Siheyuan: My Northeastern Farmhouse

Chapter 57
Yesterday Penglai, the editor of Group [-], told me that my book will be on the shelves at noon today. I can't say I am excited, but I thought a lot last night and did not continue writing.

Later, I thought about not having to write a testimonial before putting it on the shelves, so I thought about what I should write. Then I thought about it and wrote about my original intention of writing.

In mid-August this year, I returned to my hometown in Northeast China and stayed for about a week. It was probably the first time I returned home at this time in so many years of work.The whole person is very relaxed and comfortable. Yes, Chapter 8 describes the yard of my hometown.

Then when I have nothing to do at home, I play games, watch videos, and read novels.

Then Qidian recommended a lot of Siheyuan novels. To be honest, I couldn't stand most of them. The characters were all the same, and they were very violent and life-or-death, which was contrary to my previous knowledge.

I actually understood the various characters in the courtyard to relate to the rural relationships I lived in when I was a child.I don’t say this just to say that rural areas are simple and honest. There are countless unruly people out of poor mountains and rivers!

It's just that the neighborhood relationship in rural areas is somewhat similar to this kind of courtyard house where hundreds of people live!
Every family has its own little thoughts. Sometimes the old ladies will quarrel over trivial matters, and the family will murmur. Then if something really happens in the neighborhood, it goes without saying that they will come to help.Gentlemen generally don't come forward. If there is a fight between the gentlemen in the village, the most common reason is that the brother-in-law is beating the brother-in-law. There are also fights with other villages. When I was a child, there were still old-fashioned rifles in the village and I used to shoot.

We, the younger ones, like to listen to these uncles brag about things like hitting the legs with guns, cutting with knives, not stabbing, etc.

The only bleeding incident that occurred in the village seemed to me to be because of a woman, so I can’t remember clearly.During an outdoor movie, I stabbed someone in the back with a knife.Of course he was fine and he was rescued by going to the hospital in time!

So I read a lot of Siheyuan novels about how good Lou Xiao'e was. I couldn't bring her in. After the divorce, she didn't go back to her parents' home. Instead, she went to get together with her ex-husband's enemy. Was this for fear of not killing anyone?

I also want to tell my book friends, it is very important, don’t mess with honest people!Anyway, the big gangsters in our village will never mess with honest people!Because there has been a massacre of family members near us, so Brother Long from Kunshan is nothing!We directly killed the family. It seems that it happened twice after honest people were bullied.

So I read a lot of characters in novels, such as orphans, children of martyrs, honest people who are bullied all day long, but I can’t bring them in.These people in the Siheyuan are all from the old society, who haven't met them before?Besides, the Public Security Council of that era didn’t understand it, but maybe everyone in Chaoyang understood it.Even in the 90s, there were still many old men and women who would directly educate the other party if they didn't like something.

And the people in the village are very united to the outside world. At the peak of our village, there were more than 2000 people, and they may not all know each other.I should be considered the second uncle of the third server. I am a well-known gangster in our local area. Once I saw a little girl stopped by a street kid on the street who looked familiar. I walked up to the street kid and gave the street gangster two big mouths!Then after asking clearly, it turned out that it belonged to such and such a family in his own village, and it was the two big mouths of the streetwalkers.

Of course, my second uncle has been in there several times, and I don’t know if he has come out yet!
Another commendable thing about Northeast China is that all children are taught from an early age that they must call someone when they go out, otherwise others will say that the adults in this family have not taught the children well!Even the gangsters outside on the street, who are noisy and noisy all the time, will shout when they see the elders in the village: "Who are you, brother, uncle?"
Of course, there are also those who hate the poor and the rich!But it’s mostly lip service, not to mention neighbors, it’s the same among relatives and sisters-in-law!When we meet, we are still cordial, and when something happens, we still take the initiative to help!And the most popular thing to see is when old ladies are telling jokes together, how is their little wife, how is their man doing well, and who is the widow getting close to?
Also, many book friends don’t understand my way of writing the character Qin Huairu, because the author has actually met a widow. Of course, her style is very decent, and she takes care of the elderly and the children. If a bachelor harasses her, he will just chop it with a kitchen knife.He was very cheerful and enthusiastic towards everyone. He was always present at every family event. No one in the village could complain. Later he got married and a man quietly took care of her for many years before the widow agreed.

In fact, when I first started writing, I didn’t want to write about having sex with Qin Huairu. To be honest, it wasn’t very ethical.Later, it was because during the National Day, there were too many people to go out and I had more time to write. As a result, several photos were blocked. Favorites and recommendation tickets were dropped very badly. Then I thought about it and wrote "Widow Get Out of Bills". No. Feeling better.

So I don’t know if book friends have noticed that there is a paragraph describing enemy agents, which has not been released yet, and the subsequent plot is slightly discontinuous.Of course, the more I write about it, the more I think Teacher Hao Lei is pretty, I’m so greedy!
I want to write something clearly here. Some book friends commented that it is sagging and stretch marks again.I can only say that you have never seen the beauty of working women. 20 years ago, in many train stations and bus stations, as soon as you left the station, there were many enthusiastic old aunties who would take you to a small hotel to rest. It was not expensive and only cost a few dozen. , so good!There are also five-star hotels, including Kempinski and Hilton, but of course they are more expensive.Of course, writing about Qin Huairu also lost the support of many book friends, especially those who particularly disliked Qin Huairu.Therefore, all my comments have not been deleted. No matter how unethical the comments are, I don’t do it. I just treat it as a minefield for other book friends.

