Shu Neem ate breakfast in bed, Gao Min carried her into the bedroom with a plate like a deacon in a British drama, a standard English breakfast, fresh orange juice, halved grapefruit, oat milk, stewed beans, golden bread slices, bacon, smoked herring, vegetable salad, coffee...... That's called a rich, the key is the bright color matching, which makes people appetite, with the classical atmosphere in the room, plus a "servant" standing next to the bed in a white shirt and black trousers, which makes her a queen addicted. &. {lw}

Somehow, Gao Min had a lot of drama today, and before going out, he brought a huge gift box, and he said in a coaxing tone: "Open it, give it to you!" ”

Touching the ribbon tied to the box, Shu Neem was puzzled, "It's not yet a birthday, this congratulatory gift is a little early, it won't be a doll of equal height, right?" ”

"You open it and you'll know"

"Okay", Shu Neem undid the ribbon three times and two times, opened the box, glanced at it and immediately looked up and aimed Gao Min from head to toe, the knitted sweater he was wearing, the shearling coat, the pinstriped pipe pants, including the hiking shoes on his feet and the burgundy scarf around his neck, were lying in the box as they were...... What's going on, planning to play twin cosplay with her?

"I originally wanted to do haute couture, but I have to measure the size and try it on several times, I guess you don't have time, so I bought ready-to-wear clothes on the map and used it as our team uniform, since I invite you to travel by car, I have the obligation not to let you get cold"

Gao Min said it lightly, but it was useless, how could she be embarrassed to accept it, Shu Neem looked embarrassed, "Mr. Gao, this is not suitable, I won't suffer a loss when I travel with you, where can I always touch you?" ”

"Don't be polite to me, don't I still expect you to drive, okay, hurry up and change on, let's go!"

Shu Neem no longer refused, silently kept this account in his heart, and thought about finding an opportunity to return it.

When Shu Neem's full set of clothes was changed, Gao Min's eyes lit up like stars in an instant, and he took the luggage in her hand with a smile.

"Honestly, is it really okay for us to wear so similarly?" , the two of them walked around in a crowded place, and the ten* would be mistaken for twin siblings, or they could be mistaken for a psychopath, a couple...... This is impossible, and the couple's outfit is not exactly the same, since ancient times, red and blue have come out of cp, and children understand the truth. Dude, you're clearly funny!

Gao Min didn't care at all, he felt perfect, and said that anyone who saw it would put them on a team as soon as possible.

Shu Neem thought to himself, the monkey of Zhu Bajie Sun is still a team, and Tang Seng didn't let the apprentices wear team uniforms. Seeing Gao Min's appearance of a primary school student going out excitedly, she didn't say anything.

The road conditions in the urban area are good, and before getting on the highway, out of politeness, Shu Neem asked Gao Min if she needed to change her, and Gao Min was speechless for a long time...... The so-called "ripening" may just be his one-sided feeling, probably he was too optimistic and underestimated Shu Neem's defensive psychology.

Contrary to Gao Min, Shu Neem is a person who is hot on the outside and cold on the inside, who seems to be gregarious and easy-going, but in fact he is very vigilant, if he wants to be close to her, there is no better way than to hope for time, after all, he will see people's hearts over time.

Gao Min was both helpless and funny, "Shu Mei, it's right to have a sense of proportion in the relationship between men and women, but men should take care of women, don't think that one party suffers and the other takes advantage or machismo violates women's rights, this is a natural thing, and it is also social etiquette!" ”

The speaker was earnest, Shu Neem was taught, and decided to exercise her female privilege to accept Gao Min's care, she closed her eyes and pretended to sleep with peace of mind, and she didn't need acting skills to dream Zhou Gong if she pretended to be.

Sleeping fast is also a blessing, Gao Min couldn't help but smile, turned up the temperature, and concentrated on driving.

Shu Neem slept soundly for an hour and a half, and woke up in a dream with a foot in the air, and opened her eyes to see Gao Min looking at her with interest.

"Why, I'm talking in my dreams, I'm going to have fun with you!" , Shu Neem wiped the corners of his mouth embarrassedly, shouldn't he drool when he sleeps, then he will be out of the sea.

