After the whole family was swept away, I lay down flat

Chapter 877 New Home
The new home was not far from Zhengyangmen Street, so after entering the city gate, the Hai family walked along the street all the way. When they reached Zhengyangmen, they turned into the streets and alleys, and soon arrived at their destination.

This is a quiet alley, and there seem to be mostly residential areas nearby. However, it is not far from the commercial street, so it is quiet in the midst of a bustling city and quite convenient.

The alley was fairly spacious, but not as spacious as the streets of Chang'an. The gate of the small military officer's two-story house was not wide enough for a carriage to enter, so the family got off the car directly at the door. More than a dozen cars and dozens of people filled the entire alley in an instant.

Cui Dazhuang and Cui Xiaodao, father and son, had already opened the door upon hearing the noise and welcomed everyone in. Hai Chang'an supported his father, and Hai Jiao supported his grandmother. As they walked in, they introduced the situation to the two elders and mentioned the mother and daughter of the eldest house, Fang: "My cousin originally said she would come to welcome grandpa and grandma, but with the recent change of seasons, Baozhu is a little unwell, so we advised them to rest for the time being. It won't be too late to meet again after Baozhu recovers. We are all family, so there is no need to be polite. The house they live in now is not far from us. It is about 200 to 300 steps away from the west side of the alley. It is next to the temple and is quieter than this side. This area is full of decent families, and there are not many idle people. When they have nothing to do, they bring a maid and walk here directly. If they are too lazy to walk, it is also very convenient to call a car."

Ma said, "Since Baozhu is ill, she should be cured first. Send someone to tell your cousin not to tell anyone. I will go see them again after they are settled. Has she asked a doctor to examine Baozhu?"

Hai Changan replied, "My cousin originally wanted to just take some pills, but we thought it would be safer to ask a doctor to diagnose her and prescribe medicine, so we have already asked someone to come. The doctor is a resident doctor at a famous old-fashioned pharmacy nearby. He is a relative of Wumen and would not normally come to see patients. But when he found out that she was a relative of Grandpa, he went without saying anything. He has already prescribed the medicine and gotten the medicine. Baozhu has shown improvement after taking the medicine. I think she will recover after a few more days of rest."

Hai Xiya nodded and said, "Since he is a good doctor, kind-hearted and skilled, and also an old friend and relative, our family cannot neglect him. When Baozhu recovers, you can pack a generous gift and send it to thank the doctor for his miraculous healing skills."

Hai Chang'an and his nephew Hai Jiao agreed.

At this time, everyone entered the house. Cui Dazhuang closed the door and turned around to guide his parents and point out the layout of the house.

Haijiao also took the opportunity to introduce the house to his grandparents, aunts, brothers and sisters.

This is a house with two entrances and two roads. The original layout was a main house with two entrances, plus a large courtyard on the west side. The main house was naturally occupied by the Hai family's grandparents and grandchildren. Now Hai Jiao lives in the wing room in the front yard. However, Hai Chang'an and his family were arranged to live in the west courtyard. There is a moon-shaped door connecting to the front yard of the main house, but there is also another door to the outside, which is convenient for Hai Chang'an and his family to live in. They can have close contact with their family members and enjoy a certain degree of independence.

Although Mrs. Hu had known about the future new home from her husband's letter, she was delighted to see that her family of three could occupy a courtyard all to themselves, the house was neat and spacious, the furniture was brand new and complete, and there was a small independent kitchen. She didn't have to ask her parents-in-law if she wanted to go out. Little Shitou ran directly into the courtyard and had fun. Although the courtyard was not spacious enough for horse racing, it was enough for him to practice martial arts, and he didn't have to worry about people passing through the courtyard and disturbing him. If he made new friends in the future, he could invite them to his home to play, without having to worry about his sister living next door, separated from him by a moon-shaped door that was open all day long. This was really great!

Little Shitou happily took his parents to the west wing to visit the new home. Hearing his noisy voice, everyone in the Hai family couldn't help but smile at each other.

