For this expansion, Dong Changhe plans to put it in place at one time and directly build the four courtyards behind.

Later, Xue'er learned that he had prepared a separate Shoukang Yuan for the elderly, two courtyards for his son and daughter-in-law to live in--- Yongze Courtyard and Yongqing Courtyard, and the last one was Keyuan --- Yongde Courtyard.

Because Yun's production went smoothly this time, and her Gong Han's problem was cured without medicine, Dong Changhe felt that Yun and he might have a few more children.

For the time being, for more than ten years, the current five-entry yard is enough.

In the future, if there are more children and grandchildren, it will be too late to buy another house base.

After all, everyone likes to live in a new house, doesn't they?

Each courtyard is designed with a separate west wing, which will be intended for the next generation to live in.

There are six rooms in the west chamber, the middle is a hall house, one bedroom on the left and right, there is a small kitchen in the north and south, the back compartment of the small kitchen is used to store grain and other things, the north is a firewood house, and next to it is a thatched house in the courtyard.

Next to the thatched house, there is a corner door next to the main house, which leads to the adjacent courtyard.

This makes it easy to get in and out.

A well was dug in the courtyard of each entry, and a cellar was also designed.

The cellar is half the size of the main courtyard.

The main courtyard in use now is larger than the expanded courtyard.

The wings of the main courtyard are also to be rebuilt.

There are more mills than the west wings of other yards.

This wing is to be used as a concierge in the future. So you can't have a bedroom without it.

This is not good in the north, if there is no kang in winter, simply rely on charcoal pots for heating, that will freeze to death.

Therefore, if you want to live in the wing, you must have a kitchen and a fire.

Every time you enter the courtyard, you have to use a fence to enclose it, and it becomes an independent small courtyard in the whole compound, and you can enter and exit the front and back yards at will as it is now.

Therefore, in the northwest corner of each courtyard, a thatched house was prepared for the subordinates.

The entire wall on the east side was demolished and expanded to the east, and a monolithic east wing was designed.

In addition to the three large warehouses on the south side, the east wing is designed from north to south with the gatehouse of the back house, and the adjacent rooms for the long-term workers to live.

In front of the door of the east wing is the original courtyard wall, which has now been demolished, and a flower bed is designed here that leads directly to the north and south, and there are now begonia trees and soaphorn trees that were originally planted in it.

The flower beds in the yard have been removed, and the moon flowers inside have been transplanted here.

The vines were also moved forward and planted under the east wall of the future main courtyard.

In front of the flower bed, that is, the location of the original bluestone road that leads directly to the backyard, a hand-copying verandah is also designed that also leads directly to the north and south.

The overall hand-copying verandah plays the role of connecting each courtyard, and even in rainy and snowy days, walking in the courtyard will not wet clothes.

The height of the verandah is higher than the courtyard wall, so that a row of roses is planted under the courtyard wall to prevent the long-term workers from climbing the courtyard wall and entering the courtyard, which is both beautiful and practical.

At the end of the verandah is the gate of the backyard.

The gate of each courtyard is open to the east, and out of the courtyard is the verandah.

Closing the courtyard door of your own yard is an independent existence.

After the design drawings came out, Master Cai felt that the current seven main houses and the overall courtyard looked a little incongruous.

At that time, he suggested, "Changhe, if you can expand the courtyard of the four entrances, you will not be short of that bit of silver, this main courtyard is shabby than the back."

It is important to know that the main courtyard is face.

In the future, the hospitality will be in the main courtyard!"

Therefore, in the end, Dong Changhe clapped his head and said, "After the four entrances in the back are built, the current main courtyard and wing rooms are all demolished and rebuilt in accordance with the style of the four courtyards in the back." ”

The backyard of the entire Wujin courtyard is still designed as it is now, but it is just an independent courtyard, with a stable, a granary, a forage room, a small building with a car frame, a shed for cows, sheep and donkeys, and a chicken pen attached to the north wall.

A special room and tool room for washing clothes and bedding were also added, which were convenient for dyeing clothes and bedding, placing farm tools and doing carpentry.

The west wing was also designed, and a mill was also built.

This western chamber is intended for the servants who specialize in serving the domestic animals.

Because the chariots, horses, cattle and sheep will all enter and exit through the back door in the future.

For this reason, Dong Changhe also asked Master Cai to build a bluestone road next to the courtyard wall on the west and north sides of the entire Dong family compound to facilitate the entry and exit of future carriages and horses.

The main houses in the courtyard are all designed with two floors.

The main reason is that it is too hot to live on the kang in the summer.

There is no fire kang on the second floor, and all beds and wooden couches will be placed in the bedroom and study in the future.

On the east and west sides of the second floor, there are also attics that are open on three sides, so that they can be used for enjoying the scenery and sitting in the future.

The staircase up to the second floor is designed to be outside, leading directly to the attic on the east side.

Each room upstairs is self-contained, with a porch eaves covering the door and a wooden railing less than two meters in front.

Unlike the first floor, the bedroom door opens in the hall.

Xue'er didn't know how Dong Changhe thought of it, and every time she entered the courtyard, a room was designed in the bedroom of the main house for bathing and washing.

There is even a bathroom in the house.

Don't underestimate the wisdom of the ancients, whose creativity is endless.

Going to the toilet is a torturous affair in the northern winter, and a wooden barrel with a lid is prepared at home in the evening.

Wake up late in the bedroom to settle. In the early morning, it will be taken to the thatched house for disposal.

Dong Changhe designed a squatting stool, Xue'er read the drawings, and after reminding her, she changed it to a squatting toilet.

He blamed this on Cher's convenience, and joked that Cher's design was in place in one step.

This bathroom is not comparable to a modern bathroom, but it is similar except that it is not an automatic flush toilet.

Let's call it the bathroom, which is connected to the bedroom and is located on the north side of the bedroom.

The bathroom on the first floor is located in the same position as the bathroom on the second floor, and the upper and lower water pipes are specially customized ceramic pipes by Dong Changhe.

The main building of each courtyard is still seven, and the second floor has the same function as the first floor, except for the kitchen on the east and west sides, which has been converted into a semi-open attic.

In this reconstruction, Dong Changhe also changed the pond outside the wall of Dong's courtyard to the northeast into a lotus pond, which is intended to be used to raise fish and lotus flowers for the family to watch and eat.

A wooden pavilion was also designed by the pond and handed over to Master Cai for disposal.

Time goes back to the beginning when Dong Changhe planned to build a house.

He first went to the county government and told Master Feng about it with Feng County Ling.

You must know that Dong Changhe has a title deed in the land in the west of Dongjia Village, and he also bought the pond in the whole Dongjia Village.

The Dong family wants to build a house casually on the top, but in fact, the yamen will not take care of it.

As long as you are willing, you can apply for the deed or not, and no one will pursue it.

But Dong Changhe didn't like to do things that he wasn't sure of, so he still went to the yamen to report it.

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