Volume 1 Wind and Rain into Lin'an Chapter 108 Mansion (continued)
There were actually people in the house, and after opening the courtyard gate, a housekeeper-like person greeted loudly, and in the blink of an eye, more than a dozen male and female servants rushed to the courtyard gate to line up and stand.
Qin Xiqing said to Fang Zi'an, who was spontaneously stunned: "What are you doing in a daze? These are the stewards and servants I have recruited for you. The housekeeper is my Wanchunyuan, after all, I need someone who knows the roots, his name is Lao Huang. Steward Huang, this one is Fang Gongzi, the new owner of this house. ”
Lao Huang waved his hand, and all the servants said in unison: "Master Fang is good." ”
Fang Zi'an couldn't cry or laugh, but he also had to secretly thank Qin Xiqing for his thoughtfulness. It's all arranged.
It took half an hour for Qin Xiqing to lead Fang Zi'an and the others to visit his new house. This is a two-in-three-open house, and the whole is a rectangle in the east-west direction. The vestibule is open, and more than a dozen large trees are scattered in the courtyard, towering into the clouds, and the crown covers the sun. It looks like it has a lifespan of at least 100 years. These dozen trees cover almost the entire courtyard, so that the entire front yard is cut off from the noise outside and falls into the tranquility of the city.
In the vestibule, in addition to the spacious and tall hall and the left and right wings, there are more east and west courtyards, more than a dozen houses, stables, kitchens, firewood rooms, and gatehouses. Obviously the configuration of a large family.
The back house is a small courtyard arranged in three zigzags, and the back garden of the flower hall, study, bedroom, and back garden is also readily available. The flowers and trees in the courtyard are more lush, especially in the small back garden, the original owner here seems to have a special hobby, the east side of the whole back garden is planted with a large bamboo forest, the breeze comes slowly, the bamboo is swaying, rustling and sounding, very interesting.
The house is indeed very large, but in fact, the overall style is not the exquisite and luxurious style of carved beams and painted corridors, but a simple and bleak style with an old and solemn temperament. It's like a weathered old man, sitting here, not competing for beauty, but with a solemn air of his own. In fact, this style has been somewhat incompatible with the popular garden mansion style of the entire Lin'an Mansion today, perhaps this simple and dignified style was popular when the house was built, in just a few decades, with the stability of society, the increase of wealth, the change of the atmosphere has led to the change of people's hearts and aesthetic changes, so that the style of the wealthy garden mansion of Lin'an Mansion today is inclined to luxury and frivolous, bright and exquisite. I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing.
"The house was originally a little dilapidated, and there were some rotten parts of the roof tiles, so I ordered someone to tidy it up for several days. But it is just repairing the old as the old, and it does not change its overall charm. Because I think you'd love to live in this style of house, not in the kind of pavilions that I have in the garden. Fang Lang gives me the feeling that he is a man who stands up to the sky, so your house should naturally be magnificent, stable and simple. In addition, some furniture items were added, and the floor and walls of the house were repainted, and that's it. I don't know if Fang Lang is still satisfied with this house? When everyone returned to the hall to sit down, Qin Xiqing asked with a smile.
Fang Zi'an entered the door by himself, and his mouth kept emitting wow-wow exclamations. Although he didn't want to act like a countryman who had never seen the world in the city, he really liked the house too much. The quaint atmosphere reveals the breath of time. Quiet and solemn, with a weathered calmness.
"I like it so much, this house is so much to my liking. I had expectations, but I didn't expect to be so pleasantly surprised. Those who know me cherish it. Fang Zi'an exclaimed.
Zhao Changlin exclaimed: "Yes, Brother Zi'an's house is simply amazing. We all die of envy. Congratulations to Brother Zi'an, congratulations to Brother Zi'an. ”
Fang Zi'an smiled: "What do you envy, you can come to live if you want to live, six or seven mansions, can't you still be accommodated?" Go back and clean up a yard and come out, and you can move in. ”
Zhao Changlin laughed and said: "It's not appropriate to move in, but Brother Qian and I are indispensable to disturb me." I fell in love with the bamboo forest in the back garden, and I didn't know how pleasant it was to build a small bamboo pavilion in the open space, and drink and read in it. The wind and rain are not frightened, and the years are not invaded, how good it is. ”
Fang Zi'an smiled: "Okay, you have contracted that piece of bamboo forest for you, and you will be a bamboo forest sage." ”
Zhao Changlin laughed. Qian Kang smacked his lips and said, "Brother Zi'an's house has cost a lot of money, has Brother Zi'an made a fortune?" Or did you inherit your ancestral property? How can you afford such a big house. ”
When Fang Zi'an heard this, he suddenly felt like someone had poured a scoop of cold water on his head. This is the question he least wants to think about, and he has been avoiding it before, not wanting to know the answer. Qian Kang is really a bit of a bad scene.
"Xiqing, how much money did this house cost." Fang Zi'an finally asked.
Qin Xiqing said lightly: "It's not much, even if you buy a house and reorganize and buy furniture and supplies, it's less than 60,000 taels." ”
"Poof!" Fang Zi'an's legs were weak, and he almost fell to the ground, and his hands supported the table before he stood firm.
