The courtyard house of the Song Yuan Dynasty was finally completed.

In fact, at the end of last year, the basic restoration of this courtyard has been completed, but many details still need to be further improved, so Professor Yao specially asked Song Yuanchao's thoughts, after all, the cost of processing and repairing the details is very high, and even higher than the cost of some large works, and this is a detailed work, which takes a long time.

Asked about the fees, Song Yuanchao readily agreed with Professor Yao's suggestion, these expenses are a huge amount of money for ordinary people, but they are nothing to Song Yuanchao. What's more, a team like Professor Yao will not be able to hire even if they have money in 20 years, you must know that there are not only experts like Professor Yao in the team, but also some elderly craftsmen.

These craftsmen are all from the old society, and the craftsmanship of the work is not at all comparable to the so-called professional engineering team that can only use tools in later generations, and everyone has their own unique skills. When they die in the next decade or two, these traditional and exquisite crafts will no longer exist.

On the day of acceptance, Song Yuanchao went to see the courtyard.

The exterior of the courtyard has not changed much, looking from the alley towards the courtyard, it still maintains the vicissitudes of time, and even the part of the gate facing outward is still the same. The exterior of the courtyard wall has only been repaired to the damaged area, and everything seems to be the same.

This kind of treatment was specially requested by Song Yuanchao, he didn't want to be too eye-catching, if it was completely new from the outside to the inside, then this set of courtyard houses would be too eye-catching, and the current appearance was just right for Song Yuanchao.

Push the door in, but inside it's completely different.

The original pattern and chaos have completely changed, and at a glance, it is as if you have traveled back in time to the past.

The restoration of the entire courtyard is not to tear down the old and make the new, but to repair the old as the old. All the patterns were restored according to the original courtyard houses, and the framework of some large patterns was not changed, and all the additional bungalows were demolished, and the destroyed places were replaced with the same or closest materials, and built according to the drawings left over from that year.

This set of courtyard houses is not small, it was Mu Zhang'a's other courtyard back then, although it was not his mansion, but it still showed the style of a generation of powerful ministers.

The eaves corridor, the rockery is green, the architectural layout is atmospheric and has a bit of the ingenuity of the Jiangnan garden, although the restored courtyard can not be said to be exactly the same as the original, but at least it has reached more than 90%. In addition, the front and back yards are also renewed, in addition to the two old trees that were originally planted in the courtyard and have witnessed a hundred years of history, some new trees and flowers have been replanted, and Taihu Lake stone has been transported to rebuild the rockery.

As for the hall and the house, all places have been renovated after restoration, basically maintaining the original appearance, but under the requirements of the Song Dynasty, the structure of the original house has been slightly adjusted, and the main adjustment is to increase the layout of the wires, water supply, drainage and sewage system of this courtyard.

After all, it is not a hundred years ago, with the change of the times, many new things that were not there in the year continue to arise, when this set of courtyard houses was built, there were no these, and then there was no planning, when the Song Yuan Dynasty got the courtyard, the wires inside the courtyard were like spider webs densely pulled everywhere, which not only has great hidden dangers, but also has no beauty.

As for the water supply and sewage system, the same is true, the water pipes and everything are all connected 30 years ago, and they go directly to the open pipe. And the drainage and sewage system is almost none, when it rains the ground is very muddy, you have to go to the toilet to go to the thatched house built later on the side of the yard, there are several large wooden barrels in the thatched house, which is simple and abnormal, and in the summer this place is stinky, and the flies are even more black and pressed.

Now all this has changed, and at the same time as the restoration, the water, electricity and sewerage systems have been completely redesigned and laid out, and the underfloor heating has been specially made, so that this old yard has the function of a new era.

"Reincarnation Paradise"

After taking a turn in the courtyard, Song Yuanchao felt extremely satisfied, if there is a fly in the ointment, it is the furniture and display in the house.

After all, after so many years, the old furniture in the original courtyard has long been unknown where it went, as for the furniture left behind when buying the courtyard was added later, no matter from the style and materials and other aspects of the overall courtyard has no aesthetic sense of matching.

For these problems, Song Yuanchao began to pay attention to them last year, so he purchased some in advance. However, because the area and rooms of this courtyard are much larger than the one he lives in now, the furniture and displays prepared are far from enough, and now he can only barely complete the hall, the main house in the backyard and the two wings, and the other rooms can only be temporarily empty.

It's not easy to get together so much of the right furniture, even in this day and age. This can only be done slowly, but Song Yuanchao believes that with his own financial resources and the current situation, it should not be difficult to complete it all, maybe by the time of next year, this set of courtyard houses will be exactly the same as he imagined in his heart.

