happy old days

Chapter 35

During these days, Jinniang has been busy cooking for the workers, so she never had a chance to watch it, and now that it is hot, those men always wear sleeveless gowns when they work, and women are even less allowed to go. So Jinniang still has a sketch in her heart.

This new house can be regarded as the joint design of Jinniang and Yang Zhenhai. When the two were researching, Jinniang raised opinions, and Yang Zhenhai resolved it. Yang Zhenhai listened to Jinniang's opinions in this regard, so some places are very troublesome to implement. , but it seems to be working fine now.

Jinniang passed right in front of the house, because it was a semi-sloping land, in order to prevent water and soil erosion in the future and make the foundation level, the soil from the bottom of the slope was sent to the top of the slope, it was dug solid, and then paved with stone slabs to form an area. It is a very large courtyard dam, with a three-meter drop between the top and the bottom of the dam, which is very strong and surrounded by stones.There is a stone step on the west side of the front. It is convenient to walk up from here on weekdays. If you want to drive, you have to take the east road. It is also very convenient.A semi-circular land was formed under the dam, and Jin Niang had decided to plant some vines and two rows of shrubs here.

On the courtyard dam, in the east corner, there is a well-enclosed flower bed, which is still empty now. Yang Zhenhai has already taken a fancy to a golden osmanthus tree. Time is golden, and the meaning is good.Just wait for the next spring to transplant it. Yang Zhenhai transplanted a few trees from the mountains before, and they all survived, which made him full of confidence. After seeing it, Mr. Yang also said that this is a treasure land of geomantic omen. But I don't know that there is the role of the mother of water here.

The bluestone paved in the courtyard dam is very smooth, and there are not many gaps at all. Such a large area is reserved for drying the grain.

The house is composed of east, west, and middle roads, the middle road is the main courtyard, and the house with three entrances is similar in format to the houses in the capital now.

The foundation of the house is very deep, and the house is built tall. It has three sides and four ears. The main building is more than seven meters high and the depth is more than seven meters. , On the premise of not violating the rules, build the house spacious.

As soon as you enter the courtyard, you will find an upside-down room with a width of [-] meters. There are flower pots near the wall, and the rest are paved with bluestone. The second door is a vertical flower door with simple lines and carved patterns.

The woodwork of the whole yard is made of walnut wood, the kind of walnut wood with red grape color that has been thought for a long time. Jinniang doesn't know where Yang Zhenhai got so much walnut wood, but Jinniang knows that Yang Zhenhai bought the wood back then. At that time, I took away 1000 taels of silver from her, and bought woodwork and furniture materials, which are also the most expensive places for this new house. You must know that other blue bricks, tiles and stones are all added up to more than 100 taels.

But it cost a lot of money, but the effect is very good. The whole house has not been painted or painted, only tung oil has been painted on the outside of the wood to prevent moths from eating, everything is kept in its original color, and various signs and patterns are carved on the eaves and windows , the decoration is elegant and not obtrusive, with blue bricks and black tiles, dark red doors and windows and corridors, forming a beautiful scenery. The whole courtyard looks grand and stable, with a hint of rustic roughness.

The second entrance courtyard is a huge rectangular yard. There is a well on the right side of the first entrance and the second gate, which is also covered with a wooden hexagonal pavilion. Because the well was dug on the middle of the mountain, it was dark and dark when you look down, but I don’t know what it is. It wasn't their luck, this well turned out to be a sweet water well, the water was clear, sweet and extremely pure.The mouth of the well is built with bluestone, bluestone is their specialty here, the stone pattern is beautiful, and it doesn't need any modification at all.

There is a circle of corridors in the yard, linking the main and wing rooms. There is another circle of water leaks between the corridors and the yard. There are such drainage devices in the whole yard. It flows out quickly, and kitchen water and domestic water can also flow out from here. The outlet is at the east side of the courtyard dam, and the water can be directly discharged into Moon Lake. When preparing for it, Jin Niang also thought about whether it would flow into Moon Lake. Not good, but after thinking about it, now the water is not polluted at all, and there is no chemical agent at all. Even if the clothes are washed, the plant ash or saponins used are all natural, and there is no pollution problem at all, and the Moon Lake below It is living water, and its own evolution ability is quite strong.In poor conditions, this is already the best solution.

