After getting Cheng Yaren's words, Bai Qingfeng wanted to agree immediately, but he couldn't help it, and decided to delay it for a day, so as to save people that he was too good. He was actually very happy, their town was not big, and there were very few people who could actually eat his eighty-three acres of grange at once, especially if he had paid a high price.

And the other party was also happy in terms of price, he opened two thousand five hundred taels, and the other party directly returned two thousand three hundred taels. Whether he makes money or not, he has been in business all his life, how can he not know. After sending Cheng Yaren away, he was secretly happy when Shi Wanjin, the owner of the Shiji Inn, came to him.

Bai Qingfeng and this Shi Wanjin are lifelong friends, and the two families move around frequently. The two of them sat down as brothers and gossiped for a while, and Shi Wanjin brought the topic to the Bai Family Grange, which was about to be sold.

"Old brother, is your Zhuangzi really going to be sold?" Gu Wanjin stroked his beard and asked.

"Alas, in a hurry to use the silver, I have to sell it." Bai Qingfeng replied.

"Cheng Yaren went to his brother's inn today, he should be running errands for his brother, right?"

"Oh? What is he doing at your inn? After asking, he patted his forehead, "Look at my memory, isn't the buyer I talked about living in the ancient mansion of your inn." ”

"Brother, we are not others, there are some words, I must sue you."

"Brother Shi, please speak."

"Brother, my brother knows that you are in dire need of silver, and the ancient mansion where you live in the brother's inn can indeed eat your grange. However, brother, in terms of price, you have to take it easy. If the elder brother really wants Da'er to embark on a career in office, it is best to take this opportunity to make friends with this ancient mansion. ”

"What do you mean by that?" Bai Qingfeng smelled something sensitively, and while asking, he sent the servants who were waiting in the hall out.

Although there was no one else beside him, Shi Wanjin still lowered his voice, "This ancient mansion that has chartered the Brothers' Inn has an unusual identity, and it is a nobleman. ”

Bai Qingfeng's spirit was shocked, "What kind of noble person is it?" ”

Shi Wanjin: "When they stayed in the hotel, they only said that they were from the capital and were going to settle in Kangxi Town, saying that our Kangxi Town was their ancestral hometown. The people of this ancient mansion have extremely strict mouths, and there are many, no matter how you talk about them, they don't say anything. Moreover, the descendants of this ancient mansion are different from other mansions, lame, with broken arms, and with scars on their faces...... Incomprehensible. Speaking of this, he shook his head, "Wasn't it going viral on the street yesterday!" A young lady and a young master left the town with spears and broadswords. I won't hide it from you, they are the Miss Gufu and the young master who live in the brothers' inn. ”

"What's going on?"

"You also know that my nephew is on an errand in the yamen, and he secretly warned me last night that I should serve the young lady and young master of this ancient mansion properly, and there can be no difference. I questioned him for a long time, and he finally closed the doors and windows mysteriously, and whispered to me in my ear," he paused, stood up, stood up to Bai Qingfeng's side, and bent down close to Bai Qingfeng's ear, "Miss Gu is an ancestor who can't be provoked, and she is the daughter of the loyal general who sleeps under our Kangxi Town. ”

"What?" Bai Qingfeng was too shocked, and Huo Di stood up.

Shi Wanjin sat down with him and whispered to him, "My nephew said that Miss Gu went out of the town majestically yesterday for the sake of the subordinates guarding the general's tomb. I heard that Li Zheng in Gujia Village was beaten so much that he couldn't see his appearance. It wasn't enough to fight, and people were thrown into prison. Lord Bai didn't dare to try this case, so he only locked people up, and then went to Dexian County to ask the county magistrate in person. Before Lord Bai left, he warned the people in the yamen that before the magistrate came to try the case, he must not leak the news. If anyone dares to talk too much and annoy Miss Gu again, it will be the end of Gujia Village. ”

Bai Qingfeng took a sharp breath. Yesterday, the people in the town were talking about it, but the people who couldn't guess their identities were actually like this. They Kangxi Town, there has only been a celebrity in the past hundred years, and that is General Zhongwu.

When Qingshu and the others returned to the town yesterday, Li Zheng and the other four had already been handed over to Bai Xianfu, so the people in the town just kept guessing the identity of Qingshu and his party. People in the town generally don't inquire about the news of the countryside, and in their opinion, there is nothing worthy of their attention in the countryside except for the trivial east and west families.

