"Ah, what can I do?" Li Shi glanced back at Rong Yuanhang apologetically. Thinking that this time I was going to be a dishonest person, I asked again: "Why don't you sell it again, didn't my colorful red girl say yes a while ago, she asked me to pay attention to help find a buyer." ”

Lu Qi said: "It used to be before, and my father-in-law was seriously ill and urgently needed silver to cure his illness and save his life. Now that everyone has gone, let the old house be empty if it is empty, and he can't afford to sell it anyway. At such a low price, I am still reluctant to sell it, and I can sell that amount just by demolishing the old wood. ”

At this time, Rong Yuanhang probably understood some reasons, and he said loudly: "Hello Uncle Lu. My surname is Rong, and I am the one who wants to buy your house. Are you because of the price? In fact, as long as the house satisfies me, the price is negotiable. ”

Lu Qi put down the pig slaughtering knife and arched his hand to him, saying, "It turned out to be Rong Xianggong." To tell you the truth, the old man's house is a five-entry mansion, but it is in disrepair and a little dilapidated. I was waiting for the silver to save my father-in-law's life, but as soon as we discussed, we sold it at a low price of two hundred taels of silver. But I don't want to wait for the house to be sold, and my father-in-law will die. Now, well, ......."

"Can you show me the house?" Rong Yuanhang desperately wanted to buy a place as a foothold, so it doesn't matter if it is broken or not? Even if it is broken, it can still be renovated, not to mention that the style of the house here is not suitable for their own living, even if they sell a new one, they must be rebuilt to live, at least they have to build a bathroom system.

Lu Laoqi hesitated and said, "You were introduced by the fourth sister, I have to explain some things to you, so as to save the fourth sister from embarrassment in the future." …… My old house was very old, it was the mansion of a big foreign merchant in the previous dynasty, but the merchant and his family of 40 were all killed by thieves, and later my ancestors bought them at a low price. It's just that the feng shui of this house is not good, and people live in it, and there are always accidents. People say that it is a murderous house, and there are many people who know about it, so ...... Rong Xianggong, do you still want to watch it? ”

"Look, I don't believe this!" Rong Yuanhang waved his hand without hesitation.

……

Lu Laoqi's ancestral house is in the north of Xianyang City, and it is still more than ten miles away from Baofeng Street, where the Guanglong Dart Bureau is stationed. Rong Yuanhang didn't know that the distance was so far! What made him speechless was whenever he asked Lu Qi: "Have you arrived?" He always replied, "It's here, it's coming!" "But this walk has only gone more than ten miles! There is no transportation, it is on foot!

Cailong followed behind with a big Li Xingbag containing two hundred catties of silver, but he was talented and didn't feel tired. Rong Yuanhang didn't dare to complain, Aunt Li and a woman also followed, looking at her sweating, Rong Yuanhang was very unhappy.

The place name of this place is Pipa Village, and it still belongs to Xianyang City, but compared to the lively urban area, it is still very avoidable. Follow a small road at the entrance of the village, walk about 300 meters, and arrive at Lu Qi's ancestral house.

"This is it." Lu Qi said to Rong Yuanhang, who was sweating profusely.

"Oh, it's finally here." Rong Yuanhang finally breathed a sigh of relief, walked for more than an hour, and his feet were soft. If you want to live here, you must hire a sedan chair or buy a horse to get around.

From the outside, this old house covers a wide area, according to Lu Laoqi, there are six and a half acres of land, and the unit of measurement here is not the same as the modern one, about 4,000 square meters. The house sits north to south, with a small hill on the back and a creek on the east side.

The gold-pillar gate-like portal and the mountain-like roof look luxurious and atmospheric. It's just that the gate is mottled and the vermilion paint is peeling, even the copper pull rings of the two wooden doors have been taken away by the thieves, and the roof is also overgrown with weeds, which looks very desolate.

The doorway is somewhat high, with four tiers of granite stone steps. Rong Yuanhang looked at the door locked with thick iron chains and said, "Can you open it and see inside?" ”

Lu Qi nodded, muffled, took out an ugly key from the waistband of his trousers, and made it for a long time, and with a "squeak", the door was pushed open.

