Ordinary clear day

Chapter 118

Shu Ning followed Duan Ning to see, Su Xin and Dong Qing got the news earlier, and excitedly pulled the buttons to follow.A group of people passed the gap in the corridor on the left side of the main courtyard, bypassed the house, and came to a small open space, surrounded by moon gates on three sides.

Pointing to the right, Duan Ning said that he lived in another courtyard over there, and then led his sister through the Moon Cave Gate in front, and arrived at Shu Ning's exclusive small courtyard.

The place is not big, even smaller than Wanning's small courtyard, but it is very elegant.There are three large rooms on each side of the west, north and south, and two huts. There are corridors under the eaves and railings under the corridors.The courtyard is paved with a "ten"-shaped bluestone path, but it divides the courtyard into four parts. Except for the one in the upper right corner with stone tables, chairs and a clump of bamboo, the rest are all soil and surrounded by pebbles of various colors.

Duan Ning said from the side: "The weather is cold now, when next spring comes, you can plant whatever flowers and plants you like, Er Niang said that it is up to you." Shu Ning nodded happily,
The west wing is the bedroom. It has all the things that a girl's embroidery room should have, and a few simple decorations. The overall style is extremely elegant, but it's a bit cold to live in in winter.Feeling the wind, Shu Ning glanced around, but a window on the west wall was open.Su Xin quickly walked over to close it, but her eyes widened: "Girl, there is a yard behind."

Shu Ning catches up with two steps and walks over to have a look, there is indeed an open space behind, and there are two small huts, with a large water tank standing next to it, and a small door in the corner.

"It's not really a courtyard, it's just an open space." Duanning walked over from behind, "In the hut in the front yard, one is for the big girl to live in, the other is for storing things, and the others live in the back, and the open space can be used at will. You deal with it. Let’s look at other houses?”

Shu Ning responded, then pulled the two girls who were secretly happy, and went to the North Chamber.

There is a study.The room is very spacious, with excellent lighting, reflecting the row of bamboos outside, adding a bit of book fragrance.The space in the room is separated by several bookshelves. In one part, there is a large case, on which are placed the four treasures of the study, and there are antique shelves and some low cabinets, which are places for practicing calligraphy and painting; in the middle part, there is a piano case and a table. The chair chessboard; the innermost part is Shuning's favorite. There are bookshelves on both sides of the window, but there is a deck chair under the window, and a small table next to it. My favorite book of essays and miscellaneous notes, I took a look at the others, and they were all my favorite books on weekdays.

Shuning looked up at Duanning, and asked: "Did Ama and elder brother help clean up here? Otherwise, how could I know my preferences so well?" Duanning patted her head: "Do you like it? It's me who looks at people I just cleaned it up, Ama just came to see it." There was a strange smile on his lips: "He has his own place to clean up."

Shu Ning understood, also smiled, and said: "Thank you brother, I like it very much." Duan Ning said: "Silly girl, let's talk about it after you have finished reading the rest of the room."

Among the remaining rooms, there is a small room for storing things, only six or seven square meters in size, with a small window on the wall, which is not very attractive; as for the other room, the two maids heard that it was for them I lived there, and I ran to see it hand in hand.Shuning came to the South Chamber.

There is a kang and a brazier in this room. Although the layout is simple, it gives people a very warm feeling.Shuning faintly felt that this was the room she was going to live in.

Duan Ning said: "It's warmer here in winter, you should live here first. Things are very simple, Er Niang once told me, don't put too many things, let you think about cleaning up, so I just ordered someone to clean up The study room. It’s really strange, Ermo and Sister Xiaomei took care of my own room, why should my sister’s room be cleaned by myself?”

Shu Ning thought for a while, and finally understood.It seems that my mother's education for herself has begun to develop in terms of aesthetics. This is to cultivate her ability to decorate the home, right?

Shuning felt that she liked this place more and more.Whether it is the layout of several rooms, the empty mud floor in the courtyard, and the bamboo planted along the wall outside the windows of the study and the greenhouse in the south wing, everything is very suitable for her, and among them, the study is the best. She likes it.

Back in the courtyard, seeing Kou'er turning out from the backyard, Shu Ning asked: "How do you look? Do you like it?" Kou'er just blushed and remained silent.Suxin ran over with Dongqing, and shouted: "Girl, girl, is that room really for us to live in?" Shuning asked them if they liked it, and seeing that they both nodded vigorously, she smiled and said, "If you like it, live there." , I don’t need anyone to accompany me at night, so you can clean it up as you like.” Suxin jumped up happily, and Dongqing’s face seemed to bloom like a flower.

