Luo Yunhang spent two days and one night on the bus before finally returning to Tianzhou City.

The renovation and restoration plan for the courtyard houses is already underway.

Master Li and his team of restorers are more skilled at restoring and recreating details, so they handed over other large-scale restoration tasks to the antique building team.

The person in charge of this construction team was a graduate of the architecture department of Tianzhou University. They are more professional and meticulous than ordinary construction teams, so I feel very reassured entrusting my work to them.

He would also communicate with Master Li and Luo Yunhang in a timely manner if there were any major problems.

Luo Yunhang was generous and immediately approved a grant of one million yuan for him.

The two teams were stationed in the two courtyard houses and began a long and arduous restoration project.

Restoration work is undoubtedly tedious.

Luo Yunhang also began to learn the restoration of traditional utensils from Master Li. He learned about various restoration tools made by his ancestors and witnessed the exquisite restoration skills passed down by his predecessors, which was truly amazing.

Their main responsibility was the restoration of some wooden structures in the courtyard houses.

First, you need to observe the extent of the mold and rot before making any repairs.

After observing the structure, carefully disassemble it. When disassembling, generally follow the reverse order of the original assembly to avoid damaging the original paint and to avoid using a planer as much as possible.

Then comes the matching of materials. You need to see the wood itself, the extent of damage and the location of the damage. If you really need to match materials, you need to find wood of the same quality, color and grain to match, and you should choose materials with a relatively light color.

After the materials are prepared, they are assembled. The assembly process requires that the parts be seamless, straight, and free of adhesive residue or cracks. The assembled materials are then processed to ensure a high degree of fit with the original parts, so that no trace of repair can be seen.

Finally, assembly is required. The original appearance of each component and frame structure must be maintained tightly and reasonably. The furniture should be assembled according to its original structure, with tight mortise and tenon joints, straight edges, no glue marks, smooth surfaces, and level legs.

Each one requires a lot of time and effort to figure out.

After studying with Master Li and his fellow disciples for about a week, Luo Yunhang began to try making some small items.

Perhaps because of his sufficient knowledge and aesthetic sense, he learns very quickly and is already able to independently repair some minor, unimportant items.

Master Li publicly praised his strong learning ability, saying he was making rapid progress. His fellow apprentices looked on with envy, knowing that when they first started working on restoration, it took them half a semester to even begin to grasp the basics.

Luo Yunhang gave an awkward smile.

The important parts can only be handled by Master Li.

The more the restoration work progressed, the more people realized how extraordinary these two houses were.

Although it is now just ruins, some details reveal that its craftsmanship and materials were of the highest quality back then. The wooden structures in the corridors were all made of Hainan rosewood, which shows what a wealthy family it was.

All the Hainan Huanghuali that Luo Yunhang brought back was used in the restoration work.

Even the senior students exclaimed how extravagant it was to use such precious Hainan rosewood for the corridors. They wondered what a magnificent sight the house would be after it was restored.

Some details are now impossible to verify, so we can only consult Luo Minsheng, since he lived in this house when he was a child.

He was very much looking forward to seeing the house gradually become the way he remembered it.

The initial intention of the entire renovation was to repair and transform the original structure as much as possible without damaging it, making it suitable for modern people to live in.

The restoration work was carried out intensively for more than three months, from the late spring cold snap at the end of February to the early summer at the end of May.

Only then was the overall restoration work finally completed.

The two courtyards have been restored to about 70-80% of their former glory, transforming from ruins to a simple and grand structure, exuding a magnificent aura.

Luo Yunhang did the math and realized that the restoration work, not counting the cost of buying the small-leaf sandalwood, cost him a total of about ten million.

The majority of the money was spent on materials and labor.

Especially the materials; the materials used in these two courtyards are all precious, even the bricks paving the ground were specially made.

Buying various types of timber and customizing stone cost a huge amount of money, not to mention the wages of the two teams.

Although Master Li said that his team didn't need to be paid, Luo Yunhang still insisted on paying them, after all, they were all highly skilled laborers, and they also needed to eat every day.

However, it's worth the money. This "reborn" courtyard house is like a dialogue between the old and the new. It not only retains the antique charm and elegance of traditional architecture, but also has the convenience of modern life.

However, it cannot be said that the renovation is completely completed yet; there is still one final step.

That means moving the furniture out and repairing it.

Luo Yunhang then paid Master Li's team for a month to repair the furniture.

The entire courtyard was filled with furniture of all styles, each a masterpiece: daybeds, canopy beds, elaborately crafted canopy beds, desks, tables, chairs, benches, stools, screens, cabinets, dressing tables…

Countless pieces of furniture.

Everyone was curious about where these pieces of furniture came from. Judging from the damage on them, it seemed to have been damaged in a damp place.

But no one dared to ask, after all, it was their private matter.

Master Li had lived through that era and knew that Luo Yunhang had just been recognized by the Luo family, so he knew some inside information and guessed that these things might have been hidden underground before being brought out.

It's a real shame; it's all because of the times. Otherwise, these things wouldn't have ended up like this. What a waste!

The entire team worked intensively on the repair, but it wasn't finished in a month. It took another half month to complete.

This semester ended abruptly.

The two houses were also in Luo Yunhang's hands, and they regained their glory from decades ago.

Everything inside, from the decor to the furnishings, was sourced from the basement.

They practically emptied most of the basement, essentially taking out everything they had thrown in back then.

Therefore, it is almost a one-to-one replica of the Luo residence from back then.

Upon learning of the mansion, Xiang Yizhai, Yuan Tiangang, and Miao Cuihua all came to visit, marveling at its luxuriousness.

The two brothers, Luo Minsheng and Luo Haisheng, arrived at the renovated house together, both of them moved to tears.

Luo Minsheng was reminded of his childhood, and felt both excited and saddened.

But since entering this house, Luo Haisheng seems to have suddenly become much more clear-headed.

He excitedly looked around the courtyard and went into each room, as if entering his own memories.

For a moment, I couldn't distinguish between reality and dreams.

He felt as if he had just woken up from a dream, suddenly returned to the past, and yet felt even more awake.

Luo Haisheng had never been so lucid in all these years; this was the home that had appeared countless times in his dreams.

He spent his entire life here, from his first toddler days to his teenage years; it holds the most precious memories of his life!