Uncle Jiu nodded, with a happy look on his face again. It was rare for a junior brother to be understanding, but he said: "Shu Xiu is fine, just forget it as a meeting gift for my nephew, they are two brats, there is no need for it."
Meeting gift!"
"The gift cannot be discarded, and besides, it doesn't cost much." Jing Zhou stood up from his chair, said goodbye to Si Mu and Jiu Shu, and walked slowly outside.
"Uncle Master, I'm going too!" Qiu Sheng shouted.
"I want to go too!" Wen Cai shouted this time.
Then the two of them, like rabbits, took a puff of smoke and ran out.
"These two brats have never been so active before!" Si Mu whispered, and then he saw Uncle Jiu looking straight at him.
Simu asked: "Senior brother, what do you want to see me do?"
Uncle Jiu said: "Junior brother, do you have to make up for the meeting gift you gave to your nephew?"
Simu shouted: "Well... um... oh, senior brother, I have a stomachache and I have to go to the toilet..."
Lin Jiu, this bad old man, is really bad!
I want him to give a meeting gift to Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai, those two bastards who are not monks, unless the sun comes out in the west!
After leaving Yizhuang, Qiu Sheng's mind became active and asked: "Uncle Master, can I choose this meeting gift by myself?"
This time, Qiu Sheng called "Uncle Master" willingly, as if it was someone else who was unhappy before.
Wen Cai followed behind and echoed: "Yes, yes, uncle, can you choose by yourself?"
Jingzhou paused, looked at the two of them, and asked, "What do you two want?"
Qiu Sheng chuckled: "I want to change my clothes!"
Qiu Sheng is a decent person. He pays more attention to his clothes and grooming, especially his hairstyle, which is very stylish.
"I...I..." Wencai, who usually doesn't pay much attention to appearance, hesitated for a long time and shouted: "I want to eat roasted suckling pig!"
"Can!"
Jingzhou nodded, wiped out a few pieces of ocean from his arms, and waved them in front of their eyes.
Bright!
It’s such an ocean!
"Uncle Master~"
"Uncle Master!"
Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai shouted a few words in succession, feeling that the figure in front of them was so awe-inspiring.
Let alone calling them uncle, even if they were called master, these two guys would be in trouble.
It's pitiful to see that they are both junior uncles, but Si Mu has never given them anything.
As for Master Lin Jiu, he is even more stingy!
Qiu Shengwencai and his two colleagues would never dare to think about this vast ocean of white flowers.
Jingzhou smiled and said: "It's nothing to give you these few pieces of ocean, but now you two have to accompany me to buy some bundles to repair and help me carry them back to Yizhuang."
Qiu Sheng patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, uncle, I'm familiar with this!"
Not to be outdone, Wen Cai also wanted to pat his chest, but stopped when his hand reached mid-air, scratched his head and asked, "Uncle, what is Shu Xiu?"
"Of course it's the apprenticeship ceremony." Jing Zhou laughed and briefly explained Shu Xiu.
Qiu Sheng saw that this uncle had no airs and was different from his master's antiques, so he let it go. He smiled, stared at the fox in Jingzhou's arms and said, "Uncle, can I see your fox?"
"Uncle Master, I want to see it too!" Wencai shouted after him, not to be outdone.
"Ah Jiu doesn't like outsiders, you can give it a try." Jingzhou handed Ah Jiu forward, and Ah Jiu immediately bared his teeth at Qiu Sheng, who was so frightened that Qiu Sheng quickly took his hand back.
"Why are you so fierce? If you are more fierce, I will stew you!" Qiu Sheng muttered in a low voice.
Jingzhou sighed and murmured: "I advise you not to mess with Ah Jiu. She has some cultivation. It will be easy for her to deal with the two of you."
"It's a fox demon!" Wencai shouted, this time his brain reacted half a beat faster.
Ah Jiu bared his teeth several times and was quite dissatisfied with the word "fox demon".
Jing Zhou patted Ah Jiu's head and comforted it, and then chatted with Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai.
Jing Zhou asked: "Qiu Sheng, Wen Cai, how old are you two?"
Qiu Sheng said: "I am twenty-three."
Wencai said: "I'm twenty-one."
Jing Zhou coughed twice, shocked by Wen Cai's age.
He was not surprised that Qiusheng was twenty-three, but the literary talent was also in his early twenties!
This looks too anxious!
Wen Cai said he was over thirty, and some people would probably believe it!
The three of them chatted for a while and then arrived in the town.
Renjia Town is near the sea. Although it is called a town, it is actually not much different from the county town. It is the largest town within dozens of miles and is several times more prosperous than Shijia Town.
There are all kinds of Western restaurants, teahouses and brothels. People wearing dresses and suits often pass by on the street.
Bicycles, a novel gadget, can be found everywhere here.
Especially after a few people arrived at Xiyang Street, the most prosperous street in town, Jingzhou looked at the dazzling array of shops and the beautiful figures wearing cheongsams and dresses with great interest.
