Time travel from the red building

Chapter 18 18. Design of the Taoist Temple

After Li Changsong and Yunxi got engaged, he would ask his aunt to send some small gifts every now and then, either fresh and delicious food, or fashionable jewelry, or broken branches and flowers.

The man is interested, and Yunxi is also interested. They always return gifts, mostly sachets, purses and snacks made by themselves. They come and go again and again. Although the two have not met, they feel a lot closer.

Yunxi is someone who treats her very well, and she can't wait to return to her temperament, so she pays more attention to Li Changsong. Not only did he make a lot of clothes and shoes for him, but he even made several sets for his uncle and aunt. Judging from Li Changsong's more diligent delivery of gifts, he should be very satisfied with this, and now Aunt Li's face never stops smiling every time she sees Yunxi, and her mouth is full of praise.

Seeing that Yunxi gets along well with Aunt Li, and getting along with Li Changsong is getting better, and if she is sure that she can handle her own affairs well, Yun Qing will not talk too much, let alone point fingers at her life, and go about her own affairs It's over.

In Yunqing's plan, after Yunxi gets married, she will also move out of this house. Therefore, the most urgent task is to build her own residence. However, Yunqing has many ideas, but has not learned how to build. She wants to design a house. A manor that perfectly meets the requirements doesn't seem to be possible on her own. Fortunately, one of Yunqing's advantages is that she doesn't have a hard time, and she doesn't pretend to understand. Hit yourself here.

The eldest son of the neighbor's family works in the government office. Although he is not an official but an official, he is also a person with a lot of contacts. He knows everyone well. Yun Qing went to him to inquire. After thinking about it, I proposed a person, pointed to the north, and said, "From Huaishu Lane, two streets away from us, there is an old Confucian scholar in the third house. He is more than 60 this year. When he was young, he I don’t like the Four Books and Five Classics, but I like to design some garden houses. The academy next to us was designed by him. I heard that there are several wealthy businessmen who have asked him to design gardens for their homes. If the Taoist priest wants to repair the garden, he must be the right one.”

"Then I don't know if this old gentleman is welcome? What kind of gift do you need to prepare?"

"Haha, he likes to do this. As long as he has time, he is willing to invite anyone to invite him, but his fees are a bit expensive, so ordinary people seldom find him, but I think Taoist masters are not short of money. His skills are Really good, that's why I recommend him."

In this way, Yun Qing knew what he was thinking about, thanked the big brother next door, and when Yun Qing went back, he prepared money to invite the Confucian scholar, and sure enough, when he heard Yun Qing's intention, his face was a little happy, and the money he brought was not cheap, Immediately agreed, without further ado, he will go to the field for field investigation, ready to design a beautiful garden for Yun Qing.

Yun Qing hurriedly stopped the old man and made a request to him first: "Don't worry, I have some requests here, please listen first and see if you can add them to your design..."

The old man was a little unhappy, interrupted her and said: "No need! I have never heard of any tricky and weird requests from me. Just ask, and I will definitely fix it for you. If I can't do it, you can find the whole Hangzhou mansion again." No more than the second person!"

Yun Qing is helpless, well, people with real materials should have some temper. Since the old man is so confident and doesn't object to other people's requests, she has nothing to worry about. Seeing that it's getting late, let's make an appointment with the old man Come to pick him up tomorrow, then say goodbye and leave.

After leaving the old gentleman's house, thinking about his age, he turned around and rented two carriages from a carriage and horse shop, and hired two coachmen by the way, and then turned around and went home.

Early the next morning, the driver arrived at her door on time. Yunqing and Yunxi had breakfast, brought some cakes and tea, picked up the old man, and the two came to Yunqing's small village.

Not long after the beginning of spring, many people in Zhuangzi are working, all hired by Yunqing. There are people planting trees on the hills and rice in the fields. Although they look desolate, they are very popular.

The residence planned by Yunqing is located at the foot of the hill, with a wide and flat field in front, and a pond next to it. It can be said that it is surrounded by mountains and rivers. The real court is empty, the wealth is prosperous, the location is good, the layout is good, it turns out that the Taoist priest is from the school of physiognomy, and this place is very well chosen!"

Yun Qing smiled without saying a word.

She doesn't just learn physiognomy, she has learned all about fortune-telling from the mountain doctor!
Why does she keep calling the old Taoist priests who adopted her seniors?It's not because the master has too many apprentices, and the others disagree on who to worship as a teacher. After arguing for several years, they didn't argue with any result, and in the end they didn't accept any apprentices at all.

Yun Qing also suggested that if she couldn't do it, she could worship a few more masters, but the seniors disagreed, saying that at their age, many things have long been looked down upon, and they can teach her without the status of master and apprentice, but they Practitioners, the formal apprenticeship is to report to the world, the more masters, the greater the constraints on her, they are all old, there is no need to add karma to her, and it ends up like this, she learns everything , but not even a serious master.

At first, Yun Qing didn't quite understand the meaning of the seniors, but when she formally started practicing and had a sense of the secrets of the heavens, she understood the consideration of the seniors. At that time, the seniors had already ascended to heaven, and she wanted to express There is no chance to be grateful, which is also a small regret for her.

"I didn't expect the old man to study the I Ching and Zhou Yi. He is indeed an expert. It is really right to invite you here." Yun Qing complimented with a smile.

The old man didn't care, and said: "If you design a house or garden for someone else, if you don't know some Feng Shui knowledge and create a bad situation, wouldn't it be a scam? So I have studied these specifically, and this can be regarded as a basic skill."

Yun Qing was in awe.

This old gentleman is really serious and responsible. It stands to reason that he only needs to take care of the design drawings. As for whether there is anything wrong with the house, what does it have to do with him?He can take the initiative to consider for others and study for it, which can be called kindhearted. No wonder the fees are high. Now Yun Qing feels that it is really right to invite him, and it is worth the money.

The old gentleman is a straightforward person, and he started to get down to business after a few words of exclamation. He asked Yun Qing what requirements he wanted, and what kind of manor he wanted to build. Yun Qing said, "My plan is to build a Taoist temple. That’s right, the backyard is the main room and the wing room, and I can invite several Taoist friends to stay in it in the future. Next to the Taoist temple, I will build a two-entry house. It is my living place. I have a sketch of the washroom, sir, for your reference. Well, we have to dig a well in the yard, and build a laundry trough beside the well. These are the houses, and we can build a garden on this piece of land. As for the garden, what should we do? How to design, please let me freely use it!"

(End of this chapter)