four generations under one roof

One: Mr. Qi is not afraid of anything, except that he will not live his eightieth birthday. In his prime, he witnessed how Eight-Nation Alliance invaded Beijing. Later, he saw how the Qing emperor abdicated and continued the civil war. After a while, the gates of the9 cities were closed, and the guns were fired day and night. In a short time, the city gate opened and the victorious warlord's high-powered chariots and horses galloped on the road. War didn't scare him, but peace made him happy. On holidays, he will worship his ancestors. On holidays, he is a law-abiding citizen who just wants to live a life of food and clothing. Even if he caught up with the war, he had his own way: most notably, his family always had enough food and pickles for three months. In this way, even if shells are flying in the air and soldiers are running around in the street, he will close the door and put it on the top of a broken jar full of stones, which is enough to eliminate disasters and take refuge.

Why did Father Qi only prepare food and pickles for three months? This is because psychologically, he always thinks that Beiping is the most reliable big city in the world. No matter what disaster there is, it is difficult to eliminate it in three months, and then everything will be fine. The disaster in Peiping is just like a person inevitably has some headaches and brain fever, and he will naturally get better in a few days. If you don't believe me, you can look at the old man Qi. How many months did the war last? How long have you been directly serving the war? Ah! Listen to me, we can't survive three months of disaster in Peiping!

In the year of the July 7th Anti-Japanese War, Master Qi was seventy-five. He has long since stopped worrying about housework. His important work now is to water the potted plants in the yard, tell stories to the old people, add food and water to the yellow birds in cages, and take his grandchildren to the streets and visit the temple to protect the country slowly. However, as soon as the guns of Lugou Bridge rang, his old man's house could not help but feel a little worried. Who taught him to be an old man with four generations under one roof?

My son is over 50 years old and his daughter-in-law is always so ill, so Mr. Qi called his grandson and daughter-in-law over. The old man likes his grandson's daughter-in-law best, because first, she gave birth to the Qi family and taught him to have a great grandson; Second, she knows how to keep the house and know the rules. She doesn't burn her hair like a chicken nest like the second daughter-in-law. Third, the son doesn't always stay at home, and his daughter-in-law is ill, so in fact, it is the eldest grandson and his daughter-in-law who is in charge, while the eldest grandson teaches outside during the day and prepares homework to correct papers at night, so the food, clothing, tea and meals and communication with relatives, friends and neighbors are almost all in charge; This is not an easy thing, so the old man has to be partial to her. In addition, the old man grew up in Beiping, and he learned a lot of manners and manners from the flag bearer: when the daughter-in-law meets her father-in-law, of course, she has to step down. However, because the daughter-in-law is over 50 years old, she is often ill. If the old man doesn't teach her to step down, it will break the family rules; I can't bear to teach her to make rules, so I might as well discuss family affairs with my eldest grandson's wife. Although the old man's back is a little bent, the whole family still belongs to him. In his prime, he was called "Big Man Qi" everywhere. Tall, with a long face, he should be dignified, but his eyes are too small. When he smiles, he becomes a crack. People can only see his tall body, but they don't feel anything particularly awesome. When he is old, he looks better: his dark face, white beard, wrinkles around his eyes and cheeks are always smiling; Small eyes are deeply hidden in smiles and white eyebrows, always showing kindness with smiles; When he is really laughing, his little eyes emit a little light, as if he has infinite wisdom and refuses to release it all at once.

Called the eldest daughter-in-law, the old man gently combed his white beard and left a small moustache, but he didn't make any noise for a long time. The old man only read three little books and six miscellaneous words in his childhood; Teenagers and mature adults have suffered a lot, bought their own houses and became families. His son only studied in a private school for three years, and then went to be an apprentice; Until the grandchildren were influenced by the atmosphere and went to college. Now, he is an old man, but he always feels that his knowledge is not as good as his son's-his son can recite the Analects of Confucius by heart, and his handwriting is praised by fortune tellers-and he is not even as good as his grandson, fearing that they will look down on him. So when he talks to the younger generation, he always stares for a while, which shows that he is good at thinking. For his eldest grandson's daughter-in-law, he doesn't have to do this, because she doesn't read much, and she doesn't call her children all day long, that is to say, she is jealous. However, over time, he formed this habit, and he wanted to teach his granddaughter to stand longer.

