In Shen Siyuan's memory, Zhang Haibo's house was the type made of red bricks and tiles, not exactly crumbling, but definitely old.
It was probably built in the seventies or eighties, with many bricks and tiles cracked, and moss growing in the dark corners.
Due to wind and sun exposure, many small holes had formed in the brick walls, and in springtime, lots of bees liked to burrow into these holes.
So Shen Siyuan and his buddies liked to cover the hole with an IV bottle and then poke in with a straw. When the bees flew out, they would land in the bottle, and the boys could catch many in a day.
The reason for using an IV bottle was because it had a large base and a small opening, so bees that flew in had a hard time flying out.
However, these were all beautiful childhood memories, and now in front of Shen Siyuan stood a western-style house.
A real western-style house at that, and quite new; it seemed to have not been built long ago.