As for the height of the courtyard wall alone, Yun Ruoxi planned to build it 5 meters, mainly to prevent someone from climbing over the wall and entering the house.
If ordinary villagers wanted to climb over the 5-meter-high wall, it would be impossible for them to get in.
If someone who knows martial arts wants to climb over from a height of 5 meters, he will definitely make a noise. At that time, the people at home will also be able to hear it, so they should take precautions early.
The people in Taohua Village had never seen anyone build such a high wall, but when they thought that the Xiao family came from the capital, they felt it was very reasonable.
I consciously found an excuse, maybe it was because people in Beijing were more popular with such high walls.
A wealthy family has so many good things. What if they don’t build a higher wall? What if they are stolen?
Therefore, the villagers of Taohua Village were just curious for a moment, and finally built it 5 meters high according to the instructions of the owner.
Yun Ruoxi knew that time was tight, so she started by drawing the front yard over the past few days.
Yun Ruoxi drew the design of the front yard based on the existing designs of this era.
The first thing you see when you enter the gate is a screen wall. To the east of the gate is a small house, which can be used as a private school for children in the future.
Originally, I wanted to send the children to the school in town, but when I thought about the possibility of not having many peaceful days in the future, it would be better to invite the teacher to live at home, which would be safer.
There is a moon gate on the left, which leads directly to the courtyard. The row of houses near the road is called the back houses, and the three rooms in the middle are mainly used as reception halls to receive some not very important guests.
The side courtyard on the west side is for the male servants of the family to live in. Horses can be raised in the courtyard for the master to travel.
The door directly opposite the back house is the Chuihua Gate. The ancient saying "Don't go out of the main gate and don't go out of the second gate" refers to this gate.
In ancient times, women in the family were not allowed to go out casually. We entered the inner courtyard through the hanging flower gate and first faced four screen doors.
Normally, these four doors are not open and are only opened on major holidays.
Normally, the entire inner courtyard space can only be connected through the corridor, and the inner courtyard is a space for the whole family to live together.
The three main rooms in the middle, which are the tallest and largest, are where Zhao and Xiao Jing live.
The middle one is called the main room, the two rooms are called the side rooms. The east side is the master bedroom, the middle one is the central hall, the west side is the study, and there are ear rooms on both sides of the main room.
The side room on the east side can be used as a toilet, and the one on the right side is used as a hallway connecting to the backyard.
The two rooms on the west side can be used for storage or for young people in the family who have not yet married to live in. They are secondary living spaces.
On the right side of the main house is the east wing, which also has three rooms. The middle one is a living room, and the two sides can be made into bedrooms, or one bedroom and one study. It is where the eldest son of the family who has married lives, and that is where Yun Ruoxi and Xiao Jingrui live.
On the left side of the main house is the west wing, which has a similar layout to the east wing and is where Mu Ruxue and Xiao Jingxuan live.
Through the hall in the northeast corner, we can enter the backyard. The house in the backyard is called the back house, which consists of several single rooms and a large open room. The single rooms are occupied by unmarried female members of the family or concubines, and the large open room is reserved for the maids of the family to live in.
But there are not many members of the Xiao family now, so in addition to the large main room, there are three rooms in the backyard that are similar to the main hall of the second courtyard.
When my grandmother lived in the capital, she often worshipped Buddha, so she converted her study into a small Buddhist temple.
Only then did Yun Ruoxi draw the design of Taohua Village.
However, Yun Ruoxi plans to design all the bathrooms according to a modern layout, not only installing drainage pipes, but also running water to all the bathrooms.
Since this is where they are going to live, Yun Ruoxi still wants to build it better, so that they don’t have to go out to other places to find a toilet in the middle of the night.
Moreover, the area of the homestead is large enough and there is plenty of space for people to live in, so after the house is built, we can bring the Wei Dajiu brothers back.
Yun Ruoxi gave the design drawings to Xiao Jingrui, and explained to him clearly the space that needed to be reserved for decoration and how to install the drainage pipes.
Xiao Jingrui's eyes lit up after hearing this. "If it's installed like this, it will be much more convenient to use the toilet at night."
Yun Ruoxi: "In our world, toilets are all decorated like this. It's really convenient."
Xiao Jingrui had already taken the blueprints to find Xiao Jing, and Yun Ruoxi and Mu Ruxue went to the fields to see how the land was.
The land had just been washed and would probably need some time to dry, so there was no rush to plant crops right away. However, Yun Ruoxi still couldn't help but take a look at it every day.
Xiao Jingrui came to the new house site and handed the blueprint to Xiao Jing. He would follow behind to supervise the progress of the house decoration.
In addition to drainage pipes, Yun Ruoxi also installed electrical devices throughout the house.
Yun Ruoxi has already prepared the solar panels. When the time comes, she just needs to wait for the house to be installed and then find a way to connect the electricity.
Seeing that there was not much work to do in the fields, Yun Ruoxi and Mu Ruxue asked Wei Da and his brothers to go back first, and the two best friends walked back slowly along the edge of the field.
Mu Ruxue casually picked a wild flower from the roadside and said leisurely, "You know what, life is quite comfortable now. Moreover, after we came to Daye Dynasty, we met important people here, and we actually have a bond."
Yun Ruoxi knew that Mu Ruxue was testing her by saying this, so she chuckled and said, "You, we've been best friends for so many years, how could I not know your little thoughts? Aren't you just trying to say that you have feelings for Jamel Xiao? Are you afraid that I'll be angry? Besides, how do you know that I don't have feelings for Jamel Xiao?"
Mu Ruxue pulled Yun Ruoxi's arm and teased, "Oh, I'm not afraid that you'll say I'm in love. I just want to say that there's nothing wrong with us two best friends traveling through time. At least we're much more popular than when we were living in modern times."
Yun Ruoxi nodded. "Actually, it doesn't matter to me which world we live in. What matters is that you're always by my side. Of course, if one day our best friends make different choices and take different paths, that's fine too. No matter where we are, I believe we will definitely support each other. What do you think?"
Mu Ruxue: "That's right, but for now, Jamel Xiao's weight in my heart is still not that heavy. Although I have a good impression of her, my good sister is still the first in my heart. Wherever Xixi wants to go, I will go there, even if I have to leave Jamel Xiao behind, I will follow you."
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