They searched until nightfall, but Song Tiantian and her friends still hadn't found the secret room in the courtyard.
Lu Chuanbei and his friends, who had just cleaned up several rooms in the main courtyard and were sitting in the corridor to rest, looked at the little guys still running around and couldn't help but ask curiously.
"Jia Jia, did you find the secret room this afternoon?"
"No." Xu Anjia sighed slightly and said, "The secret room here is really hard to find."
"Aren't they saying there are three secret rooms here? You guys spent the whole afternoon and didn't find a single one?" He Xuebin said in disbelief.
"No, there are too many rooms here. We spent the whole afternoon and only found a few rooms. There are still many rooms that have not been searched yet." Song Tiantian said seriously.
"That's true." Xu Qi glanced around thoughtfully and said, "This quadrangle courtyard has over twenty rooms in total. It's certainly not easy for you to search them all in just one afternoon."
"Yes, but it doesn't matter. We still have to live here for a long time. We can look for it slowly. I don't believe we can't find it!" Xu Anjia said confidently, clenching his fists.
"Sure. Then Dad, I'm counting on you to find the secret room and take me there to see the world." Xu Qi acted like he was relying on Xu Anjia, which ignited the little guy's fighting spirit even more.
"Leave it to me!"
Having said that, Xu Anjia ran towards the room that had not been searched yet with great momentum.
Xu Qi looked at the energetic little girl and couldn't help but look at He Xuebin and the others beside him: "How long can my little girl hold on?"
"Three days?" He Xuebin guessed.
"I think it will take one day at most." It's not that Xu Qi looks down on his daughter, but this little girl has always been a person who gets excited for only a short time. Especially if she hasn't found the secret room after searching for a whole day, she will probably give up in a day.
"If Jia Jia were alone, she probably wouldn't be able to make it in a day, but with Tian Tian and Nan Nan..." Fang Xiuzhu understood Xiang Nan. Knowing that there was a secret room here, he would not give up.
Not to mention Song Tiantian, this little girl is no less determined than Xiangfangnan in sticking to one thing.
Lu Chuanbei nodded in agreement: "That's right, with my daughter here, she won't stop until she finds the secret room."
When Xu Qi thought about what Song Tiantian had done in the past few episodes, he couldn't help but nod, "That's true."
As they were talking, there were suddenly a few gurgling sounds in the corridor, and Lu Chuanbei and the others all looked towards He Xuebin.
He Xuebin hurriedly covered his stomach and said, "What are you looking at? Haven't you heard the sound of stomach rumbling?"
As soon as he finished speaking, there was the sound of several gongs and drums.
This time, everyone looked at Lu Chuanbei again.
Lu Chuanbei couldn't help but chuckle a few times: "Well, the workload today is a bit heavy..."
Xu Qi was about to say something when his stomach started rumbling.
"Well, let's hurry up and cook."
"You're right."
As they spoke, the few people who had started singing the symphony of belly sounds quickly stood up and walked towards the kitchen.
Xu Qi took out the ingredients that he had placed in a basket and hung in the well. The low temperature in the well preserved the freshness of the ingredients very well.
The beef brisket I bought this morning has bright red meat and clear texture, and is most suitable for stewing with tomatoes. The pork belly with distinct layers is perfect for making braised pork. There are also fresh leg bones, which are used to stew soup with knotted kelp, and some fresh stir-fried seasonal vegetables, and a pot of rice with some rice crust.
Under Xu Qi's arrangement, all three stoves in the kitchen were utilized without any waste.
The flames in the stove kept shooting out, just like the fragrance emanating from the kitchen, attracting all the little ones who were still exploring the courtyard.
Song Tiantian leaned against the kitchen door and stared at the several large pots still stewing in the stove.
He Jingnian kept swallowing his saliva and asked Xu Qi again and again: "Uncle Xu, is the braised pork not ready yet?"
"Dad~" Xu Anjia stood on tiptoe and looked into the pot with longing eyes.
Although Xiangfangnan didn't say anything, his toes moving towards the kitchen clearly showed his attitude.
"It'll be ready soon." Xu Qi said as he hurriedly opened the lid of the pot and glanced at the braised pork still simmering in the pot: "It's ready. You guys go get chopsticks and bowls."
Upon hearing this, Song Tiantian and the others couldn't help but cheer.
While they were busy distributing bowls and serving rice, a gust of wind blew, causing the wooden door at the kitchen to creak and shake.
The creaking wooden door hit the wall, making a series of dull thuds.
Upon hearing this, Song Tiantian, who was originally waiting for the meal to be served, couldn't help but look towards the wooden door: "Nannan, do you think this sound seems a bit strange?"
Xiangfang Nan: "The back of the wooden door seems to be hollow?"
