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In the 1950s and 1960s, in No. 81 Xiang'er Hutong, Beixinqiao, Beijing, the origins and disputes of the Sun family and the Guan family were seen by Zhang Yajuan, a street activist. Who poisoned Guan's cat? Will the Sun family respond to the government's call to hand over the small courtyard? Among those forgotten stories, warm a pot of wine and re-experience the taste of old Beijing. A person who lives in an alley may not be very knowledgeable. He is only familiar with a few alleys in front of his home, which are not bigger than a village. Like the people in Xiang'er Hutong, they know the stories of three generations of ancestors of every family around them, just like they are familiar with every national event on TV. They all know that in a courtyard at the east entrance, there is an old lady with white hair who has been standing numbly all year round, with several small shabby houses behind her crowded together. The yard was so dilapidated that there wasn't even a decent door, just a big red iron gate, which was bolted shut at night and made a rumbling sound when pulled.
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