma, trees grow with us every year, your reference is inaccurate!"

Zhou Linglan touched the child's head and looked at him lovingly: "Chenchen is really smart, grandma was not as smart as Chenchen when she was a child, so she thought of everything... It's a stupid idea."

Chenchen smiled and shook his head: "No, if grandma is not smart, why are my dad and uncle so smart?

Chenchen is smart because dad is smart, so my grandma must be the smartest grandma, who gave birth to the smartest dad, and then there was Chenchen!"

Zhou Linglan laughed, hugged Chenchen and rubbed his head, then felt relieved.

Her last name is Zhou, and her children and grandchildren are surnamed Fu. They have no relationship with that person for eight hundred years.

"Grandma, what kind of tree is this? It's so tall."

Zhou Linglan raised her head and said, "This is a Chinese toon tree. When spring comes, the branches will be full of Chinese toon buds. You can pick them and fry them with eggs."

Chenchen was a little confused: "But it's so high, how can I pick them?"

Chenchen can climb trees, but he can't climb that high.

Zhou Linglan held Chenchen's hand and said, "Let's find a long bamboo pole and tie the sickle to it so we can pick the fruits. Grandma will teach you then."

Chenchen thought about it and said with a smile, "I always say my grandma is smart. She can think of a good way."

Zhou Linglan: "This is not invented by grandma. It is the experience passed down from generation to generation."

Chenchen asked again, "Grandma, why are there so many things here?" Rooms, how are we going to live?"

Zhou Linglan pointed to the main house and said, "I'll live in the main house, Taotao and Zhengtu will live in the east wing, and Ahang and Chenchen can pick the rooms they like by themselves, wherever they want to live."

Chenchen didn't expect his home to be so big. He happily walked through the corridor with Baibai, looking at this room and that room. He liked every room.

"I'll live in the west wing." said Fu Yuanhang.

Chen Chen nodded: "Yeah, this one is big, I will live with my uncle!"

Su Taotao patted the child's head: "You have grown up, don't always stick to my uncle, you can live in the room next to my uncle, leave some private space for him." Chen

Chen didn't know what private space meant, but it was probably the literal meaning, meaning to be alone:

"Well, I can live next to my uncle."

Fu Yuanhang smiled and said, "It's okay. I'm used to living with Chenchen. We can continue to live together."

Su Taotao shook her head and said, "Chenchen should also adapt to living alone. Baibai will live in the back room in front of the screen wall, and the room next to us will be used as a study for Fu Zhengtu."

The room in the courtyard is large enough to accommodate a large desk, but Fu Zhengtu still needs an independent study. They don't need an additional study for the time being.

Chenchen puffed up his cheeks and wanted to live with Baibai, but considering that his mother would definitely not agree, he had to give up.

Old Mrs. Song was very thorough. Just as she said, the main house and the east and west rooms were all covered with brand new beddings. The windows were bright and clean, and people could move in with just their luggage.

They only needed to pack their own things.

Most of the things sent in advance were not used very often, so there was no need to pack them up so quickly. After

getting up early in the morning and rushing for most of the day, they were tired. After a quick look at the yard, Fu Zhengtu and Fu Yuanhang went to boil water and heat up the kang. After washing up, they went back to their rooms for a nap.

Su Taotao lay on the warm kang, looking at the tall and unique ancient rhyme beams, and felt as if she didn't know what year it was.

Su Taotao was very sleepy and tired, probably because she was too excited, she just couldn't fall asleep. She lay on Fu Zhengtu's chest and drew circles:

"Why have I never heard you mention that the house in the capital is a courtyard house?"

Fu Zhengtu was almost asleep, and said in a daze: "A seven-foot sleeper at night, any house is the same, and can accommodate the whole family."

It was difficult for Su Taotao to explain to Fu Zhengtu why modern people were so keen on courtyard houses.

She bit Mr. Fu's chin: "I just like Siheyuan very much!"

Fu Zhengtu curled his lips and kissed Su Taotao back with his eyes closed:

"It's good that you like it. Siheyuan is not good. If it weren't for Grandma Song finding someone to build a kang and improving the sewage channel, it would be inconvenient to go to the toilet at home." No

wonder, Su Taotao had heard before that most Siheyuans actually don't have bathrooms, and everyone can only go to the public toilets in the alleys.

