The next day, Lin Yan and Ming Ya went to the academy to attend classes as usual. After that, Lin Yan went to look for a suitable house.
But this is Chang'an after all. On the one hand, the household registration management system is relatively strict, which results in a small number of houses available for rent.
On the other hand, among the houses that can be rented, the prices are prohibitively high for Lin Yan. Some houses are even more expensive than living in an inn. It is really outrageous!
So Lin Yan searched for several days but couldn't find a suitable house to move to. He felt anxiously as he felt the dwindling money in his pocket!
On this day, Li Zongsheng heard about this matter accidentally, and said to Lin Yan: "Brother, don't worry, this matter is taken care of by me."
The latter was stunned for a moment, and then understood in an instant.
Yes, Li Zongsheng's father is the Shaoyin of Jingzhao Mansion, so finding a house is not a piece of cake!
I was so dizzy before that I actually forgot about this matter. Maybe it's not that I simply forgot, but that I'm used to being alone and solving all problems by myself.
But it's different now. With these good brothers and good friends around me, it's not bad to rely on them occasionally.
It has to be said that Mr. Shaoyin is very efficient in doing things. After only one day, the house was found, which made Lin Yan couldn't help but sigh: "It's really easy to do things in the court!"
Although, this is just a small thing!
After class that day, Lin Yan and Ming Ya followed Li Zongsheng to look at the house.
This house is located in the southwest corner of Chang'an City, not very far from the academy. It is said that if this kind of house is to be rented, it should be more popular for students from other places, but for some reason it has never been rented out.
Li Zongsheng said as he walked: "Brother, the owner of this house is an old acquaintance of my father, so he agreed to let us come over first. This old man has a bit of a weird temper. Please be patient with him later. If it doesn't work, we will change him. , anyway there is no shortage of houses in Chang’an city.”
Lin Yan nodded, but felt a little bitter in his heart: Although there are houses everywhere in Chang'an, he is short of money!
Just as they were thinking, a few people arrived in front of a small gray-white courtyard. Li Zongsheng stepped forward and knocked on the door. It took a while before someone opened the door.
An old man poked his head out and looked at a few people. Li Zongsheng introduced him: "Uncle Yang, let me..."
Before he finished speaking, the old man said in a hoarse voice: "I know, come in!"
After saying this, the old man turned and walked towards the yard, and Li Zongsheng, who was interrupted, was also a little embarrassed.
Lin Yan on the side saw this and thought: This old man is indeed a bit strange! Not only is he bad-tempered, but he is also very cold.
After the three of them opened the door and came in, Lin Yan discovered that it was a small courtyard house, not very big, but very clean.
Only when the old man turned around did he see the other person's whole face.
I saw this old man wearing a gray coarse cloth, with a stooped back, and coughing from time to time. He didn't seem to be in particularly good health.
The skin color on his face was very dark and rough. What was even more eye-catching was that a ferocious scar almost ran through half of his face. Combined with his indifferent attitude, he looked very fierce.
According to what Li Zongsheng said before, the old man's name was Yang Shangwu. He seemed to have been a soldier when he was young, and then ended up here somehow. The terrible scar on his face was probably caused when he was a soldier.
The old man lives here alone, and the east and west wings are empty. Many people came to rent it before, but they were all scared away by the weird old man, so it is now empty.
After seeing the two rooms, Lin Yan and Ming Ya were very satisfied. Moreover, they only charged 20 taels of silver for half a year. The two rooms cost a total of 40 taels. In the city of Chang'an, where every inch of land is precious, it is not considered expensive. !
After all, it’s not impossible for some rich men to spend a fortune when they visit the land of fireworks at night. Their little money may not be enough for others to sing songs.
Now that they had reached an agreement, the old man took out two pieces of crumpled yellow paper, which were regarded as lease contracts. After both parties signed their signatures, the old man kept the money given by Lin Yan and gave the latter a piece of paper. After signing the yellow paper of the contract, he walked into the room minding his own business.
As the door clicked, the three of them looked at each other.
This old man is really...a personality!
Although the old man has a bad temper and a tough temper, he can't find anything better for a while, not to mention that the money has been paid and it is impossible to withdraw. He can only live here first and then make plans.
Originally, Li Zongsheng wanted to help them move together, but the two of them basically had no luggage, so they declined the former's kindness.
After class the next day, Lin Yan and the two began to pack their luggage and prepare to move there. The innkeeper was a little reluctant to see them leaving!
Not only because there is no more "taken advantage" of the inn as a long-term residence, but more importantly, once Lin Yan leaves, the inn will lose a free living sign. After all, the students from the academy living here can increase his customer flow a lot. Quantitative.
