Where does she have the Beijing Time to waste here? She wants the finished product, the finished product!
She didn't give up easily, and after negotiating with the shop owners for a long period, she visited one of the craftsmen's shops. Oh, what can be said? She was even dissatisfied with the design. She had once slept in a step-backed bed at Old Huang's house in Siping County, knowing that the requirements for beds in major households are a "bright hall and dark room", where the beds need not only exquisite carving but also multifunctionality.
The step-backed bed usually consists of two parts: the front half is called "step-back", which includes carved columns, hanging curtains, leaning railings, and flying eaves; the back half is the main body of the bed. More fine step-backed beds even come with external corridors, where lamps and dressing tables can be placed on both sides, forming an "inner house within the house, room within the room".
