Chapter 160: Buying Land
This beautiful and rich water town in the south of the Yangtze River, because of the arrival of Qi Xuanhui and because of his clear purpose, has unconsciously stirred the bottom of the water.
In that unfathomable place, the undercurrent is quietly surging secretly, and at this time, the water surface is still calm, prosperous, and there is nothing wrong with it.
Qi Xuanhui and Mr. Han Ning, Yan Shibai had already agreed on the next series of plans, and now it is really really leisurely in history.
Since you have a lot of free time, what is the reason not to accompany Cao Cui's family to play around?
Two months of hard work was enough for him to take his beloved Cui Wanqing to take a look at the famous scenery near Jiangzhou City.
Just when they were playing around in a chic manner, Master Dai, who followed them back to Jiangzhou City, also began to look for a good place for him to build a villa with beautiful scenery and a wide area according to the requirements discussed by Qi Xuanhui and Cui Wanqing.
For this Qi Gongzi who can save his eldest son, is Master Dai still responsive?
At the beginning, Dai Sangongzi was busy helping the Yue family find a new residence, so he took his former right-hand man and began to personally survey the place for Qi Xuanhui.
When he saw the boundary near Bihe Lake, forty miles west of Jiangzhou City, and Dai Sangongzi was also busy, the father and son specially asked Qi Xuanhui to come over to review it in person.
Needless to say, this time, it is another big road, except for the second master Cui who was too hot and didn't move, and the third master Cao took his daughter. My nephews and daughters all came with me.
In order to add to the fun, Mr. Dai also asked Mrs. Dai to bring Dai's third grandmother to come with him, and also rented two three-story large painting boats, planning to have a lake banquet after seeing the location where the villa was to be built.
At this time, it is the height of summer, Bihe Lake is named after the lotus, that is naturally a lot of lotus, see the undulating lotus in front of you, there is no end to the lotus. Cui Wanqing only had four words in his mind: 'Ten Mile Lotus Pond'.
Just for a lake of lotus. The boundary of the house that she hasn't seen yet, she is already eighty percent willing.
Just imagine, under the breeze and bright moon, there are pink lotus flowers. Under the sea of stars. Invite two or three confidants. What a wonderful enjoyment should it be to sit in a lakeside pavilion with a white veil and enjoy the scenery?
Cui Wanqing is still immersed in her beautiful fantasy. Cao Tang beside him couldn't help but exclaim: "It's so beautiful!" Master Dai's vision is so good, if nothing else, he will rush to the lotus flowers of this lake, and that piece of land will have to be bought!
After speaking, she jumped to Cao Sanye in a few steps, pulled Cao Sanye's arm and begged: "Father, good father, let's also buy a piece of land here, and like Brother Qi Shi, build a beautiful new house, it is best to build a large octagonal pavilion with a double glazed roof, the most fashionable double-layer glazed roof large octagonal pavilion, and it is really good to feed the fish and enjoy the flowers!" ”
Cao Tang's words coincided with Cui Wanqing's careful thinking, and she couldn't help but glance at Qi Xuanhui who was standing in front with shining eyes.
No matter where Qi Xuanhui looks, Cui Wanqing is always in his sight, and when he receives such an obvious signal from his daughter-in-law, can he still be inferior to Cao Sanye, who nodded again and again?
When even asked Master Dai, who was accompanying him: "Master Dai, I don't know if the place you are looking at is facing water?" ”
Master Dai said with a smile: "It is a good place to be near the mountain and water, this water is Bihe Lake, the mountain name is Rhododendron Mountain, this piece of land was bought by Xiao Lao'er's sworn brothers in the early years. ”
"He himself is also a well-known wealthy businessman in Jiangzhou City, and he does not make money by selling land, but only divides a small part one after another to build a villa for relatives and friends."
"And the one with the best terrain is opposite us, which was originally left by him for his grandson, but because of you, the little old man gave up his old face and asked him to transfer it to you."
"My brother, wait for us on the other side now, look at the place in a while, if you are still satisfied, then you can sign the contract today."
Qi Xuanhui nodded very satisfied, and there were no extra words, but he had already remembered Master Dai's favor.
He raised the fan in his hand, signaled to the coachman, and the guards were ready to leave, he smiled and said to Cao Mu: "Since the landlord is waiting on the opposite side, we can't let people wait for a long time, Uncle Cao Shi, why don't we take a car over?" ”
"If you want to see the view, it's the same when you look at it from the other side."
Cao Mu patted her daughter's hand, gave a reassuring look, and nodded, "Okay, then let's go over." ”
"Master Dai, you have also seen it, the little girl likes this place very much, we want to buy another piece of land in a while, and we want to ask you to take a turn from it, as for the price, it is up to your brother."