After bidding farewell to the innkeeper, Lin Yan and Ming Ya moved into Old Man Yang's yard. The latter still had the same bad face as before and ignored them.
But Lin Yan didn't pay too much attention. Although the old man had a strange temper, he could feel that the old man had a good heart.
After packing it up, Lin Yan touched the money bag that had become much more deflated, feeling extremely melancholy.
He still paid for Mingya's rent, but because he broke her knife before and some embarrassing things happened afterwards, it was not appropriate to withdraw the money at this time.
The only thing he could do was to quickly get a pair of better knives to compensate her, and then he could get out of this situation.
Fortunately, the east and west wing rooms now separate them, so things like the previous bathing incident won't happen.
But Ming Ya still often stayed in Lin Yan's room. She couldn't explain why. Maybe she just wanted to find someone to talk to?
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A few days later, Xue Nichang returned to "Sage Academy" to continue her classes. Staying at home these days made her bored.
With her grandma watching, she couldn't do this or that. She could only lie on the bed or wander around in the garden. As time went by, he felt that he was almost becoming the eldest daughter of a wealthy family.
Although her identity is obvious, she does not seem to have this consciousness herself, and she does not like the view that "women are weak". She believes that as long as she is willing to work hard, women can also become "heroines"!
Obviously, this period of rest interrupted her hard work, so she had to make up for it in the next time.
Xue Nichang was originally one of the proud girls of heaven, so these were not problems at all for her, and she quickly made up for the lost progress.
Unexpectedly, everyone originally thought that there would be a competitive relationship between Xue Nichang and Ming Ya, but the two women quickly became familiar with each other, and even regarded themselves as sisters, as if they were the same person, which made everyone Very confusing.
In the end, I can only conclude that this may be the friendship between girls, as long as they play well!
During this period, Xue Nichang also took Mingya to choose clothes and learn how to dress, because she thought Mingya's current dress was a bit like a boy.
It's no wonder, after all, when she was admitted to the hospital before, almost everyone thought she was a barbarian boy, just a bit fair, uh, looking a bit girly!
After learning that Ming Ya and Lin Yan were "living together", the gossiping nature among girls was completely liberated. Xue Nichang chased Ming Ya to ask about the progress day by day, making the latter blush.
Although Ming Ya kept explaining just to make Lin Yan pay, Xue Nishang didn't believe it!
snort! You still want to hide it from me, no way!
In order to better "defeat" Lin Yan, Xue Nichang was acting as a military adviser and making suggestions, but as far as her clothes were concerned, it was really terrible!
After all, what else can you expect from her who dresses up all day long?
Ignoring the affairs between girls, Lin Yan, who finally had some private space due to his recent move to a new house, continued to tinker with his great career in machine arts, hoping to achieve a breakthrough.
In addition, when Lin Yan passed by a small shop selling various handicrafts on the street one day, an idea came to his mind uncontrollably.
Perhaps, you can consider using mechanism skills to make money!
This idea lingered in Lin Yan's mind as soon as it appeared. He was thinking about it all the way, and walked absentmindedly, wandering back to his residence.
Mingya also noticed that he was a little strange today, but seeing how focused he was, she didn't ask any more questions.
After going back to the house and thinking carefully for a night, Lin Yan finally formulated a rough plan.
First of all, using mechanism skills to make money is indeed feasible! After all, using the "Thousand-Change Mechanism" to make some gadgets is definitely overkill.
Secondly, we must be careful not to expose the foundation of Momen’s mechanism skills. But fortunately, he didn't plan to do anything complicated, so keeping a low profile shouldn't be a big problem.
Finally, there is how to sell these gadgets. If he were to buy it himself, it would be hard to say how many he could sell, let alone whether he had time.
Lin Yan thought about the friends around him, and it seemed that he didn't see anyone with a talent for business.
In this case, let's not worry about these for now. The most important thing is to make something and see if it works.
Just do it. On the way home that day, Lin Yan took Mingya around to the lumber store. After choosing for a long time, he came back carrying a thick and long piece of wood.
Originally, he planned to ask the clerk to send it over, but after asking, he learned that it would cost extra to send it back, so Lin Yan had no choice but to do it himself.
Fortunately, he is now a warrior in the Tongmai Realm, so carrying a piece of wood is no big deal.
After returning to his residence, Old Man Yang just gave Lin Yan a faint glance, and then went to do other things on his own.
Lin Yan took a short rest, then used a saw to divide the wood into several sections, then selected a good piece, piled the rest outside the house, and went in to tinker with it by himself.
Although she was a little confused, Ming Ya was very sensible this time and did not come in to disturb him. The latter stayed in the room for a full hour before opening the door.
As soon as he came out, he held up the thing in his hand and shouted happily to Mingya: "Look, look, I succeeded!"
