It has only been a few days since the beginning of autumn, but the afternoon sun in the imperial capital is still fierce and the temperature outside is still very high.
Shichahai Shibei Hutong
The Dada car booked by Miao Miao stopped steadily at the intersection of the alley. The driver wearing white gloves got out of the car and took out the two suitcases from the trunk of the car and placed them in front of Yan Qing and Miao Miao, who had just gotten off the car.
After Yan Qing got out of the car, she smelled a strange smell. Miao Miao, who reacted quickly, took out a mask from her schoolbag and stood on tiptoes to put it on Yan Qing, who was slightly bowed and bent to cooperate with her. Then she took out another mask with a
Wear a mask with a cartoon pig print on yourself.
Yan Qing also saw through Miao Miao's idea of rushing to push the two suitcases, and took the lead in pulling out the levers of the two suitcases and holding them tightly in her hands. When Miao Miao put her schoolbag on her back again, Yan Qing signaled
Miao Miao can just walk in front and lead the way.
After Miao Miao confirmed with the driver that the car rental fee had been paid to the driver's account, she carefully put the invoice the driver handed her into the coin purse tied around her wrist and said to Yan Qing:
"Brother Qing, you do this every time and take away my assistant's job. Can you let me push the suitcase today? You are a patient."
Miao Miao looked at the source of the odor in the air again, the public toilet at the entrance of the alley not far away, and continued to say to Yan Qing:
"It's probably because the public toilet at the entrance of our alley is clogged again. The smell is so strong and no one called. I would have known it was at the back door. Brother Qing, let's go quickly and go home. Just go home."
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Yan Qing pushed two boxes and followed Miao Miao, who was carrying a backpack, toward the deep place where the road sign of Shibei Alley was hung.
Yan Qing discovered a wonderful thing about Miao Miao on the high-speed railway back. Whenever there were other people around, Miao Miao would always call him "you" and "Brother Qing", and when there was no one around,
Miao Miao will naturally change her words to "you" and "the more friendly brother Qing'er".
Yan Qing tried to persuade her on the high-speed train to just keep using you. There is no need to use you. Miao Miao firmly rejected him. The simple logic in Miao Miao's words warmed Yan Qing's heart:
"Brother Qing'er, please stop trying to persuade me on this point. I have told you several times. Maybe you haven't taken it seriously, but I am very serious.
Although I am the only employee in our studio, I must give you the respect an employee gives a boss in front of outsiders, so you are absolutely not allowed to use your words, and you are not allowed to call me "Brother Qing'er" in front of others. Please stop trying to persuade me.
I won’t listen. I won’t listen.”
Yan Qing silently remembered Miao Miao's wonderful words in her heart.
Along the way, Yan Qing also saw many wonderful things about Miao Miao, who was diligent, considerate, conscientious and meticulous.
This little assistant really helped Yan Qing with a lot of things, big and small, including confirmation of the itinerary announced by Yan Qing, expense settlement, tax filing, contract negotiation for the program team, business docking, financial management,
Even the food, clothing, housing and transportation for the two of them were carefully arranged by Yan Qing.
Miao Miao looks young and looks like she is only 20 years old. In the video played on the show, Miao Miao said that she has been Yan Qing's assistant for more than three years.
Yan Qing told herself that she must be nicer to her in the future.
Yan Qing was thinking about this while not forgetting to push the two people's suitcases and follow Miao Miao's somewhat cheerful footsteps.
While Miao Miao was leading the way, she was using the calculator on her mobile phone to calculate the income from this announcement, and she would read out the calculations aloud from time to time.
After a while, Miao Miao stopped, put away her mobile phone, took off the schoolbag on her back, opened the zipper and reached in to get her keys.
Yan Qing looked at the three-story bluestone threshold in front of him. Two vermilion wooden doors with brass embossed lock plates were fastened with a large copper lock.
Close to both sides of the gate and leaning against the gatehouse wall, there are two box-shaped drum stones with exquisite carvings. The one on the left is carved with a deer, and the one on the right is carved with a magpie.
There are two metal nameplates hanging on the right side of the wall of the gate, one large and one small. The small one reads "No. 233, Imperial Capital, Xicheng, Shichahai, Shibei Hutong", and the slightly larger one simply reads "Yan Qing Studio"
"Five big characters.
Miao Miao took out the key and opened the lock skillfully. With a push of both hands, Yan Qing picked up the two boxes and quickly followed Miao Miao.
A row of porches covered with glazed tiles and a stone screen wall with diamond-shaped hollows came into view before Yan Qing's eyes. Behind the screen wall was a closed door with hanging flowers.
There is a door on the right side of the porch that connects to the patio. Two identical red two-wheeled electric motorcycles are parked in the patio. There is also a door on the left that leads to the small front yard.
On the left side of the small courtyard is a row of flat-floor inverted houses, and on the right side is a wall and a gate leading to the inner courtyard.
