Siheyuan starts from a better life

Chapter 845, crossing the hospital

"Our community needs these houses." Tian Zao said while holding back his excitement.

Originally, there were not many people on this side of the street, that is, Qianmen Street was a relatively large street, and there were only less than fifty staff members, large and small. Tian Zao considered this, and let some people live in Jiang Yan and the others first. Community, and then the houses that these people retire will be distributed to other people. In this way, the housing problem has basically been solved.

"We can't take your house for free. After discussion in the street, we can come up with something to replace it with." Tian Zao said at this time.

Hearing what Tian Zao said, Jiang Yan was overjoyed. Nowadays, the houses in every street are basically managed by the street. Although most of the houses have owners, you must have forgotten that in the early years, a large amount of money was confiscated. The property rights of some of the enemy and puppet houses are basically in the hands of the street. Where is the big front door? In the future, every inch of land here is very valuable, so this business is not a loss.

"Currently, there are still many damaged and collapsed houses on the street that have not been repaired. You also know the situation of the street. We can use some of these houses to offset the payment you gave us for the house." Tian Zao said this with a little bit Sorry, after all, this house has been there for many years. If you want to live in it, you have to spend time repairing it, which requires a lot of money.

"No problem, Sister Zao, I agree." Jiang Yan agreed happily, but he was really happy in his heart.

"Do you know the house next door?" Tian Zao suddenly asked.

"I know that he is no longer on the street now, but I haven't seen the details." Jiang Yan said.

When Jiang Yan bought the house, he noticed the house next door and asked what was going on. According to the information he knew, the house next door and his own house were originally the same house.

Having said this, I have to talk about the courtyard houses in the Forty-Nine Cities again. Not to mention that most people today don’t understand the specific details of the courtyard houses. Even in the ancient construction industry, not everyone is proficient in it and understands it clearly. We have to list them one by one here, but it is not realistic to explain them clearly.

To put it simply, it is the relationship between "in" and "cross".

As we all know, "Siheyuan" is a general term for the unique courtyard building style in the capital. "Si" refers to the four directions of "east, south, west and north", and "He" means that the houses on the four sides are gathered together to form a "mouth" shape. As long as these two requirements are met, it can be called a "Siheyuan".

But depending on whether people are rich or poor, the specifications of their homes must also be different. This simple form of a small courtyard surrounded by houses can actually only meet the needs of small households.

Private residences of nobles, officials, and wealthy people often have several courtyards. There is a verandah in front of the main house, a balcony in the back, and wing rooms in the east and west, making it luxurious and spacious. There are many additional facilities inside and outside the courtyard, all with gardens. How can such an extremely complex courtyard house be accurately expressed and distinguished in language?
That's the word "enter" and "cross".

To put it simply, "in" can be regarded as the "meridian" of a set of courtyards, which represents the depth of the courtyard. And the concept of "cross". It can be thought of as a "latitude", which refers to the width.

The principle is the same as "entering". There are as many "crossings" as there are left and right parallel courtyards. Usually, the courtyards arranged along the central axis are called "middle roads", while the courtyards on both sides are distributed according to the direction, and are called "certain road" cross-courtyards.

For example, if the house Jiang Yan bought was a courtyard with three entrances, it was only three entrances and there were no cross-yards at all. Jiang Yan felt a little puzzled when he bought it.

You know, in the past, officials of all levels had to live in what kind of houses. Jiang Yan's courtyard with three entrances was basically a residence in a first-class courtyard in the past. Do you think that this courtyard with three entrances is enough? Yes, that is impossible.

A first-class courtyard is also composed of a gatehouse, a counting house, a carriage house, a porter team, a private school, a living room, a flower hall, a dining room, a warehouse, a kitchen, a toilet, a garden, etc. This is a real "deep house compound".

This is what puzzles Jiang Yan. According to the ratio of officials, not only a third-level official, but also a fifth-level official may not be enough. Tian Zao started talking about it today, and Jiang Yan realized that his next door might be the cross-yard of the previous quadrangle.

"Both sides of your house are basically the courtyards of the Siheyuan. The left side is basically the courtyard where carriages, porters and servants live, and the right side is the courtyard where warehouses and gardens are located. However, the inheritor of this house is a prodigal son. For some reason, he sold the courtyards on both sides a few years ago. The courtyard on the left was purchased by people in the Sijiu City, and over time it became a new slum. The courtyard on the right was bought by an officer of the National Government, and later he added a Western-style building after his own modifications. However, he later became a traitor, and the house was taken away by the government. Although the courtyard over there is large, there are not many habitable houses in it, and the renovation is a considerable expense, so it was used as a factory on the street. Now the factory has closed down and it has stopped."

"Our neighborhood committee discussed it before. If you agree, the yard next to it will be included in this replacement. How do you feel about it?"

"No problem, of course no problem." Hearing Tian Zao say this, Jiang Yan agreed immediately.

"It just so happens that I still have the key over there. It's still early today, or let's go take a look." Tian Zao continued.

After opening the courtyard and walking in, I discovered that the two remaining sweet-scented osmanthus trees in the courtyard were already old. Their trunks and branches were as tall as an adult's legs. Moreover, because they are a southern tree species, they are very rare to grow in the capital. Under their lush green cover, the house is made more solemn and elegant.

As soon as they entered the courtyard, Tian Zao pointed to the eaves and asked Jiang Yan.

"Let me test you, do you know what this thing is for?"

When Tian Zao asked, Jiang Yan looked in the direction of his finger.

Only then did he realize that there was a row of rusty iron hooks under the eaves. And not only are there one every half meter, but at a glance, they are arranged there continuously.

"I don't know, it can't be for drying bacon! It doesn't take so much!" Although Jiang Yan had a guess in his mind, he didn't say it out loud.

"I think you look like bacon. This is for hanging lanterns." Tian Zao patted Jiang Yan's mouth.

"Hang lanterns? So many!"

Although there was speculation, Jiang Yan still spoke subconsciously after hearing it suddenly. In fact, I really don't blame Jiang Yan for his reaction. Although this courtyard has been renovated, it is still a slightly special courtyard, because if all the eaves in this courtyard were to be hung, there would have to be at least hundreds of them. Does anyone else light lanterns like this?

"You are really rare and strange. In the past, they were a wealthy family. This is not a problem. You can't imagine their luxury." Tian Zao said.

"This is really a wealthy family that smells of wine and meat. It's freezing to death on the road. This is too corrupt." Jiang Yan said.

"I hope you won't be like this in the future." Tian Zao said.

"That's not possible, and we can't waste it. The money I earn is hard-earned money." Jiang Yan said with a smile.

"It's weird to believe you to pay back hard-earned money."

'Keep visiting, keep visiting. Jiang Yan quickly interrupted Tian Zao and changed the topic to one side.

(End of this chapter)