Siheyuan Great Craftsmen

By the time everyone had packed up everything, there were more than a dozen bags, big and small, added up. These were just some clothes and food. If bedding were included, the bags would probably have to double.

When the whole family walked out of the courtyard with the packages, the neighbors immediately gathered around them and asked questions.

"Ma'am, are you moving?"

"Sister Yuling, what are you doing?"

"Dean Zhou, are you moving?"

Although the Zhou family has not had much contact with the neighbors in recent years, due to the family's status in Mianhua Hutong and the fact that the family is low-key and not ostentatious, everyone has gotten along well over the years. Now seeing the Zhou family coming out with big bags, everyone's first thought is that the Zhou family is going to move away.

"Yes, Aunt Li, Grandma Liu, we are moving. The government has allocated me a courtyard house on Qianmen Street that is larger than this one. Plus, the children are growing up, and this place is not big enough for us anymore, so we are moving to Qianmen Street!"

Zhou Tian walked towards the jeep at the door while greeting his neighbors with a smile.

When everyone heard Zhou Tian say this, several old ladies who were about the same age as grandma couldn't help but say enviously: "Grandma, this is a good thing. You are so lucky. Your eldest grandson is so hardworking and has a big house. In the future, you will enjoy happiness!"

Grandma's eyes were almost closed by the praise from these old ladies, and the smile on her face became even brighter.

"Old Shen, it seems we can't play chess anymore. What a pity. Now that you're gone, who will let me bully the weaker players?"

A middle-aged man looked at Shen Jie reluctantly, but what he said was not right for Shen Jie. He couldn't help but scolded with a smile: "Go to hell, if you really want to play chess with me, you won't go to Qianmen Street to find me!"

After chatting and laughing, everyone said goodbye to their neighbors, locked the door, and the whole family got into two jeeps and drove towards Qianmen Street.

When the jeep arrived at the gate of the five-courtyard courtyard on Qianmen Street, the family got out of the car immediately and looked at the courtyard in front of them, which looked extremely magnificent, and could not help but admire it again and again.

"Okay, everyone, stop looking, let's go in!"

Zhou Tian looked at the family standing at the door and couldn't help but go forward to open the door. Led by Zhou Tian, ​​everyone entered the courtyard.

As soon as they entered the courtyard, they were all stunned by the spaciousness of the courtyard. The front yard alone was not much smaller than the courtyard with two entrances where they lived.

"It's so big, Xiaotian, this is the front yard, right?"

After all, Shen Jie had seen a courtyard house with five courtyards before. You know, the front yard of a courtyard house with five courtyards is generally not very large, covering at most one or two hundred square meters. However, the front yard of the courtyard house in front of him is no less than four or five hundred square meters.

"Well, Dad, I specially asked someone to rebuild this. After all, the area of ​​this courtyard with five entrances is much larger than the ordinary courtyards with five entrances, so I expanded the area of ​​the front yard a bit!"

Zhou Tian explained as he led his family inside.

When the family arrived at the second courtyard, they were attracted by the layout of the courtyard. The old man, in particular, said when he saw the several bare trees in the yard: "These are pine and cypress trees, they look almost thirty years old!"

"Grandpa, it is definitely a pine or cypress, but I really don't know how old the tree is. After all, it was built by Master Yangshi Lei, so I don't know either!"

Next, Zhou Tian took his family to visit several other courtyards, including the third courtyard, the fourth courtyard, the fifth courtyard, and the east and west courtyards. After the visit, Zhou Tian let everyone start choosing rooms.

Originally according to Zhou Tian's idea, his grandparents were supposed to live in the main house in the third courtyard, but they refused and moved directly into the east courtyard, while his father-in-law and mother-in-law lived in the west courtyard, which made Zhou Tian speechless.

Although living like this is not in line with the tradition of the Siheyuan, facing the strong request of his grandparents and parents-in-law, he had no choice but to agree. After all, whether it is the east and west courtyards or the other courtyards, the decoration styles of the rooms are similar, and there is no difference in treatment.

Except for the main room in the third courtyard, the rest of the rooms were naturally chosen by the little ones. Soon, Zhou Ting and Zhou Yu chose the two main rooms in the fourth courtyard. As for Zhou Zhiqiu, the third child, he chose the east and west wing rooms in the fourth courtyard, and Zhou Zhiyi chose to sleep with Zhou Ting.

Zhou Mingming and Zhou Zhiye chose the east wing of the third courtyard, while Zhou Zhibei Sanxiao chose the west wing.

Although these little guys also want to sleep in their own room, after all, they are still young and it is not suitable for them to sleep in one room by themselves.

As for Chang Wen, Chang Wu and Xiao Yang, Zhou Tian originally assigned the second courtyard to them, but they refused and chose the back courtyard instead.

Fortunately, Zhou Tian had originally considered using the back room as a guest room, and he had cleaned it up, so it didn't seem cramped at all for five people to live in.

After choosing their own rooms, everyone started cleaning. Since Zhou Tian had just finished cleaning a few days ago, there was not much dust. They continued cleaning until noon before everyone started to gather together to eat.

After dinner, when everyone had left, Zhou Tian said to his wife in a mysterious tone, "Wife, come on, I'll take you to see our secret base! But you must not tell anyone!"

"What kind of secret base is this? It's so mysterious!"

When Shen Yulin heard what her husband said, she couldn't help but roll her eyes at him.

"Let's go, you'll know then!"

Zhou Tian did not answer his wife. He pulled her to the study room at home, pushed open the bookshelf, reached out and pushed the wall slightly, and the wall tiles fell down, revealing a hole.

Shen Yulin looked at the scene curiously and didn't say anything.

When she saw her husband reach in and seem to pull, in an instant, with a slight roar, a hole large enough for two people suddenly appeared on the floor where the bookshelf was, and she was stunned for a moment.

"Okay, wife, let's go!"

Zhou Tian grabbed his wife's hand, who was still in a daze, and led her into the dark cave entrance.

Only after the two of them went down the steps at the entrance of the cave to a depth of about five or six meters did Zhou Tian reach out and hit the switch on the wall. In an instant, the entire basement scene appeared in front of Shen Yulin.

At this time, Shen Yulin came back to her senses! Looking at this magnificent basement with her beautiful eyes, she couldn't help but cover her mouth with her jade hands in shock!