Rebirth of Siheyuan starts in the 1980s

"How's it going? Is the house nice?"

The introduction started from the first floor and continued to the second floor. Finally, after arriving at the balcony on the second floor, Cao Zhiqiang asked Jin Xiuying with a smile.

Although Jin Xiuying was quite satisfied in her heart, she still had a look of disdain on her face: "This is too shabby. Look at this wall. It's so smoky and dusty. Many of the bricks are damaged. There are also wooden frames and wooden railings.

Black and pulpy.

If you hadn't told me, I would have thought this was a dilapidated building."

Cao Zhiqiang was speechless: "What do you know? The key to whether a house is good or not depends on the location.

It is close to Longtan West Lake, and to the north is the Peking Gymnasium. It is a proper second-ring scenic spot room.

Just go for this location, it’s a great value!

What's more, it's just a shabby appearance, but isn't it pretty good on the inside?

Look at the wooden floors and stairs, they are all made of solid wood, and they are all made of teak. These alone are worth a lot of money.

Not to mention, the furniture here, such as beds, chairs, desks, etc., are all made of huanghuali wood!

Huanghuali wood, after twenty or thirty years, no, after ten years, you will know how precious these old furniture are.

And there is a separate bathroom here, so you don't have to empty the toilet every day or go out to the public toilet, how nice it is.

By the way, there is also a small yard here, which is good for growing vegetables or something."

Speaking of this, Cao Zhiqiang pointed to the water area to the east: "Look, to the east is Longtan West Lake. You can see the lake view from the balcony. Just look at this invincible lake view. It's worth it, isn't it?"

Speaking of this, Cao Zhiqiang sighed: "I don't have much money now, otherwise, I would buy it directly.

Don’t be fooled, if you wait for more than ten years, this house will be worth a lot, no worse than my courtyard house in Nanluogu Lane.”

Jin Xiuying stopped talking. Instead, she held her hand on the railing and looked at the water of Longtan West Lake in the distance. She suddenly smiled: "Well, this scenery is not bad."

"That's right." Cao Zhiqiang nodded, "Can the house I choose be any different?"

Jin Xiuying turned around, leaned against the railing and looked at Cao Zhiqiang: "Is this house really for me to live in?"

"Of course." Cao Zhiqiang said, "Although I am not a good person, I keep my word and will repay kindness.

I took advantage of you before, and although there was nothing I could do about it, I never thought you would be locked up for so long.

I made a promise to you before. As long as you follow me, I will definitely help you take care of you.

Now that you are out, of course I can't ignore you.

As for this house, you can live in it first, so that you have a place to stay.

In addition, I will also find something for you to do so that you can make a living."

After a pause, Cao Zhiqiang asked: "By the way, Yingzi, what do you want to do? Do you want to be a worker in a state-owned enterprise? If so, I can give you my seat in Hongguang Machinery Factory."

"Give it to me?" Jin Xiuying looked at Cao Zhiqiang, "What about you?"

"Me?" Cao Zhiqiang smiled, "Of course I resigned and went to do something else. You don't think that I really like to be a worker all my life, do you?

I used to work as a worker just to protect myself and have a place to stay.

It’s different now. I have plenty of places to go, but the machinery factory is of little use to me.”

"That's it." Jin Xiuying nodded.

"What do you think? Think about it?" Cao Zhiqiang said with a smile, "State-owned enterprise workers are still very popular now."

"Not interested." Jin Xiuying turned around again and continued to look at the water view outside, "I don't want to be a worker."

"Don't want to be a worker?" Cao Zhiqiang frowned and said with a smile, "Then what do you want to do? You don't want to go back to school to take the college entrance examination, right?"

Jin Xiuying curled her lips: "I think it's a pity that I have a criminal record and can't get into school. Even if I can get in, I don't want to study and I won't be able to get into college."

"Then what do you want to do?" Cao Zhiqiang asked, "Tell me, as long as you want it, as long as I can do it, I will help you realize your dream."

"Really?" Jin Xiuying glanced at Cao Zhiqiang.

"It must be true!" Cao Zhiqiang nodded solemnly.

Jin Xiuying looked into the distance again and said quietly: "Actually, before, I didn't know what I wanted to do or what I wanted to do, until that day, you asked me a question."

"What are you talking about?" Cao Zhiqiang asked subconsciously.

Jin Xiuying smiled slightly: "Have you forgotten? That day, in that restaurant box, you asked me, Yingzi, have you thought about the future, have you thought about the future?"

Cao Zhiqiang blinked: "Yes, I said this."

