Chapter Eighty-Four: Searching



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The old housekeeper was only afraid that the play just now made He Zhizhong and the others angry, not to mention that he didn't buy the house on this side, even the land by the river, how could he not follow it? Immediately, he said, "It's easy to say." As long as the guests are not angry, anything can be said. So this business ......"

He Zhizhong smiled, glanced at Hu Dalang's father, and said, "I definitely want that piece of land." This room, slowly talk about it. After speaking, he took the still red-faced Dalang and left.

The old housekeeper thought about it, this land was sold to them, and in the future, this house is really not good to sell alone, and another person will have to explain again, it is better to take this opportunity to sell it together, so he gritted his teeth and said: "Slow down guests!" The price is willing to be less! ”

He Zhizhong is well versed in this psychological tactic of bargaining, but he just shirks it, but he does not refuse and walks away.

A few people were about to get on the horse, and suddenly saw that Ah Taofei also rushed over, stopped in front of the horse, looked at the peony in a daze, and said, "Little lady, will I sell myself to you?" ”

Peony frowned: "Why?" "To be honest, she can't look down on this girl's mind - just because she is forced to make a living, she can go back and kill innocent people, there is no reason for this?

Ah Tao said crisply: "Our family will not be able to live here soon, my father and younger brother have nowhere to go, sell me to the news, they can go back to their hometown, and they will not starve to death if they are taken care of by the clansmen." Your family has money anyway, and it's not good for me to eat alone. I'm cheap, I can do anything for 10,000 dollars. ”

Peony said expressionlessly: "I don't want to buy people now." When she heard this, she became more and more disliked, this girl was too shrewd, and there was nothing wrong with planning for herself and her family, but her sentence "Your family has more money anyway, and it is not good for me to eat alone." The tone is the same as her stepmother, harmful, slanderous, deceitful, asking for help, everything is natural.

Ah Tao was a little stunned for a while, she was thinking that she would be beaten, Peony was willing to help her get up, and wiped her face with a handkerchief, the stepmother Sapo Dalang did not fight back, and He Zhizhong also sent a bag of money to the stepmother for no reason. I thought that this was a rotten and good person, and his heart was soft and kind, if he could sell himself, he would not suffer hardship, since he could support himself, he could also give his father and younger brother a job, who knew that Peony refused himself without leaving any room.

Seeing that Peony got on the horse, and the people behind her were driving her father and younger brother to pack up their things and leave, she didn't care about anything, she rushed over and knelt on the ground, and kowtowed desperately to Peony: "Little lady, I know that you look down on what we do, but if we have a job, where are we willing to do this kind of thing?" My dad is so bad that he can't do heavy work. I knew I was wrong, and I wouldn't dare to do it again. Please, saving a life is better than building a seventh-level floating slaughter, and the Buddha will bless you with a long life. If you take me, no, take in slaves and maids, and make cattle and horses for you. ”

Peony saw that she was soft, and knew that what she said was not entirely false, and after a while, she already had a bag the size of a pigeon's egg on her forehead, but she was not afraid of pain and kowtowed desperately, and her heart was already soft.

It's just that this human trafficking thing, Peony has never done it, and I don't know if this girl can buy it, after all, now that she is still living in her parents' house, she is a little undecided, and she raised her eyes to look at He Zhizhong, but He Zhizhong put his eyes away, looking like he didn't care about idle things, Da Lang coughed lowly and said, "You are in charge." ”

Peony was silent for a moment, and couldn't help laughing, she was asking for trouble, and He Zhizhong had already told her that she would plant flowers and sell flowers in the future, and any kind of person could possibly deal with her. 79 free reading network 79 money sent the woman away, not on the basis of anything else, but his observation of things and his grasp of people's psychology, this family, the most hateful thing to say is the shrew, the shrew has gone, and the remaining few people are not to worry.

If you want to help, you can help, after you help, you feel that something is wrong, and it is not too late to deal with it, and you can get the deed of sale in your hands, and the initiative is all in your own hands, what is there to worry about? He Zhizhong was afraid that he had already made up his mind about how to deal with these people, just waiting for himself to come forward, but he couldn't make this girl think that it was a matter of course for him to help her, and he thought that he was soft-hearted and easy to deceive.