Hai Jiao showed his grandparents the room he had been staying in for the past year and said, "I saw that the furniture in the room was quite new, so I didn't ask anyone to renovate it and just moved in. I have three rooms to myself, so it's quite comfortable."

Ma said angrily, "Silly child, this is the front yard, which should be a place for reading and meeting guests. The servants live not far away, and the kitchen is only two or three feet away from you. It's full of smoke and fire. Don't you find it noisy? Why don't you move to the inner yard?"

Haijiao smiled and said, "There are not enough rooms in the inner courtyard at the back, and I was afraid that it would be crowded if grandpa, grandma and little sister came, so I had it renovated and two more rooms built. It was just completed this summer and cleaned up a few days ago. How could people live there? Besides, the front yard is not as bad as you think. There are only Dazhuang and his son at home, and my second uncle and I hired a woman to do laundry and odd jobs. As for three meals a day, we usually don't cook by ourselves. Outside is Zhengyangmen Street, and there are so many restaurants and food stores. When we are free, we go to restaurants, and if we are not free, we ask someone to buy it for us. It saves trouble, and we can eat a lot of food that we have never tasted before. It is very convenient." Do you want to order takeout directly?

Haitang immediately became interested: "What kind of food is there? Is it expensive?"

"Some restaurants are more expensive, but there are also many cheap ones, and the food is delicious." Haijiao said to his sister with a smile, "Let's order two tables tonight so that Grandpa, Grandma and Second Aunt can have a taste. After the meal, someone will take away the bowls, chopsticks, cups and plates, so we don't even have to wash the dishes."

Are the restaurants in Beijing so considerate now? Haitang had never experienced this kind of service in her previous life. She suddenly became interested and wanted to know if the restaurants she used to love were still in existence.

Ma was a little hesitant: "How can this be possible? The dishes and chopsticks in restaurants outside are not as clean as those at home. Those foods are fine to try occasionally, but they are not as reliable as what we make at home."

Haijiao didn't say much. After all, after living in the capital for a long time, grandma would know the benefits of eating out.

He supported his grandmother and walked to the inner courtyard: "Grandma, come to the inner courtyard and take a look. Do you like the renovation of this house?"

Ma walked into the inner courtyard and found it quite spacious, almost the size of the main courtyard of Chang'an House, but the middle courtyard was narrower. There were three main rooms, and the left and right side rooms were obviously newly added. The roof tiles, doors and windows were all very new. There were two east and west wing rooms, each of which was not large, but still neat. There were tall trees planted at the four corners of the courtyard, and the bricks on the ground had been recently re-paved and were very flat.

The layout of the courtyard had been introduced by Haijiao in his earlier letters and he had also drawn a picture of it. Generally speaking, there had not been any major changes, but a new moon-shaped gate had been added in the southwest corner of the inner courtyard, as if there was another world behind it, which Ma did not know.

She looked over curiously and saw Haitang had already reached the moon-shaped gate. She discovered that there was another new courtyard behind it, which was only separated by a wall from the west courtyard where Hai Changan's family of three lived.

Haitang asked hurriedly, "What's going on with this yard? Brother didn't mention it in his letter home?"

Haijiao showed a proud expression: "I bought this just last month. It was originally a neighbor's house, separated from us by a wall. I heard that the original owner was a relative of an official of the Sun faction. The official committed a crime and lost his job, and he also suffered misfortune and was dismissed from his post. He hurriedly sold the house and returned home with the money. When I heard the news, I immediately found him to buy the house. Because it was sold in a hurry, the price was quite reasonable. I asked someone to seal the door of the house and opened a door on the back wall to connect it with our house. Our house has become a real two-entry, two-way layout. This courtyard is quite new, and the house inside is also exquisite. Because the original owner was going to get married, even the furniture and furnishings were newly purchased, and now it is just a good deal for us. I thought that my younger sister is also grown up and needs a separate courtyard. This courtyard is just right for my younger sister to live in."

Is it for her?

Haitang was overjoyed and ran into her new yard to visit.