A few days later, Tian Shanchang, the head of Nancheng Academy, sent someone to send a handwritten letter to the Qiao family, with only a few sentences on it, praising the Shen Yan brothers for their good qualifications, and they were honored to enroll in the academy.

As for the lazy geometry of Nancheng Academy, whether the students are day students or accommodation, etc., the Qiao family has already inquired about it.

With a place to study, Shen Yan mentioned to Master Qiao San that he would go to the pawnhouse to live.

Master Qiao San didn't stop him, Shen Yan wanted to prepare for the exam in Beijing, Shen asked to study, after the old lady's anniversary next year, the two families would have to do family affairs, even if they didn't look for a house now, they would have to live separately from the third room when they moved out of the house next year. Qiao's family is a daughter, not a recruit, and there is no reason to keep a son-in-law to live at home.

Master Qiao San responded, and sent the steward to Nancheng to find an empty house, which was close to the city, and it was cheaper to go to and from the academy.

Nancheng Academy is not in the city, but in the south of the city. Although the price of the neighborhood housing there is half cheaper than that in the city, there is no city wall to protect it, and the people living there are mixed, so it is not suitable for long-term living.

If the Shen family only has two brothers, it doesn't matter where they live, now that they have a widowed mother by their side, they will marry next year, of course, they must be in a strict place.

Because at the end of the year, there are many people who have left Beijing and returned to their hometowns, and the empty houses are relatively easy to inquire, so the housekeeper of the Qiao family went out to inquire for two days, so he found a proper tooth shop and picked out three or four empty houses.

Three of them are three-way courtyards, and only one is two-entry courtyards.

This steward is valued by Master Qiao San, and naturally he thinks about the main family wholeheartedly.

The three mothers and sons of the Shen family brought a few people, with a total of less than ten people, and it stands to reason that two people can live in a very spacious courtyard. But the young lady in the family will marry at the end of next year, and if there are only two hospitals, it will not be cheap to live.

Not only does he need to huddle in a yard with his mother-in-law, but he also looks up and looks down with his adult brother-in-law, which is inevitably aggrieved.

Therefore, when the steward called Yaxing to find a house, he mentioned the house that wanted to enter the three, as for the two courtyards, it was not in the south city, but in the southeast direction, and a house under the name of Master Qiao San was in an alley, and it was not a pawn rent but a sale, and the steward asked a few more words.

At the beginning of next year, the new house that Master Qiao San's family will move to is over there. If the Shen family could live in an alley, the two families would also be taken care of.

I didn't want Shen Yan to ask about the price of the pawn house, but he didn't see any of them, the reason was that the house price in the capital was too expensive, and he couldn't afford it with his family background.

If you want to move now, you can choose to buy a house, rent a house, or pawn a house. The housing prices in the capital are abnormally high, and even the low-grade Beijing officials are mostly renters and pawns; If you want to rent a house, you have to inquire about the character of the landlord's family, otherwise it is easy to get entangled, and it is easy to get involved in the damage and repair of the house; Compared with buying and renting a house, it is much easier to pawn a house, agree on a time limit, take out the "pawn money", and live in a stable place.

The houses that the Qiao family steward is looking for are all in the south city, which is much lower than the house prices in the east city and the west city, but because it is a three-entry house, the smallest one is also worth seven or eight hundred taels of silver, and the other two houses are slightly more, and the house prices are more than one thousand taels of silver. In the case of a pawn house, even if you don't have to pay for the whole house, you have to take out more than 60% according to the customary rules.

If Shen Yan takes out these "pawn gold", although he still has some left in his hand, he will have to be poor in the future.

He didn't think about entering the house three times, and he could only consider entering the courtyard twice. And the second-entry courtyard mentioned by the steward, because it is for sale, not a pawn house, needs to be bought at full price, plus the location is good, it costs six hundred taels of silver, which has exceeded Shen Yan's budget.

The housekeeper of the Qiao family was dumbfounded, he knew that the future eldest aunt was a son of a poor family, and the family had no permanent property, but he only had a few savings after he became famous.

However, when his lord ordered him to find a house, he only asked him to find a big one, he didn't think that Shen Yan would "pawn the house" by himself, so all he was looking for was a three-entry mansion.

Steward Qiao had no choice but to go to Master Qiao San to get an idea.

Although the Qiao family did not share much silver in each house, the third master had served as an official in Jiangnan for many years, and there was no shortage of savings in his hands, and a thousand handfuls of two silver were nothing.

Master Qiao San's original intention was to find a suitable house, or pawn or buy, all of which were paid for by him. After all, his son-in-law came to Beijing with him, and it was only right for him to spend money to help settle down. If I can buy it, I will give my daughter a dowry directly next year. Even if the son-in-law has an official body to be released in the future, the house in the capital is not afraid of being empty, or pawn or rent is subsidized.

Now that Shen Yan wants to be "self-reliant", Master Qiao San thought about it, but he did not force Shen Yan to accept the kindness of the Qiao family, but asked the steward to follow Shen Yan's orders.

Although he has the heart to mention his son-in-law and is willing to be kind to Shen Yan, he also wants Shen Yan to be willing to appreciate it. Otherwise, it is not a mercy, but a coercion.

Young people have a competitive heart, so that Shen Yan can "flutter" and "flutter" by himself, knowing the difficulties of the world, in order to know the benefits of having a good in-law, and know how good it is; Otherwise, "Raising Mien and fighting Mi Qiu" is not to raise help, but to raise white-eyed wolves.

The steward couldn't, so he had to go to Shen Yan again and ask about the conditions of the pawn house.

