There were a circle of people around the stone table in the courtyard, including Tan Shunlin, the chief of the house, Jiang Youyi, the owner of the house, the neighbors on the left and right, Fang Ya, the scrivener, and Chen Xin, Dai Zhenggang and Lu Donkey and others also came, and the courtyard was full. After the discussion of Fang Ya, the owner agreed to reduce one or two silver, and Liu Minyou and Chen Xin were in a hurry to use the house, so they agreed. So at noon, I invited Tan Shunlin, the general manager here, and the neighbors to handle the delivery.

Tan Zongjia is about forty years old, with a beautiful beard, stroking his beard with his left hand, and holding a red deed with the seal of the Qing Military Department in his right hand, and is reading aloud.

"Jiang Youyi, the person who set up the deed of sale, now lives elsewhere, there is a broken tile house, two rooms in the market, two main houses, three rooms in the west wing, a total of seven rooms in the size of the house, 83 steps (note: lunge, a lunge folds 2.8 square meters), the doors and windows are connected with civil engineering up and down, surrounded by door walls and window tiles and masonry, and the patio hall and stone are complete. It is located in Tan Shunlin, the general area of Dongchengjing Dongfang Erdao Street, east to Guan Street, south to Zhou Laifu's house wall, north to Jiangwang's house wall, and west to the corner of the house dripping water. Today, with the official fang, the love is sold and Liu Min has a place to sit, forever for the industry, three words agreed, the price of silver is forty-one taels, the tax is three dollars and two cents and eight cents, and the silver is collected in full on the same day, and there is no shortage outside. After the sale, if there are relatives and other competitors, the seller will take care of it. If there is a person who regrets first, he is willing to punish the white rice and 100 stones into the official public, and set up this deed of sale, which will always be according to the law. April 27, 7th year of the Apocalypse. The seller Jiang Youyi, Tan Shunlin, the left neighbor Jiang Wang, the right neighbor Zhou Laifu, the Fang Ya Wu Yue, and the scrivener Chen Zetong. ”

Tan Shunlin finished reading, and said to the two of them: "The two of you can draw a charge when you hear it clearly." ”

Liu Minyou took the red deed and checked it again, and after confirming it, he handed over the forty-one taels of silver to the owner, and the owner himself also brought the name, after being correct, the above people and so on were drawn in order to press the seal, and when everyone finished drawing, Liu Minyou gave Tan Zongjia three dollars and two cents and eight cents of taxes, the original red deed was to be drawn and charged, and the seal was stamped after paying the tax in the Qing Military Hall.

Then he paid Wu Yue's house money two dollars and five cents, Liu Minyou felt that Uncle Wu was good, and added two cents and five cents, a total of two cents and three cents, and the pen fee was given five cents, and the middle meeting fee of the left and right neighbors was generally one or two cents, Liu Minyou gave five cents, and the two neighbors immediately warmed up and helped Zhang Luo. In addition, Tan Zongjia also had a mid-term fee, which should have been the same as the left and right neighbors, but Chen Xin stuffed it directly into his hand, but it was two coins of silver, Tan Shunlin gently swiped it in his sleeve, and quietly accepted it, his eyes smiling. After this thing is done, Liu Minyou is already a family with a house.

Everyone was happy at the moment, and the original owner Jiang Youyi did not leave immediately, this person is not a big businessman, but he is quite atmospheric, Chen Xin knows that he is a cotton cloth merchant, and has been talking to him, and after a while, the relationship has been very harmonious. Chen Xin asked for the location of his shop in Nancheng, ready to have time to check it out.

Others helped to plan the layout of the room, and introduced the wood shop and the cloth shop, who had good goods and who was cheap, and explained them in detail to Liu Min one by one, for fear that he would not understand.

Tan Zongjia had a good harvest today and was in a good mood, so he came over to talk to Liu Minyou about the situation of these two streets.

"Liu Gongzi, after you come, you need to remember the duty watch, the households of Erdao Street are sixty-eight households, except for a few weak ones, they will be rotated every two months, and they must be on duty overnight in the change shop. If you don't want to keep it, you can also pay someone to hire someone. Other river workers should be served, and they will talk about the transfer post. ”

Liu Min nodded and agreed: "When we are on duty, we will trouble Mr. Tan to inform him." ”

Tan Zongjia was in a good mood, and waved his hand and said, "Don't bother, Jiang Wang is the day before you, and let him inform you when the time comes." ”

Jiang Wang's house is in the north of the two, is the left neighbor of the two, he is about thirty-six seven, and he is also the military surplus of the left guard, and he sells some incense wax paper candles in Sanyi Temple, Guanyin Temple, Tianfei Palace and other temples on weekdays, and has a son and a daughter, both of whom are still young, a little introverted, and don't like to talk, and just nodded after listening to Tan Zongjia's words.

