Transformation of Rebirth

In Zheng Haiyang's impression of Beijing, there are only six words to describe it - "many people, many people, many people". People are going to be bad, but even so, in the hearts of all Chinese, Beijing still has its special status.

Zheng Haiyang wondered what Beijing would look like in 90, and when he got there, he would be in a bad mood——

First reaction: there are very few people at the station;

The second reaction: there are very few people on the road;

Third reaction: There are so few cars on the road:

The fourth reaction: the house is so short

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It is completely different from Beijing 20 years later.

But even so, Zheng Haiyang could tell that the development of Beijing at that time was much better than that of their provincial capital.

After arriving in Beijing, Zheng Ping called Grandpa Zheng to report his safety, and then he and Han Zhijun climbed onto the red and white bus with women and children and a small amount of luggage.

The residence they found in Beijing is located in Dongsibatiao, a small courtyard house. A friend Han Zhijun met in Hainan earlier lived there. After he came to Beijing, he asked them for help. The family can still live if they squeeze together.

Han Zhijun's friend is called Gao Tingquan, and the name is quite foreign. It is said that his father likes to listen to "Erquan Yingyue", so he chose such a name. Gao Tingying's name is Gao Tingyue.

Gao Tingquan's family has a large population. His wife, daughter, his parents, his younger brother, his younger sister, and a relative of his family live in the small courtyard. It is said that Gao Tingquan's relative has recently become rich and is about to move out. I don't live here much anymore, the room is already vacant, but even so, the two bright locks on the two doors are very eye-catching.

Zheng Haiyang looked at the two big locks that were as big as the door of the room, and he knew at a glance that this relative of Gao Tingquan might not be able to deal with Gao Tingquan's family, otherwise he wouldn't use such a big lock to scare him off. .

Even though there was a room available, Gao Tingquan couldn't let his friend live there. Gao Tingquan felt ashamed and felt sorry for the friend who came to join him, so he kept apologizing.

Han Zhijun handed him a cigarette, "We came to ask you for help and live in your house. How can we make you apologize. If you are so polite, we will leave."

Gao Tingquan: "Don't, don't, don't talk, don't talk, just stay here, talk to me if you have anything, and talk to my younger brother, sister, I'm fine if I'm not here."

The two families did not bring a lot of luggage this time, and it was very convenient to pack them up. One family had one room, but it was no different from before; Grandma Gao and Gao Tingquan's wife cooked a large table of dishes, and at night a table of people gathered around the big round table Eat, very lively.

The men drank and chatted to brag, the women talked about household chores, and the children climbed down to play in the yard after eating.

Gao Tingquan gave birth to a daughter named Gao Qi, whose nickname was Qiqi. After the new year, she was one year older than Zheng Haiyang and taller than Zheng Haiyang. The three children gathered together, only one year old Han Yi looked a little smaller.

Qiqi is an extroverted girl, probably because of the free and easy nature of a boy, probably because Zhenhaiyang and the others are guests, she has the self-consciousness of being a host, and she has a kind of "big sister" in everything she says and does. "Big" taste, and when I get excited, I will raise my chin and pat my chest.

She saw that Han was young, so she took out the dolls in her room for him to play with, without blinking her eyes when handing them over, and only secretly glanced at them reluctantly after giving them to him. Zheng Haiyang was very happy in his heart, he thought this doll was really interesting.

Qiqi also said: "My dad said that I don't have to go to kindergarten these days. I will play with you at home. Tell me what you want to play, and I will take you." The appearance of the vice-principal leader.

Zheng Haiyang looked at her and said, "Are you happy because you don't have to go to kindergarten anymore?"

Qiqi's thoughts were revealed by others, and she immediately stared, "Nonsense, I don't have one!"

Zheng Haiyang laughed heartily.

Zheng Haiyang didn't know what other people would do first when they came to Beijing. Anyway, after they came to Beijing, the first thing they did was to visit Beijing city. This was almost the common aspiration of their two families at that time.Gao Tingquan even borrowed a camera and bought film to accompany them on a stroll.

The Great Wall, the Forbidden City, and ***, wherever you go, you must happily take photos, one person, two people, with children in their arms, and those without children.

Every time Zheng Haiyang comes to take pictures, he deeply feels that he has an additional "props foil attribute". His mother Cheng Baoli likes to squat sideways and face the camera, holding him by the hand, and Zheng Haiyang has to face the camera with a smile , You have to laugh out loud, it’s not enough to purse your lips, you have to grin your teeth, it’s best to squint your eyes when you laugh.

Han Xiaobao was much worse than him. When she came out during the day, Chen Lingling wore a headband. In order to take pictures of her son in front of the scenic spot, she put on her own headband for Han Yi. It was yellow, and there were two big red flowers on it. Han Yi put the two big red flowers on his head innocently and faced the camera, which made Zheng Haiyang almost spit out water.

