Chapter 105: Settling In
The men are recovering the land, the village is not big, and they have to pay sixty percent of the rent every year, which is their burden, although the emperor has repeatedly reduced the tax, but the landlords have never taken this matter as a thing, and the things that are paid less will naturally become their own, which is the biggest contradiction in this world. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
People want to eat well and drink well, so they naturally have to find another way out, the soap made by Li Chengyan was quickly sold out, and another batch of soap was quickly rushed out, Li Chengyan counted a pile of silver coins on the table, and he was so happy that he couldn't see his teeth, but Lin Ran on the side was serving a large pot of stew.
"What are you smirking at?"
Li Chengyan has been looking at these silver coins for a long time, and he can't understand why this era is different from the world of his memory, the silver coins are very exquisite, they must be suppressed by a hydraulic press, who will make a hydraulic press in this era?
"Eat, don't want those things," Li Chengyan put the silver coin back in the cloth bag and threw it on the bed, dug up a bowl of white rice, soaked some broth and sniffed it beautifully, Lin Ran looked happy and said to Li Chengyan.
"Do we want to go to the county to buy a house, after all, if we can sell soap to the county in the future, it will be more convenient."
Lin Ran's mind is very simple, as long as Li Chengyan doesn't leave him, he can do anything, the life in the village is not bad, but Li Chengyan is a non-stop, he doesn't need to say it himself, he will do it.
"Well, this rice soaked in broth is fragrant, doesn't it mean that the pork smells, why isn't it?"
Seeing that Li Chengyan ignored what he said, he glanced at him angrily, and heard Li Chengyan say that the pork smelled of snarking, and said with a sneer.
"The pig that has been fanned has no taste, and the royal family eats it now."
"What's the fan?"
"Fan is ~ eating, why are you talking about this, I don't hate you."
Lin Ran rolled his eyes, knowing that Li Chengyan was bad, he didn't pay attention to it, he dug a little bite of rice and put it in his mouth to refuse, Li Chengyan picked up a piece of meat, gave the red meat strips to Lin Ran, and ate fat himself, at first glance, he was a rich man, if this is in a poor family, fat meat is a good thing.
"Eat more lean ones, and leave the fat ones to me."
Li Chengyan was stupid and was still talking with a greasy feeling in his big belly, but Lin Ran sent a bone to Li Chengyan's bowl, and then ate the white rice one bite at a time, was he too selfish, he was originally living a drunken life in Chang'an City, and these hardships were not something he could bear.
"Let's go to Chang'an."
plucked up the courage to say it to Li Chengyan, Li Chengyan was stunned for a moment, and then smiled at Lin Ran.
"That's all the money? The travel fee is not enough, and if you want to go to Chang'an, you have to wait for a while. ā
Li Chengyan's words made Lin Ran's heart relax slightly, maybe he was a little tired of eating, he felt a little sick to his stomach, he covered his mouth and vomited when he went out, looking at Lin Ran's reaction, Li Chengyan handed over a bowl of water and patted Lin Ran's back, Lin Ran waved his hand to indicate that it was nothing.
"Yo, what's going on?"
The voice of the third aunt came from the door, and I saw that the woman was carrying a chicken, pushed open the courtyard door and entered the front of the two, Lin Ran's eyes were red, and the third aunt looked at Lin Ran and said.
"How many days have you not been here?"
"It's been about half a month."
"Don't you bring it, this is a big deal, you ask Lang Zhong to take a look."
Li Chengyan heard that he was the second monk, and the third aunt looked at Li Chengyan's appearance and twisted him and said.
"It's a baby in the end, and my daughter-in-law has it."
Yes, what's the matter, Li Chengyan can hear it no matter how stupid he is, he picked up Lin Ran and kissed him a few times, regardless of Lin Ran's struggle, he was happy for a while, and then he remembered that there was a third aunt on the side, and the third aunt also said to Li Chengyan with a smile.
"Don't have sex anymore recently, be careful of the tire gas, call your third uncle to get into the car tomorrow, and go to the county to find a good man."
"Hehe, then it's troublesome for the third aunt, and I just happened to go to the county to see the shop by the way."
Lin Ran's face was blushing now behind Li Chengyan, the third aunt put down the chicken and left, the couple looked at each other and smiled, after all, this is a great event, Li Chengyan, who has been a father for the first time in two lives, has been rubbing Lin Ran's little belly excitedly, feeling that vibrant life.
Early the next morning.
An ox cart set off from a small village, going to the county seat sixty miles away, on the bumpy dirt road, Li Chengyan hugged Lin Ran tightly, the time was the end of October, the withered yellow grass indicated that winter was coming, and the autumn wind brought a trace of coolness, so that Lin Ran leaned against Li Chengyan's chest again.
"Husband"
"What's wrong?"
Lin Ran smiled sweetly, didn't speak, leaned on Li Chengyan's head and shook it, women are intellectual, a little touch will make them feel extremely happy, Li Chengyan sneered, and tightened the quilt wrapped around Lin Ran's body.
