Chapter 299: Look at the house
The one who showed them the house was the chief's eldest son. His family's yard is located in the southeast of Kyoto. The surrounding environment is quite quiet, with deep alleys, high walls, tall gatehouses, dark gates, and gray bricks, which are simple and elegant.
From the outside, the yards of each house are basically the same. The second home that walked into the East and West Hutong was their yard. Opening the gate, the stone seat of the front wall is simple and atmospheric, covered with shiny glazed tiles.
The gate is on the southeast side of the courtyard, spacious and atmospheric, more than five meters wide, and can enter and exit the carriage. In addition, there are seven upside-down rooms, and behind the front door wall is a small courtyard, in which there is an east wing, and there are desks and stools in the room, which seems to be the original private school classroom.
There is a courtyard on the westernmost side of the upside-down room, and inside it are two upside-down rooms and two west wings. Outside the small courtyard, a shed was built against the north wall, and some stone troughs were placed inside, which seemed to be horse sheds.
There is a wall between the front yard and the middle courtyard, and there is a hanging flower door in the middle, which is also more than five meters wide, and there are suites on both sides of the hanging flower door, and next to the suite is also an upside-down room, which is a utility room and a kitchen.
There are seven main rooms in the middle courtyard and five side rooms on each side. The west side of the main house is also a five-meter hanging flower door, through the hanging flower door, you will reach the backyard, the backyard is also seven main houses, east and west three wings.
The west side of the main house in the backyard is still a five-meter hanging flower door, and when you walk over, it is a vacant land, with an area of more than two acres, and a pavilion in the middle. Leaning against the west wall, there is a 2-meter-wide corridor, and there is a corner gate in the northwest corner of the backyard, and next to it are two small houses, which seem to be lived by the janitor. Out of this door, you will arrive at another east-west alley.
This yard is 30 meters from east to west and 120 meters from north to south, covering an area of more than five acres. With the addition of the Hanging Flower Gate, there are 53 houses in total.
All the houses have corridors on the outside, and the corridors are connected to each other, and the hanging flower doors connect the corridors together, so that the rain does not shine and the sun does not shine.
The more you look at it, the happier you become, not to mention the house, just these five acres of land, 100,000 yuan is also suitable. What's more, the houses in this courtyard are very well preserved, and there is basically no damage. It's just that it's been a long time, and the paint is a little peeling off and mottled.
The doors of the houses are locked, and through the glass windows, you can see the contents inside. Actually, it's nothing, it's just shabby bedding and daily necessities, and it seems that no one lives here.
The key to the main room in the middle courtyard was in his hand, and he opened the lock and let everyone go in to watch. The middle three rooms are halls, which are equipped with supporting furniture, all of which are old-fashioned furniture, antique, but they are covered with dust, and there is a sense of decay when you look at it.
There are two ear rooms on both sides of the hall, the east side is the study, the west side is the bedroom, the study room is complete, the bookcase, the bookshelves are complete, there are all kinds of books on it, but they are all ordinary books, there is no hardcover.
In the bedroom, instead of the common kang in the north, there is a bulky shelf bed, complete with a wardrobe, dresser, and arhat bed. There is also a small toilet partitioned, which is more reasonably designed. It turns out that this house is equipped with a earth dragon and a fire wall, which is more comfortable than a fire kang.
The eldest son explained: "Actually, my brother and sister have our own houses and don't live here. The old man is not in good health and does not live here, and the house has been empty for several years. I can't live in it, and I have to repair it every year, so I want to sell it. ”
Grandpa and Grandma were satisfied with the yard, and Dad was responsible for communicating with them. Over the years, they have not met a suitable buyer, at the beginning they said that they could be cheaper, seeing that grandma really bought it, the family collectively discussed several times, and finally decided to sell 100,000 yuan, but give away the furniture in the room for free.
When the other army leaders heard about it, they accused them of not doing things properly, no wonder their children were not successful. Dad still treats the old man as always, but his eldest son is apologetic every time.
Seeing that grandma calmly took out 100,000 yuan, there were several bundles of money left in the bag. Grandpa was shocked and said, "You are so bold to bring the money like this." If you dare to love you, you have already calculated that you want to come to the capital to buy a house. ”
"If everyone knew, they wouldn't have to worry about it. In this way, I will pay attention to myself, and everyone will have peace of mind. ”
Grandma said it easily, but grandpa still said: "You, you are stupid and bold at all times." How much money did you bring here, and you have to have 100,000 yuan left, right? How much money have you earned in the past two years?"
Grandma replied indifferently: "More than you think, I've been pouring things outside for the past two years, and you also know that the difference between the planned materials and the outside is big." A military uniform is a dozen yuan short, and I helped them make money by pouring military uniforms.
poured 10,000 military uniforms a year, and earned almost 300,000 in two years. The trench coats and tweed coats are not counted in it, they are all buried in our house. "Youyou listened on the sidelines, grandma is really good enough.
Grandpa looked at grandma and shook his head helplessly: "You, when is it a one-time idea, such a big thing, the whole family hides it, and our brother and sister-in-law don't know." If you hadn't bought a yard, wouldn't you even hide it from me? ”
"I don't know, don't tell them when you go back, I'm afraid my brother won't be able to accept it. Grandma told grandpa seriously.
"You, too, are afraid. Don't worry, I'll hide it from you. But don't do it when you go back, the money is enough for us. In the past few days, I have seen it, maybe we can wait until the day we come back. It will be good then, we have survived all these years, you don't want to have any more accidents. Grandpa said fearfully.
"Okay, I'll listen to you, and I'll stop doing it. I just can't come back, and the money is enough for us. Grandpa listened and let out a long breath, but Yoyo wouldn't believe it.
The people in the army are cool, and in two days, they have finished moving. On the 22nd day of the first month, the two families went through the formalities, and the yard was officially handed over. They really kept their promise, and they didn't take any of the furniture inside, they kept it, maybe they disliked the old furniture.
Grandma used the lock that had been prepared a long time ago, and changed the door from door to door, and there was a large string of keys alone. Grandpa was quite satisfied with the house, and took the initiative to take the key, and he was ready to put the trees in the yard in order.
Yoyo pestered her grandfather and planted various fruit trees in the yard, and the garden behind her was full of them. At the very least, I can guarantee that my mother will have fruits to eat all year round when she is in Kyoto.
Grandpa asked his old friend to find more than a dozen old craftsmen, and prepared to repaint the doors and windows in the yard, and repair the broken parts of the courtyard wall.
Nowadays, labor costs are cheap, and even in Kyoto, labor costs are one yuan a day, but the materials are not easy to buy. When Dad's patients heard about it, everyone showed their abilities, and all kinds of building materials were sent to the newly purchased yard of the Yoyo family.