Siheyuan: Rebirth of Liu Ergou

In a blink of an eye, the cold wind of Laba Festival came quietly, covering the capital with a thin layer of silver gauze. Liu Rui stood in front of his newly completed mansion, looking at the back garden covering more than six acres, his heart was full of emotion. The nine main rooms stood majestically; the east and west wing rooms each had twelve rooms, which were arranged in a staggered manner; the eighteen back rooms were even more magnificent. In the courtyard, there were three pavilions dotted in between, one large and two small, like the finishing touch, making the whole courtyard more lively.

From the outside, Liu Rui's house is just a low-key but luxurious courtyard house renovated from a large back garden, but no one would have thought that underneath this house, there is a huge basement hidden.

This basement was dug by Liu Rui's grandfather more than ten years ago. At that time, he was just looking for a piece of land suitable for growing rare flowers, but he accidentally dug a hole. This hole seemed like an endless abyss, which attracted his curiosity. So he started digging, and gradually, a three-story basement was formed.

On the first floor, if you want to enter, you have to go to the center of the big stone mill, turn left three times and right three times nine times to reach a huge storage room. It is filled with Liu Rui's collections, including ancient porcelain, calligraphy and painting, jade, and various rare treasures. Each of these collections is priceless and is Liu Rui's pride. However, in the deepest part of this storage room, there is a secret that no one knows.

It was a large doorway, covered by the floor. Only when people moved away the debris and took pictures of a dozen places on the wall could they see the passage leading to the underground. This passage was narrow and deep, as if it was a secret path leading to an unknown world.

Walking down the passage, we came to the second floor of the basement. This place was completely different from the first floor. It was divided into two parts. One part was filled with countless giant vats filled with fine wine. Liu Rui had tiger penis, tiger bones, deer antlers, and various tonic wines. The other part was filled with various rice, millet, corn, sweet potato flour, potato flour, and the most common were various bacon and fish.

However, this is not all of the basement. In a corner of the second floor, there is a small room. This room has no windows, only a door that is tightly closed. When people push open the door, they will see a staircase leading to the underground. This staircase is steep and narrow, like a passage to hell.

Walking down the stairs, we came to the third floor of the basement. This is a completely enclosed space, without light, only rows of small lights on the wall provide weak light. This space is huge and empty, as if it is an endless abyss. Here, it is extremely dry. All of Liu Rui's antiques, artworks, gold ingots and goldware, silver ingots and silver ingots from various countries are neatly stacked. The gold alone is more than 10 times the largest vault of the "United States". ...

After looking at his basement, Liu Rui went to the storage room and pretended to organize his things. Seeing that it was getting late, he walked to the gate of the compound to greet the guests.

"Xiao Rui, your new home is really magnificent!" The second uncle Liu Haizhong came over with his family and praised it highly.

"Yes, Ruizi, you are really rich now!" The third uncle Yan Bugui also came with his family, with a look of envy on his face.

"No, no, I still have to rely on the care of the elders." Liu Rui smiled modestly, but his heart was full of pride.

He turned and walked towards the kitchen, where the second and third aunts were busy. Both aunts were cooking experts, so they would naturally be the chefs for today's meal.

"Second Aunt, Third Aunt, today's meal depends entirely on you." Liu Rui walked into the kitchen, smiling.

"Don't worry, Ruizi, we will make it beautiful for you!" The second aunt patted her chest and promised.

"Yes, we have everything from beef, lamb, chicken, duck, goose, and fish. We will make sure you enjoy your meal!" The third aunt also agreed with a smile.

Liu Rui nodded with satisfaction, turned around and left the kitchen to entertain other guests. The second and third aunts began to get busy, some cutting vegetables, some stewing meat, and the whole kitchen was suddenly filled with the aroma of food.

Just as everyone was preparing to eat, the sound of high-heeled shoes broke the tranquility of the courtyard. A young and charming female officer with a heroic appearance, a curvy figure, and a charming appearance appeared in front of everyone. She was wearing a military uniform, carrying a military rank on her shoulders, and walked majestically, like a beautiful landscape.

Seeing this, Liu Rui roughly guessed the identity of this female officer in his heart - she should be his aunt. His aunt had been in the army for many years and seldom came home. This time she suddenly appeared, obviously to celebrate the completion of his new house.

"Oh, you are Liu Ying, my aunt? Is it really you?" Liu Rui came forward in surprise.

The little aunt smiled slightly, with a sly light in her eyes: "Why, you don't welcome me? I took the time to come back and see your new home."

"Welcome, welcome. Of course you are welcome!" Liu Rui hurriedly greeted everyone, "Everyone come quickly and take a look at my aunt. After not seeing her for many years, she is still as heroic as ever!"

Upon hearing this, everyone gathered around to welcome the young aunt. The second and third aunts became even busier, because they knew that with the young aunt here, the meal had to be more sumptuous. So, they added a few more of their specialties to make the whole banquet even more lively.

Liu Ying asked others where the old lady was, and Liu Rui took her aunt to the old lady's room. As soon as she entered the room, Liu Ying saw her mother sitting upright on a chair, and her eyes were instantly wet.

Liu Ying walked forward quickly, knelt on the ground, and greeted her mother. Her voice was trembling as she said, "Mother, I am an unfilial daughter. I failed to be filial to you and made you suffer." The old lady looked at her daughter kneeling on the ground, tears flashing in her eyes. She stretched out her trembling hands, gently stroked Liu Ying's hair, and said, "My daughter, you are finally back. You must have suffered a lot outside these years."

The mother and daughter hugged each other and cried, their tears soaking each other's clothes. After a while, they gradually calmed down and began to talk about their experiences in the past few years. Liu Ying told her mother about her life outside, her hardships and difficulties, and her longing for her family. The old lady told her daughter about the situation at home, her physical condition, and her concern and worry for her daughter.

During the chat, the mother and daughter's faces were always filled with happy smiles. The affection between them was like an invisible bond that tightly connected them. Although they had been separated for many years, their hearts were always connected and never separated.

In this way, on the day of Laba Festival, Liu Rui's new home was filled with laughter and the aroma of delicious food. The sudden appearance of the little aunt added a bit of unexpected surprise and joy to the banquet.