Thinking of this, Peony turned his face to Ah Tao and shouted, "Get up!" Are you trying to force me to take you? If I refuse, you will not get up? Then I tell you, if I refuse, you will still kneel to death! ”

Ah Tao looked at Peony dumbfounded, seeing Peony's gloomy face, unwilling to be accommodating at all, her little face involuntarily showed despair, but she heard Peony say: "But I see that you know how to take care of your relatives at a young age, not the kind of stubborn and unrepentant, so I have to pull you along." Then he called Yuhe: "You go and tell the housekeeper to stay with them for the night, let his family prepare the deed, and I will come and collect the people tomorrow." ”

Yuhe responded and pushed Ah Tao: "Don't you hurry up and thank you for your grace?" ”

Ah Tao was surprised and delighted, and happily kowtowed to Peony again, she was a person who would come to things, and without waiting for Yuhe to speak, she ran to kowtow to He Zhizhong and Da Lang, Peony said lightly: "You are a smart one, I won't say anything more." There is only one way, if you do this kind of crooked and evil thing in the future, you will definitely not be allowed to do it! ”

Ah Tao just nodded her head like a chicken pecking rice, and Yuhe smiled: "Okay, let's go in with me and ask what your father means, and then explain it to the housekeeper." ”

After the two of them went, He Zhizhong said with a smile: "Danniang, you can think about it, keep his family as a guard first, so as not to force his family to sleep immediately, and secondly, you can also use this matter to spread your reputation for being kind and charitable, and you will have your own benefits in the future." If you don't obey the discipline, no one will be able to say that you are not right, but only that he does not know what to do, and he will not get any sympathy if he is connected to the Lord twice. ”

Peony smiled: "Daddy, do you have a word?" Keeping them just to refute the rumors, saving people from thinking that the feng shui of this village is not good, and they are unwilling to come to play. There is a way that it is convenient for others and convenient for yourself. ”

He Zhizhong laughed out loud and said with satisfaction: "In the future, you will follow the old man slowly." It's not so easy to do business. ”

When Yuhe finished the matter, Ah Tao took her brother's hand and sent it out, looked at Peony pitifully and said, "The slave will always wait for the master to come." "I look like I'm afraid that Peony and the others won't come.

Peony's heart softened for a while, and he still said with a calm face: "Tomorrow will definitely come." After walking a long way, Peony turned her head and saw that Ah Tao's sister and brother were still standing there looking up, she couldn't help but think to himself, if when she first came here, she was not He Peony, but a little girl like this, or even more helpless, who had to be a slave in order to survive, what would happen to her? This is an unpredictable answer.

But she believed she would crave someone willing to lend her hand.

After returning that day, He Zhizhong led Da Lang to find the warlock who occupied the house for the He family a few days ago, and agreed to go to see the Zhou family's house together on the second day. In the end, the feng shui of the house was recognized by the warlock and bought it at a price of 6.16 million yuan, and the old steward was happy, and sure enough, he left Lin Tao and Li together with Peony and others.

When Peony paid with his dowry money, Da Lang went to the government with the old steward to apply for a certificate, and after writing the name of Peony on the title deed, Peony really became a small landlord, and finally had her own property, and she gave it a very vulgar name, which was called Peony Garden. 79 Free Reading Network 79x.

Ah Tao's family still stayed there to look after the house for Peony and the fruit forest. Da Lang kept looking for craftsmen to repair the house, the paint that should be painted, the whitewash, and then sent the capable people in the family to clean up the house, the garden was cleaned up, and it looked like a new look and could live in it.

Mother Lin wondered if she should move the peony's dowry furniture and so on in first, so as not to always pile it up in the warehouse.

Peony shook his head and said: "It's not appropriate to move at this time, we don't have a suitable family to see the house, so the father and daughter of the Hu family don't know their true temperament yet, it's not appropriate." Besides, if you want to repair the garden, you can just move some worthless things into it in a hurry, and you can go in and rest when you are tired. ”

Mother Lin agreed, but she thought that she had to find a proper family to take care of her before she could put her mind at ease, so she went to the front to find Mrs. Cen.

Peony lay on the table and used a charcoal pen to add the last part of her own design drawing. During the time she was in the house, she had a clear understanding of the surrounding terrain, and listened to the warlock's advice, where to build mountains, where to draw water, and how to build this garden. Now what we have to do is to first draw a rough picture of the garden, and then ask the famous artist to take a look, and if it is in order, start construction.

During this period, Mrs. Cen and Yuhe and others came in several times, and they all saw Peony lying there intently, and their eyebrows were all focused, but they didn't hear anyone coming in at all, so they didn't bother her and quietly withdrew.

When the last stroke fell, Peony raised his head contentedly and stretched his waist, only to find that his neck, shoulders, and waist were indescribably sore.

