Early the next morning, Chen Fan went to buy a house, and he had to pay close attention to studying, but it was also necessary to make appropriate adjustments occasionally, especially for such a major event as buying a house. As for Xiao Qing, after handing over thirty taels of gold to Chen Fan, he went to the Taoist temple to continue his efforts.

Chen Fan, Hou Feng, and Huang Shi went around before going to the landlord to trade, not to mention that they really met people who had houses for sale, the total price was cheap, only two hundred, but unfortunately Chen Fan was not satisfied with the house, the area of the house was about the same, but the yard was only about half of what he had seen before, the key was that there was no well that made Chen Fan feel cold and a yard full of wood spiritual power, so he naturally did not consider it.

The price was agreed yesterday, and everyone didn't bargain anymore, they went to the yamen to go through the transfer procedures, and Chen Fan paid the usual handling fee and gave a tip of 500 wen, which can be regarded as a smooth completion of the matter. The two parties agreed to hand over the house the morning after tomorrow, which was a win-win situation for everyone.

After trading the house, Chen Fan did not return to the inn, but went to the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion of the Taoist Temple to continue his studies. Fortunately, Master Jia asked Chen Fan to participate in the study by himself in the past two days, Chen Fan was quite comfortable, the first volume has been mastered, and the second volume can be previewed in advance, and the second volume is the Tongming chapter, which is divided into three stages: visualization, contemplation, and subtlety.

Visualization is to contemplate oneself, one's own bones, flesh, skin, skin, tendons, veins, internal organs and other tissues; To put it bluntly, in the consciousness, you can subconsciously present the scene of viewing, and let your body imitate according to the standard movements; Meticulous means fine control, being able to grasp one's own movements to the slightest, and being the embodiment of the final results of visualization and contemplation.

In the evening, Chen Fan and Xiao Qing met at the gate of the Taoist temple. As Xiao Qing, who has been practicing martial arts for many years, he has practiced for a day with his master Xu Dianzhu today, and he has easily passed the first level of meditation and kept one.

"Aqing, the house has been bought, and the formalities have been completed." Chen Fan said with a smile when he saw Xiao Qing.

"Great, when I was at the Taoist Temple today, I was still wondering if you made up your mind to buy it, and whether it would change your hexagram temporarily, but I didn't expect you to really buy it."

"It's not your credit to you, rich man." Chen Fan jokingly teased Xiao Qing to see if Xiao Qing would talk about his family background.

"What? I didn't do anything, you bought the house. When can we move? Xiao Qing didn't pay attention to Chen Fan's sentence of "rich man", but changed the topic.

"It's the day after tomorrow. I still have sixteen taels of silver left, and today I spent one or two five taels of silver to go through the formalities, and gave two or five Hou Feng as family expenses, and the rest will be paid back to you first. After speaking, Chen Fan went to dig out the silver.

"Don't, let you go first, as a living allowance in the future." Xiao Qing interrupted Chen Fan's movements and said.

"Not so much for now." Chen Fan replied.

"You also said that for the time being, you still have to use it later, you should help me keep it first, save it for a while, and you have to take it."

"It's okay, I'll take care of your food in the future." Chen Fan was not hypocritical, mainly because he really needed a sum of money to prepare for the opening of a workshop and a stable supply of goods in the future, and immediately accepted Xiao Qing's proposal, and his favor towards Xiao Qing increased significantly.

On the second day of buying a house, Chen Fan and Xiao Qing went to the Taoist temple to study as usual. Chen Fan copied the two-stage exercises of visualization and contemplation in the second volume.

Back at the inn in the evening, in addition to Huang Shi and Hou Feng, Brother Chen Fan was also there, and there were also two junior colonels who accompanied him.

The eldest brother, who has always liked to make fun of Chen Fan, saw Chen Fan and said to Chen Fan with a smile: "Fa Sheng, you have become a householder now, and you will buy a house so soon." ”

Chen Fan had long expected that the eldest brother would make fun of him, and immediately said: "Thanks to Aqing this time, if Aqing didn't have money on him, he wouldn't be able to buy it if he wanted to." Brother, did you bring any money with you this time? After speaking, he stared at the eldest brother with his eyes.

The eldest brother didn't have the slightest embarrassment at Chen Fan's words, and said with a smile to Chen Fan: "Naturally, I brought some money, it depends on how I spend it." ”

"Then pay back the money I borrowed from Aqing first." Chen Fan felt that there was no need to be polite with the eldest brother.

"No, I'm sending the Fa to life." Xiao Qing answered next to him, and looked at Chen Fan after speaking.

"Listen, listen, how good Aqing is to you, you can take it. Don't worry about the money your eldest brother brought anymore, it's never too late to pay it back when you want to get rid of the relationship with Aqing. The eldest brother didn't wait for Chen Fan to say anything, and said first.

