There are two types of houses that can be bought and sold on 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 negotiated separately. The other is criminal property, which will be collected by the Yamen and then sold. The predecessor of Zhang Yan
There were two shops, but they were confiscated and sold as criminal property, which almost caused the Zhang family to be completely destroyed.
Sin properties are not often available. Generally, if you want to buy a house, especially a house in a better location, you can only find it yourself.
It is not suitable for the Zhang family to live in any kind of luxury house now. A house with seven or eight rooms, its own well, water house, and a small courtyard is enough for a single family.
This kind of house exists in Chengbei, and you can often see it being sold.
After walking around a few times, I saw three houses with for-sale signs. The interior layouts of the houses were all similar. The only house had a small bathhouse, which was very useful when it was cold in winter. So Zhang Yan didn't follow anyone much.
After bargaining, we immediately agreed to the house with the small bathhouse.
When you buy a house, you still have to look at the furnishings inside. There are only some basic tables, chairs and benches, many of which are very old. There are also many areas of dust on the walls. The blue bricks in each house are also of varying quality and need to be regularized. Not to mention this
From now on, the house will still be used as a front for the eldest brother when he gets married.
It must be done beautifully.
There is no need to trouble others when finding people to build a house and make furniture. Carpenter Liu has such connections. He took Zhang Yan around and found enough people. According to Zhang Yan's requirements, the house can be organized as early as the beginning of next month.
good.
It was past noon after this torment. Zhang Yan did not go home for dinner as usual. Instead, he turned around and went to the bookstore in the East Market. If you want to find a painter, the most convenient way to find a painter is to go to the bookstore besides the acquaintances you know.
Look for it. There will be a painter sitting there.
However, Zhang Yan has his own plans in mind, and he has certain requirements for painters. He can give more money, but the style of the paintings must be what he has in mind. It is not easy to pick and choose the right painter.
Buying a house is slower than before
After we found a painter and communicated well, it was almost Xu Zheng when we finally took out the finished product. Zhang Yan didn't eat lunch or dinner. Although he was a little rushed, he was still very satisfied with the finished product.
"Why did you come back just now?"
"Hey, finding a better painter is more troublesome than I thought before. I started at noon and have been busy until just now. I spent a little more money to get it out."
"More money? Why are you in such a hurry? Is it necessary?" Wang Lanping understood what her second son was doing. But she was very dissatisfied with his behavior of adding money in a hurry and felt that he had spent money in vain.
"Mom, painting is a delicate job. He has to draw it bit by bit according to my instructions, and sometimes it needs to be modified so that it looks like it. It's better to finish the painting in one go than to paint a little bit in a day, right?" Zhang
While filling his stomach, Yan smiled and defended himself. Of course, he would not admit that he did not want to waste time in the bookshop every day. If he gave more money and asked the painter to draw faster, he would save trouble.
"Brother, is this the master's blessing that you asked someone to draw? Can I open it and have a look?"
The liveliest person in the family is naturally Zhang Huiyuan. She and her eldest brother Zhang Shun have not been back home for long. They just had dinner. When they saw the scroll box that Zhang Yan brought back, they were very curious. I heard my mother talk about the blessings during the meal before.
How can you still hold back at this time?
"Well, go wash your hands first and wash them clean before taking them." Zhang Yan waved his hand to stop the little girl from reaching for the scroll. He still has some basic requirements for this thing. At least you must clean your hands before touching it.
"Oh." Zhang Huiyuan heard the unquestionable tone in her second brother's tone, and didn't think too much. She ran to the kitchen, scooped up water and washed her hands twice. After coming out, she proudly asked Zhang Yan to check.
After Yan nodded in agreement, he cheered and picked up the box containing the scroll on the table.
Except for Zhang Yan, who was busy cooking rice, everyone else in the room looked curiously at the box Zhang Huiyuan picked up.
The most mysterious and most unconditionally trusted person in the Zhang family is the "Old Master". But there are very few things about this "Old Master". Even his name has not been mentioned by Zhang Yan. Anyway, if asked, he will say "I don't know."
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Now that the old master's appearance has been drawn, the Zhang family's curiosity has naturally been aroused.
"Eh? Second brother, why are there three scrolls? Have you painted three?"
Three pictures? One picture of blessing is always enough. Why draw three pictures?
Zhang Yan still didn't stop holding the chopsticks in his hand. While chewing something in his mouth, he answered vaguely: "Three masters."
"Ah? Three people?! Wasn't there only one who saved us back then? How come there are two more?" Zhang Huiyuan, who was once closest to the master, raised the question based on her vague memory. Moreover, Zhang Yan had never said anything before.
I have had three masters.
Zhang Yan continued to eat seemingly nonchalantly while explaining: "In the beginning there was only one master chef, and then there were two more as I learned more. What I learned was accumulated slowly through one of them. So.
When my mother said she wanted to make a fortune picture for my master, I drew all three of them. You don’t want to miss something like this, right?"
"Yeah!"
Even though he was very unhappy with Zhang Yan's behavior of hitting him with a stick and risking his own life, even Zhang Huiyuan, who liked the second brother the most, rolled his eyes. But what can be done? I don't know whether there is one master or three masters.
Is it all the second brother who has the final say? Besides, the word "Xue Xue" is very weird. It's not impossible for those old masters to have more quirks and don't want others to know about them.
Besides, the Zhang family really couldn't think of a reason why Zhang Yan would lie about this kind of thing.
When Zhang Huiyuan unfolded the three portraits, the other three people in the room except Zhang Yan all stared wide-eyed.
The three people in the portrait have different expressions, but they all look very peaceful. They are all old men with long beards and combed buns. They are all sitting cross-legged on a kind of pedestal that they have never seen before. There is a golden sun circle behind their heads.
Wheel-like glow spreads everywhere.
The Zhang family didn't speak for a long time, and they didn't know why. When they saw the three people in the painting, they always felt an inexplicable sense of solemnity. They didn't even dare to look into the eyes of the people in the painting.
"Okay, put it away. After the new house is arranged, I will let the three of you worship." Zhang Yan noticed the dull atmosphere in the room, took the portrait in the little girl's hand, rolled it up and put it away, and did not let the family continue.
look.
When Zhang Yan put away the scroll, the other three members of the Zhang family breathed a long sigh of relief and started talking and joking again. The topic subconsciously turned from the portrait to the new house and the subsequent marriage of their eldest brother Zhang Shun. They didn't know why they
I will instinctively avoid those three portraits.
Only Zhang Yan knows the reason best. Because the three people in the painting are not old masters, but the three highest deities in the Taoist sect.
The painting in the middle scroll is "Yuanshi Tianzun of Yuqing", on the left is "Shangqing Lingbao Tianzun", and on the right is "Taiqing Daode Tianzun".
It is also commonly known as the "Three Purities".
The Three Pure Ones have the power to penetrate the heavens and the earth, so how can ordinary people look directly at them and talk about them?