The main house is the residence of Yang Zhenhai and Jinniang. It is still empty inside, and the wooden partitions have been done. In this era, glutinous rice or rhubarb rice and lime were used to build houses. Here they use a mixture of glutinous rice slurry and lime slurry as an adhesive. , the effect is equivalent to the modern No. [-] cement, which will not rot for thousands of years, and it is also painted with a layer of lime in the house, and the color is white and bright.

The east wall is hung with ice-cracked shelves, and there is an oval-shaped space in the middle. Yang Zhenhai saw that the double-sided screen made by Jinniang was very beautiful, so he asked her to embroider a larger one and paste it on the wall. It is generous and beautiful. , now the shelf has been placed, just wait for her to embroider and press it.

At the bottom of the south window is a kang, and the kang cover is also installed, and nothing is left empty.The west house is going to be used as a living room, and there are two side rooms on the west side, and a large kang bed is used as a winter bedroom.An ear room on the east side is used for bathing and toileting.

The east wing is used as the dining room at home for receiving guests, and the south side room and the two east rooms are used as the kitchen.In the future, in contact with people, it is indispensable to have relatives to visit, just like Yingzi always does show work with Jinniang, so they can entertain here.

As for the east wing, there is a place that Jinniang proposed to build, which is a large fireplace against the east wall.The inside is built of bluestone, and the outside is decorated with wood. It is [-] centimeters high, and the sides are separated by copper shelves. On the west side of the outside, there is a special copper basket for wooden blocks with a pattern of twining flowers. , looks chic and practical.It's cold here in winter, it's not cold to sleep on the kang, but the room is a bit cold during the day, always wishing to stay on the kang forever, so Jinniang thought of the fireplace, on the one hand it's good for warming up, and on the other hand Jinniang thought about winter time Roast sweet potatoes in the fireplace, that must be delicious.To the west is a large kang, which is used for work in winter or temporary residence for relatives to entertain guests.

The west wing room is reserved for future children, and it is not planned now.

The east courtyard is a courtyard with two entrances. The front is larger and the building is in an inverted U shape. Three fronts and four ears are connected to the side rooms on both sides. There are five side rooms on each side. , the east courtyard is not open, and the other three rooms are reserved for future use. The front and back doors of the main room are open, and you can access the back yard. For the time being, you have not decided what to do. Yang Zhenhai decided to keep it for his son. It's still too early to be together.

Starting from the east, there are cattle and horse sheds, sheep pens, chicken and duck coops, fodder rooms, empty houses, and woodsheds.In the empty room, Jinniang thought that she might raise rabbits in the future.Several rooms are quite big, enough for us.A corner door was opened on the east side, and chickens and ducks were also let out every day for carriages to enter and exit, but this side was carrying a granary, and Yang Zhenhai made the door very strong, with several locks, so entering from here was not as convenient as climbing the wall.A large millstone has been set up next to the granary.Jinniang couldn't move the big stone roller. Yang Zhenhai was going to buy livestock after the house was finished. He wanted to buy a cow and a donkey. After a while, the food came out and he had to use it.

Another special place in the east courtyard is the cellar. People here also dig cellars to store winter grains, but the scale is not large, and Jinniang can’t tell why. In her heart, there is always a desire to store a lot of food. There are always times of severe drought and flood in ancient costume historical dramas. I feel a sense of crisis in my heart and always want to save more food, especially last winter when she experienced a few kinds of food that are monotonous without dishes every day.Food, clothing and housing are very important in life, and eating is even more important, so we can't be sloppy at all.

Jinniang told Yang Zhenhai to build a larger cellar to store food, and she also gave a lot of reasons for this. Although Yang Zhenhai felt that it was unnecessary, she still met the little daughter-in-law's request.And he does it well, which is why Mr. Wu must be invited.

The cellar was built in the middle of the east courtyard, and the exit was in the kitchen. There was a stone slab on the floor, and a hidden button was opened, and the steps inside were revealed with a light push. Everything inside was made of stone, and it was very deep. Jinniang felt that she had It feels like going down to the second basement.

Entering the cellar, the area is really large, almost 150 square meters. It is the kind of vaulted cellar, which is arched with stones. Jinniang remembers this construction method, which seems to be similar to Zhaozhou Bridge. The blocks are closely connected without any gaps, and no columns are required, so the bearing capacity is strong.The cellar is divided into four rooms, two of which are large for storing food, and the remaining two are about [-] square meters, one for ice storage and the other for wine cellar.The top of the cellar has been waterproofed and the stone vault itself is very tight. Even if there is a heavy rainstorm, no water will seep down. What's more, the drainage system above is very good, so there will be no such situation. In addition, there are several ventilation holes in the cellar for air circulation. Normally, each room is individually ventilated.