Let’s talk about my understanding of Qin Huairu’s character. First of all, some book friends have described her as a vampire, a white lotus, or a green tea bitch. I don’t deny it. After all, there are a thousand Hamlets among a thousand people.

Secondly, I haven’t watched all TV series, mainly novels and some short videos, which are explained in movies and TV shows.I have a few questions, and I would like to ask readers who like Siheyuan and have done more in-depth research to help answer them if they have time:
1. The first is the house: Does it belong to whoever lives in the house?Don’t you have a house book?I remember there was an episode when Silly Zhu’s father returned to the courtyard and said that he had the house photo in his hand?There is also one I have seen, that is, Qin Huairu and Lou Xiao'e were talking about divorcing Silly Zhu. Qin Huairu took the initiative to bring up the house, and Lou Xiao'e seemed to say that I will give you all the money!
2. The second one is the lunch box and borrowing money: Doesn’t it seem like Qin Huairu got the lunch box only after he took the initiative to stop Silly Zhu at the gate of the hospital every time?I haven’t seen a video about borrowing money, but I have seen one. It’s almost the Chinese New Year. Shazhu prepared 30 yuan to give to Qin Huairu, and then let Jia Zhang and Bang Gang live in Yuyu’s house. Qin Huairu said Jia Zhang Won't live there.At that time, it seemed that Qin Huairu had already established a relationship with Shazhu!We don't live together, so I don't know if they have sex or not.

3. The third is a sense of security: Has Shazhu ever given Qin Huairu a sense of security?I would like to extend my explanation here, isn’t our country’s fertility rate getting lower and lower?In fact, it can also be attributed to a sense of security. I also have a friend who is a DINK. When talking about children, it is obvious that there is no sense of security whether it is about future upbringing or future life!A woman will only marry you and have children if you make her feel safe, right?This has nothing to do with money!I am an example myself!
4. The fourth question is whether Shazhu is really stupid: I really didn’t find Shazhu stupid. It is true that he has a bad mouth and is not stingy, but it also depends on the person, such as the episode where the big boss cooks!65 years after the plot started, Shazhu is already 28, right?In those days, the street offices would help older young people get married, so why was Si Zhu still single?Furthermore, Silly Zhu is the protagonist, and he goes on a blind date with Qin Jingru, Yu Haitang, and Ran Qiuye. Except for Qin Jingru, who is almost a village girl, but she is tender and good-looking, there is really no difference in the others, whether it is appearance or work.

By the way, when Silly Zhu brought Jia and Zhang to a showdown, he also said that Qin Huairu was belittled and bullied in the factory for two steamed buns or something.I can't understand it either.Isn't Qin Huairu a vampire fool?Why does Silly Zhu still say that to Qin Huairu?

I also saw a video of Qin Huairu taking the initiative to pay the hospitalization fee to the third aunt, and asking Qin Jingru to help borrow money from Xu Damao.No matter how much Qin Huairu saves money, she still spends it when her neighbors are in trouble. Her character is not too bad.It seems that Xiaodang told Shazhu that her mother paid the hospital fee to the third aunt.

Of course, whether this is a courtyard full of love or a courtyard full of birds, it all makes sense. The core of TV is to care for the elderly, and they will do anything to provide for the elderly, such as the uncle.

Also, what I especially cannot bring in is that the novel has given the protagonist a golden finger, and he has plenty of food and drink, so why is he still so narrow-minded?Why are you still stuck in such a poor yard?Widow Qin sacrificed herself for a bite of food, but she couldn't bring it to her children. Can I say that the most important thing for a widow is her children?I would rather not eat it myself than let the children eat it!Don’t you see me, Dorgon?
A book friend made a very good comment. It is nothing more than a shabby courtyard where Beijing's lower-class residents live. The trivial things that happened are put together, and there is really no need to demonize it.

The golden fingers of the time traveler are all awesome, just reduce the dimensionality and attack!Why bother getting together every day?Once or twice, you will be honest!

This is also my original intention of writing this book. To make everyone laugh with the trivial things in the courtyard, and then describe the struggling spirit of that era. Although the writing is not good due to lack of writing power or other reasons, I still want to describe it. .In that era when supplies were scarce but the spirit was full of energy, I don’t seem to have read any sideways descriptions of the struggle of the masses in the red era. Maybe it’s the same reason as me.

Finally, let me explain again. Many book friends said that the novel was too funny and jumpy at the beginning.

As mentioned in the previous article, after the author returned to his hometown in August, he felt very relaxed. Do men remain young until they die?At first, I wrote on my mobile phone without an outline. It seems that after writing more than a dozen chapters, I saw some comments from book friends, and then I slowly started writing on my computer, and then re-wrote the outline and so on.Maybe it's not accurate to call it an outline, it's just a story line. If I don't think it's good, I always change it.

Finally, I wish all book friends a happy family and a happy family!
Author: Want Linglu

2023-10-11
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