At the beginning, he took his seven younger siblings to join Yi Zhonghai.

Yi Zhongding certainly noticed his gaze.

It's hard not to notice.

Every time you come here, you get that look in your eyes.

The courtyard house in front of us, which covers an area of ​​400 square meters, was completed in November 1953.

The entire house is a brick and wood structure. The bricks used are city wall bricks and gold bricks, and the wood used is golden nanmu and Hainan rosewood.

The main beam of the main house is made of Phoebe zhennan wood, and the six large red pillars of the connecting corridor are made of Hainan rosewood.

The furniture throughout the house is made of rosewood and chicken wing wood.

Furniture personally crafted by Yi Zhongding.

There are no carved dragons or phoenixes.

It emphasizes understated luxury.

These pieces of wood were all purchased by Yi Zhongding personally from the lumber mill (this is where you get the idea).

Their family moved in during the Chinese New Year in 1953.

The main gate of the courtyard house is located in the southeast corner.

However, there is also a moon archway in the southwest corner that connects to the central courtyard of the main courtyard.

The courtyard has five main rooms, each three meters wide and six meters deep.

There is a side room on the left, which is 1.5 meters wide and 6 meters deep, and it was used as a kitchen.

Instead of a side room, there is a moon archway leading to the backyard on the right.

The living room is in the middle.

The two rooms on the left are the rooms for Yi Zhonghai and his partner.

The two rooms on the right are Yi Zhongding's room and Yi Zhonghua's room.

There are three rooms in each of the east and west wings, each 2.5 meters wide and 5 meters deep, with one room for each of the six people, including Yao Yao.

The house is paved with the legendary "gold bricks".

The foreman of the building company helped me find it.

Each side room has an attached side room, with a width of 1.2 meters and a depth of 5 meters.

The side rooms near the backyard were all converted into bathrooms with squat toilets.

The two side rooms closest to the road were Yi Zhongding's carpentry workshop and a storage room.

There are also five rooms in the rear building, and the two outer rooms have been converted into a toy room for several children.

If you put a bed on it, it can be used as a guest room.

On weekdays, when Yi Zhonghua and his friends bring their friends home, they play here.

Three of the rooms inside were converted into a study.

Inside were all the history books, military books, and medical books that Yi Zhongding could collect, as well as multiple sets of "X Selection" and "X Theory".

There's also the People's Daily, published every day.

Of course, there are also comic books for younger siblings.

(You guys know what I mean, right? One review is too much of a hassle, so...)

The entire house has a suspended ceiling and underfloor heating.

In the summer, each room also has an ice trough.

It can be described as warm in winter and cool in summer.

The comfort of the living environment has been brought to the top level in this era.

The courtyard of the siheyuan is paved with blue bricks.

There are two crabapple trees in front of the main house, and a peach tree and a jujube tree in front of the east and west wing rooms.

Because there is no separation between the inner and outer courtyards.

Therefore, a row of purple bamboo was planted in front of the screen wall in the southeast corner and in the southwest corner.

Once again, a spacious and comfortable courtyard house disappeared from Yan Bugui's sight.

The Yi family followed them out of the courtyard house.

"Brother, let's invite Yushui too. She's helped us take care of the kids a lot these past few years. It wouldn't look good if we didn't invite her when we go out to eat and she ran into Zhuzi."

Tan Xiulian said softly.

"Alright, it's one more mouth to feed. Zhonghua, go back and see if Yushui is home."

Upon hearing this, Yi Zhonghai replied without hesitation.

Yi Zhonghua nodded and quickly ran back to the courtyard house.

Born in 1945, he is already eleven years old this year and will be in the sixth grade of elementary school in the second half of the year.

The mainstream school system in Beijing is still the 6-3-3 system.

As for the five-four-three and ten-year integrated education systems, only a few experimental schools began to implement them after 1958.

The so-called 5-2-2 and 5-2-3 school systems only existed during that special decade.

I have never lacked nutrition in the past few years.

