Siheyuan: Starting at 52, I, He Daqing, will not run away

"Grandma, I want to ask, do you know where He Yongchang's family went?"

He Daqing and his partner left the Municipal Education Bureau and walked to a herbal tea stand not far away. They ordered two bowls of herbal tea and asked a white-haired grandma who was selling herbal tea.

"He Yongchang's family?"

When the old lady heard the question, she first glanced at He Daqing and the other man. Seeing that they didn't seem to be bad people, she frowned and asked,"Which He Yongchang are you talking about?"

He Daqing pointed to the Education Bureau not far away and said,"It's the original owner of our city's Education Bureau compound, He Yongchang's family."

"The original owner of the compound at the Education Bureau, He Yongchang?"

Upon hearing this, the old lady couldn't help but reveal a look of sudden enlightenment on her face, and said,"Oh, I remember, you are talking about Old Master He"

"Their family has not been in Foshan for a long time. I remember that before the Japanese invaders came, Grandpa He took the whole family to Hong Kong Island. It has been more than ten years and they have never come back."

The old lady seemed to think of the past years and couldn't help sighing:"I still remember that the young master of the He family often came to my place to drink herbal tea. Now, more than ten years have passed in a blink of an eye."

After saying that, she did not forget to look at He Daqing and asked:"Young man, who are you two to the He family?"

He Daqing did not hide it and said:"It's like this, grandma, He Yongchang is my great uncle. Because the world was too chaotic before, the two families lost contact."

"Now that peace has finally come, I came to Guangzhou for something, so I thought of paying a visit. Who knew that when I followed the address, the place was already the Municipal Education Bureau, so I could only ask the neighbors around about my uncle's family."

He Daqing said, but he was relieved in his heart.

It's better to go to Hong Kong Island and not come back.

I'm afraid that if I go to Hong Kong Island and then run back after the war, I will be directly beaten as a landlord and sent to the countryside for labor reform. That would be really unlucky.

Don't think that this won't happen.

In fact, such things are really too common.

Especially in Guangdong and Guangxi, because it is relatively close to Hong Kong Island, it is easier to run to Hong Kong Island before the war comes, and use Hong Kong Island as a temporary shelter, and then come back directly after the war is over.

It's conceivable.

If these people stay in Hong Kong Island and don't come back, it's fine. If they really come back, then the end...

Just like the great master Ip Man, when he founded the country Before, he was a member of a landlord family and had worked in the Kuomintang regime. So after the founding of the People's Republic of China, he went directly to Hong Kong Island, leaving only his wife and three young children in Foshan.

Later, when he was stable in Hong Kong Island, he used the pass to bring his children to Hong Kong Island.

Otherwise, with the previous situation of the Ye family, their family's situation would definitely not be too good.

So when He Daqing heard the old lady in front of him say that his great-uncle and his family had not returned from Hong Kong Island, he couldn't help but feel greatly relieved.

It's better that they didn't come back.

It depends on the scale of his great-uncle's house.

If their family really wanted to come back, it would be difficult for them to leave again. Who knows where they have been sent to labor reform now.

"Oh, that's how it is."

The old lady nodded when she heard He Daqing's answer, then thought for a moment and said,"If you want to know about your great uncle's family, you can ask Capital Zhang. His family went to Hong Kong Island with your great uncle's family before, and then after the Japanese surrendered, the family moved back."

"Capital Zhang?"

When He Daqing heard this name, he couldn't help but feel bad. If someone is labeled as a"capital" these days, the end... will definitely not be very good.

"That’s right, it’s Capital Zhang."

The old lady said with certainty:"He seemed to be a good friend of your uncle. They went to Hong Kong Island together. However, Capital Zhang’s family moved back after the Japanese surrendered, and his son became an official in the Guo Party."

"Later, after liberation, Capital Zhang's son ran away, leaving Capital Zhang alone in Foshan. Not only were all his family properties confiscated, but he was also over 80 years old and still had to sweep the streets every day. How miserable!……"

Listening to the old lady's rambling,

He Daqing also learned about the situation of Capital Zhang.

Capital Zhang's name was Zhang Rongcheng. He was probably a bureaucratic capitalist. In terms of class background, he was directly equivalent to landlords and old bureaucrats.

There was nothing he could do.

Who made his son an official in the Kuomintang? He was not sent to the countryside for labor reform, criticism and struggle because of Zhang Rongcheng's age of over 80. It would be strange if he had a good life.

Just like the Green Gang tycoon Huang Jinrong in his previous life, the chairman's master, who was still sweeping the streets with his 80-year-old body after liberation. He Daqing had no way to comment on such things.

He just bowed to the old lady and said,"I wonder if you can show me the way so that I can go visit Mr. Zhang?""

"Go straight ahead along this road, turn right at the third intersection, and then go straight ahead along the road. It’s the sixth house on the left in the second alley.

The old lady pointed to the road ahead and told He Daqing the address of Zhang Rongcheng’s house.

""Thank you for showing me the way!"

