The two of them were sweating while eating a bowl of kimchi: "It's delicious. Why do I feel that your kimchi is spicier than the one at home?"
Every time Chen Ye heard Cen Zixiang say something like this, he wanted to roll his eyes: "They all came out of the same pot, how could they not taste different? You must be so hungry that everything tastes delicious."
"Hehe, anyway, I think your food tastes better than mine."
Chen Ye...the free ones are more fragrant.
"Come on, take me to see your new house." As soon as he put down the washed dishes, Cen Zixiang urged Chen Ye.
"You can go and take a look yourself. You can stay in that room tonight." Fortunately, a room was made available, otherwise Cen Zixiang would have come here like last time, lighting a stove and sleeping on a bunk bed and would have frozen to death.
"Let's go, let's go. It's so boring to watch it alone without anyone to talk to."
Chen Ye had no choice but to put on his cotton jacket and go to the middle room. When he opened the door, the room had obviously changed a lot and it didn't look like its original appearance at all.
At the door was a doormat made by Chen Ye by sewing two layers of sackcloth together, which meant that people had to take off their shoes as soon as they entered the door. There was also a wooden shoe cabinet on one side of the door.
Cen Zixiang opened the door of the shoe cabinet and saw two pairs of cotton slippers inside. He took them out and put them on the ground, took off his shoes and went into the house. The floor had changed from the original bluestone floor to a natural wood floor.
It felt warm when he stepped on it. He quickly took off his slippers and stepped on the floor barefoot: "It's really warm. Is there floor heating underneath?"
"Well, why else would we have a floor? It's just for the convenience of floor heating."
The natural color of the floor and the freshly painted white walls make the house look a lot brighter. Although there is a second floor, the height does not make people feel depressed.
This time, when I looked up, what I saw was no longer the roof beams and the blue-gray roof, but the natural wooden ceiling, which was particularly refreshing.
He even gestured with his hands to indicate the height: "This isn't too low. It feels much more comfortable than before. The temperature in this room rises quite quickly. I feel it's even warmer than the room next to the kitchen. Why didn't you just move in?"
"I've built a second floor for the bed, but it's inconvenient to put a window on the second floor now. It's so dark and uncomfortable."
"I was just saying something was missing. Did you carry that bed upstairs by yourself? Can it fit upstairs?"
"Yes, it's the perfect height. With the curtains, it becomes an independent space."
There used to be a bunk bed downstairs, which made the room look quite small. Now that the bunk bed is gone, the space looks more spacious. Chen Ye made a few low wooden sofas without legs and placed them in the room.
There was a double bed and two single beds placed opposite each other, with a rectangular coffee table in the middle. It didn't look very nice with the bare bed, so Chen Ye thought of waiting until the house was ready before adding the soft padding.
Closest to the inside of the room, there is a half-meter-high tatami mat, which can be regarded as a hidden storage space and can of course also be used as a bed.
"You've done a great job, but it's a pity that there's only a window on one side. If there were windows on both sides, the room would look brighter."
It's not that there are no windows on the other side, but that there were windows before but were later blocked. Because the window is on the other side of the neighbor's wall, it doesn't make much difference whether there are windows or not.
"That's pretty good. Look at Dashuang's house. Five families live in one yard. It's really annoying to see."
Cen Zixiang nodded in agreement, looking at who he was comparing himself to: "This room is nice, everything is good, but it's a little empty."
"After the house is renovated, we can do the rest slowly." She knew it would be empty, but she had to do it one by one by herself.
On one side of the tatami is the staircase leading to the second floor. Due to space constraints, a spiral staircase was built, which occupies a relatively small area. However, there are large drawers on the stairs that can hold a lot of miscellaneous items.
When Ye Zi saw the home decoration in the video, she wanted to create a design with a lot of storage for herself. This house is a good purchase, and it has fulfilled her wish in her previous life.
After going up to the second floor, I turned on the lights. When I turned on the lights, I saw the bunk bed placed on the innermost side against the wall. The bunk bed reached the ceiling directly. It was just like what Ye Zi said. With a curtain, it would be an independent space, as if the second floor was two rooms.
The other side also looks like a tatami, but it is lower than the tatami on the first floor. After all, the tatami on the second floor looks lower than that on the first floor.
It would be nice to open a window over there and sit there to study, read, drink tea, and enjoy the scenery outside.
There is also a square table on the tatami, which is shorter and smaller than the ordinary kang table, so it is only suitable for placing tea sets, fruits, etc.
Cen Zixiang took off his shoes and felt the floor: "The second floor is also warm. This house is comfortable to live in both winter and summer. Just looking at the color makes people feel happy." In two words, clean.
Cen Zixiang would not agree with the decoration style of this era. The floor had to be painted red, the walls had to have duck egg skin-colored wall panels, and the furniture had to be dark in color. It looked depressing.
It had been a long time since he had seen such a fresh decoration. He didn't want to go back to his hometown anymore and wanted to settle down directly with his younger sister.
"Sister, you did a great job. Can you decorate Fourth Brother's house from now on?" He didn't expect that his younger sister had this ability. It was said that people from later generations have different perspectives.
"Okay, but do you have a house?" She regretted it after asking. If the person she just adopted can have a house, how could Cen Zixiang, who has been spoiled since childhood, not have one?
Cen Zixiang smacked his lips: "Although I don't have one yet, I believe I will have my own house."
Chen Ye's eyes widened immediately. "What are you talking about if you don't have a house? It acts like she has a house waiting for her to decorate."
"No, you don't have a house? That can't be, didn't you say you have a few houses in the capital?" Cen Zixiang definitely said this and she wouldn't remember it wrong.
"Yes, but that belongs to the elderly in the family and has nothing to do with me. Our grandfather said that whoever gets married in the future will be given a house. But none of us four brothers even have a partner."
So not having a house isn't normal. Did I really think the four of them had the money to buy one? Even if they did, they couldn't buy one. Wouldn't that give others a handle? Not to mention not having any money.
Chen Ye rolled his eyes and asked, "Why are you looking for a house if you don't have one?"
"Hey, isn't it because you have such good skills that I want to make a reservation first?"
He quickly pointed at the tatami and changed the subject: "Here, little sister, you need to get some sponge to make a cushion, otherwise it will be too uncomfortable to sit like this. You need to get some cushions to make it more comfortable."
Over the years, what he missed most was his lazy sofa, where he could curl up in it all day without feeling tired.
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