"You slept very noisy, and you talked and laughed all the way to the one-man show!" , Gao Min teased her.

"Really?" , Shu Neem was shocked, and none of the roommates who had slept with her for four years complained that she was not honest in sleeping.

"Just kidding, you slept so deeply, I guess I don't even know if I sold you"

"It's worthless to sell me, it's long out of season", Shu laughed at himself.

"Don't be presumptuous, at least you're priceless to me"

"Hey, Lao Gao, you don't want to die when your flesh is numb, I have goosebumps!"

"To tell you the truth, how can I be numb, to express my cherishing of my friends!"

The conversation can't go on, there's a rhythm of *. The inconvenient place for men and women to make friends is here, and they can't joke as they like, and if they don't pay attention, it will become flirtatious and scolding, which is easy to cause ambiguity.

Shu Neem unscrewed the cap of the bottle and took a sip of water, changing the subject, "Where are we?" Glimpses of cornices and whitewashed tiles through the car window.

"Suzhou, the first stop of the self-driving tour, put on the coat, let's get off the bus and go around"

Thin snow covered the bluestone pavement, and the deep alleys were flanked by Jiangnan houses, and Gao Min told Shu Neem to be careful under her feet, for fear that she would slip and fall.

Wearing hiking shoes can also fall a dog gnaw mud, that body must be uncoordinated, Shu Neem feels that Gao Min has a mother-in-law side in his personality, which is good to say delicate, but excessive concern is strange and stressful.

Gao Min knocked on the auxiliary ring, the black lacquer door opened a line, and the people inside cautiously asked, "Who are you looking for?" ”

"Qingbo, it's me", Gao Min replied softly.

The door was pushed open, and out of a silver-haired old man in a long shirt came out, he was pleasantly surprised and said respectfully: "Young master, you are here", seeing Shu Neem behind Gao Min, slightly surprised, the young master rarely invites guests to visit the ancestral house, presumably this girl is very close to the young master.

Qingbo couldn't help but glance at Shu Neem a few more times, and smiled meaningfully at her.

Shu Neem also smiled and nodded, but it was strange in his heart, the word "young master" is too old, and now it can be heard in costume dramas, it is hard to imagine that someone is so retro.

Before entering the door, Shu Neem took the time to look around, the door number is No. 79 Baihuazhou Road, the door frame is made of granite strips, about 2 meters high, 1.5 meters wide, the lintel is engraved with the golden word "Miyuan", at first glance it looks inconspicuous, just like an ordinary house.

So as not to be urged by Gao Min, Shu Neem followed closely behind him, quietly observing the surrounding environment, looking up to see the plaque hanging above the foyer, with the book "Pinzhong Mingyi", and below is a red sandalwood inlaid jade landscape screen, which can be seen to be an antiquity.

Shu Neem used to only think that Gao Min was an upstart who started by speculation, but no matter what else, based on this quaint old mansion alone, Boss Gao may really be a son.

Qingbo brought hot tea to entertain visitors, "drink it while it's hot and warm your body"

Gao Min said to the old man after drinking tea: "Uncle Qing, you don't have to be busy, I'll take my friends to visit the garden."

"The cinnabar plum of the small incense building is blooming, and the young master and distinguished guests can go to enjoy the flowers", Qingbo said diligently.

Gao Min smiled and nodded, waited for Shu Nee to finish the tea, got up and said, "Let's go inside."

Shu Neem, the guest, naturally had no reason to disagree, and immediately stood up and said yes.

Gao Min said that the place where they drank tea just now was the front hall of the reception, and Shu Neem thought to himself that there must be a back hall.

Bypassing the wall, there was a hall without doors and windows in front of the regular courtyard, and the wooden lattice under the eaves was beautifully carved. Gao Min was choked with joy.

