Sima Yi took out the key to open the door lock, pushed open the gate, and a small courtyard appeared in front of everyone.

The courtyard is not big, only a stone table can be put down, and a few pots of flowers can be planted.

There were no flowers in the pots, and there were green shallots.

Sima Yi was dumbfounded, his eyes looked back and forth between his son and shallots, as if he was thinking about when his son, who was not diligent and did not distinguish between grains and grains, would start to grow vegetables.

The small courtyard was unpretentious, Sima Yi and his party of twelve people parked the carriage and horses outside, and just a person walked in, he felt cramped.

The guards had no choice but to put their luggage down and retreat to the door to make as much space as possible.

"Father, please." Sima Yi smiled at the old father, and said as he led people in:

"This is the courtyard, I drink tea here when I have nothing to do on weekdays, and the bathroom is on the left side of the courtyard, and the washing is here."

"There is a kitchen on the right side of the courtyard, but I eat in the canteen of the unit, and I haven't started the fire yet, if my father can't get used to eating things in the canteen, I'll go back and ask a cook to come over."

Soon after the base camp of the Xu Jiajun was transferred to Zhuo County, everything was not as convenient as in Yuyang, especially the housing, due to the influx of a large number of people, these cement houses that had just been repaired had to be drawn by lot.

Many of the Xu family's military clerks could only live in wooden houses first, and some of those wooden houses were smaller than his yard.

Fortunately, he saved a lot of money when he was in Yuyang, so that he could afford to buy such a comfortable small building as soon as he arrived in Zhuoxian.

Passing through the small courtyard, you will come to the real house.

The first floor is three rooms, the middle is for guests, the left and right sides are guest rooms, one side is the warehouse, the living room is thirty square meters, and the rooms on both sides are also eighteen square meters, all of which are equipped with glass windows, and the lighting is excellent.

From a modern point of view, such a room size is relatively comfortable.

It's just that Sima Fang, whose homestead is calculated in acres, looked at this small room, and suddenly felt an indescribable sadness.

He thought that his son was doing well in Xu Jiajun, but he didn't expect that he didn't even have a servant to serve.

Inevitably hurting his son's self-esteem, the old father didn't say anything, and silently looked at the simple wooden furniture on the first floor.

Then I went to see the only luxury glass window, wide and bright, different from the colorful glass exposed on the second floor, it was completely transparent, from the room, through the window, you can see clearly the grass and trees in the courtyard.

Moreover, it is quite windproof, and it is much warmer to stay in the room than outside, and no wind leaks in at all.

Sima Yi turned on the stove in the living room, walked to the kitchen and brought a dustpan of coal, and burned the coal stove in the living room not very skillfully.

Suddenly, the slightly deserted living room became warm, and the stove was followed by a pipe made of iron sheets, which went straight to the outside of the house, and it was not choking.

Sima Yi hasn't lived in this house much, he usually sleeps in the dormitory, and the stove in the living room is the first time to light a fire.

Sima Fang walked through the two rooms on the first floor, walked into the living room, and stared at the stove for a long time.

Sima Yi said tentatively: "Not long after this house was acquired, my son hasn't lived much yet, and during this time in Zhuo County, my father will live here." ”

"The house is not big, but you know that it is more comfortable than the house in our hometown."

As he spoke, he led the old father upstairs, and everyone came to the second floor.

The second floor is also three rooms, each with a small balcony that extends out, the balcony is semi-sealed, and the room is separated by a wall, and the door can only be opened from the bedroom to the balcony.

The floor slabs are wooden, but they are well built and do not creak when stepped on.

There was a thick carpet on the floor - at first Sima Yi just thought this kind of woolen blanket was good-looking, so he bought it home on impulse, and afterwards he was hurt by this large amount of money for a full month.

But now, seeing that the old father smiled a little at the carpet, Sima Yi suddenly felt that he was not so bad.

"The three rooms upstairs are almost the same, and there is a bathroom in the corner of the corridor with a toilet in it, so you don't have to go downstairs when you get up at night."

"Father, which one do you want to live in?" Sima Yi asked.

The insulation effect of the cement room is very good, although the room is not big, but it really can't feel the wind at all, Sima Yi nodded secretly in his heart.

"This is it." He pointed to the middle room, and as he answered, he entered the room and came to the small door that led to the balcony.

The door opened, and I stood on the second floor, looking down at the nearby streets and residential buildings, taking a deep breath and feeling comfortable.

No wonder His Majesty likes to live in a high place, and sure enough, when people stand in a high place, the feeling is different.

Seeing that his father did not show any dissatisfaction, Sima Yi secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said:

"There are charcoal basins in the kitchen downstairs, there is no limit to charcoal in the city, just buy it when you run out, but the coal is limited, and it will be sold in the city on the first and fifteenth days of each month, and I have already gone to buy it on the first day of the new year, and on the fifteenth of a few days, remember to let the next person buy it."

"Without coal, it's not easy to boil water and cook in the house."

"Let's walk out of this street is the West City Gate, there is a public bath there, you can go there if you want to bathe."

"By the way, be careful with fire at night, you can't turn off the wind bucket, the smell of coal is too strong, and it will be poisoned......."

Sima Yi explained a lot uneasily, at first Sima Fang listened patiently, and when he got to the back, he directly raised his hand to signal Sima Yi to shut up.

"Listen to you, you're not going to live in this house?" Sima Fang frowned in displeasure.

Sima Yi smiled bitterly and looked at the guards and entourage downstairs, "The letter said that it is enough for you to bring a few guards, look at this...... There are so many rooms, and I have to sleep on the floor, and I can go to the dormitory to sleep, and I can make room for them. ”

Sima Fang's brows furrowed even deeper, "It's okay for people to sleep in the corridor, you still have to give them a room?" Zhongda, are you alright? ”

Are you okay with this sentence, Sima Fang has long wanted to ask, from the time he just entered the door, Sima Yi said thank you to his entourage!

"Father, don't say these words here."

Sima Yi cautiously glanced downstairs, fortunately his side was quiet enough, no one walked downstairs, and no one should have heard what his father had just said.

Sima Yi closed the balcony door and pulled his father back to the room, and the father and son sat on the chairs, he felt that he had to tell his father about the rules of the Xu family's army.

lest he be reported if he is not careful.

"Father, on the territory of the Xu family, if you want to hire people, you need to sign an employment contract."

"Contract?" Sima Fang was puzzled.

"It's a contract, but it's not the same as our previous contract." Sima Yi explains:

"You can't insult and scold the hired servants, you must respect their labor and pay the corresponding wages, you are a foreigner, and the rules of the outsiders Xu Jiajun are not so strict, but it is not okay to let the subordinates sleep in the corridor......"

"My son is now an official in the Xu family's army, and he must lead by example."

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