Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 254 The troubles of living by the water
For two days in a row, the entire capital was talking about the capsizing of the Zhang family's cargo ship. Teahouses, restaurants, wells, and riversides, men drinking tea and women washing vegetables and laundry were all talking about the capsized treasure ship with relish. At the same time, I am full of interest in Tianhuangshi. What kind of gemstone is it?

Soon, other knowledge about Tianhuangshi began to spread. Tianhuangshi is produced in Fuzhou, and the output is extremely rare. It is cherished by the emperor and has been listed as a special tribute.

This time when Zhang’s cargo ship capsized, tens of thousands of Tian Huangshi were retrieved for less than 1000 yuan, which caused heavy losses to Zhang Yaocheng’s strange stone museum. After this incident, he squeezed into the ranks of treasures in one fell swoop.

For Fan Ning, this incident seemed to have nothing to do with him. His mind was on the new house. Three days later, Fan Ning and Yang Wenguang settled the house payment and got the key to the house from the housekeeper.

This morning, an ox cart slowly stopped at the end of Feiyun Bridge. Fan Ning got out of the ox cart, followed by the maid Xiaodong. She was holding a wooden box in her arms, which was full of copper keys. , looks quite heavy.

"Little official, it's very lively here!"

Looking at the rows of small restaurants in the south, Xiaodong couldn't help but be pleasantly surprised.

Fan Ning smiled and said, "There are a lot of people living in this area, you can find out later how to buy water, and how to clean up the car in the morning."

"I know, usually go to the grocery store."

Xiaodong's nimble eyes looked around, and soon she found the target, 'Sun Ji Grocery Store', not far from the diagonally opposite.

"Let's go! Let's take a look at the house first,"

Fan Ning walked quickly to the side street, Xiao Dong hurriedly followed behind him, Fan Ning walked to the steps, staring at the black lacquered gate and the yellow copper ring on it, he felt an indescribable satisfaction in his heart, from now on At first, this eight-acre mansion finally belonged to him.

Generally speaking, a house or courtyard covers an area of ​​less than one mu, and a house must occupy at least one mu and form a front yard, an atrium, and a back yard in layout.

Less than three mu is called a small house, three to five mu is called a middle house, five to ten mu is called an upper-middle house, more than ten mu is called a large house, and more than twenty mu is called a giant house. house.

So Fan Ning's house can only be regarded as an upper-middle house. He is lucky now. In another twenty years, the population of the capital will continue to expand, and the imperial court will begin to strictly control the house. There will be all kinds of houses for everyone. According to the standard, an eight-rank man like him is not qualified to live in a house with eight acres, and at most lives in a small house.

At this time, Fan Ning found a lot of scratches on the stone steps, which made him stunned for a moment, but after a second thought, he realized that this must be caused by moving the screen wall.

Fortunately, the door was high enough, otherwise the screen wall would have to be demolished and transported out.

"Xiaodong, give me the biggest key!"

"it is good!"

Xiaodong quickly found the biggest copper key from the key box and handed it to Fanning.

Just as Fan Ning was about to go up to open the door, someone behind asked, "Excuse me, this official, is this your house?"

Fan Ning was startled, and when he turned around to see a short, fat middle-aged man, he nodded, "Is there something wrong with this big brother?"

The middle-aged man quickly laughed and said: "I am the shopkeeper of Baocai House Building Shop. You can see our shop after passing the Feiyun Bridge. The small shop is responsible for building and repairing various mansions. The price is reasonable and the materials are exquisite. You We participated in the renovation of this house three years ago."

Fan Ning understood immediately, and he couldn't help laughing. This store is really a business. Fan Ning said with a smile: "The house has just arrived, and I haven't looked at it carefully. How about it! I will take a good look, and if there is any need to repair it I'll come find you again."

The middle-aged man was overjoyed, and quickly took out a name post and handed it to Fan Ning, "This is my post, the villain is the shopkeeper of the Baocai store, his surname is Chen, and he is usually in the store, officials can come to me if they need it. "

Fan Ning took the post and smiled, "It's a pleasure to meet you!"

The middle-aged man gave a salute before leaving in a hurry.

At this time, Fan Ning saw a gorgeous carriage driving towards this side at a fast speed, "Gah! ' stopped in front of the gate, and Zhu Pei jumped out of the car. She and Fan Ning made an appointment to come together at this time, but Fan Ning arrived first.

Zhu Pei looked at the back of the middle-aged man and asked, "Who is he?"

"It's the shopkeeper of a nearby house repair shop, and wants to come over to solicit business."

"It doesn't matter if you repair other places, but Yingbi don't let him interfere, I will be in charge of Yingbi."

"You don't want to put a piece of Taihu Lake stone as a screen wall, do you?" Fan Ning laughed.

