This morning, Wei Guoping came to Jiang Yulou's house to look for him, saying that there was news about the courtyard he wanted to buy.

So, Jiang Yulou rode his own bicycle and carried Wei Guoping out of the Jiang's courtyard, to Xicheng District, Shichahai Street, and then to Taiping Hutong, and to the south is the destination.

Jiang Yulou hummed and pedaled the bicycle, regretting not letting him ride one by himself. He wiped the beads of sweat from his head and complained to the person behind him, "Old Wei, it's time for you to lose weight." ”

The speaker had no intention of listening, Wei Guoping was anxious, and hurriedly defended: "What are you kid talking about, I'm only one hundred and fifty pounds, one hundred and fifty pounds, am I heavy, am I heavy?" ”

"Isn't it heavy? The two of us are three hundred pounds smaller, and you don't know how tiring it is to ride. ”

"Go back and ride for me, so you can see my strength." Wei Guoping said disdainfully: "I think you lack exercise, and your body is too weak." ”

"You know what, that's what I call being well-proportioned."

The two chatted with each other, and soon entered a quiet and quaint alley.

There is a red card nailed to the mouth of the alley, which reads: Deep in a hundred flowers.

Seeing this red card, a poem flashed in Jiang Yulou's mind: "The depths of a hundred flowers are good, and the world doesn't know it." Half of the small courtyard is shaded, and the old temple is three feet of grass. The autumn wind has not forgotten, and swept away the fallen leaves. It's a paradise here, but people are getting old. ”

Perhaps more well-known than this poem is the lyrics of that song.

Thinking of this, he shook his head, the owner of this poem did not end well.

The alley is narrow and long, less than three meters wide, and the two of them can only get out of the car and push it. The alley is lined with broken brick walls, and the south wall is rarely lit by daylight, with a thin layer of green moss, and a few silver rails crawling by snails at the top.

I turned a corner inside, and it felt a little more spacious as I walked inside, but the walls on both sides were more broken.

Jiang Yulou squinted at Wei Guoping and said, "Are you sure it's here?" ”

"That's right, it's this alley?" Wei Guoping replied uncertainly.

As he was talking, the Wang Wang team jumped out of the mouth of the alley, not afraid of people at all, and ran past the two of them.

One of them, a dog that looked like an Akita dog, was silly and smiled at the two of them, uh, maybe he was laughing.

After laughing, the dirt dog raised its hind legs and peed in the corner, and ran away with the Wangwang team again.

Wei Guoping asked uncertainly, "The dog...... Are you laughing at us? ”

"If you want to laugh, you will laugh, let's go." Jiang Yulou looked at him with empty eyes and said.

From the east lane of Huguo Temple in the east, to the south street of Xinjiekou in the west, most of them are small courtyards, but there are also different. For example, at the east end of the alley, there is a vermilion gate called Changqiao Primary School, with a generous plaque.

Aside from this one, there is nothing special in the depths of the flowers.

The alley is not long, and it doesn't take long to push and walk to the end. At this time, the hutongs were not very interesting, and most of them were not much different from the shantytowns of later generations.

Jiang Yulou was no longer interested in shopping, urging Wei Guoping to hurry up and go to the house that sold the courtyard house.

So, Wei Guoping led the way in front, and not long after, he stopped in front of a house.

The exterior walls of this courtyard house are made of green bricks, and each brick has been baptized by the years to take on a deep gray color. The bricks come in different sizes and shapes, but they are cleverly pieced together to form a strong and beautiful barrier.

On the wall, moss and vines grow intertwined, adding a bit of life to the wall. The moss covers the crevices of the masonry and stones, as if it is a green paintbrush of nature, giving new life to this ancient wall. The vines climbed along the wall, swaying in the sunlight as if to tell the story of themselves and the wall.

In the corner of the wall, there are several traces of dilapidation, which are the imprints of time.

Above the wall, there are rows of cornices, which are the hallmarks of the courtyard. The corners of the eaves are curved upward, like the hair buns of the ancients, giving people a simple and elegant feeling.

Jiang Yulou looked at the outer wall and asked, "That's it?" ”

"yes, how?" Wei Guoping said with a smile.

Jiang Yulou nodded and said, "It's okay to look at the outer wall." ”

"Bang bang." Wei Guoping knocked on the door.

It didn't take long for the door to open. An old woman with gray hair poked her head out, her eyes swept around, stopped at Wei Guoping, and asked in a kind voice: "Is it Xiaowei, did you bring someone to see the house for grandma again?" ”

"Grandma, you haven't made an offer for this house yet, have you?"

"Not yet."

"That's good, I'll bring a friend to take a look, and he wants to buy it."

"Oh?"

The old woman looked up and down a few times, surprised by the youth of Wei Guoping's friend.

But she didn't question it, but gave way to the door, "Come in and talk." ”

Jiang Yulou glanced at Wei Guoping and guessed the relationship between the two. But he's not a gossip either, as long as he can achieve his goals.

He strode in, facing an arch, and when he entered the arch, he saw a small courtyard.

The layout of this courtyard is very similar to his courtyard in Goldfish Alley, but the area is significantly smaller.

But it's also normal, like the courtyard house in Goldfish Hutong is rare.

Although it is only a small courtyard house, it is much more spacious than the building.

Jiang Yulou nodded again and again, this courtyard is well preserved, and it is almost ready to move in.

He chatted with the old woman a few more words, and then took his leave with Wei Guoping.

"What's the matter, have you taken a fancy to it, let me tell you, it's not easy to find such a well-preserved courtyard, Grandma Zhao is still my grandma's friend." If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have introduced him to buy a house here. ”

"Yes, yes, but that old man ......"

"Oh, don't worry. Grandma Zhao's son is also going abroad now, saying that he wants to take the old lady over to enjoy happiness. The old lady didn't want the yard to be empty, so she thought about selling it. ”

"Oh......"

Jiang Yulou looked back, the courtyard was in the middle of the alley, and there were no shops on either side, so it was quite quiet.

The more he looked at it, the more satisfied he became, and said, "I know the price, and I'll buy it if it's suitable." ”

"Eight thousand is no problem, right?"

"Eight thousand is eight thousand, I won't bargain if you look at your face."

"Tsk, it's a big dog."

Wei Guoping said with no envy.

It cost less than 10,000 yuan, which is too slow. However, thinking that he was going to Xiangjiang in August, Jiang Yulou was not too keen to spend money.

The alley in the depths of the flowers is good, and then there is a song, which is to sing this alley, buy it now, and shoot it later......

Hey, what's the deal you're worried about, unless it's demolished, he won't sell it if he kills him.

When he came out of the alley, Jiang Yulou's smile became brighter and brighter.

Hey, it's better in this era, if it were later, it wouldn't be so easy for him to buy a courtyard house.

It's not that others don't sell, it's that good properties are picked out.

This trip is worth it!