This relationship is unclear, especially not only did he not pay back the money to buy the house, but he also took Xiao Qing's living expenses, it seems that it is unlikely that the eldest brother will pay for the house to buy a house. Chen Fan had no choice but to retreat and said, "Big brother, we will move tomorrow, then you can help see what else needs to be bought, and we want to eat at home, we need to find a cook, can you help see how to do it?" We don't know each other well in this place, and we don't have much life experience, so I'll ask my eldest brother. ”

Maybe in the eyes of the eldest brother, these are all small money, or what he can do as the eldest brother, but he didn't shirk it anymore, but said: "Okay, leave these to the eldest brother, and go see it tomorrow." ”

The matter of moving was basically decided like this, there was nothing to say all night, and the next morning, Chen Fan and Xiao Qing did not go to the Taoist temple, but the new house before. Moving is still a big deal, although they didn't bring anything except for the salute they carried, but this ceremony still needs to be done, especially when the eldest brother came, he bought some rice, oil, fish, cakes, firecrackers and other things early in the morning, which means that the days are prosperous, peaceful, and auspicious.

The move went smoothly, when it passed, the original owner had already packed up his things and put them in the prepared carriage, seeing that Chen Fan and they arrived, they didn't talk much nonsense, but they just explained that the remaining things in the house were left to Chen Fan and them, don't just throw them away, and then symbolically handed over the keys and drove away.

Chen Fan and the others went in to see that the furniture and flowers inside were still there, which they said they would leave when they bought the house. As for the other daily necessities, except for a large iron pot on the kitchen stove, the rest are basically empty. It seems that there are quite a lot of things to buy, but fortunately, there is the eldest brother, Chen Fan didn't worry about it, and left it to the eldest brother to deal with.

As for which house to choose to live in, Chen Fanting wanted to choose the hut facing the river in the backyard, which was close to the river, with good air and moisture, and there was a lot of wood spiritual power in the backyard, which was also easy to absorb. But after the eldest brother saw it, he helped Chen Fan set the allocation of the house, one for Chen Fan and one for Xiao Qing on both sides of the main hall in the middle of the courtyard, and the rest were made into guest rooms, designed according to two single rooms and two four-person rooms. There are five houses in the front yard, one kitchen, one for firewood and other miscellaneous items, one for guests, and two for people, which are reserved for domestic servants and servants. Chen Fan was also satisfied with the eldest brother's arrangement, but he felt that there were not many dozen rooms.

After moving, Chen Fan and Xiao Qing went to the Taoist temple to study, and Chen Fan completed the transcription of the Tongming Qi training stage, thus ending the transcription of the second volume.

"Fa Sheng, Ah Qing, you are back, come to the table." In the evening, after Chen Fan and Xiao Qing returned home, the eldest brother said enthusiastically.

The main hall is arranged with seven desks and two main tables, two on the left and three on the right.

"Fa Sheng, you and Ah Qing sit in the middle of the two."

"No, eldest brother, sit down, eldest brother is like a father, don't shirk." Chen Fanqian gave way.

The eldest brother thought for a while and said, "It's okay, then I'll sit down." ”

As for where to sit, as a modern person, Chen Fan doesn't mind, just have a seat. Seeing the eldest brother taking a seat, he immediately sat down on the left, Hou Feng sat down next to Chen Fan, Huang Shi sat on the right, two colonels, and the eldest brother also arranged a seat. In addition, there were two middle-aged women standing in front of the hall.

Seeing everyone sitting down, the eldest brother spoke: "Today's joy of He Fasheng and Aqing's housewarming, so far, in Gusu, we all have a home, come and have a drink." "Maybe the eldest brother thinks it's indecent to drink wine in a bowl, so he buys a cup and uses it to hold wine.

After everyone had finished drinking, a middle-aged woman in front of the hall stepped forward to refill everyone's wine.

"Come, let me introduce, these two are the maids I invited today, one of them you have seen, it is the cook who worked for the original owner of this house, you are there when you come to see the house, the locals, live not far from here; It is his concubine who has just added wine to you, and on weekdays, she is responsible for your diet and daily life. But in the evening they have to go back, in the morning they will come to help make breakfast, wash clothes, clean up, if there is someone in the family who eats lunch, they will call them to get it, if not, they will go back, come in the afternoon to cook dinner. The eldest brother took a breath and made the situation of the two helpers clear. As for the remuneration or something, it was not good to talk openly at this banquet, and afterwards told Chen Fan that it was one hundred wen per person, and the price was not cheap in this era when one penny bought two catties of rice.

"Very good, there will be two workers in the future." Seeing that no one squeaked, Chen Fan spoke.

The two bowed and thanked them.

"Aqing, Fa Sheng, I am in a hurry today, I have purchased some quilts, tableware, desks, etc., and I don't know if it is complete, if there is anything else you need, just say."

"Okay, thank you, big brother." Xiao Qing and Chen Fan said at the same time.

"With Brother Lao, give the eldest brother this operation, and immediately feel that the house has become comfortable and warm, and whoever follows the eldest brother in the future will be happy." Chen Fan added, and at the same time thanked him while making fun of the eldest brother.

Xu is Chen Fan's words touched the eldest brother, and the eldest brother was silent and said: "In the Han Dynasty, it was stipulated that twenty for men and fifteen for women was the minimum age for marriage, but in our dynasty, there was no such restriction, and the marriage time was much earlier, men could marry sixteen and women fourteen could marry. The Fa Sheng will be able to marry the woman of his choice next year, do you want to find a brother for you? ”

After listening to the words of the eldest brother, Chen Fan was a little touched, he is no longer young in the eyes of everyone in this society, and he can talk about marriage, where is the right person?