Master Dai, there is one who doesn't agree?
In fact, he had already explained the background of this group of people to his righteous brother, this is a salt merchant for generations, a little thicker than his Dai family's background, but unfortunately the merchant has never been respected.
Therefore, this one, like him, counted on the son of the family to change the lintel by gaining fame.
According to their identity, they are really holding the money, and they can't even tie up with these dignitaries, and now the pie has fallen and smashed their heads, can they catch it quickly?
According to his brother-in-law Peng Side, "Don't say anything about buying or not buying, as long as the nobles can take a fancy to it, I will give it away for nothing!" ”
But Master Dai has been in contact with Qi Xuanhui for a long time, and he understands that these are not the kind of dirty people who are greedy for cheap and don't care about their faces.
It is not too direct to flatter, it must be tactful, it must be appropriate, and it must be grasped in the middle, so as not to make people annoyed.
They don't want to make a deal at once, but they want to get on someone's boat from a distance.
Isn't this the time to perform?
The land must be sold, and the money must be collected.
But how do you get it?
Master Dai felt that how much money he bought back then, and now he will sell it at a price increase of 20%, so that the other party can not only feel the sincerity of his side, but also not fall into the notoriety of forcibly occupying people's land.
The group got into the carriage and got on the horse. The mighty arrived at the other side of the lake, and the way around the lake was to walk, and the more you went to the opposite side, the more clear the rhododendron mountain on the opposite side became.
There are several of them near Bihe Lake, but this one is the most beautiful, the most wooded, and the closest to the water's edge.
No wonder Master Dai said that it was the best terrain in the vicinity, look at this appearance. It's really a rare place to go by the mountains and rivers.
I thought of the octagonal pavilion that Cao Tang mentioned just now. Cui Wanqing's sparkling, hopeful eyes, Qi Xuanhui's heart, has already decided to buy here!
Penside early this morning. began to let the servants of the household begin to prepare. A place for distinguished guests to come and see. It's a clearing, only a few small trees, but it's beautiful. But it's every place where you can rest.
Fortunately, his eldest son Peng Gangtu is a person who can enjoy it, so he came up with an idea on the spot, and asked the maid's mother to choose a wide place to clean it and set up a tent here.
It's really not cheap to bring in furniture, so let's learn from the Hu merchants over there in the Western Regions, spread a thick woolen carpet in the tent, and put a few light low tables, and this will be all work.
Of course, in order to show that their family is exquisite, this tent is naturally set up two, after a busy morning, the tent is neat and clean, the fruit snacks have been placed, and even the boiling water for making tea has been prepared.
The father and son were listening to the butler report on the preparations of the two boats by the lake, when they heard the sound of horse bells in the distance, and the voices of people were approaching, and the distinguished guests had arrived.
The two of them hurriedly took the butler to meet them, only to see that the horses were magnificent, the carriage was gorgeous, and even the guards who followed were extraordinarily spiritual.
Secretly said: "What my brother said is true, this brother of Ming Anhou is just not ordinary!" ”
It's fun to think about, this person who only knows that Cao Sanye is the younger brother of Ming Anhou, is so happy, so if you know that there is a prince in the team, wouldn't you even be able to close your mouth?
As an intermediary, Mr. Dai introduced him very responsibly, and Mrs. Dai's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in the other side also brought Sister Cui Wanqing and Mrs. Peng's mother and daughter to meet the ceremony.
Everyone met, and had to say a few words of greeting, Peng Side smiled and stretched out his hand to ask: "In the wilderness, everything is simple, Xiao'er let the servants set up a tent, and also invited the master, son and young lady to enter the tent for a while, let's look around again It's not too late." ”
Cao Sanye had already seen that the tent behind everyone was round rather than the usual rectangle, and he couldn't help laughing: "Peng Gongzi will enjoy it, even the things on the barbarian's side, but let us have a fresh one." ”
Cao Tang had already dragged Cui Wanqing into it to take a closer look, and the two young ladies of the Peng family followed the two of them, explaining softly that this was actually where the barbarians lived.
Cao Tang was surprised, "What, they really live in this kind of place?" I thought it was a joke in the book, but I didn't expect it to be true. ”
Cui Wanqing smiled and didn't answer, Cao Tang looked at the freshness everywhere, anyway, looking at the Peng Minqin sisters, they were also gentle, and she could sit on the soft wool carpet with confidence and taste the fragrant tea.
