Alpine pasture

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"One yard is enough, there are more than a dozen rooms, enough for more than a dozen people to live in," Frank explained to Ju An with a smile.

"That's fine, just prepare a small yard for us." Ju An thought about it for a while, adding the crew would be enough to live there, it is estimated that the rest of the crew would be quite interested in the treasure.

After hanging up the phone and returning home, as soon as she entered the door, she heard Dinah say to Ju An: "Wang Fan will also go directly from San Francisco to Fort Bragg tomorrow, and then go directly to our woodland."

Depend on!This is really a rush of everyone to see the treasure, nodded and said: "Look, Kanban! Just don't take things away".After speaking, he looked at his daughter-in-law Dinah and asked, "Have Nini asked for leave for all three children?".

Before Dinah could answer, the girl next to her nodded her head and said, "Yes! Yes! My teacher granted me three days off, but I have to take some pictures of the treasures I saw. It’s enough for the students to talk about it, it’s my homework for the last few days.”After speaking, he continued to Ju An: "Dad, take the camera at home, I will use it then!".After speaking, he nodded solemnly to Ju An: "Don't forget."

Dinah looked at Nini and said with a smile, "That camera is too complicated. Mom will help you find a smaller camera later and bring it to you."Little adults seem to want to use a SLR, the whole fool machine will do.After talking, the family began to go upstairs to clean up. Ju An was thinking about it, and the crew heard that there was a treasure to see, so they unanimously decided to take off early in the morning.

Sitting with Frank, he took the group of people from Ju An to the valley, and then walked along the paved large green brick road to the hillside. On both sides of the road were preserved towering trees. The whole way the car was like driving into Like a green passage, some gray rabbits can be seen from time to time outside the car window, and there are a few small roads. I looked up and watched the car pass by, and the chirping birds and warblers kept coming from the trees.

At the gate of the courtyard, Frank heard the car in the small parking lot in front of the screen wall, followed the brick and stone road, and saw the gray courtyard surrounded by big trees, red pillars and window frames. The entrance of the gate is not in the middle, but in the To the east, there are two white stone carvings at the door, but Ju An can't figure out what they are.To be honest, this is the first time for Ju An to see a courtyard house. He has seen it from newspapers and books before.

Frank and three drivers led a group of people from Ju'an to the courtyard. Several crew members were far away, and five people including Cora were arranged to live in the inverted seat. They were arranged in the East and West Wings. As for how to choose, the two families are free to choose. Of course, Ju An's family is the main house.

While walking, Frank introduced to several people in Ju An and said: "The gate we entered just now is called the house gate, and the place where the crew lives is called the inverted seat, which is the place where the host lives for the guests. Now this gate is called the vertical flower gate. This is the main courtyard, with east and west wing rooms on both sides. This courtyard used to be the owner’s residence, but now it’s just a difference in size. Every small courtyard here will have three guests.”

As soon as they entered the Hanging Flower Gate, the three little ones ran out happily and settled down in the garden. The wing room and the main room are connected by a veranda. Don’t worry, even if it rains, it will rain everywhere. , There is also a stone table and stone bench in the small yard, and Xiaochi and Xiaohu are climbing the stone bench to play.

Frank pointed to the wing rooms on both sides and said to Cora and Miles Sabayeva: "Choose one at random! You can put your luggage in it, and then take a look. If there is anything missing, tell me."Then he gestured to Ju An: "Now! Boss! Go and see your room and see if you are satisfied."

After listening to Frank's words, Ju'an and Dinah nodded to Frank, and Dinah called out to the girl and Xiao Chi: "Go into the room and have a look."

Regardless of the inside of the house, this small yard is enough to satisfy Ju An. In the whole yard, the pillars are all bright red, and the verandah is also decorated with carved beams and paintings. There is a small red lantern hanging between every two pillars.

The husband and wife with their two children pushed open the door of the main room, and there was a hall in front of them. There was a row of chairs called Taishi chairs or some kind of chairs with coffee tables. The floor was covered with red and yellow patterned carpets. There are no calligraphy and paintings on the wall, but it is similar to the ones in movies and TV shows. Not to mention Dinah, even Ju An is a bit short of eyesight. The window grilles on the panes alone have a strong Chinese style. .

Pushing open the door of the bedroom, it is different from the outside. It is said to be an ancient building, but after all, it is for modern people to live in. It is impossible to put an ancient big wooden bed inside like a small house, which is not in line with modern times. People's living habits, the roof is suspended at a height of about three meters, and the square cloud and dragon patterns are light blue and white. Of course, there must be a bathroom in the bedroom. Does anyone still have a wooden toilet in the house now?

The big bed is not bad either. The four dark red wooden pillars set up a small shed that looks like a mosquito net. The small dark red wooden strips form a square grid interspersed with each other, and a circle is hung inside. A small egg-yellow curtain with some flowers and birds embroidered on it.

The basin in the bathroom is made of blue and white porcelain, with a large bathtub. Of course, the toilet is still normal, so you can’t have a blue and white jar under your butt.

