Chapter 325 Planning for the future
It was already evening when we returned to the forest ranger's yard.
The cubs still couldn't wait to run halfway to greet them.
It's colder in the mountains than outside.
The first thing Li Mu did when he returned to the yard was to light the fireplace. All the animals came into the house and lay in front of the stove to keep warm.
The small stove left behind is not as warm as the fireplace.
"You see, this is why we need to rebuild the courtyard."
Brother Nan sat on the sofa, holding two tiger cubs and petting them while saying, "This house is too old, and it can't use high-power electrical appliances. It occupies a large area, but the house is too small. If someone comes to visit, there will be no place for more people to stay.
"Yeah." Li Mu nodded.
What Brother Nan said makes sense. The yard of the forest ranger compound is very large, but there are not many rooms in the building. The last time the ecological team came, they lived in the office and the rescue room, and even the grocery room was cleaned up for people to live in.
"This is a good time to build a camp."
Nan Ge chuckled and told her wishful thinking, "While the engineering team is here, we can save a lot of labor costs by working together. Of course, we have to pay for the materials ourselves."
After a pause, Brother Nan asked another key question:
"But what about the fields in the backyard? The apple trees are still bearing fruit in the middle of winter, and the vegetables are growing lush green. It's a little hard to explain."
"It's okay, I can take it back." Li Mu said.
"Take it back?"
"Well, it means that you can make the spiritual field disappear in the backyard, and then put it back when the house is built."
"Oh that mysterious power of yours again."
"Ah."
"That's fine, that's no problem!"
Brother Nan glanced at Li Mu and said, "What do you think we should build the yard into? Should we build it into a villa-style building, or a quadrangle like the one in Beijing?"
"I don't know, it's up to you."
"How can that be possible? I don't live here alone."
Brother Nan pondered for a moment, then clapped his hands, "How about this, I'll find a few designs, and then we and the animals will all participate in the selection, and finally choose a style that everyone is satisfied with, how do you think?"
"it is good."
"That's settled then!" Brother Nan did what he said, took out his cell phone and started swiping.
Li Mu was staring at Brother Nan in a daze.
He couldn't help but think that if he really had a girlfriend like Brother Nan, it would seem pretty good.
She will arrange everything, and all you need to do is be a down-to-earth person and enjoy life.
As he thought about it, he started to laugh.
In the next few days, Sister Nan asked her younger brother to help find several architectural designers, all of whom were internationally renowned, and received several design drawings.
Finally, Brother Nan selected two and let everyone choose.
The first one is a manor-like design, with a grand-looking western-style building in the middle of the yard, the yard is covered with lawns, the backyard is designed as a large garden, and the front yard has facilities such as fountains and outdoor swimming pools.
The second one is a Chinese courtyard house combined with modern style, which is not exactly the same as the standard Beijing courtyard house.
Directly opposite the courtyard gate is the main house, which has two floors. In ancient times, it was the place for meeting guests and for elders to live.
There is an ear room on each side of the main house. The room is not big and is often used to store miscellaneous items.
There is an east and west wing room on each side of the courtyard, which is connected to the ear room. It has only one floor, two rooms each, and a platform on the roof.
There is no back house on this side of the courtyard gate, only a wall.
There is no back room at the back.
The rooms are quite large and come with private bathrooms. Since the courtyard itself covers a large area, the courtyard is not small after this design.
The yard is paved with tiles. There is a flower bed near each of the three corners, and the remaining corner has a rockery and a fish pond.
"Which one do you like?" Brother Nan placed two designs on the coffee table for everyone to vote on. "I like the second one," said Li Mu.
"Not bad, not bad. I have the same opinion as Big Brother. I will also vote for the Chinese courtyard house."
Brother Nan grinned and looked at Yogurt and the animals again, "Take a look too, which one do you like?"
The animals came forward one by one to look at the design on the coffee table.
"Nimu, Lord Yogurt likes this!" Maoer squatted on the coffee table, looked at the two design drawings carefully, and pointed at one of them and said.
"Well, Lord Yogurt, can you tell me why you like this?" Li Mu took a look and saw that the cat was pointing to the second Chinese courtyard house.
“There’s a little lake here!”
The cat pointed to the fish pond under the rockery and said, "We can go to the big lake in the mountains to catch some small fish and put them in this small lake. Then it will be full of fish. In this way, we can eat fish without going out, and it doesn't cost any money!"
"That's it."
Li Mu smiled. He really liked Mao'er's description.
Full of fish, it sounds like a feeling of planting and harvesting.
There is also a designed fish pond.
The cat calls it Little Lake. It really has different ideas from others.
Of course, the most important thing in the cat’s mind is probably to raise fish by himself so that he won’t have to spend money to buy fish in the future.
I went to Banna and ate fish wrapped in vegetables several times, which made Maoer very upset. There were free fish in the mountains, but I still had to pay for it.
Except for the hibernating bear family, the tiger mother, wolf mother, the golden eagle couple, the monkey group and the cubs came forward one by one to look at the drawings, and finally all chose the courtyard house.
Even animals like the charm of Chinese architecture.
"Then it's passed unanimously. Applause!" Brother Nan was the first to applaud.
Li Mu took a few symbolic photos and said while looking at the design drawing: "But we should redo it to make this courtyard more to our liking."
"Yes, when the designer was designing the house, he didn't know that there would be a group of animals living in our yard." Brother Nan nodded.
"The rockery and fish pond will be preserved. When the time comes, we can renovate them, do some filtration, raise some fish, and plant some water lilies."
Li Mu looked at the design and said, "The three flower beds in the corner of the yard can also be left. We can then plant some large shrub roses. We can also leave some land at the foot of the wall without laying tiles. Just like the small courtyard we have now, we can plant a circle of flowers and plants under the wall to repel mosquitoes."
"implement!"
Nan took out her little notebook and wrote down everything Li Mu said, while also expressing her own opinions, "We can plant flowers outside the gate of our yard, and we can also build a lawn on the parking lot so that we can play badminton there in the future."
"Ah."
Li Mu nodded and continued, "The western wing also needs to be renovated to make it suitable for animals to live in."
"it is good."
Brother Nan lowered his head and wrote in the notebook, "Also, we will get electricity from the military camp, so we can use high-power electrical appliances. Then we and the animals' rooms will all be equipped with fresh air systems and central air conditioning."
"can."
"You can ask Tiger Mom what they think."
"it is good."
The cold wind was raging outside, and there were lights and shadows inside the house.
The two people and a group of animals planned and looked forward to the future based on the drawings.
Although it has not been implemented yet, I feel that life has become a little better.
Afterwards, Brother Nan sorted out the recorded opinions and sent them to the designer. A few days later, he received the improved drawings.
The two took a look and found that there was no other need for change, so they handed the design drawings to the engineering unit in the camp.
The reconstruction of the courtyard was officially put on the agenda.
Thank you for your monthly ticket!
(End of this chapter)
