"One courtyard is enough. There are more than a dozen rooms, enough for more than a dozen people to live in," Frank explained with a smile to Ju An.
"That's ok, just prepare a small yard for us." Ju An thought for a moment, it would be enough for the crew and the crew to live in. It is estimated that the remaining crew members are also very interested in the treasure.
After hanging up the phone and returning home, she heard Dinah say to Ju An as soon as she entered the door: "Tomorrow Wang Fan will also go directly from San Francisco to Fort Bragg, and then go directly to our woodland."
Damn! Everyone was really flocking to see the treasure. They nodded and said, "Look at the board! Just don't take the things away." After saying that, he looked at his wife Dinah and asked, "Nini's three children's fake
Everyone invited?".
Before Dinah could answer, the girl next to her nodded and said: "Yeah! Well! My teacher has allowed me three days of leave, but I have to take some pictures of the treasures I saw, and I will give them to you when I return to class.
The classmates can just talk about it. It’s my homework for the past few days.” After saying that, he turned to Ju An and continued: “Dad, bring the camera at home, I will use it then!”. After saying that, he said to Ju An.
Ju An nodded seriously: "Don't forget it."
Dinah looked at Nini and said with a smile: "That camera is too complicated. Mom will help you find a smaller camera later and bring it to you." It seems that a small adult still needs to use a SLR, a whole point-and-shoot camera will do.
.After saying that, the family started to go upstairs to clean up. Ju An was thinking about it. The crew heard that there was a treasure to look at and unanimously decided to take off early in the morning.
Frank took Ju An and his group to the valley, and then walked up the hillside along the paved road with large blue bricks. There were preserved towering trees on both sides of the road, and the whole way the car felt like it was driving into the valley.
Like a green passage, you can see some gray rabbits and a few small animals outside the car window from time to time. When you raise your head and watch the car passing by, you can hear the chirping of birds and warblers in the trees.
Arriving at the entrance of the courtyard, Frank drove the car to the small parking lot in front of the screen wall. Following the brick road, he saw the gray courtyard surrounded by big trees, with red pillars and window frames. The entrance to the gate was not in the middle, but in the middle.
Towards the east, there are two white stone carvings at the door. Ju An can't figure out what they are. To be honest, this is the first time Ju An has seen a courtyard house. He had seen it in newspapers and books before.
Frank and the three drivers led Ju'an and a group of people towards the courtyard. Several crew members were far away, plus Cora and the other five people were arranged to live in the back seat. Wang Fan and Miles' two children were occupied.
They were arranged in the east and west wing rooms. As for the choice, it was up to the two families. Of course, Ju An's family would be the main room.
While walking, Frank introduced the people in Ju'an and said: "The door we entered just now is called the Zhaimen. The place where the crew lives is called the reverse seat. It is the place where the owner lives for the guests. The current door is called the Hanging Flower Gate. Enter
This is the main courtyard, with east and west wing rooms on both sides. This courtyard used to be where the owner's family lived, but now it's just a difference in size. From now on, each small courtyard here will have three families of guests."
As soon as they entered the hanging flower gate, the three little kids ran out happily and started playing in the garden. The wing rooms and the main room are all connected through the verandah. Don't worry, even if it rains, it will rain everywhere.
, there is also a stone table and bench in the small yard, and Xiao Chi and Xiao Hu climb on the stone bench to play.
Frank pointed to the wing rooms on both sides and said to Cora and Miles Sabayeva: "Just pick one! You can put your luggage in it. Then take a look and tell me if there is anything missing." Then
He gestured to Ju An: "Now! Boss! Go and take a look at your room to see if you are satisfied with it or not."
Ju An and Dinah listened to Frank's words and nodded to Frank. Dinah shouted to the girl and Xiao Chi: "Go to the house and take a look."
Without looking inside the house, Ju An was very satisfied with the small courtyard. In the entire courtyard, the pillars were bright red, the verandahs were also carved, and a small red lantern hung between every two pillars.
The couple and their two children pushed open the door of the main house. They faced a hall with a row of chairs and coffee tables. The floor was covered with red and yellow patterned carpets.
There are no calligraphy or paintings on the walls, but they look similar to those in movies and TV shows. Not to mention Dinah, even Ju An is a little short of sight. Just the window grilles on the window panes give off a strong Chinese style.
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I pushed open the bedroom door, and it was different from the outside. It was said to be an ancient building, but after all, modern people want to live in it. It is impossible to put an ancient large wooden bed inside like a small room. This is not in line with modern times.
According to people's living habits, the ceiling is suspended at a height of about three meters, with light blue and white flowers in the four-way cloud and dragon patterns. Of course, there must be a bathroom in the bedroom. Is it possible that some people still put a wooden toilet in the house?
The big bed is also good. Four dark red wooden posts set up a small shed that looks like a mosquito net. Small dark red wooden strips form a square grid that intersects with each other. There is also a circle hanging inside.
A small egg-yellow curtain with some flowers and birds embroidered on it.
The basin in the bathroom is made of blue and white porcelain, with a large bathtub. Of course, the toilet is still normal. You can't have a blue and white pot under your butt.
