Chapter 605: Visiting the House
“Don’t you say that Director Li is in a bit of a difficult situation now?” A bunch of bad friends helped Feng Cang speak with playful smiles. Liu Zhengyun said with a smile: “Therefore, Old Feng’s asking price cannot be based on your old price. Ma Man is not satisfied Come on, you have to consider whether Director Li is willing to do it.”
This made Lao Ma even more angry: “Yes, add these two general jars from the official kiln to the painting table. Eighty thousand for you!”
"That's right!" Wang Shuo's tone was full of cynicism: "You spent a total of 120,000 on Director Li buying a lot of things back then. Everyone knows this. Now one painting project has almost paid back, and the rest is I picked it all up for free, why don't I return it? What should I do? "
"It's a pity that even with Lao Li's credit, these things can't be taken to Hong Kong Island," Liu Zhengyun said, "I heard that these items are worth my money over there... …”
"Don't even think about it." Zhou Zhi said: "This 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 our descendants."
"Elbow is right." Mr. Ma sighed: "This is the situation with Lao Li now. I still want to fight for my career there. , if you come here to develop, you will have to face sanctions there, so these industries back then can’t be taken care of for a while, so it’s better to take action.”
“The things must be good things, it’s best. Domestic experts will take over."
"Why don't you buy it?" Wang Shuo said.
“Me?” Mr. Ma sneered: “You guys are causing trouble for me at the Haima Dance Hall, maybe I will have the money to buy it.”
The Haima Cabaret is actually more like a club. It is a place where writers can have ideas, discuss, and argue about their works. They can eat, drink, and have sex. It is quite comfortable, but none of the members seems to have given Ma Ye any money.
Relying on the meager income from external operations to support the big guys and gals in the Chinese literary and film circles, they naturally cannot make ends meet.
“Let’s take a look at a few more pieces.” Feng Cang stopped the quarrel among several people: “Old Ma, don’t keep pushing porcelain to me. This thing will be gone as soon as it is dropped. Is there anything that has been beaten again? Let’s talk about it if you have experienced it...”
“That’s right,” Zhou Zhi said, “Today is the day. Come here to broaden your horizons, Master Ma will take us around!”
The direction of Beijing’s hutongs is generally east-west, and the location of the old houses is directly related to it, especially the inner city hutongs! Here, the houses are basically arranged on the north and south sides of the hutong, forming a courtyard north of the street facing south.
The word "Zhaizi" does not apply to just any residence. Generally, it refers to a courtyard with "three entrances and four integrations" before it can be called that. This type of courtyard house is mostly located on the north side of the alley, facing south. The so-called "five large rooms facing the street" can only be afforded by people with a wealthy family.
Coming in from the gate, you are faced with a polished brick screen wall that is close to the south gable of the east house. Turn left in front of the screen wall and there is a circular moon gate.
After entering the Moon Gate, there is the front yard. There are three rooms on the street on the left, called the "South Room". During the renovation of the courtyard, the best plan for these south rooms is to transform them into garages. Or facade.
Now it is the warehouse used by Director Li to store furniture and sundries.
Corresponding 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.
To the west of the Moon Gate is a small garden measuring one foot square, which was used for leisure by the people who used to live in the outer courtyard. Zhou Zhi unexpectedly discovered a well here.
"The sweet water well in the old capital city is a rare thing. The reason why Baylor is interested in this place is probably because of this well." Mr. Ma introduced to everyone.
Indeed, apart from being close to the palace wall, there is nothing special about this house. Considering Lord Baylor’s status, the area is not particularly large, but with this sweet water well, it becomes an old house. The "high-quality resources" in the capital city.
Opposite the south room is the hanging flower door leading to the second courtyard. On the left and right sides of the hanging flower door, up to the moon gates on both sides, is a series of courtyard walls, dividing the outer courtyard and the inner courtyard into two courtyards.
Entering the Hanging Flower Gate, the inner courtyard is a rectangular shape, 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 inner courtyard. To the north of the courtyard are three main rooms and three wing rooms on the east and west sides.
Between the hanging flower door, the east and west wing rooms, and the main room, there is a curved-foot-shaped corridor with an eaves roof for walking on rainy and snowy days. It is called the "Zuishan Veranda" or "Chaoshou Veranda".
There is also a small space on the east and west sides of the three main rooms and on the north side of the left and right wing rooms. There is also a small space here, which is shaped like an ear, so it is called "ear room".
The wing rooms are independent small courtyards, each with a one-foot-square patio in front.
In addition, between the east and west wing rooms, verandahs and outer courtyard walls, there are two similar wing rooms, but they are called "Zhuding".
The two wing rooms are much smaller in area and are usually used as servants' quarters, or as a toilet and a kitchen.
Such a setting can also be seen on the western Sichuan Bazi of Sichuan River.
On the east side of the inner courtyard, there is a porch and moon door between the east wing room and the east wing room, through which you can go around to the third courtyard.
The size of the third courtyard is not large, just about the same size as the front courtyard. In addition to a long and narrow patio, there is also a row of rooms on the north exterior wall, called the "back room".
Although the courtyard in front of the back room is not as big as the inner courtyard in Zhongjin, the room itself is bigger than the main room. It is generally used as a warehouse and a place for unmarried female relatives and the maids who serve them. live.
This large courtyard occupies an area of about six horizontal and seven vertical, which is more than forty square feet, including the outer courtyard, the inner courtyard, and the four small courtyards at the four corners, a total of six courtyards. There are seventeen rooms in total based on the natural rooms with two pillars and one purlin. Excluding the main entrance and the two uninhabitable patio rooms, there are actually fifteen rooms with a total area of almost 400 square meters.
It is equivalent to two ordinary courtyards. As a courtyard of Baylor in the Qing Dynasty, it is not out of the ordinary.
Ma Ye introduced the furniture, and Yu Bin lost no time in introducing the house: "This house is in the best condition among similar courtyards in Beijing. In addition to being the closest to the city center, Director Li also conducted renovations before moving in. It underwent a comprehensive renovation and renovation.”
“At that time, the whole crew lived here, and it had water, electricity, heating, kitchen and bathroom, boiler, and sewers. They have all been renovated, and the standards are still very high. Except for the kitchen and bathroom, the bricks, tiles and woodwork of the interior and exterior walls, roofs, doors and windows were all dismantled and assembled from other broken yards."
"Now. Parking is not allowed in front of the front gate, but you can convert the front yard into a garage, move everything into the back room, and live in the inner yard directly with a large family, that’s no problem.”
"This is different from the ones Jesse bought. Those were refunded by the state. They were turned into courtyards before. If you want to live in them, you will have to spend money on major renovations."
"If you all If you are interested, please help recommend it to your friends and relatives. Just come to me, Lao Yu, and give you a discount!”
The old houses in the north don’t have the atmosphere of Jiangnan gardens. There is very little greening at every step, usually redbud trees, grape trellises, and golden trees. The atmosphere of the fish tank has become more atmospheric, but the aura has decreased.
Once no one lives in such a house and loses its smoke and smoke, the whole thing will be similar to a large warehouse full of debris, which is indeed difficult to attract everyone.
Though is the best among this group of people, because he discovered that many details of the house are indeed as Yu Bin said, they are old objects moved from other houses. It has gone through an overhaul, but all the materials used in the overhaul were old materials.
This is not easy.
(End of this chapter)