After hailing a taxi, it didn't take long for the car to arrive at a high-end community in the city center. I walked in with vigorous steps. A group of villas appeared in sight among the green trees.
Huang Huai came directly to a villa. He opened the password lock with familiarity, closed the door and entered the villa. He put his backpack on the sofa, took out the drinks from the refrigerator and drank it, then lay down on his back. It seemed extremely relaxing there.
In addition to going to school, Huang Huai used to go to the Seeking Truth Monastery to stay in the temple during the rest of the winter and summer vacations to recuperate his body. Therefore, Huang Huai's father specially selected and bought such a villa for Huang Huai in the SY urban area at the foot of Taihe Mountain. It serves as the foothold for people going down the mountain in Huanghuai on weekdays.
Now that 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 of the Seeking Truth Temple to travel through. After all, several people in the temple were with him. Senior brothers with good relationships, such as Chen Weina, often came to his yard to look for him.
Not to mention whether he will be bumped into when he travels through time, but if he is not bumped into, the other party will find himself disappearing from the view for a day or two or even longer. Who knows what trouble will be caused.
So when Huang Huai was thinking about entering another world in the future last night, the first thing he thought of was the villa under his name.
After all, this place can definitely be regarded as his private space. Even his parents and little sister will only stay for a while when they come to visit him. On weekdays, there is not even a ghost in there.
This villa is the perfect place to open the mysterious door.
After resting for a while, Huang Huai sorted out the things in his backpack. The most important thing was the statue of Emperor Guan Sheng. The statue 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 from the box and put them aside. Huang Huai then took out the statue, opened it, took his cell phone, took a few photos of the statue up and down, and then placed the statue in the living room. On the desk, he took the incense candle on the side and lit the incense respectfully.
After doing this, Huang Huai was about to go out when he suddenly heard the WeChat notification sound on his phone.
Opening the screen, Huang Huai saw a message.
"Huaizi, I found the master hand-made incense maker you asked me to ask for."
Huang Huai couldn't help but his eyes lit up. He had made some plans before, and among the things he planned to take to the other world were incense candles.
Just from the various incense candles burned by the people when the Seven Elders blessed them, we can see that there are good and bad incense candles. Huang Huai doesn't know if there are any top-notch incense candles in that world, but I guess there are. Yes, but that is definitely something that he can't access or can't get at this stage.
In this case, Huang Huai set his sights on the real world, so Huang Huai asked his good friend Shi Ting, who had been sleeping with him in college for four years, to help him find out about the handmade incense master.
Shi Ting is from Dongshan Province. He is 1.89 meters tall and his temperament also inherits the boldness of northerners. They have been sleeping with him for several years, and Huang Huai has a very good relationship with him.
Of course, the most important thing is that Huang Huai once heard from Shi Ting that there was a craftsman famous for hand-made incense in a township below his city.
Nowadays, incense candles can be said to be produced in large-scale mechanization, but there are a group of people who pursue retro handmade incense. Incense candles handmade according to ancient techniques often have various functions.
It’s not that Huang Huai admires hand-made products, but he has been in the Seeking Truth Guan for these years and has been influenced by Da Dao Dao people. In Huang Huai’s opinion, incense candles like this one for worshiping gods are more spiritual when made by hand.
What Taoists pursue is to return to nature and unite nature and man, so the first thing Huang Huai thought of was to ask someone to find a top folk handmade incense master for him.
Shi Ting did not disappoint him, and the results were obtained in just one day.
He casually dialed the number and was connected in a blink of an eye. Suddenly, a loud and bold voice came from the receiver of the mobile phone.
"Huaizi, have you seen the news? This time, brother, I have helped you find a real top incense master. He will not let you down. Please tell me how to thank my brother when the time comes!"
When Shi Ting stopped, Huang Huai smiled and said: "Brother, do you want a comprehensive health care package..."
Before Huang Huai finished speaking, he heard a clear and sweet female voice coming from the receiver: "Shi Ting, do you want to have a taste of great health care..."
"Hey, hey, Huaizi, what did you say? Say it again. I was talking to your sister-in-law just now. I didn't hear you clearly..."
Huang Huai laughed loudly and said: "Brother, I'm taking the high-speed train in the afternoon, remember to pick him up then!"
After joking with Shi Ting and hanging up the phone, Huang Huai immediately booked a high-speed rail ticket to Dongshan Province in the afternoon, grabbed his backpack and left the villa.
