Lao Jin still has a bit of knowledge, and he is indispensable to show off.

"Xiao Chen, do you know, this house has been empty for so long, and there is such a thick layer of ash on the ground, why doesn't grass grow in this place where the green bricks are paved, although it is winter, but there is no dead grass, do you know why?" Lao Jin began to play tricks.

"Yes, why is that, the bricks in the community are covered with grass in the cracks. There is indeed no grass on this road, only the garden grows, and all the places where the brick walkway is paved are not very long, and there is no brick joint. Chen Mingliang was indeed a little puzzled

"The grass in the community is cultural bricks, and the grass here is the ancient people's attention to building houses. They just hate the grass growing in the yard and feel that it is barren. The soil is fried in an iron pot, and the soil below it is all cooked soil, because there are no grass seeds, so the laid yard will be so clean, even if there are one or two, it is also floating from the outside, the structure of the soil is destroyed, and it is not suitable for seed growth."

"Taught, taught." Sure enough, it's still a long learning.

"Then you open the door, let's go inside again."

Chen Mingliang took the key to open the door, and they started to look from the backyard.

Open the door, I'll go, what's going on inside, it's spicy.

The things in it are some furniture and daily necessities that Mr. Song bought casually after receiving them back, and the grade is not high, and the quality is also average.

"Xiao Chen, you see, the square beams and walls of this house are treated well, but this furniture is not good. Look at what these are, look at the style of the Republic of China, but it is pure road goods. Only the house has no supporting furniture, which is soulless, and you also need to collect some furniture in the Ming and Qing dynasties to fill it in, so as to be worthy of this exquisite courtyard. ”

"No, Lao Jin, there was originally furniture here, but not here, in the south room, it was smashed by traitors before liberation."

"Then there is a story in this yard."

"Yes." Chen Mingliang then briefly elaborated on the story of the courtyard that he heard from Teacher Song.

It is indeed a tortuous and unyielding history.

"Then hurry up and see what the furniture was like in the past, and whether it deserves such a story."

Chen Mingliang took out the key again to open the door of the south room, and the house was indeed full of all kinds of broken furniture.

Open this row of eight south rooms one by one.

The south sitting room is not good, because the other side of the house is the street, there are no windows there, the windows and doors are north, the lighting is not good, the inside is dark, and it is not bright in the daytime.

No wonder this kind of house is not a good place to live.

It's sunny today, and the light inside will be fine when the door is fully opened.

"Hey, this phoenix bed, hey, this dresser, hey, this Taishi chair, Lao Jin sighed while looking at it, hey, it's all good things, what are you smashing, look at this Eight Immortals table, it's so strong, this leg, how many knives have been chopped This is, it's not broken!."

"Hey, this screen, four groups of one, what are you doing when you smash it, this carver, your teacher can be envious to death when he comes. The whole room furniture is expensive, and the material should be rosewood."

The south room is filled with the original owner's full set of furniture, even the old pots and pans daily necessities.

"Look at this porcelain bowl, although it is used daily, it is obviously from the Guangxu period, but it is a pity that it is a folk kiln, but it is not bad, and it can be sold for money now."

"Look at this kind of porcelain, this is the official kiln. Lao Jin pointed to one of the broken porcelain pieces, this is the foot of the plum pattern vase, the vase of the Qing imitation Ming, if it is intact, it will be worth a lot of money now. ”

"The things in your houses, if all of them are in good condition, it will be worth the money of the old nose, but it is better to spend time on repairing it, this is all history, a living history, of course, it will cost the old nose money to repair it."

Coming out of the courtyard, Lao Jin was still a little lost.

This is the decline of a dynasty, and this courtyard has witnessed the rise and fall of that dynasty, and it is the same as its own family.

"Let your teacher, and my friend who boils a lot of eagles, come and have a look, he's a collector of ancient relics, and they'll love it." Asking your teachers to mobilize some students from the Academy of Fine Arts to study together should save a lot of money. ”

"Home, home."

Chen Mingliang sent Lao Jin home, and he didn't speak again all the way.

When he arrived at the door, the old man suddenly asked, "You say, is the door open in heaven and earth now?" ”

This topic was so jumpy that it almost flashed Chen Mingming's waist.

What's the matter, I want to drink tea again, can I have new tea now?

The next day, at the instigation of Lao Jin, Chen Mingliang invited his master, Master Cao, and the friend who restored the cultural relics he saw last time, to go to Chen Mingliang's courtyard again.

Lao Jin's friend's surname is Liu, and the nature of his work is cultural relics restoration. The nature of the work is similar to the documentary "I Repair Cultural Relics in the Forbidden City", but it is not official, it is civil, who has good things, a little wrong, find him to repair, repair the old as the old, down-to-earth.

Mr. Cao is really interested in this courtyard, although it is not the courtyard of the emperor's relatives, but it also represents a historical period, especially the utensils are basically preserved, although there are damages, but there is no missing.

Lao Liu also said that everything can be repaired, and it is necessary to pay some money. You also have to buy some wood corresponding to this furniture, you don't have much expensive furniture here, but the grade is also OK, most of them are sour branch mahogany, where there are so many red sandalwood and huanghuali, but there are too many things, or to sort out and screen one by one, it may take some time and cost.

"Lao Liu, you don't have to save him money, my brother Chen is not bad for money."

"That's right, Mr. Liu, I will bear the cost of your bold repair."

Teacher Cao Yong also spoke, "Mingming, I can also repair some of your furniture here, it just so happened that I brought some graduate students, I want them to come over to learn the traditional carving art, usually I can bring a few students over." ”

"That's great! Master, I can't ask for it, you see how much I have to pay for these senior brothers. ”

"You don't have to give money, you just give them the opportunity to study, and it is said that they have to take the money back to pay the tuition."

"That's not possible, master, there is no merit and hard work." Chen Mingliang is not a stingy person who likes to take advantage.

"Lao Cao, you can take a good look at your students, don't have some people leading the sheep and the pig with their hands, there are still a lot of good things from the previous dynasty here, just those broken porcelain, but there is no one missing, and it is also a good thing that can be collected." Lao Jin knew that Chen Mingliang was not easy to speak, so he took the initiative to help Chen Mingliang advise.

"I still need you to tell me, I can still remember my apprentice's things."

"It's not that I'm afraid of you, it's that I'm afraid of your students."

Chen Mingliang paid the money, and Mr. Liu and Mr. Cao settled in Chen Mingliang's courtyard just after the end of the year, and began the vigorous restoration of cultural relics.