The empty orchid courtyard is indeed not big, just an ordinary three-in and three-out courtyard, but it has been transformed into the style of a small Western building, with more Western carvings and European-style furniture, but the solemn sunken wood tone still looks full of the taste of the Republic of China.

"The courtyard behind is where Mr. Henry's sister Miss Sally lived, Miss Sally was brought to China by her brother before she returned to England from studying in France, Miss Sally was a pianist, she played the piano very well, and Mr. Henry loved this sister very much, and often painted her portraits."

"The courtyard on the first floor is a place for raising flowers and grass, half of the second floor is Miss Sally's bedroom and dressing room, and the other half is the piano room that Mr. Henry built for her.

It was that familiar voice again, and when he looked at it, it was still the female tour guide just now, who took several of her travelers up to the second floor and introduced them one room at a time.

Xue Chen accompanied Hehuan to walk slowly behind the tour guide, listening to the tour guide's introduction one by one, but he was a little absent-minded.

The air here is very fresh, and the whole city is also very relaxed, and he obviously feels that this place is completely different from Zhoucheng, Zhoucheng is too depressing, and he doesn't like that city very much.

Hehuan followed the female guide, and looked from a bedroom, only to see the elegant beige exquisite bedding, and the curtains full of embroidery, as well as the display of pajamas and regular clothes in the wardrobe, and on the side, the huge dressing mirror was also inlaid with ivory wood carvings.

And judging from the dressing room next door, this is indeed a rich family, and even has a unique room for makeup, which should be very rare in those days.

The vanity mirror is also half a person's height, and the room is surrounded by Roman columns hanging from light gauze curtains, and there are baroque patterns.

Probably to allow travelers to see the immersive scene and relive the traces of that era, there are also a lot of obviously old cosmetics samples on the dressing table, and even a long time ago Shanghai alabaster cream.

Next to the dressing room is the dining room, the dining room is very large, it looks like a canteen for more than a dozen people, the table is a slender and long Western-style dining table, there is a layer of gilding, the candlesticks on both sides are as white as snow, painted with gold leaf, it looks very luxurious, the same tableware is placed on the table, it is also made of pure gold, but the pattern on the carpet, but the traditional Chinese phoenix totem.

Compared with the previous room, the restaurant has more Western taste, and there are many large-scale oil paintings hanging on the walls around the restaurant, many of which are the same girl, but different forms of clothing, the tour guide said that this girl is Mr. Henry's sister Miss Sally.

Hehuan looked at the paintings around him, his eyes focused on a family portrait in the center, this painting looked like it was painted in spring, the background was bright and lush, the sky was very blue, Miss Sally sat on the swing in the middle of the courtyard, and under the big locust tree on her side, there were two children who were no more than three or four years old, smiling very happily, looking like Miss Sally's children.

Behind Miss Sally stood a gentleman-like man, and the tour guide next to her introduced that this was Mr. Henry, and this oil painting was painted by Mr. Henry based on the photo taken by a friend.

He Huan stood in front of the portrait and looked at it for a long time, and felt that the figures in Mr. Henry's oil paintings, with a trace of hair, were lifelike.

In the portrait, Miss Sally has a bright and playful smile, looking very innocent and romantic, but Miss Sally's husband does not appear on the picture, Hehuan is a little puzzled, and suddenly heard a gentle smile from beside him: "The reason why Mr. Henry took his sister over to live with him is because Miss Sally's husband died in a car accident shortly after marriage, and Miss Sally worked hard with her two children alone, so Mr. Henry took them all over to live together." ”

It seems that it is time for the tourists to move on their own, and the female guide does not continue to follow the tourists, but just waits for them to come back in the restaurant.

It's just that after hearing this, Hehuan looked back at the female tour guide in surprise and said, "I haven't asked anything yet, how do you know I'm thinking about this?" ”

The female tour guide smiled unconsciously after hearing this: "Many people have such a question, subconsciously always think of this, as a tour guide, I naturally know what you are thinking in your heart, isn't it normal?" ”

Hehuan listened, but felt that there was some truth, this saying "art industry has a specialization", as a tour guide, you should indeed understand what tourists think, it is really normal.

Seeing her gentle smile and elegant manners, Hehuan smiled with interest: "Are you the local tour guide here?" ”

"Not really," she said, shaking her head, "I'm just a volunteer tour guide here, and I'm not usually very busy with work, so I come here to do volunteer publicity when I have time, which can be regarded as passing the time." ”

After listening to Hehuan, he said with a little more admiration: "Your idea is really good, not only enrich yourself but also help others, in fact, your voice is very good, thank you for not demolishing me, and you have been rubbing your explanation." ”

"It's all as it should be, it's actually the same as who said, and there is no charge involved, so no one will mind," the female guide smiled softly, looked down at the time and said, "I should go down, you can take your time." ”

Hehuan nodded, looked at her away, looked back at Xue Chen, who was still in a daze by the window, leaned over and asked, "What are you thinking?" See anything interesting? ”

Xue Chen leaned against the window with his arms crossed, looked down at the courtyard on the first floor and said: "It's nothing, I just think that such a small yard is very good, boxy, you can plant some trees and flowers in the middle courtyard, you can also set up a swing, enjoy the snow in winter, enjoy the flowers in summer, and really don't delay, no matter which side you go, you can see the scenery in a circle." ”

Hehuan listened and smiled: "That's for sure, Chinese developed this quadrangle, it makes sense, but it's a pity that I can't afford it if I want to buy it now......"

In the courtyard below, there are children chasing and playing, there are tourists resting under the tree, there is a big locust tree that has grown for a hundred years in the center, the trunk is very thick and mottled, the roots are very deep, and the leaves are green and dense.

Listening to the children playing, the adults whispering, the sun spilling into the courtyard, spreading unreservedly in every corner, the breeze gently blowing through the leaves, making a rustling sound, even the slightest sound of the wind, seems to be a little gentle.

The silence of this afternoon is very rare, the sound of the child swinging below "creak", looking at the harmonious scene outside the window, the acacia can't help but be fascinated.

"You said, in the future, if our bubble tea shop is opened to a national chain, we will also buy a courtyard, and then we will also build a swing in the middle and plant a tree, do you say that the tree will grow like this in a hundred years."

Hehuan muttered to himself, laughed extraordinarily happily, and his fantasies about the future were always warm, looking at the children laughing downstairs, Hehuan suddenly found that there were more people......

There seem to be two more children in the shady place under the tree, both of them are still young, but at the age of three or four years old, the small face is round, white and tender, but the clothes are a little heavy, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like a summer dress, but a little like a small cotton dress in the early winter.

Whose parents is this? Can you dress your child so thick that you are not afraid of heat stroke?

Hehuan frowned unconsciously, but the two children, watching those brothers and sisters chasing and playing below, were very happy, clapping their hands and dancing, looking at it, Hehuan gradually felt that the two children seemed to be a little ...... Familiar?

Where do you seem to have seen it, and where have you seen it?

It seems like it was just ......