Chapter 38 - 038 Bun (Happy Weekend)
Li Xianglu stood at the entrance of a courtyard, carrying a bundle and sizing up the small courtyard in front of her.
In the early spring, the farmyards in Guanzhong were mostly hung with yellow-orange corn and chili peppers; the yards always housed grinding stones and many corn stalks, and the ground was littered with chicken droppings, filthy.
But this courtyard, much like the ones the rich people would purchase in her previous life, was tidy and clean. The red brick walls on both sides were well-repaired and neat, the gate was not the usual fence door but a proper iron door painted red. On the west side of the small courtyard, there was a stone table with four stone stools, and two cave dwellings. The one on the east side was covered with a small roof that seemed like a kitchen, but was by no means crude—covered entirely with red bricks.
Li Huai Ren, with the door to the western cave dwelling already wide open, said to Li Xianglu who was in a daze at the entrance of the yard: "Xiang, come, you’ll live over here, but it needs some tidying up. No one has lived here for a good while."
It took quite some time for Li Xianglu to snap back to reality. She opened her mouth but no sound came out, and she followed the old man into the cave dwelling.
This was the Western cave dwelling, with a very large window, much bigger than typical cave dwelling windows. On the west side was a four-meter-long kang (heated brick bed), and the floor was laid with neat red bricks. On the kang stood two dark brown cabinets.
Li Xianglu’s eyes brightened—these cabinets mustn’t be made of ordinary wood.
She wanted to climb up to take a closer look, but Uncle spoke to her: "These two cabinets are yours, good for storing clothes and such. There are larger wardrobes in the city house, if they’re not enough, when there’s a car, we can have them brought over."
Li Xianglu blinked back tears and said softly: "I only have these few belongings, I don’t need big wardrobes."
Li Huai Ren, the old man, blustered: "What nonsense are you talking about? My granddaughter Li Huai Ren will have endless clothes to wear in the future!" After finishing, he seemed to stomp off gruffly.
Li Xianglu was stunned. The old man turned out to be somewhat of a tsundere.