Cen Zigu nodded with satisfaction. His little fourth daughter had really grown up, but he still had to wait and see. This was the only girl in his family, and she was also his third uncle's only child, so they had to take good care of her.
It was really painful to ride in a convertible in this weather. Fortunately, there was a carport on the back of the truck, otherwise people would have been frozen to death. After finally arriving in the city, we could hear noisy conversations outside.
Chen Ye's new house is located behind the police station. It is very close, just separated by a wall. Cen Zigu is quite satisfied with the geographical location. Most people will never come here to do bad things.
The alley here is shallow, with only five households in total. It is obvious that this is a small courtyard separated from the big house. The gate should also be behind the big house. The gate is not big but looks very sturdy. When it is closed tightly, you can't see what's going on in the courtyard from the outside.
Cen Zixiang took out the key and unlocked the door: "Little sister, this lock is new and you can use it with confidence. The remaining neighbors are all family members of the police station, and they are all well-mannered."
The alley was shallow and the truck did not drive in. After opening the gate, a group of people hurriedly moved the things in the truck into the yard. Maybe everyone was at work at this time and no one came out to watch the fun.
"Ye Zi, you go in and take a look first. We can come here. Take the key and let me lock the door." There are still a lot of things he bought in the house, and he will feel uneasy if it is not locked.
Chen Ye did not refuse. He took the key and went into the yard first. The yard was really not big. It looked like it was only about 20 or 30 square meters at most. However, such a large yard was enough if he did not grow vegetables.
The ground in the yard is paved with blue bricks, except for a spot near the wall where the bricks are not visible and the soil is exposed. If she grows some vegetables here, it will be enough for her to eat. She heard that buying vegetables in the city is very troublesome, and you have to go out and queue up before dawn.
The yard was obviously clean and had been swept. The overall structure of the building was somewhat rectangular, not a typical square yard. The house was an L-shaped building.
There is a house facing the main gate, and then there are two houses on the side. This building should be an old one. The walls are a bit old but look very solid and have high ceilings.
The windows must have been modified later. The wood is obviously different from the other materials in the house. The windows are made of a whole large glass, which can be seen to have excellent light transmittance. Chen Ye likes the feeling of sunshine in the house, which makes her feel warm.
The side of the yard where there are no buildings seems to be the wall behind the police station. To put it bluntly, it is equivalent to sharing a wall with the police station. The height of the wall is definitely enough, at least two and a half meters high. Unless it is intentional, no one can see the situation in the yard.
She unlocked the main room and pushed open the door. This was a square room that should have been used for receiving guests.
This is the bad thing about the old house. The ceiling is high and there is no ceiling. The entire beam is exposed outside, and it makes the house look cold and deserted.
Raising the ceiling too high will not keep you warm, and it will be difficult to retain temperature in the house. The house may become very cold in winter. Look, the height must be at least four meters, which is enough to divide it into two floors.
Chen Ye clapped his hands. Yes, she directly divided the frame into two floors. The upper floor can be used completely as a warehouse. In this way, the space of the lower floor becomes smaller, and it is also equivalent to having a suspended ceiling. The temperature of the room can be maintained.
The room here is relatively spacious, with a square table in the middle, which can be used for dining or meeting guests. The room is about 30 square meters.
She didn't go in to take a closer look, mainly because the room was empty and she could see the whole way to the end. Then she opened the door on the left. This should have been used as a bedroom in the past. There was an old-fashioned step-out bed inside.
The workmanship is very fine, the wood is average, maybe it looks like it is still in good condition and has not been dismantled. There is also an old-fashioned cabinet that looks very heavy at first glance, and there is nothing else.
But the lighting in the house is quite good, at least it is bright during the day, which is very different from the houses in the village.
Moreover, the house is made of bricks and tiles, and the walls have obviously been repainted white. It looks clean, tidy and bright. It must be very pleasant to live in such a house.
The room here looks smaller than the main room just now, but the ceiling is also very high, giving it a long and narrow feeling. The next room actually looks larger than the previous two.
This side opens into a suite. There is a kang when you enter the room. There is no furniture. Then there is a frame. The glass on the frame is obviously new. The kitchen is through the glass.
There is a small door on the kitchen side. Chen Ye didn't notice it just now and thought there were only three doors. This small courtyard can be said to have three and a half rooms.
There is a glass and a small door between the room and the kitchen. The kang is connected to the kitchen, probably so that the kang can be heated up when cooking.
The rooms are not small when put together, and look bigger than the main house. But when they are separated, they are not that big. It feels like half of the room is the kitchen, and the other half is the kang except for a small space for walking.
Before Chen Ye understood why the house was designed like this, he heard voices behind him and quickly turned around to look.
"Brother, have you finished moving?"
"Well, they're assembling furniture. Are they curious about the layout of the room?"
Chen Ye nodded, feeling very strange. Normally, whose house would be designed like this?
"This courtyard should have been separated from the former mansion. This room should be where the maids and servants lived. It's next to the kitchen so it's convenient for serving the master food and tea."
He was the first to go to the kitchen through the small door in the middle of the room, and Chen Ye followed him. After passing through the small door, they could clearly see what was inside the kitchen. The kitchen was really not small, it was nearly twenty square meters.
Next to the window between the two rooms is the big stove. Two earthen stoves stand side by side, and the two iron pots on top are obviously new. They must have been bought by my fourth brother when he came here last time.
There are two small clay stoves side by side against the wall on one side of the big stove. Next to the clay stoves, extending to the other side of the wall, is a bluestone table, which may be used as an operating table.
Near the small door leading to the yard, there is a medium-sized water tank. You don’t need to ask to know that this is definitely the new one bought by Fourth Brother last time. There is no lid on the water tank, but there is a faucet extending right at the mouth of the water tank.
Cen Zihu walked over and turned the faucet, and water flowed out. "Very good, your fourth brother has already sorted out the water supply for you. I saw there is a sewer pipe over here, but I don't know if it has been cleaned and can still be used."
"I'll go take a look and clean it up later. As long as it's not frozen, there's no need to go out and empty the swill."
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com