total_area to 0 to store the total surface area.(i, j) in the grid.
grid[i][j] is greater than 0, add grid[i][j] * 4 + 2 to total_area (4 sides and top and bottom faces).(i, j-1), subtract min(grid[i][j], grid[i][j-1]) * 2 from total_area.(i-1, j), subtract min(grid[i][j], grid[i-1][j]) * 2 from total_area.total_area as the result.