Chapter 6 The Old House
Early in the morning, just as the sky was cleared, Bian Rui got up, put on his clothes and gently pushed open the door of the room, walked to the small aisle on the second floor, and just stretched, he saw his grandparents, and the four parents had already gotten up.
"Grandpa, grandma...".
"Why don't you sleep for a while? Are you not sleeping soundly after changing beds?" Bian Rui's mother asked with concern when she saw her son going downstairs.
Bian Rui smiled and said, "It's okay. I slept very comfortably, but I have developed a habit. I slept early and got up early! Are you cooking with milk?"
Bian Rui's grandmother said, "Your grandfather is going out to herd sheep, and he has cooked breakfast and lunch for him. I didn't expect that you would get up so early. I want to eat something and make milk for you!"
"Where are them?" Bian Rui asked in a dilemma.
After dinner last night, my brother-in-law and his family stayed at home without leaving. The little girl did not sleep with Bian Rui, and she was clamoring to sleep with her grandmother, so why did Bian Rui have a big bed each one of them all night?
"Your brother-in-law's family will not get up until ** o'clock. Jingjing is also asleep. The child is sleeping soundly," Bian Rui's mother said happily.
The son is back and the granddaughter is back, and the old lady feels very satisfied.
"Then I'll have a meal with them. I'll go around first, take a look at Master's house, and think about how to practice the method," Bian Rui said after thinking for a while.
When Bian Rui's grandmother heard this, she immediately turned around and took the key from the house and handed it to her grandson.
Bian Rui took the key and walked towards the door. The two dogs that were originally lying in the yard followed with their tails shaking.
There are two dogs in Bian Rui's family, one yellow and the other black, both of which are native dogs, and the names are also very ordinary. The yellow one is called Dahuang and the black one is called Dahei. Dahuang is Dahei's son.
"Da Hei, what are you doing with you? Go with me honestly to herd sheep!"
Seeing that Dahei was about to go out with his grandson, Bian Rui's grandfather scolded him, so Dahei honestly returned to the yard with his tail squatting, and looked at his son who was following Bian Rui with envious eyes.
Taking Dahuang out the door, Bian Rui took a deep breath of air, and suddenly felt a cool air with the aroma of earth pressing into his lungs. After changing his breath, he felt refreshed.
When I reached the door, I looked up and saw the dark green mountains around me. Between the mountains were ridges of farmland. Although the genius had just dawned, there were already figures on the nearby farmland and vegetable gardens.
Looking at the lush weeds and sturdy seedlings, listening to the gurgling streams and the crisp birds, Bian Rui's heart seemed to be as pure and refreshing as in the morning in this countryside.
I walked west along the stone path at the entrance with Dahuang. I stepped on the stone path and made a crisp sound. The stone path in the morning also brought the dew of last night, which looked a little moist. The moss and grass between the cracks of the stone slabs were dyed with the morning dew, and the pastoral scenery was everywhere.
Dahuang was very excited. I don’t know if he hadn’t seen his master for a long time or something. He ran happily around Bian Rui, and his dog paws stepped on the stone slab and made a slap with a damp sound.
After walking for about ten meters, I arrived at the village's small stone bridge. The small stone bridge was very old and was built in the past. The single-hole small stone bridge is made of bluestone. It still stands like this after hundreds of years of wind and rain. The bridge body is not even damaged. Look, it is a bit of ambition for another one or two hundred years.
After passing through the small stone bridge, there are vegetable gardens in various stores, and stand up shelves everywhere. Vegetables and radishes are also green and growing well.
"Darui, are you back?"
A middle-aged woman in the vegetable garden saw Bian Rui, stood up and greeted Bian Rui.
"I'm back, Aunt San, are you busy?" Bian Rui stopped, turned to face Aunt San, and responded with a respectful expression.
Aunt San smiled and said, "Put the grass, the cucumber seedlings that have just been planted are afraid that the weeds will grab the fat. Are you back? Are you back? Your parents, uncle and aunt have been nagging for many days," Aunt San said.
"I'm back, I'm sleeping in now," said Bian Rui.
"That's good, that's good, but it's bad for the old man."
"Then you are busy, I'll go to the slope to take a look," said Bian Rui.
Aunt San said, "You go, by the way, Darui, our family slaughtered pigs today. You like to eat liver. I'll send them to your mother later."
"Thank you, Aunt San, what pigs are you killing at this time?" Bian Rui asked curiously.
It is very common for anyone in the village to kill a pig or a sheep to deliver it to each other. For example, Aunt San’s beheaded pigs, probably no meat can be sold. They can almost be delivered by each family.
Everyone is like this, and there are many come and go, so the relationship in the village is naturally very harmonious. For example, since Bian Rui can remember that he has never seen his sister-in-law or quarrel between his brothers, and everyone is in a harmonious state.
This is different from many villages now. Nowadays, many rural families live their own lives, and some relatives still live like enemies, but this situation rarely occurs in Bianjia Village, or in several villages near Bianjia Village. This is due to the fact that Bianjia Village primary schools are extremely harsh traditional education.
"Your third uncle said you want to go to my aunt's house to see you. Why don't you go there with the beheaded pig and go over with your responsibilities?" said Aunt San.
"Then I will thank you for your third aunt first," said Bian Rui.