Shi Wanjin said again: "I heard that Li Zheng of the big Gujia Village robbed the Bo Tian of the people of the ancient mansion who guarded the general's tomb, and almost killed people. This young lady of the general's family is different, if she is the daughter of another family, how can she call the door directly like this. A ruthlessness is not hidden at all. There, I don't know if I can save a life. Brother, it's okay for you to sell the Grange to Gufu, don't think about taking advantage of it, Miss Gu is not an ordinary person......"

Bai Qingfeng grabbed Shi Wanjin's hand and said excitedly: "Brother, you are my brother, brother, thank you." "What two thousand three hundred taels, tomorrow he will personally go to the Shiji Inn, and one thousand eight hundred and fifty taels of silver will be sold. In short, it is important to build a good relationship first, and he may ask for someone to go to someone's door somewhere in the future.

After Shi Wanjin revealed the news, he didn't forget to explain again, "If it weren't for my brother, how dare I say it." This thing must be stopped from my mouth and into your ears. Otherwise, my nephew would have to lose his errand. ”

The next day, early in the morning, Bai Qingfeng stood in the room, constantly changing clothes. But in exchange for it, he always felt that there was no one pleasing to the eye, so he said to the two maids a little irritably: "Do you have any eyesight?" Yes? The master wants to wear the best clothes today, the best, do you understand? ”

The maids hung their heads and continued to rummage.

Madame Bai held the blue silk robe he had just thrown aside, "What's the matter?" What is the toss in the morning? It's still so angry. ”

"You know what? The lord is going to see the nobleman today, nobleman, do you understand? If the dress is not decent enough, it will make the nobles unhappy, and the whole house will be unlucky. Bai Qingfeng said, impatiently rushing to the maid, "Go out, you all go out, let Mrs. come." ”

Half an hour later. Qingshu was sitting in the room, and Xiaojuan came in with a smile on her face.

Qing Shu glanced at her and continued to bow her head to learn from the girl.

"Miss." Seeing that the young lady ignored people, Xiaojuan called.

"Well, what's the matter?" Qing Shu asked without raising his head.

Xiaojuan grinned, "Miss, you don't know, it's lively ahead, and it's about to start." ”

"Yes." Qing Shu replied disinterestedly, and continued to bury his head in practicing female red.

Xiaojuan was not discouraged and spoke cracklingly. "Miss, you don't know, Feng Yaren who took us to see the house the day before yesterday came. Also, Cheng Yaren, who took us to see Zhuangzi yesterday, also arrived, together with the white master who sold Zhuangzi. When the two toothed men met, they glared at each other, and then they quarreled. Feng Yaren said that Cheng Yaren was not authentic and robbed him of his business. Cheng Yaren said that Feng Yaren was domineering and narrow-minded. ”

Qing Shu finally raised a little interest and raised his eyes, "It's really noisy?" ”

"Really, really. Cheng Yaren said that the nobles fancy whose mansion and Zhuangzi they have in their hands is the nobleman's own business, not their Yaren can decide. said that Feng Yaren was too domineering and unreasonable, could he still want to influence the wishes of the nobles. Feng Yaren couldn't say anything about him, so he shouted that Cheng Yaren was wrong anyway, and he shouldn't rob business like this. ”

Qing Shu raised his eyebrows, "What about the housekeeper?" ”

"The housekeeper wanted to chase people out, but the store said that the two of them should not be bothered. The shopkeeper said that the two quarreled when they met, and no one in the whole town knew about it. The shopkeeper also said that the more you persuade, the more noisy they become. If you ignore them, they will leave after arguing for a while and feel bored. This shop is also a human spirit, taking advantage of the noisy excitement over there, he pulled the housekeeper and introduced it to Master Bai who came with Cheng Yaren, and invited the housekeeper and Master Bai to avoid it. ”

"That's it?"

"Slave and maid go and see." With that, Xiaojuan ran out. In less than a quarter of an hour, she ran back, "Miss, it's a good thing, it's a good thing." Master Bai said that as long as Gufu is willing to buy his Zhuangzi, 1,850 taels will be sold, and he will be regarded as making a friend. ”

From two thousand five hundred taels directly to one thousand eight hundred and fifty taels, there is a problem. Qing Shu thought for a while, "You go and see again, wait for the housekeeper's instructions." ”

Xiaojuan went out again and came back after a while, "Miss, the housekeeper said that Master Bai really wanted to make friends with the ancient mansion, and he also sincerely gave Zhuangzi 1,850 taels to the ancient mansion." The housekeeper also said that he couldn't let people make a loss-making deal, so let the slave and maid come over and ask the young lady, can you add two hundred taels to it? ”

That's two thousand and fifty taels of silver, and no one on either side loses. Qing Shu nodded, "Sue the housekeeper, I agree." Besides, the house we saw the day before yesterday, the one with a price of six hundred and fifty taels, let the housekeeper give Feng Yaren a word, four hundred and fifty taels, let's buy it. ”

After another pillar of incense, Gu Qiang personally came over and replied, "Miss, Zhuangzi's two thousand and fifty taels of silver have been negotiated." That mansion, some bargaining, now talks about four hundred and ninety taels, you see......"