Rich families will reserve a clean room, but it is only used to place toilets. It stinks all day long, and the toilet environment is particularly bad.

But when Su Taotao came in, she felt that her own Siheyuan was particularly in line with the living requirements of modern people. There was even a toilet in the bathroom and a shower in the bathroom.

"Grandma Song is very thoughtful." Su Taotao said.

"She studied abroad when she was young, and we basically modified this place according to hers, and some places are even better..."

Su Taotao actually still had a lot of questions, but Fu Zhengtu was really tired, and fell asleep while talking.

Su Taotao was too lazy to ask.

The past has no impact on her current life.

On the contrary, the Fu family and the Zhou family are small, so there are fewer trivialities of interpersonal relationships. They can just live their own

lives behind closed doors. She is very satisfied with her current life.

People get lazy when the weather gets cold. It takes time to adapt from the south where it is spring all year round to the north where the wind is biting. She simply decided not to cook dinner and planned to eat the "First Noodle of Beijing" that Chenchen had been thinking about.

It was too cold, Zhou Linglan didn't want to go out, and she didn't like eating fried noodles. She would rather eat noodles at home.

No one forced her. The cold-resistant family of four braved the cold wind and came to "Beijing's No. 1 Noodle Shop".

Chenchen still remembered the familiar knocking on the door after so many years.

"Come on, Li Xiangyang, are your ears frozen off? Go open the door!"

Li Xiangyang went to open the door with a curse.

It seemed that after two or three years, he hadn't made any progress.

He still loved to be lazy and still didn't like to work.

Still nagging...

"What are you all running out to eat on New Year's Day? Is there no firewood at home or is there a mouse in the rice jar?"

Li Xiangyang opened the door with a grumble, and was about to roll his eyes at the old customer who had no eyesight, but when he saw the handsome boy in front of him, his voice was instantly stuck in his throat, and his pupils suddenly dilated -

"You, you, you, Ah Hang?"

Before he turned around from his shock, he lowered his head to look at the little guy, his pupils dilated even more:

"Chenchen? Did you take ripening agents or enlargement agents? How come you suddenly grew so big?"

Little friend Chenchen: "..." He didn't eat for free. He hadn't seen him for two or three years. Shouldn't he be a little taller? He didn't want to know brother Yangyang at all!

In fact, in the past few years, Li Xiangyang, Fu Yuanhang and Mumu have maintained a correspondence frequency of three or four times a year, and their relationship has always been good.

If this guy hadn't been lazy and unwilling to write, the frequency of communication would have been even higher.

It's just that the person who has been "growing" in the letter suddenly appeared in front of him, which always felt a little unreal

. Chenchen puffed up his cheeks and said, "Uncle Yangyang! You just took the ripening agent and the enlargement agent. I couldn't recognize you just now. I thought you were Uncle Li with your sloppy beard!"

Chenchen decided not to call him Brother Yangyang anymore, but Uncle Yangyang. He would not admit that he recognized him at first sight just now!

Li Xiangyang smiled, bent down and picked up Chenchen, weighing his little butt:

"Little guy, you've gained a lot of weight, and you're getting prettier

as you get older. Sister-in-law, Brother Fu, Ah Hang, it's cold outside, come in quickly." Fu Yuanhang's friends all think they are the elders, and basically assume that Su Taotao and Fu Zhengtu are of the same generation as themselves, and Chenchen is a generation younger than themselves.

So whether they call him brother or uncle, they will agree to whatever Chenchen calls them.

The store is still the same as before, but inside and outside the door are like two different worlds. From the outside, you can't tell that it's crowded inside. The huge noodle shop is full of people, shouting all the time, and there is almost no room to step.

Someone from the kitchen called out, "Li Xiangyang, open the door and go to the toilet. There's a basin of mutton offal on table number five!"

Li Xiangyang put down his dustpan and pouted, "I'm coming, hurrying up!"

"There's no place to sit here, go sit inside, I'll take your order." Li Xiangyang left this sentence and ran to the kitchen.