Seeing Aunt San waved her hand and said, "You should go busy." Bian Rui nodded at Aunt San, took two steps back and continued to walk forward.
On the way, I met two elders again. Bian Rui greeted him respectfully. It was only less when I went up the slope. Bian Rui picked up his feet and walked up the bluestone road.
It looked close, but there was still a little road when I walked. After almost seven or eight minutes, Bian Rui arrived at the door of the ancestor's house.
Although the ancestor wore a Taoist robe, he was not a Taoist priest, and naturally he lived in a Taoist temple. The house covers a large area, with about two acres of land, and there was a drying yard cut into bluestone slabs in front, which was about 400 square meters. Bian Rui was curious about how this thing was made, but now Bian Rui knew that using space to transport it, let alone this 400 square meters bluestone platform, it could be handled no matter how big it was.
Standing at the door, the lock on the door is an old-fashioned copper lock, almost as long as an adult's half arm, and is completely made of copper and very weighty.
When I opened the door, I gently pushed it and made a creaking sound. A screen wall appeared in front of me. A picture of a crane was pieced with stone on it. Around the screen wall, there were two ear rooms on both sides, and each doorman was not much smaller than Bianrui's current small restaurant.
After passing the screen wall, it is the front yard. The front yard is not big. A ginkgo tree in the center that only two people can embrace each other takes up almost one-sixth of the room. The things in the small courtyard are all three-bay houses, connected by a corridor. The front yard is the main house, with rooms on both sides and main hall in the middle.
There is a small archway on the east side of the main house. Behind the archway is a small bluestone martial arts venue. When Bian Rui was a child, he stayed in the kitchen of the West Chamber and the martial arts venue for the longest days.
The whole courtyard is Chinese style, but it is not like the Ming and Qing dynasties courtyards in the capital. The building is relatively simple. The ancestor mentioned that this is a Tang-style building before, and Bian Rui has never seen any Tang-style building, so I don’t know if it is right.
Anyway, the house is not small, and Bian Rui is familiar with this house. He didn't know how many times he had cleaned it when he was a child. Meng Qi even knew where there was a copper nail.
After walking around, Bian Rui found that his mother did come to clean the house often. However, it was only limited to cleaning. However, many places can still find traces of the house that no one has lived in for a long time.
Once the house is not lived in, it will be dilapidated quickly. For example, in many places, Bian Rui found that some of the wood was obviously a bit rotten.
With a little hope, Bian Rui came to the old ancestor's room and study room, preparing to see if there were any valuables left. He dared not think of the works of the Book Saint or the Painting Saint, even if it was a Ming Dynasty thing, such as the Xuande Furnace, it would be good whether it was used or sold for money.
Unfortunately, after scanning the whole thing, Bian Rui gave up. Everything in the study and room was clear at a glance. Except for a carved bed, none of the other things were valuable.
The big bed is very valuable. From Bian Rui's perspective, this thing doesn't mention the materials or something, but just saying that it is the complicated carvings on it, it is worth a lot of money. However, it is obviously inappropriate to sell this thing. If you sell it, where will Bian Rui sleep?
If it was left by the master, Bian Rui might have sold it, but Bian Rui would not be so taboo when he sleeps with his ancestors. Moreover, this big bed is really beautiful and I can't bear to sell it.
In addition to the big bed, there are some antique shelves and desks in the study. These things are also good, but they are not suitable for sale. What should I use when I buy Bianrui? Such an antique house has a boss's desk? What's that going to happen!
Apart from these furniture, the rest of things are worthless. Paperweights, brushes, inkstones and so on are all modern things, with good quality, but they can't afford much money, at most, only three to five thousand.
The love ancestor hid all the good things in the space!
Oh, there are still some good things. There is a guqin and a seven-string guqin hanging on the wall of the small room where Bian Rui used to rest. When Bian Rui was a child, the ancestor used this little guqin to teach the small guqin. For some reason, the ancestor did not give this thing to space.
After reading the study and room of the ancestor, Bian Rui checked it around again. The house had not been lived in for a long time, and some of the wood was rotten. It seemed that it had to be replaced with a new one. Fortunately, the main beam and main components were all very good. When they saw the slightest damage, Bian Rui felt relieved.
Bian Rui also looked at the material of the main beam. He originally thought about what precious material it was, but after looking at it, he found that it was ordinary nanmu. Although nanmu is far worse than nanmu, it is all nanmu. It can be sold for a little money after making it out. However, it is probably difficult to find such a neat large material, so he still can't build these twenty large pillars.
Sitting in the house and thinking about it, Bian Rui couldn't figure out whether the ancestor was really elegant or afraid of attracting attention. If he had space, he wouldn't even make a few golden nanmu pillars for his house, or he would have some huanghuali desks and red sandalwood antique shelves.
When he thought of the precious wood, Bian Rui felt a little itchy. He was not thinking about planting space to enjoy it, but thinking about whether he should get one for his daughter. When he waited for his daughter to grow up, such a large piece of golden nanmu might be able to change a house in a first-tier city.
There is no way. A middle-aged man with a daughter only has this little idea. He wants to take some things for his daughter and keep them for him in the future. The main reason is that he thinks that no man now has reliable except himself.
Chapter completed!