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As soon as Steward Xu turned around, he found that it was a middle-aged man who spoke like a hemp rod, only to see that the other party was extremely thin, with deep cheeks on his slender face, mung bean-sized eyes blinking, like mice, and his eyebrows were also very sparse.

"It turned out to be the fifth brother, but I asked you to bother with it before!" When Steward Xu saw this thin middle-aged man, he also showed a bright smile on his face.

This middle-aged man surnamed Li, because he is five at home, he is generally called Lao Wu, Lao Wu has no serious livelihood, he relies on mixing in the market every day, and he is more familiar with people in Songjiang Mansion, and he also helps people introduce helpers or buy and sell rental houses, and extract some benefits from them.

Steward Xu used to be a face-stricken-up figure in Songjiang Mansion, and people like Lao Wu who were similar to bastards couldn't be contacted at all, but now although the Zhou Mansion was defeated, Lao Wu saw that Steward Xu greeted him with a smile, and his heart was also very useful. I saw him grinning widely, revealing two rows of yellow teeth and smiling: "Steward Xu is polite, and the younger brother is just eating with a mouthful, so I can't talk about thanking him or not, but this time the younger brother has found a big customer!" ”

"Big patron, what patron?" Steward Xu obviously didn't quite understand the meaning of Lao Wu's words, Fuzhong just wanted to rent out a few yards, and the price was certain, where was there any big patron?

Lao Wu looked very excited, only to see him raise his sparse eyebrows and say: "Steward Xu, you don't know, Yangzhou has a Master Liu, who is also a scholar, used to be an official in other places, and now he is old, so he wants to go home to retire, but he likes the beautiful scenery here in Songjiang, and it is not very far from Yangzhou, so he wants to buy a house here in us, I also just received the news, so I came to discuss with you, if your Zhou Mansion is willing to sell the house, Then I'm going to contact the person sent by Master Liu to look at the house? ”

Hearing that the so-called big patron of the fifth child turned out to be what he meant, Steward Xu immediately shook his head again and again and said: "No, no, the house of our Zhou Mansion was built by the master little by little, and it will be the ancestral house of our Zhou family in the future, and it must not be sold, this matter is not negotiable!" ”

When Steward Xu said this, he felt that his tone was a little stiff, and then he immediately softened his tone and said: "Fifth brother, although our Zhou family has been temporarily defeated, it has not yet reached the point of selling the house, and now it is just renting out the first few unused yards, so you still need to worry more about this matter!" ”

Lao Wu heard Steward Xu's rejection of his suggestion, and the smile on his face was also a little sarcastic, he couldn't draw a few dollars at all when he rented out a yard, but if he sold a house, his tap was a lot of income, enough for him to eat for a few months, but unfortunately now this hope has been shattered, which makes Lao Wu's heart naturally a little unhappy.

However, Steward Xu and Lao Wu didn't notice it, just when they were discussing renting a house, the young butcher who was busy cutting meat for the guests next to him was moving, and the action of cutting meat in his hands was also slow, turning his head to look at Steward Xu with a thoughtful expression, and even wanted to open his mouth to speak, but when he saw that Lao Wu was still here, he felt that it was not the time to speak by himself, so he lowered his head and continued to busy himself with his own business, but his eyes glanced at Steward Xu from time to time.

For the sake of his own expensive draw, the fifth man was unwilling to persuade Steward Xu a few words, but Steward Xu knew that the mansion of the Zhou Mansion had already been mortgaged to Master Wang, but the people did not ask for it in the friendship between the two families, and it was precisely because of this that the young master would definitely not be able to take out the yard and sell it, so he also resolutely refused the persuasion of the fifth man.

As for Steward Xu's most reluctant to ask him to release the news of renting a house again, he didn't seem to hear it, which made Steward Xu angry After the fifth child left, he snorted a few times again and scolded the other party for being a villain.

"This Steward Xu, I heard just now that you want to rent out the yard?" Just as Steward Xu turned around and was about to buy meat, he didn't expect the young butcher to take the initiative to step forward and speak, with a bright smile on his oily face.

Seeing the other party's appearance, the elite housekeeper Xu was also in good spirits, and hurriedly leaned over and said, "That's right, why does the little brother know who is in a hurry to rent a house?" ”

The young butcher nodded and said, "Is there someone who wants to rent a house, but I don't know if the yard you rent out is big, and what is the location and quality of the house?" ”

As soon as he heard that there was a door, Steward Xu also became extremely excited, and introduced with a look of surprise: "Little brother in the yard, you can rest assured, no matter how you say that our Zhou Mansion used to be a famous big family in Songjiang, this time it was only rented out of three small courtyards in the front yard, each small yard is not smaller than the yard where ordinary people live, the houses are newly built over the years, absolutely no problem, the key is the location, two streets away from the vegetable market, most of the big families in Songjiang Mansion are around, the roads extend in all directions, and you heard it just now, Our Zhou family is unwilling to sell the house now, otherwise I don't know how many people in Ludao are rushing to buy it? ”

"Zhou Mansion? But the Zhou prodigy who was only fourteen years old and was admitted to the Fushang of Xiucai? "The young butcher has been mixing in the vegetable market for a long time, and Zhang Jiali has heard a lot of things, so he naturally knows about the Zhou Mansion.

