small farmer

Chapter 903 The Landlord’s Mansion (12)

In the evening, the villagers sat and chatted under the big banyan tree.

While chatting, everyone mentioned the Yang Family Courtyard which is still under construction at the entrance of the village, which is a big project that everyone has invested in.

"The Yang Family Courtyard has been repaired very quickly, and it will probably be completed in a few days."

"What? The Yang Family Courtyard is about to be completed? Didn't you say it's still under renovation?"

"The renovation has been more than half a month, and it should be finished!"

"It seems that the work that started not long ago is about to be completed now, how time flies!"

Since everyone has invested money, everyone is very concerned about the progress of the project. Some villagers go to visit every now and then to learn about the progress of the construction. For example, Uncle Dashan, who is the liaison officer in the village, goes to the construction site almost every day. Go around and see what the construction team needs.

Hearing Uncle Dashan and the others talk about the Yang family compound, Uncle Er Niu suddenly became interested, turned his head and asked Zhang Feng:
"I didn't expect that the Yang Family Courtyard was almost finished, Xiaofeng, why don't we go and have a look?"

Zhang Feng was also a little moved, so he nodded and agreed. He also wanted to see what the other courtyard of the big landlord's family in Qingshan County looked like.

With Zhang Feng and Uncle Er Niu taking the lead, the villagers also followed, so most of the villagers left the square and walked towards the Yang family compound on the mountainside outside the village.

The Yang Family Courtyard is the most glorious building in the history of Moon Lake Village. It was the manor courtyard of the great landlord Yang Family in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China. It covers an area of ​​more than ten acres and has dozens of houses.

In addition, there are two gardens in the Yang Family Courtyard, one in the front and one in the back. The front garden is smaller. According to the memories of the old people, there was a tall ginkgo planted in it for hundreds of years, but unfortunately it was cut down by the red soldiers. I feel very sorry.

The garden behind the Yang Family Courtyard is even bigger, it is said to be over a thousand square meters. There are many rockeries, small bridges and flowing water, and various precious flowers and trees. The flowers are blooming all year round, which is very beautiful.

It's a pity that those days were too crazy, and the Yang Family Courtyard also suffered a catastrophe. After a lot of beating, smashing, looting and burning, it was burned by crazy people, so the Yang Family Courtyard, which had stood for hundreds of years, disappeared.

Hearing the story Zhang Feng told, Yiyi shook her head and said with a sigh:

"Oh, what a pity, it would be great if the Yang Family Courtyard could stay forever!"

"What's this? The Confucian Temple was destroyed back then, let alone such a rich man from the countryside?" Zhang Feng said with a wry smile.

Speaking of it, I can’t blame anyone, because the situation in that era was like this,

Sometimes Zhang Feng would think that if he went back to that era, in order to protect himself, he would be so crazy, even more terrifying than others, because the situation was pressing, if he didn't stand in line, he would become the target of attack.

Hearing what Zhang Feng said, Uncle Er Niu smiled and said:

"Hehe, those of you who have gone to college are sentimental? Look at it now, isn't it good? The brand new Yang family compound has also been repaired. It is bigger and more beautiful than before!"

Hearing Uncle Er Niu's words, Zhang Feng and Yiyi looked at each other and smiled, and then they were relieved, that's true, that era has already passed, cherish the present, as long as you live happily every day.

"Wow, so beautiful!"

The moment everyone walked into the compound, they were stunned by the garden of the Yang family compound.

In the middle of the courtyard is a brand-new bluestone floor, surrounded by plums, orchids, bamboos and chrysanthemums. There are also flowers and trees such as crabapple, acacia, bougainvillea, etc., which are really beautiful!
In the corner of the yard, there is also a curvy osmanthus tree. Although the branches and leaves have been cut off, it can still be seen the vicissitudes of a century.

In the open space next to the gate, there is a tree more than two meters high. The branches of this tree are not thick, only the thickness of a child's arm. It seems that there is nothing unusual about it. It was planted here somehow.

Therefore, Yiyi curiously asked Zhang Feng: "What kind of tree is this madman?"

"Do you still remember those trees in front of our school library?" Zhang Feng smiled slightly, thinking of the small courtyard in college.

"Ah, I see, this is the ginkgo tree!" After receiving the prompt, Yiyi guessed it right away.

Zhang Feng smiled and nodded: "Professor Wang probably wants to restore the scenery of the past, so he planted such a new ginkgo tree here!"

As for why not plant a big one, it must be because of the cost. Now a hundred-year-old ginkgo tree costs at least 50 million yuan, plus the cost of transplanting, it will cost 70 million yuan. .

As for the sweet-scented osmanthus tree over there, it was completely accidental, because it happened to be on the road to build a mountain road when going up the mountain, so it was transplanted into the yard, just to add to the scenery of the front yard.

Through the front yard, we walked into the courtyard group.

"Tsk tsk! The landlord's house is different. Look at the carved beams and painted buildings, it's really extravagant!" Uncle Er Niu was amazed when he saw the beautiful pavilions.

"Of course, can the houses of big landlords be the same as those of us small farmers?" Uncle Dashan said with a smile.

"Such a nice house, 500 million is really worth it!" Seeing such a beautiful house, the villagers were very satisfied.

"If only my house was as beautiful as this!" Uncle Er Niu was amazed as he looked at it.

"Hehe, Uncle Er Niu, you are still dreaming, right?" Zhang Yi said with a smile.

Everyone was envious after seeing it. The villagers who were still a little swollen suddenly felt sober, and now they realized that the one million they earned was not worth the few rooms of the landlord's house!

"It's really an eye-opener. You said that the landlord's house is so good, but how beautiful is the Forbidden City where the emperor lives?" Uncle Daqiao sighed with envy.

"Haha, if you want to know about the bridge, isn't it easy? Why don't you just go to the capital for a while?" Uncle Dashan suggested with a smile.

"Hey! This is feasible, how about we form a team together?" Hearing what Uncle Dashan said, Uncle Daqiao suddenly became interested and asked Uncle Dashan with a smile.

"Eh!" Uncle Dashan was hesitant for a while and then said: "I really want to go, but where can I leave it at home?"

"Yes, everyone is busy growing vegetables every day and receiving tourists, so how can we have time to go outside!" Uncle Zhang Feng also shook his head and said.

Hearing the second uncle's words, the villagers shook their heads. When they had no money, they would always think that one day I would have money and travel around the world. Unfortunately, now that I have made money, I have no more time. The former free and easy is gone.

But just when everyone felt regretful, the uncle's eyes lit up, and he felt that it was indeed a good idea to let everyone go on a trip, which would also have a great effect on broadening the horizons of the villagers.

So the village chief began to think about it.

(End of this chapter)