Granddaughter-in-law has never been to school, so she has no scientific name. After getting married, her husband named her Mei Yun, just like a doctor's degree. The word "rhyme plum" seems unlucky, but it never works in Qijia. In-laws and grandfathers naturally don't have the habit and necessity of calling them by their first names, and some people think that she is just a housewife, which seems to have little to do with rhyme and plum. Besides, the old man thinks that since "Mei Yun" and "coal transportation" are homonyms, they should have the same meaning. "Come on, she's busy all day. Do you still have the heart to teach her how to transport coal?" In this way, even her husband was embarrassed to call her, so apart from proper nouns such as "sister-in-law" and "mother", she became "Xiaoshun's mother"; Xiao Shuner is her little boy.

Xiaoshun's mother is not ugly, of medium build, with a round face and two big watery eyes. She walks, talks, eats and does things quickly, but she doesn't panic. She combs her hair, washes her face and brushes powder quickly, so sometimes it just brushes powder evenly, so it looks better; Sometimes she doesn't like uneven rubbing. When she was laughed at because she didn't wipe the powder well, she was still not worried at all, but laughed at herself with others. She has a good temper by nature.

Qi old man combed the white beard enough, wiped it gently with his palm twice, and then said to Xiaoshun's mother:

"How much food do we have?"

Xiao Shuner's watery eyes quickly turned twice and guessed the old man's mind. Crispy and fast, she replied, "enough for three months!" " "

In fact, there is not so much food at home. She didn't want to annoy the old man by telling the truth. She is good at deceiving old people and children. "What about pickles?" The old man raised the second important question.

She answered faster: "enough to eat! Dry, old salted radish, both! " She knows that even if the old man really wants to check himself, she can buy some at once.

"good!" The old man is very satisfied. With three months of food and pickles, even if the sky falls, the Qi family will resist. But the old man didn't want to end his care like this. He had to explain the truth to his eldest grandson's wife: "The Japanese are making trouble again! Hum! Make trouble! In the year of Gengzi, Eight-Nation Alliance went to Beijing, and even the emperor ran away, without screwing my head off! Eight countries can't do it. What can a few Japanese children do? We are a treasure land, and no amount of trouble will last for three months! Let's not be too careless and bold, at least we must have steamed bread and pickles to eat! "

The old man said, Xiaoshun's mother nodded, but still said "yes". She has heard the old man's words at least fifty times, but they are still new. When the old man saw that someone appreciated his words, he couldn't help raising his voice a little to increase the power of moving:

"Your father-in-law, although he is in his fifties, he is far from doing housework! Your mother-in-law, she is just a patient. If you discuss anything with her, she will only whine! This family, I tell you, depends on you and me! If we don't worry, our family can't even put on pants! Do you believe it or not? "

Xiaoshun's mother was embarrassed to say "believe" and "don't believe", so she had to hang her eyelids and laugh.

"Rui Xuan hasn't come back yet?" The old man asked. Ruixuan is his eldest grandson. "He has four or five classes today." She answered.

"Hum! If you fire, come back quickly! What about Ruifeng and his crazy bitch? " The old man asked about his second grandson and his second grandson's daughter-in-law, the woman whose hair burned like a chicken nest.

"The two of them-"she didn't know how to answer.

"Young men and women are always mixed with honey and oil, and they can't live without it for a moment. I am really not afraid of jokes! "

Xiaoshun's mother smiled: "Young couples are like that sooner or later!"

"I can't stand it!" The old man said firmly. "It's all your mother-in-law spoiled her! I have never seen a young woman grow up in Beihai, Dongan Market and-what movie park? "

"I don't know!" She really can't say, because she almost never gets a chance to go to the movies.

"What about the third child?" The third son is Ruiquan. Because he is not married, the old man still calls him Xiao Saner. In fact, he is going to graduate from college.

"The third child went out with the girl." Buff is Xiao Shuner's sister. "Why doesn't he go to school?"