Shu Neem was embarrassed, "I admit that I was ignorant and made a big joke, but your reaction was too much, it was unkind Mr. Wow Gao!" ”

Gao Min stopped laughing, cleared his throat and said, "I think you are logically correct, the front hall corresponds to the back hall, and it is reasonable." But the building in front of us has the scientific name of the sedan hall, the old place where the owner parked the sedan chair and got on the horse, and also for the sedan chair driver to drink tea and rest"

"The garage of ancient times?" , Shu Neem touched the black lacquer pillar and sighed, "Gao Gongzi, it seems that your ancestor is an official, and the ordinary people can't enjoy the treatment of sitting in a sedan chair!" ”

"My grandfather's ancestors do have a lot of people to be officials, the history of this garden can be traced back to the Ming Dynasty, the original owner was an official to Guanglu Shaoqing, and later was framed by his colleagues, dismissed the official and returned to his hometown, stacked mountains and rivers, and created a ...... to find a garden", Gao Min made a gesture of invitation, and accompanied Shu Neem to the depths of the garden.

Passing through the pavilion shaped like a hat, walking into the winding verandah, really changing the scene, every window on the wall can frame a picture of landscape, dangerous peaks and rivers can be painted.

"It's living water, right?" Gao Min pulled her away from the tuyere, "Beware of blowing a cold, it is very cool here, it is used to kill the summer when the heat is hot, and no one comes in winter", walked out of the verandah, folded into the courtyard in the south, Gao Min said: "It is living water, and the inner city river outside the house, no source is seen, in feng shui is called 'Tianmen Open', Feng Shui believes that the water is the main wealth, and the 'Tianmen open' is the fortune of the wealth."

Shu Melia said sourly: "It's still a poetry and book heirloom who knows how to gather wealth, and the ancestors saved such a garden mansion, like our family, eight generations up are farmers, facing the loess with their backs to the sky, they don't understand anything, and they are still glorious proletariats!" ”

Gao Min laughed, and then said, "Chinese farmers are very great, I respect your ancestors very much!" ”

Shu Neem secretly rolled her eyes, thinking to herself who wouldn't say beautiful words, the two of them reversed their positions, and she made sure to make her words more beautiful, anyway, she didn't have a backache when she stood and talked.

With a little disapproval, Shu Neem stepped down the stone steps, the unpleasant feelings suddenly disappeared, and he was engrossed in enjoying the beautiful scenery, the small courtyard was like a pair of ink and blue, the mottled powder wall was spread with woody roses, and although the branches and vines were withered, the artistic conception was still there. The book ribbon grass in the corner of the wall is full of vitality without fear of the cold, and the cypress trees and privet are planted in the flower platform, and the branches are knotted, vigorous and simple.

There is a moon hole door in the courtyard, and the shadow of the ancient tree is enough to attract people to explore.

The moon cave door is another scenic spot again, the rockery that is stacked, the veins are smooth, the momentum is galloping, there are stone walls, peaks, valleys, pandaos, stone caves, □□, stone beams, ancient vines and moss dotted on it, it seems to contain and have aftertaste.

The rockery volume is not large, but the realm is rich, the weather is thousands, obviously from the hands of famous artists, buy a few pieces of Taihu Lake stone can not be piled up at will.

Shu Melia suddenly had an interest in exploring Gao Min's background, his grandfather's family moved mountains and rivers to create gardens, not an ordinary family, according to the right words, since his father can combine with his wife from a big family, it is estimated that the family background is also comparable.

"Is there anything you'd like to ask?" , Seeing Shu Neem looking at him from time to time, Gao Minwaner, "I'll be happy to explain it to you"

"Even if you say that you are the widow of the royal family and the son of the powerful, I will not doubt that at least the lofty status can be worthy of looking for a garden", Shu Neem teased him.

Gao Min said in a joking tone: "That's disappointing you, I'm just an ordinary person in the Beijing Hutong skewers, my grandfather is a craftsman, my father is a film policeman, and my background is ordinary."

"Then how did your parents come together, the huge disparity in family background and regional differences, how did the two of them, a northerner and a southerner, overcome obstacles and tie the knot together?" , it stands to reason that you shouldn't inquire about other people's private affairs, but after all, curiosity has the upper hand, and you can take on the role of a reporter, and you can ask any question with a cheeky face.