Jin Xiuying continued: "I...by the way, do you have any cigarettes? Give me one."

"No!" Cao Zhiqiang said decisively, "Yingzi, smoking is harmful to your health. Just quit. I quit, and you can too."

"Quit smoking?" Jin Xiuying frowned.

"Yes, quit smoking." Cao Zhiqiang also held his hand on the railing and looked at the waters of Longtan Lake in the distance. "Say goodbye to the past and welcome the new life. There is always something to throw away, so let's start by quitting smoking, Yingzi."

Jin Xiuying clicked her lips, and was about to say screw it, but when she saw Cao Zhiqiang's profile, she was suddenly startled, and then said in a low voice: "Well, okay, listen to you, who made me make that choice in the first place?

."

"That's right." Cao Zhiqiang turned around and said with a smile, "Girls have to be beautiful, especially smoking, which is harmful to all but good. It's better to quit smoking early."

Jin Xiuying clucked her lips again: "But, it's a little uncomfortable."

"It'll be fine if you get over it." Cao Zhiqiang said, "The first two weeks are the hardest, but once they get over it, it'll be fine. I was the same way at the beginning. Find more things to do for yourself, and when you get busy and tired, you won't have any free time.

It will be easier to quit smoking.”

Speaking of this, Cao Zhiqiang asked again: "By the way, you haven't said yet, what do you want to do in the future?"

"I don't know, I haven't thought about it in the future." Jin Xiuying shook her head.

"It doesn't matter." Cao Zhiqiang said with a smile, "You can think about it slowly and take your time."

"Think slowly, take your time?"

"Yes, take your time."

Cao Zhiqiang said: "Actually, to be honest, what I said to you in the hotel was mainly to scare you and to intimidate you. In fact, as long as Wei Dajun and his gang no longer pose a threat to me, I

It won't force you to do anything.

To be precise, you are free now, you don’t have to listen to me in everything, you can choose the life you want."

"Freedom? Choose your own life?" Jin Xiuying was stunned for a moment, and then sneered, "I heard it. You think the case is almost over, Wei Dajun has fallen, and I am a burden, so you want to get rid of me as a troublesome person.

?You don’t want to be responsible anymore, do you?”

"How could it happen? Where are you thinking?" Cao Zhiqiang shook his head, "You made a great sacrifice and played a great role in defeating the Wei army this time. Just for this, I can support you for the rest of my life."

"Really?" Jin Xiuying's eyes lit up, "You, are you really willing to support me for the rest of your life?"

"Of course it's true." Cao Zhiqiang said, "Look, aren't I looking for a place for you to live? From now on, I will still pay you a monthly salary. Even if you do nothing, I will still pay you a monthly salary.

To be honest, that little money is nothing to me now, but..."

"But what?" Jin Xiuying whispered.

Cao Zhiqiang smiled: "But, Yingzi, you are only seventeen years old this year. You are the same age as Hua and you are still a minor. Are you really satisfied with me finding a place to live for you and paying you every month?"

What about forty or fifty yuan?

Do you really have no dreams? No things you want to do?

Is it possible that you are really happy to stay at home and be a homebody all day long?

Boring or not?"

Jin Xiuying was silent for a while, and then smiled casually: "It would be a pity not to be a lobbyist."

"Yeah, I feel it's a pity too." Cao Zhiqiang said with a smile, "It's a pity that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs doesn't want me. What a loss."

Jin Xiuying shook her head and said: "I remember you said before that as long as I want to do it and you can do it, you will definitely help me. Is that true?"

"Of course." Cao Zhiqiang said, "In the process of bringing down Wei Dajun and his gang, you contributed a lot, and I must compensate you. So, don't worry, as long as you want it, as long as I can do it, I will try my best.

for."

Jin Xiuying nodded, and then said with a sigh on her face: "Actually, you should know that I learned to play volleyball before, right?"

"I know." Cao Zhiqiang nodded.

Jin Xiuying continued: "My original coach said that I was very talented, and I thought so too, but it was just because the old coach was transferred later and I got a new coach, and he..."

"Stop talking!" Cao Zhiqiang waved his hand, "I don't want to know your past, I'm afraid I will be burdened."

"But I..."

"I told you, stop talking!" Cao Zhiqiang interrupted Jin Xiuying again, "Don't you understand people?"

Jin Xiuying gritted her teeth: "No, you must listen!"

"If you don't want to listen, you won't listen!" Cao Zhiqiang shook his head repeatedly, "It's better to keep a distance between you and me."

Jin Xiuying gritted her teeth, suddenly stretched out her hand, grabbed Cao Zhiqiang's collar, and then pulled him in front of her before the other party could react.