"Old three just told me for a long time that if we don't resist Japan, we won't even be able to keep Peiping!" Xiao Shuner's mother speaks quickly, but she is also very clear. "When he said this, his face was red with anger, and he rubbed his fists and rubbed his hands! I told him bluntly, anyway, our people named Qi didn't offend the orientals, and they weren't allowed to bully us! I sincerely told him this and taught him to calm down; I didn't know he was staring at me until I drank it, as if I was colluding with the Japanese! I dare not speak any more. He angrily picked up the girl and went out! Look, who did I recruit? "

The old man looked blankly for a while, and then said with emotion, "I'm worried about mistress, afraid that he will get into trouble sooner or later!" " "

Just then, Xiao Shuner spoiled in the yard and shouted, "Grandpa! Grandpa! You're back? Did you buy me peaches? What? No? None? Grandpa, you are really worthless! "

Xiao Shuner's mother replied in the room: "Shuner! Don't look at grandpa! If you talk nonsense again, I will hit you! "

Xiaoshun was silent, and grandpa came in. Xiaoshun's mother hurried to pour tea. Grandpa (Qi Tianyou) is a little old man with a black beard in his fifties. He is of medium height, a wealthy Thai, with a round face, heavy eyebrows, big eyes, heavy hair and a black beard. He is very suitable to be the shopkeeper of a decent shop-in fact, he is indeed the shopkeeper of a shop with three facades now. His steps were heavy, and the flesh on his face trembled with every step. Accustomed to business, I always have a harmonious face and almost a smile on my nose. Today, there is something wrong with his air. He tried to smile reluctantly, but there was no light in his eyes when he smiled, and the lines on his nose seemed to be unable to tighten; When he laughed, he hardly dared to raise his head generously.

"Why? Boss! " His father gently grabbed the white beard with his fingers and looked at his son's black beard with his hands, which somehow made him a little uneasy.

The little old man with black beard sat down unnaturally, as if the old man with white beard had given him some kind of mental oppression. He glanced at his father, lowered his head and whispered:

"Times are bad!"

"Can you fight?" Xiaoshun's mother boldly asked as the eldest daughter-in-law. "People are very upset!"

Qi laohan stood up slowly: "Xiao Shuner's mother, get the broken cylinder of the top door ready!" " "

Two: Qi's home is in the "small sheepfold" near the Huguo Temple in Xicheng. Perhaps, this place was really a sheepfold at first, because it was not as straight as the ordinary hutong in Beiping, or had one or two slight bends, but like a gourd. The mouth and neck of the gourd lead to the west street. It's thin, long and dirty. Gourd mouth is so narrow, it is easy to ignore the past without looking carefully and asking the postman. When you enter the neck of the gourd and see the garbage piled up at the root of the wall, you dare to go in, just as Columbus dared to go forward when he saw something floating on the sea. After walking for dozens of steps, I suddenly saw the gourd breast: a thing has forty steps, a circle of thirty steps from north to south, two big locust trees in the middle, and six or seven families around it. Further on, there is another alley-gourd waist. Passing through the "waist" is another clearing, two or three times larger than the "chest". This is gourd belly. "Chest" and "abdomen" are probably sheepfolds, right? Before we come to a conclusion, this remains to be tested by historians.

Qi's family is in the gourd box. The street gate faces west, diagonally facing a big pagoda tree. When Qi bought a house, the status of the house decided his choice. He likes this place. The alley mouth is so narrow and inconspicuous that he feels safe; There are six or seven families in the gourd box, which makes him feel warm. There are two big locust trees outside the door for children to play with. There are no chariots and horses, but Sophora japonica beans, Sophora japonica flowers and Sophora japonica worms, which can be used as children's toys. At the same time, although the location is a mean alley, and Xitong Street is behind Huguo Temple-there is a temple fair in July and August every year-it is not inconvenient to buy things. So he decided to buy the house.

