Rebirth of the Starry Night Sky

  Yun Qingran was too young and walked very slowly, so she could only be carried by Yun Fei. They first came to the stone gate on the left, with a door frame carved with leaves and a stone screen carved with elegant orchids. Behind the stone screen, the small courtyard was paved with neat bluestone slabs, where evergreen trees were planted. The two-story small building facing the water had only old but clean tables and chairs inside.

  Across the stone gate, in the center of the courtyard is a set of stone tables. On the other three sides, there are smaller stone gates leading to three small courtyards similar to but smaller than the previous one.

  Back to the living room, next to it is a spacious dining room. Behind the living room is a large garden, and in one corner of the yard there is a smaller carved stone gate leading to the kitchen and the servants' quarters. The two-story building in the big yard is the main house. On the first floor, there is a small living room, then a study that occupies three or four rooms, and upstairs are the bedrooms.

  Because the two elderly people still live there, it's not convenient to bring people up to watch, so they just pointed downstairs and gave a general idea, and took everyone to see the study. Walking into the study, the bright room only has one desk, with good red wood carvings above the desk, looking like it has been through a lot of time. On the desk, pens, ink, paper, and inkstones are neatly arranged. On both sides of the wall hang many calligraphy and paintings, below which two chairs are placed, with a small table in between the chairs, convenient for placing tea when people come to discuss things.

  Behind the desk is a wooden beaded curtain, and behind the curtain are over ten bookshelves filled with books, as well as several empty shelves with scattered books and ceramic carvings. Behind the bookshelves is another beaded curtain, which upon entering reveals that it's all musical instruments. The interior construction is different from others, the walls are built to have strong echo and soundproof effects, and behind the beaded curtains are thick fabric curtains. On the wall opposite the window, there are large and small grid cells, each cell holding a different instrument, including sheng, flute, pipa, guqin, guzheng, and over ten kinds of traditional Chinese musical instruments.

  Wang Lao Ye Zi explained everything in this study room in detail, hoping that Yun Lao Ye Zi could take good care of it.

  "Wow, you have so many books here!" exclaimed Mr. Yun, who thought his own collection was already impressive, but it could only fill a few bookshelves in this place. To him, these books and musical instruments were worth more than the cost of buying a house, or even more valuable. It was clear that Mr. Wang really wanted to find a good owner for this study. If so, how could he not put his heart into it?

  "Haha!" Old Master Wang heard this and couldn't help but laugh. In his life, the thing that made him most proud was being able to preserve these books in his study through so many chaotic times. Hearing Old Master Yun say this, Old Master Wang also became more amiable, no longer as polite yet distant as before: "I'm older than you, just call me Old Brother Wang. What do you think of my study?"

  "Good, Wang. This study of yours is not bad at all, it makes me want to move back home immediately. So many books... " Old Master Yun's eyes showed a look of envy.

  "Cloud brother, I knew you were a book lover. This is in your hands and I am at ease. Let's go, after lunch we will handle the house transfer." Mr. Wang had known from the start that Cloud would like this place, but didn't know to what extent, he wanted to see for himself before feeling relieved.

  At noon, Old Lady Yun and Old Lady Wang went to the kitchen together, with Yun Xi and Chen Rong helping out. They made a table of delicious dishes. To celebrate finding such a good house, to celebrate finding trustworthy people. The two old ladies were also delighted to have found kindred spirits in their later years, as they had similar personalities and shared common interests. They could talk about poetry and music for a while, and both liked playing the piano, chess, books, and painting. In just one meeting, they became friends.

  In the afternoon, after Wang's family handled the procedures through connections, Chen Chen sent Wang's two elderly people back home, and everyone else went back together.

  In the evening, after Chen Chen returned, after dinner, Yun Lao Ye Zi called everyone to the study room to discuss things.

  "Today's house has been seen, I have decided to leave the independent small yard outside for Ranran, and the other three small yards will be chosen by one of your family, the remaining two will move in after Xiangfei and Axi get married, now temporarily as a guest room. You two still live with Xixi and us in the main house. Do you have any opinions?" Yun Lao Ye said his decision made after discussing with Yun Lao Tai this afternoon.

  "Dad, can Ranran live alone?" Yun Xi asked worriedly. Yun Qingran is still too young now, how can she live alone in such a faraway house?

  "This master who seems so carefree, how did he arrange things? Before the arrangement, you were still living together." Cloud Old Master explained. "And what about you two? Do you have any questions?"

  "No." Yun Xiang spoke on behalf of his family, Yun Fei just shook his head, and Chen Chen and Yun Xi also expressed their agreement.

  Everyone nodded in agreement. Yun Lao Yezi nodded, "Xiang Yan, go find the decoration team, and once you decide where to live, just simply decorate according to your ideas."

  Yun Xiang just wanted to speak, but was pulled back by Yun Qingran, "Grandfather, Master said that the small courtyard where I live needs to be decorated separately. He guessed that you will also renovate the house, so he asked me to tell you that he will let us do it together. You only need to write down your favorite style and desired effect and give it to me to hand over to Master."

  "Oh, okay. You all saw it today too, go back and write down your thoughts. There's something else, come take a look, this is Ranran's master's advice." Cloud Old Man took out the few pages of paper that he had put away in the morning. Everyone gathered around.

  Two pages of paper, one is advice for Yun Xi and the other is advice for Chen Cen. The advice for Yun Xi suggests that she set up a clothing factory, design her own clothes, hire people to make them, rent a storefront in the city, renovate it, and sell retail, while temporarily wholesaling to others in other provinces and cities. As for Chen Cen, he is advised to first find someone to undertake construction projects with low technical requirements and send people for further training. These ideas coincided with Chen Cen's thoughts, but the only problem was that they lacked sufficient funds.

  "Ranran's master said that the remaining money from buying a house will be used as capital for the two of you. Ranran may need a lot of money in the future, and she'll still need support from her family." Looking at the hesitant expressions on their faces, Old Man Yun naturally knew what they were thinking.

  "Alright, I'll go to the city tomorrow to check out the situation and gather some information before making a specific plan." Chen Chen was quite decisive, after all, he was using Yun Qingyan's master's money, and it was also for her sake.

  "Then I'll go to the city tomorrow and take a look, see how the clothes are." Seeing Chen Chen say this, Yun Xi also stopped hesitating. Thinking that sometimes the clothes seen in stores don't look good, so the clothes at home are all made by herself, which is much better looking than those outside.

  "There are a few clothing patterns here, you take care of them yourself." Old Master Yun handed the remaining pages to Yun Xi.

  "Dad, then we'll go first." After finishing talking about things, the sky was already dark, and Yún Xiàngyán's family still had to return to the city, so they suggested leaving.

  "Alright, let's go first, be careful on the road!" Old Master Yun nodded.

  "Alright, okay. Goodbye, Mom, goodbye, Ah-chu and Ah-fei. Well, Big Uncle is leaving."

  "Goodbye, Big Uncle, goodbye, Big Aunt, goodbye, Cousin." Yun Qingran waved her hand.

  "Grandpa, grandma, auntie, uncle, Uncle Chen, goodbye. Little sister, goodbye, miss me!"

  "Dad and mom, Xiaochen, Xiaofei, XiXi goodbye, Ranran goodbye." After Chen Rong also said hello, Yun Xiang took his wife and son to leave.