He has four pairs of eyes and his breathing can be heard.

After looking at each other quietly for a while, Cao Zhiqiang seemed to feel that the other person's breathing was getting heavier and heavier. Cao Zhiqiang's heart was beating rapidly. He swallowed subconsciously and pouted, and subconsciously hugged him with his hands.

However, just when Cao Zhiqiang touched the opponent's buttocks, Jin Xiuying suddenly opened her eyes and pushed Cao Zhiqiang out fiercely.

This sudden and violent push immediately pushed the unprepared Cao Zhiqiang, causing him to stumble and fall to the ground. The pain was so painful that stars appeared in his eyes.

After pushing Cao Zhiqiang down, Jin Xiuying realized what he was doing, ran over and squatted down: "Are you okay? I, I will pull you up!"

"Don't, don't touch me!" Cao Zhiqiang said quickly, "My waist, my waist, oh my, it hurts, it hurts, it seems like it's broken!"

"No way?" Jin Xiuying was stunned, and subconsciously touched Cao Zhiqiang's waist, "I didn't hear the sound of fracture, it didn't look like it was broken, it felt like..."

"Don't touch it!" Cao Zhiqiang shouted quickly, "That's it, it hurts!"

"I understand." Jin Xiuying put away her hands and said, "You must have sprained your lumbar tendon. It will hurt a lot, but it's not a big problem. I'll give you a massage and rub the tendon open. It's not a big problem."

At this point, Jin Xiuying tried to pull Cao Zhiqiang up by force, but Cao Zhiqiang screamed in pain as if he was killing a pig and said nothing to get up.

"It's okay." Jin Xiuying stopped, "I just touched it and the bones are okay."

"Don't touch me, Ni Zuokai, it hurts!" Cao Zhiqiang shouted.

Jin Xiuying curled her lips, bent down and hugged Cao Zhiqiang.

As a result, Cao Zhiqiang was a bit heavy and uncooperative, so she didn't pick him up immediately.

"Hold my neck." Jin Xiuying bent down again, "I will carry you to bed!"

Cao Zhiqiang was stunned and subconsciously hugged Jin Xiuying's neck. Jin Xiuying hugged Cao Zhiqiang again.

This time, the hug went smoothly.

Then, Jin Xiuying hugged Cao Zhiqiang, walked quickly to the bed, and put Cao Zhiqiang on the bed.

After putting it on the bed, Cao Zhiqiang looked at Jin Xiuying who was standing at the head of the bed, constantly rubbing her hands with each other. Regardless of the pain in her waist, she couldn't help but swallowed: "You, what do you want to do?"

"I want to massage your waist sprain." Jin Xiuying said, "I used to play volleyball and fall down often. This kind of thing often happened to me. You didn't move your muscles to open up your muscles. When you fell down, you sprained your muscles, so

It hurts so much, I’ll rub it away for you and it’ll be fine. I’m rubbing my hands because they are cold, so I rub them in advance to warm them up.”

Speaking of this, Jin Xiuying said: "Turn over and lie down on the bed!"

Cao Zhiqiang blinked: "Yes, yes..."

"What nonsense!"

After Jin Xiuying finished speaking, she simply came over, forced Cao Zhiqiang to turn over, and took off his clothes and pants, exposing his waist.

"It's true that it's a little bruised, but it's not a big problem." Jin Xiuying rubbed her hands again, "Bear the pain, it will be fine in a while."

After finishing speaking, Jin Xiuying found a comic book and rolled it into a scroll: "Open your mouth and bite!"

When Cao Zhiqiang subconsciously opened his mouth to bite the comic scroll, Jin Xiuying began to rub Cao Zhiqiang's injured lower back.

Sure enough, when Jin Xiuying started to rub it, Cao Zhiqiang felt that his lower back was more painful than before.

But this time, because he had the book in his mouth, he couldn't scream, so he could only bite the book tightly, and hold the bed sheets tightly with both hands, even kicking off his shoes.

I don’t know how long it took, but after Jin Xiuying rubbed the so-called tendons away, the pain was much better.

"Okay." Jin Xiuying stopped her hand and subconsciously patted Cao Zhiqiang's butt. "The muscles have been rubbed open. Get up and try. Does it still hurt?"

Cao Zhiqiang, who was sweating profusely, spat out the comic strip in his mouth and said feebly: "Get up, I can't get up anymore, I'm out of energy."

"Tch, this little bit of virtue." Jin Xiuying curled her lips, "It's only been a short while, but it's become like this? Or are you no longer a man?"

