Chapter 1983 A courtyard full of family affection
Walking into the Hanging Flower Gate, it is a square courtyard.
The area of the courtyard is about 1230 square meters, with blue brick paving, and in the middle is a cross-shaped road in the north and south, which divides the courtyard into four parts.
In the center of the cross-shaped corridor, there is a circular marble platform about 30 centimeters high, on which is placed a huge mackerel tank with a diameter of nearly one meter decorated with seaweed patterns, which is very eye-catching.
In the northeast corner of the yard, there is a tall begonia tree, because it is winter, the leaves on the begonia tree have withered, and it looks a little bleak at night.
Under the begonia tree, there was a marble table and several stone benches, and the stone tables and stone benches were carved with exquisite ornaments and patterns.
Like the mackerel bowl outside the Hanging Flower Gate, these stone tables and stone benches, as well as the mackerel and white fish tank, each of them are antique cultural relics, treasures that Ye Tian collected from all over the world.
In particular, the seaweed-patterned mackerel bowl is a fine porcelain from the official kiln in the late Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, which is expensive, not to mention worth millions of yuan.
In the northwest corner of the courtyard, there is a precious lilac tree, about three meters high, and the begonia in the northeast corner adds a bit of elegance to this courtyard.
Unfortunately, it's winter, the weather is cold, and the branches and leaves of this lilac tree have withered, hiding its best side.
When spring comes, this lilac will come to life again, pull out new shoots, bloom purple flowers, and send a burst of fragrance to this courtyard and this mansion door.
Under this lilac tree, there are two rows of unique solid wood flower stands, about one meter high, on which more than a dozen beautiful bonsai pots are placed in a staggered manner, some of which are verdant and some are blooming delicately.
On the left-hand side of Ye Tian, that is, in the southwest corner of the courtyard, a wisteria was planted, which climbed on a solid wood trellis to create a pavilion.
In addition, under this wisteria trellis, there is also a moon gate, which leads to another courtyard next to it, and several Soviet-style paintings are painted above the moon gate, which is very chic.
The southeast corner of the courtyard is a little more monotonous, with only a moon gate painted in the Soviet style, and on the other side of the door is a winding verandah that leads to the other place and also obscures the view.
After admiring the scenery in the courtyard, Ye Tian and the others looked at the main building that entered the courtyard.
At the front of the courtyard, that is, due north, there are five north rooms, three east and west wings on each side, and all rooms have front porches, and the roof is a traditional hard hilltop and tiled clear ridge roof.
Connecting the various rooms, is a hand-copying verandah that runs through the whole courtyard, the verandah has an upside-down frieze and a bench, and the doors and windows of each room and the top of the verandah are all carved beams and paintings, which are exquisitely abnormal.
At this time, those rooms in the courtyard were closed, and the situation in the rooms could not be seen.
But as you can imagine, those rooms must have been beautiful enough to be jaw-dropping.
As before, it is still the little guy Dongzi who is in charge of the commentary.
"Brother, this is the second courtyard, our family lives here, there are five north rooms, three east and west wings, a total of eleven rooms, the north room is naturally used by my parents, the dining room, living room and study are also in the north room.
The three east wings belong to the morning light, and I am the most unlucky, so I can only live in the three west wings, and the moon gate next to the west wings is connected to the courtyard next to it, which can also be called the west courtyard, and the area is a little larger.
There are also five north rooms and three east and west wings in the courtyard over there, and Sister Linlin's family lives in that courtyard, and the moon gate on our right hand leads to the garden, and the scenery of that garden is very beautiful.
This garden is one with another courtyard, you and your sister-in-law's new house is over there, and the courtyard is for your use, not only the most beautiful scenery, but also the largest courtyard in the whole house.
In addition to this garden on the east side, there is a small garden in the northwest corner of the house, which is also the original garden of this house, although the area is not large, but the scenery is very beautiful, there are rockeries, pools and various flowers and trees.
Along the north room on both sides of the hand verandah, is the inner courtyard, grandparents live in the inner courtyard, the area is slightly larger than the front yard, the others are similar, the same is five north rooms, three east and west wings.
There is a courtyard after that, and the uncle and aunt live in the last courtyard, the area is as large as the inner courtyard, the number of rooms is the same, and it is integrated with the small garden in the northwest corner, and the scenery is very beautiful."
At the same time as Dongzi introduced, Ye Tian had already carefully admired the entire courtyard, and he couldn't be more satisfied with the situation here.