Yuhe had been sitting outside doing needlework, listening to the movement in the house, and hearing the sound of tables and chairs, he immediately asked Kuan'er to go to the front to deliver a letter to Mrs. Cen: "Danniang is okay here, you can start dinner immediately." Then he went into the house to fetch water and washed Peony's hands and face, and Peony knew that the whole family was waiting for her to eat alone. hurriedly rolled the scroll out and took it out, but seeing that the family was sitting and laughing, and the children were not crying out that they were hungry, he breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "It's all mine, it's not called Daddy, brother and sister-in-law have been waiting for a long time." ”

Zhen since he wanted his brother to marry Peony failed, and was cleaned up by Mrs. Cen, he was a little weird about Peony, and then saw that Peony had placed a homestead on the acre, and it was a little better, at this time she was the first to see the scroll in Peony's hand, so she stepped forward to pick up the scroll in Peony's hand, and said with a smile: "Oh, our Danniang turned out to be a talented girl, and after painting for a long time, let's see what the painting is." ”

Peony smiled slightly, handed it to her casually, Zhen looked at Fatian, and didn't see a name, so he smiled and handed it to Zhang and the others: "Look at it, what are these?" I can't understand it. ”

Zhang and the others leaned over, but when they saw that there was a lump here and a piece there, which was really different from the usual landscape paintings, although they were puzzled in their hearts, they did not laugh at the peony like Zhen. Peony had long been mentally prepared to be ridiculed by them, but she was not annoyed when she saw Zhen laughing at her.

Erlang glanced at it a few times, but saw some meaning, roughly knew where the wall was, where the mountain was, where the house was, where the stream pond and the bridge abutment pavilion, but this kind of design drawing, it was really too simple and weird, but I thought that my sister had not done this, and I didn't need her to draw how brilliant, anyway, it was to repair the garden, so Erlang didn't laugh at the peony, but said: "Danniang is going to do it?" ”

Peony said: "I want to ask my brothers to inquire for me, who is the most powerful and elegant in Beijing, I want to ask him to help take a look, polish it, and then prepare civil engineering and stone, the sooner the construction starts, the better." ”

He Zhizhong took Juan Si over and asked Peony to explain to him one by one, where it is, where it is, where it is and what it is going to do, etc. He didn't care about anything else, he only cared about whether Peony was seriously arranging the landscape according to the warlock's words, and when he saw that Peony listened, he didn't say anything more, but said: "I'll ask your brother to go to your cousin of the Li family tomorrow to ask, and ask him to help inquire." ”

Mrs. Cen said: "Why bother him in everything! I asked someone to inquire a few days ago, there is a monk in Pingfang Fashou Temple, it is best to do this, I heard that Princess Fujia's garden is not to blame in the past, the day after tomorrow Fashou Temple has a saying, there are many people who go, I just led Danniang to ask him. ”

He Zhizhong frowned and said: "He gave the princess a garden, but I'm afraid that he won't give us a cure easily?" "These people think that what they do is elegant, and they will not easily let others get it, as if they just let others do it, and they will lose their status. As a merchant, even if you have money, you will inevitably be angry when you get this kind of person. is not like Li Xun, with the title of official brother, he always has to be looked down upon when he goes out to do things.

Mrs. Cen said: "I heard that I am not so arrogant, but I don't know the specifics, so I have to ask for it, if it can't be done, it's not too late to find another way." Since the Li family expressed their refusal to marry the He family, Li Xun has not come to the door for several days, and she also thinks that she can't always ask for help if she has nothing to do, which makes people look down on her family even more.

Peony knew what Mrs. Cen was thinking, and when she saw that He Zhizhong still had the intention of persuading again, she smiled and said, "What my mother said is, let's try it first." ”

He Zhizhong no longer insisted, and let her end up tossing the mother and daughter.

On this day, several of the ladies of the He family who were going to Fashou Temple were dressed up brightly, ready to participate in the popular lectures, by the way to see some lively, the group stopped near the city gate when they went to the vicinity of the East Market, and not long after, the two guys in the Shilang shop drove the two sheep, two big fat pigs came over, and saluted Mrs. Cen: "Please Mrs. take a look, how about this long-lived sheep and long pigs?" ”

Mrs. Cen glanced at the sheep and pig, and said, "I look pretty good, follow behind." ”

Peony looked at the "good-looking" stinky two-chambered sheep and two big fat pigs, and then looked at his sisters-in-law and the maids who accompanied the meeting with the fragrance of the splendid clothes, I couldn't help but feel embarrassed for a while, and I don't know who raised this head, to make merit is to buy the pigs and sheep back and put them in the temple, and call the long pig and the long-born sheep. Raising sheep and pigs is not slaughtered to eat meat, but also for people to pay respects in the temple, isn't this a waste of food and a waste of spirit? I don't know how many pigs and sheep are raised in these monasteries, it's funny to think about.

While thinking about it, Mother Lin said softly: "Danniang, how well Madam treats you." This is all for you, praying that the Buddha will bless you with a long life, marry a good family, and live a long life. ”

It's a piece of a mother's heart. Peony immediately put away the idea of imitating mess, and then looked at his own strange team, and he didn't think it was funny and funny.

