Chapter 214 Buying a New House
Dong-dong-dong-dong
The sound of the bell is distant and scattered in the wind.
When Wuzhen heard the bell, he looked apologetic:
"My two benefactors, it's time for class. I have to go to chanting class."
Su Zhizhi was shocked when she heard this:
"Do I still need to go to school after becoming a monk?"
Wuzhen nodded. "We need to read books, learn to read, and attend lectures to understand the profound meaning of the scriptures. Will you go to a school in the capital?"
Su Zhizhi shook her head thankfully:
"I used to study in a college, but I don't need to anymore."
Su Zhizhi said this with certainty.
When she said this, she didn't realize that she spoke too early.
Wuzhen went to class, and before leaving, he enthusiastically gave Su Zhizhi a bamboo tube of honey water.
Wu Yingniang and Su Zhizhi walked slowly in the temple.
Su Zhizhi asked Wu Yingniang:
"Mom, that Buddha statue is shining with gold. Is it made entirely of gold?"
Wu Yingniang didn't know either: "It doesn't matter whether it's gold or not, I can't spend it anyway."
Su Zhizhi doesn't recognize the Buddha and Bodhisattva statues in the temple:
"Mom, there are several different Buddha and Bodhisattva statues in the temple. Which one should I worship?"
Wu Yingniang: "Whoever is the biggest should be worshipped."
Su Zhizhi then found the largest Buddha statue in the entire temple in the main hall.
The Buddha statue is three people tall and sits cross-legged on a lotus seat. One of the Buddha's feet has been blackened by the incense burning below.
The Buddha's face is like a full moon, with his eyes cast down, gazing downwards.
Inside the hall, an old monk led a group of monks in chanting scriptures.
Wu Zhen was among them, his eyes closed and his mouth moving rapidly.
There was constant smoke rising from the incense table and the sound of chanting scriptures could be heard.
The hall was solemn. Su Zhizhi did not go in to disturb them. She just stood at the door and watched quietly.
Wu Yingniang stood under a big tree in front of the hall waiting for Su Zhizhi.
That big tree is a wishing tree.
There are wish boards hanging above my head, and I don’t know how many people’s wishes they are.
Some people wrote on it "Pass the high school entrance exam next year", "Get well soon", "Good fortune in wealth", "Happiness and long-lasting marriage"...
Seeing a pen and an empty prayer board nearby, Wu Yingniang took out a few coins and threw them into the merit box, and wrote one as well.
Just when I finished writing, Su Zhizhi came back.
Su Zhizhi: "Mom, the Buddhist scriptures are even more difficult than the articles that Liu Shanchang reads. I listened for a long time but didn't understand anything."
Wu Yingniang: "That's normal. I don't understand it either."
"Mom, what wish did you write down?" Su Zhizhi saw a sign in Wu Yingniang's hand.
Wu Yingniang handed the sign to Su Zhizhi:
【Grow bigger and stronger】
Su Zhizhi praised: "Mom, it's so well written!"
Wu Yingniang blew dry the ink stains on the wooden sign and then put it in her pocket.
Su Zhizhi: "We don't hang like this?"
Wu Yingniang: "When your father finds a good house, we can hang it on a tree in our own house so we can see it every day."
The mother and daughter finished their walk around the mountain and planned to go down.
Wu Zhen finally finished his chanting class and walked Su Zhizhi to the door:
"Two donors, please be careful on your journey."
Su Zhizhi: "Next time I see you in the city, I'll treat you to food and sweet soup."
As they were leaving, they met a fat monk at the temple gate.
This time it’s not a little fat monk, but a big fat monk.
The fat monk had a very peaceful expression.
"Master," Wu Zhen's eyes lit up, "You're back from performing the ritual?"
Some families in the capital would come to Ciguang Temple to invite monks to perform rituals at home, the most common of which was to pray for the deceased.
Master Mingdeng went down the mountain with several disciples from the temple to perform rituals these two days.
Master Mingdeng: "Wuzhen, is everything okay during the two days I've been away?"
"Very good, very good," Wu Zhen nodded. "Today, I went down the mountain with my brothers to buy some fruit. I almost lost some fruit on the way, but these two donors helped me find it."
