The new house has been put in order for some time. Wang Lanping was a consultant in every aspect of the house. She basically took care of who should live in which courtyard, and what preparations and layouts were needed. The younger sister Zhang Huiyuan followed and was responsible for finding someone to implement Wang Lanping's ideas.
The same applies to the houses of Liu Rui and Wang Nian, who also live in Zhang Mansion.
For Wang Nian, a naughty monkey, Wang Lanping had long been accustomed to Wang Nian's noisy behavior, and also liked this naughty little kid. On the other hand, she felt even more sorry for Liu Rui, who had just arrived home not long ago.
Zhang Yan said that Wang Lanping had an attack of maternal instinct. Because of Liu Rui's cute appearance and miserable life experience, Wang Lanping accepted her instantly.
In Wang Lanping's words, "Since Little Mantou has no father or mother, the Zhang family is her home, and you who are her teacher are half of her father." This statement was so categorical that Zhang Yan could not argue.
Even though Wang Lanping was very good at her words in the new house, Zhang Yan's yard was the only one she didn't want to open. Because Zhang Yan will arrange everything himself.
Zhang Yan's preference is very simple, that is, white walls and moderate interior decoration. A slightly simpler one is best. In addition, his yard is the largest in the entire mansion. There are not only residences inside, but also the "alchemy room" and "refining room" that Zhang Yan personally designed and had people build, as well as a new, larger and more solemn quiet room prepared for the statues of the Three Pure Ones.
Of course, these are just appearances. The key point is that when Zhang Yan was decorating his new house, he carved the spirit gathering array inside and outside the house, so that all the houses in the house can enjoy the benefits of abundant spiritual energy. It helped him and several students practice, and it also had health benefits for his family and relatives.
Especially for Wang Qin who has just returned to Langyuan City, a place with abundant spiritual energy is naturally more suitable.
Speaking of Wang Qin, Wang Lanping was originally going to pick her up in person. But in the end, Wang Qin wrote that she had found a horse and carriage agency and that two brothers from her mother's family would pick her up, so she didn't dare to bother Wang Lanping to set off. When Wang Lanping received the letter, Wang Qin was already halfway there, so she had no choice but to give up.
Zhang Yan also wanted to go over and pick up Wang Qin. It would be faster if he used the Skylark Shuttle to pick him up. But the matter of Feitian was a big test for Wang Qin's acceptance. Zhang Yan did not dare to scare the pregnant woman, so he just secretly looked after her along the way so that Wang Qin could come back safely.
It has been four and a half months since Wang Qin was pregnant, and the doctor would come to see her every half month, claiming that the fetus was stable in the belly and that it was definitely a son.
The Zhang family doesn't mind at all whether they have a son or a daughter. It's not like a wealthy family, so they don't have that much attention to detail, and Wang Qin has such a good figure that it's impossible for her to have just one baby. Two or three are not too many, so there will be no shortage of sons or daughters.
However, the doctor judged that the baby was a boy and gave the family directions to prepare the baby's clothes. The colorful little skirts that Zhang Huiyuan planned to prepare for the girl were obviously out of date.
Zhang Shun was supposed to come back with him. But the business in the store has been extremely booming recently, and as the shopkeeper and owner, he simply can't leave.
According to what Zhang Shun said in the letter, there was already a wheelchair shop in Nanyuan country that made the same kind of furniture as Zhang's wood shop, and it also took away a lot of business. However, for some reason, starting from a few months ago, people from all over the country started to sell wheelchairs. Purchasers are saying that similar wheelchair businesses elsewhere have been miserably dealt with by local yamen, either closing down or losing both people and money. This caused many people to look at Zhang Shun with submissive eyes. Naturally, they regarded the cleaning activities in various places against the wheelchair industry as the Zhang family's efforts behind Zhang Shun's back.
It is not possible to have the local yamen of various counties cooperate so well, ignore all the major aristocratic families and government-run shops, and act as if they are "eating alone" leisurely and contentedly. This is not something that can be achieved with ordinary connections and strength.
If you are strong, others will respect you more. This is the same in business.
But Zhang Shun knew that he was not strong at all, and he did not have the ability to let local yamen in various places sell him such a big face, just so that he could live alone. This is all due to the second brother Zhang Yan.
Zhang Shun didn't feel stupid enough. Now that all places have been swept away, the wheelchair business in Nanyuan Kingdom all depends on his methods. He immediately put it on his agenda to increase production and start increasing the number of stores.
Especially those so-called "disciples of the big shots" who always wanted to join in the fun and were like members of the party, but now none of them can be found.
The business is at a critical moment, but Zhang Shun won't be able to come back even if his wife gives birth to a child. It's still early now. After seven or eight months of pregnancy, he will put down all the things in the store and come back to Yuancheng to accompany Wang Qin.
In fact, the months when Wang Qin was expecting to give birth were also the deadline for Zhang Yan to be busy preparing gifts for Zhang Shun. He had been thinking about letting Zhang Shun welcome the birth of the next generation of the Zhang family with a new look.
The one who can help Zhang Yan is his slave He Xianghong.
He Xianghong's realm had already reached the mid-stage Kaiyuan realm half a month ago. Although for Zhang Yan, there is no need to take a second look at the cultivation level in the middle stage of Kaiyuan Realm, for He Xianghong himself, it was a great surprise and encouragement.
The metal arm Zhang Yan prepared for He Xianghong has now been modified seven times in detail after it was finalized. He Xianghong felt the most profoundly. Not only can he now use this metal arm to complete almost all the movements of a normal person's two arms or one arm, he can also use the metal arm to perform simple combat skills.
What surprised He Xianghong the most was that this metal arm could not only follow his commands, but could even convey a long-lost sense of touch to him. Although it is not sharp enough yet, there are already signs of "touch".
Is this still a metal object? I also understand why Zhang Yan keeps calling this thing a "mechanical limb". Well, limbs, how can the word "limbs" be used for something that has no consciousness?
The gradual completion of He Xianghong's metal arm allowed Zhang Yan to improve rapidly in weapon refining and formations. Even strictly speaking, especially in the layout of the formation, this metal arm gave him a great help. The Twelve Tiangang Formation that he had set up before was also a method that he only dared to use after he had mastered the formation.
It can be said that it seems that a piece of equipment has been developed, but in fact it has brought great progress to Zhang Yan.
The last detail of the device, and the one detail that Zhang Yan cares about the most, is "sensory feedback." This is an aspect that only needs to be considered for high-grade equipment. But Zhang Yan is determined to get this ability out. Otherwise, how could he be worthy of the word "new life" he mentioned in his reply to Zhang Shun?
Not only will the Zhang family be brought in new life, but Zhang Shun will also get rid of the incomplete life trapped in him for many years and be reborn.
Of course, for He Xianghong, a slave, being able to become a test subject for Zhang Yan to refine the limbs was also a kind of good luck for him to gain a new life.
