Ruan Xianxian smiled; this was truly a romantic, two-way journey.
Pushing open the door, you see Miyano, a tall man of 1.9 meters, being forced to sit on a stool by his father, cutting paper snowflakes.
With the wedding approaching, everyone in the family was incredibly busy, while the two newlyweds were the most idle. Feng Guang grew increasingly displeased with this and arranged for his son to work cutting paper snowflakes.
With so many windows in that courtyard, who else would cut them if not him?
His father?
His father only knows how to cut people's heads!
Upon hearing that they were going out to see a new house, Miyano put down her busy work, breathed a barely perceptible sigh of relief, and slowly stood up from the stool, brushing off the red paper scraps from her clothes.
Let's go!
The couple had originally planned to get married in a two-courtyard house that Feng Guang had bought, but now that the old gentleman had given them the house, the plans were about to change.
With Miyano's mental abilities, she naturally knew what had happened inside the house. The three of them informed their grandmother and went downstairs to get the car.
The courtyard house is located in the old Chongwen District, only five or six hundred meters away from Tiananmen Square.
The main gate faces southeast, and the courtyard is a four-section courtyard where only officials of the third rank or above can reside.
The towering vermilion gate, like a silent old steward, stands there quietly, witnessing the changes of the times.
The car stopped in front of the gate, and the head guard, who had been nervous and sweating all the way, breathed a sigh of relief. They were now not far from the place where the old man worked and recuperated.
Let alone illegal thieves who steal treasures, even a mosquito with malicious intent would be riddled with bullets if it flew in around here!
The two got out of the car and stood hand in hand in front of the door. A guard leaned out of the car window and said, "Comrade Ruan, Comrade Gong, we've arrived. I'm going back to report!"
Miyano stepped forward and said, "Thank you for your hard work, comrade. I'll see you off."
With these words, the guard felt more at ease. According to the latest combat capability data transmitted back to Miyano by Bureau 749, he could arrive in an instant if anything happened within a few hundred meters.
Ruan Xianxian chuckled, "Be open and honest, don't be so obvious about stealing feelings!"
The guard suddenly found her unlovable. How could you not be nervous when you're holding a miraculous medicine that's almost as good as a life-saving drug?
Let alone him, even Xu Fu, who served under the First Emperor, would have his hands trembling if he came here, okay?
Gong Ye watched the car leave, and Ruan Xianxian opened the box she had brought and took out the key to the courtyard house.
To preserve the ancient charm of the courtyard house, the main gate is equipped with a copper door lock. After opening the two doors and stepping over the knee-high threshold, there is a screen wall with the inscription "Flowers Bloom, Wealth and Prosperity".
As soon as Miyano entered, he saw her clinging to the screen wall like a gecko and couldn't help but chuckle, "What are you doing?"
Ruan Xianxian: "Look at what's carved on this."
The spacious main room to the east of the gate is a private school, a place where younger members of the family were taught in ancient times.
The gatehouse is to the left of the main gate.
Behind is the reception hall, with four rooms in a row, half of which is used to receive less important guests in the outer courtyard.
Next to that is the house where the steward lived, and further west is the residence for the servants in ancient times. The last room in the southwest corner served as a latrine.
This row of houses forms a courtyard with inverted-facing houses, which are built facing north and adjacent to the street, hence the name "inverted-facing houses".
The second gate is located in the center, with the upper eaves pillars not touching the ground but suspended above the central pillar's crossbeam. A grand and elegant hanging flower gate stands before the two people.
The hanging flower gate is located on the central axis of the entire residence and is the only passage between the inner and outer courtyards. In ancient times, servants of the outer courtyard were not allowed to enter this gate at will.
The young ladies and maids in the inner courtyard were not allowed to leave this gate at will; it was a matter of not leaving the main gate or stepping outside the inner gate.
Hand in hand with Miyano, we entered the second courtyard, which consists of three central halls, six side rooms on both sides, east and west wing rooms in front of the side rooms, and east and west wing rooms.