The house itself is not very clever. First of all, it has no pattern. The courtyard is long from east to west and short from north to south, so the north and south rooms cannot be opposite; Relatively speaking, the yard will be squeezed into a crack, much like the aisle in the middle of the upper cabin of a ship. There are two rooms in the south room, so it is close to the street gate, while five rooms in the north room are facing the wall of the south yard. The two East Houses are the eastern ends of the courtyard; There is a small clearing in the north of the East Room, which is a toilet. Outside the wall of the south courtyard is an old incense shop that basks in Buddha incense, and there are several willows. Fortunately, there are these trees, otherwise there is nothing outside the south wall of the Qi family, but it seems to be a house on the train station, and it is a field outside the door. Second, the house is not very strong. Except for the wood in the north room, the rest is not commendable at all. In the hands of the old man Qi, the gable of the south room and the back wall of the east room collapsed more than twice, and the collapse of the boundary wall-all made of broken bricks-is inevitable in the rainy season every year. The courtyard is a pile of land, without Lu Yong; Every rainy season, the water in the yard is more than a foot deep, and you have to go barefoot in and out.

Lao Qi loves this house very much. The main reason is that this is the industry he bought himself, no matter how bad the pattern and structure are, it is also worthy of pride. Secondly, since he had this house, his population has increased. Today, four generations live under one roof! The feng shui here must be very good! When the eldest grandson Rui Xuan got married, all the houses were completely turned over. This time, it is Qi Tianyou's efforts-he wants to turn his father's property into a fortress that can be passed down from generation to generation, so that it is worthy of the elderly and children and grandchildren. All the bad wood has been replaced, all the broken bricks have been replaced with whole bricks, and all the places where wood is seen have been painted. After this transformation, although the house is still not decent in pattern, it has become one of the best houses in the sheepfold in essence. The old man looked at the new house and sighed with satisfaction. After he celebrated his 60th birthday and decided to retire, all his work was devoted to beautifying the courtyard. At the foot of the south wall, he gradually planted begonia, Hosta, Hydrangea and Saxifraga. In the middle of the yard, he raised four pots of pomegranate, two pots of oleander, and many small plants that could bloom easily. In front of Nanfang, he also planted two jujube trees, one with big white dates and the other with sweet and sour "lotus seeds".

Looking at his house, his children and grandchildren, and the flowers and plants planted by himself, the old man Qi felt that his life's hard work had not been in vain. Beiping City is a fairy city, and his family is also a fairy home.

Now, God bless the old couple and take Xiaoshun to live in the south yard. Five north rooms with a living room in the middle; Everything in the living room has a small door leading to Ruixuan and Rui Feng's bedroom. East side and west side have separate doors. Ruiquan is at the east end and Grandpa Qi's bedroom is at the west end. The East Room is used as a kitchen to store grain, rice, briquettes and firewood. In winter, pomegranate trees and oleander are also collected. When he bought this house, he had to rent out both the East House and the South House so that the yard wouldn't be too empty. Today, his own children and grandchildren can hardly survive. There are family members at home, and the old man's heart is full of joy. He is like an old tree with branches all over the yard, and the flowers and leaves on each branch are born by him!

In the alley, he was also proud. He has lived here for forty or fifty years, and his neighbors always move in today and move out tomorrow. Only a few people can live for ten or twenty years at a time. They live, they die, they prosper, they decline, and only the old man Qi takes root here. He doesn't curry favor with those who leave this mean alley because of the prosperity of their families; He can't help those people who can't even live in this stupid alley because of the decline of their family. All he knows is that he stayed here and gradually became an old man in the whole alley. The new family must first come to him to worship the neighborhood; Neighbors have weddings and funerals, and he will be the chief; He is an old star in this area, representing the prosperity of the population and the wealth of the family!

In his pride, he dared not dream. He just wants to build a shed in his long yard to celebrate his 80th birthday. He doesn't want to think about things after the age of eighty; What if God taught him to live? It's good. What if God brought him back? He will close his eyes and leave, and teach his descendants to put on white clothes and send him out of the city gate! In the chest of the gourd, there is a door for Lucy, which has been blocked. There are two doors in Lunan, both of which are Qingshuiling gatehouse. The house is quite tidy. There are two doors in the north of the road. The yard is not big, but there are three or four families living there. If Lunan is an aristocratic area, Lubei is a slum area. There are three gates on the east side of the road, and the gate on the south side is Qizhai. The courtyard separated from the Qi family by a wall is also a long strip, where three families live. In the past, there was another one, with two yards inside and outside, more than 20 rooms, and at least seven or eight families lived there, and their personalities were very uneven. This can be counted as a painting. Father Qi doesn't respect this courtyard very much, so the people who take it don't regard it as a neighborhood. In order to cover up the real reason, he always said that the yard was only half in the "chest" and half in the waist of the gourd, which could not be regarded as close neighbors, but the "chest" and "waist" seemed to be separated by more than ten miles.