Ju An took a general look at everything and asked Dinah: "What do you think?".
Dinah glanced around and said to Ju An: "I am still very satisfied with the bedroom, but when I enter the door, I have to walk back and forth several doors. It is too cumbersome. Is it the same in our own house?
, If that’s the case, change it and make it simpler.”
"Ours is not like this!" Ju An explained with a smile, this is a courtyard house, and the place we live in is a small palace on the mountainside: "From the outside, the place we live in looks like a big building. As for what we want to do inside,
How to separate them, you can decide when the time comes, and as a whole, follow us
"Except for the appearance, everything about the current house is pretty much the same." To be honest, even if Ju An walks around here every day, he may not be used to it. The key is, this house can't even be driven in, so it's really hard to use it every day.
It's inconvenient. But it's enough to entertain tourists. This is the taste.
The two of them put down their luggage, and Dinah opened it and hung the clothes in the cabinet painted with meticulous flowers and birds, while Ju An walked outside.
Seeing Frank sitting on the stone bench in the yard, looking around boredly, he walked over and said to Frank: "I'm very satisfied, but what about eating?".
Frank smiled and said: "You can order a meal, or invite a chef to come to your house. You can cook a meal just for yourself. Every courtyard has a kitchen."
Ju An nodded after hearing this and said to Frank: "When will the cellar be opened? When can the experts arrive? Can it be done this afternoon?"
Frank shook his head: "Tomorrow! I made an appointment with them tomorrow to invite some reporters over. When the construction is completed, I am considering using a building as a museum to display these things. What do you think?
?”.
"That's a good idea!" Ju An nodded. No matter what he gets, it's all gold and silver. It's good for display. As for the box, it would be better if there are a few priceless treasures, preferably some crystal skulls.
, isn’t my buddy’s garden going to be crowded with people by then?
This idea popped into Ju An's mind, and he pressed it down. He felt it was too unrealistic. He said to Frank: "Then in the afternoon, I will follow you to see the progress of the project!".
"Okay! I'll have your lunch delivered later, and I'll come to pick you up around one o'clock in the afternoon." Frank nodded to Ju An, and then said, "Then I'll go back first."
Naturally, there is nothing to say about lunch. Ju An doesn’t expect Frank to bring a pot of pickled fish or something, the same old steak, lamb chops with potatoes or broccoli. Wang Fan, a foodie, has really long legs. When it’s time to eat,
We arrived at the courtyard on time, just in time for dinner.
After eating, Ju An, Miles, and Wang Fan followed Frank to watch the progress of the project. A few women walked around with their three children.
Frank drove the car and continued walking along the road in Ju'an's courtyard. After driving slowly for seven or eight minutes, he saw three workers paving the road. Ju An originally thought that these herringbone brick roads were paved manually.
At this glance, I realized that it was a machine used by old American workers. A car was dragging a car behind its tail.
A long strip is like a funnel, filled with bricks. Three workers stand on the workbench behind the funnel. There is a sliding slope below the funnel. When they reach the top of the slope, the bricks are already in a neat herringbone shape.
After Ju An looked at it for four or five minutes, the road was paved just a few meters away. It was really fast.
Since the road has been diverted and paved, there is naturally a bare road behind it. The road surface has been pressed tightly, and there are no wheel marks on the road after cars pass by.
The car slowly went downhill and came out of the forest road. It suddenly became clear to the eyes. Now there was no bare board under the road, but large blue stone strips more than one meter wide and two meters long. The whole one was close to ten meters.
Main axis roads several meters wide are all
It is paved with these stone strips. On both sides of the road are drainage ditches more than one meter deep. There is a Chinese-style square lampstand with two meters high cornices separated by a distance of eight or nine meters, but there is no lamp in it.
Some workers are busy laying out cables.
The car kept driving along the bluestone road, and after a while, I saw a white step above the ground. The entire stone platform was nearly three meters above the ground, and it was completely white. It was surrounded by white marble railings, and the sides of the platform were separated from each other.
There is a dragon head sticking out about seven or eight meters away.
"Damn!" Wang Fan said as he followed Ju An out of the car, and then gave a thumbs up to Ju An: "Just looking at the stage without looking at anything else makes you look like a bastard."
Ju An scratched his head. There were at least three tall platforms on Ju An's side, all on the central axis. Ju An couldn't figure out which building's platform these were, so Frank took him around.
I don’t know anymore.
Frank said with a smile: "This platform is in the center. There will be a five-story building on the platform. There will be many pavilions next to the round platform. When the time comes, it will be connected to the main building through two corridors in the air." As he spoke, he led
Ju An and others climbed up the steps from one side of the platform to the high platform. In the middle of the high platform, there are three or four white marble steps. On the steps, twenty or thirty square cement pillars more than one meter high have been poured, and they are gray.
Concrete pillars and steel bars were just exposed.
Ju An lay on the white marble railing on the side and looked around, then realized that he had lost his way. The bluestone road when he came was not on the central axis, but on the side. The road along the main axis had not been completely paved.
, a crane in the distance is hoisting bluestone slabs and placing them on the road.