Upon entering, there was a front yard with carved beams and painted rafters. There was a majestic pine tree on the left. The trunk was bulky and straight, with many branches grew from the trunk. It looked like at least two to three hundreds years of age.
In ancient times, there was a saying that to determine whether the family was nouveau riche or familial inheritance, one had to take a look at the trees in the yard.
No matter how big the nouveau riche build their yard, their trees were all small saplings, it meant no heritage foundation. In contrast, a truly wealthy family had pine trees taller than the walls.
There was an open space on the right side of the yard, surrounded by all kinds of exotic flowers and grasses. A long corridor was winding along the wall, leading to somew
