Shuning went to see with Duanning, Frangipani and Holly had already gotten the news, and they also excitedly pulled the buckle to follow. The group passed through the gap in the veranda on the left side of the main courtyard, bypassed the house, and came to a small open space, surrounded by moon cave doors on three sides.

Duan Ning pointed to the right and said, he lived in another courtyard over there, and then led his sister into the Moon Cave Gate in front of him, and he arrived at Shuning's exclusive courtyard.

The place is not big, compared with Wanning's small courtyard, I am afraid that it is smaller, but it is very elegant. There are three large rooms on the west, north and south sides, and two huts, with a corridor under the eaves and a railing under the corridor. The courtyard is paved with a bluestone path in the shape of a "ten", but the courtyard is divided into four parts, except for the one in the upper right corner, which has a stone table and a stone chair and a clump of bamboo, the rest is dirt and surrounded by pebbles of various colors.

Duan Ning said on the side: "Now that the weather is cold, wait until the spring of next year, you can plant whatever flowers and plants you like, E-Niang said that it is up to you." Shuning nodded happily,

The west wing is the bedroom, the general girl's embroidery room should have all the things that should be complete, and there are a few simple furnishings, the overall style is extremely elegant, but it is a little cold to live in winter. Shuning felt the wind and glanced around, but a window on the west wall opened. Su Xin hurriedly walked over and closed it, but her eyes widened: "Girl, it turns out that there is a courtyard behind." ”

Shuning took two steps and walked over to see, and sure enough, there was a vacant lot behind him, and there were two small hugging buildings, with a large water tank standing next to it and a small door in the corner.

"It's not a yard, it's just an open space." Duan Ning walked over from behind, "The hut in the front yard, one is for the big girl to live in, and the other is for things." Others will live in the back, and the open space will be at your disposal. Look at the other houses? ”

Shuning answered, and pulled the two secretly happy girls. I went to the North Chamber.

But there is a study. The rooms are very large and have excellent natural light. A row of bamboos reflected outside, adding a bit of the fragrance of books. The interior space of the room is separated by several bookshelves, and some of them are placed with a large case, on which are placed the four treasures of the study, and there are a number of Bogu shelves and low cabinets. It is a place to practice calligraphy and painting; In the middle part, there is a piano case, as well as tables, chairs, and chessboards; The innermost part, Shuning likes the most, there are bookshelves on both sides of the window, but there is a recliner under the window, a small table next to it, there are many books on the bookshelf, pick up a book and flip through it, it is my favorite prose miscellaneous. Looking at other places, sure enough, they are all books that I like to read on weekdays.

Shuning looked up at Duan Ning and asked, "Is this where Ama and her brother are helping to clean up the land?" Otherwise, how could I be so clear about my preferences? Duan Ning touched her head: "Do you like it?" I watched people clean it up. Amma just came to see. He had a weird smile on his lips: "He has his own place to clean up." ”

Shuning understood and smiled. said: "Thank you, brother." I love it. Duan Ning said: "Silly girl, let's wait until you finish the rest of the room." ”

in the rest of the room. A small room for things, only six or seven square meters in size, with a small window on the wall, is not very beautiful; As for the other room, when the two girls heard that it was for them, they had already run hand in hand to see it. Shuning came to the South Chamber.

This room has a kang and a brazier, and although the layout is simple, it gives people a very warm feeling. Shuning faintly felt that this was the room she was going to live in.

Duan Ning said: "It's warmer here in winter, so you can live here first." Everything is very simple, E-Niang once explained, don't put too many things, let you think about tidying up yourself, so I only ordered someone to tidy up the study. It's really strange, my own house was cleaned up by my second sister-in-law and Sister Xiaomei, why did my sister have to clean up her own house? ”

Shuning thought about it and somewhat understood. It seems that my mother's education has begun to develop in aesthetics, which is to cultivate my ability to decorate the home, right?

Shuning felt that she was liking it more and more. Whether it is the layout of several rooms, or the empty mud floor in the courtyard, as well as the bamboo planted along the wall outside the window of the study and the south wing conservatory, everything is very much in line with her heart, and among them, the study is the most pleasing to her.

When she returned to the courtyard and saw Kou'er coming out of the backyard, Shuning asked, "How does it look?" Do you like it? Buckle just blushed and didn't say anything. Frangipani ran over with Holly and shouted, "Girl, girl, is that house really for us?" Shuning asked them if they liked it, and when they both nodded vigorously, they smiled and said, "If you like it, you can stay, I don't need anyone to accompany you at night, you can clean up as you like." Frangipani jumped up for joy, and Holly's face seemed to bloom like a flower.