For the "Asian Games", several tall "scenery signs" were erected before ***, one of which was a big flower peacock, and the other was the "Panpan Panda" of the Asian Games at that time, and the foreigner from Beijing at that time The population is very small, *** is like a big square, only some bustling people are playing, so you don't have to worry about being blocked by someone when you take a photo.

They took pictures at the front of the police station, and took pictures under the big peacock and the Panpan panda. Han Yi and Zheng Haiyang took several photos alone. The process was quite tragic. Zheng Haiyang held Han Yi in front of him, and the two The children leaned together and faced the camera not far away, with headbands on their heads. This time, Zheng Haiyang had two big red flowers on his head, and Han Yi had Cheng Baoli's three-color striped headband on his head. There was also a big red woolen scarf around his neck.

Zheng Haiyang faced the camera with the corners of his mouth twitching, and heard Gao Tingquan next to him ask his daughter: "Qiqi, are the two younger brothers so good-looking?"

Qiqi raised her neck, looked at her father with a smile, and nodded vigorously: "It looks good!"

Zheng Haiyang: "..." When the photos are developed, he must destroy them as soon as possible. This kind of black history, it doesn't matter if it doesn't stay.

After three days in Beijing, Gao Tingquan made a fuss. The Gao family is very hospitable and hospitable. Even the neighbors around will smile and say hello when they see it.

Grandpa Gao and Grandma Gao opened a boiler room in the alley to provide hot water. They are all in class, and when they are not in class, they go to the boiler room to help out. Gao Tingquan does not have a fixed job. Like Zheng Ping and Han Zhijun now, he does whatever he can to make money. Although the job is not stable, the income is good.

Han Zhijun and Zheng Ping came to Beijing this time because they wanted to take advantage of the Asian Games to make some money. This coincided with Gao Tingquan in this respect. The three men chatted and drank in the back room over drinks, discussing how to make money.

Zheng Haiyang wanted to hear what they were talking about, so he ran into the house and sat there stupidly, as if he didn't understand, so he took Han Yi's arm and brought the child in together, pretending to take Han Yi to play inside, and Qiqi followed them as soon as they entered the house Come in and play with them.

The adults were in the back room, there was no door, just separated by a cloth curtain. Zheng Haiyang eavesdropped while stuffing building blocks into Han Yi's hands.

Gao Tingquan said: "Now the Asian Games Village, everything that should be built has been built. After all, it will be used in September, but in the current situation, it is not easy to set up stalls. You see, the city has started to hang flags. Cleanliness and tidiness, after all, is a major event at the root of the imperial city, and people from other countries will also come." After a pause, "and people like me and us are trying to figure out a way, but this time it's not good Take it fast. In the past, you could make money by setting up a stall to sell things in crowded places, but now it’s no longer possible. Try putting the stall at the entrance of the Workers’ Stadium? You’ll be coaxed away in half a minute.”

Han Zhijun nodded and smoked.

Gao Tingquan: "But let me tell you, to do such a big thing, you need money, right? I heard that the higher-ups don't have enough money, so they are raising money, looking for some big companies to fund them, and this." He rummaged through the cabinet and took out a card that looked like a bookmark.

The card is rectangular, with a stamp pattern printed on the top, a "one yuan" under the pattern, and the words "No. 11th Asian Games Fund Prize Ticket" on the top. Below is a group number, and below that is the boss's two lines of words "Second Prize Draw" and "Primary Prize Draw".

Han Zhijun and Zheng Ping looked at each other, they had seen this game before, and it also happened in the provincial capital of S province, but neither of them took it seriously at the time.

Gao Tingquan said: "This is a lottery ticket, one yuan a piece, bought a lottery, the bottom one is 'one lottery', you open the paper on it, it tells you, 'one yuan', 'five yuan', '100 yuan' There is also 'thank you'; the second lottery means that there are numbers in it, and every once in a while, the winning numbers will be published in the newspaper, and if you win, you can go to collect the money."

One yuan per card, and if you win a prize, you will get 500 yuan. At first glance, it sounds like a good thing, but the men in the back room know that this is actually just luck. If you buy it for one yuan, you will get the lottery Money, if you don’t win the lottery, it’s like buying a piece of waste paper. This lottery ticket is not a treasury bill, and you can’t earn the middle price difference.

Gao Tingquan said: "However, almost every household in Beijing has bought lottery tickets, which can be regarded as a contribution to the Asian Games. After all, we Chinese are a big event. If we don't have money, everyone will contribute."

Zheng Haiyang was listening outside. Although he didn't see what the lottery ticket looked like, but from what it meant, the fund lottery ticket for the Asian Games was quite similar to the later "sports lottery".

In the outer room, Qiqi also heard the adults talking inside, she turned her head to look at Zheng Haiyang and said, "Do you want to buy a lottery ticket? I have one too, but there is no prize, and it says 'Thank you' inside."

Zheng Haiyang asked: "Where can I sell it?"

Qiqi: "My mother's post office has them. I'll take you there tomorrow."

The next day, Qiqi took Zheng Haiyang to her mother's post office. It was not far away, and it took only 10 minutes to walk there. Qiqi and Zheng Haiyang led Han Yi to the post office and went directly to Qiqi's mother.

