Siheyuan: Bringing Warehouses to 1959

The three rooms designed by Zeng Wangcai completely disrupted the previous layout, and were separated and rearranged after opening up the middle.

The room near the gate of the courtyard is where Zeng Wangcai used to live. The room that everyone is visiting now is the living room. Connected to the living room is the bedroom, and finally there is the bathroom and toilet.

The living room is the largest of the three rooms and is used purely as a living room without any other functional facilities.

In addition to its size, what shocked everyone about the living room was its layout and furnishings.

Among these furnishings and furniture, the most eye-catching is the combination of sofa, lounge chair and coffee table.

The sofa frame is made of high-quality solid Huanghuali wood and is covered with soft cushions, which makes people want to lie down at first sight; the reclining chair looks simple in shape, but it is actually adjustable and has multiple functions, which is the proud work of Lei Daqiang; there is nothing on the large coffee table, but it can make people think of the function of this furniture.

In addition to these, the living room is filled with some brand new practical furniture, such as cabinets, stools, etc.

Half of the wall connected to the bedroom was hollowed out and divided into squares of various sizes. Inside the squares were some wood carvings made of golden nanmu, also made by Lei Daqiang.

The whole living room gives people the feeling of simplicity, grandeur and style.

In other words, it should not appear in ordinary people's homes because many people will find it impractical.

This contrast is what shocks everyone. On the one hand, using these precious woods to make furniture is extremely luxurious. On the other hand, spending so much money is not practical.

"No, your family spent so much time on making such a small thing with such good wood?" Yan Bugui said he didn't understand. "This sofa is very unique. You made so many stools because there are so many people. But what is this thing you made?"

There were eight square stools in the room, the kind with high legs and no backrests, made of huanghuali wood. In addition to the square stools, there were also two wooden boards made of golden nanmu, each of which was about two meters long and more than one meter wide.

"Bed board!" Zhang Xiuzhi introduced simply, "The stool can be used as a seat, and it can also be used as a bed frame."

"Uh..." Yan Bugui was stunned.

Bed boards are very common nowadays. Many families have them in case relatives come to stay or when there are too many people in the house and the space is not big enough, so bunk beds seem luxurious. They are folded up during the day and set up for sleeping at night.

But whose bed board is made of the best golden nanmu?

Prodigal son...

This was a misunderstanding. When they bought the wood, Lao Wu gave Zeng Wangcai a little too much, so it was not used up. Therefore, Zhang Xiuzhi took the initiative to make a bed board.

The advantage of bed boards is that the wood is still intact and can be used for other purposes later.

The deaf old lady's heart was bleeding when she saw this. She might not be able to enjoy the things she dreamed of after she died, but others could use them while they were alive.

She coveted the two bed boards and kept them in mind.

In addition, she was envious of all the large items made of golden nanmu in the house, such as the chest of drawers.

Zhang Xiuzhi asked her grandmother to sit on the sofa so that she could feel it.

“No, no, no!” Grandma was as stubborn as a donkey, standing far away from the sofa. “Why would I, a dying person, mess up your new furniture? I won’t sit!”

The old woman is superstitious and has her own code of conduct.

Zhang Xiuzhi tried to persuade her for a long time, but grandma just felt the softness of the cushion with her hands and refused to sit on it.

This makes it difficult for others to sit down.

There were still two rooms that had not been visited and everyone was reluctant to leave.

At this time, Xu Damao discovered that there was an incomprehensible long low cabinet against the wall opposite the sofa, and there were two low independent cabinets on both sides of the low cabinet.

"Hey, the cabinet in your house is made strangely. I don't understand it. It can be used as a dining table, but it's too short and narrow. What is it used for? And these two?" Xu Damao asked curiously.

Among all the people here, only Xu Damao really wanted to learn after seeing it. He thought that the house designed by Zeng Wangcai was very good.

"Why do you ask so many questions? Even if you understand, you can't use it." Xu Damao's mortal enemy subconsciously retorted to him.

"Silly pig, you're everywhere, right?" Xu Damao was not one to be bullied, and he retorted on the spot, "I'm going to say this today, I have to get a set of furniture like Wangcai Brothers at least. Big sister, just tell me, what are these for?"

Visitors are also very curious about what these things are used for.

Zhang Xiuzhi herself was not very clear, and could only follow what Zeng Wangcai said at the time: "This is a TV cabinet, used to place the TV. One of these two is used to hold the electric fan, and he didn't say what the other one was used for."

The happiness of the rich people is unimaginable to the people in the hospital.

To be honest, Zeng Wangcai was just a lying security guard in his previous life. He couldn't imagine how happy people who were richer than him were.

However, based on what he knew, it would definitely be a dimensionality reduction attack now.

"TV cabinet?" Sha Zhu had a question mark on his forehead.

It's not just him, most people are similar.

In fact, domestically produced black-and-white televisions are already available. They were produced two years ago, but they are still far from being popular.

To truly enter the homes of ordinary people, one has to go further. The Siheyuan is an example. In the original work, Xu Damao, the first person to buy a TV, also happened during that decade.

People today still dream of owning a radio.

Electric fans are a little simpler. We have all seen them, but we can’t say we own one.

"A TV? I remember now." The intellectual Yan Bugui suddenly realized, "It was reported in the newspaper. It's a rare thing."

I've never heard of it, so of course it's a rare thing.

However, the Zeng family has already built a cabinet to store something that no one has ever heard of, and it is obvious that they are planning to buy it.

Compared to televisions, electric fans are nothing nowadays.

"Uncle, please tell me clearly, what is a television?" Shazhu doesn't read newspapers and has never heard of it, so naturally he doesn't know.

"It's a good thing, better than a radio!" Yan Bugui explained, "It's a small box, bigger than a radio, with a glass front that can display pictures, just like a movie."

"Ah? If anyone has a TV, can't they watch movies at home?"

"Oh my God, if I could watch a movie every day after get off work, wouldn't that be better than being a god?"

"Lying on that sofa, blowing the electric fan, watching a movie..."

There is a picture.

There is a strong visual impact.

Everyone has a picture of themselves in this painting: lying on a soft sofa, with a cup of tea, some snacks like melon seeds and peanuts, or a bottle of wine on the coffee table, a fan blowing cool air, and a movie playing on the TV...

This day is so happy!

"That's great, that's great!" Xu Damao was envious. "Sister, tell the master you hired later, I'll ask him to do the same thing as well."

"Can you afford to fight me? You can't even afford to buy the wood." Sha Zhu started to confront again.

"I..." Xu Damao wanted to refute, but then he thought it was not good for ordinary people to show off their wealth, so he changed his words and said, "Can't I use other wood? But you are being controlled by a girl..."

This angered Sha Zhu. He hated it most when people said that Qin Jingru was controlling him to death.

When Sha Zhu gets angry, he starts to fight if he is unhappy with the argument.

Yan Bugui quickly persuaded them: "Stop making trouble. You can't afford to pay for damaging someone's new house. Xiuzhi, don't pay attention to them. Let's continue looking. I heard that you have a toilet in your house. Can we take a look?"

The core of the house designed by Zeng Wangcai is not the living room but the bathroom. Even the bedroom is more comfortable than the living room.