A daughter-in-law came to ask them to go to dinner, and Shuning and Duanning left first, leaving the girls to pack their luggage. Shuning glanced at the courtyard door, only to realize that there were two door panels, which could be closed at night. The more she thought about it, the happier she became, she used to live in Huaiyuan, although the place was big, but there was no privacy, and now she had a small courtyard, and she would be much freer to do anything.

Everyone ate very happily at lunchtime, Tong had a smile on his face, and often coerced the vegetables to Zhang Bao, Zhang Bao smiled and ate a fine light, and gave it to his wife, Duan Ning looked like he didn't see it, but Shuning was full of black lines: Father and mother, if you want to be numb, it depends on the occasion, okay? The whole family is here, and there are a bunch of maids and servants around. Only Xianning was a little depressed, because he still had to live in the main courtyard with his parents, and no matter how noisy he was, the Tong family refused to agree to give him the vacated small side courtyard. However, seeing that he had a bitter face and that the food was not fragrant, Tong's heart relented, and promised to let him occupy a courtyard in a few years. Xianning reluctantly accepted it, Duan Ning patted his head lightly, and said, "Eat more, after eating, let's go to the garden to play." Xianning was happy, and hurriedly picked up a few large mouthfuls of food, and even Shuning became interested, and the movements of the chopsticks in his hand were a little faster. Xiao Liu just looked at them lovingly and smiled, and gave two pieces of meat to his son.

Tong persuaded them to eat slowly, and Zhang Bao said to her gently: "Madame, take a rest after dinner, it's still early, and when you sleep well, let's go to the garden together." She blushed slightly and nodded slightly. I'm the dividing line of the garden

After eating and taking a sip of hot tea, Xianning was clamoring to go to the garden, and Xiao Bao grabbed him and whispered something. The two children saluted and ran away.

Duanning and Shuning, the siblings, fell behind and walked from the other side, crossing the main courtyard. Come to an extremely large courtyard. This is a martial arts training ground, which is enough for people to run horses. It's just that Shuning remembered the carriage and horse courtyard that she had heard about before. It seems to be quite far from here, wouldn't it be inconvenient?

Duan Ning explained to her that there was a doorway on the east side of the yard, and there was a long sandwich road outside that led to the carriage and horse shed in the front yard. He said: "Do you still remember Qingyun Lane in the Guangzhou prefect's house? It's pretty much the same as that. The house is flanked by a long sandwich road. I heard that the original owner of the land, Mr. Bai, let many brothers in the army take the other world to live here, because everyone is on duty at different times, in order to avoid someone coming back from duty late at night to quarrel with others, he opened these two sandwich roads, each yard has a small door connected, some people go home in the middle of the night, they will follow the sandwich road back to their own yard, will not disturb others. ”

Shuning thought that there seemed to be a small door behind her yard. It looks like it's going to lead to another mewra. Such a design can not only ensure the close contact between the courtyards, but also maintain relative independence. That's a good idea.

After the martial arts training ground, I passed the kitchen and the place where the servants lived. It's the back door. Behind the door is a long aisle. On the opposite side is another gate, with many branches and leaves over the wall. That's the garden.

Duan Ning said: "The garden was originally separated from the main house, and Ama asked someone to seal the two ends of the road, open the door, and lock it usually, so it is completely our family's territory." As he was talking, he saw that the grass and trees in the garden were dense, and although it was winter, it still made people feel refreshed.

Duan Ning walked all the way, explaining to his sister all the way. There is a "rockery" in the middle of the avenue in the garden, according to Duanning, it is made of real mountain stones, there is a small pavilion on the top of the mountain, go up along the stone steps, there is a big stone standing on the side of the pavilion, engraved with the words "Tao Ran forgets the machine". If you look north from the pavilion, you can see a small lake not far away.

Before Shuning could enjoy the lake view, Duan Ning stood behind the stone and beckoned to her, signaling her to follow, along a newly made wooden ladder, spiraling down, and suddenly arrived in the belly of the mountain, there was actually a space of eight or nine square meters, I don't know whether it was naturally formed or artificially chiseled. With the light penetrating through the mountain gap, you can see that the ground inside is higher than the outside, and there are two small bookshelves, a box, and a few chairs, just like a small study.

Shu Ning was a little stunned, and only heard her brother say: "This is where Mr. Bai quietly told Ama and me, and it was the place where he placed important text drawings, so no one knows except for him." Let's live in, just as a place to hide, except for you and me, only Ama and Uncle Changfu know, and Ama will soon tell Eniang, but Xianning and Xiaobao have to hide it from them for the time being. ”

Shuning thought that if those two naughty ghosts knew about it and hid in, it would be easy for people to find them, and if they really wanted to hide from the other servants, it would be even more difficult to find them.

Duan Ning took his sister around twice, and suddenly arrived outside, Shu Ning glanced back, but found that this exit was very hidden, probably because of the angle or light, it was difficult for people to find it. It seems that this secret room was supposed to be more worthy of its name, but their family didn't need to be so mysterious.