Qing Shu smiled with satisfaction, "Cheng, you take the young master and go to the yamen to handle relevant matters." The house deed and land deed are all written with the young master's name. As he spoke, he got up and went into the inner room, took out the box containing the silver coins, opened it, took out the silver tickets, counted them, and handed them to Gu Qiang. How much silver does it cost? ”

"Shi Dongjia has mentioned that it will cost at least three hangs to handle the documents in the yamen. As for the two tooth people, just click on it. Because Feng Yaren sold the house for the old man, he wanted to get benefits from there; Cheng Yaren is running errands for Master Bai, so he is naturally indispensable over there. ”

Qing Shu nodded instructively, asked Xiaoyu to take three purses, counted out three taels of broken silver and put them in, and counted out five taels of scattered silver and a hanging of money, "The purse is used to dot, which one do you think is less, look at it yourself and add it to it." For the rest, you take it with you for emergencies. ”

Gu Qiang agreed, put away the silver tickets and other things, took Qingyang, and went to the yamen with Master Bai and the two tooth people to handle the relevant documents.

Qing Shu couldn't sit still, so he hurriedly arranged the manpower. After the deed is completed and the key to the house is obtained, I have to immediately send someone to clean and arrange it and move in as soon as possible. has his own house, and then he has to be busy receiving Zhuangzi and the autumn harvest, and the time is urgent.

Qing Shu thought that she had a lot of men under her command who worked, but women had to come to the meticulous cleaning. Ding Jiamei can't leave Gu Ye's side, Su's mother has to stay and help her take care of Gu Ye's family, and Xiaoyu has to stay and take care of her house. In this way, in addition to the two women who used to work in the Zhuangzi, there are only Xu Sanniang, Xu Wuniang and Xiaojuan, which is not enough. She thought about it, and finally asked the innkeeper to help him find two women who were neat at work.

Shi Wanjin responded very enthusiastically. By the time Qingyang and Gu Qiang had completed the paperwork and came back with the house deed, keys, and land deeds, Shi Wanjin had already found two women and took out the wooden basins, barrels, and rags used for cleaning in his inn one by one, and asked them to use them.

Qingshu wanted to personally bring someone over to clean up, but was stopped by Su's mother and Gu Qiang, who said that they would not let her go, and let her stay in the inn. In the end, Su's mother took the woman, and Gu Qiang brought fifteen strong men, and took the utensils provided by Shi Wanjin to clean the newly bought mansion.

A group of people left in the morning and did not return with cleaning tools until the sun set.

Dinner in the kitchen had already been prepared, and the innkeeper hurriedly shouted for the meal. Su's mother left the two helper women to eat before leaving, but when they refused, Su's mother stuffed twenty-five cents in each of them, and they took it and left happily.

After dinner, Su's mother reported to Qingshu, saying that she had cleaned the entire house inside and out, and as long as she added some things tomorrow, she would be able to move in. Before Mr. Zhang moved out, he only sold a few expensive pieces of furniture, and the rest, such as the beds, tables and chairs in each room, were basically left. And the wooden cabinets, wooden boxes, etc., took half of them away and left half of them. The kitchen was left untouched, and was neatly left behind.

After breakfast on the second day, Qingshu took people over to see the house. Indeed, the inside and outside are cleaned up, and the room, whether under the bed or in every corner, is spotless. The three entrances of this house have a small artificial lake, and there is a small pavilion on the lake. This lake is separated from a separate courtyard to the west and a slightly larger one.

Qing Shu pointed to the small courtyard built separately on the west side of the artificial lake, "This will be Madame's Wenlan Courtyard in the future." Sue sù Ding Jiabao brought the carriage directly here, unloaded the car, and moved all the things of the lady's baby into it and put them away. As for how to put it, Madame will watch it herself, don't worry about it. ”

Before leaving Beijing, Gu Ye brought all the clothes he could bring, the clothes of the four seasons did not fall, and the two wooden boxes of her baby were stuffed full, as well as toiletries, teacups, porcelain bottles, beds, covers, and hangings, all of which were loaded into the car.

