National Tide 1980

Yunyuan is not only large, but also exquisite and interesting.

Matsumoto Keiko accompanied her parents to the door of the two side-by-side courtyards where Kang Shude and Jiang Nianyun lived.

For Han Yingming and his wife, the scenery here is very different from the big garden outside.

You know, Jiang Nianyun loves flowers.

In the courtyard of her home, a French variety of roses was planted this year, as well as fragrant tuberose and mosquito-repellent mint.

Because Kang Shude’s yard is bare.

She went over and over again, and not only asked the gardener to plant peace flowers in a corner of the garden, and planted lotus flowers and goldfish in the large tanks holding water in the two courtyards, but she also personally planted leiope flowers at several courtyard gates. Cowflower and taro pine.

These vine-like flowers and plants grow very quickly.

When Ning Weimin and Matsumoto Keiko came back a few days ago, the flowers and plants had not reached the top of the wall, but had only crawled to the corridor.

But now it is different. In just ten days, these flowers and plants are already covered with green leaves and creeping over the wall.

In this hot summer, it has become a unique and cool scene.

In particular, the bird's-eye pine hanging down from the corner of the wall blooms like red apricots outside the wall.

The beautiful bird feathers are dense and delicate, and the small flower shapes and bright colors climbing up are as cute as shining red stars.

Especially the way it trembles gently in the breeze seems to be talking to you, which is so exciting.

Often passers-by, no matter who they are, can't help but stop and look at the blooming flowers and leaves.

Then they often pick a few flowers and hold them in the palm of their hands as a souvenir.

Han Yingming and his wife were no exception. Because Han Changzi first said what a beautiful flower and plant it was after seeing it, he was attracted to this exotic flower that they had never seen before.

Then Han Yingming, the husband, could only accompany him.

Fortunately, it was only close to noon, and the breeze was blowing, so it was still cool, but it didn't hurt the sun.

And wait until you have seen enough before going in. Under the large area of ​​shade provided by the reed mats on the ceiling that blocks out the sun in the courtyard, there is another interesting picture composed of small creatures. As soon as you walk in, you will feel fun. abundant.

It turned out that there was a rectangular birdcage hanging on the corridor of the main house, and a thrush was singing alone.

And under the birdcage, a little yellow cat is gazing attentively at the cheerful bird, becoming a loyal listener.

Under a large pomegranate tree near the east wing, there is a long-haired white cat playing with a feather under the tree.

But the most interesting thing is a little "Three Flowers". It is lying next to the large lotus tank in the courtyard, with its tail erect and its body stretched out, and its little head is sticking out and watching the tank swimming intently. goldfish.

It wasn't until everyone walked into the courtyard one after another and heard the footsteps clearly that the three kittens reacted to the fun they were immersed in, and then suddenly disappeared.

This situation can be painted into a painting. If there is a painter who is good at painting here, I am afraid that a very interesting "Three Cats Picture" will come into being.

About the same time I heard the noise in the courtyard, a girl wearing a green spring and summer plaid cheongsam, holding a mouthpiece in hand, hurriedly walked out of the north room.

This is also the staff of Yunyuan. This kind of clothing is the work clothes of female employees.

When she saw people like Matsumoto Keiko, she immediately knew that guests had arrived.

The girl was indeed very smart. She quickly saluted and said hello, and then ran up the steps to open the curtain to announce to the room.

So soon, an old lady who looked only forty or fifty years old, but was actually in her sixties, also walked out of the house quickly.

She has a plump figure, a fair face, dark eyes, and a charming smile on her cheeks.

Only the broad and elegant forehead is engraved with the marks of time.

"Welcome, welcome to my humble home."

Although she spoke Beijing dialect, she spoke softly and breathed like orchid, which matched her elegant and exquisite appearance.

There is no doubt that this person cannot be someone else. She is Jiang Nianyun, who is also the manager and top leader of Yunyuan at this time.

Jiang Nianyun looked at the guests up and down with eyes full of smiles.

She heard Matsumoto Keiko call her "fourth aunt". Before Matsumoto Keiko came to introduce her, she took the initiative to say, "Keiko, these are your parents, right? No wonder they can give birth to such a beautiful daughter like you. He is a charming person..."

Then, he asked Han Yingming and his wife if they had been hard on the road.

With Matsumoto Keiko translating, Han Yingming and his wife realized that the kind and beautiful lady in front of them turned out to be Ning Weimin's cheap aunt from the United States whom their daughter had mentioned on the road.

She was also the mother of Shen Cun who went to Japan to attend a wedding on behalf of Ning Weimin's relatives and friends not long ago.

Jiang Nianyun is beautiful. She loves beauty and understands it.

