Riding the wind of rebirth

Chapter 604
"Don't you say that Director Li's situation is a bit difficult now?" A group of bad friends helped Feng Cang with a smiley face, and Liu Zhengyun smiled and said: "Therefore, Lao Feng's asking price can't be based on your old horse's dissatisfaction. You have to consider Li. Whether the director is willing or not is right."

This made the old horse lose his temper even more: "Okay, the painting table and this pair of general jars from the Tongzhi official kiln, [-] will be given to you!"

"That's right!" Wang Shuo's tone was full of cynicism: "You spent a total of 12 yuan on director Li's scouring back then. Everyone knows this. Now one painting case is almost paid back, and the rest is all paid for." If you pick it up for nothing, what else will you do?"

"It's a pity that even Lao Li's credit can't bring these things to Hong Kong Island." Liu Zhengyun said, "I heard that these things are worth a lot of money over there..."

"Don't even think about it." Zhou Zhi said, "The pair of jars may still be able to get out, but this painting case is impossible. It is not only a criminal crime, but also a crime committed against future generations."

"Elbow is right." Master Ma sighed: "This is the situation at Lao Li's side now, and he still wants to work hard there for his career. If he comes to develop, he will still be sanctioned by that side. I can't take care of it for a while, so I might as well make a move."

"Things must be good things, and it is best for domestic experts to take over."

"Or you can buy it." Wang Shuo said.

"Me?" Master Ma sneered: "You guys don't bother me at the Haima Song and Dance Hall, or I will have the money to buy it."

The Haima Song and Dance Hall is actually more like a club, a place where writers collide with each other, discuss and quarrel with each other to come up with their works. They are all in charge of eating and drinking, and it is comfortable, but the members don’t seem to have given Ma Ye any money.

Relying on the meager income from foreign business operations to support the gang of big men in the Chinese literary and film circles is naturally unable to make ends meet.

"Let's look at a few more pieces." Feng Cang stopped the quarrel of several people: "Old Ma, don't keep pushing the porcelain for me, this thing will be gone if you drop it, tell me if there is any one that has been beaten and dropped what……"

"That's right." Zhou Zhi said, "Today I'm here to open our eyes, and Master Ma will show us around!"

The direction of the hutongs in the capital is generally east-west, and the location of the old houses is directly related to it. Especially in the inner city hutongs, the houses are basically arranged on the north and south sides of the hutong, forming a north-south courtyard.

The word "zhaizi" is not suitable for any kind of residence. Generally, it has to refer to a courtyard with "three entrances and four integrations" to dare to call it that way.This kind of courtyard house is mostly located on the north side of the hutong, facing south. The so-called "five rooms facing the street" can only be afforded by wealthy people.

Entering through the gate, you will be faced with a screen wall of polished bricks that clings to the south gable of the east house.Turn left in front of the screen wall, and there is a round moon gate.

Entering the Moon Gate is the front yard, and there are three rooms on the street on the left hand side, called "South Houses". When the courtyard is being remodeled, the best solution for these south houses is to transform them into garages or facades.

Now it is the warehouse used by Director Li to store furniture and sundries.

Symmetrical to the moon gate in the east, there is also a moon gate in the west, one on the right hand side of the south room and one on the left hand side of the south room.

Inside the moon gate on the west side is a small garden with a square meter. It was used for leisure by the people who used to live in the outer courtyard. Zhou Zhi unexpectedly discovered a well here.

"Sweet water wells in the old capital city are rare things. The reason why Baylor is attracted to this place is probably because of this well." Master Ma introduced to everyone.

Indeed, apart from being close to the palace wall, there is nothing special about this house. For Lord Belle, the area is not particularly large, but with the addition of this sweet water well, it has become a "high-quality resource" in the old capital. "Are.

Opposite the south room is the vertical flower gate leading to the second entrance courtyard. On the left and right sides of the vertical flower gate, until the moon gate on both sides, there is a courtyard wall, which divides the outer courtyard and the inner courtyard into two courtyards.

Entering the vertical flower gate, the inner courtyard is a long square, with an area twice as large as the outer courtyard.

The Hanging Flower Gate itself is a gatehouse, located in the center of the south side of the courtyard. There are three main rooms on the north side of the courtyard, and three side rooms on the east and west.

Between the vertical flower gate and the east and west wing rooms and the main room is a curved-foot-shaped corridor with eaves for walking in rainy and snowy days.

On the east and west sides of the three main rooms, and on the north side of the left and right side rooms, there is also a small space, where there is also a room, which is shaped like an ear, so it is called "ear room".

The ear rooms are independent small courtyards, each with a one-foot-square patio in front.

In addition, there are two similar side rooms between the east and west wing rooms, or between the veranda and the outer courtyard wall, but they are called "盝ding".

The two side rooms are much smaller in size, and they are usually the lower rooms where the servants live, or one side is used as a toilet and the other side is used as a kitchen.

This kind of setting can also be seen on the western Sichuan Bazi in Shuchuan.

On the east side of the inner courtyard, there is a porch and moon gate between the east ear room and the east wing room, through which you can go around to the third courtyard.

The size of the third entrance courtyard is not large, only about the size of the front yard. In addition to a long and narrow patio, there is also a row of rooms near the north outer wall, called "back room".

Although the courtyard in front of the back room is not as large as the inner courtyard of Zhongjin, the room itself is larger than the main room. It is generally used as a warehouse, where unmarried female relatives and maids who serve them live.

This large courtyard occupies an area of ​​almost six vertical and seven, that is, more than 40 square feet, including the outer courtyard, the inner courtyard, and the four small courtyards at the four corners, a total of six courtyards.According to the natural room with two columns and one purlin, there are [-] rooms in total.Excluding the main gate and the uninhabitable courtyard rooms at the second gate, there are actually fifteen rooms with a total area of ​​about [-] square meters.

It is equivalent to two large courtyards in general, and as the courtyard of Baylor in the Qing Dynasty, it is not out of the ordinary.

Master Ma introduced the furniture, while Yu Bin lost no time in introducing the house: "This house is in the best condition among similar courtyards in the capital. Besides being the closest to the center of the city, Director Li also had a comprehensive renovation and renovation before he moved in. remodel."

"At that time, a production crew lived here. The water, electricity, heating, kitchen and bathroom, boilers, and sewers were all remodeled, and the standard was still very high. Except for the kitchen and bathroom, the interior and exterior walls, roofs, doors and windows. It was disassembled and assembled from other broken yards."

"Parking is not allowed in front of the gate of the front yard now, but you can transform the front yard into a garage, move everything to the back room, and live directly in the inner yard with a large family. That's no problem."

"It's different from the ones that Jesse Cheng bought. Those were all returned by the state. They were all messed up before. If you want to live in them, you have to spend money on major repairs."

"If you are interested, or help to recommend it among relatives and friends, just come to me, Lao Yu, and give everyone a discount!"

The old houses in the north do not have the atmosphere of Jiangnan gardens. There is very little greenery with one step at a time, usually redbud trees, grape trellises, and goldfish tanks. The atmosphere is more atmospheric, but the aura is reduced.

Once such a house is unoccupied and loses its pyrotechnic atmosphere, it will be like a large warehouse full of sundries. It is really difficult to attract big guys.

Among this group of people, Zhou Zhi is considered good, because he found that many details of the house are indeed as Yu Bin said, they are all old objects moved from other houses, and the whole courtyard has undergone a major repair, but All the materials used in the overhaul are old materials.

This is not easy.

(End of this chapter)