It was at that time that Xiao Yanshu knew that there were such people outside the Yan Mansion. Since then, she begged her mother to take her out to see the world, to participate in the tea parties of the ladies and ladies of various prefectures, and she began to have some reputation in the tea ceremony, but unfortunately, she never had the opportunity to enter the mansion that was close to Chi Chi. I also inquired around the corner, this is Chai Mansion, which has a relationship with Kyoto, and has never interacted with the locals of Yunzhou, so this is the only news. In the new year, her mother died suddenly, and she was trapped in the inner courtyard of Yan Mansion, so she didn't go out much.

Basking in the warm sun of the winter afternoon, thinking about walking, I have already arrived at the painting downstairs where the snow has not disappeared.

Yan Shu pulled open the key with the signature on it and found the one in the painting building. Stepping on the dusty stairs, the little mood was excited. "The original body, the original body, you can thank me, I bought your favorite building! I'll go back and draw an exact one for you. ”

And when she stood in front of the carved prism window on the highest floor, condescendingly looking out of half of the city and reaching the riverside wharf, she should thank herself even more, how far-sighted this property purchase is! With this garden and painting building alone, the four thousand taels are also worth it.

The city of Yunzhou is built by the mountains and rivers. In terms of the mountain, the north city (for the garrison) and the east city are the highest in the city, and both walls are built on ridges or cliffs along the river, like the Great Wall in Simatai, Beijing. There are only three gates in the whole city, the north half of the west city wall is along the mountain, and the northwest gate for the north city garrison to send troops back to the army is opened, and the south half is at the foot of the moat made of drainage ditches, and there is a civil west gate; The section of the south gate of the south city wall is in a low position. If this painting building is built on flat ground, it can be in this position, and the line of sight has exceeded the height of the relatively lowest southern city wall, which is actually the commanding height of the city's private houses. From the outside, there are tall trees and bamboo tops, and the color is only painted in green, which is not conspicuous.

Yan Shu secretly thought about it, these four-sided window scenes of the painted buildings can be regarded as leaking the careful tricks of the previous head of household, why did they sell them so casually? Thinking about it, there are two reasons, one is that you don't need to care, and the other is that you are too short of money to manage so much. However, this girl is also a person with secrets, and this house is safe in my hands.

She was most concerned about what scene of Yan Mansion she could see from here. Judging from the location of the painting building, the Yan Mansion is located in the front right as a whole, and the terrain is lower. After several generations of Yanfu flourished, the descendants occupied the ancestral house and did not divide the house, and the courtyards were still connected. From the westernmost courtyard where Mrs. Yan's family lived, swept to the east courtyard where Mu Shixuan, who was farthest away from the main courtyard, the rows of houses and courtyard walls were all in the field of view of the painting building.

Yan Shu also deliberately found the Qifang Courtyard where Aunt Chen lived, and was able to see the courtyard gate and the inverted seat room in the south, but most of the courtyard was just blocked by the roof of the upper room and the east wing. It is the main courtyard where Master Yan lives by himself, because the distance is farther and the terrain is lower, and there is no direct block, but he sees more scenery and people.

The small courtyard of Mu Shixuan is located in front of the nearest painting building, and its west wall is directly opposite the verandah on the right hand of the painting building. Yan Shu visually measured the shortest straight-line distance, and found a point in the open space outside the verandah on this side, and under the root of the wall over there.

The other affairs of the new house are not tight, and the most urgent one has to be started today, so as not to miss the construction period.