The two little guys looked at each other, quickly put down what they were holding, and walked towards the kitchen door.
"Nannan Tiantian, where are you going?" Xu Qi, who was serving the dishes, asked hurriedly.
"Uncle Xu, there seems to be something behind this." Song Tiantian said as she impatiently closed the kitchen door.
As the wooden door closed, a statue of the Kitchen God suddenly appeared before everyone's eyes.
Xiangfangnan moved the statue of the Kitchen God away, and a small, hidden door instantly appeared in front of everyone.
He Xuebin, who was originally sitting behind the stove making a fire, couldn't help but stand up and said, "Oh my god, there's actually a small door behind the Kitchen God statue?"
"What's wrong?" Lu Chuanbei, who was locked outside, shouted hurriedly: "Why did you suddenly close the door?"
"Xiao Lu, Lao Fang, there is a small door behind the wooden door." Xu Qi quickly put down the braised pork and walked towards the small door.
The small door only had a half-hidden wooden bolt, which could be opened by simply pulling the bolt.
Xiangfangnan pulled the wooden bolt and pushed it towards the small door. With a creaking sound, the small door was pushed open.
Then, a small separated room suddenly appeared in front of them.
"Oh my God, there really is a secret room here?" He Xuebin couldn't help but exclaimed.
"Secret room? Why don't you let us in first!" Lu Chuanbei, who was locked outside the door, shouted hurriedly towards the room.
Song Tiantian quickly opened the door and let Lu Chuanbei and Fang Xiuzhu, who had been waiting at the door, in.
As soon as Lu Chuanbei entered the room, he couldn't wait to look around: "Where is it? Where is the secret room?"
"Here." Xiangfangnan closed the door, and the small door that had been opened was suddenly revealed.
Fang Xiuzhu glanced at the small door, then at the wooden door, and couldn't help but be amazed at the ingenuity of the design of this secret room: "This design is really clever."
"Yeah, it's dark under the lamp, dark under the lamp. Who would have thought that behind the kitchen door that is open for entering and exiting, there is a small door." Lu Chuanbei couldn't help but go in to take a look, and then knocked on the wall on one side of the secret room: "Is this the location of the woodshed in front?"
Xu Qi nodded: "Yes."
"No wonder," He Xuebin said, stroking his chin. "Who would have thought there was a small room separated from the kitchen and the woodshed?"
[Whoever designed this secret room is really amazing.]
[Yeah, who would have thought that this secret room is right behind the kitchen door!]
[There's also a picture of the Kitchen God hanging in front of the small door. The kitchen and the Kitchen God don't seem out of place. If they hadn't just lifted the painting, no one would have noticed. Is there a secret room behind the Kitchen God statue?]
This design is truly ingenious. Just as Xiao Lu mentioned, the kitchen is connected to the woodshed, while the secret room is separated from the back of the woodshed. This way, anyone unfamiliar with the layout of this house wouldn't suspect a secret room behind the connected woodshed and kitchen.
When the audience in the live broadcast room were shocked by the location of the secret room, Fang Xiuzhu suddenly looked at the mat on the ground and said thoughtfully: "Something seems to be wrong down here too."
"What?" Lu Chuanbei, who was looking around in the secret room, stomped his feet on the ground a few times.
There was a sound of "dong dong dong" and then the eyes of everyone present lit up.
Lu Chuanbei and He Xuebin hurried out of the secret room. Fang Xiuzhu and Xu Qi couldn't wait to lift the straw mat on top, and saw a movable bluestone slab at the bottom of the secret room.
"Let me do this." He Xuebin hurriedly rolled up his sleeves and walked forward to move the bluestone slab away.
Then, a dark tunnel suddenly appeared before their eyes.
[Wow, there's actually a tunnel in the secret room! ]
[I am now curious about what is inside this courtyard house, and why is a secret room arranged like this?]
I seem to have seen this in an old archive. It seems to be a secret room and passage designed during the tunnel warfare era, mainly used for hiding and avoiding persecution during the war.
[What the above person said is correct. There is a similar design in my old house. I heard from my grandfather's generation that several underground members hid in the secret room, and the tunnel was also used for underground warfare.]
[I know this. We still have many remains of tunnel warfare here, but I never expected such secret rooms and tunnels to be found in such a remote place like Changbai Mountain.]
"Yeah, this place is so remote, so it shouldn't be necessary to design such a secret room and tunnel, right?"
"That's possible. After all, isn't this a ginseng village? Perhaps the secret room was designed to prevent someone from forcing them to hand over the ginseng?"
[It's possible. Furthermore, this courtyard house was considered to belong to a wealthy family at the time. It's normal for a wealthy family to have secret rooms and tunnels to prevent being spied on.]
[Regardless of this, I am still amazed by the wisdom of the person who designed the escape room...]
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