Miao Miao led Yan Qing through the porch and small courtyard, stretched out her right thumb and pressed a small LCD screen next to the gate of the inner courtyard.
Modern fingerprint lock, two antique-style doors open slowly and automatically.
Yan Qing followed Miao Miao numbly and walked into the inner courtyard. The courtyard had a wide view. Two stone paths, one vertical and one horizontal, divided the lawn of the inner courtyard into four areas. Some sweet-scented osmanthus trees were sparsely planted in the lawn.
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There are two-story buildings standing on the left and right sides and right in front, arranged according to the arrangement of the main courtyard and the east and west wing rooms, but the exterior of the independent building is more modern than the wing structure.
Miao Miao handed Yan Qing's mobile phone to him, then took her suitcase from his hand, showing her little tiger teeth and said to Yan Qing in a soft and waxy voice:
"Why are you standing there? Brother Qing'er, go in and get home. I'll go back to the house to clean up. I'll call you to come out for dinner later.
We will still have to discuss the Star Language Silk Road program at that time. They have already sent me an email and the minutes of last night’s meeting.”
After saying that, Miao Miao waved to Yan Qing and pushed her suitcase to the small building on the left side of the courtyard.
Yan Qing continued to numb his senses, carrying the box and walking towards the small building directly in front of him.
The door of the small building had an LCD screen, and Yan Qing followed suit and stretched out his right thumb to open the door.
The entrance was into a small entrance courtyard, with space for shoe cabinets dug into both walls. Yan Qing put the suitcase against the wall and found cotton slippers in the shoe cabinet to put on.
Walking further inside, there is a high-ceiling open space. Four sets of black leather sofas of different sizes surround a solid-color wool carpet and coffee table to form a reception area.
There are two wine cabinets against the wall outside the reception area, a record rack filled with vinyl records, a retro-looking gramophone, and a double-door large-capacity refrigerator.
The interior decoration of the small building is much more modern than the traditional courtyard house, and overall it has the simple industrial style that Yan Qing likes.
At one end away from the reception area, there is a bright black upright piano, which looks very much like the Yamaha-SU7 upright piano owned by Yan Qing in his previous life, and a black leather piano stool.
Yan Qing sat down and could see the nameplate Zhujiang-su7 printed on the piano guard. When Yan Qing saw it, he curiously opened the keyboard cover, stretched out his hands and tried to play the most familiar Chenier piano fluency etude 849.
-No. 15.
After one minute of playing time and listening to the familiar long arpeggios, the sound of this upright piano is even slightly better than the 360,000-dollar Yamaha-SU7 in Yan Qing's previous family.
Yan Qing closed the keyboard cover with satisfaction. His fingers gently stroked the smooth paint surface of the keyboard cover, which was as clear and clean as a mirror, making people feel happy.
Between the piano and the reception area is the rotating wooden escalator that goes up to the second floor.
Yan Qing planned to visit every place upstairs and downstairs first. In addition to the open space and bathroom on the first floor, there were two rooms, and the doors were unlocked.
One room was designed as a tea room, with a simple water bar, a freezer filled with soda water and mineral water, a coffee machine and a water dispenser on the water bar. The tea room was also spotless.
The other room seems to be designed for guest rooms, with wardrobes, beds, mattresses, bedside tables, desk lamps and even separate bathrooms with separate dry and wet areas.
Yan Qing arrived at the second floor along two circles of wooden stairs with wooden handrails that slowly spiraled up.
Because the reception area in the open area on the first floor has a high ceiling and can directly see the roof of the second floor, the space on the second floor is more than half smaller than the first floor.
The slightly larger area on the left is the master bedroom. The entire wall in the master bedroom is covered with glass mirrors, and one side is a large floor-to-ceiling window.
The bathroom is large and fully equipped. Daily necessities such as toiletries and towels are neatly ironed and arranged.
The slightly smaller area on the right is the cloakroom. In the cloakroom, Yan Qing's clothes, hats, underwear, socks, watches, belts and accessories are arranged in an orderly manner, which is in line with the aesthetic habits of Virgo, and makes Yan Qing, who has never had obsessive-compulsive disorder, find it a bit pleasing to the eye.
After watching the whole circle, Yan Qing felt as if he had experienced a round of spiritual baptism like Grandma Liu who had just entered the Grand View Garden. He sat down on the sofa in the master bedroom.
Yan Qing, who has been having too many inner dramas these days, has mixed emotions at this time, which is quite complicated:
Fortunately, I never expected that I belong to a wealthy family.
The good news is that at least I have confirmed that I am in good health now that I am about to turn 31.
What was worrying was that I never expected that I would not be able to find any clues about the memory of this body when I returned home. There was no memory fusion, system, or golden finger after time travel mentioned in the online novel.
What's more sad than sadness is that there is no study room in such a big building, let alone a computer, notebook, or even a TV.
Yan Qing silently thought to himself: "Is this my future home? A big courtyard house that I dreamed of in my previous life, but I have to bear the price of being cut off from the world's information."