Siheyuan: Relieve stress and relieve worries

Chapter 971 Xuexu Cabin
Wang Zhan took his sister to the front door of the courtyard, knocked on the door, and asked, "Excuse me, is anyone there?"

Wang Zhan stood there for a while and found that there was no movement inside. Wang Li shook Wang Zhan's arm and said, "Brother, is there no one here?"

"I don't know. How about I push the door and try?" Wang Zhan was a little hesitant. He still didn't know where this place was, but there was a yard and a small bridge over the river. It was obviously built by someone, so there must have been people here.

Wang Li pushed the door directly, and the right half of the door opened. It turned out that the door was not locked at all.

Wang Li looked up at Wang Zhan in surprise. Wang Zhan didn't think about whether it was polite or not and just pulled his sister inside.

The first thing that catches your eye is the main house, which is ten meters long and divided into three rooms. All rooms have separate doors, which are now closed. Above the main room is a wooden plaque. The plaque is pure black with two large golden characters "Hua Xu" on it.

There are two houses on each side, similar to the wing rooms of a courtyard house. Except that they are one meter lower than the main house, they are no different from the main house. All the houses are made of brown wood without any patterns, and the windows are made of a kind of gauze.

The entire layout is somewhat similar to the siheyuan of the old city. The entire courtyard is paved with bluestone slabs. In the right corner of the main house in the courtyard, you can see a well with a wooden barrel on it.

Wang Zhan took his sister for a walk in the yard and found that there were not many plants in the yard, but it was very clean and spotless.

Wang Zhan walked straight to the room in the middle of the main house. The door opened outwards, which was different from all the courtyards Wang Zhan had seen. He opened the double doors and found that it was extremely bright inside. Wang Zhan subconsciously looked towards the roof, but did not find any glowing objects on the roof, nor did he see any lamps.

At this time, Wang Li, who was very curious, had already let go of her brother's hand and ran in. Wang Zhan also walked in. As soon as he took a step inside, he realized that the whole house was covered with wooden floors. The furniture in the house was different from what Wang Zhan had seen before. Most of them were low tables, but the animal skins under the tables were not what he recognized at all.

In the middle of the room was a huge rectangular table, also covered with animal skins. Behind the table were several mats, all of which were round, similar to the cushions used for meditation.

There was a painting hanging on the wall at the back, also made of animal skin. It was a landscape painting with brightly colored paint, but Wang Zhan was not very impressed with the painting skills. It was just a few simple strokes without any words or signature on it.

Wang Zhan looked around and found that the room was empty except for the furniture and the painting.

At this moment, the sister's voice came from outside, "Brother, come quickly, there are good things here."

It turned out that when the younger sister came in, she saw that there was nothing in the room, so she ran to the main room on the left.

Wang Zhan raised his leg and walked towards the room on the left. At this time, the door of the main room on the left had been opened by Wang Li. Wang Zhan walked into the room and was also surprised. No wonder his sister called him. The whole room was filled with shelves, and the shelves were also filled with various items.

"Brother, look at this, it's so beautiful. Is it for eating?" Wang Li said, holding a emerald green bowl.

Wang Zhan looked down and saw that it was indeed the case, so he nodded and said, "It seems so, it's really luxurious, they actually used a jade bowl."

"Is this made of jade? It should be very valuable, right?" Wang Li showed a money-grubbing expression. "You little money-grubbing guy, yes, it should be very valuable." After saying that, Wang Zhan began to look around. After looking around, Wang Zhan finally understood why there was nothing in the main room. The shelves in this room were filled with all kinds of daily necessities, from pots and pans to teacups and spoons, and most of them were made of jade.

The larger ones were all made of copper, and some were made of metals that Wang Zhan didn't recognize. Wang Zhan looked around and walked out of the east room. The little money-grubber followed his brother out with a small jade pot. The two were about to go to the room on the right side of the main house. At this time, Wang Li pulled his hand and said, "Brother, I'm hungry."

Wang Zhan slapped his head and realized that he had been out for such a long time and had not eaten yet. He was just busy exploring. He put down the bag on his back and took Wang Li to the middle room. The two of them sat on the floor at the long table. Wang Zhan rummaged around for a long time and found a few steamed buns made of two-grain flour and a bag of braised pork wrapped in lotus leaves and put them on the table.

When Wang Zhan took out the kettle, he suddenly remembered whether there was a kitchen in this yard. If there was, he could heat up the food before eating. Wang Zhan thought of the well and ran to the two rooms on the right side of the yard. Wang Zhan was right in his guess. The room near the well was the kitchen. Why wasn't it called a kitchen? There were only two stoves and a long wooden table inside.

After Wang Zhan left the kitchen, he went to the room where he had stored his sundries. He found some kitchen utensils, bamboo curtains, buckets, wooden shovels and other utensils, and then returned to the kitchen.

Wang Li also followed over, and when she saw that her brother seemed to want to light a fire to cook, she said, "Brother, I'll help you watch the fire."

"We don't have firewood yet. I'll prepare the tools first. You wait here for a moment. I'll go chop some firewood." Wang Zhan said.

Wang Zhan walked out of the yard and headed straight for the back mountain. There were bluestone paths on both sides of the yard, which seemed to lead to the back mountain.

Wang Zhan had no use for using his axe. The ground was covered with a thick layer of dry branches. Wang Zhan picked up two bundles, tied them up, and carried them back to the yard.

The two siblings worked hard for a while, and finally heated up the steamed buns and meat in a big pot, and used another pot to heat hot water.

Both siblings drank the water from the well, which was very sweet. Wang Li wanted to drink more, but Wang Zhan stopped her and told her to drink hot water instead.

The two of them ate six steamed buns, and the braised meat, which weighed more than a pound, also went into the brother and sister's stomachs. After eating, the two of them lay on the animal skin, and no one wanted to move. Not long after, the snoring of the brother and sister could be heard.

After waking up, Wang Zhan felt very comfortable, but he also wanted to go to the toilet. Wang Zhan walked out of the main room and was dumbfounded. There seemed to be no toilet in the yard. Wang Zhan looked at the remaining rooms.

The room on the right side of the main house is a bedroom, the two rooms on the left are a library and a study, and the last room on the right side of the yard is the tool room. Wang Zhan already knew this when he was cooking just now, as he got his axe from there.

Wang Zhan had no other choice but to take out some toilet paper and trotted to the back hill. When he came back, he found that his sister had woken up and there was a bucket with a lid in the room. Wang Zhan asked, "What is this? Where did you get it from?"

Wang Li pointed to the room on the left and said, "That room has a toilet. I just used it and it was quite comfortable."

Wang Zhan gave a bitter smile and said, "It's you, the clever little fellow."

(End of this chapter)