After taking a taxi for almost half an hour, the taxi stopped in a slightly shabby neighborhood in the old city.
After looking around, Huang Huai soon saw a shop. From a distance, he could see various statues of gods and Buddhas placed in the shop. There were at least hundreds of them at a glance.
After looking at the name of the store, Huang Huai stepped into it. A clerk who was about thirty years old looked up at Huang Huai and said, "I wonder which god you want 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 looking at Huang Huai and said in surprise: "Are you looking for my father?"
Huang Huai didn't expect that the clerk turned out to be the son of the master he was looking for, so he said immediately: "I came here because of his reputation, and I want to ask Master Wang to carve a statue for me."
The clerk looked hesitant, obviously a little reluctant. Seeing this, Huang Huai hurriedly said: "The craftsmanship fee will definitely satisfy Master Wang."
The clerk shook his head and said: "It's not about the labor cost, it's just that my father has rarely taken on jobs in the past two years..."
Huang Huai took out his mobile phone, pulled up the photo of the statue of Emperor Guan Sheng that he had taken and said, "This is Master Wang's original work. It has superb skills and can be called a fine product. I came here just to ask Master Wang to recreate it according to this." A statue of Guan Sheng Emperor came out."
The clerk looked at the photo and confirmed that it was indeed his father's work. He thought about it and said, "In that case, you can come with me to see my father."
Huang Huai's face showed joy.
He was planning to take the statue of Emperor Guan Sheng that had been enshrined in the Truth-seeking Temple for many years to another world, but he couldn't tell the people in Da Dao that the statue was lost, so he had to get an identical statue to bring back to the temple. , otherwise, let alone a big passer, even his own father would not be able to pass.
Passing through the back door of the store, a small yard appeared. Grapevines were climbing overhead, and bunches of grapes came into view. The sun cast a mottled halo through the gaps between the branches and leaves of the grapevines.
An old man in his seventies was lying on a reclining chair, shaking a cattail leaf fan with one hand, and tapping his legs with the other hand to the opera tunes on the radio. He even occasionally sang in his mouth, which was really leisurely.
Seeing his father's leisurely look, the clerk couldn't help but cough slightly and said to the old man: "Dad, a customer is here!"
After two consecutive sounds, the old man came back to his senses from his own world. He opened his eyes and saw Huang Huai and his son, but he didn't react at all. He just sat up, his eyes fell on Huang Huai and said, "What a blast. The smell of incense, my little friend, I don’t know where to practice in the blessed land of Lingshan!”
Huang Huai said hurriedly: "Huang Huai has met Master Wang at the Taihe Mountain Xunzhen Temple."
Wang Guangzong nodded and said: "The Seeking Truth Monastery is a blessed place. I didn't know that my little friend would come to look for me..."
Wang Chuanye on the side said hurriedly: "Dad, this little brother wants you to personally build a statue of Emperor Guan Sheng."
Huang Huai handed the phone to Wang Guangzong in time. Wang Guangzong just glanced at it and his eyes lit up and said: "I remember this statue of Emperor Guan Sheng. It was carved from a single piece of red sandalwood. Even back then, it was the same. It’s worth a lot of money.”
As he spoke, Wang Guangzong looked up at Huang Huai and said, "Are you planning to make another identical statue of Emperor Guan Sheng out of red sandalwood?"
Huang Huai smiled and nodded: "As long as Master Wang has suitable materials in his shop, then I will ask Master Wang to personally make another statue of the same Guan Sheng Emperor for me!"
Wang Guangzong pondered slightly, his eyes fell on Wang Chuanye and said: "Chuanye, are there any suitable materials in the warehouse?"
Wang Chuanye just thought for a moment and then said: "Dad, our store received a batch of top-quality rosewood materials the year before last, and some of them are suitable."
A smile appeared on Huang Huai's lips. He knew that it was absolutely impossible for an old store with a great reputation in these circles not to have materials in reserve.
Wang Guangzong looked at Huang Huai and said: "The same statue costs about ten kilograms of wood. You also know that top-quality rosewood is always rare and expensive. The market price is about three to five thousand one kilogram..."
Huang Huai didn't wait for Wang Guangzong to finish his words, and said directly: "As long as Master Wang makes me an identical statue of Emperor Guan Sheng, I can offer you one hundred thousand!"
I have to say that Huang Huai's offer was really irresistible. Even Wang Chuanye on the side couldn't help but look at his father after hearing this.
