Chapter 25, the deep house of the wealthy
The car continued to drive for a few minutes, and a large mansion appeared in front of me, and I saw a long gray-brown courtyard wall in the distance, the bottom of the courtyard wall was made of irregular stone blocks, the stone wall was made of cement pillars and wooden slats to form a fence, and the wooden structure wall was stacked with gray tiles, and the courtyard wall could be seen planted in a staggered and orderly manner with pine and cypress trees and green bamboos several meters high. In the middle of the two nearly 100-meter-long courtyard walls is the main entrance of this large mansion, and the two-story gatehouse is also a structure made of earth and stone blocks similar to the courtyard wall, giving people a thick and deep feeling.
The car drove straight into the gate, and inside was a huge seaside manor. The estate is lush with islands in the sea in the distance to the south and a beach nearby, with waves washing over pale yellow sand and gray-brown rocks. With the undulating terrain of the manor, many flat and wide asphalt pavements and some narrow gravel pavements have been built, and large and small roads twist and turn around the manor, like the meridians of leaves. Patches of lawns dot the manor, and the shrubs and plants, tall and short, clumped and pointed, maintain a neat silhouette that are often carefully trimmed and maintained. Some of the buildings in the manor are independent, and some are three or five in a row, and most of them are not high. The buildings on the south side of the manor along the coast are all single-family and old-colored wooden houses, which should be very old, surrounded by pines and cypresses, green trees, simple and quiet. On the north side of the entrance to the manor are brightly colored buildings, which are also tall and spacious, and should be newly built as the manor expands. The tallest building is a brown-and-red three-storey loft behind a flowerbed in the center of the estate, and the most prominent of these new houses. The main body of the main building is also a wooden structure, the tall gatehouse faces the east, and the thick log columns painted with brown-red paint stand on both sides of the foyer, and two red paper lanterns are hung under the lintel in the middle of the foyer, which are printed with the words "Gonghejia" in black. Between the floors are wooden balustrades of the same brown-red lacquer, with sloping eaves extending at the foot of the balustrade, covered with gray tiles, the feet of the eaves slightly upturned, and at the foot of each eaves hang bronze green wind chimes that gently sway in the breeze, sometimes making a heavy and hoarse sound.
On the left and right sides of the main building are two annex buildings, which are divided into two floors, and the shape is the same as that of the main building, but the steps in front of the door are a few meters narrower than the steps of the main building, and the width and height of the hall door on the first floor are also narrower than the hall door of the main building. Such a clear distinction between priorities and priorities also highlights the prestige of the main building.
The main building and the two annexes to the left and right together form the vestibule of this large family residence. The main building is used as a place for formal meetings with important guests, or for grand social banquets or family events. The annex also has a meeting room and a banquet hall, which is used for general business meetings or ordinary gatherings.
On both sides of the main and annex buildings in the vestibule are long dark brown courtyard walls, which extend all the way back to enclose a grand mansion. In the courtyard of the house, one bedroom was built in three rows, forming a courtyard with three entrances to the front yard, the middle yard and the back yard. There are pavilions, rockeries, pools, and flower beds in the courtyard, and the winding paths paved with cobblestones pass through the flowers, trees, pavilions, and pavilions. In addition to the entrance to the house from the vestibule, a side gatehouse was built in the middle of the courtyard wall on both sides, which was built above the head of the courtyard wall, and there was both a passage for people to enter and exit, as well as a small living room for women to receive guests. Immediately attached to the courtyard wall is a long corridor for people in the courtyard to walk and rest, and can lead directly to the main and auxiliary buildings in front.
The car drove backwards around the south courtyard wall and stopped in front of a wide side gatehouse facing south in the center.
As soon as Fang Ming and the others walked out of the car, they saw a woman in a black sundress almost jumping down the steps, she walked towards Fang Ming with her arms open with a smile on her face, "Fang Mingjun!" ”
Fang Ming also responded happily: "Miko! ”
Masami Miyai quickly hugged Fang Ming, quickly let go of him with a shy expression, bowed deeply to everyone, and said, "Everyone has worked hard!" I'm so glad you're here! ”
Fang Ming took the bouquet from the pony and sent it to Miko, "Give it to you, Miko." You're so beautiful today! ”
"Ahh It's so beautiful! Thank you so much! Miko excitedly took the flower with both hands.
Zheng Yuanji also walked over, "Hello, Miko! And me, don't be biased, give me a hug! ”
"Hehe, Zheng Jun! I'm so glad you came to see me! Miko said and hugged Zheng Yuanji with a smile.
At this time, Huang Dan stepped forward, and Zheng Yuanji hurriedly introduced: "Meizi, let me introduce you." This is my girlfriend Dandan. ”
Dandan sent the flowers in his hand to Miko, "Hello, Miss Masami Miyai, it's nice to meet you, this bouquet of flowers is for you!" ”
"How beautiful! Thank you so much! Miss Dandan. You are so beautiful, Zheng Jun is really discerning! You wouldn't mind if I just hugged your boyfriend, would you? ”
"Hehe, I won't mind! There are many beautiful women he has hugged, but none of them are as pure and lovely as you! ”
"Haha! Miss Dandan is not only very capable, but also very funny! ”
Dandan blinked with a pair of big eyes, "What are I capable of?" ”
"You have subdued such a water monster, you must have a unique immortal magic weapon to do it, isn't this still capable? Ha ha! Miko said with a smile covering her mouth.
"Yes, or Miko saw through it at a glance, she just surrendered my goddess! I can't escape the palm of her hand in my life! ”
Everyone was amused by Miko and Jung Won-ji.
"Everyone, please come inside." Miko said as she handed the flowers to a maid beside her, "Please send the flowers to my room and raise them with those two crystal vases." ”
Everyone followed Miko into this side gatehouse. Bypass a large screen of Gongbi watercolor figures and enter the living room. The hall is spacious, facing a tall central nave, and a large pastel peony picture hangs on the wall. The hall is flanked by a cloth-clad wooden sliding door partition wall, and the walls are covered with ink clouds and mist landscape patterns. Because it is summer, there are pieces of bamboo curtains hanging on the beams of the door that play the role of heat insulation and shading, and each bamboo curtain has a pair of dark red tassel lanyards, which can be rolled up or lowered. The interior floor is covered with amber hardwood floors, which are covered with a soft off-white carpet. There is not much furniture in the hall, only a set of low gray fabric sofas and glass coffee tables are placed in the middle.
Miko let everyone into the hall and took a seat on the sofa. Wang Lang and Pony didn't have any extra seats in the hall, so they stood behind the sofa where Zheng Yuanji and Dandan were sitting.
Miko glanced at them and asked Zheng Yuanji, "Zheng Jun, who are these two?" ”
"Oh, this is my retinue Alang, and this is the secretary pony." The two bowed to Masami Miyai.
As soon as Masami Miyai saw Wang Lang's figure and bearing, she knew that Zheng Yuanji was the son of a wealthy businessman, and she didn't care at all when she saw him with a bodyguard, in fact, many times in Japan, Miko would be followed by nannies and bodyguards when she went out. Miko smiled slightly and said, "This is my house, it's safe, you just let them feel free." So saying, he asked the maid to bring two small wooden stools.
Zheng Yuanji motioned for Wang Lang and the pony to sit down.
The maid served tea and snacks.