"Is there usually no one living here?" Ding Anmin asked curiously, seeing that the door of the farm was locked from the outside.
"Well, someone comes to clean it every few days," Ni Yan'an replied. "This is my hometown, and Daihe Village under Beidai Mountain is the birthplace of my great-great-grandfather. The ancestral home is still here. It's said that this place was also built at that time and is a great spot for summer holidays. I visited several times when I was a kid, and even last year, but it looks a bit shabby compared to before."
A large family indeed. Yi Roujing thought to herself that only large families in the past could afford to buy land on a mountain and build a summer retreat.
Ni Yanqing opened the door. The small paths in the yard were paved with bluestone, flanked by fruit trees and flowers, creating an elegant landscape. The wooden rooms were not built directly on the ground but had an elevated layer.