Shen Yan seemed to have a plan in his heart, thought about it, and said: "There is no need for too many houses, the inner and outer courtyards are separated, the silver is not more than three hundred taels, and the age of the house is more than three years." It needs to be secluded and not too close to the city.

The steward had a wooden face when he heard this, but Shen Yan could only sigh in his heart.

He didn't know the housing prices in the capital, but when he was in Nanjing, he inquired about the housing prices in Nanjing. I heard that in the early years, a room on the bank of the Qinhuai River was only a few dozen taels of silver, but in recent decades, it has increased more than ten times, and it has reached six hundred taels of silver. However, this is a special case, and it cannot be regarded as the norm, but the height of the room in Nanjing can also be seen, and the courtyards of the second and third entrances are slightly better, and the value of 1,800 taels is ordinary.

You must know that Lu Dao is in Songjiang Mansion, and the five-entry mansion is only 1,200 or 300 taels of silver.

Even if it is an official of Nanzhili, unless he becomes a court official, there are few who can afford to buy a house, and most of them are pawn houses or rent public houses.

Nanjing is still like this, even if the prosperity of the capital is not as good as Nanjing, but in the end it is the Son of Heaven.

Knowing that it is not easy to live in the capital, Shen Yan never thought of slapping a swollen face and becoming fat.

Although he can pawn a big house with his current money, what will he do in the future? I don't have money to prepare a dowry next year, and my daily expenses in the future are not small.

If he wants to live a luxurious life, then he will have to worry about money in the next few days, and where can he study with peace of mind

Whether it is important to live comfortably or to study is important, there is no need to choose between it.

If it weren't for the marriage next year, the young uncle and sister-in-law would need to avoid it, Shen Yan wouldn't even look for two mansions, and he would be satisfied if he found a courtyard.

Shen Yan took out a small ingot, handed it to the steward, and said, "The family is poor, so I can only ask the steward to bother."

The steward was short-handed, and he didn't dare to show his face because he took Shen Yan's identity into account, thanked him for the reward, and continued to look for a house.

After three or five days, the steward really found two small courtyards, both of which were in Mingshifang, which was close to Chongwenmen.

One is in the north of Fangbei, because it has been vacant for half a year, some dilapidated, and the courtyard is also small, but because it is close to the tribute courtyard, there are many scholars living nearby, and the price is not small, and the price of the pawn house is exactly three hundred taels; The other is in the south of the fang, just vacated the house, the inside is neatly cleaned up, with ninety percent of the new furniture furnishings, the house is also more, two hundred and sixty taels of silver, but the people living nearby are all businessmen, and the neighborhood is a little messy.

After listening to the introduction, Shen Yan already had a tendency, and personally followed the steward to go around, and chose the house across the street from the Gongyuan.

For the son-in-law chosen by Master Qiao San, each room has something to say.

Some look down on them, think they are foreign hillbillies, and cheekily climb the power of Qiao's family; There are also those who feel that the Shen family brothers have fame at a young age and have a promising future.

However, I heard that the Shen family can't even afford a house, so they can only live in a pawn house, and there are many contemptible ones.

It is decent to lift people, but it is not decent to lift people poorly. No matter what the future of the Shen family brothers will be in the future, it is certain that Xiao Qiao's family will suffer when they marry next year.

"I can't complain about being poor and sour, so I love to pay attention to the backbone of the empty head. Relatives inside and outside, live and live, and they have to find a house and move in a hurry. If you move here, won't you rely on the Qiao family? Master Qiao complained to Second Master Qiao in private.

Second Master Qiao said: "There is no father and ancestor to rely on, and the eldest son and eldest brother who supports the portal are more than others think." It's not a bad thing for young people to suffer a little. ”

Master Qiao sighed and said: "The third child is also prescient, the son is not angry, and the son-in-law is looking for ......"

In the end, they are envious, the older girls in the long house are all married to the eunuchs' families, and the dowry is also decent to prepare with gritted teeth, but the in-laws' families are mostly snobs, and they run far away when they encounter problems, and they can't be relied on at all. If it is like the third master, he also looked for two sons-in-law in the middle of the people, and if he was gracious, he could have two more helps, and the dowry could be supported.

The second master Qiao was as careful as a hair, as early as Shen Yan and Shen brothers arrived in Beijing, they felt strange when they heard the name of this brother, so they quietly asked someone to inquire about the details of the two brothers, even if they didn't know that they were the bloodline of the second room without the family tree, but they also knew that they were the Songjiang people's clan, and they were suspicious in their hearts.

When Shen Rui and Shen Jue came over with Qiao's family, although the second master Qiao went out later, he still asked people to stare at the side of the guest house. When he came back in the evening, he knew that the third master Qiao only asked the Qiao Yongde brothers to come out to accompany the guests, and the Shen Yan brothers didn't mention it, so the second master Qiao knew what was going on.

Although he was a little curious, he didn't study it in detail, but quietly told his wife to stay away from Bai's mother and son, and there was no need to be close.

For her husband's instructions, Mrs. Qiao didn't think much about it. After seeing Bai's side, seeing that her words and deeds were similar to her own sister-in-law, Mrs. Qiao was tired of her heart, and Ba had to socialize.

Qiao's family thought that Shen Yan was looking for a house in such a hurry, and now that he found it, he would definitely be eager to move out.

I didn't want Shen Yan to be in a hurry this time, so he took the silver and hired someone to clean up the inside and outside for half a month, and everything was complete, so he said goodbye to Master Qiao's family, and the mother and son brought a few people to move over......