Gao Min was very happy, which showed that Shu Neem was one step closer to him, even if she didn't ask, he was ready to pour beans into a bamboo tube, and explained his situation clearly without hiding or tucking it away.

"Let's talk as we go - my mother is an old woman, my grandfather's family is very spoiled by her, originally my father's background will never be able to enter their eyes, but an increasingly fierce cultural movement has beaten them into local tyrants and inferior gentry and decadent and declining bourgeoisie, overnight from respected cultural people to need to be the object of dictatorship, relatives of the same clan who heard the news of the wind left early in the morning and fled, some went to the South Seas, some went to Europe and the United States, and the rest were too busy to take care of themselves, where can they take care of their children's marriages"

In a few words, he told the fate of a big family, and Gao Min's tone was flat as if it was none of his business. There was a cave in front of him, and he blocked the rock wall with his hand to prevent Shu from hitting his head when he bent over.

Outside the cave, there is a pond of cold blue, surrounded by pavilions and pavilions, the curved bridge crosses, leads to the mountain maple forest, after frost and snow, it presents an intoxicating brilliant red.

"It's so beautiful", Shu Neem sincerely admired, "Who would have thought that there is an elegant and beautiful garden hidden in the depths of the alley, which is in line with the aesthetic feelings of the ancient literati and scholars who are 'hidden in the city'. ”

Gao Min has come to the garden thousands of times, but this time he has gained a new feeling when he travels with Shu Neem, how lucky it is to find a companion who can resonate with him in the vast sea of people, otherwise no matter how beautiful the scenery is, no one appreciates it, and it will be lonely after all.

Gao Min's heart was overwhelmed, and the words he had been wanting to say rushed to his lips, "Shu Neem, I-"

Shu Neem looked back, smiling and crooked, "Look at the mountains all over the red, the forests are dyed, how much like a poem - eh, do you have something to say to me?" ”

Gao Min looked at Shu Neem's clear eyes, and finally reason prevailed over impulse, he was not sure that his confession would get a positive answer, and the worse consequence was that he couldn't even make friends, and he couldn't afford to gamble.

"It's nothing, just tell you, let's go around the hexagonal stone table, walk along the winding corridor, and we will arrive at the Plum Garden," Gao Min said with a smile.

always felt that he didn't have something to say, Shu Nee didn't ask anymore, and his eyes quickly changed back to the previous topic, "How did your father and mother meet, although the elders don't interfere, it's difficult for two people from the north and the south of the world to intersect."

"Have you forgotten the 'go to the mountains' campaign? When my father and mother both happened to go to Yunnan to join the queue, my mother's illustrious family background did not help her, but she was reduced to a discriminated class, which means that the family composition was not good. If the children of workers and peasants with good family composition talk about friends with the 'landlord's dog' or the 'capitalist Miss Kuo', it will most likely affect their future, and whether they are recruited, joined the army, joined the party, or promoted to work, they will not go smoothly. So you can imagine how excited my dad was when she proposed to my mother! ”

Gao Min didn't talk about the details, Shu Neem could imagine that in that era, his mother was Gao Pan's side, and his father was particularly courageous in choosing a girl with a bad family composition regardless of the future.

"Some people who demand to be 'motivated' are disconnected from their □□ parents, compared to your father!" , Shu Neem praised very sincerely.

The corners of Gao Min's mouth twitched, revealing a sarcastic smile, "It's a pity that there are not many people who understand him, even my mother thinks he is unproductive, gives up the great opportunity to go abroad, and is willing to nest in the alley as a policeman, in her opinion, this kind of man is very sloppy"

"In my mind, your father is a man who stands up to the sky", Shu Neem remembered that Gao Min said that his father died in the line of duty, this kind of person who dares to sacrifice is great in any era, how can he be a bag, what has changed is just the hearts of the people, but because of Gao Min, Shu Neem is not easy to say his mother's right and wrong, in the end, people have their own ambitions and cannot be forced.

