Hong Fei laughed heartily, "Doctor Yun, you take a rest. We’ll take care of the mansion!" In the following days, Hong Fei and about twenty to thirty female soldiers clanged and clattered around. They bought paint and timber, fixed the leaky parts, and applied fresh paint. They also bought many things from Balibao to furnish the once dilapidated mansion, making it look like new. During this time, Dong Huiying was busy with Shu Yu and Shujun, both of whom were sickly. Shujun was also blind, and although Dong Huiying knew that Hong Fei and the others were renovating the mansion, when she asked about it, Yun Ge simply said, "Don’t worry, I promise you won’t be disappointed." I just felt that having a place to sleep was good enough, it really doesn’t need to be luxurious or grand, especially since... funds are limited! I touched my money pouch and suddenly remembered. Hmm, isn’t my elder brother in charge of the finances? On the sixth day of moving into the old mansion, around noon, Dong Huiying and six members of the Liang family had been living in a small courtyard within the mansion. The courtyard was quite large, so it wasn’t cramped. Dong Huiying was about to start cooking when she saw Yun Ge approaching her with a smile, "The front part is almost done, only your left and right courtyards are left. Come, let me take you to see them." Yun Ge led Dong Huiying by the hand outwards. The previously messy garden had been neatly repaired. There was a brand new purple wooden pavilion in the garden, a circular arch, and white walls, but the roof tiles were purple. Each of the rooms was as good as new, with brand new bedding, brand new furniture, all included, and the beautifully but not gaudily decorated beams and columns. It was evident that Yun Ge had good taste, and Hong Fei and the others were quite handy. When they finally stepped out of the main gate and saw the neat, limestone-colored stairs, with two majestic stone lions standing on each side at the front, she turned to look at the lintel only to see the words "Purple Garden" hung above it. She was impressed in her heart. After all the renovations, it had almost become a new mansion. Yun Ge had a big smile, "Do you like it?" Dong Huiying: "Did it cost a lot of money?" Yun Ge waved her hand: "Not much, just over two hundred taels." Heaven knows that buying the old mansion along with its deeds and land certificate previously summed up to just over twenty taels!! "Yun Ge, you’re such a spendthrift..." But regardless, this Purple Garden became everyone’s new home. As the weather grew colder and the season was about to move into deep winter, on the east side of Purple Garden, there was a cozy courtyard named Xihui Courtyard. The name was picked by Liang Zhichen and Liang Shujun together, though Yun Ge once criticized it as tacky, but the brother duo didn’t mind Yun Ge’s comments at all. After all, they were all thinking about Baobao, and even the place they settled down was a declaration of their love for Baobao. Xihui Courtyard, wasn’t it just about liking their Baobao. One wife and six husbands lived in Xihui Courtyard, next to it were the residences of the Dong family in Nianshan Courtyard, and Yun Ge lived in Shenyun Courtyard. As for Hong Fei and others, they were not so particular, staying at the West Side of Purple Garden, where several houses were knocked down to create a small training ground, where every morning, you could hear the voices of these robust female soldiers practicing military drills. As the weather turned colder, Yixuan had his elder brother go to Balibao to buy some fabric to sew winter clothes for everyone. That day, Dong Huiying wore a light lavender jacket. She found it too troublesome to comb her hair, so she tied it into a twist and draped it over her shoulder.
