big antique dealer

Chapter 203 The First Night

On the rigorous Tucson, the car ran to BJ.The route is to go to the Jingshi Expressway, and then take the Taijiu Expressway. If it goes well, it is estimated that you will be able to reach Taiyuan in the afternoon.

I had breakfast at the SJZ service area, and at three o'clock in the afternoon, the car got off the expressway.

Rigorously going to drive to the urban area, Mr. Zhou suddenly said: "Let's not enter the downtown area, but rent a small courtyard in the urban-rural fringe."

Mr. Zhou's idea is that if it involves inviting gods and offering blessings, you have to burn incense and kowtow to perform rituals, and live in a hotel. Maybe the waiter will have to call 110.I also understood this point of rigor, and the car got off the highway and drove towards a place she thought was more remote.

Entering a village, there are quite a few houses with "rooms for rent" posted on the door, but none of them are suitable.According to Mr. Zhou's plan, there should be no outsiders in this small courtyard, and once the gate is closed, it will be the four of them.But after walking for two hours, there are almost all tenants in the yard with rental houses.There are two that don't, but the landlord's family also has several members, and there are too many people talking, so this kind of yard is definitely not acceptable.

Rigorous and Zhou Shui almost gave up.After getting into the car, Yan Jing said to Mr. Zhou, "It's not suitable here, let's go to the next village to have a look."

Just as he was talking, someone knocked on the car window, and his hands were not weak.Rigorously startled, he turned his head and saw that it was an old man.The old man looked at Yan Jing with a smile, put down the car window, and said, "Uncle, what do you want?"

The old man said in a local accent: "Girl, are you looking for a house? There are vacant rooms in my yard, and gas and running water are readily available. Why don't you come down and have a look?"

Yan Jin hurriedly got out of the car, and said politely, "Uncle, you don't know, we have a lot of female relatives, and we want to rent a yard without outsiders."

The old man thought for a while: "Hey, this is really difficult. Every house here has tenants, so we can't evict them, right? Even if there are no tenants, there are landlords. Take my house as an example. The tenant just checked out. There are no outsiders in the courtyard, but my old man still lives in that courtyard. There is also a little grandson who lives on campus, but he has to go home two days a week, which is not suitable."

That being said, there is only the old man living in the courtyard at present.It doesn't matter if you have a little grandson, if you have something to do, you can coax him out to play.

Taking a serious look at Mr. Zhou, Mr. Zhou nodded.

Yan Yan turned his head and said to the old man: "Uncle, I will go to see the house with you. As long as the house is clean, you can stay here."

Yan Jing and Zhou Shui got out of the car and went to see the house with the old man.Walking all the way, the old man kept saying: "My old man's surname is Mo, just call me Lao Motou. My son and daughter-in-law work in BJ, and my grandson goes to school in his hometown. It is said that he is going to school, but in fact he is just doing something for my old man." Companion. My son and daughter-in-law often send money home, and it is said that there is no shortage of these rents, mainly because I am old and afraid of loneliness."

As he spoke, he arrived at Lao Motou's house.The house is not bad. There are three north rooms facing the front, and three wing rooms on the east wall. The house is a typical northern bungalow, tall and spacious.The exterior walls are also tiled.The courtyard wall is also high, a full 30 meters. Once the gate is closed, the inside is a closed space, and people outside can't see anything.However, the location is not very good. There is a road next to the outer wall. Although it is [-] meters away, there is a drainage ditch in the middle, but sleeping at night may be affected by passing vehicles.

Zhou Shui is basically satisfied with the situation.It's just that the landlord talks a lot, and keeps talking non-stop, which makes Zhou Shui hesitate a little. If this old Motou sees a bit of betrayal, it will probably become a topic of discussion in the whole village soon.

Old Motou is quite confident: "Let's talk about the price. You won't be disappointed with my house. It was built last spring, and it is the best house in the village. As far as your conditions are concerned, you can't meet them anywhere, so you can't go anywhere. My place is fairly quiet. By the way, don’t you still have a car? Look, there is a parking space at the gate.”