He Daqing thanked her, drank the cold tea in the bowl, paid the money, and then walked towards Zhang Rongcheng's house with Chen Xueru.

…………

Zhang Rongcheng's home was not difficult to find.

However, the Zhang family's living conditions were very poor.

The muddy streets, low doors, and cracked adobe houses made He Daqing very suspicious. He wondered if such a house would collapse in a heavy rain.

It was hard to imagine that a generation of Foshan business tycoons would fall to such a state in their later years, living in such a place.

""Bang! Bang!"

He Daqing rang the door knocker, his heart filled with mixed feelings.

""Who is it?"

To He Daqing's surprise, the voice from behind the door was actually a woman's question.

Soon, the two worn wooden doors were opened, and a woman in tattered clothes appeared in front of He Daqing and the others.

The woman was about fifty years old. Although her clothes were worn out and her face was frosted, she gave people a gentle and elegant feeling. (To read the novels of Bao Shuang, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

It is not difficult to imagine that this woman must have been a peerless beauty when she was young.

Even when He Daqing saw the woman in front of him, a poem emerged in his mind, that is: Time does not make beauty old.

For a real beauty, even time can't bear to leave a mark.

Watching time without a trace, appreciating beauty like Xi

"You are?"[]

The woman saw He Daqing and his wife and showed a trace of doubt on her face.

""Hello, lady. Is this the home of Mr. Zhang Rongcheng?"

He Daqing was also wondering about the identity of the woman in front of him.

He didn't think he had found the wrong place.

On the contrary, the appearance of the woman in front of him made him more certain that this was where Zhang Rongcheng currently lived.

Because the woman in front of him, although her face was weathered, did not look like someone who lived in such a place. She looked more like a noble lady in distress.

In other words, the woman in front of him was most likely Zhang Rongcheng's daughter, or Zhang Rongcheng's concubine.

Sure enough.

Hearing He Daqing's question, the woman showed obvious surprise on her face and asked,"What do you want to do with my dad?"

"It's like this, Ms. Zhang.0"

When He Daqing heard the woman in front of him admit that she was Zhang Rongcheng's daughter, he didn't hide it and said directly:"He Yongchang is my uncle, but because of the war, we lost contact."

"I came to Foshan this time to visit my great uncle, but I didn't expect that his family had already moved to Hong Kong Island."

"I heard that Mr. Zhang was a good friend of my great uncle and that he had traveled to Hong Kong Island with my great uncle, so I came to visit him and wanted to ask about my great uncle's situation."When the woman heard this, she looked at He Daqing carefully, then smiled gently and said,"No wonder you look familiar to me. You are Uncle He's nephew. You really look like Uncle He."

"You can just call me Aunt Zhang"

"In the past, I also heard Uncle He say that he had two older brothers, one in Beijing and one in the Northeast. Uncle He always missed his two brothers."

"If Uncle He knew you were here to see him, he would be very happy."

""Come in first, my dad is in the house, I'll go call him."

Aunt Zhang said as she opened the door and let He Daqing and the others into the yard.

When He Daqing heard the woman's words, he was sure that the Zhang family and his uncle really had a special relationship.

Otherwise, he would not have told them such a private matter.

The Zhang family's yard is not big, but it is clean and everything is in order.

The house is an adobe house with two main rooms and a kitchen. There is also a chicken coop in the yard with a few hens.

I think these were all bought by Aunt Zhang herself.

The only strange thing is that He Daqing did not see any signs of other people's lives. It seemed that only Aunt Zhang and his father lived here.

"Dad, we have guests coming!"

Aunt Zhang led He Daqing and the other person into the yard and shouted to the inner room first.

Then she led them into the main room, poured them two glasses of boiled water, and said apologetically:"I'm sorry, our family conditions are simple now, and we don't have anything to entertain you. You can drink some water first."

Hearing this, He Daqing hurriedly said:"Aunt Zhang, you are too polite. You just need to rest. You don't have to work hard."

"Yes, Aunt Zhang, you don't have to be busy."Chen Xueru also hurriedly advised.

Aunt Zhang smiled, giving people a very gentle feeling, and said:"Okay, you sit for a while, I'll go and call my dad up."

After that.

She walked towards the inner room.

After a while, she came out with the support of an old man with white hair and some inconvenience in movement.

Seeing this, He Daqing and the others hurriedly stood up and asked the old man to sit down.

After the old man saw He Daqing, there was a trance in his turbid eyes, and he couldn't help muttering:"Like, it's really too similar, and he looks exactly like Brother He when he was young"

"Just like they were carved from the same mold."

The old man looked at He Daqing and no longer had any doubt that he was the nephew of He Yongchang.

Just with this face.

Let alone nephew, even if they were said to be biological father and son, he would believe it.

It can only be said that the face of the old He family is really too distinctive.

Or, the power of genetic inheritance is too strong, and there will be a few strange faces from time to time.

This old man is naturally Zhang Rongcheng, a good friend of He Yongchang, He Daqing's uncle. After Zhang Rongcheng finished speaking

, he asked:"Little guy, what's your name, are you from the old city or the northeast?"".