Siheyuan: He Yuzhu’s Sunshine Farm

Chapter 216 The nineties are here!

After He Yuzhu returned to the courtyard, Aunt Ma's mourning hall had been evacuated. It seemed that Li Chaoqun did nothing for Aunt Ma and took care of everything about Aunt Ma as quickly as possible.

In fact, Auntie's death was actually done by Li Chaoqun, because Auntie discovered Li Chaoqun's secret, but unfortunately, Auntie did not have time to spread the secret, and was later silenced by Li Chaoqun.

At the end of the 1980s, there were poisons in Wanwan that were more sophisticated than ours. Sometimes, no matter how hard our security officers tried, they couldn't crack it. So, when Auntie died of a heart attack, our security officers didn't find any more poisons. of.

Soon, the days returned to where they started.

Yu Haitang is about to give birth, and He Yuzhu's first child is about to be born. During this period, Yu Haitang has almost become the biggest protector of the family. Everyone is surrounding Yu Haitang, including Grandma Li.

Emperor Tian paid off his hard work. Ten months after Haitang was pregnant, He Yuzhu gave birth to his first child. The child was named He Guang. Why was he named He Guang? It was because He Yuzhu wanted to raise four children and named him He Guang. Shining on the lintel, haha. This is a bad taste of He Yuzhu.

Time keeps moving forward like an hourglass, and soon, the nineties are here.

"In Asia, our mountains are like high heads; in Asia, our rivers are like flowing blood!" Even before the opening ceremony of the Asian Games, the song "Asian Heroes" became very popular.

The lyrics of this song are catchy, the melody is stretched and open, exuding high, majestic momentum and vitality, and it is easy to sing. It received unanimous praise from the people on site when it was recorded for the first time.

At the New Year's Day party in 1990, Liu and Wei sang for the first time, which immediately touched the hearts of hundreds of millions of viewers. It soon became popular all over the country and became the most popular and widely sung song at that time.

Although "Asian Glory" has become an iconic symbol of the 49-city Asian Games, in fact, this song is just a promotional song for the 49-city Asian Games. The real anthem is "Burn!" composed by Shi Guangnan. torch".

This song has a majestic and powerful melody and beautiful lyrics, but it has an overly ritualistic feel and is not in line with the popular culture of the time. So the organizing committee found composer Xu Peidong.

Xu Peidong himself is a sports fan. After hearing about his intention, Xu Peidong casually played a string of notes on the piano that popped into his head while sleeping two days ago, and was immediately confirmed by the staff. After Xu Peidong composed the song, he found his friend Zhang Li, a lyricist who had written songs such as "The Shadow of the Fence", "The Waves of Gulangyu Island", and "My Motherland and Me".

In less than a week, Zhang Li filled in the lyrics for "Asian Lion". Later, someone pointed out that the host country of an Intercontinental Games should not have a specific image, so "Lion" was changed to "Feng", and a masterpiece was born.

When the song was recorded, Liu and Wei recorded it separately.

Liu sang it over and over again, but always felt dissatisfied.

Later, Xu Peidong bought half a dozen beers. After drinking, Liu Huan's state immediately changed and the recording was quickly completed. Neither singer realized that the song would become such a hit.

Wei later recalled that she happened to be in Sijiucheng at the time and received a call from Xu Peidong, saying that she wanted to record a song. She went without thinking too much. From watching the work to auditioning and recording, it took less than an hour in total. The process is simple.

With this song, she became a popular singer at the time. Sometimes she had to answer dozens of calls a day for commercial performances, and the organizers all asked her to sing "Asian Heroes" without exception. In fact, in addition to "Asian Heroes", the Asian Games songs at that time also included "Black Hair Floating" by Hang Tianqi, "Don't Say Goodbye" by Zhu Zheqin, etc., which were also very popular.

Also remembered together with "Asian Heroes" is the mascot "Panpan".

"Pan Pan" was designed by Changchun Film Studio art designer Liu Zhongren based on a panda named "Basi". "Bas" was a stray panda. In 1984, bamboos in Sichuan nature reserves began to bloom on a large scale. The 4-year-old "Basi" drifted hungry into a small river in Basi Valley, Baoxing County, and was killed by a farmer. He was discovered and saved, hence the name "Bath".

According to Liu Zhongren, the original design showed a panda holding a torch. Later, in order to highlight the sports events, it was changed to holding a gold medal and named "Pan Pan", which means hoping for peace, friendship and good results in the Asian Games.

During the Asian Games, the image of "Panpan" holding a gold medal and running like it appeared in newspapers and TV stations across the country almost every day.

