Chapter 2 The Cheng Family's Mansion

The early morning sunlight is sprinkled all over the world, and in a small corner of the world, the courtyard house of old Beijing, the ancient building that carries history and culture, is surrounded by sunlight and looks extremely brilliant and dazzling.

The imperial city in the clouds is flying together, and the trees are ten thousand homes in the rain.

Every city has high-rise buildings, but only Beijing has courtyard houses.

The courtyard buildings reflect the lifestyle of the old Beijingers, and also flash the brilliance of ancient Chinese culture.

Beijing Courtyard House is another micro-world of Beijing, most of the urban houses in Beijing are one-family bungalows, if you watch it in the rain, the artistic conception will be more beautiful. It will make people involuntarily think of the scene of strolling in the alley with an oil-paper umbrella in "Rain Alley".

This is another world in Beijing, where people live an ordinary and simple life, and most of the residents here are retired old people and children who go to school, so there is no so-called competition and pressure here, because in the city center, it is the world where young people struggle, and there is only warmth, freedom and comfort.

The Cheng family's mansion was built in Beijing's Qianmen, which is much quieter than Houhai, where tourists can travel, and most of the courtyard houses here are residential.

This house of the Cheng family is one of the few large-scale, relatively well-preserved, and very traditional three-hall courtyard houses in Beijing.

At the top of the bronze Guangliang gate, the plaque is printed with the two big characters "Cheng Zhai", and the stone lions with open mouths on both sides of the steps are very powerful.

Walking into the house, you have to see the exquisite shadow wall, which is also a beautiful scenery of the courtyard, each brick on the shadow wall is polished, and the bricks are polished when the bricks are built.

The Cheng family is a big family with a history of 100 years, the patterns and words on the shadow wall are quite exquisite, the Cheng family is made from jade, and has always taken faith as the family purpose, so the shadow wall is painted around the shape of various precious jade, and there is a big "letter" engraved in the middle.

Cheng Mansion is divided into two parts: the inner house and the outer courtyard.

The outer courtyard is composed of the south room, the shadow wall, the courtyard gate, and the south outer wall of the inner house. The south room is used for guest rooms, study rooms, and maids' residences. There is a hanging flower door in the middle of the south wall of the inner house, and the inner house is composed of the north room, the east chamber, and the west chamber, and the middle is the courtyard.

The north room is the main house, tall and bright, with three wide rooms, and there are ear rooms on the east and west sides. Mr. and Mrs. Cheng lived in the north room, the east wing was for their son and grandson, and the west wing was divided between their daughters and granddaughters. The kitchen is in the southernmost part of the East Wing, and the backyard is used by Mr. Cheng for planting.

"Brush brush brush ......" Mr. Cheng is dancing the sword in the yard, the old man has entered the old age, but he still does not lose the demeanor of the youth, the sword flower is called a beautiful.

Mrs. Cheng is scooping water and watering the flowers with Xiao Ling, a helper hired by the Cheng family to take care of flowers and trees.

There are jujube trees and pomegranate trees planted in the courtyard, which means that the early birth of a noble son, and a grape trellis is also supported in the backyard, which is specially taken care of. In addition, there are also lilacs and begonias, because Mrs. Cheng is very fond of chrysanthemums, love the house and black, Mr. Cheng planted a large number of chrysanthemums in the courtyard.

It is early autumn, and chrysanthemums are also like newborn babies, with buds blooming slightly, which is very lovely.

Mr. Cheng took the sweat towel handed over by his wife, dripping with sweat, and said, "Cheng Yan ran out early in the morning, he was in a hurry, do you know what to do?" ”

"How do I know? He has been like this for the past few days, busy in and out, thinking that he could stay at home for a few days with peace of mind after the holiday, but this is good, and he will not see a shadow all day long. Mrs. Cheng sighed.

"I don't care if I'm not at home, just don't make trouble for me all the time! This kid, if you don't fight for three days, you will go to the house to uncover the tiles. ”

Xiaoling poured tea for Mr. Cheng with great discernment, Mr. Cheng blew the hot air, picked up the teacup to drink, smacked his lips, and said, "There are too many teas, bitter!" ”

Xiao Ling panicked and hurriedly made a cup for the old man.

