Traveling back to ancient times begins with the use of stone tools

After leaving Qingyuan County and entering the cement intersection of Lengjia Village, there is a road sign with the words "Yongliu Villa" in large characters.

The locations and routes to the surrounding villages are marked on it.

There is a big stone below with a poem engraved on it.

"Ode to the Willow"

The God of Spring is most fond of this place, and he decorates every village into a painting.

He raises his brows to me without saying a word, and his eyes remain blue even though he is not with me.

The lingering sorrow of separation is like a thousand feet long thread, ruining the spring time.

The sound of the oriole under the leaves is even better, listen to it when you are drunk in the mist and rain across the stream.

Wang Shipeng

Leng Ruoxue looked at the road sign with satisfaction. At the intersection of Lengjia Village on the cement road, there was also a song "Ode to the Willow", but it was a poem by Liu Yuxi.

"Ode to the Willow"

A bend in the clear river with thousands of willows, and an old plank bridge from twenty years ago.

I once said goodbye to a beauty on the bridge, and I have regretted not hearing from her until today.

Liu Yuxi

The entrance to the original official road of Lengjia Village was also written by He Zhizhang in a poem called "Ode to Willow".

"Ode to the Willow"

The jasper makeup is one tree high, and ten thousand green silk ribbons hang down.

I don't know who cut out the thin leaves, the spring breeze in February is like scissors.

He Zhizhang

"How can this road surface be so smooth and so hard?"

Nangong Yi looked at the road signs and then the poem, and after reading the poem he became concerned about the road surface.

“This is a cement road, a simple and cheap thing.”

Leng Ruoxue's nonchalant remark aroused Nangong Yi's strong curiosity.

"Let's go. I'm anxious to see my Yongliu Villa."

Leng Ruoxue drove the carriage and left by herself.

Anyway, Si Leng has a horse.

On the road, the three Lengs took turns driving the carriage, while she and Leng Yi rode in the carriage.

San Leng glanced at Leng Yi, then they mounted their horses and followed.

Leng Yi had no choice but to follow. These three people almost forgot that he was their master.

When they arrived at Yongliu Villa, Leng San was amazed, "Did she build a castle?"

I didn't pay attention when I came here because my mind was on the road. Now I look carefully, I see the watchtowers on the four corners and the defense platform on the castle...

"That's a wooden lookout up there?"

Leng Si was surprised by the several wooden buildings on top of the villa.

There are steps for people to walk on the cement road leading to the villa, as well as a gentle slope for horse-drawn carriages, and the horse parking lot is at the top.

Leng Ruoxue had already dismounted and tied the horse to a stone pillar.

Si Leng also found an empty stone pillar and tied his horse there.

The platform has 10 pillars on one side, leaving a passage for carriages to pass through, and can accommodate 20 carriages at a time.

There was a piece of red paper pasted on the big door and the small door, with the words "door pull rope" written on it.

There are also arrows pointing the direction.

After pulling the rope, a servant opened the door in a few moments, "The young lady is back!"

He hurriedly opened the gate and heard the sound. Another servant ran out and asked, "Do you need to bring the horse and carriage in?"

"Leave the carriage here, take the horses in, brush and feed them."

Leng Ruoxue told the servant that Si Leng was reading the three poems "Ode to Willow" on the screen wall.

"The four of them will be arranged in the Xia Courtyard, and Chief Steward Liu and Mother Wang will come to the main hall."

Led by the servant, Si Leng passed through the outer fortress and came to the inner fortress before arriving at the Xia Courtyard.

"The three courtyards here are the Summer, Autumn and Winter Courtyards. Opposite is the Orchid, Bamboo and Chrysanthemum Courtyard. Behind this is the main courtyard where the Madam, Young Miss and Young Master live. No one is allowed to enter without permission."

"There is a small kitchen in the yard where you can cook for yourself. If you don't want to cook for yourself, ask Manager Liu to get a food ticket and go to the main courtyard restaurant. You can bring food home or eat in the restaurant."

"Each bedroom is equipped with a washroom. Hot water for bathing is only available once a day. This is the hot and cold water adjustment. The red one is hot water and the blue one is cold water."

"This is the washbasin, this is for hot water, this is for cold water"

"This is... a toilet. You sit on it to relieve yourself. After you're done, pull this rope."

The servant demonstrated, "The dirt will be flushed away. This is toilet paper. Do not use toilet paper tokens. If you need toilet cloth or something, go to the Outer Castle Life Department. It's right outside the main courtyard, just go out the door on the right."

“Each cabin is also equipped with a washroom, but it is a squat toilet.”

"That's the basic situation. Do the four Leng Masters have any other instructions?"

The servant finished speaking in one breath, feeling that he had not missed anything, and would memorize this for the next two days.

"I want to take a shower"

Leng Yi spoke.

"Master Leng, follow me"

The servant led the people to the first room of the wing. It was not a house, but an empty yard. Going up the stairs, there was a... stove? There was a big iron bucket on it.

"The firewood has been put in place. Just light it. You are not allowed to add firewood yourself. Every morning, someone will come to clean and add firewood and water. You can only use hot water after the fire in the stove goes out."

“If you need tea, you can make it yourself in the kitchenette, get it in the restaurant, or buy it in the lobby.”

......

The servant remembered that he had forgotten to mention this. He hoped that these four Leng masters would not cause any trouble, otherwise he would not be able to explain himself clearly.

Leng Yi left Leng Si to watch the fire, thanked the servant and went to visit this courtyard with many rules.

There are three side rooms, each equipped with an oil lamp, table, chairs, teapot and three cabinets.

When I opened it, I found that the cabinet was empty and divided into grids of different sizes.

The bed is a large bed with a small bed stacked on top.

It looks like three people can sleep in one room.

The washroom is a little smaller than the main room, and one has to squat when going to the toilet.

Back to the main room, there was a house instruction manual on the table.

It contains what the servant said, and some places are even equipped with simple diagrams.

When Nangong Yi finished reading the instruction manual, Leng Si got angry and said, "Master, you can take a shower now."

"Go get me a change of clothes, and bring your own as well."

Leng Sancai then remembered that his luggage was still in the carriage, so he went out the door to get the luggage.

Nangong Yi opened the cabinet according to the instructions, hung up his coat and pants, folded his underwear and put it in the small compartment, and put his boots in the large space below.

Put the rattan box on the top of the wardrobe.

"Great, this is a good design. With this hanger, I don't have to worry about the ironed clothes getting wrinkled."

San Leng watched his master do it himself and wanted to help but didn't know how. Now he understood.

"Leng Er, go to the...Life Department of the Outer Castle and buy each of us a pair of...slippers for bathing."

Leng San, go to the hall and buy two pots of tea.

Nangong Yi was flipping through the instructions while directing his subordinates to work.

"The safe..."

Nangong Yi followed the instructions, turning it in circles, opened it, set the password, confirmed the password, and then closed the safe.

The safe is integrated with the wall, and there is fake silver in front. If you don't know the password, how can you get the things in the safe? Fire? Demolish the wall?

I smiled when I saw the small words below the safe description.

It cannot be cut by a knife, split by an axe, or melted by fire. If you forget the password, you will be compensated 1000 taels.

Yes, the price is written on every item in the manual.

"A pair of worn straw sandals, 2 taels of silver, the cheapest is 200 wen, and a bag of toilet silk is 2 taels of silver."

Leng Er angrily gave the expensive slippers to Nangong Yi and handed over a pack of toilet silk sealed with oil paper.

"Toilet paper is 200 wen, we share it among the three of us, if it's not enough, we can buy more."