A wealthy person with a reading panel

Chapter 67 The original work is an adult story (please read it!)

Zhou Qing was a little surprised and thought that the homeowner must be in a hurry to sell the house for cash, otherwise he would not have directly reduced the price by one million.

Ten million is more than 26,000 per square meter. If you add three parking spaces, Zhou Qing thinks this price is acceptable.

However, buying and selling requires a give and take relationship, so it would be better if you can buy it for less money.

He got on the elevator, pressed the 19th floor button, and typed, "I'll add another 300,000, making a total of 9.8 million. Talk to the other party. Everyone knows the current economic and real estate market conditions. Few people in Tanzhou can afford to pay full price for a house like this. If they agree, we can complete the transfer procedures tomorrow."

For someone who urgently needs 10 million, Zhou Qing feels that the other party might agree if he can get 9.8 million immediately.

In any case, let the agent negotiate.

He returned to his new residence, sorted out his things, made his bed, and then sat on the small sofa beside the bed to read "Journey to the West".

Turning to the fifth chapter he read last time, "The Great Sage Steals the Elixir at the Peach Festival and Rebelles against the Gods in Heaven to Capture Monsters," Zhou Qing glanced at the new environment.

Although this is also a single room, the feeling is completely different.

The walls are covered with wallpaper and the floor is neatly tiled. There is not only a sofa next to the bed, but also a wooden wardrobe opposite it. Looking further ahead, the kitchen with a suspended ceiling and patterned non-slip tiles is also spacious. It can at least accommodate two people cooking at the same time, unlike the cramped place before.

Reading in such an environment is obviously more comfortable.

"When people have money, they want a living environment that is not just sheltered from the elements, but also convenient, comfortable, and even beautiful."

The large flat that he had taken a fancy to in the evening appeared in Zhou Qing’s mind again. He smiled, lowered his head, and began to read carefully.

[The Great Sage Equaling Heaven is, after all, a demonic monkey, and he doesn't even know what official title or rank is, nor does he care about salary. He just wants to be remembered in name only.]

……

The great sage watched and played for a long time and asked Tutu: "How many trees are there?"

The land god said, "There are 3,600 trees. The first 1,200 have tiny flowers and small fruits, which ripen every 3,000 years. If a person eats them, they will become immortals, with a strong and light body. The middle 1,200 have layers of flowers and sweet fruits, which ripen every 6,000 years. If a person eats them, they will ascend to heaven and achieve immortality. The last 1,200 have purple veins and yellow seeds, which ripen every 9,000 years. If a person eats them, they will live as long as heaven and earth, and be as old as the sun and the moon."

When Zhou Qing saw the appearance of the Immortal Peaches, which he had been looking forward to the most, he read it three times as usual.

I thought with a lingering satisfaction, I don’t expect one that ripens once every nine thousand years. As long as I can draw one that ripens once every three thousand years, I can become an immortal after eating it, which would be great!
Of course, he knew it was too difficult.

That is to say, just fantasize for a while and then continue reading.

Then I read that Sun Wukong ate all the good peaches that ripened once every nine thousand years, and then he went to the Peach Banquet and the Tushita Palace of Taishang Laojun to eat a lot. I don’t know how many immortal delicacies and nine-transformation golden elixirs went into his monkey stomach.

Zhou Qing wished he could take his place, but at the same time he secretly cheered for Monkey King - because only with such a plot would all the fairy treasures in the Heavenly Palace be revealed one by one in the main text through the actions of the Great Sage, and become something that he might draw in the future.

Later, Sun Wukong knew that he could no longer stay in heaven, so he ran back to Huaguo Mountain. When he saw the four strong men, he realized that he had only stayed in heaven for half a year, but more than a hundred years had passed on earth.

"According to current concepts, the sky and the ground are not the same dimensional space."

……

Zhou Qing was so immersed in the novel that he didn't go to bed until two in the morning.

The next morning, while he was still asleep, he was woken up by two consecutive WeChat messages.

He originally thought that there was some news from the agency, so he took out his phone, unlocked it and saw that it was someone he didn't expect, Sun Ke's ex-girlfriend Wang Yao.

"Hello, Zhou Qing. I'm Wang Yao. Could you tell Sun Ke to add me back as a friend on WeChat? I have something to tell him."

Ok?
He instantly smelled the "melon" and turned over and sat up.