Wuzhen introduced Wu Yingniang and Su Zhizhi to his master.
Master Mingdeng said, "Wuzhen has caused trouble for the two donors."
Wu Yingniang: "It's nothing, I'm just helping the child get something."
Master Mingdeng stepped aside to make way for the mother and daughter.
Su Zhizhi looked up at Master Mingdeng, and their eyes met for a moment.
Su Zhizhi suddenly remembered the big Buddha she had seen at the entrance of the main hall just now.
The big Buddha sits cross-legged with a pair of huge eyes, so big that it seems that they can accommodate the suffering of all living beings.
The monk in front of me had very small eyes, as small as a slit.
But Su Zhizhi felt that he was very much like Buddha.
Su Zhizhi: "Master, you are like the great Buddha in the temple."
Master Mingdeng: "You are too kind, benefactor. I dare not compare myself with the Buddha."
Wu Zhen's serious expression was tinged with pride:
"My master is going to become a Buddha in the future, so he looks very much like a Buddha."
Su Zhizhi: "Then when your master becomes a Buddha, I will come to worship him."
Wuzhen's smile grew even wider: "Okay."
As the sky grew darker, Su Zhizhi and her daughter walked down the mountain.
As I was leaving, I could faintly hear a conversation behind me.
"Master, when will you become a Buddha? How many days are left?"
"Wuzhen, how can you become a Buddha so quickly? It will take many years."
"Master, you must practice diligently. I will supervise you. Tomorrow morning, before dawn, I will wake you up to chant sutras..."
Su Zhizhi spent a relaxing and enjoyable day in the mountains.
When I returned to the inn in the capital, I heard that Hao Ren had done something big.
"We have bought the house." Hao Ren handed the title deed to Wu Yingniang.
Hua Erniang was surprised: "You bought the house in one day?"
Although she spends money without blinking an eye, with the land price in Chang'an, buying a house is not something she can do casually.
Wu Yingniang took the land deed:
"Since Ren bought it, it shouldn't be bad."
Although Hao Ren had not been in the capital for more than ten years, he was familiar with the layout of the city and knew what kind of house he wanted.
A few people went to inquire about the land prices in various districts in the capital today, and happened to find a house at a low price.
The location is not in the center, it is a bit off, but fortunately the house is spacious. Although it is large, it is not too conspicuous in the capital.
In addition, this house happened to be not far from the Prince of Yue's Palace.
"We've looked at this house inside and out. It's really nice. Even the kitchen and woodshed are big." Qiu Jinyu was very satisfied with the house.
Ni Tianji said, "It's close to the city gate. If we encounter any situation, it will be convenient to fly out of the city gate at night."
Doctor Yu thought, "Medicine is expensive in the capital, and since it's close to the city gate, it's convenient to go out and collect herbs."
Su Zhizhi doesn't care about the location, she just likes a big house: "If the house is big, Po can also play in the yard."
"The broker who brought us here today wanted to rip us off. Humph, he didn't even realize who his grandfather is." Old Xu took a sip of tea with considerable pride. "In the end, we bought it for one-fifth of the price."
"One-fifth?" Hua Erniang gasped. "How did you negotiate this? Old Xu, did you kidnap the mother?"
Old Xu tutted. "How can you talk like that? Am I that kind of person? I told the dealer, 'You're trying to sell a haunted house for a high price! Be careful, if you keep it for too long, it'll ruin your financial future.'"
Bai Xun asked, "When you said that, I wanted to ask, how did you know it was a haunted house?"
Old Xu spread his hands and said, "I didn't know, so I just tried to trick him, and it turned out to be true."
Hua Erniang understood: "Haunted house? No wonder it's so cheap."
Wu Yingniang carefully looked at the area and price on the land deed and found that the price was indeed low:
"It seems we are lucky. We really got a great bargain."
"The money saved can be used to buy more things. There are many places to spend money in Chang'an."
Everyone in the room laughed.
The Black Bandit Mountain has been soaked in so much blood and buried so many bodies. Is there any place more vicious than the Black Bandit Mountain?
Everyone thought it was a good omen that they could buy a house that suited their taste as soon as they arrived in Beijing.
"Pack up and we'll move into our new house tomorrow."
"Okay, live in the new house!"
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