Inside, an eerie and desolate aura came over you. This mansion is very deep, and it is the courtyard of the five entrances. It's just devastated and ruined. The grass in the yard grew taller than a man, and there were several ridges that were about to collapse. There is also an old well in the southwest corner of the second courtyard, which looks secluded and makes people feel scared for no reason.

Rong Yuanhang took Cailong to walk all over the five courtyards of the entire mansion, Lu Qi and Li Shi were too tired to walk, and they didn't follow, and they were sitting under a big locust tree in the second courtyard at this time. After a while, the master and servant came out of the backyard.

"How's it going, Rong Xianggong?" Lu Qi's eyes were full of expectations, it was not that he didn't want to sell it, in fact, many people had already seen this house, but they were not satisfied, which inevitably caused him to be disheartened, and he was reluctant to let it out at a low price, so it would cause a negative attitude.

"Yes!" Rong Yuanhang nodded.

When Lu Qi heard this, his eyes flashed, his waist was no longer sore, and his legs were no longer painful. But he was still a little uncertain and said, "Two hundred taels of silver?" ”

Rong Yuanhang said funny: "Yes, I know, let's trade now?" ”

"Did you bring the silver ticket?"

"I have silver."

"Then you wait, I'll find a guarantor! Let's make a white deed, and then this mansion will be yours! Lu Qi said as he ran out of the door quickly, as if he was afraid that Rong Yuanhang would change his mind.

In the courtyard, only their master and servant and the three members of the Li clan were occupied. Li Shi looked at the back of Lu Qi leaving, got up and looked again, and when he was sure that he was out of the house, he said to Rong Yuanhang: "Big nephew, you are too reckless, just such a broken house, in fact, you can negotiate with him for peace, maybe he will sell it for one hundred and fifty taels of silver!" ”

Rong Yuanhang smiled, "It's okay." Auntie, thank you for accompanying me for such a long journey, it's really hard for you! ”

"Look, what's this? It's okay! It's not hard. Hehe......" Li Shi laughed.

Seeing that Li Shi's sweat beads flowed from his hair and temples along his face to his neck, and the soapy blue homespun skirt on his body was also wet, it was really not easy for her to think about this hot day, so she turned her head and ordered: "Cailong, you go outside to buy a few bottles of mineral water!" …… Uh, forget it. ”

He was stunned, this is not a modern metropolis, there is such a thing as 'mineral water' to sell, and he couldn't help but shake his head and smile. But he felt unusually thirsty, and thought about it, and he had an idea. After saying goodbye, he hid in the backyard and crossed back to his home on the main plane. I took a bottle of mineral water from the refrigerator and swallowed a large bottle of "smack", which was a long sigh of relief.

After taking a few more bottles of drinks, he crossed back into the deserted mansion and put them underground before going out. Because he was afraid of arousing Li's suspicion, he called Cailong to come and get it. He carried a bag of Li Xing on his back, and the drink could be interpreted as being taken out of the bag rather than out of nothing.

"Auntie, you drink a bottle of water." Rong Yuanhang handed over a bottle of orange juice.

"Ah, this is ......" Li Shi took it, and saw that the bottle was exquisite and strange, but he was not very surprised, because he had eaten the snacks brought by Rong Yuanhang from modern times.

"It's orange juice, I'll open it for you." Rong Yuanhang helped her unscrew the cap of the bottle again before handing it to her.

"Thank you, nephew." Li Shi laughed very kindly, she took a big sip and couldn't help but praise: "It's delicious!" My little Shouyi must love to drink this kind of thing. But he tightened the lid and was reluctant to drink it again. Rong Yuanhang guessed that she must have wanted to leave it for her youngest son Zhou Shouyi to drink, and couldn't help but feel a little helpless. This kind of thing is more or less, but it is impossible for him to run more than ten miles in order to deliver a bottle of drink to the children of the Zhou family.

Thirty or forty minutes later, it was now two or three o'clock in the afternoon, Rong Yuanhang was so hungry that his stomach was growling, and Lu Qi brought someone over. There were four men at once, two old and two young. The two young men were holding things in their hands, dressed as servants, probably subordinates.

Lu Qi introduced it to everyone: The one wearing the green shirt is the guarantor of Zhuang Zhaiyaxing. is also called Lao Qi, surnamed Jin, just called Jin Lao Qi, those small eyes are rolling around, and he looks shrewd. Another 60-year-old man, Qu Fuquan, is the head of Pipa Village, and he is also the head of the village here.

