The backyard, like the front, connects to the rear mountain and has three side-by-side sheds for raising pigs, chickens, ducks, or other livestock. Now, the other animals have been chased away, leaving only a few domestic chickens, ducks, and those two mountain goats.
One side of the front courtyard houses a well and two small vegetable patches, while the other side is separated into a kitchen and a storeroom. The gap between the perimeter wall and the building is filled with the fruit trees that Ruan Jiaojiao likes, though they are now withered and lack vitality.
Ruan Jianguo laid flagstones of soft goose stones in the front and back courtyards, while the inside of the building has cement floors and the walls have all been whitewashed, with a red paint undercoat.
The Ruanlin family has been tidying up this place recently, making the entire building clean and bright. Whenever people from the team came in, they couldn't help but widen their eyes in envy.
