In Jiangwan Village, the Fanning family's new house is under construction, the original adobe houses are gone, and the floor is flat and expanded, spreading two and a half acres.

Fan Tiezhou plans to build a small house with two entrances and front and back yards, about a dozen rooms, which is only the middle and upper standard in the village, and is on the same level as his father's three-row blue brick house.

It is far less than the Sanjin Mansion of Jiang Yuanwai's family, let alone compared to the Immortal Mansion of Zhou Yuanwai.

In this way, his new house covers an area of one and a half acres, and he keeps the other acre of land, and waits for seven or eight years, when his son is about to get married.

"Erlang, let's rest today!" Fan Tiezhou saw that it was not early, so he shouted to the wall tile of the new house.

He happened to come to visit a patient in the neighborhood today, so he stopped by his home to check the progress of the construction of the house.

A young craftsman came out with a smile and said, "Brother Fan, why do you have to empty a piece of land, add thirty yuan, and I will repair a side courtyard for you, what do you think?" ”

Thirty yuan is equivalent to 30,000 yuan, and in the countryside where labor costs are low, it is indeed possible to build a side yard.

"Isn't it necessary for a while?"

Fan Tiezhou smiled, his family is not rich now, and he can save it.

"Why don't you need it? When this new house is built, we must hire a few servants and maids! The next person lives in the front yard, you and your sister-in-law live in the back room, and the dumb live in the side yard, isn't it right? ”

Fan Tiezhou was also a little tempted, in fact, he also thought about it this way, but the lady resolutely disagreed, thinking about it, the family only has more than 100 yuan, and it will take almost 80 yuan to buy land and build a house.

It's distressing!

"You repair the house first, and I'll discuss it with your sister-in-law when I get back to the side yard."

"Great! Brother Fan went to work first, and when it got dark, we called it a day. ”

Fan Tiezhou was still going to Jiangdun Village to see a patient, so he nodded and turned around to go to the dock.

At this time, a cargo ship was slowly approaching, and someone on board shouted: "Daddy! ”

Fan Tiezhou heard that this was his son's voice, he was startled, and hurriedly walked towards the cargo ship, only to see that the young man on the bow of the boat was his son Fan Ning.

"Ning'er, didn't you go to the county seat to close the case? How here! ”

Fan Tiezhou was really a little ashamed, he was too busy to find time to accompany his son to the county seat to settle the case, so he repeatedly told his son to find the second uncle first.

"I came back from the county seat, and the county order compensated me with a piece of Taihu Lake stone, and I took it to Old Man Zhou to see."

Fanning told the boatman to come to shore and wait for a while, and he jumped ashore and stepped forward to look at his new house.

He suddenly noticed that there was a large piece of land next to him, so he asked a little puzzled, "Daddy, what are you doing with the empty piece of land over there?" ”

Fan Tiezhou smiled bitterly and said: "The family doesn't have much money, and if we repair that mu of land, it will cost eighty-five yuan, which is much more than our previous plan." ”

In the past two days, Fanning's wealth has been rolling, and he has half a jade pendant from his waist that extracts three thousand taels of silver.

It's just that this money is going to be used to open a store, and he can't help his parents for the time being, so he plans to transfer the commission income of the new wine to his parents.

"Daddy, why don't you say it sooner if you don't have enough money, I have three thousand taels of silver!"

'Three thousand taels of silver!' ’

Fan Tiezhou was stunned, and for a long time he asked in surprise: "Ning'er, where did you get so much silver?" ”

Fan Ning smiled and said: "Daddy forgot, the two stones patronized by the thief were bought by Zhu Daguan yesterday and gave me three thousand taels of silver, and I haven't had time to tell you yet." ”

Fan Tiezhou was shocked, three thousand taels of silver, how many years does it take him to save it, his dream is to work hard by himself, and save five hundred taels of silver for his family in ten years.

But the son made three thousand taels of silver in one night with two stones.

He suddenly felt that his dream in life had been shattered by his son's two stones.

After a while, he sighed and asked, "Does your mother know?" ”

"Mother doesn't know for the time being, I went to the county seat today to find the second uncle, and I plan to partner with the second uncle to open a store, and the three thousand taels of silver is the capital."

Fan Tiezhou nodded, "Don't tell your mother about this matter for the time being, wait for an opportunity to tell her slowly, otherwise it will scare her." ”

"I know, Daddy, I'll go and send a stone to Master Zhou first."

"Go ahead!"

Fanning returned to the cargo ship, and the cargo ship continued on its way, heading towards Zhou's scales.

Fan Tiezhou only felt a little trance in his mind, and he had not yet woken up from the extreme shock.

Three thousand taels of silver! My own son is so surprising.

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The officials of the Zhou Mansion took a few family members together and carefully moved the Taihu Stone off the cargo ship.

Fanning then gave the boatman 500 yuan, and the boatman thanked him and left.

"Little one, what kind of treasure did you get again?"