The combination of these three "beauties" makes her unique no matter where she goes or what occasion she comes to.

In addition, she is a lady, no matter how she dresses or treats others, she is noble.

Just like how she dressed today.

The cheongsam is made of red satin with dark flowers, and the collar and cuffs are inlaid with extremely beautiful two strips of tape.

The tape is embroidered with patterns of flowers, birds, bees and butterflies.

The delicate embroidery work depicts the dancing flowers and butterflies, exuding the exuberance of life and the liveliness of spring and summer from the cuffs and collar.

The pair of embroidered shoes on her feet are also colorful.

She even put on light makeup, perfume, and a long pearl necklace.

In fact, her appearance in such a gorgeous dress was simply "shocking".

Not only did Matsumoto Keiko's parents, who had never expected such a romantic figure in poor China, immediately realize that hearing about her was not as good as seeing her in person.

Both Han Yingming and Han Changzi bowed and saluted, trying their best to show Jiang Nianyun the highest courtesy, and dared not neglect her in the slightest.

They said directly, "It's our first meeting, please take care of me. I heard from Qingzi that this child has caused you a lot of trouble. Sorry for the trouble."

"Yes, Qingzi has caused us a lot of trouble. Here, as parents, we thank you. Thank you for taking care of Qingzi these days."

Even Matsumoto Keiko praised her warmly and sincerely, "Fourth Aunt, you are so beautiful today! You are the most beautiful one among the crowd."

However, Jiang Nianyun's reply was so thoughtful, and she was appropriately polite to Han Yingming and his wife.

"No, no, don't be so polite. Qingzi is a well-behaved and smart child. How could she cause trouble to others? I like her so much that I wish she was my own daughter. Since we are all family, let's not say foreign words."

The other side also responded to Matsumoto Qingzi's compliment cleverly.

"You kid, you are making fun of your aunt again, right? I am not a great beauty, but I still have to dress up. Because today is a distinguished guest! What's more, your parents are not ordinary distinguished guests. Who makes us in-laws? Okay, let's invite them to sit in the house."

This naturally added a few points to the harmonious atmosphere, and the closeness between each other was also shortened a lot.

Moreover, to be honest, Jiang Nianyun did pay enough attention to this meeting.

She not only dressed up beautifully, but also made many practical preparations for receiving guests, which made Matsumoto Qingzi's family moved.

Knowing that Kang Shude could not consider so many details, today Matsumoto Keiko went to pick someone up, Jiang Nianyun personally arranged for people to come here to clean up the residence for Matsumoto Keiko's parents.

Now the two rooms on the west side that have been idle have been cleaned up in a very good manner.

Not only did they clean the room spotlessly, all the things needed were prepared, but also considering the age of Matsumoto Keiko's parents, they made some arrangements to please them in the decoration.

So when both parties finished the courtesy in front of the courtyard gate, Jiang Nianyun and the others took them into the room and let them settle their luggage.

Matsumoto Keiko's family felt flattered, and their eyes were almost not enough.

In addition to the main hall, the north room of this small courtyard has suites on the east and west sides, one inside and one outside.

As soon as they entered the outer room, they found that the wood here was all nanmu color, and blue and green were secondary colors.

The wooden couplets had green characters on nanmu ground, and the plaques had blue characters on nanmu ground.

All the porcelain is blue and white. In addition to a pair of multi-colored peony bonsai, there is also an old-fashioned clock on the long table. On the wall is a four-screen painting of flowers and birds by Wang Xuetao.

Although there are no gold plates or silver bowls, these things look elegant and luxurious when paired together.

It is especially worth mentioning that the color is elegant and quiet, without any vulgarity, and it is completely low-key luxury.

In this house, except for the peony and a few roses in the vase, there is no bright red or green color.

It makes people feel relaxed and comfortable, and their minds are at peace, which is very in line with the aesthetics of the Japanese.

Then I went into the inner room and took another look, which revealed the secrets and was a different world.

Because this bedroom is the same as the one in the east, the floor of the room is raised high, and you have to go up a step to enter the room.

The floor is covered with tatami like straw mats, which gives people the feeling that you take off your shoes and get on the kang when you enter the door.

In this way, the windows also appear low, and you can see the cats running in the yard while sitting on the floor of the house.

The closets and partitions for bedding in the room are all sliding, and at first glance they are old-fashioned Japanese style.

Although unlike a real Japanese house, you can directly see the scenery in the courtyard by opening the silk sliding door.

But as long as you open the Chinese-style windows, it is also very convenient to enjoy the moon and the breeze.

In addition, this room is also equipped with various Japanese furniture and daily necessities.

Cushions, small coffee tables, desks, bookcases, TVs, VCRs, radios, palm-leaf fans, electric fans, mirrors, mosquito coils, ashtrays, stationery, Japanese novels, Chinese and English newspapers...

