The Fiery Era of Siheyuan

Chapter 126, Shichahai Ice Rink
At eight o'clock, Sha Zhu, who had not been out on a blind date for a long time, came back with his head drooping.

As soon as he entered the room, he didn't say hello, didn't speak, and didn't take off his clothes and shoes, and went directly to his own bed.

Pretty dead.
Li Weiguo and Yushui looked at each other, thinking that the blind date must have been a failure, otherwise Shazhu wouldn't have such a virtue.

However, Li Weiguo was still curious about what happened during the blind date, so he asked, "Brother Zhu, what's going on with you? Isn't it a blind date? Why did you come back so early?"

Sha Zhu turned over irritably, and said listlessly: "Oh, don't mention it, it didn't work."

"No, silly brother, why didn't it happen? What's the reason?" Yushui asked curiously.

Silly Zhu couldn't bear to ask, so he had to say perfunctorily: "There is no reason, I just feel that it is not suitable, so I came back."

Seeing Silly Zhu laying on the bed and asking questions, Yushui didn't show any politeness to him, and directly stimulated: "Silly brother, it's not because people look down on you, right?"

Yushui's words seemed to hit Sha Zhu's vitals, and he immediately jumped up from the bed.

Sha Zhu said angrily: "Hey, what do you mean you don't like me? It's obviously that woman's eyesight is not good!"

"I went to meet her on a blind date, but the woman said to me in a daze: Sir, your son is not here?"

"Good guy, I almost choked to death. What kind of eyes do you think this person has? Am I so old? I think she is."

"Chichi. Hahaha" × 2
Before Shazhu finished speaking, Li Weiguo and Yushui couldn't help laughing.

"Silly brother, silly brother, I said earlier that your appearance looks old. If you don't believe me, you have to say that you are mature. Now it's over, Mr. He, your son didn't come? Hahaha" Yu Shui couldn't bear it when he said Live laughing.

"That's because she has no vision. How fashionable is the Chinese tunic suit and the back of the head?"

"The key is that you are too anxious to look stupid, with such a mature attire, isn't it Uncle He? Hahaha."

"Forget it, just laugh."

After all, Sha Zhu's face drooped, and he stopped arguing, and went directly to the bed, pulled the quilt over his head, it was considered a mess, what do you want to do?

Since Shazhu's blind date failed and he was in poor condition, Li Weiguo and the others could only simply reheat yesterday's leftovers for lunch.

Fortunately, there are a lot of leftovers for the New Year's Eve dinner, which is quite hearty.

After lunch, Li Weiguo and Yushui didn't want to stay at home, they were going to take Shazhu out for a stroll, and take him out to relax.

It's just a blind date, if you succeed, you can do it again if you don't, on the first day of the new year, you can't just hang your face all day long, right?

Just as he was about to go outside, Zhou Can took his second son, Zhou Bo, to the courtyard to look for Li Weiguo.

"Wei Guo, do you want to go to the skating rink? I heard that the Shichahai Ice Rink is always lively on the first day of the Lunar New Year." Zhou Can yelled at Li Weiguo as soon as he entered the courtyard.

"Shichahai Ice Rink?" Li Weiguo asked doubtfully.

Zhou Can: "That's right, it's always lively there, many people go there to play after dinner, Zhao Guobing has already gone to pick up his partner, let's go together, don't hatch eggs with the family."

Zhou Bo also echoed: "Yes, yes, it's very lively over there, Brother Wei, let's go together."

Li Weiguo had heard of the name of the Shichahai Ice Rink, but he had never seen the ice rink in the 60s.

"Brother Zhu, Yushui, why don't we go and have a look?" Li Weiguo was quite moved, and asked the silly brother and sister beside him.

"Okay, okay, let's go skating."

The girl Yushui likes to be lively, so she immediately clapped her hands in agreement, but Sha Zhu didn't care, so she nodded along.

"By the way, fat man, we don't have skates, where can we get them?" Suddenly, Li Weiguo seemed to remember that they didn't have any equipment.

