Zhou Nanguang supported Zhou Shuanglu and sent Mr. Cheng out together. He also told Zhou Shixun to send the man to the place and come back only after he was sure that he was fine.
Cheng Mingzhong also drank a lot, mainly because he secretly drank a lot for his old father. Now he was sitting in his seat and couldn't get up.
Wang Da was furious: "Look at who you are. Can't you drink less? Can you stand up? Go home quickly."
Sheng An Ning quickly advised: "I think my uncle is not feeling well, help him to rest on the sofa for a while."
Zhou Hongyun also advised: "Yes, yes, yes, help Lao Cheng to rest on the sofa first, I will take you to the front to see the yard."
He also asked Sheng An Ning if she wanted to go and see it.
Sheng An Ning didn't want to go. She didn't want to see Mrs. Chen, and she didn't want to enter that yard.
Zhou Hongyun didn't force it. After settling Cheng Mingzhong, he took Wang Da out.
Mu Xiaowan and Sheng Anning stayed at home to look after the children: "I didn't expect that your grandpa and your grandfather had such a rich relationship."
Sheng An Ning didn't expect it either: "Yeah, I didn't expect it either. I thought that people used to just make do with a bound marriage. After all, there was war back then, so there wasn't much time for romance."
Mu Xiaowan was very curious: "I want to know the details."
Sheng An Ning was also very curious: "I also want to know about love in that era, but it seems that there were not so many problems, after all, everyone was busy fighting."
There may be love, but not much, mainly because there is no time.
Wang Da and Zhou Hongyun came back less than half an hour after they went out, chatting and laughing as they entered the yard.
Seeing Sheng An Ning, Wang Da couldn't help but feel happy: "Today is a really good day. We asked if the yard in front could be cheaper, and the other party directly said four thousand. Oh, it's five hundred yuan cheaper, which is like picking up a yard."
Sheng An Ning didn't expect that Mrs. Chen could get such a big discount all of a sudden, and that Zhou Hongyun was bringing her there. She also thought that since it was a holiday between the two families, Mrs. Chen would probably ignore Zhou Hongyun when she saw her, and it was a good thing that she didn't drive her out.
"Why is Mrs. Chen so much cheaper all of a sudden?"
Zhou Hongyun quickly shook his head: "It's not Sister Chen, it's her husband. When they heard that Sister Chen was sick and couldn't get out of bed, they thought there was something wrong with the house, so they sold it in a hurry."
Sheng An Ning was still quite surprised: "That's a good thing, aunt, have you decided to buy it?"
Wang Da nodded repeatedly: "I have decided, I will buy this yard, and then we will be neighbors."
Sheng Anning smiled and said, "That's great. It's so close. If we have any problems in the future, the three children can come back and cook at your house."
Wang Da nodded happily: "Of course, if you are busy, I can come over to look after your children. I won't say more. I am short of money now, so I will go and borrow some money."
Having said that, Sheng An Ning spoke first: "Aunt, how much money do you need? I have some here, I'll give you some too."
Wang Dazhi waved his hands: "Oh, no, if I really needed it, I would have asked you a long time ago. We will be neighbors in the future, and I can't ask you for money. Many relatives and friends have quarreled over a few dollars. We can't do this. Besides, your uncle is afraid that I am getting close to you for some purpose. If I borrow money from you, your uncle will feel inferior to you in your family."
Sheng An Ning couldn't help but admire Wang Da. Although he looked uneducated, he was impetuous in doing things and harsh in his words, but he was very clear-headed in life.
"If you don't have enough in the end, tell me. It's not like you won't pay it back. There's nothing to be embarrassed about. Relatives should help each other when they are in trouble."
Wang Da smiled, his eyes narrowed into slits, he was happy that he would soon have a yard of his own, and he was also moved by Sheng Anning's kindness in lending him money: "Okay, it's settled, I won't say anything now, I'll go out for a while, wait for your uncle to sober up, and let him go home by himself."
Having said that, he left in a hurry, wanting to collect enough money as soon as possible and buy the yard as soon as possible.
Zhou Hongyun felt happy. She still liked Wang Da as a person. It was not tiring to get along with him and he was not a scheming person.
"It's good to be neighbors with your uncle's family in the future. We'll have somewhere to go when we visit. I just talked to your aunt on the way and told her to rebuild the house in the yard and change its orientation. We'll also find someone who knows feng shui to take a look and make sure there won't be any messes in the future."
Sheng Anning smiled and said, "Aunt, I didn't expect you to be so superstitious?"
Zhou Hongyun said seriously, "You have to believe these things. You know there is a city gate tower on the road in the south city, and one of the pillars is a different color from the other pillars. Do you know why?"
Sheng Anning shook her head: "I don't know."
Zhou Hongyun pulled over a stool and sat down, intending to tell a story carefully to Sheng An Ning and the others. Even the three little ones leaned into Sheng An Ning and Mu Xiaowan's arms, listening to their aunt's story curiously.
Zhou Hongyun tells these folk legends and various ghost stories very well, vividly and with great enthusiasm.
"In the past, when the city gate tower was being built, strange things always happened. It would collapse in the middle of the night, or bricks would fall and kill workers during construction. It took three months to be completed, and someone felt something was wrong. They told the manager that they should ask the abbot of Mount Longtai to come and take a look. When the abbot came, he said that there was something unclean underneath, so he pulled out a pillar from the temple on Mount Longtai and hit the tower in the direction he said."
"When the pillar was lowered, a strong wind blew and dark clouds filled the sky, like the bottom of a pot, so dark that not a single ray of light could be seen. Half an hour later, the dark clouds dispersed and the sky became bright. People saw blood gushing out from the place where the pillar was nailed, and the pillar turned black."
"Later, people thought that since the other pillars were red, a black pillar would not look good, so they tried to paint the pillar with red paint. However, no matter how they painted it, the pillar would turn black again the next day. Now no one cares about it anymore, so all the pillars of the city gate tower are vermilion, except for that one pillar which is black."
"By the way, if you look closely, there are dragon patterns on the black pillars. It looks like a dragon coiled around the pillars."
Sheng An Ning really didn't pay much attention to it. The three children were so engrossed in listening that it was unclear how much they understood.
Mu Xiaowan nodded and testified: "This is really the case. I heard about it when I was a child. We used to climb the city gate tower when we had nothing to do. But the pillar was black."
Sheng Anning found it magical: "It's true that the end of science is superstition, but where can I find such an expert?"
Zhou Hongyun scratched his head: "It should be there, but it may be difficult to find it after all these years."
Just as they were talking happily, Zhou Shixun came back from outside with Zhou Luancheng.
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