There is even a small refrigerator and a small wine cabinet in this room.

There are iced beer and soda in the refrigerator, and in addition to a bottle of whiskey and brandy, there are coffee, Indian black tea, Fujian Dahongpao, Hangzhou Longjing, and Beijing jasmine tea on the wine cabinet.

Dried chrysanthemums, sugar cubes, and condensed milk are also available.

A set of gold-rimmed milky white fine porcelain cups and saucers are specially used for drinking coffee.

Several glasses are prepared for drinking Longjing.

Drinking black tea or tasting Dahongpao, there is a set of Yixing tea sets.

There are also two blue and white covered bowls on the side.

As for the tea snacks and southern sugar, they are naturally provided by the Tangong Restaurant.

In addition, Jiang Nianyun also prepared two imported cigars for Han Yingming, who smoked, and placed them in a small wooden box next to the ashtray.

It must be said that Jiang Nianyun thought too much for them.

These things are not inferior to what Han Yingming and his family have at home, in fact, there are many more enjoyments.

So when Jiang Nianyun said politely, "Our place is quiet, maybe the conditions are limited, and some of the hospitality is not good enough. If there is anything missing or needed, please tell me immediately."

Keiko Matsumoto's family all bowed in unison to express their gratitude, and everyone spoke sincerely.

"I'm so sorry that we have caused trouble to you."

"Thank you very much, thank you very much."

"Fourth Aunt, thank you very much. You have worked hard today."

Even in Han Yingming's opinion, the temperature in this room is a bit high. In fact, he already misses the air conditioning at home.

But considering that people were entertaining him, it was already very difficult to prepare to this point, so he couldn't say anything else.

Sincerity is shown, hospitality is hard to deny.

Since he had prepared everything, he could still open his mouth and say that he wanted to see the conditions of a four-star hotel.

Of course not.

Forget it, just make do with it.

After all, we cannot forget that this is still the third world.

People have indeed given everything they have, and it would be too much to be picky.

I think it won't be so hot at night here, so I can probably sleep well. If possible, I might as well go for a walk in the garden...

But clinker, he had just thought of this and finally found something wrong, when reality slapped him in the face.

Only a soft sound was heard in the main room, and the door curtain was opened.

Then I heard someone shouting from the outer room, "Chairman, the ice is coming."

He followed Jiang Nianyun in the room and said, "Xiaofang, bring it in."

Two waiters, a man and a woman, came in carrying a large bucket and two copper basins.

The woman is still the same girl just now, she smiles when she sees people.

Han Yingming and Han Changzi, who didn't understand Chinese, were confused when they saw one of the two service staff setting up a copper basin and the other putting ice in it.

I bet that big bucket was full of chunks of crushed ice.

After the two basins were filled with ice, one was placed in the outer room and the other was placed in the inner room.

Not only was it laid out, there were also fresh fruits placed on the ice, including six peaches in the middle and two large bunches of milk grapes in the outside.

The color is so fresh and beautiful, it even makes people salivate.

Not to mention, as soon as these two ice basins were placed, the temperature in the room immediately became much cooler.

In fact, Matsumoto Keiko's parents understood the beauty of the ice before Jiang Nianyun could explain anything.

Han Changzi couldn't help covering his mouth and exclaimed, "Oh, so this is how the capital cools down. It's so surprising. And these fruits can also be used for freezing. This really kills two birds with one stone."

Needless to say, Jiang Nianyun was naturally humble again at this time.

"I'm ashamed. Not long after the hotel license was obtained, the air conditioner was not installed. Putting up this ice basin is an old trick here in the old days. It makes you laugh. But although it is convenient to use without air conditioner, There is no need to use electricity. There is always a power outage here, and the ice is made of clean water and can be eaten. It can be used to freeze fresh fruit or drink it with an ice pick. Look, this method has more benefits than using air conditioning.”

As soon as these words were said, Keiko immediately echoed.

"That's right. Once the power goes out, the air conditioner is useless and can only provide dry heat. So this method is safer. In fact, as long as ice is sent twice a day, it is enough. Mom and Dad, you will know after you use it. , As long as there is ice, it won't be hot here at all. And the air conditioning is much softer than the air conditioner. If you want to be cooler, just put it in front of the electric fan. ”

As for Han Yingming and his wife, all they could do was marvel and admire them.

They have to admit that a big country is still a big country, and the Chinese people are really amazing.

Even though there is no air conditioning, the wisdom accumulated over five thousand years is quite impressive.

How could he even think of such a desperate solution and be able to do it?

Simple, practical and not fancy.

In comparison, Japanese nobles look like rubes.