"The rich man has always had a bad temper, and he does this to everyone." Xiao Se was calm, "He is a rich man in the village, and he lives next door to the 99 big houses. ”

"The rich man?" I was amazed that he didn't look like a rich man in any way.

Xiao Se sighed lightly, it turned out that he also sighed. "The rich man's children are not around, and it is very lonely to guard a lot of money alone."

"Xiao Se-" The artist Zhao Junning I met just now also came, "I can't paint without inspiration, so I just came back." I didn't expect you to be here, my studio is inside, go in and sit down. ”

"You live in a 99-room house?" I asked, surprised.

"I rented a small courtyard in it, such a big house, where the landlord could live alone, he rented out a part of the room, and there were other tenants in it, some of whom were also engaged in art. Maybe it will become an artists' colony in the future. Zhao Junning's face was full of longing, "Know Songzhuang in Beijing, where the largest and most well-known artist community in China has been formed. The architectural history, culture and art value here are very high, and the environment is also very good, especially suitable for artists to create, if it is developed, it will not be worse than Songzhuang. ”

Xiao Se looked at me and said, "Since you're here, let's go in and have a look." ”

I really wanted to see what the inside of the 99 big houses was like, so I nodded.

The big house is divided into left, middle and right three falls, standing parallel to a total of five gates, one gate in the middle, two gates on the left and right. The word "Xi" just now is the right gate where Ye Kaitai lives. Under the leadership of Zhao Junning, we walked into the gate of Zhongluo. The hall, patio, and rooms are connected by corridors.

"The house has been repaired several times, and it is well preserved. I've been in other courtyards before, and it's the same structure, so if you enter the door on a rainy day, you won't get wet in any room you go to. Xiao Se introduced to me that there are no windows in the back of the house, there is a moat in front of the house, and there are ditches on the ground that extend in all directions. These ditches are scientifically designed so that no amount of rain will reach the house.

"You're pretty researched." I said it casually.

A smile tugged at the corner of Xiao Se's mouth. "I studied architectural design, and I am more interested in ancient houses."

I remembered that Yin Jingshu said that Xiao Se just graduated from the Department of Architectural Design of Tsinghua University this year. I still can't associate the image of Xiao Se with the university students, so I kept silent.

Seeing that I didn't respond, Xiao Se turned to talk to Zhao Junning: "Doesn't it mean that some developers have taken a fancy to this land and want to acquire it for commercial development?" ”

"The developers are old, and they think that a few stinky money is great." Zhao Junning became angry, "The boss of that tourism development company is so disgusting, the landlord said that he would not sell it, and he sent people to harass him all day long." But I haven't been here for a long time, so I guess I'm retreating. ”

As we spoke, a wooden door was opened, and a young man with glasses and a Sven-looking appearance walked out, and when he saw us, he nodded faintly. Zhao Junning said: "This is Fang Zinan, who rents a house in this courtyard like me, he graduated from the Blue Mountain Academy of Fine Arts, and came to Haicheng after graduating last year, and is engaged in lacquer painting creation, do you want to go in and visit." ”

"Lacquer bites, so it's best not to come in." Fang Zinan didn't seem to welcome us.