The Chinese-style courtyard was close to a green space in the city center. The front yard was a wide lawn, and a walkway was built around the wall. The white walls and black tiles extended all the way to the private garden in the backyard.
There was a row of evergreen camphor trees planted around it, and the rolled-up rooftop was hidden under the green trees. It looked like a mountain range, and visually expanded the size of the courtyard.
Gu Nianzhi had only glanced at it casually, but she already felt it was extraordinary.
This kind of Chinese-style courtyard took up a lot of space, and there was a wide courtyard in the city center …
Gu Nianzhi pouted and whispered, "… This can be a museum, right?"
Which powerless person would dare to live in such a place with such a large area?
At this point, money alone couldn't buy a house like this.
Huo Shaoheng narrowed his eyes and looked it over.
He had the same question, but didn't mutter it like Gu Nianzhi.
The two of them came here to explore the way today, and they were dressed differently. They weren't dressed like ordinary tourists like yesterday.
Today, the two of them were dressed especially fashionably, and they were especially cultured, the kind of fashion worn by freelance artists in Brooklyn, New York.
They both wore large sunglasses, and their hair was deliberately messy, but it wasn't really messy. It was carefully styled with hair gel. There was order in the mess, and only arrogance and arrogance could be seen.
He was wearing a Panama hat, a black suede vest, and Harlem pants. He looked like an overseas Chinese who had just returned from New York.
They raised the SLR camera in their hands and kept taking pictures of the courtyard, constantly making very exaggerated tones and poses.
“Oh，my
God! "(My God!)
“This
Beautiful! "(It's so beautiful!)
"Fabulous!" (Beautiful beyond belief!)
They had just taken two pictures at the door when a young girl dressed as a nanny in a white shirt and black pants walked out of the Chinese-style house.
She walked along the small gray gravel path on the front lawn.
Standing in front of the wooden fence at the door, she smiled and asked, "What are you two doing?"
Gu Nianzhi quickly put away the camera and gave her a thumbs up in Chinese with a strong foreign accent. "… It's so beautiful! It's so great! "
The young girl pursed her lips and smiled. "You're foreigners? Where are you from? "
"New York, we came here from New York to get some sightseeing and sketch." Gu Nianzhi stammered and gestured wildly with her arms as she spoke. She behaved like a Chinese child born and raised overseas.
The young lady's attitude became even better. She smiled and said, "Our master happens to be at home today. He saw you hanging around the door and wanted to invite you in for a cup of tea."
Gu Nianzhi was alarmed, but she maintained a nonchalant expression on her face. She smiled and said, "No … I won't disturb you anymore. We just take pictures and paint from life. "
"Our courtyard is very beautiful." The young lady pushed open the gate. "If you don't come in today, you might not be able to see it again."
Gu Nianzhi pretended to be surprised and pushed her sunglasses to the top of her head. Her eyes widened. "Why? Why？”
"Our owner is going to emigrate. He donated this house to the city's museum." The young lady made way for them. "The furniture inside is all made of rosewood. They will be left behind and not taken away."
Gu Nianzhi exclaimed and gave her a thumbs up. "Your owner is so great!"
Huo Shaoheng took out a cigarette and took a drag. He put it in his mouth and pretended to be sloppy. He mumbled, "… Then let's take a look …"
It also felt like a foreigner speaking Mandarin.
The young lady glanced at Huo Shaoheng and smiled as she pointed to the wood-colored trash can hidden on the other side of the fence. "You can't smoke here. Sir, please throw your cigarette here."
Huo Shaoheng grunted and reluctantly threw the cigarette away.
Gu Nianzhi saw that Huo Shaoheng didn't object, so she followed him into the courtyard.
The young lady gently closed the door behind them and led them to the main house.
The steps at the door were made of stone. She couldn't tell what material it was made of, but the placement of the pieces was well-proportioned and had a quaint charm.
It looked like the owner of the house was someone who liked traditional culture?
Gu Nianzhi muttered as she walked in.
'Here they are, sir, 'said the young girl, halting in front of him, and bowing respectfully at the waist.
Gu Nianzhi couldn't help but roll her eyes.
What day and age was it? Even being a servant was a decent job and earned money by hard work. Why did she have to bow and scrape to this extent?
Did she really think Auntie May, the British Prime Minister, would want to kneel down and kiss Prince William's feet when she saw him?
Speaking of which, that person wasn't even a prince yet …
Gu Nianzhi cursed silently.
Huo Shaoheng was already studying the old man sitting on the sofa in the middle of the living room.
He wasn't young, but he took good care of himself. He looked like he was in his early fifties, but according to the information, he was already sixty-five years old.
His hair wasn't bad. It was only slightly gray and not dyed black. His face was slightly chubby, so the wrinkles weren't obvious.
There was a set of kung fu tea on the mahogany coffee table in front of him. Seeing them enter, he casually raised his hand and smiled. "Nice to meet you two. You're guests from afar. Would you like to sit down and have a cup of tea?"
Gu Nianzhi poked her head out from behind Huo Shaoheng and wrinkled her nose mischievously. She said with a look of disgust, "I hate drinking tea! I only drink coke! "
The man stared at Gu Nianzhi. After a while, he smiled slightly and said to the young girl standing next to him, "Ah Mei, go buy two bottles of coke."
The young girl nodded with a smile and turned to leave.
Huo Shaoheng took Gu Nianzhi's hand and walked with her to the sofa to sit across from the man.
