Chapter 45: The first meeting of a daughter in the Wang family
Wang Daguan's Zhuangzi was built like a fortification, and it was a very comprehensive defense system. People with military literacy like Ye An could see the difference here at a glance.
Zhuangzi is naturally surrounded by walls, but there is a small river surrounding it not far from the wall. You can go up to the bridge and cross the river to reach the village. There are two tall firewood piles at each bridge end. You only need to climb up.
It can be used as a tower.
As for the Zhuangzi itself, it was built more like a fortress, with high walls and solid rocks, making the seemingly irregular Zhuangzi look like a fortress. There were even buildings like arrow towers in the most prominent corners of the terrain.
Everything here seems to be very friendly to the people, but in fact it is full of unusual things. Ye An can always feel that someone is watching him, but this has nothing to do with him. He believes that Wang Daguan will not be interested in a nobody like him. Of course
It would not necessarily be possible if he was also involved in that matter.
Zhuangzi is very big and cannot be seen from the outside, but after entering, you will find that there is a different world. A small river surrounds the entire Zhuangzi, and it is like an independent island.
Ye An was very bored along the way. Ever since he remembered Wang Hao's identity, he stopped looking around to avoid being questioned or dissatisfied by Wang Hao again.
You still have to be cowardly when it's time to be cowardly. After all, Wang Hao's biological brother is the current Prime Minister Wang Zeng!
This husband, who had won three consecutive victories since the founding of the Song Dynasty, was now the right-hand man of the Empress Dowager Liu E and the assistant minister to the young emperor.
Ye An felt that he was not strong enough to compete with a powerful eunuch's family.
The weather in summer should be mainly hot and muggy, but this summer is different. It is mainly dry. Dry weather is like evaporating the last bit of moisture from human skin.
Both people and plants, land and stones, and even the river bed have become dry. The river outside Wanghao Village is about to bottom out. If there is no rain during this period, the river will completely dry up.
Ye An had just seen that the silt exposed outside the river water had dried to the point of falling to pieces, and dust was constantly falling down, making the originally clear river become as turbid as the Yellow River.
After entering Zhuangzi, Wang Hao did not go to the living room. He took Lao Dao and Ye An to the backyard. The backyard was almost a living area, so it was quite inconvenient for women to live there.
But it was for this reason that being able to invite guests to the backyard seemed to be a close relationship. Ye An really didn't expect that Wang Hao would be so generous.
But Ye An thought too much. Wang Hao was not entertaining guests in the garden, but walked through the garden and entered the flower hall.
This courtyard is not simple. It is surrounded by pink walls and the space is relatively closed. You can only enter this small courtyard after passing through the garden. The flowers and trees in the courtyard are prosperous, surrounded by ivy, and the environment is quiet, which does not make the garden exquisite at all.
Wrapped in this beautiful environment is a small two-story living room facing the pond. Eight cornices as high as horns seem to lift the house up.
Standing in front of the flower hall, Ye An couldn't help but admire the symmetry and beauty of the building and the ingenious design. The flower hall is located on the shore made of stones, with a stone path that is neither narrow nor wide extending over it. Lotus flowers are in full bloom in the pond, and koi carp are playing in the water.
, extremely elegant and revealing an ecstatic temperament.
"My little friend also likes the wonderful view of Linshui Hall?"
Wang Hao was quite proud when he saw Ye An's appearance. He gave a detailed introduction around the flower hall. The old man next to him rolled his eyes helplessly: "We all know that you, Wang Tanye, like the small garden in the flower hall. Why show off here? Luodu's
Isn’t the garden enough for you to worry about?!”
"Mr. Guanmiao's words are wrong. There is a garden in Luodou, but the gardens are too dense, too large, and mixed with each other. It is really difficult to see the beauty. But it is different here. It is surrounded by vulgar places, and there is nothing outside the wall.
It’s just a field of dung soil, so under this condition, my Linshui Hall is so wonderful! My friend, don’t you think so?”
"Well, it's okay..."
Ye An nodded casually and left. This Linshui Hall was really nothing, it just felt fresh to him.
Gardens in the Song Dynasty were just in their infancy. People in this era still understood gardens based on rockeries, strange rocks, rare treasures, and exotic trees. Compared with the Suzhou gardens of later generations, which could make a wall full of flowers, it was fundamentally different.
Just a student.
Of course, Ye An knew that this might be the origin of Suzhou gardens. He was too knowledgeable and a bit picky...
The word "okay" made the old Taoist smile silently, but Wang Hao was very dissatisfied. In his opinion, this garden was his proud work, how could he just use the word "okay" to deal with it hastily!
"My little friend, haven't you seen a more wonderful garden? Young people have a good reputation. Who doesn't know that my Wang family's garden is a first-class wonder?!"
Ye An saw that the scholar's "disgusting aura" began to surge again on Wang Hao's body, and he quickly stepped forward and waved his hands: "Master Wang, you must not get angry! You must not act like this, I can't bear it anymore!"
Of course the old Taoist knew what Ye An was talking about, but he couldn't show it on the surface. He could only hold it in his stomach. He endured the extreme pain and pointed at Ye An and said: "Don't pretend to be here, just say what you have to say. Really."
If that doesn't work, tell Mr. Tan Ye what your garden looks like."
The originally majestic old man immediately rubbed his hands after hearing this and said: "This is not a gentleman's courtesy! All it takes is a little pointer from the little friend and it will be great... Idiot's dream!"
Wang Hao loved his garden so much that he was almost bypassed by the old man. He quickly regained his confidence. He did not believe that his garden would be worse than Ye An's.
"There should be a moon door here, round or crescent-shaped, and a corridor should be built along the wall, which can go around the pond, so that it has the feeling of a leisurely corridor. Then open a few small holes on the wall.
The windows are erected with grids in the shape of orchids, so that before people enter the garden, the spring breeze in the garden will flicker.
.........A water tank should be placed here, decorated with water lilies and koi carps, and a small bridge should be built here. The railings of the bridge should not be too high.
Hmm... Dig a water channel here and lead it directly into the flower hall... Build it with bricks and stones, and open a small pond in the flower hall, along with the outside, so..."
Ye An said as he walked. Wang Hao, who didn't take it seriously at first, was stunned. For him, every word Ye An said was so new, unheard of, and even thought about.
After Ye An's description, he could imagine what kind of scene it would be like, what kind of garden it was here and there, it was simply a scenery.
What kind of artistic conception is it to open a pond in the flower hall, with fish playing in it and occasionally rising to the surface of the water?
"Wonderful! Wonderful! Wonderful! Ah! My little friend, come into the hall quickly, Wang Bang, grind it quickly, I have to write down all these new ideas of my little friend!"
"Grandpa! My granddaughter has remembered it all!"
As soon as the green shadow fluttered in, he bowed in front of everyone: "Ms. Ying has met Mr. Guanmiao, met... Brother Shi."
Ye An waved his hands and before he spoke, the old Taoist next to him immediately stepped forward and said: "Yes! It's Ying Niang. She has grown up like this after several years. She looks like a beautiful woman!"
Wang Hao, who was still immersed in the garden, came back to his senses and looked at Ying Niang with sadness: "This time I have to trouble Mr. Guanmiao to save my Ying Niang from the disaster!"
The old Taoist instantly transformed into an immortal in Ye An's eyes. He swung his fly whisk and put it on his shoulder and said with a smile: "Easy to say, easy to say!"