They immediately brought pen and ink and copied three white deeds of gauze paper, each to protect one copy, one copy for the buyer and seller, and the other copy for Jin Laoqi, the guarantor of the Zhuang Zhaiya Bank, which is a necessary procedure, otherwise it is regarded as illegal, and the guarantor's share is not his own collection, but stamped and handed over to the county government housing agency for filing.

However, when copying the buyer, it is necessary to fill in the household registration, and the problem arises again, Rong Yuanhang does not have a local household registration. You must know that there is no local household registration and no other legal procedures, and once you are reported, you will be treated as a displaced person and expelled from the city. There are many advantages of having a household registration, such as buying slaves, buying fields, opening workshops, and so on.

"Rong Xianggong doesn't have a Xianyang household registration, so it's troublesome, unless you use someone else's name, or naturalize my Pipa Village, otherwise the old man will not dare to be this guarantor!" Qu Fuquan, the head of the workshop, said with his beard twisted.

Rong Yuanhang frowned and thought about it, and said, "Then I will be naturalized in Pipa Village." ”

Who knew that Qu Fuquan shook his head and said, "It's difficult, it's difficult." It's hard. ”

"What's so hard?" Rong Yuanhang asked.

At this time, Jin Laoqi saw that a commission was about to arrive, where could he be willing? He pulled Rong Yuanhang and said, "Can Rong Xianggong take a step to speak?" ”

Rong Yuanhang didn't know what kind of medicine he was selling in the reed, so he followed him and came to a place where there was no one in the backyard Jin Lao Qicai said: "Rong Xianggong, naturalization is not an easy task, don't you know?" There are regulations in the imperial court, where your household registration is, you are from there, how can you change it? Unless ......"

"Unless what?"

"Unless you are a merchant, doing business in Xianyang City, and have a workshop or shop, you don't want to change your household registration. However, there are exceptions to everything, if you can come up with this number, my Jin Laoqi is very familiar with the head of the government, so I will help you tidy up and get a household, how about it? ”

Jin Laoqi compared three fingers, but did not explain how much. Rong Yuanhang asked: "What is your number, hurry up?" ”

"Thirty taels!" Jin Laoqi gritted his teeth and glared at him, as if he was going to eat him if he didn't agree.

Rong Yuanhang glanced at him with disdain and said, "Isn't it just thirty taels, as for being so grand?" That's right. ”

Jin Laoqi was overjoyed, but said: "My old seven only need thirty taels, but the old men of the county yahufang want more than this amount, I am only responsible for helping you consider, ask someone to come out to negotiate, and only be a middleman." ”

"Isn't it thirty taels?" Rong Yuanhang asked with wide eyes.

"Thirty taels done?" Jin Laoqi sneered, "Hey, that can be so easy, this is a major matter of naturalization, a matter related to your children and grandchildren, and a matter for thousands of generations, if you say change, change it?" Unless you are willing to be a happy household! Hum! ”

"Then you can tell me a total?" Rong Yuanhang hated his face a little, and he always used his little finger to pick the dirt between his teeth from time to time, which made people look disgusting.

"Whether it succeeds or not, but I, Jin Laoqi, spit at one nail and one nail, and don't charge money if it doesn't work! If you are interested, then I will help you make an appointment with the master in the yamen to come out and talk. ”

Rong Yuan Hangdao: "There is always a bottom, how much does it usually cost?" ”

"It's not good to say, plus the filial piety money of the officials and the officials, you may get one or two hundred silver!"

"Okay. Then you're in order. Rong Yuanhang thought that it would be much more convenient to have an official identity and to do things in this other world without the harassment of the government. So he agreed, called Cailong, handed Jin Lao seventy taels of silver, and said: "Jin Laoqi, you can use dim sum for this matter, and after the matter is completed, you don't need twenty taels, I will give you another hundred taels." ”

Jin Laoqi's eyes suddenly lit up, one hundred taels of silver, which is a big windfall for himself! hurriedly agreed: "Okay, the little one will definitely be done properly for you." At this point, he claimed to have changed his words.

"And what about the housekeeper ......?"

Jin Laoqi said: "I'll do it for you now, and the house will be yours if you keep it." When the household registration is done, everything will be fine, and the small ones will not have to take this risk. ”