Within a few days, I really arrived in Huzhou, and the Lin family's steward and subordinates came to pick me up with a sedan chair at the wharf.

While asking someone to put some things in the car and send them directly to the Lin house, Mr. Lin and Mrs. Lin called the steward to come in and talk back.

"It's all done." Master Lin asked.

This time I came to Huzhou to take up the post of Master Lin is still very important, so it is the third housekeeper of the Lin family who was sent in advance, Donglai, oh, now he has been promoted to the second housekeeper, although Donglai is not the son of the Lin family, he is the Lin family that he sold himself into in the early years, but several big housekeepers belong to him who knows the market the most and is the most stable.

Donglai respectfully stood in front of Master Lin and Mrs. Lin and replied: "If you go back to the master, I have already bought a four-entry courtyard connected to the garden in the east of the city, and I originally wanted to buy a three-entry courtyard according to the master's wishes, but there is really no one in the east of the city, so I can only retreat." ”

The east is rich in the west, the north is poor, and the south is cheap, this is the layout of all the cities in Zhongguo, with the Lin family's family background and family background, it is necessary to wait to live in the east of the city, otherwise it will definitely be underestimated. That is, because of the face problem, even though the Lin family is now a serious master, and two of them are little children, but there is still to be pomp, and the residence must be at least three courtyards without bad money, and the first and second entrances are really impossible to consider, because in this way they will not lose face.

"These four courtyards are the ancestral homes of a local family in Huzhou before, because the descendants are not filial and now they are completely lonely. The small one has been to see it in person, all kinds of buildings are good, feng shui is no problem, the house in the heart of the pavilion Su Causeway, you can see the scenery of the outer lake, that place is also good away from the Zhejiang Qing Division, there is only a stick of incense time in the sedan chair. Because there were other families who also wanted it, the small one cost seven hundred taels of silver to buy it. "This price is much higher than the average Sijin Courtyard, but considering the layout of the house itself, the geographical location and the urgency of the Lin family, such a price is also reasonable.

"Hmm!" Master Lin nodded and said that he knew.

Donglai was simply relieved, after all, he did spend some more this time, you must know that the general four courtyards are only about five hundred taels of silver, which is still taking into account the reason why Huzhou said that there are many rich and noble people in the big city like Gusu and Duzhong, but he spent an extra two hundred taels of silver this time, and those who don't know think he was corrupt.

"After the small one bought the house, he immediately arranged for someone to repair it, and now it has been repaired, but because of the urgent construction period, the salary is higher. He also bought a thirty-hectare Zhuangzi on the outskirts of the city, and arranged for honest tenants to cultivate it, and there was a mountain behind the Zhuangzi, and the little one inquired that the mountain was ownerless, and anyone could go up to hunt in ordinary times. Saying that, Donglai handed over the expenses he spent after coming to Huzhou to Master Lin, these are the expenses on the surface, and those in the secret have to wait until the house is settled, and Donglai will tell Master Lin alone.

Master Lin glanced at it, there was basically no problem, and he couldn't help but nodded, "Very good, what news is there in Huzhou these days?" ”

Donglai thought about it and said: "There is nothing new, but there are a few people who inquire about the details, but I heard that it is the Lin family, so no one came." "As for the other thing, Donglai thought about it, it was a matter of royalty, so it was better to talk to Master Lin alone.

It is not surprising that some people inquire about the details of the east, and it is not surprising that they are buying a house or a Zhuangzi, which can be regarded as a big deal, and it is strange that others do not inquire. Especially the house in the east of the city is not something that ordinary people can afford, it must be bought by someone with an official status or title, otherwise you can only go to the west of the city no matter how much money you have, which is where the nouveau riche live.

Since the house in the east of the city was bought without resistance, there must be a character coming, and others will naturally come to find out the details, knowing that they will not be defeated in a hundred battles.

After asking clearly, Master Lin led Mrs. Lin and Lin Ruhai, Lin Liu and Aunt Gu to get off the boat, sat in a sedan chair, followed by the slave's sedan chair and carriage or something, and a mile of procession headed towards the newly bought Lin house.

The wharf is some distance from the east of the city, Lin Liu followed Zhang Sheng's family to sit in the sedan chair, and he didn't know how long it swayed, and the sedan chair stopped. Without waiting for Lin Liu to ask, he felt that the sedan chair was lifted up again, and almost after a shot, the sedan chair stopped.

After getting off the sedan chair, I have arrived at the Hanging Flower Gate, and I walked in with Mr. Lin and Mrs. Lin to the inner courtyard, there is nothing good to look at in these four courtyards, the layout is the same, that is, the scenery is different, but the style of the Jiangnan house is almost the same, and it is not uncommon to see more.

Lin Ruhai and Lin Liu didn't go to their house first, but followed Master Lin and Mrs. Lin into the main room, not to mention Aunt Gu, Mrs. Lin didn't speak, she always had to follow Mrs. Lin on this occasion.

It's still February, and the weather is just beginning to warm up, so it's still a little cold, but the silver frost charcoal has already burned in the main room, and the house is not cold at all, and there are immediately maids to bring snacks and hot tea.

Mrs. Lin sat down on the first seat with Master Lin and said with a smile: "I look at this house is not bad, but I don't know what the scenery of the garden behind it is." "This house is smaller than the ancestral house of the Lin family and the house of the Lin family in the capital, but it is also worthy of the value of Master Lin's official position from the fifth grade, and the Lin family has too few serious masters, but if you say that you can live in the courtyard, you can actually live in the second courtyard, and it is very easy, so Mrs. Lin is not complaining about anything, she just has nothing to say.

"Donglai has always been eye-catching." Master Lin took a sip of hot tea and said with a smile, this is also the reason why he did not send the second housekeeper at that time, but sent Donglai to be the third housekeeper.

Mrs. Lin also nodded when she heard this, which is indeed good.

This Donglai does not rely on marrying the wife of the house, the grandmother of the house, the companion or the confidant, even Mrs. Lin has to admit that in terms of ability, several housekeepers are still the most powerful in Donglai. However, the family has the unspoken rules of the family, and the position of the chief housekeeper cannot be handed over to someone other than the family's children, which is to prevent people from colluding inside and outside to play, so no matter how big Donglai's ability is, these two housekeepers have also done it.

After a short break, Master Lin got up and went to the study in the outer courtyard, other places may be cleaned up, but the study must have been cleaned up. After waiting for Master Lin to leave, Mrs. Lin also began to instruct her subordinates to take care of the housework.

She must live in the main room, Lin Ruhai and Lin Liu live in the left and right side rooms of the outer courtyard, and Aunt Gu lives in the west side room, which must be cleaned up before tonight, and the kitchen and warehouse must also be cleaned up quickly. In addition, you have to ask people to contact the official Yazi and buy some rough mothers-in-law, little maids and male servants to come in.