Siheyuan starts from a better life

Chapter 995, Reception

When the two brothers were carrying the luggage that Kudo Hideko brought back into the yard, Kudo Shizuka, who was taken into the house by Jiang Yan, won the love of everyone with her cute appearance. She received a lot of gifts. Seeing that so many people loved her child, Kudo Hideko finally felt relieved.

After seeing her luggage entered the house, she apologized to Jiang Sirui and went straight to the brothers Jiang Zihan and Jiang Ziwen.

"Thank you for your hard work." Kudo Hideko thanked the two brothers and bowed.

This scared the two brothers. They didn't know what the foot basin chicken meant, so they felt that Kudo Hideko was their father's confidante. They couldn't accept such a big gift, so they quickly waved their hands.

Afterwards, Kudo Hideko took out all the gifts that she had prepared in the chicken basin.

"Sister, this is the cosmetics I bought for you. They are pure plant-based and will not harm your skin. You can try them. If you feel they work well, I will mail them to you." Kudo Hideko handed the cosmetics to Jiang Sirui.

"Thank you, it's thoughtful." Jiang Sirui took the cosmetics and thanked.

Then she took out the gifts she had prepared for others and distributed them to others one by one. These gifts were nothing in the eyes of Jiang Yan's family. The key was the attitude. Jiang Sirui was quite satisfied with Kudo Hideko's attitude.

In order to welcome Kudo Hideko's arrival, Jiang Sirui specially held a banquet at home. Because of the diet list of Foot Basin Chicken, the meals at the family banquet were basically Huaiyang cuisine and Tan family cuisine. The Tan family cuisine was naturally cooked by He Yuzhu himself.

During the meal, Kudo Shizuka also pestered Jiang Yan, who wrapped her around his legs and picked up her favorite food for him. Although Kudo Hideko scolded her a few times during the meal and asked her to eat by herself, she still stayed in Jiang Yan's arms with so many people backing her up.

After lunch, those who had to go to work went to work, and those who had to go to school went to school, leaving the space directly to Jiang Yan, Kudo Hideko and the others. After dinner, after several days of tossing and turning, Kudo Shizuka had fallen asleep in Jiang Yan's arms, and Jiang Yan directly carried her to the bedroom prepared for them.

This bedroom is located in the small garden. You can open the door and see the garden. You can also enjoy the scenery of the garden through the window while sitting in the house. However, under Jiang Sirui's arrangement, this room is decorated like a wedding room.

"Are you satisfied with this room?" After Shizuka, Jiang Yan looked at Kudo Hideko who was looking at the layout of the room with interest. Jiang Yan went up to her and hugged her and asked.

"Satisfied." Kudo Hideko nodded.

"This bed is so beautiful, and the decoration on it is nice too. What is the name of this bed?" she asked, pointing at the step-out bed in the room.

"This is a Babu bed, also known as an eight-step bed, which is the largest type of bed in our country's traditional furniture. In Lu Ban's Book of Craftsmen, Babu beds are listed as "big beds" and "cool beds", which are actually two forms of Babu beds, complex and simple."

"The column-style step-up bed is an early form of the step-up bed. The other type is the veranda-style step-up bed, which is a typical step-up bed. But this type of bed is generally larger in size and has a complex structure. It looks like a small house from the outside." "Yes! It looks like a small house." Kudo Hideko said after taking a closer look.

The Babu bed is a large bed popular in the Ming and Qing dynasties. The unique feature of the Babu bed is that a "small wooden house" is added outside the canopy bed. From the appearance, it looks like the canopy bed is placed on a closed wooden platform (this platform is also called "ground level"). The platform is two or three feet longer than the front edge of the bed. The platform has pillars at the four corners and is inlaid with wooden fences. Some also have windows on both sides, so that a corridor is formed in front of the bed. Although it is small, people can enter. People step into the corridor as if they are stepping into the room. There is a footrest in the middle of the corridor, and small furniture such as tables and stools can be placed on both sides to store sundries. This bed is very large, with a relatively independent range of activities in front of the bed. Although it is used indoors, it is like an independent small house.

In addition, the step-out bed is also called the pedal bed, which is named because the bed is above the floor with boards on the ground. This type of bed appeared in the late Ming Dynasty and has certain social and historical roots. At that time, the scholar-official class lived a very corrupt life, officials were corrupt, and they built high mansions and suites in their rooms. After entering the Republic of China, this type of bed was still used in wealthy families in the Jiangnan area, and was decorated with auspicious patterns and historical allusions.

However, Jiang Yan did not tell Kudo Hideko anything more profound, and even if he did, she probably wouldn't understand.

However, the step-up beds in the house are basically the simple ones, which are also the new step-up beds that are popular in later generations. These beds are basically in the rooms of the son and daughter. There are only two retro step-up beds, one in Jiang Yan's room, and the other one here. The manufacturing of this step-up bed is quite time-consuming, and the requirements for the craftsmen are quite high. Just this one bed basically cost Jiang Yan almost more than 10,000 yuan.

"Are you used to it?" Sitting on the Arhat bed, Jiang Yan took a sip of the tea made by Kudo Hideko and asked.

"My sister is fine, your family is fine, and the children are fine too." Kudo Hideko said several good things in a row.

"Your sister said that this house will be yours to use in the future. When the child grows up, a room will be reserved for him in the small western-style building at the back. You can come whenever you want. This is your home."

"Yeah." Kudo Hideko said in a low voice.

In the following two months, after Jiang Yan arranged his work, he took the mother and daughter to travel around Beijing or its vicinity. He took them to see the Forbidden City, climb the Tiananmen Tower, and visit the Summer Palace. These classics opened their eyes.

Not only that, Jiang Yan also drove them to Mount Tai, which made them feel that compared with these famous mountains and rivers in the Flower-Growing Country, the Mount Fuji in Jiaobenji was basically weak.

The two of them also followed the local customs and wore clothes that were suitable for the Flower Growing Family, especially the cheongsams that Jiang Yan ordered for her, which looked different when she wore them.

During the trip, Jiang Yan also took him to Shengjing in the northeast, because he was responsible for purchasing special products from the northeast and transporting them to major supermarkets for sale. These green specialties produced in the northeast are quite popular in Jiaobenji. Therefore, these things, as well as Kudo Hideko and their trading company gradually switched to sea transportation, are basically the two major pillars of the trading company. However, with the increase in sales, the proportion of this part is becoming more and more important.

After knowing all that Jiang Yan had done for herself and her family, Kudo Hideko naturally became very gentle to Jiang Yan, to the point that Jiang Yan felt a little reluctant to leave, after all, he felt a little restrained at home.

However, this happy time is always short-lived, and soon it was time for them to return home. There was no way. Although the visa could be extended, Shizuka still had to go to school. Looking at the tearful little Shizuka, Jiang Yan promised her many benefits.

(End of this chapter)