The wooden gate was dilapidated, opening with a touch, but only halfway.
A large hand pushed hard, and with a creak, the gate opened.
What looked small from the foot of the mountain turned out to be a courtyard at least two or three times larger than Zhou Ang's.
The main house had five rooms with a corridor, and three additional rooms in the west wing. The one in the southeast corner was clearly a latrine.
A jujube tree stood at the entrance to the west wing, its branches withered and leafless, probably dead.
In the courtyard was a small, wide-mouthed, large fish tank; two water lily leaves floated on the surface, and beneath the green leaves, two red carp seemed to swim gracefully.
Entering the courtyard, one discovered that the walls, including the corridor, hadn't been