When Zhou Liang heard that Fan Ning had brought a Taihu stone, he dropped his job and ran out of the gate.

Fan Ning stopped him and said seriously: "Old man, I'll say it first, this treasure can be lent to you for a few months, but you have to return it to me, I want to be the treasure of the town hall." ”

"Don't talk nonsense, hurry up and get out of the way!"

Zhou Liang's eyes have been hooked by the green coral, where can he still listen to half of Fan Ning's words.

The reason why Fanning transported the blue coral to Zhou Lin's mansion was mainly to eliminate the safety hazards.

He actually 'picked up' this Taihu stone from Li Yun's hands, but it doesn't mean that Li Yun didn't know about it, in case he ran to ask Li Quan, he would know the value of this piece of green coral.

Li Yun casually used a 'tax evasion stolen goods' to take back this stone in the open.

Therefore, Fan Ning had to use Zhou Scale's hand to filter it, even if Li Yun found that he was looking away, he would not dare to act rashly.

Zhou Yan gently stroked this piece of superb green coral, and his heart was full of emotion, this is the stone of the Strange Stone Pavilion!

"Aning, how did this piece of green coral end up in your hands?"

"It's hard to say, let's carry it into the mansion first."

Zhou Yan hurriedly asked the housekeeper to carry the stone, "Everyone be careful, walk slowly!" ”

The housekeepers and the housekeepers, both experienced in carrying rocks, carefully carried the green coral into the atrium and rested gently on a piece of grass.

With this emptiness, Fanning simply recounted how he had obtained this piece of green coral.

However, he omitted the fact that he used the gift of the Son of Heaven to play on the topic.

It's just that he used the Xishan Travel Stone to talk about things, which led to the secret of tax evasion in the Strange Stone Pavilion.

Zhou Liang silently listened to Fan Ning's statement, he probably understood, the county commander Li Yun pinched the handle of the Xu family, and slaughtered the Xu family fiercely, it was Li Yun who ate the meat, and Fan Ning followed and drank the soup.

He looked at Fan Ning and said: "I don't know what to say about you, the officialdom is sinister, it's not that you are a little teenager who can deal with it, this kind of thing in the fire, I hope you don't do it a second time, otherwise, I can't save you if something happens." ”

Fan Ning smiled faintly and said: "The old man thinks too highly of me, my Xishan Travel Stone was stolen, of course I have to report the case, it is right."

As for how the county order negotiated with the Xu family, how could the Xu family evade taxes come about, I don't know at all, and the county order took the initiative to compensate me, and this piece of green coral, he didn't know the goods himself, and I took it away, who can he blame? ”

"That's your luck, it just so happens that Li Yun and the Xu family don't want to see each other, if Li Yun is transferred away and a fellow party of the Xu family is appointed as the county commander, and the Xu family will attack you again, what will you do?"

Fan Ning said coldly: "If this is the case, then I have no choice but to go to Beijing to sue the royal court, I don't believe that Li Yun will throw away the evidence of tax evasion by the Xu family?" ”

Zhou Liang was stunned for a moment, this little guy actually wanted to sue the emperor, did he really have any basis for it?

Fan Ning smiled and diverted the topic, "Old man, let's not talk about this, let's get down to business, I'll lend you this piece of green coral for two months, and when my strange stone pavilion opens, I have to put it in as a stone for the town hall." ”

Although Zhou Liang is a stone idiot, he is not an insatiable person, Fan Ning gave him the Southern Dynasty Dancing Girl Stone, which made him very moved, and he decided to do everything in his power to help Fan Ning open a successful shop.

"When your strange stone hall opens, I will invite a group of stone friends to cheer you on, you have to prepare as many high-grade Taihu Lake stones as possible, don't let them be disappointed."

"Don't worry, old man! My second uncle is very capable, and he will take care of this matter. ”

"I hope so, I'll start teaching him the day after tomorrow."

At this time, Fan Ning smiled again and said: "This piece of green coral will be enjoyed by the old man for two months, and the old man must show it a little!" ”

"You little one, what's going on again?"

"Old man, can you give me your Shoushan stone the size of a water tank?"

Zhou Yan nodded, and ordered the housekeeper to go to the warehouse to bring the Shoushan stone.

Of course, this stone is not as simple as Shoushan stone, but a superb Tianhuang frozen stone, the stone is spherical, very similar to the big stone ball used to block the road in later generations.

Fan Ning has long taken a fancy to this superb Tianhuang frozen stone, I really don't know where Old Man Zhou found it?

"This Shoushan stone was actually given to me by your grandfather, I think this topaz has a very high ornamental value, but unfortunately the literati of this dynasty do not value it, I believe that this topaz will definitely become a treasure worth a thousand gold."

Fan Ning secretly admired, worthy of being a stone idiot, he could actually see that Tian Huangshi became a stone of gold later.

"Old man, only we have the heart, I believe that in ten years, this topaz will definitely shine!"