Siheyuan: Starting to work in the street office

After walking around for a while, the two bought some daily necessities, including a new towel, a red lacquer basin, toothbrush, toothpaste, soap, and a cup.

Finally, Zhongshan bought some cakes for Song Lili, and the two of them left the supply and marketing cooperative, went to the public security office, got their bicycles registered, and then went back to the courtyard to deliver the things.

When they arrived at the courtyard, Zhong Shan opened the door and put the daily necessities into the house. Song Lili also looked into the house. Her mood was different from before. Now that they had obtained the marriage certificate, this would be her home from now on.

After Zhong Shan closed the door, he suddenly hugged Song Lili. Song Lili was startled, then she reacted and did nothing, letting Zhongshan hug her. Zhongshan naturally could not remain indifferent, and Song Lili also responded awkwardly, slowly... However, Song Lili still held the last line of defense and did not let Zhongshan succeed.

Afterwards, the two stayed for a while, and only the last piece of territory was left. Song Lili hugged Zhong Shan tightly in his arms. After a while, Song Lili and Zhong Shan calmed down and separated. Two days were not a big deal, so there was no need to rush.

"Brother Zhongshan, you are so bad!"

Zhongshan looked at the beauty in his arms with tenderness, and Song Lili's eyes were also full of Zhongshan. After a long time, the two got up reluctantly, packed their clothes, and tidied up each other's hair that was messed up by the other.

After they cleaned up the house, they left: "Brother Zhongshan, are we going back to the street office now?"

Zhong Shan thought for a moment and said, "Lili, I'll take you to see our house. I'm out today!"

Chinese people have a special feeling for houses. When Song Lili heard that she was going to go house-viewing, even if she couldn't live there often, she was very happy.

"Okay!"

Zhongshan took Song Lili on a bicycle and first went to Heizhima Hutong. They were both in Nanluoguxiang and relatively close to each other. After a while, they arrived at Heizhima Hutong. After entering the hutong and finding the yard, Zhongshan stopped the bicycle at the door. After Song Lili got off the bicycle, Zhongshan took out the key and opened the door:

"This courtyard originally had five courtyards, but it collapsed and only the west wing remained in the front courtyard. After I got it, I didn't dare to rebuild the courtyard, but only renovated the west wing."

Song Lili looked at the large area and said, "Although it is dilapidated, it is really big. If it is rebuilt, how many people can live here?"

Zhong Shan said with a wicked smile: "Just give birth there, there's room for as many children as you want!"

Song Lili hit Zhong Shan: "Bad guy, you only know how to bully me!"

After the two of them left the yard, Zhong Shan locked the door and said, "This yard is dilapidated now, there's nothing to see yet. When it's rebuilt and a garden is built, it will be beautiful!"

Afterwards, he rode his bike with Song Lili to the Forbidden City. After entering a nearby alley, Zhongshan parked his bike at the entrance of a courtyard and said to Song Lili, "This is it. It's next to the imperial city and at the end of the alley. It's quiet in a bustling place, and the courtyard is neat!"

As he spoke, he opened the gate and led Song Lili into the yard.

As soon as Song Lili saw the yard, she was attracted. The yard was spacious and airy, with independent houses on all four sides and corridors connecting them, making living very convenient.

The independent courtyard house also has a strong sense of privacy. When the door is closed, it becomes a world of its own. Inside the courtyard, the doors of the rooms on all four sides open into the courtyard. In the spacious courtyard, there are flowers, trees, stacked stones and scenery, which are beautiful beyond words.

The courtyard is filled with carved beams and painted buildings, flower windows and flying eaves, and the scenery changes as you walk, which is pleasing to the eyes!

Although no one has lived here for a long time, Zhongshan comes to clean it up every once in a while.

After looking around, Song Lili fell in love with this place. She held Zhong Shan's hand and said, "Brother Zhong Shan, this place is really nice. It's a pity that we can't live here!"

Zhong Shan also likes this place very much, otherwise he wouldn't come here every now and then to clean it up. After hearing the regret in Song Lili's tone, Zhong Shan comforted her: "Although we can't live here permanently, it's still okay to stay here every now and then. I didn't come here before because it doesn't matter where I live. If you like, we can come here often to stay for a while in the future!"

Song Lili turned around, hugged Zhong Shan, and kissed him on the cheek: "Brother Zhong, you are so nice!"

After looking outside, Zhong Shan took Song Lili to visit each room one by one. Of course, they chose to live in the main room. Then they saw that the furniture in the room was very complete. It can be seen that Lou Bancheng did not live here after he had acquired all his belongings. If he wanted to live here, he had to have bedding and some daily necessities.

When two people were together, time passed very quickly. At noon, they originally planned to eat something at the state-owned restaurant, but the restaurant was full, so they had no choice but to go back to the street office for lunch.

After Zhong Shan drove Song Lili to the company, he locked the car and went back to the office to get their lunch boxes and went to the canteen to get food. Since the Chinese New Year had just passed, the food in the canteen was not bad. Although there were not many dishes, only two, the cabbage stewed with meat had a lot of meat, and the spicy tofu was also very good with rice.

After dinner, he took Song Lili for a walk, and went into various supply and marketing cooperatives, friendship stores, and trust stores, and bought some daily necessities. Zhongshan Song Lili also bought everyone a new set of clothes, and some things for the wedding. After the shopping, it was almost time to get off work, as everyone would leave work a little early after the Chinese New Year.

After get off work, Zhong Shan took Song Lili back to the street office to pick up Song Lili's bicycle, and then the two returned to the courtyard at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang.

After returning to Zhongshan's home, the two packed up their wedding supplies.

In the 60s, materials were scarce and the concept of three turns and one ring was not yet complete. Having one thing when getting married was considered good at that time. Furniture with 36 legs was not popular at all.

Nowadays, the betrothal gift is usually only 4 yuan, and the betrothal gift is 2 kilograms of sugar.

Seals and quotations are used as tokens of love between two people, and this is the case in this era.

The man generally needs to prepare the "four one items" for the marriage, that is, a double bed, a thermos, a washbasin, and a spittoon.

This is the case since the young couple does not have their own room and live in the same room. It is already good enough to have a bed of their own.

Since Zhongshan lives alone, there is naturally no need to prepare a bed. The thermos, washbasin, and spittoon are all ready. Zhongshan has a bathroom at home, so although he doesn't need a spittoon, he still prepared one.

The bride's family prepared bedding for the newlyweds, and the Song family had also prepared bedding with a red satin surface.

Although Zhongshan and the Song family could both produce better things, they were not outstanding at that time, and everything was prepared according to social customs.