The Akino Family is a large, extended family. Nowadays, apart from major holidays or special occasions when the main members might gather together, at other times everyone is scattered throughout the country. Just like many others, they move to big cities to buy homes, and return to their hometown only during the New Year or other important times.
Currently, at the Akino home, besides his parents and grandparents, there is only his younger sister living there, with no one else around.
As for the other uncles, they are all scattered.
Ye Qiu and Akino went inside and were assigned a room with a private garden to stay in.
Although this is within Tokyo, it's far from the bustling areas. Moreover, it's particularly quiet here, both day and night. The independent room Akino arranged for Ye Qiu has a separate garden outside, with a not-too-big lotus pond inside. The water in the pond is very clear, and Ye Qiu just saw those little streams and assumed they circulate back to here.