Further on, there is a large water pavilion, which is being built on the small lake, which is very large, with large windows on all sides, and the floor is made of wood, which is smooth and recognizable, and should be used for banquets. There is a plaque next to the pavilion door, with the words "Linyuan Pavilion" written on it, but the handwriting is Zhang Bao's handwriting. Duan Ning explained that all the pavilions and pavilions in the park, except for "Tao Ran forgot the machine", had to change their names. This water pavilion has just made a new plaque, and it is not yet time to hang it.

There are many lotus flowers planted near the water pavilion in the lake, but the season is not right and it is not very lush. The bamboo bridge that extends from the right hand side of the water pavilion is divided into two bridge paths, with a bamboo pavilion in the middle of the lake as a remedial, leading to the two-house building diagonally opposite and the hillside directly opposite. But there was a bald patch on the hillside, and only a thin piece of bamboo remained, and there were two houses on the side, with a gable behind the house.

Duan Ning said: "Our garden occupies a small hillside, and the house is for the caretaker, and now the old Wu Tou and another person live. "It turned out that the old Wu Tou who drove the car to their house in Fengtian back then, now that he is old, he is afraid that the Nala clan will get rid of him after he becomes the family, so he simply bingming Zhang Bao and the Tong family as early as possible, and followed him to Fangshan, just to be a garden keeper, which should be a blessing.

To the left of the water pavilion is a large forest, which is actually full of plum trees, peach trees, pear trees, and the like. Shuning thought that it was a beautiful bloom in spring, but Duan Ning couldn't help but smile: "I'm afraid it's for the fruits that bear fruit in autumn, right?" Shuning was dumbfounded.

Walking through the forest and coming to the two-story building, Shuning found that this place was even "cooler" than Linyuan Pavilion, and the furniture in the building was complete. She liked it very much, and when she inquired about the fact that it had not yet been named, she remembered an allusion: "Why don't you call it Pillow Xia Pavilion?" The forest next to it, when the spring flowers bloom, will probably be like being in the colorful clouds, right? ”

Duan Ning praised it: "I'll tell Ama when I go back, let's just think about it while shopping, and take the names of several other places together." Shuning responded with a smile.

The two of them went downstairs and stepped on the bamboo bridge. A closer look reveals that although the bridge is not new, the bamboo branches on the railing are newly added, so that the gap can only accommodate one arm at most, although it is not very beautiful, but it is very safe.

Duan Ning saw her sister staring at the railing, so she was a little embarrassed and said, "It's not good-looking, isn't it?" I asked someone to add it, and although the original railing was beautiful, the gap was too big. The younger brother is young, so it's not fun to fall if he falls. However, I took the local materials from the bamboo forests in the mountains, so the cost was not large, and Amma was also in favor of it. ”

Shuning smiled, sure enough, he was a good brother. The bald one on the mountain turned out to be like this, but he still remembered that the few trees that were sparse were left behind, and it was only two or three years before they could grow again.

Following the bridge to the hill, quietly avoiding the old man who was taking a nap on the couch in front of the house, the two walked through the woods, and descended the stone steps down the other side of the mountain, where there was another house, built on a platform on the water. There are a few calligraphy and paintings hanging in the house, and there are some furniture such as low tables. There was a lantern hanging under the eaves of the house, but it was not red.

Discussing what name should be given to this place, they walked through the long corridor in the direction of Linyuan Pavilion, passing through an octagonal pavilion opposite the Pillow Xia Pavilion in the middle, with windows on all eight sides, looking somewhat similar to the water pavilion in the garden of the Earl's Court. Duan Ning said: "There is actually a gate under the pavilion. The water in this lake is a stream formed by a waterfall on the mountain, which flows down the mountain to form a lake, and then flows out of the wall through this sluice gate, and crosses the farmland outside. People in the neighborhood use it for irrigation. ”

I see, but why did she think it was familiar? Duan Ning said again: "Speaking of which, this place is opposite to the Pillow Xia Pavilion, and it should also be given a good name." Not...... Why don't you call it Guanyun Pavilion? Shuning said yes, but shook his head again: "The terrain here is low, but it is not very good to use cloud characters." Duan Ning thought for a while and said with a smile: "That's Guanlan Pavilion." "Shuning thinks about it, it's really good, and she agrees with it. Duan Ning took out a pen and paper from the cabinet next to him, wrote down the two or three names that Fang had just thought, and planned to take them back to Zhang Bao to see. They walked back to the Linyuan Pavilion along the corridor, and took a look at the scenery in the garden, and then ended this pleasant visit. was about to leave the garden gate, but at Tao Ran Pavilion, he met Xianning and Xiaobao who were coming out of the belly of the mountain, Duanning and Shuning were speechless, looking at each other.

Children, it's really hard to guard against!