A daughter-in-law came to ask them to have dinner, Shu Ning and Duan Ning left first, leaving the maids to pack their luggage.Shu Ning took a look at the courtyard door, only to realize that there were two panels, which could be closed at night.The more she thought about it, the happier she was. She used to live in Huaiyuan. Although the place was big, she didn't have much privacy. Now that she has a small courtyard, she can do things much more freely.

Everyone ate very happily at lunch, Tong had a smile on his face, and often carried vegetables to Zhang Bao, while Zhang Bao ate it all with a smile, and then held it for his wife. But it is full of black lines: Dad, Mom, it depends on the occasion if you want to be nasty, okay?The whole family is here, and there are a bunch of maids and servants around.

Only Xianning was a little depressed because he still had to live with his parents in the main courtyard, no matter how noisy he was, Tong would not agree to give him the vacated small side courtyard.But seeing him with a bitter face and not eating well, Tong's heart relented, and he promised to let him occupy the yard alone after a few years.Only then did Xianning reluctantly accept it, Duanning patted his head lightly, and said: "Eat more, after dinner, let's go to the garden to play." Xianning was happy, and hurriedly took a few big mouthfuls of food, Lian Shu Ning Du became interested, and the movement of the chopsticks in his hand was a little faster.Xiao Liu just looked at them lovingly and smiled, and took two more pieces of meat for his son.

Tong urged them to eat slowly, Zhang Bao said to her softly: "Madam, take a rest after dinner, it's still early, when you sleep well, let's go to the garden together." She blushed slightly, tapped nodded.

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After eating and taking a sip of hot tea, Xianning started arguing to go to the garden, Xiaobao held him back and whispered something, the two children saluted and ran away first.

Brothers and sisters Duan Ning and Shu Ning lagged behind, walked from the other side, crossed the main courtyard, and came to a very spacious courtyard.This is a martial arts training ground, enough to make people race.It's just that Shu Ning thought of the Chariot and Horse Court that she had heard about before, it seemed quite far from here, wouldn't it be inconvenient?

Duan Ning explained to her that there was a door opening on the east side of the yard, and outside was a long lane leading to the carriage shed in the front yard.He said: "Do you still remember the Qingyun Lane in the prefect's house in Guangzhou? It's similar to that. There is a long road on both sides of this house. I heard that the original owner, Mr. Bai, had many brothers in the army take The family members live here, and because everyone is on duty at different times, in order to avoid someone coming back from duty late at night and disturbing others, these two lanes are opened. Each courtyard is connected by a small gate. Go back to your own yard along the road, so you won't disturb others."

Shu Ning thought that there seemed to be a small door at the back of her yard, which seemed to lead to another narrow passage.This kind of design can not only ensure that the courtyards are closely connected, but also maintain relative independence. The idea is really good.

After passing the martial arts field, and passing the kitchen and the servants' quarters, there is the back door.Behind the door is another long path, and on the opposite side is another door, with many branches and leaves over the wall, that is the garden.

Duan Ning said: "The garden was originally separated from the main house. Ama asked someone to seal the two ends of the road. Open the door and usually lock it. It is completely our family's territory." As he was talking, he saw the vegetation in the garden. It is dense, although it has entered winter, it still makes people feel relaxed and happy.

Duanning walked all the way, explaining to his sister.In the middle of the avenue in the garden stands a "fake mountain". According to Duanning, it is made of real rocks. Character.Looking north from the pavilion, you can see a small lake not far away.

Before Shuning could enjoy the lake view, Duanning stood behind the stone and waved to her, motioning for her to follow, along a newly made wooden ladder, spiraling down, and suddenly arrived in the middle of the mountain, there was actually a space of eight or nine square meters , I do not know whether it is naturally formed or artificially chiseled.With the light from the mountain gap, you can see that the ground inside is higher than the outside. There are two small bookshelves, a box, a few chairs, and it looks like a small study room.

Shu Ning was a little dumbfounded, and only heard her brother say: "This is where Mr. Bai told Ama and me quietly. It was originally the place where he kept important texts and drawings, so no one knows except for one of his close friends. We Living here will be treated as a sneaking place, apart from you and me, only Ama and Uncle Changfu know about it, and Ama will tell Eniang soon, but Xianning and Xiaobao want to keep it a secret from them for the time being."

Shu Ning deeply believed that if those two mischievous ghosts found out and hid in, it would be easy to find. If they really wanted to hide it from other servants, it would be even more difficult to find them.

Duan Ning took his sister around for a couple of times, and suddenly came outside. Shu Ning looked back, but found that the exit was very hidden, probably because of the angle or the light, it was difficult for passers-by to find it.It seems that this secret room was originally going to be more worthy of its name, but their house doesn't need to be so mysterious.

