"If you have nothing to do this afternoon, let's go skating in Beihai?" Zhang Yan suggested to Tong Mei after seeing off Zhao Shengli and the other five.

"Go skating in Beihai?" Tong Mei asked excitedly.

Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, she often took her brothers to the North Sea to skate and break holes in the ice to catch fish.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, I was busy studying and working. It has been a long time since I went to the North Sea to skate and catch fish.

"That's right! Isn't this season the season for skating? Let's take our children to go skating in Beihai." Zhang Yan said with a smile.

"Okay! Okay!

Sister, I’m going to go skating!” As soon as Little Carrot Head heard that she was going to go skating, she immediately jumped out and shouted.

"Can you skate?" Tong Mei asked with a smile.

"No!" Little Carrot Head lowered his head and whispered.

I just went out to play and forgot that I can't skate at all.

"Sister, can you teach me how to skate?" Little Carrot rolled her eyes and begged, holding Tong Mei's hand.

Even Xiangzi and Gangzi looked at Tong Mei with excitement.

Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, they often went skating on the North Sea with Tong Mei. They were still young at that time, and Tong Mei would not let them participate in breaking holes in the ice to catch fish.

Just let them watch from the sidelines.

"Okay, let's go skating on the North Sea.

However, you must be obedient, otherwise be careful!" Tong Mei saw that everyone wanted to go, and she wanted to go too, so she simply agreed.

There were too many people, so it was impossible to ride a bicycle, so the family could only walk to Beihai.

Fortunately, the Qianmao Hutong where they live is not far from Shichahai, and the two streets are right next to each other.

It doesn't take long to walk.

The Beihai that Zhang Yan and his friends are talking about refers to Beihai Park. In 1925, it became an open park.

Because it is in the center of Beijing, it has become the favorite and most frequently visited playground for old Beijingers during holidays.

Every holiday, there will be a lot of people visiting Beihai Park.

Zhang Yan and his group of eight arrived at Beihai Park. It was already November in the lunar calendar, and a thick layer of ice had already formed on the Beihai lake.

There are many people skating on the lake.

Some are wearing skates specially designed for skating, while others are not wearing anything and are skating directly on the ice. No matter which one you choose, you will have the same fun.

There are also people sitting on the ice, holding a fishing rod and fishing.

"Wow! It's such a big ice! I want to skate..." The little carrot head forgot Tong Mei's instructions just now, rushed to the ice, and then...

Then, he slipped and fell, lying on his stomach, sliding far away on the ice.

"Ha ha······"

"Giggle..."

Everyone laughed happily.

Anyway, if you wear thick clothes, you won't be afraid of them getting broken. Children of this era are also tough-skinned.

Look at the children on the ice. They are running and skating on the ice one by one. They fall down from time to time and grimace when they fall, but none of them cry.

They all stood up, patted their butts, and continued skating.

"There is a skate shop selling skates over there. Let's go buy some pairs of skates." Zhang Yan glanced around and pointed not far away and said.

Five or six years is actually quite good. It would be better if it stayed at five or six years.

In a few years, there won't be anyone selling skates by this lake.

At that time, everything was under public ownership, and people from the supply and marketing cooperatives would not go to the lake to sell skates.

"Okay! Buy a few pairs!" Looking at Xiangzi, Gangzi and others with expectant faces, Tong Mei nodded with a smile.

In fact, she wants it too.

In the past, when skating on the ice, she would watch others skate on skates, while she and her brothers could only skate dry on their shoes.

My wish at that time was to buy a pair of skate shoes of my own.

As a result, I was liberated before this wish was realized.

Later, I was busy attending training classes and working. Although I was not short of money, I had no time to skate.

Now, she and Zhang Yan are making money, and there is so much money that they simply cannot spend it all.

In other words, there is no place to spend money at all.

Buying a pair of skates for all the children is a trivial matter.

Seeing that Tong Mei agreed, Zhang Yan called up the little carrot head who had just climbed up, and they all went to the stall selling skates.

This stall is quite complete, including skates and skates.

Skates are simply skates that can be tied to your shoes with a rope.

The skates and skates are connected together and cannot be separated.

The owner who sells skates and shoes not only sells skates but also rents them out.

Anyway, there was no shortage of money, so Zhang Yan bought eight pairs of skates.

The owner who sells ice skates did not expect that such a big business would suddenly come to him.

After being ecstatic, he began to feel sad again. He didn't have so many skates.

Especially eight people with different shoe sizes.

Skates and skate shoes are different. Skates are basically universal.

But skate shoes are not good, they must fit properly, otherwise they will easily get sprained or something.

"Comrade, can you wait a few minutes and I'll get you skates? I'll be back soon. My house is nearby, in ten minutes." The young man selling skates discussed with Zhang Yan, afraid that

They disagreed and emphasized that they would be back in ten minutes.

"Okay, hurry up!" Zhang Yan smiled and nodded.

They were here to play anyway. If they didn’t have ice skates, they could play something else first.

The boss asked the neighbor next to him to help look after the stall, and he trotted out of Beihai Park.

The stall next to it sells sugar paintings.

Use sugar syrup to draw pictures, such as Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, small fish, kittens, puppies, etc. The drawings are very realistic and very popular among children.

There was a roulette wheel on the stall, and you could spin it for two cents, and the stall owner would draw whatever kind of picture it turned to.

The big ones include dragons, phoenixes, small bees, and butterflies.

Seeing Tong Mei's hidden fiery eyes, Zhang Yan smiled. Unexpectedly, Tong Mei still had a childlike innocence.

He took out 14 cents and gave it to the stall owner, and asked Tong Mei to take the children to spin the roulette wheel.

"Yanzi!" A cry of surprise came.

Zhang Yan turned around and saw that it was Chu Mingxing.

Joining Chu Mingxing is Zhang Xiaodi.

Looking at the state of the two of them, my dear, this is a beautiful woman who has been embraced.

"Congratulations!" Zhang Yan went up and punched Chu Mingxing.

"Hey, I have to thank you so much!"

"Thank you, Doctor Zhang!" Zhang Xiaodi also came up to greet Zhang Yan.

"Brother and sister, my relationship with Monkey doesn't need to be so polite." Zhang Yan said "brother and sister," which made Zhang Xiaodi's pretty face turn red.

"You are called sister-in-law! I am older than you!"

"Huh, are you sure?" Zhang Yan looked at Chu Mingxing playfully.

Seeing this made him panic, "Forget it, forget it, you're young, I'll let you!"

Zhang Yan smiled with satisfaction and waved to Tong Mei, "Let me introduce it to you.

This is my wife, you can just call me sister-in-law.

This is my comrade-in-arms who saved my life on the battlefield!

You're stupid and you took the bullet for me." Zhang Yan solemnly introduced Chu Mingxing and Tong Mei to each other.

"This is Zhang Xiaodi, the monkey's partner!" Then he introduced Zhang Xiaodi.

"Hello! I heard Zhang Yan mentioned you!" Tong Mei generously shook hands with Chu Mingxing, and then shook hands with Zhang Xiaodi.

Chu Mingxing smiled and invited Zhang Yan and Tong Mei, "Are you here to play too? Come together!"

"No, we still have children, so we won't disturb your date." Zhang Yan smiled and rejected Chu Mingxing's invitation.
To be continued...