This cute panda image not only conquered people across the country, but also won the favor of all Asia.

And life now is different from what it was two years ago, although at this time, the people in Sijiucheng were still using old-fashioned TV sets.

However, it is already very exciting to be able to upgrade from black and white TVs to color TVs. At that time, we had become a major TV production country. After that, for a long time, the people of Sijiucheng were obsessed with the size of TV drama screens. 14 inches, 18 inches, 20 inches, 24 inches, the bigger the better!

This year, everything in Forty-Nine City is so prosperous. Sports stadiums are rising from the ground. No matter where you go, you can see Panpan's figure. From a certain level, Panpan is the earliest in the capital. Mascots are far more influential than Bingdundun. As the mascot of the Asian Games, Panpan also appears on hats and umbrellas. Panpan is painted and embroidered. Panpan’s smiling image can be seen everywhere.

At that time, although people in Sijiucheng basically had color TVs, refrigerators, and washing machines, it was very rare to find air conditioners at home. Even the electrical appliance counters in shopping malls could not see air conditioners. In the past, shopping malls in Sijiucheng were all equipped with air conditioners. It is a counter-style sales, which is popular for a while, and still uses paper and paper string as packaging. In front of the floral cloth counter, there are always many girls from the 49th City, buying a piece of cloth and taking it home to make their own clothes. Save money and show your personality.

This year, shopping malls have sprung up in Sijiu City. Some high-end shopping malls are also equipped with elevator air conditioners. Therefore, shopping malls have become the best choice for people in Sijiu City to escape the summer heat. In Sijiu City parlance, they are the best places to cool down. Where to go, the cool air in the shopping mall and the clean environment have attracted more and more people from Sijiu City to come here to cool down and cool down. The people from Sijiu City who enjoy the coolness take a nap here to relieve the lack of sleep due to the heat the night before. Now it seems that it is also a very pleasant thing!

At this time, at the main entrance of the Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill, there was a tidal wave of bicycles leaving get off work in the afternoon.

Various cars driving on Di'anmen Square. No. 20 bus, yellow bread taxis, and also jeepneys.

An army of yellow bread taxis driving in Di'anmen Square. At that time, taxis in BJ City were mainly yellow bread, and at first glance they were all yellow vans.

Three-wheeled bicycles equipped with passengers are waiting in front of Di'anmen Square. Many tourists who come to Sijiucheng will choose this type of pedal tricycle, which is of high quality and low price, but can allow them to enjoy the street view of Sijiucheng carefully.

This year's Sijiucheng subway station. At that time, the design of subway stations looked a bit dull. But the tickets are very cheap, a subway ticket only costs 5 cents.

To be honest, everything was changing in Sijiucheng in the 1990s. Unfortunately, the hutongs in Sijiucheng began to face demolition.

The original courtyard houses, whether they were the Baylor Mansion of the Prince or the residences of wealthy businessmen, were all grand in size and shape, keeping a decent distance from ordinary small houses. With the ups and downs of the wind and clouds, the "Sihe" still exists, but the "courtyard" is no longer there.

The gates of private residences were gradually squeezed in by groups of families, and the houses expanded from single-family houses to multi-family courtyards where common people lived together.

The courtyard is public, the faucets are shared, and electricity is supplied by an electric meter. The courtyard door is open day and night, allowing outsiders to come and go at will. The public toilets built by the government are called official latrines.

Poor infrastructure has brought pressure to survive, and the living environment has become increasingly oppressive. Beijingers have practiced the art of doing Taoist temples in a snail shell. Cooking is done indoors in the winter and in the courtyard during the warm weather. From the moment the pot is cooked, one knows who is cooking and what to eat.

There is only a thin wall between each house, so if you don't waste a little bit of privacy, it will get into the ears of your neighbors and become a source of gossip. If you are not careful, it will cause disputes between neighbors.

There is no way, everyone is feeling useless, and every house is cramped. To endure it from generation to generation, to be calm, to face the difficulties of life calmly, and to live one's own life happily has become a philosophy of life. of cultivation.

Speak casually in Sijiucheng dialect, make jokes and ridicule to eliminate all the unsatisfactory life, and enjoy themselves in every corner of the lives of Sijiucheng people.

If you don't have the conditions to realize the exquisite and rich "ceiling, fish tank, pomegranate tree", you can use broken bricks to build a flower pond under the eaves and plant colorful "undying" flowers. The fragrance of jasmine can also fill the whole yard.

Pick some toon buds and give them to each house. When the dates are ripe, give them to the children to put in their pockets. Keeping cats, walking birds, amusing crickets, drinking tea, playing chess, and humming a piece of Xipi Erhuang happily.