Starting from the hanging flower gate, the covered corridors on both sides connect with the entire courtyard, forming the space of the entire second courtyard.
There are three halls along the central axis, with a passageway in the middle leading to the three courtyards at the back.
Entering the three-courtyard complex through the central hall, the complex consists of the main house on the north side, the side rooms on both sides, the east and west wings, and the side rooms of the east and west wings.
The layout of the second courtyard is not much different from that of the third courtyard. The biggest difference is that the main building of the third courtyard is the largest building in the mansion, which is two stories high.
This was the residence of the head of the household in ancient times. The main room on the first floor connects to two side rooms on the left and right. The east side room was a bathroom, and the west side room was a heated room.
The rooms on either side of the main room are called side rooms; the east side room is the bedroom, and the west side room is the study.
The east and west wing rooms were occupied by the principal concubine and the concubine.
Following the passageway, the two finally entered the fourth courtyard, also known as the rear courtyard, which was the residence of the women in the family in ancient times. It consisted of nine rooms.
After a brief tour of the entire courtyard, Ruan Xianxian couldn't help but exclaim to Gong Ye, "Now I finally understand what a deep and secluded mansion truly means."
"It's a good thing we're walking along the central axis; if we were walking along a covered walkway, I would definitely get lost in my own home."
She claimed to be lost, but her face was beaming with pride. The courtyard was spotless. She looked up...
"Miyano, how about we bring Grandpa, Grandma, and Uncle Feng to live with us after we get married? Our house is too big."
The layout was changed, with the first and fourth courtyards next to the front and back doors, and the arrangement was left to the grandparents and Uncle Feng to decide.
We're young, so we're not afraid to move a bit further. We'll live in a two- or three-courtyard house, which will make it easier for the two sets of grandparents to take care of the baby after it's born.
She had no qualms about letting the elderly take care of the children.
If retired elderly people don't play with children, what do they play with? Her?
There are no square dancing or senior citizen gatherings like those in later generations. The views of the elderly today are also quite different from those of later generations; they are not as open-minded.
If I don't play with the children, I can only play with her.
After a moment's thought, Miyano said, "Let Grandpa and Grandma live in the first and second courtyards. My father wants to retire, but my older brother can't be helped up, and the government won't let him retire anytime soon."
"They can occasionally come and stay in the rear quarters, which are for the women."
Ruan Xianxian: ...
"Pfft, you're such a favorite son!"
Miyano raised an eyebrow. "Do you believe he'd love to see that?"
He pulled the person close, resting his chin on their head, and said, "What more can an old person ask for? All they want is for their children to be around them."
We are capable enough to spare the elderly any trouble or worry; they would be more than happy to accept that.
Ruan Xianxian thought about it and realized that the two of them didn't need the elderly to worry about them much. Even small things like adding clothes and eating were something that Uncle Feng didn't know, but her grandmother really wanted to do!
"Okay, it's settled then." She pinched Miyano's chin, stood on her tip, and gave her a kiss. "It's getting late, shall we go home?"
Miyano hugged her back and lowered his head.
"I'm not going back. I'll stay here tonight. We'll get our marriage certificate in four days. The newlyweds aren't allowed to see each other for the first three days of the wedding. I'll miss you."
What else could Ruan Xianxian do? Of course, she would grant his wish!
There was bedding available, so the two of them tidied up a room. It was a bit cold, so they squeezed together to sleep.
In the middle of the night, she was drowsy and exhausted. Miyano patted her back gently, saying, "Go to sleep!"
Miyano propped his head up with one hand, his eyes sparkling with tender light, and leaned down to kiss her still-rosy cheeks.
Suddenly, he raised his head, his eyes darkened, and his gaze into the night became unfathomable.
She quietly got up, dressed, turned around to tuck the blanket around her partner, and once she was sure they were sound asleep, she slipped out of the room.
She didn't know how much time had passed. It was late at night, and Ruan Xianxian was sleeping soundly when the system's urgent voice woke her up.
"Xianxian, baby, your man is out killing someone in the middle of the night instead of sleeping!"
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