Because the pig walked slowly and did not listen to the command, the group had to stop and go, and when they arrived at the Pingfang Fashou Temple, it was already overcrowded. A lay monk is sitting on a futon and is telling "The Great Eye Dry Lotus Saves the Mother in the Underworld" in a very popular language

After the He family handed over the long pig and the long-lived sheep, and donated the incense money, they were led by the little novice to sit in a relatively quiet corner. Peony glanced at the people around him, but saw that both men and women, old and young, listened very attentively, heard the ** place, many people boasted, a moment later, the lay monk finished the story, the bell and the snail sounded together, and then the lay monk took a breath, with a high-pitched and loud singing voice to play the whole story again, his singing voice is very good, with an indescribable charm. Peony is also fascinated, and she feels that his singing level is no less than that of those more outstanding professional singers.

If it is said that listening to the monks interpret the stories in the Buddhist scriptures in the form of storytelling and singing, it is a very novel experience for Peony. Then what she saw next was even more surprising - the temple not only preached the scriptures, but also had a theater, and this kind of public gathering day was a good time for acting.

After a short time, the army in a hat and a green robe and a servant in the general horn appeared on the stage, and began to play the military play, and the two gags, and the language and actions were as funny as possible, and after a while, the crowd burst into laughter.

Peony watched it with relish, and laughed with everyone. Mrs. Cen was worried about asking for the Fuyuan monk, and she had no intention of watching the play, so she poked her head and looked back, until she saw Xiao Shami waving at her, and she breathed a sigh of relief, and pushed Peony: "It's important to do business, and I'll come back at another time." ”

I was really playful, and when I saw these novelties, I forgot about business, Peony blushed and collected her mind, got up and went to the back of the temple with Mrs. Cen with the little novice, and Xue and the others still stayed in place to watch the play without mentioning it.

Compared with the hustle and bustle in front, the back temple of Fashou Temple seems particularly quiet, when passing under a row of towering ancient cypresses, Peony noticed that there is a small courtyard not far away outside the water around a group of people wearing green gauze heads, wearing blue missing crotch robes, kicking high boots, tall and strong, vigilant men, although their dress is ordinary, the knife hanging from the waist is a gilded dragon and phoenix ring, and the handle of the knife is wrapped with gold wire.

Peony had seen this kind of knife from Jiang Changyang's friend during the last Dragon Boat Festival, and then asked Li Xun and knew that this was the knife of the forbidden army, and ordinary people did not have it. She guessed that there was probably some noble person with a different status in the courtyard, so she didn't look at it much, but withdrew her gaze and lowered her head and followed the little novice inside.

A thatched hall, a few rolls of cyan straw curtains, a few bushes of bamboo, a few exquisite white Kunshan stones, but a few simple things, it outlines a different artistic conception, this is where the monk Fuyuan lives. As soon as Peony saw this thatched cottage, she knew that she had found the right person.

She didn't expect that Monk Fuyuan would be so young, she thought that she was at least a great monk in his teens, but who knew that he was a young monk in his twenties. He has a thin face, slender eyebrows and eyes, and always has a compassionate look when he looks at people, not as arrogant as He Zhizhong guessed, but very politely received Mrs. Cen and Peony, and heard that Peony already had a sketch, and it was painted by himself, so he was very interested in letting Peony show him the sketch.

Peony knew that the level of her painting probably couldn't get into the eyes of famous artists, and after handing over the scroll with both hands, she said a little shyly: "The little girl hasn't done this before, but she just felt it, and the painting was rough, which made the master laugh." ”

Monk Fuyuan smiled slightly, and his thin and slender fingers deftly opened the scroll, and after seeing the things drawn inside, he raised his eyebrows slightly. Peony was afraid that he would throw it back to him, so she hurriedly explained it to him on the side, he was very smart, she only said a few words, and she already understood what the other icons were. He didn't have that kind of contempt or amusement on his face, but seriously asked about Peony's thoughts and purposes, and finally left the scroll, saying, "The poor monk will not know what to do until he goes to the place to see it in person." ”

Mrs. Cen and Peony couldn't ask for it, so they quickly got up to thank him, and agreed to send a car to pick him up to go to the Peony Garden on the second day.

Monk Fuyuan still asked Xiao Shami to send them back, and when they walked to the small courtyard that was heavily guarded by the forbidden army, the group of people suddenly moved, and a group of people came out of the courtyard gate.

Xiao Shami hurriedly led Mrs. Cen and Peony to the side, and in the hurry, Peony only saw Fa Xian alone, tall and straight, and his silver-white round-necked robe was particularly dazzling in the sun.

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