The owner of the house took Li Xin's sister and brother to take a look at the first entry, and then went to the back. The small door leading to the second courtyard is between the main house and the kitchen, which looks a little hidden, and the small door opens up again.

The area of the second courtyard was larger than that of the first courtyard, and after walking in, Li Xin's eyes were immediately attracted by the large lotus flowers. The large lotus leaves are like jasper, just looking at it like this, it seems that the blue color is overwhelming, and the hot weather seems to have a little coolness. Among the large lotus leaves, the lotus flowers are vying to poke their heads out, there are arrow-like flower bones, there are also those that are in full bloom, you can see the lotus canopy and the golden stamens in the center, there are also buds to be released, the outermost petals are full of opening, trembling and towering, as if another gust of wind will bloom instantly.

The lotus leaf field is like blue, and the lotus flower is like a brocade, and it is so beautiful that it is bewildering. Although they are all just ordinary single-petaled lotus flowers, such a large piece is enough to shock people's hearts. In the meantime, the lotus flowers are three colors, some are snow-white like jade, some are pink and delicate, and some are crimson, which are scorching under the bright sun.

The lotus water is very high, almost a little higher than all the lotus leaves, at a glance, it seems to be countless lotus lamps raised high in the lotus leaves, beautiful and amazing.

There is a clear spring water does not know where it comes from, it is connected with the bamboo joints to attract it into the pond, the bamboo joints fall gently with the water from time to time, and the water enters the pond with its sound is cong, such as the breeze lightly tapping the yaoqin, and the courtyard is full of Qingning. On the opposite side of the lotus pond is a small two-story building with three rooms downstairs and three rooms downstairs. Pushing open the window to face the lotus pond, I must be in a good mood to live here. On the edge of the pond, the stones are stacked to create a landscape, and a few orchids are planted among the mountain stones, the orchid leaves are green and onto the green onions, and the posture is elegant, just like the hermit in the mountain.

There is a row of walls around the perimeter, and arched shelves are set up on the side of the wall, and a circle of vines is planted on the side of the shelf, and the vines are coiled up along the shelf, and the whole shelf is climbed. The branches and leaves are luxuriant, although it is not the flowering period, but also feel that the scenery is not extinguished, if it is in the flowering period, the shelves full of vines are blooming, and the large bunches of vines are hanging down, it must be like a waterfall!

A long bench is also built under the flower stand with a wide bluestone slab, and you can sit under the flower stand to rest. After entering the door, the flower stands stretched out on both sides like a hand-copied verandah, bypassing the lotus pond and closing on both sides, ending on both sides of the small building. The group walked under the flower stand, and at the end of the walk, it was a small building.

Li Xin went in and took a good look, the house was very clean, and the owner should also take care of it, so there was nothing damaged, even the walls were clean. After looking around, Li Xin was very satisfied, and glanced at Wenbo and Wen Hao, but he also looked like.

Li Xin also asked the shopkeeper Sun to help negotiate with the owner of the house. In the end, Li Xin took the house for one hundred and twenty taels of silver. The price is also appropriate, the area of the house is not small, and the scenery is also very good. However, in a small town like Sanshi Town, it is not cheap. After all, ordinary people can't come out with so much silver.

After it is decided, it is a matter of the contract, and when you go to the yamen to handle it, you have to pay the deed tax, deed paper money, Zhu Mo head money, and so on. These costs were all borne by the buyer, and Li Xin spent another amount of money. The deed tax in this era was 2 percent, which was common throughout the country, that is, the deed tax that Li Xin wanted to hand over to the yamen was 2 taels or 4 pieces of silver, and then some miscellaneous taxes totaled 2 taels of silver.

When leaving the yamen, Li Xin let out a long sigh. It's really not easy to buy a house in this era, and if it's possible, I'd rather build it yourself. Not to mention the cost of buying a house, you have to peel off the skin just once you enter the yamen. Originally, it takes a lot of money to buy a house, and it also requires so many deed taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and the buyer is indeed a heavy burden. I heard that even renting a house requires a deed tax, and living in this era is not an easy thing!

But she was still very happy to buy the house, and she liked the house too. After buying a house, I have to worry about Wenbo Wenhao going to school again. Li Xin asked Shopkeeper Sun to find out that there was only one academy in the town, and the scale was also small, and there were not many students. There are two gentlemen in the academy, one is the elder Mr. Xu, who is already in his fifties, and he has heard that he has been in Xiucai for some years, and he has not been promoted many times in the exam, so he opened this academy in Sanshi Town.

There is also a young Mr. Zhou, who is said to be only 17 years old, and is a talent in the middle of last year, because the lifting is once every three years, so the year before last happened to be the time to take the exam, so Mr. Zhou was not able to participate, so he stayed in the academy as a gentleman first, and he could not participate in the township examination until next year.

I came to town today for the sake of the house, and I was not in a hurry to go to the apprenticeship. After coming out of the yamen, it was not early, so the shopkeeper Sun asked Li Xin's sister and brother to go to Pinxiang Pavilion for dinner. After eating, Li Xin took Wenbo Wenhao to the street, bought some things, and took them back to Osmanthus Village first.

Although the house in the town has been bought, the previous owner will not be able to move in a few days, so Wenbo and Wenhao cannot live in it for the time being. Li Xin thought that it was better to wait for the family to move away, let Wenbo and Wen Hao live in the town, and then go to the academy.

When he returned home, Wen Hao told Yuexiang and Yueting about the scene in the newly bought house. The two of them were overjoyed to hear that they had bought a new house in town. Living in the town has always been a great thing for the people in the village. Most of the people in the town will feel superior, and many will look down on the people in the village.

That is to say, the people in the town will not look for people in the village, and everyone will think that the door is not the right one. If the daughter of any family in the village can marry into the town, it is a very enviable thing.

So when she heard that she had also bought a house in the town, Yuexiang was shocked, surprised and happy, and seemed to be about to shed tears. I'm much happier than when I built a new house. Li Xin looked at her reaction, and there was some indescribable feeling in his heart.

It's just that being able to live in a small town like Sanshi Town seems to be a great thing for younger brothers and sisters. Maybe she should work harder, so that her younger siblings can go to farther places in the future and gain more knowledge. Although life in the countryside is not bad, she still wants to give her younger brothers and sisters a better future, at least she must have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of her life!

In her previous life, she didn't like to fight because she had no goal, and her later days were even more muddy and mediocre. In this life, since she has a family worth cherishing, she has to work hard and fight for it, hoping to make her younger siblings live a better life