Skates were a luxury item at this time, and a pair cost tens of dollars more. Few people could afford skates, even those who were born in a compound, and not everyone was willing to buy them for their children.

At this time, everyone pays attention to borrowing skates. Whoever has skates can borrow them to play.

Who wants to say that he can bring his skates to the Shichahai Ice Rink, with a baggy back and forth, not only the focus of the audience, but also the most beautiful kid on the whole street.

Zhou Can was well prepared and patted his and Zhou Bo's satchels with confidence.

He smiled and said: "Hey, don't worry, I've prepared it a long time ago. When I came out, I borrowed two pairs from the buddies in our yard, and I added my own. There are three pairs in total. Let's change and play when we get there. And Zhao Guobing himself has one too, don't worry."

"Okay, let's go."

Since there is no need to worry about the equipment, there is nothing to say, it is good to go out and have fun, this is the first Spring Festival that Li Weiguo has traveled through, so he can't stay at home, right?

So, five people and two cars left the courtyard and went straight to the Shichahai Ice Rink.

Shichahai, at the foot of the Bell and Drum Tower, has the reputation of "Northern Water Town".

In summer, a pool of clear water sparkles in the sun, and in winter, it becomes a large natural ice rink.

Although Yuyuantan, the Summer Palace, Beihai and Jishuitan were once the favorite ice rinks of BJ people, the special historical background of Shichahai Ice Rink endows it with different meanings.

The history of Shichahai can be traced back to 700 years ago. Although there is a saying that "there was Tanzhe Temple first, and then there was BJ City", but in fact Shichahai is one of the basis for the establishment of the Yuan Dynasty.

The lotus market, Yinding Bridge, Liuyin Street and other scenic spots make it a popular summer place and a good place for winter fun.

In the Ming Dynasty, Shichahai, as part of the criss-crossing waterways of BJ City, also undertook the task of traveling in winter.

As the main means of transportation on ice, the simple "ice bed" and self-made skates can slide to the destination like lightning on the smooth ice surface, which is faster than riding a horse, and the price is low, so it is very popular among the people.

After the Qing army entered the customs, skating was entertained by the disciples of the Eight Banners and evolved into a fashionable sport. Not only did it get an interesting name called "Bingxi", but it was also designated as a "national custom" by Emperor Qianlong.

The "ice dance" that An Lingrong caught a glimpse of in "The Legend of Zhen Huan" is probably the predecessor of figure skating today.

The wars at the beginning of the 1950th century made Shichahai gradually forgotten. It was not until the founding of New China in [-] that the bustle of the past was restored.

In the middle of that year, the dredging project of Shichahai was completed. Due to the open water surface, in winter, it became the largest ice skating rink in BJ City at that time.

Every winter, when Shichahai freezes, the handsome guy will wear a sheepskin hat, the girls will wear red woolen scarves, and wear small black high-heeled skates bought by someone from Shanghai. Free yourself on the ice rink.

It can be said that from the 50s to the 70s, Shichahai Ice Rink was at the forefront of fashion in the Forty-Nine City, no less than Sanlitun and 798 in later generations.

And the BJ diehards also like to party here, have fun, take pictures of wives, and fight.
This is not only an entertainment place for them to skate, play ice hockey, and play ice carts, but also a place where they spend their youth wantonly on the ice rink and left countless memories.

Shichahai Ice Rink is not far from Nanluoguxiang, just 10 minutes by bike.

When they arrived at the place, Li Weiguo and others took a quick look.

It's really a sea of ​​people.

The ice surface of the entire ice rink is full of people, all dressed up and playing on the ice.

As one of the few entertainments in this era, ice skating has always had many fans.

Although the current skating tools are generally simple, there are still many people who use the simple homemade skates to play sneakily, and the tricks emerge in endlessly.

Looking around, there are many people on the ice wearing simple homemade skates, and some pushing homemade ice carts. They play in groups of three or four on the ice.

(End of this chapter)