Early the next morning, Li Yanqing and his father came to the outside of the West City, Li Gouer rode a donkey in front, he walked back to Li Daqi and his son as he walked: "Outside the West City to Hongqiao as the boundary, the house price west of Hongqiao is very cheap, you can buy a small house with only a thousand dollars, and you can buy a shop covering an area of one acre along the street with three thousand dollars, but in the east of Hongqiao, the room will immediately triple the price, the closer to the city wall, the more expensive the house price, and the shop of one acre is often quoted at 10,000 yuan." Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"Then the house that Brother Gou introduced to us is in Hongqiao East or Hongqiao West?"

Li Gou'er squinted and smiled: "Don't you feel at ease when an old tooth person like me does things?" I waited for this opportunity for two years, the family just decided to sell the house, I immediately stared at it, I told you, it is less than 100 steps away from Hongqiao, of course, in the west of the bridge, although the price is not cheap, but there are ten acres of land, it is difficult to buy such a large area by the river. ”

"Doesn't anyone compete with us?" Li Yanqing asked with a smile again.

"Let's put it this way! Outside the city, the magnates look down, although many people also want to buy a house, but six thousand guan may not be able to afford it, and this is not a house land, is a shop land, but not a shop along the street, a very embarrassing seat, so there will never be a lot of people to buy, the owner of this two years ago offered eight thousand guan to sell, but basically no one cared, after two years he took it out and sold, this time directly reduced the price of two thousand, we are the first to see, whether it can be done or not to talk again! ”

Everyone talked and walked, and soon came to Hongqiao, Hongqiao was bustling as always, the flow of people was like weaving, in the middle was the livestock road, ox carts, donkey carts, transporting people, delivering goods, one after another, the small traders at both ends of the bridge set up stalls everywhere, and the sound of selling came and went.

"Authentic sugar gourd, red in the mountains, white sugar boiled and poured, sweet and sour, endless delicious! A string of petty officials, good sugar, and a string of twenty yuan. ”

"Bring me five strings!" Li Yanqing bought one bunch for each person, and he took two bunches and gnawed on them, although he knew that it couldn't be white sugar, it should be brown sugar, but it still tasted good.

A fortune teller at the head of the bridge saw Li Daqi's father and son walking over in scribe robes, so he shouted: "Fortune telling, ancestral nine palaces push fortunes, career marriage, especially good at imperial examinations!" ”

Li Daqi was a little hesitant, wanting to calculate the imperial examination for his son, Li Yanqing laughed, "If he can really tell fortunes, does he still need to set up a stall here?" ”

"The little guy is right, it's not a matter of a few small money, it's going to be troublesome."

Li Gou'er is very good at talking, he knows that the person who is really in charge of buying a house today is not Li Daqi, but his son Li Yanqing, and he follows Li Yanqing's words.

Li Daqi nodded and smiled at his son: "You have a little sense, so don't forget it." ”

The shop they were going to was not on the north bank of the Bianhe River, but on the south bank of the Bianhe River, without crossing the bridge, the group continued to walk west, about a hundred steps, Li Gouer pointed to a row of buildings in front of them and said, "There it is!" ”

The owner of the appointment was already waiting at the door, he hurriedly stepped forward to greet Li Daqi, the landlord's surname was Xia, he was a short and fat middle-aged man, with a very kind personality, and soon he talked and laughed with Li Daqi, and the two walked together to an alley in the middle of the store.

Li Gou'er beckoned to Li Yanqing, "Hurry up and keep up!" ”

"Brother Gou, let's go in first! I want to look outside first. ”

Li Gouer had no choice but to follow Li Daqi and the landlord in first.

Li Yanqing looked at the surrounding environment, the environment is not bad, because it is very close to Hongqiao, it happens to be a central business district, there are all kinds of houses built on both sides of the road, there are tea shops, food shops, inns and restaurants, there are foot shops, there are shops, dense shops are next to each other, not far from the south is a building with white walls and red tiles, which looks like a temple.

The house that my father wanted to buy was located on the north side of the trade road, close to the Bianhe River, but it had no shops, and the row of shops along the street in front of it consisted of a rice shop, a cloth shop and a teahouse, and the landlord did not have his own shop, his house was in the back, and he walked in from the alley between the rice shop and the cloth shop.

Li Yanqing thought about it, then handed the horse to the accompanying servant, he walked quickly towards the Hongqiao, walked on the Hongqiao, in the middle of the bridge you can see the back of the building, but fortunately, the back wall of the building is at least five or six zhang away from the river, even if the water rises, it can't flood the root of the wall, and there is a row of stout big willow trees behind it.

But Li Yanqing still found a shortcoming, that is, the ships in this area are too densely moored, and a small wharf is full of ships on both sides, and their future ships may not be so easy to moor.

"Outside!"

