It's true that Director Huo helped to get back several courtyards.

Before visiting, Ning Weimin felt that it was a bit unfair to owe such a huge debt to this matter.

When he came here to negotiate with the Ancient and Modern Cultural Association, he had seen it briefly.

At that time, I thought there were only three yards.

Moreover, the Ancient and Modern Cultural Association has occupied it for so many years, and it has been built privately and unrestrained.

In fact, except for the Siheyuan where the Jiang family lived, it is considered a serious house.

The other theater and the flower cave are all simple houses renovated from the original foundation and are seriously damaged.

It is to restore the old appearance, but it doesn't seem to be very useful.

Therefore, Ning Weimin had always thought that he had brought these houses back for the old man, at most it would just give the old man a psychological comfort, and it had little practical significance.

But this time he followed Kang Shude and looked at it again, but his thoughts completely changed.

You know, he is waiting for the porcelain to be stored here today, and he has time to watch it more carefully.

In addition, Kang Shude, who has a full understanding of the past of Majia Garden, is undoubtedly the best tour guide.

From the old man's mouth, he had a more and more in-depth understanding of the old life of the Ma Family Garden and these buildings with complementary and auxiliary functions.

The more you look at it, the more you can understand the beauty of these properties, and gradually begin to be grateful.

I think I have taken it back in time, otherwise I will really miss it and I will regret it in the future.

Let’s talk about the Jiang family’s courtyard first, and it’s fine to have the structure and specifications of the house.

A well-known courtyard house in the house is not much different from the courtyard where the Song family lived in in all aspects.

What's special is that Mr. Jiang, who used to study Western architecture, liked to create landscapes for the courtyard when he had free time.

I especially like to use white marble materials to make some Western stone sculptures, also known as Hu people.

Some of them are still in the garden, just like the reliefs around the flower beds in the garden are rare.

Ning Weimin looked carefully and found that it was all Hu people riding lions and Hu people riding statues. This belongs to the special place in the yard where the Jiang family lives.

There is also a stone lampstand in a corner, which is amazing.

Because it is no longer a traditional European Hu portrait, but a modern European foreign portrait wearing a suit and dress.

Ning Weimin had never seen such a thing before, which can be said to reflect the new background of Sino-foreign exchanges during the Republic of China period.

But this is nothing, because Ning Weimin also learned from the old man that during the fall of Peking, in order to ward off evil spirits, Mr. Jiang once created a full-body portrait of the snake-haired banshee Medusa.

However, it was precisely because the statue was too vivid that the banshee's curly hair was covered with worms with sharp teeth.

Some worms even poked out half of their bodies, with their teeth and claws, which was really terrifying.

I don’t know if it can scare the Japanese devils. Anyway, Mrs. Jiang was so scared that she was uneasy.

It was really uncomfortable to go out and go in, so the statue was pulled away after a few days in the yard.

Later I heard that I was brought to a German hotel.

Perhaps only foreigners don’t mind keeping such creepy things.

After listening to this allusion, Ning Weimin couldn't help but feel moved in his heart besides laughing.

I think if these two yards are parallel to each other, the cultural difference between one middle and one west in the future is indeed good, which means that there will be two kinds of life interests.

From now on, if I live here next to the old man, each person and one house, it would be quite beautiful.

Next, let’s talk about this flower cave. This was originally the place that disappointed Ning Weimin the most.

Because what he can see at the moment is just a row of simple rows of bungalows, the roofs are made of corrugated boards and linoleum, and the doors are short and have to bow their heads to enter.

To put it bluntly, this place has long become the warehouse and utility room of the Ancient and Modern Cultural Association.

So, people from the Ancient and Modern Cultural Association have always made all kinds of junk here.

Broken cabinets, rotten tables, old books and newspapers...

In addition, there are not many complete tiles in the entire yard, both inside and outside the room and outside.

The only special thing is that there are long rows of brick and stone platforms inside the house, just like a earthen kang.

But after the old man explained casually, Ning Weimin didn't think so.

On the contrary, it was as if he had just seen the ice cellar under the rockery, and was very rare.

It turns out that according to the old man, don’t look at this small house so ugly, but the foundation of Huadongzi is still there.

Whether it is three thick gables inside or the long "panlong kang", they are still intact.

