Siheyuan: Becoming a cadre after graduating from technical secondary school

In early 1998, on a sunny and breezy day, Xu Tangshen and He Chunyan's wedding was held grandly in the hotel.

This wedding was a fusion of Chinese and Western styles, witnessing the tolerance and openness of the new era and filled with romance and warmth.

As an important guest, Lin Zongxuan was invited to serve as the witness, which allowed him to personally participate in his disciple's lifelong event.

In March of the same year, Lin Zongxuan's eldest son, Lin Jingping, married his mentor's daughter after completing his doctoral studies. Since Lin Zongxuan was facing a critical moment in the reorganization of the Ministry of Metallurgical Industry at that time, their wedding was unusually low-key, with only a few relatives and friends invited to attend.

The invited students were surprised to find that this usually gentle and low-key classmate actually had such a profound background.

The year came to 1999, when the eldest son of the fourth generation of the Lin family was born. In order to commemorate the happy event of that year, Lin Zongxuan personally named the child "Lin Jinghu".

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye it is the summer of 2000.

An old man in the courtyard passed away quietly. It is said that he left with a smile.

When he was dying, he persuaded everyone to leave, leaving only Sha Zhu behind, who said in an inaudible voice: "Zhu Zi, at that time, we went to find the Yan brothers and told them that your father had committed a crime."

Sha Zhu was slightly stunned, then nodded and said, "I already knew it, uncle."

Yi Zhonghai's expression changed from shock to excitement, and finally slowly returned to calm.

In September of the same year, the autumn wind was howling, and the third uncle Yan Bugui was lying on the hospital bed, his face as pale as paper, and the fire of life was gradually extinguished.

The only thing that worried him before he died was his old wife who had been with him for many years, but he never mentioned a word about his children.

After the third uncle passed away, the third aunt lost her support and her mental state became extremely bad. Finally, Boss Yan could not stand the pressure and took her back home. Several children paid alimony on time every month, not a penny more or less.

The house they once lived in was sold to Lin's father according to the third uncle's will, and all the money from the sale of the house was also donated according to the will.

The time came to 2001. At this time, the elderly people in the yard passed away one after another. The elderly people who were familiar with Liu Haizhong were all gone, leaving him alone.

Feeling extremely lonely, he bought a little black dog, trying to find some warmth and comfort from it.

However, fate is unpredictable. Once when walking his dog, Uncle Liu did not notice the increasing number of zebra crossings on the road and was accidentally hit by a vehicle. He died without being sent to the hospital.

Since the second aunt passed away several years ago, Liu Haizhong's three sons quarreled endlessly over the property left by their father.

In the end, it was Lin's father who stepped forward and bought the house at market price. He then divided the proceeds into three equal parts and gave them to the Liu brothers. Only then was the farce settled.

Until then, people were surprised to find that most of the houses in the entire Red Star Courtyard, including Xu Damao's house, had been acquired by the Lin family!

However, no one would doubt anything. After all, at this time, "Jingli Lao" had opened thousands of branches across the country, and the business was so booming that it was amazing.

Even Lin Keke, who only held 2% of the shares, became a nationally famous female billionaire.

Not to mention buying the Red Star Courtyard, even if the Lin family suddenly said one day that they had bought the steel mill, no one would find it strange.

In 2002, Jia Zhang, who had become taciturn since her son left, passed away. When the Jia family was dealing with her belongings, they found more than 6000 yuan in the gaps between the floor tiles in her room, most of which were old banknotes.

Qin Huairu just smiled bitterly a few times, and after the funeral, she moved out of the courtyard with Banggeng's family. Later, it was heard that she returned to the countryside by herself.

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye it was 2003.

This year, a sudden epidemic swept across the country, and Sha Zhu and Xu Damao, a pair of brothers in distress, were infected almost at the same time.

Surprisingly, the older Sha Zhu miraculously survived, while Xu Damao unfortunately passed away.

From then on, Sha Zhu seemed to have lost his soul. He was in a daze all day long and often cursed and cried after drinking.

(Sha Zhu seemed to have a natural affinity with the Siheyuan. Together with the Lin family, his family became the staunch defenders of the Red Star Siheyuan. In 2006, after a lifetime of hard work, Sha Zhu accidentally fell in the kitchen after hearing the news of Qin Huairu's death, who had long since moved away. His body also became weak. In order to help him recuperate, Zhao Xiaoyun decided to take him back to the countryside, where his old father was waiting for him.

Before leaving, they sold the house to the Lin family as agreed. So far, the entire courtyard was bought by the Lin family. But when only the Lin family was left, Lin's father and mother began to feel lonely. After renting out all the houses, they also moved in with their son.

At this point, the Red Star Courtyard officially came to an end.)

Under the bright light, an elegant old man stopped writing and was about to stand up to stretch his muscles when his eyes were suddenly covered by someone.

"Grandpa, guess who I am?"

A quirky voice suddenly came from behind, with a hint of playfulness and mischief.

Lin Zongxuan was immediately confused and amused, but he still pretended to be surprised and asked, "Who are you? Are you a little monkey that jumped out of a stone?"

"I'm not a monkey, I'm Mengmeng!"

The little girl turned her head away in anger, not wanting to look at the mischievous grandfather.

Lin Zongxuan smiled kindly, and flipped his hand, revealing two new-style jellies, which completely attracted the little girl's attention.

Suddenly, the 'little monkey' turned into a 'little cotton-padded jacket' again.

Lin Mengmeng hid in her grandfather's arms, looking at the words on the manuscript paper, and asked doubtfully: "Grandpa, is your novel officially finished?"

"Yes, I started writing it in 09 after I retired. I wrote it for two years straight and finally finished it."

There was loneliness and nostalgia in Lin Zongxuan's eyes.

Since 1962, he has spent nearly 50 years in this era and this world, most of which he was entangled with that compound and the people in it.

The ending of this novel left him feeling empty inside.

Lin Mengmeng couldn't understand the complicated look in her grandfather's eyes, so she just said naively: "Grandpa, I don't think this ending is very good."

"Well, why?" Lin Zongxuan asked with interest.

"I feel like the ending is too bland. It's not like Journey to the West, where every episode has a turning point and monsters can be fought."

When Lin Zongxuan heard his granddaughter's innocent words, he was stunned at first, and then suddenly burst into laughter.

"Okay, okay, okay, if you think my writing is too bland, I'll tell you another version of 'Siheyuan'. In this version, your Grandpa He is the real protagonist!

This story begins in the winter of 1965..."

(call!

The main text of this book is considered finished. If we don’t count the first book that had an unfinished ending, this is also the first officially completed work since I started writing books more than half a year ago. Congratulations.

As usual, I would like to thank all the readers for taking the trouble to read this article.

The transition period for this book was actually quite long. I started writing it in February, but I was not feeling well at the time and was also busy with my main job, so I stopped writing for a few months. It was not until June that I started updating it again on Tomato. This was also the main reason why the plot was rather fragmented.

Some careful friends may notice that the name of the protagonist in the previous chapters is sometimes misspelled as "Lin Chaosheng" or "Lin Qing", because this book was also revised before it was re-issued.

I won't say any more nonsense. I still have a few chapters to patch up the problems. Then I'll take a few days off as usual to finish the book that was left unfinished. I hope that when I meet you again, Yanzu and Yifei will still be as charming as ever.)