12dz Chapter 38 Li Shiji's Home
Chapter 38 Li Shiji's Home
However, apart from the master's mansion, which is a horizontally connected courtyard, the other families all have a vertically multi-courtyard layout.
Sizi: When it comes to architectural style, even the Southern Anhui and Northern Shanxi have to give way to our village! Xiao Nangjun: "Sizi, have you heard? The appearance of our village's ancestor from seven thousand years ago is now clearly revealed!"
Sizi replied, “Alas, I have heard that there are astrologers and skilled painters who have restored the ancestral image, knowing that it existed seven thousand years ago.”
Our ancestors not only farmed, herded livestock, and raised poultry, but they were also skilled at mud sculpting! They were truly amazing!
Xiao Nangjun: "Indeed amazing! The villagers of this village, seven thousand years ago, had already built their homes on the terraces of the river valley and engaged in farming, animal husbandry, hunting, and pottery making."
Sizi: Brother, do you know where Chu Suiliang's house was after he was demoted? I think Uncle Chu Suiliang's calligraphy is amazing!! Xiao Nangjun: You mean Chu Suiliang, the prefect of Aizhou? I actually went to his house once; it's located in Qinghua. That place has a very prestigious history!
Sizi: Thanh Hoa? Wasn't he exiled to remote and impoverished Vietnam?
Xiao Nangjun: That's right, but he became famous overnight through calligraphy, and his life didn't end as tragically as it's written in history books, where he died halfway through his life.
Si Zi sighed: "This is what it looks like! But the ending is still relatively satisfactory."
How could such a talented man have met such a fate?!
So, after he made his fortune through calligraphy, was his mansion in Thanh Hoa incredibly luxurious and glittering?
Xiao Nangjun: Haha, you guessed wrong! She's a representative of being low-key, composed, tasteful, and wise.
His house was grand in scale, just like Chu Suiliang himself: upright, incorruptible, talented, and fearless!
Sizi: Wow, Uncle has such a personality! Did you find anything interesting in his house?
Xiao Nangjun: Of course! The animal-face roof tiles on the eaves of the gate tower, along with the lotus flower reliefs on the ridge ornaments, symbolize the owner's integrity and lofty aspirations. Inside the gate, there is also a wall with a qilin gazing at the sun, signifying that the owner was always concerned about national affairs and had the court in mind.
Sizi: Wow, this house is practically a resume of Uncle Chu Suiliang! As a man of integrity, his achievements are truly remarkable, and he will be remembered for generations to come!
Xiao Nangjun: Sizi, what's Lord Li Ji's house like? I heard you went there and did a thorough ransacking of it, didn't you? What's the style of his mansion?
Sizi: Uncle Li Ji's house at the time was a two-courtyard house with a symmetrical layout, spacious and grand. "Pork Tenderloin Pot" was not only good at military affairs, but also good at financial management, and was an honest and upright official.
Xiao Nangjun: Why do you call him brother too? Sizi
Si Zi boasted, "Can you believe it, Brother? I traveled back to 610 years ago, the Year of the Horse! Back then, I met Brother Pork Tenderloin. He wasn't an old, greasy guy yet, he was still a young, fresh-faced guy. And his surname wasn't Li, it was Xu."
Xiao Nangjun chimed in, "I believe you! My Sizi is a treasure of a girl! That was in the sixth year of the Sui Dynasty's Daye era!"
Si Zi nodded in agreement: "That's right, that year was really full of big events!! For example, the Eastern Roman Empire was renamed Byzantium."
Qiu Rongmu was completely confused, but she was already used to Si Zi's wild imagination, so she steered the conversation back on track:
"Your brother Li Ji was indeed a formidable figure back then! What was so special about his family?"
Sizi: His house had a grand lintel decorated with colorful carvings, but the doorway was narrow. I remember it very clearly. There were also stone carvings, which were rough yet exquisite, and the exquisite pieces were a masterpiece!
Also, there's a plaque hanging on the front door of the pork tenderloin hotpot restaurant that reads "May you rise to high office and become a general!"