Chapter 15: The Villa
Stopping a taxi, it didn't take long for the car to arrive at an upscale community in the center of the city, walking in with vigorous steps, and a group of villas appeared in sight among the green trees.
Huang Huai came directly to a villa, opened the password lock familiarly, closed the door and entered the villa, put the backpack on the sofa casually, took out the drink in the refrigerator and poured it, and the whole person was lying there, looking extremely relaxed.
In addition to going to school in the past, Huang Huai used to go to Xunzhenguan to live in the view to recuperate his body during the rest of the winter and summer vacations, so Huang's father chose such a villa for Huang Huai in the SY urban area under Taihe Mountain early and bought it as a foothold for Huang Huai to go down the mountain on weekdays.
This time, since Huang Huai had made up his mind to go to another world, in order to keep it secret, Huang Huai did not choose to open the mysterious portal in his small courtyard in the Truth Seeking Observatory, after all, several senior brothers in the temple who had a good relationship with him, such as Chen Weina, often ran to his courtyard to find him.
Not to mention whether he will be bumped into when the time comes, it just can't be bumped into, and the other party finds himself disappearing in the view for a day or two or even longer, and I don't know what kind of mess will happen.
Therefore, when Huang Huai was thinking about entering another world in the future last night, the first thing he thought of was this villa under his name.
After all, this is definitely his private space, even his parents and little sister will only live for a period of time when they come to see him, and there is not even a ghost shadow on weekdays.
It would be fitting to use this villa as a gateway to that mystery.
After resting, Huang Huai sorted out the things in his backpack, the most important of which was the statue of Emperor Guan Sheng, which was wrapped in red cloth layer after layer, and the outline of a human figure could be roughly seen.
Huang Huai took out the ten kilograms of silver ingots in the box and put them aside, Huang Huai took out the statue, then opened it, took a few photos of the statue up and down with his mobile phone, and then put the statue on the desk in the living room, took the incense candle on the side, and respectfully incense.
Huang Huai, who had done this, was about to go out, and suddenly heard the WeChat prompt on his mobile phone.
Swiped the screen, and Huang Huai saw a message.
"Huaizi, I asked you to ask the master of handmade incense for you."
Huang Huai's eyes couldn't help but light up, he had made some plans before, and among the things he was going to bring to the other world was incense and candles.
Only from the blessing of the seven elders, the various incense candles burned by the people can be seen that the incense candles are actually good and bad, Huang Huai doesn't know if there are any top incense candles in that world, I think there are, but it must be something that he can't touch or get at this stage.
Since this is the case, Huang Huai took the idea to the real world, so Huang Huai asked his good brother Shi Ting, who had slept in college for four years, to help him inquire about the news of the handmade incense master.
Shi Ting is a native of Dongshan Province, a burly height of one meter eight or nine, and his temperament has also inherited the boldness of the northerners.
Of course, the most important thing is that Huang Huai once heard Shi Ting say that there are craftsmen famous for handmade incense in a township below their city.
Nowadays, incense candles can be said to be large-scale mechanized production, but there are so many people who pursue retro handmade incense, and the incense candles handmade according to the ancient process often have various effects.
Huang Huai does not advocate handmade, but he has stayed in the Truth Seeking Temple for these years, and has been influenced by the influence of the people of the Great Channel, in Huang Huai's view, like this kind of incense and candle that worships the gods, it is still handmade with a little more spirituality.
What Taoists pursue is to return to nature and unite nature and man, so Huang Huai's first thought is to ask someone to find a top folk handmade incense master for him.
Shi Ting didn't disappoint him either, and it only took a day to get the results.
I dialed the phone casually, and it was connected in a blink of an eye, and suddenly a loud and bold voice came from the receiver of the mobile phone.
"Huaizi, I saw the news, this time brother, I helped you find a real top incense master, and the custody will not disappoint you, you kid said how to thank your buddy when the time comes!"
When Shiting stopped, Huang Huai smiled and said, "Brother, do you want to ...... the big health care dragon?"
Before Huang Huai finished speaking, he heard a crisp and pleasant female voice coming from the earpiece: "Shi Ting, do you want to taste the taste of great health care......
"Hey, hey, Huaizi, what are you talking about, say it again, I didn't hear your sister-in-law clearly when I talked to you just now......"
Huang Huai laughed and said: "Brother, my high-speed train in the afternoon, remember to pick it up when the time comes!" ”
After making fun of Shiting and hanging up the phone, Huang Huai immediately booked a high-speed rail ticket to Dongshan Province in the afternoon, grabbed his backpack and walked out of the villa.