"The children are all too old to fight! You teach him twice in three days, how much it hurts the child's self-esteem. Mrs. Cheng said angrily.

"Oh, he had self-esteem when I hit him, how did he throw his self-esteem out of the sky when he was in trouble. You, too, persuade me, as the old saying goes, kindness-mother-many-defeat-son. ”

Mr. Cheng wiped the long sword in his hand with a white cloth while singing in the style of Peking Opera.

"Hey, don't put a hat on my head, how did I defeat him, really, I pity this kid. You said that this child has not had parents by his side since he was a child, although there are me and you, as well as his father, uncle, and sister who spoil him, after all, it can't replace the love of his parents. He has been a little naughty since he was a child, after all, he didn't cause us a big disaster, and he is more measured in his work, and he is quite obedient. ”

Mr. Cheng and Mrs. Cheng choked on Cheng Yan's education again.

Mr. Cheng snorted coldly: "You haven't caused enough trouble for him, just say that the woman who came to the house a few days ago is all messy, you can know how unreliable he is outside."

"I asked Xiao Che about this, and he said that Xiao Yan really just danced with her, and Xiao Yan was not all wrong. However, smoking is not a good habit, so I have to quit him quickly. Mrs. Cheng thought of the photo of Cheng Yan Hang'er Lang smoking a cigarette, and she felt a chill in her heart.

Mr. Cheng suddenly remembered something, and asked Xiaoling to call the housekeeper over.

Butler Jin trotted all the way from the backyard, although he was old and strong, but after all, he was old, but he was only a few hundred meters away, and he was sweating slightly on his forehead.

Mr. Cheng pulled him over and sat on the stone bench, handed over a cup of tea, and couldn't help but joke: "I can't run, I really think I'm still young?" ”

Mrs. Cheng handed over a clean sweat towel and said to Mr. Cheng angrily: "You are really, knowing that he is busy getting crops for you in the backyard and still calling him over, what important thing do you have to instruct him to do?" ”

Steward Jin listened to his sister-in-law hugging him, and he was very happy in his heart, but he said cleverly: "It should be, it should be." ”

Mr. Cheng couldn't see his thoughts, and when he saw that his wife was dissatisfied, he didn't argue, just glared at him, and asked, "How about the things I asked you to inquire about?" ”

Steward Jin put down the teacup and said, "I'll inquire." The girl's name was Zhong Li, and she was the young lady who had just entered the Zhong family. Her mother's name is Ye Lanxi, who was Zhong Tiancheng's lover outside for many years, and Zhong Tiancheng slowly straightened her out after the divorce, and Zhong Li was also named the daughter of the Zhong family. It's just a matter at the beginning of this year, because Mrs. Zhong didn't like it, so Zhong Tiancheng handled this matter in a low-key manner and didn't make too much publicity. ”

Mr. Cheng of these celebrity circles didn't know how much he had heard of it, and he had already seen it, if it weren't for Zhongli provoking his precious grandson, he wouldn't have bothered to care about it and inquire about these things.

"How did that girl get entangled with Cheng Yan?" Mr. Cheng frowned slightly.

Butler Jin looked a little sneered, and said, "It's basically the same as what Xiao Che said, saying that I met and danced at a bar by chance." But I always feel that things are not so simple, and it can be seen from the girl's bold running to the house to find Cheng Yan that her mind is not pure. ”

Mr. Cheng snorted coldly: "If there is a mother, there must be a daughter." ”

Mrs. Cheng saw that Mr. was a little angry, afraid that he would be angry with Cheng Yan again, so she couldn't help but say: "We can't take care of other people's children, as long as we watch Xiao Yan." ”

"Hmph, do you want to see it? If that monkey is half as sensible as Xiaonuo, we have to worry less about it! ”

"Good enough, you, be content. Come, help me water the flowers. Mrs. Cheng smiled and handed him the colander in her hand, Mr. Cheng happily took it, and Steward Jin giggled beside him, a peaceful scene.