National Tide 1980.

Chapter 630

In fact, the west wing faces south, and there is a small room next to the south wall.

But since the past, there is the toilet.

After this place became a large courtyard, due to poor cleaning, it became more and more filthy, and there has become an unsmelly smell.

Of course there is no need to look.

So he left the west wing, and Kang Shude led Ning Weimin to the front of the main room to the north.

These five rooms are the most important buildings in this courtyard, and they are also the rooms with the best orientation.

The old man didn't need to speak at all, Ning Weimin could guess that it must be the residence of the owner, Mr. Song.

It's just that this place was originally supposed to be a large room with five connected rooms, but now it is divided into two and three rooms and two suites by a brick wall built later.

Apparently two families were using it separately before those homes moved out.

Fortunately, it is quite gratifying that after opening the door locks of these rooms, the inside is no longer like other rooms, without traces of the past.

The pair of partition doors that used to separate the second and last rooms on both sides, that is, the green gauze cupboard mentioned in "A Dream of Red Mansions", are still nearly complete and maintain their original appearance.

The pair of doors are composed of twelve partitions, quite exquisite.

The main frame, sill frame (including the hugging frame, upper, middle and lower sills), partitions, cross-cuts and other parts are almost complete.

Although the blue and white silk yarn on the heart is damaged, it is not a serious problem, and it will be replaced later.

This indeed gave Kang Shuode and Ning Weimin a big surprise.

You must know that the Ma family is a family of architects. Can the style of the partitions they design and choose be comparable to those of ordinary families?
Don't look at things that were only in the period of the Republic of China.

But the texture of the wood, the exquisite carving, and the attention to detail are all top-notch, comparable to a palace.

If such a thing is redone by a carpentry factory, it will be of great value.

Since there are still originals, it will be much easier to just do repairs, at least two to three thousand yuan can be saved.

However, what surprised Ning Weimin was that the height of the two rooms facing east on the right was the same as the threshold.

It is a large block higher than the foundation of the three rooms next door.

What's going on here?
"Hey, what's so strange about this, you called 'Oriental Yard' for nothing..."

Seeing Ning Weimin staring at the ground in puzzlement, Kang Shuode smiled slightly and gave him an answer.

"Mr. Song's Japanese wife returned to the capital with her husband after marriage. It is difficult to change the living habits of her country. Mr. Song is a person who loves his wife very much. After moving here, first of all, he asked the Ma family to send someone to move the east side room of the main house. Hedongjin has undergone a major renovation."

"First of all, the floor of the house is raised very high. When entering these two houses, you have to take off your shoes, which is equivalent to going up a step first. The floor is covered with tatami mats like straw mats. It feels like you take off your shoes and go to the kang when you enter the door. And The windows of these two rooms are also opened very low, and you can see the cats running in the yard when you sit on the floor of the house. The innermost room is used as a bedroom, but there is no bed, and Mr. Song and his wife sleep on the tatami at night."

"When I first came here, I saw that the furnishings in these two rooms were very fresh. According to my imagination, Mr. and Mrs. Song woke up and opened their eyes. They were full of tables and chair legs, and the visual angle became that of rats. It’s awkward enough. But gradually, I realized that this is the living habit of the Orientals, and I didn’t feel weird about it.”

"Also, the Japanese love to take a bath. Therefore, Mr. Song separated a space of five or six square meters as a bathroom in the far east, and installed a Japanese-style sliding door. He also spent a lot of money to follow the Western method to run the pipeline. The water and sewage facilities were installed, and the faucets were installed. There are washbasins, bathtubs, and flush toilets inside. Because the place is frequently used for water, it was not converted into tatami mats, and only the original red and blue patterned tile floor was left.”

"So let me say that these two rooms should be the most convenient in life in the entire Majia Garden. After this room is occupied by the housing management, those who are lucky enough to live here will have their own independent toilet and bathroom."

Speaking of which, Kang Shude opened the door of the east room, and walked in.

Ning Weimin followed closely, and sure enough, as the old man said, there was a bathroom in the middle of the room.

But it is a poorly protected situation.

The Japanese-style sliding door is gone, half of the wall has been built, and the rest is partitioned with a wire and a broken curtain.

The tiles inside were cracked, the bathtub was nowhere to be seen, the toilet was replaced with a squatting one, and the water pipes still leaked a little.