"Puff, puff." Qian Kang and Zhao Changlin fell on the side.
"Six...... Sixty thousand taels? It's over, I'm not going to do anything in my life, it's enough to earn money to pay off my debts. Fang Zi'an said with a sad face.
Qin Xiqing glanced at him and said, "Is this still expensive?" It's such a big house. If it weren't for the owner of the house who was in a hurry to get rid of it, where could he buy such a cheap house? The owner of this house is also a scholar, and his ancestors are also a noble family, but he has fallen into his generation. He himself was seriously ill, and in order to see a doctor, he visited famous doctors all over the world, and spent a lot of money but did not get better. Later, a famous doctor told him that his illness could only be cured, and that he needed to go to a place with a warm climate in Lingnan to recuperate. The weather in Lin'an is unpredictable, cloudy and sunny, which is not conducive to his condition. He had to sell this big mansion to go to Lingnan to live in peace. In fact, it cost less than 30,000 taels to buy this house. It's just that the house is too dilapidated, the pillars are rotten, and the walls of several courtyard houses have collapsed, and the utensils in the house are also unusable. Therefore, he spent 30,000 taels to repair and purchase utensils, and to recruit servants. By the way, I also bought you a horse and a carriage, so it will be easier to get out. It's all in the stables, and I forgot to take you to see it. ”
Fang Zi'an smiled bitterly and said, "Xiqing, if you do this, I really can't bear it." How can I pay off so much silver? Not to mention paying back the silver, I can't afford the wages of so many servants in the family, and my small noodle shop can't earn much silver a year, where can I afford such a big show? ”
Qin Xiqing said with a smile: "So you have to work hard, so many people have to be fed, you can't be lazy and unmotivated." I left 5,000 taels of silver on your cabinet, which is enough for you to spend two or three years. You don't have to be anxious. The total amount of all this silver is probably a little more than 60,000 taels. By the way, the wages of the servants and the employment contract of the house deed and title deed are all here with me, Ling'er, you can take it and show it to Fang Gongzi. ”
Shen Ling'er went to the carriage in the courtyard and got a wooden box, took it to the hall and opened it on the table, and it was indeed a house deed, land deed, and employment deed.
"The title deed originally needed you to sign it, so I went beyond the box and signed it for you, and you only need to press your fingerprint. I've given you everything here. Qin Xiqing said with a smile.
Fang Zi'an didn't know whether to be grateful to Qin Xiqing or to roll his eyes at her. It's good that she doesn't treat herself as an outsider, she makes the decisions for herself. Although this house is good, but he is in huge debt, can he still sleep at night?
Qin Xiqing seemed to enjoy Fang Zi'an's scratching of her ears and cheeks, of course, her pretentiousness was to tease Fang Zi'an. Although 60,000 taels of silver is a huge amount of money, to Qin Xiqing, it is nothing at all. How could she let Fang Zi'an repay these silver.
"Okay, okay, I don't want you to pay back this silver, I gave it to you. What are you worried about? Do you and I still need to talk about this? When Fang Lang soars one day, don't forget that I, Qin Xiqing, will be. After the things are put away, I will let people cook the food and set the wine, and today is a double happiness, and I always have to celebrate it. Qin Xiqing smiled.
As soon as these words were spoken, Zhao Changlin and Qian Kang couldn't close their mouths again. I want to die of envy in my heart. Brother Zi'an is really awesome, not only caught up with characters like Qin Xiqing, but also willingly let her spend money for herself, and one flower is 60,000 taels. Brother Zi'an, this soft rice has reached a certain level. It's incredible.
Fang Zi'an had a fever on his face, he had never thought of eating soft rice in his two lives, he felt that he was now a little white face who was raised by a rich woman. Although he knew that Qin Xiqing might have deliberately said these words in order not to expose the true relationship between the two, so as not to be suspected. But in front of the two friends, the face is really a little unbearable.
There were two voices in Fang Zi'an's heart that seemed to be arguing.
"If only all this were true, I would have a lot of money and no worries about being in debt."
"Filthy, obscene, and not growing. Fang Zi'an, Fang Zi'an, you actually have this kind of thought, you are willing to eat soft rice, it is really shameless, do you still have the backbone? ”
"It's not that I don't grow up, no wonder so many people like to eat soft rice, it turns out that the feeling of eating soft rice is just two words: it's really fragrant!"
"You can't be saved, you're a person from the steel furnace, and you're so unprincipled and unprincipled."
"But...... I've crossed over, wouldn't it be ridiculous to insist on that. ”
"You have fallen! I'm completely disappointed in you! ”
"Yes, I'm fallen!"
No one cares about the battle between heaven and man in Fang Zi's peace of mind, and Qin Xiqing has already begun to tell the servants to do things like a mistress in the house. Soon after, a table of wine and food was served, Qin Xiqing pulled Fang Zi'an to sit on the main seat, and ordered someone to pour wine and salute each other. After a few glasses of wine, Fang Zi was relieved.
"What do you want to do so much? The house is bought, what else? Let's live first. I'll talk about the silver later. As the saying goes, you don't have to worry about having a lot of debts, and you don't have to itch with lice, so I'll talk to Qin Xiqing about selling words later. ”
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