Lao Huang and A Dong left with their own people. I took Tao Zi to pick up my car first, and I drove the car to the abandoned building alone.
While on the road, I bought some tools and hired a cutter.
When I got to the place, I tried it myself first. I used the knife, axe, and chopping, but it was of no use at all.
The back cover was like an iron metal, leaving nothing but a few white marks.
In desperation, we can only leave this important task to the cutting master.
He worked hard for a while, with sparks and lightning all the way, but also returned without success.
The cutter looked at me in shock: "This is flame cutting, and it can cut steel plates several centimeters thick!"
He was shocked, and so was I. What is the back cover made of?
I sighed silently and sent the cutting master away first.
Looking at the airtight back bucket, I fell into deep thought.
At that moment, there was absolutely no need for Xia Min to lie to me. It was most likely that Chen Qu told her about the existence of the pickup truck, but did not tell her how to open it.
There is no point in being anxious right now, we can only slowly think of a solution.
The Taoist temple was also put on the agenda, and Taozi and I spent the rest of the time looking for a suitable place.
After many twists and turns, the location was finally chosen at the foot of Qilin Mountain.
I am no stranger to this place. When I first arrived in Monan, I met the mysterious Ruhai Zhenren here.
He said that we would meet again, and that the first few times he was helping me, and the last time he was trying to kill me.
Such a long time passed, and everything was still before my eyes.
The place we chose was an abandoned house in the southwest corner.
Although it has been abandoned for a long time, the former prosperity can still be seen from the carved pillars outside the door.
I like this place purely because of the three hump-shaped green mountains behind it, and rivers flowing through it on the left and right sides. From the water flow, I can tell that this location is upstream.
According to Feng Shui, this position is called the Green Belt Holding the Buddha.
If you are building a yang house or a yin house, this is the inferior choice, but if you are building a temple, this is the best choice.
After asking around at the foot of the mountain, we found out that this place used to be a temple, probably built in the early years of the Republic of China.
However, according to nearby villagers, this temple is a bit strange.
Decades ago, all the monks in this temple disappeared overnight, the flowers and trees in front of the door withered, and the glazed tiles on the roofs all peeled off their paint.
The most exaggerated thing is that even the big willow trees that had been growing for more than ten years were uprooted.
To this day, in order to avoid this place, the villagers would rather climb two more hills than get close to it.
After listening, Taozi and I looked at each other, but neither of us spoke.
To be honest, between deserted graves and ruined temples, I would rather choose a cemetery.
But there is no good choice at the moment. Besides, we ourselves are also eating yin and yang. At this juncture, there is no reason to retreat.
After inquiring about the situation nearby, Taozi began to use her connections and spent a lot of effort to find the owner of this place.
According to the homeowner, the land use rights are passed down from ancestors.
When I heard that I was going to take over this place, I was so happy.
However, the fly in the ointment is that land cannot be bought or sold, and the land use rights can only be transferred.
This is equivalent to me just renting a house and facing the risk of moving at any time.
But there is no suitable position now, so the first thing to do is to put down roots.
Soon we agreed to meet and the rent was quickly negotiated. For such a big house, it only cost me 50,000 yuan in total.
In my mind, this piece of land would cost me most of the money, but I didn’t expect that I only spent a fraction of it in the end.
It wasn't until we signed the contract that I was sure it wasn't a dream.
After the formalities were completed, Taozi and I sat in the car and looked at the contract in our hands. I couldn't help but be a little curious.
"Are you sure you didn't use some connections to lower the price so low?"
Taozi waved her hands quickly: "This is an injustice. He lowered the price on his own initiative."
"Besides, he knows better than you what the condition of his house is. If you don't rent it today, you won't encounter other fools tomorrow."
I rolled my eyes at her speechlessly: "Yes, yes, I am the biggest fool."
