Chapter 3 Time Travel to 1959
June 23, 1959
Capital, Dongcheng District, Dachudeng Hutong, Gege Mansion.
It was called Gege Mansion, as it was called in the late Qing Dynasty. It was a really grand house with five entrances, two courtyards on the east and west, and a back garden on the north.
After liberation, the people became the masters of the country, and the Gege Mansion was expropriated. From then on, the Gege Mansion was called No. 38 Daqudeng Hutong. Intellectuals and workers from all over the country who supported the construction of the capital also lived in it.
The luxurious Gege Mansion has since been completely transformed into a large courtyard, and the house has been divided into families.
As the population continues to grow, for example, whose son will get married when he grows up, whose grandson will live independently as an adult, etc., what should we do if we need more houses?
So all kinds of illegal buildings came out.
Today the Li family built a small house next to the wing, tomorrow the Zhang family occupied the corridor, and in a few days there was an additional small house in the yard. Everything was in disarray, and the street couldn't control it even if they wanted to.
In a large courtyard like this, unless the people who live here know the way, people from outside will definitely get confused when they come in.
It was late in the evening, and the originally quiet courtyard was already bustling with activity. Students were finishing school, workers were getting off work, and women were collecting clothes, and some were preparing dinner.
For a time, people were coming and going, and it was so lively that the courtyard was filled with the atmosphere of life.
At this moment, the door to the main room of the second courtyard was opened, and a young man wearing a vest, a pair of big pants, wet hair, a towel in his hand, and a confused look came out.
The sudden intrusion of this stranger immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the middle courtyard, and the entire courtyard fell silent instantly.
Everyone, you look at me and I look at you, both looking confused.
"Isn't this Lin Laoguang's house? When did guests come to the house?"
"I haven't heard of anyone coming here, otherwise Lao Lin's family would have to report to us, right?"
"Old Lin's family is not at home tonight to have a wedding banquet with fellow villagers. If someone comes out of the house at this time, could it be..."
The people in the yard were talking about this strange young man. Matchmaker Wang poked Ma Dazhuang beside her and whispered:
"Hey, boom, I don't think this person is a good person. Could he be a thief? Hurry and go and interrogate him."
Ma Dazhuang, whose hometown is in the Northeast, is nicknamed "Bo Jing". He is usually a chatty person and can chat with everyone he meets. When he heard Matchmaker Wang's encouragement, he walked up and frowned and asked:
"Hi, kid, when did you come to our hospital? Whose house are you looking for?"
Although the courtyard is chaotic, the interpersonal relationships are very simple. There are several old ladies with red badges squatting at the door at any time. No matter whether you are a petty thief or an enemy agent, no one can escape the eyes of the people in Dongcheng District.
Therefore, a stranger suddenly appeared in the courtyard, which made everyone instinctively suspicious and vigilant.
This strange young man is Lin Sanqi.
At this time, Lin Sanqi was still confused. Looking at the "living people" in front of him, their clothes, their looks, and even their hairstyles, it was like watching a black and white movie.
Especially when he heard Ma Dazhuang's inquiry, his Northeastern dialect sounded like he was in Zhao Benshan, so he burst out laughing:
"Mother Dionei, am I dreaming? Dreaming back to Tieling, the largest city in the universe? Hahaha~~~"
Lin Sanqi really thought she was dreaming. Otherwise, how could she explain that she had entered a different world as soon as she opened the bathroom door? There are also a group of living people who speak northern dialect?
Ma Dazhuang looked back at the others and asked unconfidently: "Is there something wrong with this person's mind?"
Matchmaker Wang rolled her eyes at Ma Dazhuang angrily, and said to an old man holding a teapot next to her: "Well, you can't leave the dealings with people to Bo Jing, Lord Baylor, you have to take action."
The Lord Beile mentioned by Matchmaker Wang is Na Ming who lives in the east wing of the Second Entrance Courtyard. From this name, you can tell that he is a Manchu.
Anyway, the old man said it himself, if the Qing Dynasty is not destroyed, in the hands of his generation, he will be able to inherit the title of Baylor, and then the entire Gege Mansion will belong to his family.
But no one in the courtyard believed it, thinking that the old man was bragging.
This is a new society, and the people are the masters of the country. Not to mention that Na Ming is a bad old man. Even if he is really an old man from the Qing Dynasty, he has to be coiled up like a dragon or lying down like a tiger.
I saw the old man holding a purple clay pot, slowly walked up to Lin Sanqi, and asked with a smile:
"Hey, buddy, I see you are from Dr. Lin's house. Who are you from Dr. Lin's house?"
Lin Sanqi looked at the old man in front of him who was wearing a traditional short coat, old Beijing cloth shoes and a wrinkled face. He couldn't think of anything and said:
"Dr. Lin? Doctor Lin is my father, oh, no, I don't know the Doctor Lin here, but people in our village call me my father, Doctor Lin."
The old man was a little surprised: "What daddy? Who are you from Dr. Lin's family?"
"I...I'm not okay...I'm dead..."
Lin Sanqi suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart. After all, he was someone who had read countless online novels in college, so he knew to some extent what "time travel" was about.
Now Lin Sanqi felt that he might have traveled through time, and that he had suddenly arrived in the north from the southernmost part of the motherland.
Judging from the clothing of the people in the yard in front of me, they are either white, blue, or green, and many people even have patches on their bodies.
Return the bright red slogans on the walls of the courtyard:
“United as one, let’s build a new China together!”
"Unite as one and overcome the difficulties together!"
"Long live the victory of socialism!"
Lin Sanqi can be sure that this will definitely not be the clothes that people in 2023 should wear. This is at least 49 years later, the hard and simple red era before the reform and opening up.
Just not sure how many years this is.
Thinking that she had traveled through time, Lin Sanqi looked back behind the door and saw an Eight Immortals table placed in the middle of the room behind the door. Where was the huge space left?
For a moment, Lin Sanqi panicked: "Did I make a mistake? I can't go back?"
When people in the yard saw Lin Sanqi's crazy appearance, they all started to murmur in their hearts, but one thing everyone could be sure of was that this kid's background was definitely not upright.
Just his long hair makes him look like he is not a good person. These days, aspiring young people shave their hair to a square inch. Who will keep their hair long?
(Lin Sanqi, Aaron Kwok’s hairstyle is also called long hair? The only fault is that the hair has not become fluffy after taking a shower, and it sticks to the forehead like a man doing it)
At this time, a fat, short, middle-aged woman in the yard suddenly shouted:
"Good guy, this must be a thief, something that doesn't open to anyone's eyes. This thief has sneaked into our yard. Young and old men, hurry up and arrest him and take him to the police station. Sit on the ground and shoot him. Come on!!!"
(End of chapter)