Sixty miles of the road Lao Niu actually took nearly two hours to arrive, to the city gate, the third uncle had to rush back to the village, put down two people to walk towards the village alone, under the blue brick city gate of three zhang, there was an endless stream of merchants, not at all because of the autumn wind depression half a minute, through the city gate, neat streets stand on both sides.
Li Chengyan took Lin Ran around, found a pharmacy and walked in, and the guy who guarded the door greeted the two of them politely.
"The two of you are here for consultation or to grab medicine."
Li Chengyan looked at the pharmacy, behind the cabinet was a neatly divided square medicine cabinet, the shopkeeper was holding a book in one hand, and the other hand was holding a plan to settle accounts, asking about the choking taste of Chinese medicine, Lin Ran was a little nauseous, the guy looked at Lin Ran's reaction, and said with a smile.
"Shopkeeper, ask for a doctor."
The shopkeeper came out of the room, motioned for Lin Ran to sit down, sat down on behalf of Lin Ran, touched Lin Ran's pulse with his hand, and said to Li Chengyan after a moment of death.
"Congratulations, Mrs. Zun is pregnant, but the time is short, you can't have sex in three months, come back in three months, and the old man will prescribe you some medicine to calm the nerves and stabilize the fetus."
Although it had been determined that Lin Ran was pregnant, the two of them were still unconsciously excited after listening to Lang Zhong's words, Li Chengyan took out an envelope wrapped in red paper from his arms and handed it to Lang Zhong, who took it and said.
"Originally, there was no money for the consultation, but I was also asking for good luck, and Mrs. Ling Lang's mother and son were safe."
"Mr. Xie, we still have something to do, Mr. trouble today, farewell"
"Slow down, two."
After giving each other salutes, Li Chengyan pulled Lin Ran out of the door of the pharmacy, looked at each other and smiled, and walked around the county.
"This place is near the city gate, and there are many people coming and going, so it is a good place, go, go and ask."
The elementary school apprentice who ran the hall early greeted him and asked the two of them what they wanted, and Li Chengyan waved his hand.
"We're not here to buy fabrics, so please call the shopkeeper over, and say that someone wants to buy a shop."
The young man was stunned when he heard this, and then walked to the back hall, and walked out of a middle-aged man in his thirties without much effort, and looked at Li Chengyan carefully, although the seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy, although he was wearing a simple score, but he was magnificent, and he walked in a tiger's step, and the shopkeeper was not lazy, and asked: "I don't know what to call the son?" ā
"Contemptible surname Li, famous saying,"
The name was told to him by Lin Ran, and his name was Li Yan, and he told the shopkeeper generously, and the shopkeeper bowed his hand and said.
"Li Gongzi must have checked it before he came, this place is close to the city gate, and close to the Fang market, although there is no prosperity in the Fang market, but it is also a rare place to gather wealth, I want to enter Luoyang, I have to sell this shop."
What the shopkeeper said is true, but the people in front of the hall are lively, the door is facing a private house, the road in front of the door leads directly to the city gate, convenient, lively, this is the line.
"I don't know how the shopkeeper makes a price?"
The shopkeeper smiled slightly.
"This piece, together with the three catties of courtyard behind, the writer has a total of three hundred silver coins, I don't know what the son wants?"
The shopkeeper's words made Li Chengyan stunned, three hundred silver coins, and the income of nearly half a month was gone.
"I wonder if I'll take a closer look."
"The family has already gone to Luoyang, but it doesn't hurt to see it."
Li Chengyan led Lin Ran into the village, the front yard is a large open space, the shop is a two-storey building, on the west side of the house, the main entrance faces south, is a gatehouse behind the hall, on both sides of the hall is a row of houses, after the court is the inner courtyard, about three or five hundred square meters, there is a rockery pond, garden, after the yard is a blue brick house, divided into four rooms, the middle living room, on both sides is the study, and the bedroom, and then the main house of the main house.
Li Chengyan and Lin Ran nodded with satisfaction and asked the shopkeeper.
"The benevolence of the shopkeeper, but this courtyard is worth three hundred taels, I wonder when we will be able to live in?"
"In three or five days, I will go to the yamen to change the land deed, and the tax will be paid, this house is yours. Haha"
Li Chengyan nodded and said, "It's bothering the shopkeeper,"
The shopkeeper waved his hand generously and said, "It's a little thing, and thank you for doing me a big favor,"
The husband and wife said goodbye to the shopkeeper and rented a room in the inn and stayed.
In ancient times, the transfer of ownership was much simpler than now, the contract was made, the tax was paid, and the money was given to the shopkeeper in person, which was completed, and the name of the title deed was changed to Li Yan, Li Chengyan's first village, even if it was landed, it took half a day to move, and the people in the village were instructed to transport the soap to this side, and this matter was settled.