Ju An took a general look at everything, and asked Dinah: "What do you think?".

Dinah cast her eyes around and said to Ju An: "I'm still very satisfied with the bedroom, but it's too cumbersome to go back and forth a few doors when entering the door. Is it the same in our own room? , if this is the case, change it and make it simpler."

"Ours is not like this!" Ju An explained with a smile, this is a courtyard house, and we live in a small palace on the hillside: "The outside of the place we live in looks like a big building, as for what to do inside How to separate, you can make up your mind when the time comes, on the whole, it is similar to our current house except for the appearance.”To be honest, I may not be used to having Ju An wander around here every day.The point is, this house can't even drive a car in, so it's really inconvenient for daily use.But it is enough to entertain tourists, and this is what you want.

The two put down the luggage, and Dinah opened the luggage, hung the clothes in the cabinet painted with fine brushwork flowers and birds, and Ju An walked outside.

Seeing Frank sitting on the stone bench in the yard, looking around boredly, he walked over and said to Frank, "I'm very satisfied, but what about the meal?".

Frank said with a smile: "You can order meals, or invite a chef to your house to cook a meal for yourself. Every courtyard has a kitchen."

Ju An nodded, and said to Frank, "When will the cellar be opened? When will the experts arrive, and this afternoon?".

Frank shook his head: "Tomorrow! I made an appointment with them tomorrow, and I will invite some reporters over then. After the construction here is completed, I am considering using a building as a museum to exhibit these things. What do you think? ?”.

"That's a good idea!" Ju An nodded. No matter what you bring up, it's all gold and silver, so it's good to display it. As for the priceless treasures in the box, that would be even better. It would be better if there are some crystal skulls , when the time comes, buddy’s garden won’t be full of people?

This thought popped into Ju An's mind, and he pushed it down, thinking it was too unrealistic.He said to Frank: "In the afternoon, I will follow you to see the progress of the project!".

"Okay! I'll have your lunch delivered later, and I'll pick you up after one o'clock in the afternoon." Frank nodded to Ju An, and then said, "Then I'll go back first."

Naturally, there is nothing to talk about for lunch, and Ju An doesn’t expect Frank to bring a pot of sauerkraut fish or something, the old steak, lamb chops with potatoes or broccoli, Wang Fan is a foodie with really long legs, and it’s time for dinner Arrived at the courtyard on time just in time for dinner.

After dinner, Ju An, Miles, and Wang Fan followed Frank to watch the progress of the project, while the women walked around with their three children.

Frank drove the car and continued to walk along the road of Ju'an Courtyard. After driving slowly for seven or eight minutes, he saw three workers paving the road. Originally, Ju'an thought that these herringbone-shaped brick roads were paved manually. Yes, after seeing it, I know the machine used by the old American workers. A long strip shaped like a funnel is dragged behind the tail of a car, filled with bricks, and three workers are standing behind the funnel. On the stage, there is a sliding slope under the funnel. When the bricks reach the top of the slope, the bricks are already in a neat herringbone shape. After watching it for four to five minutes, the road is paved a few meters away, which is really fast.

Now that the road is turned and paved again, the backside is naturally a bare road, the road surface has been compacted, and there are no wheel marks on the road after the car has passed by.

The car slowly went downhill and out of the forest road, and the eyes suddenly became clear. Now the road is not a bare board, but a piece of blue stone strips that are more than one meter wide and two meters long. The whole road is close to ten The main axis road with a width of several meters is paved with these stone strips. On both sides of the road are drainage ditches more than one meter deep, separated by a distance of eight or nine meters, and there is a Chinese style two-meter-high cornice. The lampstand, but there are no lamps in it yet, and some workers are busy laying cables.

The car kept driving along the Qingshi road, and after a while, I saw a white step above the ground level.The entire stone platform is nearly three meters above the ground. It is white all over, surrounded by white marble railings, and a dragon's head protrudes from the side of the platform seven or eight meters away.

"Damn!" Wang Fan followed Ju An out of the car, said something, and then gave Ju An a thumbs up: "If you don't look at anything else, just looking at the table is full of bullshit."

Ju An scratched his head, there were at least three tall platforms on Ju An’s side, all of which were on the central axis, and Ju An couldn’t figure out which building’s platform this was, Frank took it around and walked around I don't know anymore.

Frank said with a smile: "This platform is in the center. There will be a five-story building on the platform. There will be many pavilions next to the round platform. At that time, it will be connected to the main building through two corridors in the air."While talking, he led Ju An up the high platform from the steps on one side of the platform. In the middle of the high platform, there were three or four steps of white marble. On the steps, twenty or thirty square cement pillars had been poured for one meter How tall, the gray concrete pillars, and the steel bars are just exposed.

Ju An leaned over the white marble railing and looked around, only to realize that he had lost his way. When he came, the Qingshi Road was not on the central axis, but on the side.The road to the main shaft has not been completely paved, and a crane in the distance is hanging bluestone slabs on the road.

(End of this chapter)