After saying this, Tan Shunlin asked what the two of them did for a living, and when they heard that Chen Xin was the bookkeeper, they were quite impressed. After Chen Xin was modest, he said to Tan Zongjia: "How did we first arrive, if there is anything inconsiderate, please ask Tan Zongjia and all the neighbors to give more advice." ”

Tan Zongjia twisted his beautiful hair and said: "I can't talk about advice, this street was originally inhabited by Zuowei military households, and a total of 50 households, which have been born for a long time, some have gone and some have come, and the houses are also split and resold, and now there are 68 households, but most of them are private households, and there are not only those who are in charge of the family and sergeants, but also miscellaneous domestic helpers, and business and trade. Although there are rich and poor, the neighbors have always gotten along well. ”

"Mr. Tan has cleaned up these days, and we will find a restaurant to invite our neighbors to dinner. At that time, we will have to trouble Mr. Tan to help us introduce our neighbors. ”

"Why should the two of you be polite, you don't need any hotel, just set up two tables of flowing water at the door, it doesn't cost much, and it's far more lively than that hotel."

Although Liu Minyou is from the countryside, he has never made a flowing water banquet, and he couldn't help but be a little worried when he heard it: "We can't cook here, so I'm worried that the taste is not to everyone's taste." ”

"It doesn't matter, there is a kitchen market on the side of the City God's Temple, and there are some cooks waiting there every day, especially for the Venerable Master's house to cook the feasts. The salary is not high, it is three or a half cents of silver a day. "The one who spoke was Zhou Laifu, who lived on the south side of this courtyard, a native of Jiaxing, Jiangnan, who spoke a strange official dialect and was a tailor, working in a clothing store on Dongmen Street.

Liu Min was relieved: "I see, then I will invite you again." ”

Tan Zongjia said almost, said goodbye and went out, Liu Minyou and Chen Xin thanked again and again, the original owner Jiang Youyi, and the scrivener Chen Zetong also stood up and walked with Tan Zongjia, and everyone sent them to the door.

Tan Zongjia explained to the two of them before leaving: "If there is something, don't be polite, just come to me, neighbors should help each other, you are not familiar with each other, just stay longer." ”

He said to Jiang Wang and Zhou Laifu: "You are neighbors on the left and right, people don't understand when they first come, you have to help more, buy something, and lead the way." ”

Jiang Wang only nodded again, but Zhou Laifu said enthusiastically: "Mr. Tan, don't worry, if you don't say it, we have to come to help, they all say that distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors, and the two sons are scholars, so we can't lose our share of Erdao Street." ”

Mr. Tan nodded with satisfaction and left.

As soon as they left, Liu Minyou arranged for four followers to clean up, although there were people cleaning on weekdays, but the house that was just bought, it was more reassuring to clean up by himself, there were no tools in the house, Jiang Wang didn't say anything when he saw this, and took two brooms from his own house. Jiang Wang took two more wooden barrels, and took Hai Gouzi and Zhang Dahui to find the location of the well in the workshop, ready to draw some water to wash the courtyard.

Zhou Laifu is a warm-hearted person, he and Uncle Wu are planning to buy a house with Liu Min, Zhou Laifu folded his fingers and said to Liu Minyou: "We are ordinary people, loaded with oil, rice and salt noodles, coarse porcelain pots and jars, a wooden chair in the room, a candlestick in each room, and a sheet mattress to be used soon, there are many mosquitoes in summer, bed tents, tent hooks are also to be bought immediately, bamboo curtains can also be a pair, thick quilts can wait for the autumn, kitchen use, iron pots, porcelain bowls, spoons, tongs, rolling sticks, kitchen knives, vegetable spoons to a set, Cleaning brooms, brooms...... "Liu Minyou listened while silently reciting in his heart, Dai Zhenggang helped to remember next to him, these things are really cumbersome to prepare, and unlike the previous supermarkets, one trip to get it, all of them have to be purchased in various shops, and if they are missed, they may have to go through the city to buy.

Chen Xin has no interest in these, he has never done housework since he was a child, and after getting married, he hired two nannies at home. After sending Tan Zongjia and Jiang Youyi out, he saw that there was a lot of chaos in the courtyard, he didn't want to do this, and he was not too embarrassed to stand still, so he simply slipped out of the door quietly and walked around Erdao Street.