Although the time to look at the latter is a little longer.
Qiu Sheng said proudly: "Uncle Master, you haven't seen these, have you?"
Jingzhou nodded, he had indeed never seen it before.
Even in later generations, this kind of combination of Chinese and Western style can only be found in movie theaters.
Qiu Sheng looked as if this was indeed the case, and said: "The Shijia Town where my uncle was before was too small, and it is far from Renjia Town. How about I take my uncle to see those foreign things?"
Jingzhou looked at the scenery on both sides of the street and asked, "What foreign stuff?"
Qiu Sheng pointed to a Western restaurant in front and said, "Western food and Western tea!"
Jingzhou shook his head and chuckled.
What about Western food and Western tea? Just steak tarts and coffee.
Seeing Qiu Sheng like this, he has never tried these new things.
With an acquaintance named Qiu Sheng leading the way, it didn't take long for Jingzhou to buy all the dried meat strips, red dates, longans...
Wen Cai Qiu Sheng and the other two were each carrying a sack.
I bought two sacks full of them. Apart from biltong, these items were really not worth a lot of money. Wencai and Qiu Sheng were made to complain for a while, and suffered from waist and back pain.
For the first time, the two of them felt that it was not necessary to give so many gifts to their master.
By the time the three of them returned to Yizhuang, it was already noon.
Wencai shouted several times into the Yi Zhuang, but there was no response. Except for a group of customers who were still in the side room, no one was there long ago.
Uncle Jiu was offering incense in the ancestral hall of Yizhuang and reporting the new disciples to his ancestor. When he heard the fight between Wencai and Qiu Sheng, he shook his head.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! These two unlucky apprentices never let him feel comfortable.
If he could make some progress, he would wake up from his dreams with a smile.
Jingzhou took out a few pieces of gold and threw them to Wencai and Qiu Sheng, "Okay, those of you who want to buy clothes will buy clothes, and those of you who want to eat roasted suckling pig will eat roasted suckling pig. Go and do your own business."
"Thank you, uncle!"
"Thank you, uncle!"
Wen Cai and Qiu Sheng thanked each other. They were instantly full of blood and no longer had back pain. They took a puff of smoke and ran out again. Their speed was three minutes faster than that of a rabbit.
"Junior brother, where are those two brats?" Uncle Jiu walked out of the ancestral hall and saw Jingzhou alone standing in the courtyard, puzzled. In the past, Qiu Sheng would occasionally be short of people for this meal, but Wen Cai would never be short of people.
Jing Zhou pointed out, "They went out to have fun. We don't have to wait for them for lunch."
Uncle Jiu nodded, and then his eyes were attracted by two large sacks.
"Junior brother, isn't this a lot?" Even though Uncle Jiu had been eating salt for decades, he was speechless for a while.
The apprenticeship ceremony with two big sacks was like a huge wave hitting the uncle's money-loving heart.
Jingzhou smiled and said, "Wencai and Qiu Sheng were carrying things and accidentally bought these."
Uncle Jiu, who was already happy in his heart, kept blaming him.
Jing Zhou smiled and accompanied Uncle Jiu to put things away.
Not long after, Jingzhou had lunch with Uncle Jiu, and the two brothers enjoyed the meal happily.
After lunch, Jing Zhou carried Ah Jiu to the town.
After all, when settling down in Renjia Town, you must have a place to stay.
Although there is a place to live in Uncle Jiu's righteous village, there are many corpses stored in it, and there are also many lonely ghosts enshrined in it, including many ghosts with unresolved grievances. It is not comfortable to live there.
Besides, the best place to live here is your own doghouse.
If you have money, you can do things easily. You can find a house in the town and get everything done in less than one afternoon.
The market price of Fang Yazi’s commission is three cents per hundred miles. Jingzhou gave Ya Fangfang two more points. Fang Yazi was particularly attentive in handling the matter. Not only did he help lower the price, but he also helped find two cooking skills.
A nice woman asked people to help buy daily necessities.
That night, Jingzhou moved into his small courtyard.
What's a pity for Jing Zhou is that with Uncle Jiu here, there are no haunted houses in this town, so there is no way to pick them up.
Otherwise, like Tan Wanwan, the richest man in Tanjia Town, whose house is haunted every day and restless every night, how many oceans is this house worth?
In an instant, Jingzhou discovered another way to make money in the Republic of China.
Early the next morning, Uncle Jiu brought Wencai and Qiu Sheng to Jingzhou's residence.
As a senior, when a junior buys a house, he always has to take a look at the feng shui.
"Master, uncle, this yard looks good." Qiu Sheng smashed it and said to himself: "This yard must cost a lot of money."
Suddenly, Qiu Sheng found that there was a rich man beside him!
Sitting in a small white-walled courtyard facing south, there are two stone lions squatting in front of the two gates. The lions are surrounded by white walls on both sides, and many flowers and plants are planted along the white walls.