Cao Zhiqiang rolled his eyes and didn't reply.

When the situation became like this, all the ambiguous atmosphere was gone. On the contrary, Jin Xiuying still found it a bit funny.

"I'm sorry." Jin Xiuying apologized, "I, I didn't mean it just now, but, but I..."

Speaking of this, Jin Xiuying lowered her head and said with a red face: "I, I actually know your thoughts, I, I don't hate you very much now, but, but I...how should I say, it is my own problem,

Because I, I used to..."

"Stop talking!" Cao Zhiqiang said angrily, "Auntie, you misunderstood. It's really not what you think! Please, let me go. Stop talking. I don't want to hear about your past."

Upon hearing what Cao Zhiqiang said, Jin Xiuying frowned and then said: "Okay, since you don't want to hear it, don't talk about my past and be serious."

"Okay, you say it." Cao Zhiqiang said while lying on the bed.

"I want to play volleyball!" Jin Xiuying suddenly said, "Qiangzi, if my current dream is to play volleyball again, can you help me realize it?"

"Play volleyball?" Cao Zhiqiang was stunned, "You, you want to play volleyball?"

"Yeah." Jin Xiuying nodded, "I have been playing volleyball since I was very young. Many people say that I have talent. I also think that I play well, just because... well, I won't say it anymore. In short, I want to go back

Can you help me play volleyball?"

Cao Zhiqiang frowned: "I see, I don't know much about this industry, and I don't dare to say that it will definitely work, but it all depends on people. Money can make all the difference, so it's okay to give it a try."

Having said this, Cao Zhiqiang subconsciously turned around on the bed, sat up halfway, looked at Jin Xiuying and said: "But Yingzi, playing volleyball is very difficult, and after you stop playing, there is no good way out.

Unless you can be selected for the national team, this road is too difficult and the competition is too fierce.

Although your innate conditions are very good, whether you can play volleyball well depends not only on your height.

Otherwise, everyone should stop playing games and just compare their heights.

In other words, if you want to play volleyball, it is very likely that you will not have a good future in the future. Have you thought about this?"

"I know." Jin Xiuying nodded.

"But I'm just not willing to let my volleyball career end halfway.

You don't know, back then, I was the most skilled attacker in the class. If not, if not...

In short, there was no way before, but now, since you said you want to help me, I want to give it a try."

After a pause, Jin Xiuying continued: "Besides, even if I fail to play volleyball and have no results, and I want to find another way out in the future, won't I still have you?

You said you would support me for the rest of my life, so what should I be afraid of?

No matter what, you can just arrange a good job for me by then.

In other words, if I don’t work and I just stay at home and be that kind of homebody you mentioned, you won’t ignore me, right?”

Cao Zhiqiang burst out laughing: "So you had this idea in mind. You've already convinced me."

"Yes." Jin Xiuying nodded, with a solemn look on her face, "You are right, I am only seventeen years old, I am still very young, and I shouldn't let it go on like this.

I didn't have a choice before, but now that I have you, I, I want to give it a try.

I want to return to the training ground, even play games, and become a regular member of the team. If possible, I also want to win glory for the country!

So, can you help me?"

Cao Zhiqiang smiled: "You said so, everyone, my friends, I will try my best and do my best!"

"That's enough." Jin Xiuying smiled, "If it's you, if you really try your best, you can definitely do it. I believe you!"

"Thank you for your trust." Cao Zhiqiang smiled dumbly and looked towards Longtan West Lake in the distance again, "Okay, let's give it a try. Maybe you will be the future women's volleyball champion. By then,

I am your Bole."

"Yes." Jin Xiuying also smiled, "Maybe I am the thousand-mile horse you want, Comrade Bole."

"Hahaha." Cao Zhiqiang smiled and was suddenly startled, "Hey, my waist doesn't hurt anymore? Is it really better? You have good skills. Who did you learn from?"

Jin Xiuying curled her lips: "Learned it from my dad, my dad, he is a master of massage and he also knows martial arts!"

"Awesome!" Cao Zhiqiang gave a thumbs up.

"What's so great about it?" Jin Xiuying sighed, "In the end, it's not gone."

Cao Zhiqiang was stunned for a moment, then smiled and comforted: "Don't worry, it will be fine, everything will be fine!"

Jin Xiuying rolled her eyes at Cao Zhiqiang: "You're always talkative. Wait, I'll get a hot towel and apply a hot compress. The effect will be better."

However, when Jin Xiuying turned around and went to get Cao Zhiqiang a hot towel, a bright smile broke out on her face.