The optimistic attitude and leisurely attitude left by our ancestors, who understand that life is short, are the magic weapons for people to overcome hardships.

Although the courtyards have become large courtyards, as long as the alleys remain, the customs of Sijiucheng will continue. Most of the people in the courtyard are ordinary people, old neighbors who have been with me for many years. They speak and behave politely and are not rude. When meeting and greeting you, you should say hello. It is the rule to say hello.

Sijiucheng pays attention to dealing with neighbors, dealing with matters emotionally, and gaining trust.

Distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors. Neighbors always keep an eye on each other by saying, "Let me know if I have anything to do." They help look after the door, receive letters, and take care of the children. People who kowtow and touch each other's faces all day long will inevitably blush because of trivial matters. When they blush, they should laugh it off. When meeting someone, they should be polite, talk when they should, lend a hand when they should, and be polite. There is no ambiguity about my son's need for face.

The weather changed, and the red-faced neighbor rushed back to help collect the clothes.

The cat is lost, "Just stay at home and wait, and I will find it for you even if I put the knife on the pot."

You care more about other people's affairs than your own.

It doesn't matter if I help you carry the coal and you load the green onions for me. As soon as anyone hears that the grocery store has goods that are in short supply that they usually don’t see, they never forget to greet their neighbors. Whoever is in front of the queue will have their neighbors step in, making the boss of those behind him unhappy.

When there is a wedding or funeral for any family, the whole hospital will be busy working together, and everyone has to be accommodating. If someone's house lacks fresh food, no matter how much they have, they should give some to the neighbors to try, "Come on, come on, give me a bowl."

The fish just caught in the east room, the mountain products sent by relatives in Xijiang, the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month next door, the jujube rice dumplings freshly made in the backyard, "Don't stop me, it's for the children."

The children ate from the east and west, and they all had a lot of food.

In the early days, when a bride was married, she would sit in a sedan chair and the wind would blow in the door. Nowadays, the bride is "married in" with the "crackling" of firecrackers. The deafening sound of firecrackers frightened the new daughter-in-law: "Oh, Mom, hurry up and be quick.

But starting in the 1990s, Sijiucheng began large-scale demolition and renovation. Many people moved from dilapidated courtyard houses to high-rise buildings with bright and clean windows.

Moreover, the disappearance rate of courtyard houses is also alarming. In just a few decades, 80% of the courtyard houses in the Four-Nine Cities have disappeared, including the former residences of celebrities. According to statistics, since the s, one-third of the former residences of celebrities in the capital have been destroyed. The demolition once aroused heated discussion among many people.

Maybe everyone will think that the demolition of the hutongs in Sijiucheng is a pity, but there is nothing that can be done because the living environment in the hutongs in Sijiucheng is really poor.

Such a small living environment can no longer accommodate the things needed for modern life.

What I have to say is the situation of private and illegal construction in Sijiucheng Hutongs. This is the reason why many courtyards have become large courtyards.

The problem of private and disorderly construction in hutongs cannot be solved by law, nor can it be demolished in one fell swoop. Why is this? Because the so-called private buildings in the hutongs are originally necessary for survival. In this harsh living environment, Hutong residents have to rely on illegal construction to solve their living problems.

The problem with hutongs is that they are formed by history. If a new courtyard house is built and each person is guaranteed 30 square meters, then there will be no problem with the living environment and there is no need to build it privately. However, this is not the case. Siheyuan was originally only enjoyed by wealthy families. In hutongs, several families often share a courtyard. Can this life problem be solved?

Most of the demolished households in the hutong are farmers with low incomes and very few things at home. Basically, they only have luggage, clothing and a few simple pieces of furniture. The only household appliance is an electric fan.

Because rural people have little financial resources, they save money for retirement, house and car expenses, rent out one or two houses, and use the rent income to meet daily expenses.

After the demolition, life will definitely be much improved compared to before. Living in a building will make it much more comfortable. A large yard of one acre can be exchanged for about 300 square meters of commercial housing outside the Fifth Ring Road and millions in cash. After renovating the house and buying a car, you can save a deposit.

Many people in 49 cities have experienced demolition, moved from bungalows to buildings, and have a deposit in their hands, but they are definitely not rich, because many houses are not for one person, but for a whole family, and the average amount of money is not To some extent, in terms of the consumption level of Jiujia District, it can be considered middle class at best.

This was a compliant decision. Fortunately, He Yuzhu's courtyard was not within the scope of demolition. Of course, this was only temporary. When He Yuzhu went home to amuse his children, an uninvited guest came outside the courtyard.

(End of this chapter)