Qiqi's mother was overjoyed to see the two children coming out with a small child. She took the three children to the lottery ticket shop, scratched Zheng Haiyang's face and said, "Yangyang, one dollar a piece, how many tickets do you want to buy?" open?"

Zheng Haiyang calmly took out ten yuan from his pocket: "I want ten."

Qiqi's mother raised her eyebrows. She thought that the child had brought one or two yuan to join in the fun, but she didn't expect to bring ten yuan. Ten yuan is not a small amount of money.

Qiqi had never had money as big as ten yuan in her pocket. Looking at Zheng Haiyang, she couldn't help feeling envious. She tugged at Zheng Haiyang's sleeve and whispered, "Why do you have so much money?"

Zheng Haiyang said: "New Year's money for Chinese New Year."

Qiqi's mother handed the money to the colleague in the window. The colleague smiled and prepared to choose ten cute patterns for the child, but Zheng Haiyang said, "Can I choose by myself?" Of course, you have to do it yourself.

Qiqi's mother took a handful of lottery tickets from her colleague, knelt down, and passed them in front of Zheng Haiyang. Qiqi said: "Two for you." Then she pinched Han Yi's little face, "Go and touch, touch two, feel whatever you want."

Qiqi touched two tickets, but Han Yi didn't understand, but imitated his behavior and touched the lottery tickets, and Zheng Haiyang pulled out the two lottery tickets.

After touching the lottery tickets, the two children led the little ones back and walked back. Qiqi was holding the lottery tickets in her hands like a baby, not willing to draw the lottery. Zheng Haiyang had already tore up all the six cards she had drawn. ——I didn’t even win a dime! !

Zheng Haiyang looked up at the sky with his neck held high, he was so angry that he couldn't say a word, ten yuan!Already six dollars have been thrown into the water!Had all his good luck been used to rebirth him?

After returning home, Qiqi sat on the steps in front of the courtyard, reluctant to tear it up, Zheng Haiyang said: "If you don't tear it up, I will tear it up for you."

Qiqi hid the lottery tickets behind her back, thought for a while, and took out the lottery tickets, and tore off the "one draw" on the bottom of one, which said "thank you", and tore off the second one - one!piece!money!

Qiqi screamed and stood up, holding the lottery ticket in her hand. She jumped up and down happily, laughing and dancing, "One dollar, one dollar! I won one dollar! Yangyang, look, I won one dollar!"

Zheng Haiyang heaved a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he saved one yuan. Thinking so, he took out the two lottery coupons that Han Yi touched. Panpan Panda was running with the torch in his hand. He stuffed Panpan Panda's card into his pocket and sat down next to Han Yi.

As soon as Han consciously leaned over, Qiqi sat on the other side of Zheng Haiyang, also next to Zheng Haiyang, and looked closely at the lottery ticket in his hand.

"It's open." Zheng Haiyang said and tore off the paper on it, and slowly opened it. Both Qiqi and Zheng Haiyang stared at it with wide eyes. Finally, three small characters appeared in sight—one hundred yuan.

Zheng Haiyang: "..."

Qiqi: "...this is... 100 yuan?"

Zheng Haiyang froze there as if he had been knocked out by gold falling from the sky, and nodded foolishly, "Yeah!"

Qiqi jumped up: "Ah!! Yangyang, Yangyang, you won 100 yuan, you won 100 yuan!!"

Cheng Baoli, who heard the noise, came out of the yard, "What's wrong with Yangyang? What is 100 yuan?"

"Auntie, Yangyang's lottery ticket, I won 100 yuan!"

Cheng Baoli came over, took the lottery ticket from her son, and saw that she really won 100 yuan!Cheng Baoli laughed happily and patted her son's head, "Why is my silly son so lucky!!"

Only then did Zheng Haiyang recover, and he looked at Han Yi.Han Yi looked back at him and blinked his eyes in confusion. The child was too young to understand, but he seemed to know that something good had happened. He looked at him with a smile, and sat next to him.

Zheng Haiyang felt emotional at that moment... This lottery ticket was touched by Han Yi. This kid can't speak a few words, so he is so lucky! !

When the adults came back that night, the news that Zheng Haiyang had won 100 yuan spread immediately. He didn't dare to take credit for it, but directly said that the lottery ticket was actually touched by Han Xiaobao. Han Zhijun laughed loudly, picked up his son, and said: "This kid, Wang wife!"

Chen Lingling said at the same time: "Go! What are you talking about if you drink too much?!"

Gao Tingquan echoed on the side: "Sister-in-law, you don't know this. There is a saying in our industry. The male is called Wangfu, and the female is called Wangfu. Your baby can get 100 yuan if you touch it. Isn’t that what Wang Wife is?”

The big men were a little drunk, Zheng Ping said in the Beijing accent he had just learned, "Yes! When I marry a wife in the future, I want to marry Pan Erliang!"

The crowd burst into laughter.

Zheng Haiyang's nose suddenly itched.