So it is easy to recover, so I took out all the broken things built behind the wall.

Then just open the Panlong kang and the chimney on the kang, build the flower shed with glass, and lay a layer of rolled mats, nothing is wrong.

Moreover, since the glass as the main material is cheaper now, it needs to be repaired again, which is much cheaper than before.

When you look back, you should be able to hire an experienced flower from Huangtugang. Using the temperature of the kang in the shed, you can not only cultivate fresh vegetables that are off-season in the middle of winter, but also smoke beautiful flowers that are off-season with fire.

Vegetables produced using this method are what was called "hole goods" in the past, mainly including cucumbers, lentils, eggplant, leeks and other varieties.

The flowers produced in this way are the famous "floral flowers" in the capital, including more than 20 kinds of chrysanthemums, peony, peach, daffodils, magnolia, etc.

In the past, the Ma family not only had fresh fruits but also fresh vegetables to eat, but the flowers in front of the hall were also constantly around the year.

Especially the "Dragon Beard Peony" cultivated by Huadongzi is the most famous and can be opened for two seasons a year.

Unlike Luoyang peonies, there is only one season of flowers blooming a year.

No, the old man came to the scene and described it vividly.

In Ning Weimin's mind, the grand scenery of the Ma family in the past became clearer and more complete.

He had the feeling of Sun Wukong discovering "the water curtain is cave in the sky, the flowers and fruits are blessed with the mountains and mountains".

When he thought that he would have such a blessing in the future and enjoy the flowers and fresh vegetables he made in winter, he was so beautiful that he would burst into bubbles. As for the end, what really made Ning Weimin excited was still the theater.

Although this theater has been transformed beyond recognition, it has become an office building of the Ancient and Modern Cultural Association.

Moreover, after years of wind and rain, the appearance of the theater has been corroded by time and looks outdated.

But then again, the theater is eight or nine meters high, with a total of three floors.

From the outside, the eaves are raised above the roof, and suddenly stand out in a bungalow, still with a very unparalleled spirit.

Moreover, after Ning Weimin followed Kang Shude in, he found that the changes inside were not too big, and he could basically tell the old look.

Under the guidance of the old man, the original front desk and back office and the location of the front and rear doors can still be found.

Looking up, the eaves and pillars and colorful seals are all mottled, but they can be distinguished by the traces.

But the most awesome one has to talk about the original big stage.

The height of the platform can be level with an adult's chest.

The guys of gongs and drums can be placed at the bottom of the stage, and can also be hung with gauze curtains, which is even more particular than the famous Guanghelou Opera Garden in the capital.

Although Ning Weimin felt that the wooden board was not very flat when he stepped onto the stage, he felt a "bang" sound when he stomped on it.

Either this piece is raised up, or the piece is concave, and there is a big gap. You can trip if you are not careful.

But once he learned how powerful the original multi-dimensional design and the stage really had to give a thumbs up and sincerely praised him as "ao".

You should know that the wooden board behind the center of the stage can be moved, and the bottom is a large well made of artificially shaped.

According to Kang Shude, this thing is more magical.

Actors can not only play when standing at the well mouth, but also spray water from the well mouth to the stage to make special effects such as water gushing like a spring or clouds and rain.

The second floor of the stage is also amazing.

There were special facilities and winches were installed.

It would be very convenient to play a goddess who descended to earth or something.

The third floor is where the gods stay.

If you act in "An Tianhui" and watch Sun Houer make a big fuss in the Heavenly Palace and play the Lingxiao Palace, it will be useful.

In addition, the wood carved caisson on the top of the entire theater is also gorgeous and exquisite enough.

It is carved from pieces of pear blossoms and trees, shrinking layer by layer, and is also for the purpose of closing the sound.

In the middle, there are five flying bats surrounding a huge top bead, novel and exquisite, unique in the capital.

Ning Weimin was fascinated by seeing this thing.

He raised his head, his eyes full of beauty that was striking his eyes on his head.

I was fantasizing about the grandest scene of that year, with actors performing at the upper, middle and lower levels at the same time, with flowers and colorful colors.

How spectacular and exciting the scene would be.

The eyes are definitely not enough!

It’s a pity that people today are not lucky enough to see it!
To be continued...