Now it's just right, saving the trouble of buying more, no more waste of silver, Qingshu comforted himself depressedly. A large part of the reason why she fell in love with this house was this small courtyard built separately. There are four main rooms, and there is also a small kitchen and utility room next to it, which just arranges the speechless woman of the Gu Ye clan into it. After that, out of sight is pure.

Qing Shu pointed to the relatively large courtyard on the east side of the artificial lake, "The young master and I live here temporarily. "She and Qingyang have more than two rooms for each person, a small study and a small hall, a utility room can push things, and the small kitchen will be used later.

In the house of the second entry, she did not make arrangements for the time being, and was idle first. As soon as she entered the house, she asked Gu Qiang to look at the arrangement.

As for the subordinates, there is an adobe subordinate room behind, and Su's mother and Gu Qiang will make arrangements, and she can't take care of it for the time being.

After walking around, Qingshu was a little tired and sat down to rest. As for the things that must be added to each room, Su's mother and Gu Qiang already knew in their hearts, and they reported to Qing Shu at this time, and Qing Shu didn't bother to study it carefully, so she decided to be the shopkeeper, so she gave full authority to their husband and wife, and she just took out the silver.

The food, clothing, housing and transportation of more than 40 people, spending money is like running water, and she has long been numb. Fortunately, most of the time, the food of the subordinates is coarse grains. If she was like modern people, adding fish and meat to white flour and rice every day, it is estimated that she would have gone bankrupt.

On the second day, Qing Shu and his party settled the money for the inn's food and lodging, set off a cannon battle in front of the house, and moved in. Although they were newcomers, they did not expect to receive four gifts and some eggs, vegetables and other items. Among the four gifts, one is Bai Qingfeng's Bai Lao Ye's mansion, two hundred taels of silver; One is the owner of the Shiji Inn, Shi Wanjin, fifty taels of silver; One is from the Baixian Auxiliary Mansion, one hundred taels of silver; One is from Cheng Ya, ten taels of silver. And those eggs, vegetables and other things were sent by the wife of the master under Bai Xianfu with a group of women.

Bai Qingfeng gave such a generous gift of two hundred taels of silver, and many people looked sideways and were puzzled. Only Bai Qingfeng and Shi Wanjin understand that this is paving the way for the future. Some people say that if the ancient family is really good, how can they not stay in the capital well, and if they come to settle in their town, they will definitely lose their position and will not be able to gain a foothold in Beijing.

Bai Qingfeng and Shi Wanjin just laughed, they thought that even if the ancient mansion lost power, they must have a lot of their own connections and ways in the capital for so many years. That's enough for the little people they live in the town. Besides, he can be close to the young lady and young master of the loyal general, regardless of interests, and has a good reputation on his head.

Wu Langtou returned from Jinyang City, took some men, and went to the newly purchased Zhuangzi with the housekeeper of Baifu to receive Zhuangzi from Baifu.

After these things are arranged, the day has come for Gu Qiang to find someone to see. Early in the morning, Qingshu and Qingyang put on plain clothes, invited Gu Ye, who was also wearing plain clothes, to come out, got into a carriage, escorted by twenty men in the house, and set off for the tomb of General Zhongwu.

The eye-catching "ancient" mark on the carriage, as well as those things that are not hidden for worship, make some smart people think about it. At this moment, Bai Xianfu ran over with all the officials.

Bai Xianfu first waved at the carriage that the Gu Ye clan was riding on, and then waved to his subordinates, "Go ahead and open the way." ”

Six officials quickly stepped forward to clear the way for the ancient mansion.

Bai Xianfu got into the sedan chair at this time, and took the other six officials to follow closely behind the group of people in the ancient mansion.

Qing Shu, who was sitting in the car, frowned, she went to worship her father, and Bai Xianfu followed to join in the fun?

A middle-aged man who was looking on the side of the road saw the official walking at the end, his eyes lit up, and he ran forward and grabbed him, "Big nephew, is there something wrong?" Who's in this car? Even Lord Bai has to pay respect. ”

The official was not very old, and he couldn't shake off the middle-aged man's hand, so he said impatiently: "General Zhongwu's wife has brought the young lady and the young master of the house back to her hometown." Today, I want to pay homage to General Zhongwu, and we attach great importance to it, and we will personally escort it. Let go, honestly go home, I'm busy. ”

Just when the middle-aged man was stunned, the servant hurriedly broke free and ran forward