A quarter of an hour later, someone outside the tent came to invite him, saying that the lord and the sons were about to leave, and they had come to ask the lady and the young lady, but they wanted to follow and see?
Cui Wanqing is already at ease to buy here, so it's okay to see it or not, but she still has the active Cao Tang, this girl has to pull her cousin with her, there is no way, she can only accompany her.
Mrs. Dai was used to seeing the intimacy of the two cousins, so she just looked at it with a smile, but Mrs. Peng couldn't help but say, "Oh, Miss Cui and Miss Cao have a really good relationship, where is this like cousins, even sisters from other families, they may not be as good as the two of them." ”
"It's not enviable to look at."
When Cao Tang heard this, he became more and more proud, holding Cui Wanqing's arm, leaning his head on his cousin's shoulder, and smiling with satisfaction.
Cui Wanqing shook her head with a smile, and said modestly: "I see that the two young ladies in your mansion are also very harmonious, why should Madame envy us?" ”
Mrs. Peng glanced at a pair of granddaughters and said with a smile: "The two of them are harmonious, isn't it because Qin'er is a child who can talk well?" ”
"But Fanqin'er has half of Shu'er's extroversion, so it's strange if you don't overturn the roof of our house!"
These two twins are one year younger than Cao Tang, and now Cao Tang has become a sister, with a pair of beautiful little sisters, and it is very fun to play in this mountain wilderness.
Cui Wanqing and Dai San's grandmother walked side by side, their eyes kept probing around, the land under their feet was really very vast, at least hundreds of acres.
She desperately wanted the lake in front of her, and she couldn't bear the beautiful hill behind, and she heard Mrs. Peng just say that this mountain is named after its characteristics, and as the name suggests, there must be a lot of wild rhododendrons.
Think about it, what a beautiful scenery should it be in the spring when the mountains are all over the mountains, and the rhododendrons are blooming all over the hills?
Cui Wanqing's physical strength was inferior to that of men, so they only walked around, Qi Xuanhui and his party were in high spirits and had good physical strength, and they kept walking in until they reached the halfway point of Rhododendron Mountain.
Looking further from the mountain, the blue water and pink lotus, the painting boat is leisurely, and this artistic conception can only be so beautiful.
Cao Mu nodded and praised: "Good place, good scenery, Master Peng has a good vision." ”
Peng Side smiled and hugged his fists and said: "Cao Sanye won the award, in fact, when I first bought it, the mountain was a barren mountain, and there was nothing in the water. ”
"What we see in front of us is also a scene that has been carefully cared for for ten years."
Qi Xuanhui smiled slightly, waved his hand and said: "Master Peng doesn't need to be too humble, we will become neighbors in the future, it's not good to be born like this, it's better to be casual, don't be restrained." ”
This is the fact that it has been decided to buy land, Peng Side and Master Dai looked at each other and smiled, both of them put down their hanging hearts.
Master Dai stood half a step forward and discussed with Cao Sanye: "Cao Sanye, there will be no way up here, let's go down the mountain, our brothers have prepared two painting boats, we might as well take a boat on the lake and have a drink." ”
This proposal, naturally no one will object, today is to come out to see the place, now that it has taken a fancy to it, then it is indispensable to deal with each other in the future, and now it is also a good choice to take the opportunity to deepen the relationship.
Not long after Qi Xuanhui and the others came down from the mountain, Cui Wanqing got the news and knew that the matter of buying land had been decided.
Thinking that the place where she is standing now will be a small world that she and Qi Xuanhui will have together in the future, Cui Wanqing felt that happiness was bubbling in her heart, and she felt good when she looked at it.
At the same time, Cao Tang, who was playing in the distance, also got the news that he was going to take a painting boat to the lake, and happily jumped and jumped, pulling Peng Minqin and Peng Minshu sisters, and immediately began to turn in circles.
Obviously, compared to the two young ladies he saw a few days ago, Cao Tang is afraid that he prefers the twin sisters in front of him who look similar and have opposite personalities.
couldn't help but smile and said to Mrs. Peng: "We have two houses in Jiangzhou City, which are also worth seeing. ”
This can be regarded as an invitation, I have to say that she and Qi Xuanhui really have an amazing similarity in terms of doing things.
Now that the place to build the villa has been found, Master Dai, father and son, began to work together to build a thousand spirits and start to make plans for the future Qi Mansion and Cao Mansion.
Qi Xuanhui and Cui Wanqing have been paying attention to the design drawings, and every time a part comes out, the two of them will look at it carefully, and then express their opinions.
Do your best to ensure that every grass and tree, pavilion and floor in this mountain villa are liked by two people. (To be continued......)