357. A well-designed basement

After introducing Knicks to James, the two suddenly had a feeling of seeing each other late, especially since they were both friends of Franlo, but after almost never meeting, this made them feel even more that there was an inexplicable fate in it.

"Where's the basement in your house, old man?" after chatting for a while, Nicks finally asked a little reluctantly.

"How do you know there's a basement?" James was taken aback.

"Because I saw the vents here. The Knicks smirked.

"I'm afraid you've smelled the delicious wine in my basement. James laughed and said, "To be honest, a lot of my old buddies don't know that I have a basement here, and since you do, I'll show you around, and then James walked over to a marble table, lifted the tablecloth from the table, and then moved the table to the side. ”

"Old man, you're really knowledgeable about the design of this entrance. When Knicks saw the entrance to the basement, he couldn't help but be amazed.

"It's okay, the main thing is that this place is too remote, in order to prevent people with ulterior motives from coming, so I camouflaged the basement entrance. As he spoke, James pulled out a sharp poke knife from the cabinet next to him, inserted the thin surface of the knife into the gap in the wooden floor, and with a slight effort, the entrance floor of the basement was lifted.

Knicks and Yang Tianlong stared curiously at the dark basement below them.

"Where's the light switch?" Nicks asked.

"Haha, it's just under the floor next to this. With that, James leaned down and put his big furry hand under the floor, only to hear a crisp sound of "pop", and the basement instantly became brightly lit.

Unlike the general household basement, most of the wooden single ladders are used, and the basement here uses a curved wooden staircase, Yang Tianlong roughly estimated it in his heart, and was afraid that there was a depth of seven or eight meters from the ground to the bottom of the basement.

"Let's go, I'll show you around. With an excited look on his face, James took the lead down the wooden staircase.

The Knicks followed, and Yang Tianlong was the last to go down.

"Hey, Huaxia Dragon, remember to close the cover. James reminded.

Yang Tianlong nodded, and after his body completely entered the basement, he saw him pull an iron hook under the wooden board with one hand and gently cover the board.

"This was originally a cave, so I built a small wooden building directly on top of the cave according to local conditions. James introduced as he walked, "And this cave is not under the wooden building, so ordinary people can't even notice that I have a basement here." ”

As a designer, Nicks knew that if the small wooden building was built on top of the cave, then people would definitely have a hollow sound when they stood on it, which was easy for people to notice, but James's small wooden building was not on top of the cave, so not many people knew that there was a basement here.

After walking more than ten meters along the winding wooden staircase, the three of them came to the ground in the basement.

The floor is still covered with wood, but the anti-corrosion paint on the floor here is very thick.

"How's it going? Don't you feel like the air here isn't muddy at all?" James said with a smile.

"If I'm not mistaken, there must be at least four vents here. Nicks asked with his professional eyes.

James nodded, "There are six in total, some are more hidden, and there are four vents that form a convection flow inside, so there will be fresh air coming in, and at the same time, the turbid air in it will also be discharged." ”

"You've designed this for decades, and it's amazing. The Knicks couldn't help but give a look of praise.

James laughed, "Man, I didn't design it, a friend of mine in Los Angeles came from the United States to design it, and unfortunately he passed away last year." ”

"Genius is jealous even of God. Yang Tianlong smiled and comforted.

"Haha, that's a good thing to say, I like to hear it. James smiled slightly, his heart was still a little low when he mentioned this old friend before, but Yang Tianlong's sentence "Genius even God is jealous." After hearing this, his eyes couldn't help but light up, and his low heart suddenly brightened.

"There's a lot of wine here. The Knicks couldn't help but smack.

"I've got them all in my collection, we'll have two bottles to try at noon, and I'll have to bring a box with me when I go to Franlo's house in the evening. James smiled and removed both yellowed bottles of wine from the shelf.

"I like this. As a designer, Nicks likes to drink, and in his opinion, once he drinks, his inspiration will continue to burst and burst, and many of his designs are completed in his slightly drunken state.

"Would you like a drink?" James said with a smile, and before they could speak, James took out the corkscrew and opened one of the bottles.

"I'm going to wash the cups. Yang Tianlong didn't know much about wine, so he hurriedly said.

"Hey, no need, I have a washing machine under here, this cup is actually quite clean, put it in the washing machine to clean it, and dry it." James said as he went to the corner cupboard and took out a washing machine from it.

Five minutes later, three glasses of garnet-colored wine were placed in front of them.

Nicks did have some research on wine, looked at it, sniffed it lightly with his nose, and then gently shook the glass for a while, and then tried it in small sips.

"At least thirty-five years old. Knicks smiled.

James nodded and gave a thumbs up to the Knicks, "Awesome, man, this wine was made in 1981 and I put it in storage in 1982." ”

Immediately, James turned his gaze at Yang Tianlong, "Huaxialong, do you know a lot about wine?" I know that you Huaxia people like to drink high alcohol, just like Battle, that guy is not interested in wine at all. ”

Yang Tianlong shook his head and told James with a smile that he didn't know much about wine.

"It's okay, the winery here will be yours in the future, I'm sure you'll get to know it slowly. James said with a relaxed face.

"Huaxia Dragon, you taste it, this taste is really good. Knicks shook his glass as he spoke.

"I'll taste it. Yang Tianlong raised his glass expectantly.

Taking a sip gently with the tip of his tongue, Yang Tianlong was not in a hurry to swallow, but used the taste buds on the tip of his tongue to feel the taste of the wine, soft and smooth, which was his first feeling.

This feeling drove him to start preparing to swallow the wine in his mouth, and in the process of swallowing slowly, Yang Tianlong was surprised to find that the taste of the wine was different in different parts of his mouth.

From the previous softness, to the mellowness, then to the sweetness, in short, when the glass of wine was swallowed by him, he was amazed that the fatigue of his body was suddenly gone.

"How's it taste?" asked James and Knicks.