"That's right, little brother, since you know that the young master of our family, you should have heard about the incident some time ago, and now our Zhou family has some difficulties temporarily, so I want to rent out the first few sets of yards to tide over the difficulties, if the little brother knows who wants to rent a yard, please tell him on your behalf, and the benefits after the success are naturally indispensable little brother!" Steward Xu saluted the young butcher, just now seeing the appearance of the fifth child leaving, it is estimated that he will definitely not do his best, and now he finally encountered an opportunity to rent out the house, he naturally has to grasp it.

However, at this time, the young butcher was a little embarrassed, and hugged his fist at Steward Xu and said: "Steward Xu, I won't tell you, in fact, I want to rent a house, I am originally from the cross village in the southern suburbs of the city, and I have to rush into the city to sell meat every day, which is really inconvenient, so I want to rent a place to live in the city, and I also need to store pork." ”

"This ......" heard that it was the butcher in front of him who wanted to rent a house, but Steward Xu seemed a little hesitant, the butcher is a cheap business, and now renting the yard to the other party is not good for the Zhou family. In addition, the most important thing is that if the other party slaughters pigs and sheep in the yard, it is not very auspicious for the family, especially Aunt Wang still believes in Buddhism and vegetarianism, let alone this.

"Steward Xu, don't worry, the rented yard is just my usual residence, and the other thing is to transport the meat that has been slaughtered during the day to the yard for storage, and it will be sold the next day, as for the slaughter place, it will be in my home outside the city, and it will definitely not be slaughtered in the Zhou Mansion!" The young butcher also saw Steward Xu's concerns, so he hurriedly explained.

What he likes most is the location of Zhou's mansion, which is only two streets away from the vegetable market, and if he can rent it, he will be much easier in the future. As for the rent, he didn't care much, no one in the entire vegetable market didn't know that his Wu butcher's stall had the best business, and he naturally made the most money, and he didn't care about the money from a few rented houses at all.

Hearing that the other party would not put his most taboo slaughtering behavior in the Zhou family, Steward Xu was also relieved, only to see that he thought about it seriously, and then raised his head and said to Butcher Wu: "That's it, I'll go back and report to the young master of my family, whether the young master agrees or not, I will come to tell you about the little brother another day!" ”

Hearing that Steward Xu was willing to pass the word on his behalf, Butcher Wu was also very happy and said: "Don't change the day, do you think this is good, my meat today is about to be sold out, an hour later, I will be the owner of the Fengyou Teahouse next to me, please discuss the matter of renting a yard with Young Master Zhou, the issue of rent is easy to discuss!" ”

Hearing that the other party was so generous, Steward Xu had a very good impression of this young butcher, and immediately agreed, and the two then chatted a few more words, Steward Xu took the opportunity to learn about the other party's situation, and found that Butcher Wu had actually just turned twenty, and his face was a little old, and he looked a few years older than his actual age. In addition, he has no marriage match so far, and there are no other relatives in the family, and it is typical for one person to feed the whole family without hunger.

After learning about the situation of Butcher Wu, Butler Xu bought two catties of meat, originally Butcher Wu said that he would not charge money, but Butler Xu had to give him a fortress, and Butcher Wu had no choice but to accept it, but he went down with a knife, and the meat cut was more than five catties, and he also sent two big bone sticks with meat, saying that it was given to Butler Xu to boil soup and drink, but Steward Xu refused, and had to accept it after the worst.

After returning to Zhou's mansion, Steward Xu found Zhou Zhong excitedly, and then told Butcher Wu about his willingness to rent a house. As a later generation, Zhou Zhong does not have any taboos about what to slaughter, and there will be no discrimination against butchers, after all, people only kill pigs and not kill people.

It is precisely because of this that Zhou Chong immediately agreed after hearing this, and then made a simple preparation, and came to Fengyou Teahouse, which is located not far from the vegetable market, an hour later. Fengyou teahouse is still very famous in Songjiang Mansion, the teahouse is divided into upstairs and downstairs, downstairs is the hall, specially for ordinary people to drink tea and chat, and downstairs there is a storytelling platform, there is a storyteller to comment on the book. Upstairs, there are private rooms and private seats, which are suitable for literati to recite poems or businessmen to discuss business.