Two days later, An Ran received a call from Lao Liu Tou and asked An Ran to go to the old courtyard to get the key, saying that he had packed his luggage for tomorrow morning's flight. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

An Ran immediately took a taxi to the courtyard of Lao Liu Tou's house in Houhai, and saw that Lao Liu Tou had really packed up his things. Lao Liu Tou handed over the key to An Ran, saying that he was afraid that he would not be able to hand over the key to An Ran if he left early tomorrow; I spent the night at an old friend's house today, and by the way, I got together with my old friends, sighing that I don't know if I can come back; With his luggage, Lao Liu Tou left the courtyard.

An Ran took the key and looked at this house, and suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of belonging!

Early the next morning, An Ran received a call from Lao Liu Tou before he got on the plane, saying: "If Miss An can come back to my old Liu Tou in her lifetime, I hope to go to the old courtyard house to see, do you think it's okay?" I have lived for most of my life, and I am getting old, and I am more and more nostalgic, and I am really more and more useless! ”

An Ran smiled and said, "Uncle Liu, don't worry, I will take good care of this house, and you are welcome to come back and sit here at any time." ”

In the afternoon of the same day, he safely retired from the hotel where he stayed on Qianmen Street and found a new hotel near the Houhai Courtyard.

I didn't go out in the afternoon to search for a professional decoration company on the Internet, compared it for a long time, and chose a large-scale decoration company with a good reputation, and made an appointment by phone to meet tomorrow in the courtyard I bought.

The next day, An Ran got up early in the morning and had a breakfast at an old restaurant specializing in breakfast nearby, a bowl of sour soybean milk unique to City B, a fried crispy fritters, and a tea egg. After satisfying breakfast, Anran went directly to the courtyard.

At about 9 o'clock, the people from the decoration company arrived, and in the greetings of a polite introduction, An Ran learned that one of the people of the decoration company who came this time was a professional designer of ancient building maintenance design; The designer has a very in-depth understanding of the courtyard houses in City B and has several perfect renovation cases.

An Ran proposed to the decoration company that she hoped that the original appearance of the old courtyard house could be retained in the decoration design, and the original appearance of the courtyard house should be maintained, and the interior design should add the necessary elements of new modern life.

After negotiating and signing the contract with the renovation company, Enron asked for the construction to start immediately, and hoped to complete the construction period within one month.

A month has passed in a blink of an eye, and the peaceful courtyard has been renovated. During this month, An Ran was fine, and occasionally went to the courtyard to see the renovation progress of the courtyard. The overall decoration still makes Enron feel very satisfied, and the masters in charge of the decoration are very dedicated;

Among them, there is an old wood carving craftsman, An Ran is particularly impressed by him, some carvings on the courtyard weeping flower door and the inner courtyard beam have been decayed and weathered due to age, this skilled wood carver uses hollow carving to replace the original bad part, and replace it with his carving. The re-replaced places are naturally aligned with the original ones, and it has no impact on the overall decoration, but makes people feel more perfect.

The appearance and general layout of the entire courtyard have not changed much, and the decoration follows the antique taste, but the inside has undergone earth-shaking changes.

The gate was re-painted with bright red paint, and the copper nails on the door were all replaced with new ones, giving the gate a new look. The shadow wall painted with carp playing lotus inside the gate has been preserved, and the surrounding walls have been repainted, and through the semicircular arch on the edge of the shadow wall, one of the two inverted rooms has been converted into a reception room, and the other has been converted into a guest room.

The interior of the east and west wings of the inner courtyard has also been greatly changed, and all the heating equipment is installed inside, and the simple European decoration includes a small living room, bedroom, and bathroom. It can also be used as a guest room by people coming from home.

The grape trellis was built outside the main house in the inner courtyard, and the flowers and plants carefully raised by Lao Liu Tou and the trees in the yard were preserved, and a small lotus pond was dug in the corner of the courtyard, in which a few lotus plants were planted; paths paved with bluestone slabs and paved ground with the remaining old bricks;

An Ran can imagine himself in the courtyard in the summer, with a small table and a reclining chair under the fruitful green grape trellis, drinking tea and reading a book; Everything is so cozy and leisurely.

The floor of the main house is all paved with smooth bluestone and old bricks, the old kang was demolished in the original position of the old kang, and now there is a pineapple arhat bed under the window, and the window has also been enlarged, making the house more sufficient, and the old iron stove left by the old Liu Tou and those old furniture are basically used in this room.

Directly above the room are the mahogany Eight Immortals table, two Taishi chairs, and on the left against the wall is a row of Bogu shelves, on which are placed two Jingdezhen porcelain vases and some knick-knacks that An Ran recently picked up in the thrift market. On the right is a row of floor-to-ceiling hollow wood carved glass sliding doors, and the inside of the glass door is equipped with white gauze curtains on both sides, and inside is the bedroom of An Ran.

Push open the carved glass door and you'll find a row of light-filled bookshelves on both sides, a modern Chinese-style shelf bed, a luxurious Swarovski crystal chandelier hanging from the ceiling, a large LCD TV hanging from the wall, and a handmade minimalist Chinese-style carpet on the hardwood floor.

The transept next to the master bedroom was opened up and converted into a cloakroom and bathroom, and the most satisfying thing was that the wall near the oval bathtub was completely removed and replaced with a large piece of tinted glass, and when you took a bath in it, you could see a large tuft of bamboo outside the glass window, and you could not see the scene inside when you stood outside the window.

One of the three back rooms near the side of the road has been carved out of a wall to be used as a garage, and the other two have been converted into modern kitchens and dining rooms.