Chapter 812: The Gu Family's Courtyard

Getting Ye Chen's affirmative answer, Gu Qiuyi danced with joy, ran back to the room, and immediately put on a thick long down jacket.

In order not to let people recognize her, she specifically brought a warm mask, as well as a furry hat with two cute rabbit ears.

Besides that, she also held a pair of round-framed black-rimmed glasses in her hand. After putting them on, she was a cute and cute girl, which was a huge deviation from the Gu Qiuyi that all men were crazy about.

Actually, Gu Qiuyi's bones were a cute and strange little girl.

Her state of mind was simple, she had no love experience, no experience in getting along with the opposite sex, and no hidden little thoughts that other girls outside had.

From her face, Ye Chen saw the shadow of her childhood. Looking back now, Gu Qiuyi was the sweet burden of his childhood.

The reason why it is called a sweet burden is that although he didn't want her to follow him every day like a follower and call him Brother Ye Chen, he enjoyed the feeling of her turning around him in his heart.

Seeing Ye Chen looking at her in a daze, Gu Qiuyi's pretty face suddenly flushed with a bit of redness, and she said shyly: "Brother Ye Chen, why are you looking at me like this..."

Ye Chen came back to his senses, smiled awkwardly but politely and said: "Just suddenly thought of childhood things, a bit distracted."

Gu Qiuyi felt sweet and happy, lowered her eyelids slightly, and whispered: "Let's go!"

In order to expose Gu Qiuyi's identity as little as possible, Ye Chen and she drove that inconspicuous old Volvo all the way from the villa area to the city center.

Houhai is in the center of Jingcheng and can be said to be one of the most prosperous places in the whole Jingcheng.

Moreover, it has not been over-developed, and the old courtyards are well protected. If you want to see the life of old Jingcheng people, you have to come to this kind of place.

More than half an hour later, Gu Qiuyi drove into a hutong near Houhai. From this slightly narrow hutong, it was hard to see whether the residents inside were ordinary people or prominent families.

In Jingcheng, there are two kinds of people living in courtyards.

One kind is very poor people, living in old bungalows, without even a toilet at home, having to run to public toilets every day to solve the problem, even in the middle of the night in the middle of winter, they have to get up and run to the public toilet;

There is another kind, which is very rich people.

If you want to live well in a courtyard, the first thing is to have enough money to renovate the courtyard to be very livable.

Because most courtyards are single-story buildings, from the outside, no one can see what they look like inside. Only when you come in will you find that each has its own characteristics.

Some courtyards are crowded inside, with coal balls, bicycles, and kimchi jars piled up in the aisles, making it difficult for people to walk, and there are many randomly built sheds inside, with many safety hazards.

But there are also courtyards that look unremarkable from the outside, not showing mountains or water, but after entering, you will find that there is a different world inside.

Gu Qiuyi's courtyard is like this.

Other people's courtyards are crowded, cramped, and messy, while the Gu family's courtyard is majestic and antique!

Inside, there is not only a screen wall carved from a whole piece of white marble, with nine dragons with different postures and majestic momentum carved on it.

This is the nine-dragon screen wall that only royal buildings in ancient times had. It can be said to be the highest specification. There is a similar nine-dragon screen wall in the Forbidden City.

It's okay to say it in modern times, but if it were in ancient times, except for the emperor, no one could use such high-specification things.

Once discovered by the royal family, it would be a crime of rebellion, and even the nine clans could be executed.

Moreover, the courtyard is four-in-four-out. A miniature version of the Suzhou garden was built in the entrance courtyard, with rockeries, pavilions, small bridges, and flowing water.

There are only a few loyal servants of the Gu family in the courtyard, so Gu Qiuyi has no scruples, took off her mask, took Ye Chen's arm, and said to him: "Brother Ye Chen, do you remember this courtyard? When we were young, we often played hide-and-seek here."

Ye Chen nodded and said: "I remember, but I always feel that it doesn't match my memory."

Gu Qiuyi smiled and said: "This is a renovation, there are some changes compared to before."

As she spoke, she pointed to the frozen pool water and said: "There have always been many good koi here, some have been raised in the Gu family for more than 30 years, and some you have seen before! But it's cold now, and the koi have been moved to the side wing room to be raised. Let's put them out after spring. Do you want to see them?"

Ye Chen asked surprisingly: "Do koi live so long?"

Gu Qiuyi smiled and said: "The lifespan of koi is around 60 or 70 years. If they are raised well and taken care of well, they can live for a few more years."

As she spoke, Gu Qiuyi counted her fingers seriously and said: "Look, there are several kinds of pets. If you raise them well, they may live longer than you. Another kind is koi, and the other is turtles and parrots. Macaws and cockatoos can live to 60 or 70 years old."

As soon as the words fell, she pulled Ye Chen and said: "Let's go, I'll take you to see them, see if you can recognize them!"

Subsequently, Gu Qiuyi pulled Ye Chen to a wing room next to the courtyard.

The area of this wing room is very large, and more than half of the area is made into a constant temperature fish pond, in which a pile of huge koi are swimming around.

Gu Qiuyi pointed to one of the koi that was nearly one meter long and said excitedly: "Do you remember it? You named it Daxiong before, it's the Daxiong in Doraemon."

Ye Chen smiled and nodded: "Remember, in my childhood impression, it seemed to be the biggest one."

Gu Qiuyi nodded and said: "It is a Taisho Sanke koi. My dad said that the price of buying it back then was worth a three-bedroom apartment in the Third Ring Road of Jingcheng."

Ye Chen was slightly startled. Although he was a bit surprised, he was not too shocked.

Koi is actually very expensive. Not long ago, Ye Chen also saw the news that the eldest daughter of the Zhong family spent more than 10 million to photograph a koi.

Therefore, the value of famous koi cannot be measured by the dimension of ordinary ornamental fish.

At this time, Gu Qiuyi bent down and squatted by the fish pond, waved to the huge koi, and called "Daxiong." Unexpectedly, the koi swam over directly. Gu Qiuyi reached out to touch it, and it didn't hide at all.

Gu Qiuyi touched the koi while saying: "Daxiong, look, Brother Ye Chen is here to see you. Do you remember him? He still remembers you."

Although the koi is not afraid of people and may be familiar with Gu Qiuyi, it doesn't understand human nature after all, and it's impossible to give Gu Qiuyi any response.

And Gu Qiuyi was also talking to herself, then raised her head and said to Ye Chen: "My dad said that Daxiong is only 30 years old this year. If it is taken care of well, it can live for another 40 years. We played with it when we were young. When we have children, the children can also play with it!" ===== CHAPTER 813 =====