But after thinking about it, he didn't reply to her. Instead, he took a screenshot and forwarded it to Sun Ke: "Brother, should I ignore her or reply? If I want to reply, how should I reply? You tell me, and I'll do it."

In less than ten seconds, Sun Ke called directly: "Alas, she blocked me first, and now she's looking for me again... Do you think she's encountered some difficulties in Shanghai?"

Zhou Qing didn't want to mention Wang Yao, and just said, "Let's not talk about anything else. Brother, I just want to remind you that you are getting married soon." Sun Ke seemed to wake up after hearing this: "Yes, I am going to get married. What happened in the past is in the past. Don't pay attention to her."

"it is good."

Zhou Qing turned on the hands-free mode and switched directly to WeChat, saying, "Okay, I've blocked her and deleted her."

The two chatted for a few minutes and ended the call.

Zhou Qing didn't take this little episode to heart. He got up, brushed his teeth and washed his face, ordered breakfast outside, went to the desk and continued reading.

At noon, Sun Ke suddenly sent a message: "Wang Yao just changed her phone number and called me, asking to borrow 5,000 yuan from me. I refused."

Zhou Qing was a little surprised: "Are you rejecting me so straightforwardly this time?"

Sun Ke: "Just like you reminded me, I'm getting married soon."

After a while, he added, "And I've discovered that my girlfriend... I mean, my current girlfriend, although she's a little fat, has a pretty good figure. As long as she loses weight and dresses up, she might even be a beauty! I plan to help her lose weight right after we get married! (Hehe)"

Zhou Qing raised his eyebrows and sent an emoticon: "(thumbs-up)"

Sun Ke: "(Proud), by the way, you are also a handsome man, not much inferior to me. My fiancée has a cousin whose family is also very well-off. How about I introduce you to someone? We can be classmates and then brothers-in-law? (Raised eyebrows) (Slanted dog head)"

Zhou Qing: ...

He shook his head and smiled, then replied, "I can't use it. I can't compare to your handsome appearance, Mr. Sun. People will definitely look down on me. I'd better work hard on my own... Let's not talk about it for now. I'm busy."

After putting down your phone, continue reading.

For the next two days, he stayed at home and did not go out, devoting himself to reading "Journey to the West".

Takeout delivery is so convenient in the city now. As long as he has money, he won’t starve to death even if he stays at home for a year.

By the morning of the third day, Zhou Qing had read up to the 87th chapter, nearing the end.

After reading it all, he felt a huge sense of contrast in his heart: the story told in the original novel, and the portrayal of Sun Wukong and Tang Monk, were very different from those in the 1987 TV series.

But he is still reading it through for the first time, and he just has this strong feeling.

When asked to explain the specific difference, he couldn't immediately come up with a clear answer.

All I can say is that the TV series is a beautiful children's myth, while the original novel is a story for adults.

The Monkey King smiled and said, "Yesterday I saw the Jade Emperor and asked for his permission. The Jade Emperor asked the Heavenly Master to lead me to the Hall of Incense to see the three things: the mountain of rice, the mountain of flour, and the golden lock. Only when these three things are reversed will it rain. I was worried that it would be difficult to reverse them. The Heavenly Master told me to persuade the county marquises and others to do good deeds, believing that if people have good intentions, Heaven will surely support them..."

In Fengxian County, officials, both high and low, soldiers and civilians, inside and outside the city, hadn't heard thunder or lightning for three years. But when they heard the sudden flash of thunder, they all knelt, their heads resting on incense burners, some clutching willow branches, chanting, "Namo Amitabha! Namo Amitabha!" This virtuous thought truly moved the heavens, just as the ancient poem says, "When a thought arises in the heart, heaven and earth know it all. If good and evil go unrewarded, the universe must be partial."

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"The Celestial Masters refer to the four Taoist Celestial Masters mentioned above: Zhang Daoling, Ge Xuan, Sa Shoujian, and Xu Jingyang. After receiving guidance from the Taoist ancestor... the people then chanted the Buddhist 'Namo Amitabha'. And crucially, it actually worked. The so-called 'Heavenly Heart' responded..."

Zhou Qing came across another passage that made him confused, but he didn't think too deeply about it for the time being. He just took a pen and marked it down.

At this time, Huang Lei, the agent who had been in contact with me for the past few days, sent a message: "Mr. Zhou, are you available to answer the phone?"

He hadn't replied yet, but another text message came.

After seeing the content, Zhou Qing couldn't help but smile.

　Happy New Year, fellow Taoists! Happy New Year to everyone!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)