In order to thank Professor Yao and his team for their efforts, Song Yuanchao specially booked two tables in the restaurant after the acceptance and invited everyone to have a good meal.

After eating, Song Yuanchao also prepared a red envelope for everyone as a thank you. Although many people are not used to Song Yuanchao's actions, they still accept the red envelope with a smile and thank you, and have an excellent impression of Song Yuanchao.

"Xiao Song, in fact, you don't have to be so polite, repairing this yard is not only your business, but also my old man's business. In addition, several of my students have also learned a lot from it, which is something that cannot be learned from books! ”

When the last and largest red envelope was prepared for Professor Yao, Professor Yao politely declined. In his opinion, other people, such as the master who works, and his own students, they have no problem receiving red envelopes, and it is the rule for the owner to give some thank-you gifts to everyone after working for the owner in the past.

But Professor Yao is different, his identity and status are different, and the reason why he did this this time is because he has some appetite with Song Yuanchao, and secondly, Professor Yao has been thinking about the past when he followed Mr. Liang Sicheng and his wife as assistants all these years at Beijing Normal University, and wants to take this opportunity to revisit his work when he was young, and take a few of his proud disciples with him.

Now that the courtyard has finally been completed, Professor Yao is even more proud. As for money, life does not bring death, people of his age do not value money so much, and more value feelings and achievements.

"Sir, Zigong ransom the son of the road and receive the cow, this is just a little heart, so you ......." Song Yuanchao said this with a smile.

Professor Yao was slightly stunned, his eyes fell on Song Yuanchao's face, and he suddenly laughed when he looked at Song Yuanchao: "You kid is still in a suit, okay, since you said this, then I will be disrespectful." ”

After speaking, Professor Yao directly took the red envelope handed by Song Yuanchao and put it in his pocket.

Seeing Professor Yao accept the red envelope, several of Professor Yao's students instantly became relaxed with some apprehension. Professor Yao, who noticed this, sighed lightly in his heart, he really didn't know how to be sophisticated as Song Yuanchao, and Song Yuanchao reminded him, otherwise his unintentional actions would put his students in an embarrassing situation.

After sending Professor Yao out of the hotel, Song Yuanchao and the others left first and then personally drove Professor Yao back. The car he drove was still Luo Yang's, which he specially borrowed today.

On the way back, Song Yuanchao suddenly remembered one thing, and asked Professor Yao about his understanding of Western architecture.

Unexpectedly, Song Yuanchao laughed embarrassedly, and seeing him smile like this, Professor Yao suddenly realized that Song Yuanchao really had this plan.

After asking about the situation, Professor Yao learned that Song Yuanchao actually had a villa in his hometown in Huhai, which was similar to the courtyard house in Yanjing and had a history of more than 100 years. Due to the long time, coupled with the poor maintenance of these years, many parts of the villa have lost their old appearance, Song Yuanchao plans to renovate it, and also has his own ideas for the decoration and furniture in the villa.

Compared with the Chinese architecture such as the courtyard house, the villa comes from the West, belongs to the category of Western architecture, and the house architecture of European countries has its own characteristics, such as the villa of the Song Yuan Dynasty belongs to the Spanish style, is a four-story villa with an attic, the entire construction area is about 1,500 square meters, plus a small garden.

Speaking of this villa, it was Song Yuanchao who asked Li Daqi to help find it in Huhai, there are many villas in Huhai, but there are not many that meet his requirements and location.

Song Yuanchao's preferred location was naturally the old French concession area, and it required a single-family villa with a garden, which narrowed the range of options even more.

After nearly a year, Li Daqi finally found this set for Song Yuanchao, although Song Yuanchao did not go back to Yanjing when he took it, but when he asked Li Daqi to learn the location and house number of the villa, Song Yuanchao, who grew up in Huhai since he was a child, immediately knew which villa it was, and slapped the board on the phone on the spot.

After taking it, the villa naturally had to be renovated, because with the repair of the courtyard, nothing bothered the two masters, so Song Yuanchao naturally started Professor Yao's idea and asked him about it.

As a professor of the Department of Architecture of Beijing Normal University and an elite who studied abroad in his early years, Professor Yao has studied both Eastern and Western architecture, and it is not difficult for him to repair a villa, but because the house is in Huhai and Professor Yao lives in Yanjing, it is impossible to put down what he is doing to do this, so after thinking about it, Professor Yao refused this invitation.

However, Professor Yao did not let go of this, he recommended an old friend to Song Yuanchao, an associate professor in Tongji, Shanghai, who was very insightful about Western architecture and had a wealth of practical management, if Song Yuanchao wanted to repair this villa, he would be the most suitable person to help.