Apart from painting, the old man Qi's views on the other five courtyards are hierarchical. What he values most is the first gate in the west-the first gate of Lunan. There is a family named Qian living in this door. They moved out once, but they moved back soon. They have lived here for fifteen or sixteen years. Mr. and Mrs. Qian are God-blessed contemporaries, and his two young masters are classmates of Ruixuan. Now, the first young master is married, and the second young master is engaged but not married. In the eyes of ordinary people, the Qian family is a bit strange. They are extremely polite to people, no matter who they are, but they all keep a considerable distance, as if they respect and despise everyone. Their clothes are always ten or twenty years behind. Until now, Mr. Qian still wears a red wool hat in winter. The women in his family never seem to go out; When necessary, they must buy some sewing or vegetables at the door, and only open the door a little, as if afraid of revealing any secrets in the door. Although their men go in and out like everyone else, they all act like gods and make others unfathomable. Mr. Qian has nothing to do and rarely goes out; Only when his face is a little drunk will he stand at the door in old clothes for a while, look up at Sophora japonica, or smile at the children. What are their family circumstances? What fun do they have in life? What's the pain in life? Nobody knows. There is hardly any noise in their yard. Everyone came out to watch the fun, except Qian's door, what weddings, funerals, roller coasters and monkeys in hutongs. It seems that they don't live, but like to avoid debts or take refuge all the year round.

Of all the hutongs, only the old man Qi and Rui Xuan often come to Qian's house and know some "secrets" of Qian's house. In fact, the money family has no secrets. Old Qi knows this very well, but he doesn't want to tell anyone. In this way, it seems that he has the responsibility to keep secrets for the money family, and he has improved his position.

Qian's yard is not big, but it is full of flowers. Many of Mr. Qi's flower seedlings came from here. In Mr. Qian's home, besides flowers, there are old books and broken calligraphy and painting. His daily job is to water flowers, read books, draw pictures and recite poems. When he was particularly happy, he only drank two glasses of his own mugwort. Mr. Qian is a poet. His poems are not for others to read, but for himself to sing. His life is arranged according to his ideal, whether it works or not. He is hungry sometimes, and he doesn't say anything when he is hungry. His husband teaches in middle school for several hours, which is quite paternalistic. The second young master is the least poetic in this family. He drives a car. Mr. Qian has never opposed his son's driving, but he doesn't like the smell of gasoline on his son. So the second young master didn't go home much, although he had no problem with his father because of the smell of gasoline. As for the women of the Qian family, they are ashamed of their clothes because they are too old, not because of the tyranny of men. Mr. Qian and his son certainly don't want to bully anyone, but their money ability and interest in life make them pay no attention to clothes, so the women at home have to hide their shortcomings and not go out.

In the interaction between the old man Qi and Mr. Qian, the old man Qi always comes to see Mr. Qian, but Mr. Qian has never been to Qi's house. If the old man Qi brings a bottle of wine and gives it to Mr. Qian, Mr. Qian will immediately give his son some gifts that are two or three times more expensive than a bottle of wine. He will never accept anything for nothing. His hands are never plentiful, because he never keeps accounts. Spend if you have money, and think of poetry if you don't have money. His gentleman also has such a temper. He would rather practice painting for several hours at home than teach for several hours to increase his income.

In terms of personality, knowledge, interest, etc., the old man Qi has no possibility of becoming friends with Mr. Qian. However, they actually became good friends. Where is the old man in Qi State? First, he needs an old friend and a place to spend his old age. Second, he admires the knowledge and character of the old man Qian. As for Mr. Qian, he refused to curry favor with anyone all his life, but he could not refuse anyone who wanted to associate with him. He is lofty, but he doesn't look down on people's bad habits. If anyone is willing to come to see him, he is a very amiable person.

