The prosperous era of courtyard houses

Chapter 126, Shichahai Ice Rink

At around eight o'clock, Shazhu, who had just gone out for a blind date, came back with his head hanging down.

As soon as he entered the house, he didn't say hello or speak, and he didn't take off his clothes and shoes. He went straight to his bed.

Quite a corpse.

Li Weiguo and Yuyu looked at each other, thinking that the blind date must have been a failure, otherwise Silly Zhu would not be this virtuous.

However, Li Weiguo was still curious about what happened during the blind date, so he asked: "Brother Zhu, what's going on with you? Isn't this a blind date? Why are you back so early?"

Silly Zhu turned over irritably and said listlessly: "Oh, don't mention it, it didn't work."

"No, Silly Brother, why didn't it happen? What's the reason?" Yuyu on the side asked curiously.

Silly Zhu couldn't bear to ask, so he had to say perfunctorily: "There is no reason, I just felt it was inappropriate, so I came back."

When Yu Yu saw Sha Zhu lying on the bed and asking questions, he was not polite to him. He directly stimulated: "Brother Sha, isn't it because people don't like you?"

Yu Yu's words seemed to have pierced Si Zhu's vitals, and he immediately jumped up from the bed.

Silly Zhu said with an angry look on his face: "Hey, what do you mean you don't like me? It's obviously that girl's eyesight that doesn't work well!"

"I went to meet her on a blind date, but the woman suddenly said to me: Uncle, your son is not here?"

"Good guy, you almost choked me to death. What do you think of this person's look? Am I that old? I think she is."

"Chichi. Hahaha" x2

Before Silly Zhu finished speaking, Li Weiguo and Yuyu couldn't help laughing.

"Silly brother, silly brother, I've told you before that you look older in this way. If you don't believe me, you have to say that you are mature. Now, okay, Uncle He, your son is not here? Hahaha" Yuyu couldn't bear it as he said it. Zhu burst out laughing.

"That's because she has no vision. How fashionable is the Mao suit and the slicked back hair?"

"The key is that silly brother, you look too anxious. With such a mature look, don't you look like Uncle He? Hahaha."

".Forget it, just laugh."

After saying that, Shazhu drooped his face and stopped arguing. He went directly to the bed, pulled the quilt and covered his head. It was considered a mess, so do whatever you want.

Because Silhu failed to go on a blind date and was in poor condition, Li Weiguo and the others could only simply heat up yesterday's leftovers for lunch.

Fortunately, there were a lot of leftovers from the New Year’s Eve dinner, which was quite hearty.

After lunch, Li Weiguo and Yuyu didn't want to stay at home, so they planned to take Silly Zhu out for a walk and take him out to relax.

It's just a blind date, if it works, it won't work again. On the first day of the new year, you can't have a slumped face all day long.

Just as he was about to go outside, Zhou Can took his second son Zhou Bo to the courtyard to look for Li Weiguo.

"Weiguo, are you going to the skating rink? I heard that the Shichahai ice rink is very lively on New Year's Day." Zhou Can shouted to Li Weiguo as soon as he entered the courtyard.

"Shichahai Ice Rink?" Li Weiguo asked doubtfully.

Zhou Can: "Yes, it's very lively over there. Many people go there to play after dinner. Zhao Guobing has already gone to pick up his partner. Let's go together and don't hatch eggs with the family."

Zhou Bo also echoed: "Yes, yes, it's very lively over there. Brother Wei Guo, let's go together."

Li Weiguo had heard of the Shichahai Ice Rink, but he had never seen the ice rink in the 1950s and 1960s.

"Brother Zhu, Yuyu, why don't we go take a look?" Li Weiguo was quite moved and asked the silly Zhu brothers and sisters beside him.

"Okay, okay, let's go skating."

Yu Yu, the girl, liked the excitement and immediately clapped her hands in agreement. Silly Zhu didn't care, so she nodded along.

"By the way, Fatty, we don't have skates. Where can we get them?" Suddenly, Li Weiguo seemed to remember that they didn't have any equipment.