Mr. Zhou and Ruyu are also satisfied with this house.The rent is 1000 yuan a month, and there is no counter-offer.Old Motou said to Yan Jing again: "Didn't you bring any luggage? I have it, and I will rent it to you. It costs 50 yuan for a set, and there is no time limit. Return it to me when you leave." After finishing speaking, he blinked and added a few more words. This is new luggage, it has not been touched, it is prepared for the grandson's wedding, it has been in the sun for three days, and it smells like the sun's anger. "

After three days in the sun, it smells like the anger of the sun.These two sentences Zhou Shui's mother said to Yan Jing, and it was the first time that Zhou Shuishin's mother spent the night in the white mansion, when Zhou Shui's mother was carrying the luggage for Yan Jing.Strictly told Zhou Shui.Zhou Shui said, Mom said that when she spent the night at our old Zhou's house for the first time, grandma also said the same thing to Mom.At that time, Yan Jing joked with Zhou Shui: It seems that this is still a tradition. When I have a daughter-in-law, do I have to take photos again?So, remember these words very clearly.

I didn't expect to hear it again today.However, rigorous did not think deeply.

Said rigorously: "Okay, rent it. You really know how to do business, but this time you will lose a lot. When your grandson gets married, this luggage will no longer be usable."

Old Mo smiled and said nothing.

There are three main rooms, with bedrooms at both ends and the main room in the middle.As soon as you enter the main room, facing the north wall is an old-fashioned case.What is surprising is that there is actually a god on the case.The hardwood ancestral tablet is fifty or sixty centimeters high and twenty centimeters wide. I don't know what characters are written on it, because it is covered with a red velvet cloth.From the offerings below are fruits, candles, and incense burners, it can be seen that this is a god ancestor card.

Elder Zhou led the three young men to salute in front of the tablet of the Lord God.The Almighty is quite the elder of this family, and has the same status as the ancestor card.A salute is also regarded as respect for the host.

The east room is Lao Motou's bedroom.Mr. Zhou was placed in Westinghouse.There are three wing rooms, Ruyu lives in one, Zhou Shui and Yanjing live in the other, with a kitchen in the middle.Yan Jing and Zhou Shui live together, everyone has long been aware of it, Yan Jing also simply let go, and packed the luggage of the two of them openly.Old Motou was also kind-hearted and offered to help buy toiletries.The small supermarket is not far from here, and it was passing by the door when it came.

On the first night in Taiyuan, Zhou Shui didn't sleep well.I didn't have any nightmares, the main reason was that I couldn't sleep well, maybe it was caused by the new environment or after a day's driving. I was half dreaming and half awake, but I couldn't sleep deeply.The landlord was also a little naughty. When Zhou Shui got up at night, he found that the living room of the main house was actually lit.Look at the watch, it is midnight.Zhou Shui walked out of the window and took a look in, only to see that the red cloth covered by the god's main card on the confession case was half lifted, revealing only the characters behind, and could vaguely see the words "Zhishenbit".

The landlord sat cross-legged under the altar, and Zhou Shui took a closer look to make sure he was sitting instead of kneeling. Zhou Shui only saw a figure from his back.He could faintly hear what the landlord, Old Mo Tou, was saying, and his voice was very low.Who did Lao Motou talk to, and God's main card?It was only at this time that Zhou Shui felt that the offering of the god's main card was a bit out of date, or that it didn't match the environment - pushing the door one by one was the god's main card.There is no transition, and there is no decorative thing to set it off. The empty room is full of light, and the god's main card is placed there improperly, and there are incense burners and offerings.Is this the main hall of the home, or a small temple?

Zhou Shui felt a little strange in his heart.But I didn't think too deeply about it—after all, this is a suburb of a first-tier big city.Although it can't be called a bustling city, it is also densely populated, and it is absolutely impossible for any strange events to happen.Obviously, Zhou Shui forgot the lesson of raising ghosts, Qinyang City is much more prosperous than here.

In the west room, Mr. Zhou seemed to have gone to bed early, the lights were off, and the curtains were tightly covered.

(End of this chapter)