Although he is fifty-seven or eight years old, Mr. Qian Yinmo's hair is not much white. Short, quite fat, with shiny black teeth, he looks so stout and lovely. Round face, big eyes, always thinking with eyes closed. His voice is always low, but his tone is always so humble and pleasant that people feel very comfortable. He talked with Qi Laotou about poetry and calligraphy, but Qi Laotou couldn't understand it. Mr. Qian was not interested in telling Mr. Qi how his eldest grandson had measles again and how his second grandson's daughter-in-law had changed the nose of the plane. However, the two people seem to have a tacit understanding: you say, I listen; I said, just listen. Mo Qian taught the Qi old man to look at paintings, and the Qi old man nodded in praise. Old man Qi reports trivial matters at home, and Mr. Qi always replies "How nice" and "Really?" "Yes!" Wait a minute. Simple sentences. If there is nothing to answer, he will close his eyes and nod again and again. In the end, the topic of the two people will inevitably shift to planting flowers and plants, and both of them can talk endlessly and feel the rare pleasure. Although the old man's interest in pomegranate trees is to bear more pomegranates, while Mr. Qian is interested in the beauty of flowers and pomegranates, he still needs to learn from each other in cultivation methods.

After talking about flowers and plants, Mr. Qian often leaves the old man for a simple meal, and the women of the money family can also take the opportunity to talk about family problems with the old man. At this time, even Mr. Qian can't help but admit that in addition to painting and painting, there are also problems such as oil, salt, sauce and vinegar in life.

Ruixuan sometimes comes to Qian's house with grandpa, and sometimes comes alone. Nine times out of ten, when he comes alone, he loses his temper with his wife or others. He is a man who can control himself with reason, so although he gets angry occasionally, he doesn't want to make a hullabaloo about. He would sneak to Qian's house without saying a word, talk to Qian and his son about things far away from family affairs and state affairs, and then let the evil spirits go away.

Outside the bank, the old man Qi also likes the Li family with the house number 2 opposite the bank. Of all the hutongs, only the old man of the Li family is the same age as Father Qi, and his figure is only less than one inch shorter than that of Father Qi-this is not to say that Li's figure is shorter than that of Father Qi, but that his back is a little more curved. The symbol of his profession is a big meat bag around his neck. Twenty or thirty years ago, there were many people with meat buns around their necks in Beiping. They set up their own company to transfer people. People want expensive things, such as big magnetic bottles, clocks, and nanmu or rosewood, so they tie them up and put a narrow board around their necks and take them away. They should walk smoothly and have great strength around their necks, so that they can carry loads without damaging things. People call people in this line "people with necks".

Since the scooter came into being, people in this line have gradually turned "nest" into "pull", while young people in this line are still eating, but there is no meat bag around their necks. Li Shifu must have been very decent when he was young. Although he had a meat bag around his neck, his back had already bent a little. Now, he is about the same age as the old man Qi, but there are not many wrinkles on his long face and no flowers in his eyes. When he smiled, his eyes and teeth sparkled, which made people see a little beauty when he was young.

There are three families living in No.2 Courtyard, and the house belongs to Li Shifu. Old man Qi likes Li Shifu, not because Li Shifu is not unemployed, but because Li Shifu is a good man. In his career, he will always do his best, and he will be particularly self-restrained when asking for money; Sometimes he moves to a poor neighbor's house, and he just wants a meal, not a salary. Outside his profession, especially in times of disaster, he always serves everyone automatically. For example, when there is a mutiny or military disaster in the local area, he always takes risks and takes a gun to the streets to inquire about the news, and then comes back to report how to prepare for it. When the city gate was about to close, he shouted twice under the big locust tree: "The city is going to be closed! Hurry up and prepare something to eat! " When the disaster passed and the city gate opened again, he went to shout, "It's all right, don't worry!" " "Qi old man although pretend to be an old star in this area, but in this regard, he is not as embarrassing as Li Shifu. Therefore, in terms of age and morality, he has to respect Li Shifu. Although the master of the Li family is also a "nest neck", although the Li family yard is a messy little miscellaneous courtyard. If the two old people meet and settle down under the big locust tree, the younger generation of the two families will quickly take out their stools, because they know that most of the conversations between the two old people began 50 or 60 years ago, and it will take at least an hour or two. Fourth Master Li is next door to No.4, and Old Man Qi is also a small miscellaneous school next door to No.6.. On the fourth floor lived a barber named Sun Qi and his wife. The old widow ma and her grandchildren shouted along the street: "The chatterbox on the turntable" is a profession; There is also Xiao Cui who pulls rickshaws-in addition to pulling rickshaws, she often beats her wife. No.6 is also a mixed school, and the occupation of people is slightly higher than that of No.4: John Ding lives in the North Room, believes in Christianity, and works as a stage supervisor in the "English House" in Dongjiaominxiang. Master Liu and his carpenter wife live in the north wing. While building a shed for others, Master Liu Can practiced boxing and hit the "lion". Xiaowen and his wife live in the East Room, and they are all singers. On the surface, they play with tickets and secretly take "black pestle".