After Dongzi's introduction, he immediately continued:
"Let's go to the inner courtyard, don't let the grandparents wait in a hurry, the west courtyard where the second uncle lives and the newly built garden in the east, and other places in the house, after dinner, I will go to enjoy it"
As he spoke, he walked down the steps in the drooping flower gate, and walked straight to the north room along the corridor in the courtyard.
Linlin and Dongzi, as well as David and Jason, who were full of obsession, immediately followed closely and followed.
I didn't go far, and just walked to the mackerel tank in the middle of the yard, and two people came out of the verandah on the north landlord's side, it was my mother and my sister-in-law.
Seeing them, Ye Tian immediately strode up to greet them, and opened his arms to hug his mother.
Looking at my mother again, a bright smile has bloomed on her face, her eyes are full of love, and she is also a little proud.
As he spoke, Ye Tian had already approached and directly gave his mother a warm hug.
"Mom, I'm back, are you okay?"
"You stinky boy, you still know to come back, I thought you kid forgot about his mother after marrying his daughter-in-law!"
While laughing and scolding, the old mother gently patted Ye Tian's back, and she was already smiling so much that she couldn't see her eyebrows.
"How can I marry a daughter-in-law, but it is impossible to forget my mother!"
"I hope so, let's not talk about this for now, isn't your kid too good at tossing this time? Everyone in the family was stunned, and they were scared all day long, looking back at how I cleaned up your kid!"
"Don't worry, no one can hurt your son, not before, and never in the future, everything is under my control"
Ye Tian said with a chuckle, calming his mother's emotions, and then let go of his arms.
Next, my mother took a few steps forward to say hello to David and Jason one by one, and everyone already knew each other, so it saved a lot of politeness.
After that, everyone walked through the verandah, bypassing the north room in the front yard and walking towards the inner courtyard.
When he came to the entrance of the inner courtyard, Ye Tian saw his little uncle and second uncle and aunt at a glance.
Several of them were standing in the middle of the courtyard, smiling at Ye Tian who walked into the courtyard.
At the same time, the situation in the inner courtyard was also in Ye Tian's view.
The layout of this courtyard is basically the same as the front yard, and the number of rooms is the same, there are five north rooms, three wings in the east and west, and each room is brightly lit at this time, illuminating the whole courtyard.
However, there are many differences in the local details of the two courtyards, each with its own merits and characteristics.
The most significant difference is the two trees planted in the northwest and northeast corners of the courtyard.
In the northwest corner of this courtyard, there is a rare variety of magnolia tree, which represents repaying gratitude, implying the filial piety of children, and is also of great ornamental value, and is also a good anti-pollution greening tree.
In the northeast corner of the courtyard, a pomegranate tree is planted, which means that there are many children and blessings, and the whole family is reunited.
Like the front yard, there is also a marble platform in the center of the corridor of this courtyard, on which there is also a blue and white fish tank, which is depicted with blue and white dragon patterns, and the body is huge and extremely magnificent.
The difference is that outside this blue and white dragon pattern fish tank, there is also a metal fence to protect this blue and white fish tank.
The reason for this is simple.
Because this is a blue and white dragon pattern vat of Xuande in the Ming Dynasty, it is one of the pinnacle works in the blue and white porcelain of the Ming Dynasty, worth tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions of yuan, so it is natural to protect it.
In addition, there are many unique and beautiful bonsai in this courtyard, a small flower garden, a bush of green bamboo, and a set of simple and elegant stone tables and stone benches.
Then there is a wisteria located in the southwest corner, which comes from the most famous ancient vine in Beijing, the wisteria in front of Ji Xiaolan's former residence that is more than 300 years old.
Of course, this wisteria was propagated by cuttings, not the famous ancient vine.
When spring arrives and everything recovers, this wisteria will pull out new shoots, creating a beautiful scenery of 'purple clouds hanging down and fragrant people', adding a bit of cultural flavor to the mansion.
For the scenery in this courtyard, Ye Tian was very satisfied and intoxicated.
But what intoxicated him even more was the ubiquitous family affection, permeating every corner of this mansion door.
While speaking, Ye Tian had already come to the second uncle and the little uncle, and greeted these elders one by one.
Immediately afterwards, the second uncle pointed to the north room and said with a smile:
"Xiaotian, let's go to the north room, your dad and grandparents are in the north room, waiting for you kid, especially your grandma, who has been talking for a day"
"Okay, second uncle, I'll go to see my grandparents, you guys talk first"
Ye Tian nodded in response, and then walked towards the north room, his steps were extremely brisk.
When he walked away, the second uncle and the little uncle greeted David and the others, and went to greet the guys.