The sky was getting dark, and Ding Chongguang had no intention of leaving again. Instead, he followed Rich Man Li to the best residence in the village, the Li Mansion, intending to rest for the night.
Li's Mansion is located by the stream and is very large, occupying almost half of the entire village.
The plaque reads "Li Mansion" in golden letters, with majestic stone lions standing on both sides. It's so majestic and luxurious.
Rich Man Li led Ding Chongguang and others to open the courtyard door and said, "Haha, I'm not bragging, there will never be a better courtyard than mine in Xiaohe Town."
The green tiles and white walls, waterside pavilions, strange rocks and trees all have a bit of the unique charm of ancient Chinese Jiangnan courtyards. No one would have imagined that the nouveau riche-like Li family would have such a freehand and elegant appearance.
I just don’t know how many lives were spent building such a large garden in this remote village.
"This style seems a bit familiar."
Ding Chongguang looked at the courtyard. The strange garden style seemed a bit familiar.
He was an architect in his previous life and was also interested in various architectural styles.
Seeing that he was somewhat interested in the courtyard, Rich Man Li said proudly: "A few years ago, when I was worrying about how to build a garden, I heard that a master architect from Qinghe Fairy City came to the town, and he gave me some advice.
I heard that many nobles in Qinghe City like this style very much, and I also went to find out that it is indeed like this in Fairy City. There are several companies with this style."
"Also, the stones laid on the ground are all laid with the spiritual stone companion ore that I specially brought from Blackstone Town. It is said that it has great benefits for the human body and can improve the family."
Ding Chongguang blinked and said: "The master from Qinghe Fairy City, Master Zhang Lu Zhang?"
"Yes! It's him. He can be heard by his benefactor. It seems that Master Zhang is indeed an extraordinary person!"
Rich Man Li nodded. To be honest, he could only see the appearance of the courtyard of the Immortal Family. He could not go in to investigate, nor could he ask others about the courtyard construction of the cultivator family. Therefore, although the courtyard construction was beautiful, he still had it in his heart.
Worried about being deceived.
Now that this person from Fairy City had heard about this master architect, he felt a little relieved.
"I've heard of it! Of course I've heard of it. Why haven't I heard of the famous Master Zhang? Haha."
Ding Chongguang felt it was a bit funny, or maybe the world was too small. That Zhang Lu was also a student taught by him at the Black Rock City Academy. He was also a formal student and had learned a rather systematic set of architecture and deception techniques.
Jiangnan garden style is naturally very good, but in this foreign world, it has just spread, and it is actually a bit acclimatized. This style that is different from the traditional style of this world is also more difficult to promote.
In fact, the only Jiangnan garden-style courtyards in Qinghe City are Ding Chongguang's small courtyard and the courtyards of several other friends, all of which were designed by him himself.
To say that people in Fairy City have this style is naturally deceiving.
Among the same batch of students, most of them study and use traditional architectural styles in this field. They still need to polish, study, and accumulate reputation for more than ten years before they can officially design buildings independently for others.
Only Zhang Lu, after studying with several teachers for three years, was not satisfied with the hard work and chose to use surprise to promote the Jiangnan garden style drawings left by Ding Chongguang to commemorate his experience as an architect in his previous life.
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However, since Ding Chongguang was not the one teaching it himself, he really couldn't recognize the other party's garden style, which was a mixture of architecture from this field.
Ding Chongguang glanced at Shen Wan, smiled and said to Rich Man Li: "Speaking of which, Shen Wan also recognizes him. If you had said that you knew Shen Wan, Master Zhang might have given you some discounts."
"Haha, probably."
Rich Man Li smiled awkwardly and thought to himself, if the other party knew about it, he might even increase the price. Fortunately, Shen Wan had not returned to the village at that time!
Ding Chongguang did not criticize this, but pointed to a courtyard that was far away from the main courtyard and had no signs of habitation and said: "This courtyard is good, let's live here."
"There is a better yard ahead, why not go there?"
Rich Man Li was a little surprised when he heard this and made a suggestion.
There are many empty courtyards in his house specially used for entertaining guests.
"No, that's it. I like the peach trees outside the courtyard."
"Okay! I'll take it back and ask someone to clean it up!"
Upon hearing this, Rich Man Li called his servants to clean up the yard, and he took Ding Chongguang to watch the yard for several weeks.
Ding Chongguang, on the other hand, looked at the garden carefully like he was checking a student's homework, found any gaps, and recorded them in the notes of Zhang Lu's life book, preparing to mention a few words the next time he saw them.
After wandering around for a while, Ding Chongguang and the others returned to the courtyard to rest.
"Master, are we really not going to report it to the county?"
Qingyue is a little worried. She has also studied a lot of spiritual knowledge over the years and knows the impact of this alienated land on people. If they continue to live near this place, the villagers here are afraid that they will become neither humans nor ghosts for generations. Suffer.
"What should be reported should naturally be reported. This does not prevent us from getting benefits."
Ding Chongguang shook his head. He knew that Qingyue would always get confused every time she encountered something like this.
"That's good, that's good, ah, I'm sorry, young master, I shouldn't doubt you."
Qingyue showed a relieved smile, and then realized that she had asked a question that clearly meant she did not trust the young master, and she immediately felt very ashamed.
"It's okay. It's good that you care about them."
Ding Chongguang touched Qingyue's head, feeling somewhat relieved in his heart.
Due to his status, he cannot do many things, and cannot have in-depth contact with many things. Even if he cannot understand the actions of some people, even if he was a mortal in his previous life and could understand the difficulties of mortals, he cannot take direct action.
Even the mortals here are unfamiliar to him, and he has no chance to contact the real them.
He needs a hand to operate, and the smart and kind-hearted Qingyue is undoubtedly the best candidate.
On the other hand, he doesn't know what the future will bring, whether he will die in the middle of the journey, or whether he will gradually lose his way and forget his original intention because of mastering the artifact of the destiny book.
Therefore, he wants to leave something in this world, something from his previous life, to prove that he has been here and lives up to the education of his previous life. At the same time, these things and these thoughts will also serve as anchors for his humanity, always admonishing and reminding himself.
Qingyue didn't know what was going on here, but she felt that the young master was tolerant, and the guilt in her heart was even deeper.
She was not a pretentious person, and did not let her emotions interfere with her normal work. She pointed at the Tao family brother and sister who followed them in, and the Li family brother and sister said: "Master, do you really want to keep them by your side? This Li Gou..."
She has no objection to the young master taking in someone, because she was once in a similar situation to them, but this stupid Li Gou makes it difficult for her to handle.
"Tao Hei, you will follow Shen Wan from now on. You have studied in the school and he will take care of you. Don't worry about all kinds of things by yourself like in the past."
Ding Chongguang looked at Tao Hei. Tao Hei had been brainwashed by Rich Man Li and had no potential. He was not interested in educating him anymore.