For those who are 46, the old man Qi has always maintained an attitude of never giving up. Help him if he has something to do, and don't interfere if he has nothing to do. Li Shifu is not like this. He is willing to help everyone. Not only the people on the 4th and 6th are his friends, but also the paintings on the 7th that the old man Qi doesn't like are often assisted by him. However, even so, Li Shifu is often criticized and scolded by Li's mother. Mother Li Si, with white hair and a pair of big myopia, hardly goes a day without scolding that "old thing". Most of her scolding is that she thinks that Li Shifu didn't try his best to help his friends, and this scolding has also become a kind of supervision of Li Shifu's courage. All children in hutong, no matter how ugly or dirty, are Li Sima's "treasures". For adults, although Li Sima is embarrassed to call out, she thinks they and they should be her "big baby". Her eyes can't see who is ugly and handsome, and her heart can't tell the difference between rich and poor, old and young; She feels that all miserable people are pitiful and lovely and need the help of the old couple. Therefore, people in hutongs sometimes have to stay away from the old man Qi with respect, but they always have warm love for the old couple Li. They told Li Sima any grievances, and Li Sima immediately urged Li to help. Li Sima's sympathetic tears were sincere and rich.

No.3, sandwiched between Qianjia and Qijia, is a thorn in the old man's side. Before the renovation of Qijia's house, No.3 was the most decent house in the sheepfold. Even after the renovation of the Qijia Courtyard, the theoretical pattern is not as good as that of No.3. Outside No.1 and No.3 gates, there is a shadow wall under the old pagoda tree, painted in black and white, and painted with a scarlet letter two feet square in the middle. There is no screen wall outside Qijiamen, and all hutongs have no screen wall! Second, on the gatehouse, No.3 is Qingshuiling, and the Qi family's is a flower wall. Third, No.3 is a neat four-bedroom apartment, and the yard is paved with bricks. Fourthly, on the 3rd and 6th of every summer, Master Liu will build a new summer mat and arbor in the yard, and the shade of Qi's house is only provided by two jujube trees with almost no shadow. Qi old man can't help being jealous!

On the road of life, the old man Qi felt more depressed and disgusted mentally. Guan Xiaohe, the owner of No.3, has two wives. The second wife is You Tongfang, a drummer who was once a smash hit. Mr. Guan is in his fifties, about the same age as Qi Tianyou, but he still looks more beautiful than people in their thirties. Mr. Guan must shave every day, get a haircut every ten days and pull out a gray hair. His clothes, whether Hanfu or suit, are made of the best materials possible; Even if the material is not good, it should be made in the most fashionable and appropriate way. Small people, small faces, small hands and feet are everywhere, and they all grow well. Symmetrical facial features and limbs, plus a wonderful figure and the most fashionable clothes, he is quite like a gorgeous and smooth glass bead. Although he is a small man, he is very graceful. He usually makes friends with celebrities and nobles. There is a cook, a footman who knows the rules, and a little mother who always wears satin shoes at home. When guests come, they always send someone to the cheap square to order roast duck, and to the old Baofeng to order bamboo leaf green in the first year. Play cards, pay attention to at least 48 laps, and sing the drum Er Quan before and after meals. He is polite to some neighbors, but apart from the usual weddings and funerals, there is no close contact. As for Li Shifu, Master Liu, Bald Head and Xiaocui, he only saw their occupations.