After a taxi and about half an hour, the taxi stopped in a slightly run-down neighborhood in the old town.
Looking around, soon a shop came into Huang Huai's eyes, and from a distance, you could see that there were various statues of gods and Buddhas in the shops, and there were at least hundreds of them at a glance.
Looking at the name of the store, Huang Huai stepped into it, and a clerk about thirty years old looked up at Huang Huai and said, "I don't know which god my brother wants to invite back?" ”
Huang Huai looked at the furnishings in the store and said to the clerk: "I'm looking for Master Wang Guangzong!" ”
The clerk couldn't help but look at Huang Huai and said in surprise: "Are you looking for my father?" ”
Huang Huai didn't expect that this clerk turned out to be the son of the master he was looking for, so he said: "I came here and wanted to ask Master Wang to carve a statue of a god for me." ”
The clerk showed hesitation, obviously a little reluctant, seeing this, Huang Huai hurriedly said: "The manual fee will definitely satisfy Master Wang." ”
The clerk shook his head and said, "It's not a matter of manual fees, it's just that my father has rarely taken jobs in the past two years......"
Huang Huai took out his mobile phone, called up the photo of the statue of Emperor Guan Sheng he had taken, and said: "This is the work of Master Wang, the skills are exquisite, it can be called a fine product, and I came here to ask Master Wang to make another statue of Emperor Guan Sheng." ”
The clerk looked at the photo and was sure that it was indeed his father's work, and thought for a moment and said, "In that case, you can go with me to see my father." ”
Huang Huai's face showed joy.
He is ready to bring the statue of Emperor Guan Sheng, who has been worshiped in the Truth Seeking View for many years, to the other world, but he can't say that the statue is lost with the people of the Great Passage, so he must get an identical statue to bring back to the temple, otherwise, let alone the Great Passage people, even his father will not be able to pass the level.
Passing through the back door of the shop, a small courtyard appeared, overhead crawling with vines, clusters of grapes came into view, and the sunlight cast a dappled halo through the gaps in the branches and leaves of the vines.
An old man in his seventies was reclining on a chaise longue, shaking a fan in one hand and beating on his lap to the tune of opera on the radio with the other, and even occasionally singing in his mouth.
When the clerk saw his father's leisurely appearance, he couldn't help coughing lightly and said to the old man: "Dad, there are guests here!" ”
After two sounds in succession, the old man came back to his senses from his own world, opened his eyes and saw that Huang Huai and his son did not react, but sat up, his eyes fell on Huang Huai and said: "What a breath of incense, Xiaoyou doesn't know where to practice in the blessed land of Lingshan!" ”
Huang Huai hurriedly said: "Taihe Mountain seeks the truth and Huang Huai has seen Master Wang. ”
Wang Guangzong nodded and said: "Seeking the truth, it is a good blessed place, I don't know if my little friend is looking for me......"
Wang Chuanye on the side hurriedly said: "Dad, this little brother wants you to personally take action and make a statue of Emperor Guan Sheng." ”
Huang Huai handed the mobile phone to Wang Guangzong at the right time, Wang Guangzong just glanced at it and his eyes lit up and said: "I remember this statue of Emperor Guan Sheng, a whole piece of rosewood is carved, and it was worth a lot of money back then." ”
Saying that, Wang Guangzong looked up at Huang Huai and said, "Could it be that you are going to use rosewood to make another identical statue of Emperor Guan Sheng?" ”
Huang Huai nodded with a smile and said, "As long as Master Wang has the right materials in his shop, then I will ask Master Wang to personally take action and make another statue of the same Emperor Guan Sheng for me!" ”
Wang Guangzong groaned slightly, his eyes fell on Wang Chuanye and said, "Chuanye, is there suitable material in the warehouse?" ”
Wang Chuanye just thought for a moment and then said: "Dad, the year before last, we bought a batch of top-quality rosewood materials in our store, and some of them are suitable. ”
A smile appeared on the corner of Huang Huai's mouth, he knew that it was absolutely impossible for the old shops with extremely famous names in these circles to have no reserves.
Wang Guangzong looked at Huang Huai and said: "The same statue costs about ten kilograms of wood, and you also know that top-quality rosewood has always been rare and expensive, and the market price is almost three or five thousand kilograms......"
Huang Huai didn't wait for Wang Guangzong to finish speaking, and said directly: "As long as Master Wang makes me an identical statue of Emperor Guan Sheng, I can bid 100,000 yuan!" ”
I have to say that Huang Huai's offer is really impossible to refuse, even Wang Chuanye on the side couldn't help but look at his father when he heard it.