Shu Neem's words were like a gust of wind, blowing away the gloom in Gao Min's heart, he smiled slightly, stretched out his arm, and motioned for Shu Neem to hold it, "Come on, come on, let's swim with our arms!" Seeing that she hesitated, she deliberately said: "Why, don't you dare to save it?" Then your thinking is too feudal! ”

"Whoever is feudal, don't you just carry your arms!" , continue to twist her fingers, maybe people think she has a ghost in her heart.

Before the plum garden, there is a dark fragrance attacking, and the big families in the past must have boiled snow to cook tea and smell the plum fragrance.

Sure enough, there is such a thing as elegance, money and taste are indispensable.

Fish tank pomegranate tree, smoke wave painting bridge east, every frame of the garden can be painted, Shu Neem lingers, here is beautiful, just a little dissipated, she hasn't walked around much, there is already a feeling of retreating to the mountains and forests.

Gao Min seemed to be able to guess Shu Mei's thoughts, and took her to the embroidery building where the female dependents lived to feel the charm of the world.

Shu Neem came back to his senses from the Taishang's forgetfulness, and his attention was attracted by the antique woman's boudoir, Gao Min said that the wood used in the doors and windows were all high-quality red sandalwood, pear, and mahogany—it sounded precious, and the beauty bottle on the Bogu shelf may be an antique. Intuitively, Gao Min, a master who is not bad for money, probably will not fool people with fakes.

The hanging flying cover under the eaves is exquisitely carved, and the furnishings in the house are even more gorgeous, the bead curtain gauze tent jade hook, Shu Neem touched it with his hand, the touch was warm, and he turned his head and asked Gao Min, "This jade is real, right?" ”

"The ancient jade handed down from the Ming Dynasty came from the hands of Lu Zigang, a famous jade craftsman in Suzhou", Gao Min understated the popularization of science for Shu Neem.

Shu Neem was speechless, needless to say, the jade auction in the Ming Dynasty was estimated to be worth millions, and she couldn't help but worry about Gao Min, "Eh, I said, the heirloom is hanging so casually, aren't you afraid of thieves stealing?" ”

"The security system of the garden is designed according to the level of the museum, and there is also a special person in charge of guarding, so thieves who are not afraid of death can try their luck!" Gao Min paused and added, "Today we come, the back garden and embroidery building are only open, usually close the door, plus 24-hour monitoring, not to mention stealing jade, it is difficult to steal a stone!" ”

"It seems that I'm worried about nothing", Shu Nee smiled, a little embarrassed, can the valuable family not be in jail, she is also salty and eats radishes.

"To be honest, remove the security measures, and no one will steal this pair of jade", Gao Min sold Guan Zi unhurriedly.

Shu Neem was skeptical, "Why? What could be more valuable in the house? ”

"Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, the garden was full of war, dilapidated and not in shape, relatives left their families and businesses to live overseas, leaving Qingbo to guard the ancestral home, a person's strength is limited, it is inevitable that it is not well cared for, the stone with inscription on the rockery was stolen and sold to cultural relics dealers, not to mention calligraphy and painting, a lot of destruction was destroyed, this pair of jade hooks alone escaped the catastrophe, I guess most of it is because it is inconspicuous, if you are not an expert, it is easy to be a stall"

Shu Neem looked around, the wall hung with Luo Shen Lingbo map, the bookcase placed the four treasures of the study, the diamond flower bronze mirror on the dressing table also looked a little old, the mahogany carved narrow table against the wall placed the guqin and pipa, this is the standard configuration of the ancient ladies, the qin, chess, calligraphy and painting are all good.

The brocade curtain covers the shelf bed of the vermilion lacquer gold carved moon cave door, and Shu Neem carefully caresses the carved flowers, birds, vegetables and fruits, and looks lifelike when you get closer.

"Can I sit on the bed?" Like a child asking for an adult's consent, Shu Neem asked Gao Min.

Gao Min couldn't cry or laugh, "Do you still need to ask, you can sit or lie down casually!" ”

Shu Neem carefully sat on the edge of the bed and looked up, the top of the tent was embroidered with gold and silver threads and vine peonies, the hostess of this bed must have lived a pampered life in the Qiluo bushes.