one's door

131 - Chapter [-]
There are two types of houses that can be bought and sold in the market.One is private property, and a sale sign will be hung on the door, indicating that it is for sale.The price is discussed separately.Another is crime.After being confiscated by the Yamen, it will be sold.Zhang Yan's predecessor originally had two shops, but they were confiscated and sold as criminal property, which almost destroyed the Zhang family.

Sin property doesn't come often.Generally, if you want to buy a house, especially a house with a better location, you can only find it yourself.

It is not suitable for the Zhang family to live in any luxury house now.There are seven or eight houses, with their own wells, water houses, and a small courtyard dam, and a single family is fine.

There are houses of this kind in Chengbei, and people often see them for sale.

After turning around a few times, I saw three houses with sale signs.The interior layout of the house is similar.The only one has a small bathroom, which is very useful when it is cold in winter.So Zhang Yan didn't bargain much with others, and directly asked for the house with a small bathhouse.

When you buy a house, you still need to look at the belongings inside.There are only some basic tables, chairs and benches, many of which are very old.There are also a lot of dust on the walls.The blue bricks of each house are also uneven. They all need to be regularized.What's more, this house will still be used as a facade for the eldest brother when he gets married.

It has to be neat and tidy.

Finding someone to build a house and make furniture doesn't need to bother others. Carpenter Liu has this kind of connections. He took Zhang Yan around and found enough manpower, and according to Zhang Yan's request, the house can be tidied up as soon as the beginning of next month. it is good.

It was past noon after this toss.Zhang Yan didn't go home to eat as usual, but turned around and went to the bookstore in the east market. If you want to find a painter, the most convenient way is to go to the bookstore besides the acquaintances you know.There will always be painters sitting there.

However, Zhang Yan had his own plans in mind, and he had considerable demands on the painter.You can give more money, but the style of the painting must be the one in his mind.Finding a suitable painter like this is actually slower than buying a house before.
After finding an artist and communicating well, it was almost time to come out with the finished product.Zhang Yan didn't eat lunch or dinner. Although he was a little late, he was very satisfied with what came out.

"Why did you come back now?"

"Hey, finding a better painter is more troublesome than I thought before. Since noon, I have been busy until just now, and I only got out after paying a little more money."

"Add more money? Why are you in such a hurry? Is it necessary?" Wang Lanping understood what her second son was doing.However, he was very dissatisfied with his behavior of adding money in order to hurry up and feel that it was a waste of money.

"Mother, a portrait is a delicate job. He has to follow my dictation bit by bit, and sometimes he needs to modify it so that the painting looks like it. Is it better to finish the painting in one go than to paint a little bit in a day?" Zhang While filling his stomach, Yan smiled and defended himself.Of course, he won't admit that he doesn't want to waste time in the bookstore every day.Give more money to let the painter paint faster, and he will save trouble.

"Brother, is this the portrait of the old master you asked someone to draw? Can I open it and have a look?"

The liveliest person in the family is naturally Zhang Huiyuan.It wasn't long before she and her elder brother Zhang Shun went home, and they had dinner just now.I was very curious when I saw the painting scroll box brought back by Zhang Yan.I heard my mother talk about Fu Xiang during the meal before, how can I hold back now?

"Well, go wash your hands first, and then take it after washing." Zhang Yan waved his hand to stop the little girl's hand from reaching for the scroll.This thing is still some of the most basic for him.At least clean your hands before touching it.

"Oh." Zhang Huiyuan heard the unquestionable tone in the second brother's tone, and without thinking too much, she trotted to the kitchen, scooped up water and scrubbed her hands twice.After he came out, he asked Zhang Yan to check it triumphantly, and after Zhang Yan nodded in agreement, he cheered and picked up the scroll box on the table.

Except for Zhang Yan who was digging his head into the rice, everyone in the room looked curiously at the box that Zhang Huiyuan picked up.

The most mysterious and unconditionally trusted person in the Zhang family is the "Old Master".But there are very few things about this "old master".Even his name was never mentioned by Zhang Yan.Anyway, the question is "don't know".

Now that the master's appearance has been drawn, it naturally arouses the curiosity of the Zhang family.

"Huh? Second brother, why are there three scrolls? Did you draw three paintings?"

three?One pair of paintings is always enough.Why draw three pictures?

Zhang Yan still didn't stop the chopsticks in his hand, and while chewing something in his mouth, he replied vaguely: "Three masters."

"Ah? Three?! Wasn't there only one person who saved us back then? How come there are two more?" Zhang Huiyuan, who was closest to the old master, raised a question based on his vague memory.And before that, Zhang Yan never said that there were three masters.

Zhang Yan seemed to be casually continuing to explain while eating: "At the beginning, there was only one master teacher, and later on, there were two more. What I have learned in my life is accumulated slowly by teaching them a little bit. So I drew all three of them when my mother said I would make a fortune for my master. It’s not something to miss, right?”

"exactly!"

Even Zhang Huiyuan, who liked the second brother the most, rolled her eyes even though she was very displeased with Zhang Yan's behavior of beating a stick and pretending to be a fart.But what can be done?So is there one master or three? Isn't it all up to the second brother?Moreover, the word miscellaneous learning is very weird, and it is not impossible for those old masters to have more eccentricities and not want to be known.

Besides, the Zhang family really couldn't think of a reason why Zhang Yan would lie about this kind of matter.

When Zhang Huiyuan unfolded the three portraits, the eyes of the other three people in the room widened except Zhang Yan.

The three people in the portrait have different expressions, but they all appear peaceful.All the old men with long beards and combed hair were sitting cross-legged on a pedestal that they had never seen before.Behind the head, there is a circle of golden rays scattered like the sun.

The Zhang family didn't speak for a long time, and they didn't know why, but when they saw the three people in the painting, they always felt an inexplicable sense of solemnity.Don't even dare to look into the eyes of the people in the painting.

"Okay, put it away. After the new house is in order, let the three of you worship it." Zhang Yan sensed the dull atmosphere in the room, took the portrait in the little girl's hand, rolled it up and put it away, and didn't let the family continue Look.

And when Zhang Yan put away the scroll, the rest of the Zhang family heaved a long sigh of relief, and started joking again, and the topic subconsciously changed from the portrait to the marriage between the new house and eldest brother Zhang Shun.They didn't know why they instinctively avoided those three portraits.

The reason is only clear to Zhang Yan.Because the three in that painting are not old masters, but the three tallest celestial beings in the Taoist sect.

The painting in the middle is "Yuqing Yuanshi Tianzun", on the left is "Shangqing Lingbao Tianzun", and on the right is "Taiqing Daode Tianzun".

It is also known as the "Three Qings".

Sanqing has the power to penetrate the heavens and the earth, so how can ordinary people be able to look directly at it and talk about it?
(End of this chapter)