When approaching the front steps of the villa's gate, everyone was quiet because of nervousness, and the 16 young people were close together, not because they were afraid, but because the road on the broken bridge was too crowded, and one or two were okay to say, and 16 adults were relatively careful.

Yanagihashi cleared his throat and said to everyone, "I'm going to knock on the door now, please keep as quiet as possible, and don't spoil the impression of the master's house." ”

"Okay." "Okay." "Uh-huh."

Most of the people responded at the same time, and Liu Qiaopu walked up the front steps of the door and raised his hand to knock on the door.

"Bang bang bang! Bang bang bang! The knock on the door echoed in the clear, snow-covered land, and it was very dull, and the sound of the wind whizzing in the sky obscured most of it.

After waiting for about ten seconds, and getting no response, Liu Qiaopu knocked on the door again: 'Bang bang bang! Bang bang bang! Bang bang bang! ’

After another dozen seconds, the sound of unlocking was finally heard, and poking out was a maid-like figure with prominent cheekbones, a wide forehead, and a lifeless expression, wearing a black shirt, and an open cardigan draped loosely over the shirt.

Liu Qiaopu said politely: "Hello, we are tourists who came here, because the avalanche has blocked the mountain road, and we want to stay here until the mountain road is dredged, I don't know if it can be done?" ”

"I'll have to ask the master!" The maid said in a flat tone that his voice was not very high, and it was not as cold as it seemed, and it sounded no different from that of an ordinary middle-aged woman.

"You can go inside the hallway to warm up first, but I'm sorry, the hallway is very small, you may have to squeeze it."

"It's okay, it's okay, just let us in, it's too cold outside." Grandma Tang behind Liu Qiaopu interjected.

Then the maid opened the double door of the villa, the door was an ordinary wooden door, there was nothing special, but the door frame was very large, about three times larger than the average house, and 18 people immediately rushed in.

Inside the gate is the entrance, and the space is actually not small, but it is a little smaller than the interior of the villa. The 16 people were standing or sitting, and the space for luggage was just too packed, and I didn't feel that uncomfortable.

The air conditioning in the entrance was very warm, which was a world away from the outside, and everyone's spirit relaxed a little and the mood was much better. Several young men began to talk, but they made a gesture in the eyes of the two old men, and lowered their voices.

In front of the entrance is a long corridor, poking your head out to see, both sides of the corridor are hung with picture frames, not oil paintings, but some enlarged photos, all of which look like pictures of field excavations and archaeology, and some group photos of people. It wasn't until the end of the hallway that the first door opened.

"The owner of this villa must be an archaeologist, right?" Xia Tomato whispered.

"I don't think it's like archaeologists don't usually live in such remote places, don't they have to travel all over the world? My family should live in a big city that is more convenient. I think it's like some painter or writer or architect or something like that, don't such people like to live in seclusion the most? Tao Muqing said.

Qin Sen immediately took over the conversation and said: "That's not necessarily, people now have strange ideas, if you look at those photos, they will definitely not be painters or writers, they are basically more homely, and they will not put some landscape photos at home." I think architects and archaeologists are more reliable. ”

Anyway, as for the question of what the master's house was doing, several young people discussed it for a long time and there was no answer, but the maid had been gone for about ten minutes, and she had not yet come out of the house. Under Yun Yeyao's reminder, everyone turned the topic to her.

Meng Qi'er was a little worried, she stood up and moved closer to the inside, and complained: "Why don't you come yet, this gate is leaking, and I'm about to catch a cold!" ”

"You're more likely to catch a cold outside, don't just complain about the kindness of the host's family! You know? Liu Qiaopu couldn't help but educate her, he couldn't get used to this kind of delicate girl.

In view of the majesty of Old Man Liuqiaopu, Meng Qi'er shrunk her shoulders and did not dare to refute! However, a pair of red lips were pouted high, indicating that she was not convinced.

"Grandpa, why don't I knock on the door again and ask?" Liu Hang proposed.

"No, since the maid promised us to ask? I will definitely give a response, so wait with peace of mind! ”

At this time, probably because of the heavy snowstorm outside, the ceiling lights in the entrance and corridor suddenly flickered, as if there was some circuit problem, and then everyone felt that the lights suddenly became much dimmer.

Yun Yeyao said: "It should be affected by the snowstorm, and it is time to remove snow on the roof, I think, when the weather improves, in order to repay the master's family, we will help clean the roof and mountain road together." ”

"Okay!"

Yun Yeyao's suggestion immediately aroused a positive response from several boys, and this time Liu Hang's voice was louder than anyone else, perhaps wanting to show it in front of his grandfather. But the old man just glanced at him and didn't say much.

There is also a music device on top of the hallway, similar to the one on the roof of the café. While everyone was waiting, all of a sudden a piano piece was played, a very old piece from Beethoven's Moonlight Song.

Among the 18 people, only Grandma Tang and Yun Yeyao said the name of the song, and the others were not very familiar with piano music.

The night air was getting colder and colder, and the wind made the wooden door clang, and it was a long time before the maid was finally seen coming out of the back room.

She was wearing a black dress with lace sleeves hanging down the back of her hands, her whole face looked thin in the light, her eyes were elongated, her hair was tied in a braid behind her head, and her cardigan stretched down below her hips, which was very long, but she looked very dignified overall.

When the maid came out, she had a rectangular bamboo basket in her hand, and she couldn't see what was in the basket. Yanagihashi Pu and several young people who were approaching immediately stood up, and Yanagihashi Pu said to the maid, "May I ask what the master's family means?" ”

"The host has agreed to let you live here! However, there are two conditions: first, you must not go to the top floor and the tower, and the range of activities can only be on the first and second floors of this large house. Second, you must not make a loud noise, and I will take care of your food and daily life, and if there is anything to say to me. There was also a maid and a male butler in this house, and there was nothing unnecessary to disturb them. ”

"Okay, don't worry, there's absolutely no problem." Liu Qiaopu immediately agreed, after all, the host family was very grateful to let so many people live in.