"It's not bad, master, this is much better than Yizhuang. Can I move here and live with my uncle?" Comparing this small courtyard with Yizhuang, Wen Cai suddenly felt like a deer bumping into each other.
"This courtyard is nice. I didn't expect that junior brother is quite rich." Uncle Jiu grunted, and like Wen Cai, he had the same idea of coming to live here. But as a master, naturally he couldn't embarrass himself in front of his apprentice and say such things.
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Uncle Jiu coughed, glanced at Chao Wencai, and said angrily: "What are you still standing there for? Knock on the door!"
"Oh oh oh."
Wen Cai responded naively twice, stepped forward and knocked on the door.
The sound was dull, very different from the sound of knocking on the small door of Yizhuang.
The door opened, and a woman about forty years old came in front of her.
"Uncle Nine?"
The woman shouted and recognized Uncle Jiu.
In Renjia Town, Uncle Jiu's reputation is not only thunderous, but also well-known. After all, such weddings and funerals are inevitably inseparable from Uncle Jiu.
"Sister-in-law Wang, that's my senior brother, please let someone in." Jing Zhou quickly put the bowl down and called out. Sister-in-law Wang made way, "Uncle Ninth, please."
Uncle Jiu nodded towards Mrs. Wang, and just as he was about to enter, Wencai and Qiu Sheng stepped forward and pushed Uncle Jiu out.
"Uncle Master, how much did you spend on this yard?" Qiu Sheng stood in the yard, looked around, and kept praising, "This is where people live~"
Wencai trotted forward because he saw a small table in the courtyard with several plates on it.
"Uncle, you are having breakfast!" Wencai swallowed. He only drank a bowl of porridge in the morning and suddenly felt hungry again.
Jing Zhou glanced at Wen Cai and knew what the boy was thinking, and told Sister-in-law Wang: "Sister-in-law Wang, go get a few more bowls and get some more food by the way."
Seeing Uncle Jiu walking from the door with a dark face, Jing Zhou winked at the literary talent Qiu Sheng.
Qiu Sheng was clever and quickly moved a chair out of the room and said with a smile: "Master, sit down."
Uncle Jiu hummed and thought to himself: "How dare you get ahead of the master when walking? I'll deal with you two brats when I get back!"
"Brother, let's have something to eat together. Sister-in-law Wang and Sister-in-law Li are pretty good at cooking." Jing Zhou picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea for Uncle Jiu.
Uncle Jiu took a sip of hot tea, seemed to remember something, and said, "Junior brother, your yard seems to belong to Master Ren's house in the town."
Jing Zhou said: "Yes, this courtyard belongs to the Ren family. I heard from Ya Xingzi that the Ren family's business has been getting worse and worse in recent years, and many properties are being sold. It just happened that I happened to catch up with this courtyard."
Although the Ren family does not live in this courtyard, they still send people to clean and repair it. Even the flowers and plants in the courtyard are fresh. With a little tidying up, people can live in it. Although it is expensive, Jingzhou is not short of money and lives comfortably.
That was fine, so I immediately bought it.
"The Ren family's business has indeed not been as good as before over the past few years." Uncle Jiu nodded and sighed.
The failure of the Ren family's business was entirely his own fault. If his predecessor had not used coercion and inducement twenty years ago to seize the treasure cave with a hint of water from the hands of the mysterious Feng Shui master, he would not have been murdered by that Feng Shui master.
After thinking for a moment, Jingzhou smiled and said, "The Ren family's business has nothing to do with us. Let's eat first."
Wencai nodded like a rattle, feeling that his uncle was really a good person and understood what he was thinking.
While they were talking, Mrs. Wang brought out a few more dishes from the kitchen, and Jingzhou ate for a while with Uncle Jiu, master and apprentice.
After dinner, Uncle Jiu arranged the layout of the courtyard for Jingzhou.
The feng shui of this house is not static and is closely related to the owner's zodiac sign.
When the owner of the yard changes, the Feng Shui pattern must be adjusted accordingly.
Three days have passed in a flash.
After burning incense, practicing Dharma, and reporting it to the Patriarch, Jingzhou was considered a member of the Maoshan Sect.
Uncle Jiu dismissed Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai and took out three booklets from his arms. His eyes seemed to be filled with nostalgia. He looked at them for a long time before handing them over to Jing Zhou and said, "Junior brother, let's take a look first.
If you don’t understand anything, come and ask me.”
In the past few days, Uncle Jiu had taken the time to explain the secret language of the Maoshan sect to Jingzhou. In addition, he had written many taboos and obscurities in the book, so he was not worried that Jingzhou would have any problems with his practice.
Jing Zhou glanced at the book in his hand. The two yellowed books on the top were "The Encyclopedia of Talismans" and "The Great Cave Scripture of the Shangqing Dynasty", and the bottom was a brand new, unnamed book.