One can tell at a glance that the resident who moved out didn't realize how lucky he was, and he was a little disappointed in such convenient conditions.

However, what surprised Ning Weimin the most was that Mr. Song, who resolutely returned his wife to Japan back then, had such a considerate side.

It seems that their relationship is indeed very good.Otherwise, a man would never spend a lot of time thinking about his wife so thoughtfully.

It can also be imagined from this that it was not easy for Mr. Song to make a choice that could be called heartless.

On the contrary, it must be very painful and difficult.

In the final analysis, it was the war that ruined this harmonious little family and ruined their relationship as husband and wife.

It is family hatred caused by national hatred...

"Old man, what about the other rooms? Is it Mr. Song's study?"

Ning Weimin didn't want to think about it anymore, and took the initiative to change the subject, trying to avoid this sad feeling.

Just listen to Kang Shuode continue to say.

"The main room in the middle is the Ming room. In the middle there is a large kang with a big red bedding and a big red square long pillow, which can be used as a meeting place. The innermost room on the west side is the bedroom of Mr. Song's children. Mr. Song has a son. A girl. The boy is five years younger than me, and his name is Song Xingyuan. Everyone calls him Xiao Yuanzi. The girl is seven years younger than me, named Song Chunzi after a Japanese wife."

"There is another bed in the Xici room outside the partition, which is the bed of Tian Ma, the nanny who takes care of the children. The little old mother is the wife of a vegetable farmer in the Sun Palace outside the Chaoyang Gate. She gave birth to three children, two sons and one daughter. .I have to go to the city to be an old mother to make a living. Although I have no experience as a servant, I am very responsible.”

"Mr. Song just chooses her simplicity and sees that she has no bad habits developed in the house, so he is willing to hire her at a high price of 15 yuan a month. This is almost the price of the highest maid at that time, and the average maid is no more than eight. Ten yuan. The money Tian’s mother earns is more than enough to support her family in the countryside.”

"For this reason, Tian's mother naturally knew that she had met a good master's family, so she took extra care of taking care of Mr. Song's children. She was also very loyal to Mr. Song and his Japanese wife, and worked hard without complaint. She didn't have the scheming and insight of ordinary maids. Even She is very respectful and polite to Lord Lan. It's just that she's not so nice when talking to outsiders, not only is her words offensive, but she even has a little bit of a temper when it comes to it."

"I knew about such a thing. This Tian Ma, because she is very good at making mildewed tofu, usually makes two jars. Except for one jar for daily use in the small courtyard, the other jar can be distributed to the garden. People of all classes, earn some extra money. Once, she went to deliver moldy tofu to the servants of the Ma family, and when she came back through the garden, she ran into a female relative of a foreigner."

"I don't know if it's a wife or a concubine. She drank too much and sat in the pavilion in the garden and couldn't get up. When she saw Tian's mother, she eagerly shouted, 'Then mother, come and give me a hand.' Tian's mother was not polite when she heard this man's words, and regardless of the difference in status, she immediately retorted, "There are no old mothers here, only sloppy ones!" Listen, she is such a tempered person."

The old man's description made Ning Weimin couldn't help but smile, and couldn't hold back his joy.

Because he knew that this sloppy son was a word used by people in the capital to scare children.

In the past, almost all children in the capital heard a similar sentence when they were young.

"If you cry and make trouble again, the sloppy son will come and eat you!"

In the tone of the parents, Sloppy, a tiger-like monster, seems to be the most terrifying existence in the world.

Krampus, who corresponds to Santa Claus in Western mythology, has the same preference and specializes in eating disobedient children.

If someone's child is naughty and crying, the sloppy child will follow the breath to pick up the child.

Even Lu Xun paid special attention to it in "Crossing Flowers in the Evening".

It is believed that the source of this word is Ma Shumou who ate children in the Sui Dynasty, so it should be called "Mahuzi".

Anyway, regardless of the explanation, Ning Weimin must admit that Tian Ma's ability to adapt and her ability to dare to contradict are extraordinary.

She actually frightened the person who yelled at her like a child.

The subtext of this statement is clearly to scold the drunken wife or young lady——you are a child, you are so ignorant!

This can make people spit out a mouthful of old blood, and they can't tell the "roasted chicken big nest neck" without being wronged.

I'm afraid that apart from the capital city, I won't be able to taste it anywhere else.

(End of this chapter)