Going forward, there is a big water pavilion, which is being built on the small lake. It is huge inside, with large windows on all sides, and the floor is made of wood, which is smooth and can be seen. It should be a place for entertaining guests.There is a plaque next to the door of the pavilion, with the words "Linyuan Pavilion" written on it, but the handwriting is Zhang Bao's handwriting.Duanning explained that the names of all the pavilions and pavilions in the garden, except "Tao Ran Wangji", had to be changed.This water pavilion has just finished a new plaque, and it has not had time to hang it in the future.

There are many lotus flowers planted near the lake near the water pavilion, but the season is not right and they are not too luxuriant.The bamboo bridge extending from the right hand side of the water pavilion, with a bamboo pavilion in the middle of the lake as a transit, is divided into two bridges, leading to the two small buildings diagonally opposite and the opposite hillside.It's just that there is a bald part on the hillside, only a sparse piece of bamboo is left, and there are two houses on the side with a gable behind the house.

Duan Ning said: "Our garden occupies a small piece of hillside, and that house is for the guards. Now the old Wutou lives with another person." , Now that I am old, I am afraid that Nala's family will get rid of him when he becomes the family, so I simply followed Zhang Bao and Tong's family to Fangshan early, and just be a garden keeper, which is considered a blessing.

On the left side of the water pavilion is a large forest, which is actually full of plum trees, peach trees, pear trees and the like.Shu Ning originally thought that the flowers bloomed beautifully in spring, but Duan Ning smiled and said, "I'm afraid it's for the fruits in autumn?" Shu Ning was dumbfounded.

Walking through the forest, to the small two-story building, Shu Ning found that this place was "cooler" than Linyuan Pavilion, the building was fully furnished, and if it was summer, it would be no problem to live there.She likes this place very much, and after inquiring about the place has not yet been named, she thought of an allusion: "How about calling it Zhenxia Pavilion? The forest next to it will probably look like it is in the colorful clouds when the spring is warm and the flowers are blooming?"

Duan Ning gave a good compliment: "I'll talk to Ama later, let's go shopping and think about it, and take the names of the other places together." Shu Ning agreed with a smile.

The two went downstairs and stepped on the bamboo bridge.After looking closely, I found that although the bridge was not newly built, the bamboo branches on the railings were newly added, so that the gap could only allow one arm to pass through at most. Although it is not very beautiful, it is very safe.

Seeing his sister staring at the railing, Duan Ning said a little embarrassedly: "It's not good-looking, is it? I asked someone to add it. Although the original railing is beautiful, the gap is too big. My brother and the others are young. Going down is not for fun. But I use local materials from the bamboo forest on the mountain, so the cost is not high, and Ama also agrees."

Shuning smiled, she really is a good brother.That's how the bald part of the mountain came from, but he still remembers leaving a few sparse trees, and after only two or three years, they can grow again.

Followed the bridge to the mountain, quietly avoided the old Wu who was taking a nap on the long couch in front of the house, the two walked through the forest, and descended the mountain from the other side along the stone steps, which was another house, built on the water. on a platform.There are a few calligraphy and paintings hanging in the room, as well as some low furniture.There are lanterns hanging under the eaves outside the house, but they are not red.

Discussing what name should be given here, they walked towards Linyuan Pavilion through the long corridor, and passed an octagonal pavilion opposite Zhenxia Pavilion in the middle, with windows on eight sides, looking at the water in the garden of the Earl's Mansion. Pavilion is a bit like.Duan Ning said: "There is actually a gate under the pavilion. The water in this lake is a stream formed by a waterfall on the mountain. It flows along the mountain to form a lake, and then passes through this gate, flows out of the wall, and crosses the gate. The farmland outside. People in the neighborhood use it for irrigation."

It turned out to be like this, but why did she find this scene so familiar?
Duanning said again: "Speaking of which, this place is opposite to Zhenxia Pavilion, so it should have a good name. Hmm... why not call it Guanyun Pavilion?" Shuning said yes, but shook her head again: "The terrain here Low, it’s not very good to use cloud characters.” Duanning thought for a while, then said with a smile: “That’s the Guanlan Pavilion.” Shuning thinks it’s really good, and agrees with it.Duanning took out a pen and paper from the cabinet next to him, and wrote down the two or three names he had just thought of, intending to take them back to show Zhang Bao.

They walked back to Linyuan Pavilion along the corridor, watched the scenery in the garden again, and ended this pleasant garden tour.Just about to leave the gate of the garden, they met Xianning and Xiaobao who were coming out of the mountain at Taoranting. Duanning and Shuning were speechless and looked at each other.

Children, it really is hard to guard against!

(This chapter may look a little boring, but I wrote it very happily... almost out of control, and finally deleted more than 900 words~~~ ^_^b )

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