"Hello, sorry to disturb you. We just came from New York. We're art students here to sketch and take pictures. "Huo Shaoheng gestured with his accent perfectly.
As a former field officer stationed abroad, Huo Shaoheng's disguise skills were superb.
Gu Nianzhi didn't want to cause trouble for him, so she spoke as little as possible.
"It's okay, it's okay." The man smiled. The wrinkles at the corners of his eyes appeared at this moment, and he looked a little weathered.
His eyes wandered between Huo Shaoheng and Gu Nianzhi before finally staring at Gu Nianzhi's face. He smiled and said, "Miss, did you also just come back from abroad?"
“Of
Gu Nianzhi shrugged. "It's cleaner here than in New York. I like it here very much."
Hearing Gu Nianzhi say this, the man laughed loudly and slightly dispelled some of his doubts.
Only someone who had actually lived in New York for a while could say that C City was cleaner than New York.
The man poured himself a small cup of kung fu tea and held it in his hand. He took a deep breath of the hot air and smelled it. Then he blew on it and took a sip. He closed his eyes and savored the taste of the tea.
Gu Nianzhi resisted looking at Huo Shaoheng and only curiously looked at the furniture in the room.
The young lady had said it was all rosewood, but Gu Nianzhi actually didn't know much about wood. She looked around and thought the room was quite dark. There was an older cabinet in the corner with complicated carvings. It looked like the craftsmanship was exquisite, but Gu Nianzhi didn't like the dark color scheme.
To be honest, if no one lived here, it would be a museum of ancient furniture …
The man finished his cup of tea and opened his eyes to see Gu Nianzhi turning her head to look around. Her large eyes exuded an almost ignorant innocence. She was like a child from a wealthy family who didn't understand the suffering of the world.
Gu Nianzhi had also changed her makeup today. She wore dark blue contact lenses to make her eyes look blue. Her hair was dyed a light color, and her nose was tall and straight. She looked like a mixed-blood Chinese.
Although her lips were still very obvious.
However, there were many people with lips like that. Lips alone didn't mean anything.
The man looked away and smiled as he told them about New York.
"I just came back from New York last year. It's a good place. I have an apartment in New York's Central Park. You can see the green space in the park from the window. The scenery is pretty good. "
Gu Nianzhi suddenly pretended to be even more shocked. "You're in Central Park?
There's an apartment in Central Park?! You must be very rich! The apartments there are too expensive! "
"I'm old, and I just want to find a good place to spend my remaining years. What does it matter if it's expensive? Money is meant to be spent anyway. I don't have any descendants. I didn't bring them with me when I was born, and I won't take them with me when I die. When I'm done spending it, I'll give it back to society. "
The man said as he looked at Gu Nianzhi with a smile. "Miss, you're American? What do your parents do? "
Gu Nianzhi nodded. "My father is an elementary school teacher, and my mother is a housewife. They don't have much money, so I have to work to pay for school. "
She pointed to the camera in front of her chest and said seriously, "I just accepted a job from a magazine to come to the Huaxia Empire to take some photos of ancient buildings. I can also earn some money for next semester's school fees."
The man smiled even more kindly and praised Gu Nianzhi. "You're ambitious! There are too few girls like you these days. You can rely on your face to make a living, but you have to compete with others for talent. "
Gu Nianzhi touched her face and pretended not to understand. She pretended to be confused. "… What do you mean rely on my face to make a living? Can my face be eaten? "
"Oh? Hahahaha … "The man was amused by Gu Nianzhi's words and laughed loudly. He shook his head." No, no … Your Chinese is really … "
Gu Nianzhi finally glanced at Huo Shaoheng and whispered, "Did I say something wrong?"
Huo Shaoheng also looked confused. "… You should be right, right?"
The two of them looked like young Huaxia people who didn't understand Chinese at all.
While they were talking, the young lady came back with a bag of cola and some cold drinks.
She put the things in an ice box and said to Gu Nianzhi and Huo Shaoheng, "Our master doesn't eat these things, so we don't have them at home. We just bought them from outside."
Gu Nianzhi took a can of Coke and quickly scanned it. Seeing there were no problems, she opened the cap and took a sip. She said emotionally, "How can we not have Coke? What would life be like without Coke? "
Huo Shaoheng also took a bottle of Coke but didn't drink it. He put it on the coffee table in front of him and nodded at the old man. He asked the young lady standing next to him, "May I ask where the bathroom is? Can I borrow it? "
The young lady quickly said, "Please come with me."
She took Huo Shaoheng to the bathroom. Only Gu Nianzhi and the old man were in the living room.
Gu Nianzhi stretched her long legs and hummed an off-key English song. She looked very relaxed.
The old man stared at her again and said slowly, "What's your name? How old are you this year? "
Gu Nianzhi smiled and said, "My name is Grace. I'm 18 this year. Why?"
She purposely said she was two years younger, like a university student who had just started university.
The old man's eyes narrowed when he heard Gu Nianzhi's English name was Grace. He quickly composed himself and said nonchalantly, "You just said you have to pay for your own university tuition?"
"Yes …" Gu Nianzhi frowned and put the Coke on the coffee table. "My family doesn't have money, and I didn't apply for a scholarship. Oh, you don't know how tiring working is …"
The old man smiled slowly and reached out to cover Gu Nianzhi's hand before she could pull it back. He said, "You can find someone to pay for you …"
"I did, but I couldn't find anyone …" Gu Nianzhi pulled her hand back without batting an eyelid. She smiled mischievously. "How can there be such a good thing? Who would pay for my tuition for no reason? "
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