Chapter 35: The Soldier's House
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When I arrived at the Crane Garden, there was a thick field of withered yellow leaves outside the gate, and I don't know how many days no one had cleaned it. The door of the concierge was closed, no one was there, and Uncle Johnson made the little guy slam the door for a long time, but no one responded.
Zhiruo, who saw this scene through the carriage window, snorted coldly, and just wanted to tell Rudong to let people hit the door, when he heard the small door of the porter creak open, and an old woman poked her head out with sleepy eyes: "What is knocking? What is it called?
Uncle Qiang shook his head, he didn't want to talk nonsense with her, anyway, this family didn't have to live here anymore, and after a while, King Jing, Tie Muyuan, Xu Yuzhang, He Yi, and Li Shizhao would come over, and Heyuan would soon be subleased at a very low price to the families of the soldiers at the border gates who stayed in Beijing, as well as the disabled soldiers who had made military merits and had no land or a house in their hometown, and their families, becoming the "home of the soldiers".
Yesterday I talked to Xu Yuzhang and the three of them on the mountain, hoping that they could help screen the people who asked for rent, and choose a few retired soldiers who had difficulties in life and had been leaders to manage. Of course, the property rights of the Crane Garden still belong to Zhiruo.
Xu Yuzhang and the three of them were excited at that time, they themselves were all from poor families, and there were many soldiers with very difficult families under them, and they knew best the significance of this move to poor soldiers. In particular, for such high-ranking generals as them, their families must stay in Beijing, and Yin Zhao and his wife used to help them in the past, but now they know that if they make a big move, they really have their parents and their daughters! They also know that this time many soldiers have come forward to support Yin Zhao and his wife, and they know that if they express their gratitude in her way, but the hand is a little bigger.
He Yi stood up first, but he was not hypocritical at all: "Miss Yin, my salary is higher than that of many soldiers, but the burden at home is heavy, can you also rent a small yard." β
Zhiruo nodded without hesitation: "Of course you can, the terms are listed, everyone will think about it with their eyes, there is no need to avoid suspicion." "In He Yi's situation, she once overheard her father and mother say that she absolutely meets the conditions.
He Yi is a person from the suburbs of Beijing, less than twelve years old, his father took him to hunt, but encountered a fierce wild boar, he was seriously injured, his father fought with the wild boar with his bare hands to save him, and finally the wild boar fell, but his father also died. He Yi's mother is a blind person who is frail, and the eldest brother and sister-in-law who have just become married have become the pillars of the family, taking care of the blind mother, in addition to treating He Yi's illness and recuperation, and raising He Yi and other three younger brothers and sisters. When he was 16 years old, his eldest brother died of exhaustion, leaving behind two daughters, aged four and two, and twin sons, who were only eight months old.
Now, He Yi is twenty-six years old, and he has not yet married (a sister and a younger sister have been married), and he has to support his mother and sister-in-law who is tired of being sick for this family, and he has to raise four young nephews and nieces, how can the burden not be heavy?
He Yi also said calmly that the two little nephews are ten years old, smart and studious, and he hopes that they can go to the Kyoto school to receive a better education, not just learn a few words in the private school in the village. You can get a letter of recommendation, but you can afford to pay for repairs and renting a house in the city. Now, if he can rent a small yard in the "soldier's home" at the price that Zhiruo said, plus the sister-in-law and niece do some female red subsidies, it will definitely be much easier, and he can rest assured about the safety of the family after returning to the border.
Xu Yuzhang was also happy for him: "Isn't it? The place where you live now is unsafe and inconvenient, didn't your eldest niece almost have an accident on the road last time when she went into the city to sell embroidery? β
He Yi smiled bitterly: "It's also necessary to meet Miss Yin's kindness, otherwise the subsidy from my Yulu and the imperial court is not enough to pay the rent of two rooms on Xiuming Street." That street was full of rich and noble people. β
Thinking of what He Yi said at the time, Uncle Qiang couldn't help but look left and right, fortunately, Heyuan was on the street of Xiuming Street, and no matter which door he entered or exited from, it would not affect the other mansions behind. At that time, as long as the tenants living in the "soldiers' homes" are selected strictly and managed well, others will not be able to stand up and oppose them.
After all, although the families living on Xiuming Street are wealthy, most of them are military generals, or families who made their fortune from martial arts.
Grandma Qi Ba had already recognized Uncle Qiang at this time, and when she saw him looking left and right with a look of scrutiny, she chuckled in her heart and muttered: "You are a strong manager, why are you? What are you looking at with this probe? It can't be that the eldest aunt and grandmother are going to sell the house so soon, right? No, no, they didn't discuss it with us in advance, how are they going to arrange for us? Where will our family live? We don't go to Zhuangzi. β
Qiang Bo sneered coldly: "What do we need to do with our eldest girl's house, do you still need your consent? Open the door first, let us ......"
Before he finished speaking, Grandma Qi Ba sat on the ground and played: "Oh, is there any heavenly reason? Our aunt and grandmother of the Qi family have just gone, and her daughter is about to drive our Qi family out of the Qi family's house! Heaven is intolerable! The ancestors of the Qi family are about to jump up and cry." β
"Oh? your aunt and grandmother of the Qi family?" Ruchun jumped out of the carriage with a cold face, "Didn't you say that you have nothing to do with the Yin family and the county lord of Qianxin? Why is it that the county lord of Qianxin has become your aunt and grandmother again? There are more people with the surname Qi in the world, and our county lord kindly took in your little side branch that I don't know how many generations have passed, but I don't know if you have raised a nest of white-eyed wolves, and you are embarrassed to cry here at this time? Your ancestors and ancestors and our county lord's ancestors and ancestors are still far apart from each other, do you know each other?"
Grandma Qi Ba's crying stopped abruptly, and her eyes were full of surprise, obviously wondering how Ruchun knew what she said the day before yesterday. Also, if Ruchun is here, does it mean that the aunt and grandmother are also back, and they have seized her handle, if they really want to sell the house, drive her family away, and no longer settle them, doesn't her family want to live back to the embarrassing life before? The Yin family is down now, I heard that the aunt and grandmother of the Yin family are also easy to bully, but no matter what the Qiu family says, they are all Hou Ye, can they let her not leave?
Uncle Qiang glared at Grandma Qi Ba with disdain: "Okay, open the gate quickly and let the eldest girl's carriage in, don't wait a while, King Jing and several generals will also come over to discuss with the eldest girl, what will it look like to block this door?"
Grandma Qi Ba is almost fainting, which prince wants to buy this house? Will she be beheaded if she doesn't move out?
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