"Look here." Yang Zhenhai took La Jinniang's hand and led her to the innermost ice cellar. The temperature in this room is the lowest. It may be seven or eight degrees now. When the ice is released in winter, the room can stay below zero. , Yang Zhenhai came to the north wall, raised his hand and pressed on it, and then with a click, Yang Zhenhai pushed the front wall again, opening a stone door.

Jin Niang's eyes widened in surprise, "What is this?"

Yang Zhenhai smiled triumphantly, pushed the stone door open, and pulled Jin Niang in. Inside was a long strip room, two meters wide and ten meters long, "This is a secret room, and it's a secret room where I and my two uncles lived together. It was built, and now our father-in-law plus you are the six of us who know."

Looking at this long and narrow space, Jinniang felt that the two of them wanted to be together, but she also wanted to secretly save some food, which might be used at any time.Only a few people here know that Jinniang thought that the two old men would not speak out, and after thinking about it, the two elder brothers would not, either. They are cautious and definitely not talkative people.Perhaps Yang Zhenhai could see this and let them do it together.

After closing the door of the secret room, Jinniang felt so relieved, she was so satisfied with this cellar.

Neither of them expected that this cellar would play a very important role in their future lives, and the secret storage of food by Jin Niang and Yang Zhenhai also allowed them to survive several crises.

The backyard of the East Road is a place for Mr. Yang to retire. Originally, Yang Zhenhai and Jin Niang wanted Mr. Yang to live in the main house on the middle road, but Mr. Yang refused, and finally built this small courtyard specially.

The house is only three main rooms, without a side room, and a fireplace is placed on the north wall of the main hall, and the east room is the old man's bedroom.The role of Xijian is up to the old man, whether it is used for entertaining guests or what to do is entirely up to him.There is also a bathroom on the north side of the west room.

There is also a small pond to the east of the house, which draws running water from the outside, and there is a hexagonal pavilion on the top of the pond.To say that the beautification of the whole house was done by Yang Zhenhai, Jinniang just had some suggestions, she doesn't know much about the current decoration, and Yang Zhenhai has stayed in the capital, visited many places, and even saw the exquisiteness in the palace. Beautiful things have a high level of vision, so the house looks rough everywhere, but it is actually very beautiful.

There is no brick house in the west yard, but a wooden thatched hut is built in the east of the south, which is used as a tool room. The whole west yard is empty, and it will be used as a vegetable garden in the future. It can also be used if necessary in the future. Building a new house here, Yang Zhenhai thought that if the two of them had seven or eight children, there would be not enough space, so he kept one.

Looking around the house, the house is empty, without furniture, and there are no plants outside, and they still need to purchase, Jinniang is basically satisfied.The only regret is that there is no more modern toilet.It's not that it can't be done, but it will be troublesome after it is done, and the toilet is not as clean as it is now.Now she is used to using the toilet here, and these things are all done by Yang Zhenhai. Every morning when he cleans up the stables, sheep pens and chicken coops, he cleans up the toilets along the way, and sends them to the composting place with a cart. Jinniang does not need to do it at all. , the house is always stocked with gray pine foam, and there is no smell in the house, and she is used to it now.

A large tank is prepared in each yard, which is usually used for washing face and hands, and it is also set on fire.The tank was ordered long ago, extra large.

The house was built, but the furniture hadn't arrived, so they were not in a hurry. After all, all the vegetables were here. Father Yang discussed with Yang Zhenhai, and moved after the furniture came. Before the autumn harvest, Yang Zhenhai wanted to go to the mountains a few times. , Building a house used a lot of savings, and he wanted to go to the mountains to supplement some income.

Jinniang was also in a hurry to make curtains and curtains for the house, and she missed a sewing machine left by her mother in her previous life.

The previous one finished the screen surface on the wall, and it was still a picture of peonies. It wasn't that she liked peonies, but this one on the wall was a huge embroidered picture on the wall, which was 1.8 meters long, [-] meters wide and [-] meters wide. If other flowers were not generous enough, And some landscape paintings seem deserted. At the beginning, I wasted a lot of thought on finding the right silk floss. There was no such big silk floss. Thanks to the third aunt who knew a embroidery girl who was good at this, she found a way to weave it. Such a piece.

This time, the single-sided embroidery was easier, but it took her one and a half months to complete the embroidery at her speed.Really stretched to the wooden shelf, it's really beautiful.

(End of this chapter)