"Isn't Taihu stone okay? I think it looks better. Many rich and powerful people use Taihu stone as a screen wall. The most famous one is Jia Changchao's mansion. As soon as you enter the door, there is a two-foot-high Taihu stone called Feilai Peak. It is very popular in the capital. Fame."

Fan Ning's heart moved, and he suddenly thought of the Cuiyun Peak in Zhou Lin's mansion. If he could put it in his mansion, it would really complement the Yonglie Building inside.

Fan Ning only found out not long ago that Zhou Lin unfortunately passed away due to illness at the end of last year, and his various stone collections are now inherited by his eldest son Zhou Liye.

Thinking of this, Fan Ning tentatively asked: "Actually, I think the piece of Cuiyun Peak owned by Mr. Zhou is very suitable, what do you think?"

Zhu Pei covered his mouth and laughed, "If my grandfather hears what you said, he will definitely jump up and fight you."

"Has he also taken a fancy to that piece of Cuiyun Peak?"

"It's not just fancy, he has been thinking about it for many years. When he went to Zhou Mansion for the first time, his eyes were straightened when he saw the Cuiyun Peak. Mr. Zhou's eldest son is a businessman in Pingjiang Mansion. He intends to transfer his father's Taihu Stone. , I’m currently in contact with my grandfather, once my grandfather buys it, don’t even think about that piece of Cuiyun Peak, unless.”

"Unless what?"

Fan Ning was in a bit of a hurry. He had already taken a fancy to the piece of Cuiyun Peak, but it was the treasure of Zhou Lin's town house. He didn't dare to think about it, but now that Zhou Lin's son wanted to sell it, Fan Ning suddenly saw it. Seeing a glimmer of hope, how could he not be anxious?
"Look at the house first!"

Zhu Pei pursed his lips and smiled, and let Fan Ning hang in the air.

Fan Ning opened the door a little depressed, and everyone walked in. The original screen wall was gone, and it turned into more than a dozen shrubs that had just been planted, and the loose soil was laid quite neatly, without the mess that Fan Ning was worried about. In such a situation, the housekeeper of the Yang family is better at being a human being and not creating trouble for the buyer.

Without the blocking screen wall, the layout of the atrium can be seen at a glance immediately, and the originally stunning multi-storey main building is slightly inferior because of its sudden appearance.

This is also a shortcoming in the overall layout. The layout of Chinese houses pays attention to subtlety, concealment and concealment, and does not like abruptness.

When a person enters the house, there are too many places to look at, and his attention will naturally be distracted. Even the most beautiful scenery in front of him will be diluted.

However, when Fan Ning and Zhu Pei both felt a little bit regretful about not having a screen wall, the girl next to her, Xiaodong, was stunned. She thought that the move was to move to another similar yard, but she didn't expect it to be such a big house. It's almost like a garden.

"Ah! Little official, is this the new house?" Xiaodong said excitedly.

Zhu Pei snorted lightly, "Xiaodong, you came from Zhu's house anyway, don't be so surprised!"

Xiaodong quickly lowered his head and explained in a low voice: "I thought it was the same yard as before."

At this time, Jianmeizi made a joke for the first time, she smiled and said to Xiaodong: "From now on, you and Fan Ning will live here alone, Xiaodong, are you afraid at night?"

Xiaodong took a step back in fright, "Sister Jian, don't scare me!"

"Sister Jian is not scaring you, it is true, and I have to adapt myself."

Fan Ning smiled at the entrance of the corridor: "Let's go! Let's go to the back house to have a look."

The back house has also been cleaned up. Except for the furniture, nothing is left in the house. It is not that the Yang family is stingy. On the contrary, it is a show of respect for the new owner. No one would like the previous owner to stay The sundries, because the furniture is made of more expensive golden nanmu, it is not sundries, but a kind of property, and Fan Ning specially paid another [-] guan for the furniture.

"This study is nice, I like it!" Fan Ning immediately took a fancy to the study in the inner house.

This is a water pavilion located in the middle of the pond, surrounded by water on three sides, about [-] square meters, a large table, surrounded by bookshelves, and there is a water pavilion outside, you can walk out of the room and watch the fish by the railing.

Zhu Pei smiled and shook his head, "In summer, there will be a lot of mosquitoes in the room next to the water, and I suffer a lot from it!"

Fan Ning was a little disapproving, waved his hands and smiled, "If you raise enough fish in the pond, there won't be many mosquitoes. Mosquitoes have no chance to reproduce."

"There are a lot of fish in my pond, but there are just as many mosquitoes in summer!" Ju Pei retorted unconvinced.

"That's because there must be water elsewhere in your house"

Speaking of this, Fan Ning's smile gradually froze. He suddenly remembered that there was a river outside. Every summer, the river beside the embankment was covered with larvae. It was really hard to guard against.

(End of this chapter)