Siheyuan Great Craftsmen

Especially when there is someone holding things back at home.

The next day, Zhou Tian came to the secret room again and began to renovate the basement. He changed the paint to various colors and painted the walls of each room in different colors.

There are pink, green, blue, and colors that look like the starry sky.

After the marble floor tiles were used, various lines were installed, and the furniture was placed, everything was arranged one by one. Two days passed. Looking at the basement that looked like a luxurious home in the future, Zhou Tian nodded with satisfaction.

He left the basement, closed the door, exited the courtyard, and drove towards Yangshi Lei's house.

When I saw Yangshi Lei again, he looked obviously much older.

"Boss, do you want me to rebuild a five-story courtyard house according to your drawings?"

Yangshi Lei sat on the steps of his house, smoking his pipe, holding a design drawing drawn by Zhou Tian in his right hand, and said with some shock in his eyes.

"Yes, Master Lei, we are acquaintances now. Do you think my blueprint can be realized?"

Zhou Tian sat on a stool in the yard and looked at Yangshi Lei.

Yangshi Lei did not answer immediately after hearing this, but continued to look at the drawings in his hand. He knew about the attic, but the problem was that if the courtyard house on the drawings was to be built entirely according to the drawings, the cost would be extremely high. Would Master Zhou agree?

After thinking for a while, he said, "Boss, if we build it according to the blueprint, the cost here will be two-thirds more than the cost of a normal five-courtyard courtyard!"

"That's no problem, but I want to start work as soon as possible. What do you think, Master Lei?"

He had anticipated the huge expense, and the blueprint he had drawn was based on the reconstruction of the Siheyuan in later generations. After all, with such a large amount of work, he did not want to spend time on the reconstruction later. It would be better to take advantage of the cheap labor at this time and complete it in one go.

"As long as the owner has no problem with it, how about we go and measure it tomorrow and start work the day after tomorrow?"

Yangshi Lei pondered for a moment, calculated the manpower, knocked the pipe in his hand on the steps, stood up and said.

"Okay, then I'll come and pick up Master Lei tomorrow to go with us!"

After making the agreement, Zhou Tian returned home and there was no conversation all night.

The next day, Zhou Tian got up early in the morning and drove to pick up Yangshi Lei and brought him to the courtyard house on Qianmen Street. When the two got out of the car, Yangshi Lei stopped and looked at the courtyard house in front of him, with a complicated look in his eyes.

"So this is it!"

"Master Lei, what's wrong?"

Seeing Yangshi Lei stop, Zhou Tian couldn't help but turn around and ask.

"It's okay, Boss, let's go in!"

Yangshi Lei came to his senses and immediately shook his head, followed Zhou Tian closely, opened the copper lock, and entered the courtyard.

As Yangshi Lei walked along, he took out a pen and paper and began to write and draw. When it was almost noon, he put away the pen and paper.

"Boss, I know what to do. We can go back now!"

"Master Lei, it's getting late, let's finish our meal before going back!"

Zhou Tian looked down at the time. It was almost twelve o'clock. If he sent Master Lei back like this, it would be too inhumane. He naturally would not do such a thing.

"No need, Boss, I have to go back early to gather the people, no need to bother!"

Yangshi Lei shook his head and refused.

"Okay, let's go. Even if time is tight, it won't hurt to wait a little longer!"

As Zhou Tian said this, he pulled Yangshi Lei out of the courtyard and found a nearby restaurant to have a meal.

"Master Lei, how much do you think it would cost to build this courtyard house as shown in the blueprint?"

After dinner, on the way back, Zhou Tian asked while driving.

"That's not certain yet, but preliminary estimates suggest it will cost at least 10,000!"

Yangshi Lei calculated in his mind and told the truth.

Zhou Tian nodded, and the calculation was similar to his. "If all the furniture is made of mahogany, small-leaf red sandalwood, or pearwood, how much will it cost?"

"Boss, the value is incalculable. It depends on whether you want new wood or old furniture!"

Although these woods are not expensive now, they are not cheap either. Luxury goods exist in every era, but generally speaking, only a few people can afford them.

"Of course it's new furniture. If it was old, I wouldn't have asked Master Lei for it!"

Zhou Tian said without thinking, after all, who would want to use old furniture when they can have new ones? He was different from the protagonists of other period novels. Maybe in terms of collection, he liked to collect some antique calligraphy and paintings, but when it came to furniture, he was politely not interested.

"That's easy. I'll ask for you first, and then I'll notify the boss. What do you think?"

"of course can!"

The two chatted along the way, and soon Zhou Tian sent Yangshi Lei home. Then he drove back to Mianhua Hutong. When the car stopped at the door of his house, he had an idea and a sack appeared on the passenger seat in an instant.

Carrying the sack, he said hello to the neighbors and returned home.

"Dad is back!"

"Dad, what are you holding?"

As soon as he entered the backyard, several little guys ran over and surrounded Zhou Tian, ​​asking questions in a flurry.

"Okay, let's go play, this is good stuff!"

Zhou Tian chatted and laughed, and sent a few little guys away before carrying the things in the sack to the kitchen.

"Boss, have you eaten yet? If not, there's still rice in the pot!"

Shen Yulin, who was washing dishes, saw her husband come in, wiped her wet hands, stood up and asked.

"I've eaten, don't worry. Look, what did I buy?"

As Zhou Tian spoke, he opened the sack as if he was presenting treasures, and a dozen chickens, three rabbits and several fish were all poured out in one gulp.

"Si~~Why did you buy so much?"

Looking at the chickens, fish and rabbits on the ground, Shen Yulin couldn't help but take a breath. Although these things might not have been so precious to their family in previous years, the difference in the past two years has been significant.

The drought situation last year was reported to the whole country through the radio, and everyone unconsciously began to tighten their belts and save food.

Even in their family, it was the same, and the purchase of grain and meat outside had already begun to be limited. Even if you had a grain book, grain coupons, and meat coupons, you could only buy 80 to 90 percent of the original amount, which was already considered good.

But what she saw now was that her husband actually brought back so much meat. Although it was just some chicken, fish and rabbit, it was still meat.

"Well, not much. These are all gifts from others. We have rarely eaten meat in the past two years. It's time to give the children some extra meat!"

Zhou Tian looked at his wife's shocked expression and felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.