Skates were a luxury item at this time. A pair cost dozens of yuan, and very few people could afford them. Even those children who came from a large family, not everyone was willing to buy them for their children.

At this time, everyone is very particular about borrowing skates. Anyone who has skates can borrow them for fun.

Who can say that he can bring his skates to the Shichahai Ice Rink? Carrying them like a t-shirt on his back and back, he is not only the focus of the audience, but can also be said to be the most handsome kid on the street.

Zhou Can was well prepared and patted his and Zhou Bo's bags confidently.

He smiled and said: "Hey, don't worry, I've already prepared it. When I came out, I borrowed two pairs from our buddies in the courtyard. Plus my own, there are three pairs in total. Let's switch to play when we get there. And Zhao Guobing has it himself, so don’t worry.”

"Okay, let's walk."

Since there is no need to worry about the equipment, there is nothing to say but go out and have fun. This is Li Weiguo's first Spring Festival since he traveled back in time, so he can't stay at home.

So, five people and two cars left the courtyard and went straight to the Shichahai Ice Rink.

Shichahai at the foot of the Bell and Drum Tower is known as the "Northern Water Town".

In summer, a pool of clear water sparkles in the sun, and in winter, it becomes a large natural ice rink.

Although Yuyuantan, Summer Palace, Beihai and Jishuitan were once popular ice rinks for BJ people, the special historical background of Shichahai Ice Rink gives it a different meaning.

The history of Shichahai can be traced back to 700 years ago. Although there is a saying that "first there was Tanzhe Temple, then BJ City", in fact Shichahai was one of the foundations for the establishment of Yuan Dynasty.

The Lotus Market, Yinding Bridge, Liuyin Street and other scenic spots make it a popular summer place and a good place to have fun in winter.

In the Ming Dynasty, Shichahai, as part of the crisscrossing waterways of BJ City, also undertook the task of traveling in winter.

As the main means of transportation on ice, simple "ice beds" and homemade skates can glide to the destination like lightning on the smooth ice surface. They are faster than riding a horse and cart, and are cheap and very popular among the people.

After the Qing army entered the country, skating was turned into entertainment by the Eight Banners disciples and evolved into a fashionable sport. Not only did it get the interesting name "Bingxi", it was also designated as a "national custom" by Emperor Qianlong.

The "ice dance" that An Lingrong glimpsed in "The Legend of Zhen Huan" is probably the predecessor of today's figure skating.

The wars in the early 1950th century caused Shichahai to be gradually forgotten. It was not until the founding of New China in that the bustling area returned to its former glory.

In the middle of that year, the Shichahai dredging project was completed. Due to the open water surface, in winter, it became the largest skating rink in BJ City at that time, with both an area for enthusiasts to play and a track for professional athletes to train.

Every winter, when Shichahai freezes, the handsome boys will wear sheepskin hats, and the girls will wear bright red woolen scarves and black high-heeled skates bought by someone from Shanghai. Everyone gathers together. Unleash yourself on the ice rink.

It can be said that from the 798s to the s, the Shichahai Ice Rink was at the forefront of fashion in the Four-Nine Cities, no less than Sanlitun and in later generations.

And BJ diehards also like to party, have fun, take pictures of their wives, and fight here.

This is not only an entertainment place for them to skate, play ice hockey, and ride on ice cars, it is also a place where they spend their youth freely on the ice rink and leave countless memories.

Shichahai Ice Rink is not far from Nanluoguxiang, it only takes ten minutes by bike.

When they arrived at the place, Li Weiguo and others took a quick look.

It was really crowded.

The ice surface of the entire ice rink is full of people, all of them are wearing tight clothes and playing on the ice.

As one of the few entertainments in this era, ice skating has always had many fans.

Although today's skating tools are generally rudimentary, there are still many people who use rudimentary homemade skates to play skating and come up with endless tricks.

Looking around, there are many people on the ice wearing simple homemade skates, and some pushing homemade ice carts. They are playing in groups on the ice.