He is already close to 1.6 meters tall.

In addition, he practiced martial arts with his brother every day.

His entire demeanor was quite different from that of people of this era.

They truly stand tall like a pine tree and move like a tiger.

His eyes were bright and piercing, as if a thousand rays of light were concentrated in his eyeballs.

Despite its seemingly frail physique, it actually concentrates all its strength into its tendons.

Anyone who underestimates him...

That would be a real ordeal.

He's hitting He Yuzhu like he's hitting a wooden stake now.

As for Xu Damao, there's no need to say more.

You can easily pick it up and toss it around like a bed sheet.

Now, if Tan Xiulian washes the bed sheets...

You don't even need to twist it by hand.

Call out "China".

He can then leap out like a little lion.

Then they used the bed sheet like a wooden stick.

It was dry in no time.

Over the past three years, he has gradually taken over the carpentry work from his older brother Yi Zhongding and has been able to earn money to supplement the family income.

This is something he is very proud of.

So no one told him.

The money he gave to his sister-in-law was all deposited into the bank by her.

A short while later.

He then brought He Yushui with him.

"Uncle Yi, Auntie, Uncle."

He Yushui greeted them politely.

According to seniority, she still has to call the other little ones "uncle" and "aunt".

But she simply couldn't call out anymore.

Therefore, Yi Zhongding is generally called "Uncle Yi" as a representative.

She is three years older than Yi Zhonghua, and is fourteen years old this year, just starting junior high school.

She hasn't lacked nutrition in the past two or three years.

After He Yuzhu became a chef, he would occasionally bring home some oily and juicy dishes.

Moreover, she often visited the Yi family to play with the children and help look after them.

I often eat directly at Yi's house.

The Yi family's meals were never lacking in oil and fat.

So she grew into a beautiful young woman.

They all have baby fat on their faces.

"Hey, is everything set up at home, including the stove? Make sure there's no fire."

Tan Xiulian nodded, then asked carefully.

"It's hot, and my brother doesn't cook at home. We don't have a stove at home, so don't worry, Auntie."

He Yushui nodded and said.

Then the group walked towards Fengzeyuan, chatting and laughing.

"Brother, can you talk to my sister? They're too fierce; they're always lecturing me."

Yi Zhongyan stretched out his little hand and waved to his older brother, signaling him to bend down, and then said in a pitiful voice.

He had just heard cicadas chirping in a tree by the roadside.

So he slipped out of the group again, picked up a small twig, and tried to catch a cicada.

Then Yao Yao scolded me again.

He was furious just looking at his sister.

But he dared not speak out in anger, so he stomped his foot angrily and ran to Yi Zhongding's side.

"How dare you say that? Every time we go out, you're like a cowherd, running off in the blink of an eye. It's so dangerous with so many people coming and going. I'm just taking care of you."

After listening, Yi Zhongding looked at the little guy with a mixture of amusement and exasperation.

The little guy, who is five years old this year but actually three, has a chubby face and looks very strong.

Her dimples are very noticeable even when she's not smiling.

But it was his eyes, so different from the firm and innocent look of his twin brother Yi Zhongxin, that made him instantly recognizable.

His eyes were always darting around, full of curiosity and a desire to explore.

Anyone who sees him can tell that he is a clever and mischievous little guy.

And that is indeed the case.

This little guy is the most mischievous and clever of his younger siblings, and he's quite "cunning" even at such a young age.

The older brother, Yi Zhongxin, has always been independent, well-behaved, and honest.

If the two of them do bad things together.

That must have been the little guy's idea, and he even encouraged and egged on his older brothers.

He looked exactly like a little dog-headed strategist.

The only two nemesis are her two older sisters, Yaoyao and Miaomiao.

Yao Yao might still dare to talk back.

But as soon as Miaomiao kicked him, he became as docile as a quail.

(The outline is being adjusted. There may be three chapters today, four if I can make it, and five tomorrow if I can't.)

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