The little guy beckoned to Li Yanqing under the bridge and shouted, "Please come over outside!" ”

Li Yanqing had no choice but to walk under the bridge, he walked quickly to the shop just now, directly through the alley next to the rice shop, and entered the gate of the house at the back.

From the outside, the house seems to be small, but when he really enters the gate, he finds that the house is much bigger than he imagined, and the yard alone has at least five acres of open space, which is actually a large open space, which is divided into two by a two-story house, and the yard is overgrown with weeds, and many of the weeds that grow too strong have been removed by the owner, so as not to leave the impression of desolation to the caretaker.

But Li Yanqing still felt an indescribable desolation, the two-story wooden house was at least a few decades old, it really looked a bit old, and it needed to be renovated, surrounded by a two-person high courtyard wall, fortunately, there were no two-story buildings around.

At this time, Li Daqi was standing at the back door accompanied by the landlord and looking outside, Li Yanqing walked over, and Li Daqi hurriedly said: "Yanqing, do you think the open space behind five or six zhang can be used?" ”

Li Yanqing shook his head and smiled: "I also saw a similar house the year before last, it was built using the open space of five or six zhang behind, as long as the Bianhe River rises, the yard can also be sailed." ”

The landlord also smiled: "The little clerk is right, you see that every house has not been repaired behind the house, but the highest water level is still five feet from the wall, if the house is repaired, I am afraid that the terrain will sink, and the general government is not allowed to repair it." ”

Li Yanqing looked outside, and saw that the outside was quite wide, and there was still a little distance from the river, no wonder his father was tempted, so he asked the landlord: "Is the land behind also the landlord's?" ”

The landlord shook his head, "The land behind it should be regarded as official land, but it can also be said to be terra nullius. ”

Li Yanqing smiled at his father: "If my father wants to use the land behind, there is also a way, the land outside is paved with stones, all the way to the river, and the river is made of stones to build high, sealed neatly, and becomes a real wharf, on which goods can be stacked." ”

The landlord shook his head again and again, "That is too expensive, you can't do it without two or three thousand yuan, and you have to go to the government to apply, and you must get the consent of the government before construction, I estimate that the government will not agree." ”

"Let's talk about this later!"

Li Daqi walked back to the courtyard, pointed to a large piece of land and asked Li Yanqing, "What do you think?" ”

Li Yanqing said with a smile: "Everything else is fine, but the dock is full of ships, where will our ships stop in the future?" ”

"It's okay!"

The landlord hurriedly said: "The wharf I rented to the rice shop next door, the wharf is mine, this section of the river in addition to the official boats, can only be berthed by my boats, the wharf lease expires next month, I told these ships to go away, they also have a big wharf in the west, this is just a temporary stop for the rice shop." ”

"If that's the case, I think this place isn't bad."

"Don't worry, this piece of land has been handed down by my ancestors, and the absolute value of the land is very high, if I wasn't in a hurry to ask for money, I wouldn't have sold it."

The landlord said to Li Yanqing again: "I also told your father just now, my grandfather has a big manor in Nanjing, and now several brothers are dividing the family property, I am the eldest son, and I want to take down the whole manor, so I have to give each of the three brothers a sum of money, but I just invested all the money, and I was really nervous at hand, so I decided to sell this land, which is close to Hongqiao, and six thousand yuan is really not expensive." ”

"But it's by no means cheap, it can only be said that the price is fair, and neither side suffers, after all, there are no shops on this land."

"Actually, you can open a small shop, the aisle in the middle is mine, five feet wide, two feet deep, and a shed is built on it, it is a small shop, selling all kinds of gadgets, as for entering and exiting, you can walk around from the Hongqiao side."

Li Daqi shook his head, "There is no need for the store, just keep it as a passage." ”

"Then Father can buy it!" Li Yanqing finally made a decision for his father.

Li Daqi said to the landlord: "I can settle it now, does Brother Tai still need someone else to take a look?" ”

As a landlord, of course, he hopes that the more people who look at the house, the better, so that he can choose the one with the highest price to sell, but he also knows that his land can neither be built into a mansion, nor is it a shop along the street, and there are few people who are interested, let alone people who can come up with 6,000 yuan.

The landlord immediately said: "Since Li Yuanwai is sincere, then so be it!" We are determined, 6,000 yuan, half of the tooth money and transfer money, I don't know how Li Yuanwai plans to pay the money? ”

"Pay the Huizi, the Huizi issued by the imperial court, can be exchanged everywhere, I will pay half of the title deed first, and after the transfer, the remaining half will be paid off at one time."

Li Daqi is already very experienced in buying land, and he smiled at Li Gou'er again: "The rest of the transfer is yours." ”

Li Gouer was overjoyed, this was the largest farm business he had ever done, 6,000 yuan! He can lift 300 yuan of tooth help, deduct the tooth tax, and get 270 yuan in hand.

He promised repeatedly, "I'll start handling it today!" ”