"Does Liu Gongzi rent a house, pawn a house or buy a house?"

"What is a pawnhouse?"

"A pawn house can be rented for 10 or 20 years after a single settlement, but during this period, if the owner wants to return the money, he can also take it back."

"Then buy a house, an existing house."

"This existing house is ......"

"It's a repaired house."

"Liu Gongzi joked, how can the unrepaired house be sold."

"Some people sell it, and some people buy it."

"That's strange, who would be so stupid, in case the money is paid, the person who repairs the house runs away to find someone. Well, ignore this fool for a moment, Liu Gongzi is buying a house, he needs a few main rooms, a few wing rooms, a few stores, and a few floors of the building. ”

"This ...... If you want four rooms, you have a courtyard, one or two stores, and it doesn't matter if you have a building. ”

"So, Childe wait a minute." The fangya (note: intermediary) pulled out a badly worn booklet and looked through it slowly.

Chen Xin couldn't stop everyone's enthusiasm for buying a house, so he had to let Hai Gouzi and Zhang Dahui buy food and meat and send it to Dai Zhenggang, and the rest of the people found Fang Ya together and began to choose a house in the afternoon.

This fangya's name is Wu Yue, about fifty years old, a little presbyopia, look at it, stretch out the booklet from afar, after reading a page, put his finger on his tongue and lick it, dip it in some saliva, and then turn the page. Wang Daixi and Zhang Erhui stared at Fang Ya intently, for fear that he would say no.

Fortunately, the room said: "Liu Gongzi, this is just right, there are three suitable places, all with courtyards, I will tell Gongzi one by one, the first place is in Liye Fang, one main room, two wing rooms, and one single-story store." The price is twenty-eight taels of silver. ”

"This one seems a little smaller."

"It's okay, there is another one, which is also in Liye Fang, which is two main rooms, two wing rooms, and one store. The price is thirty-three taels of silver. ”

"You can check this out. And what about the other one? ”

"There is also a place in Jingdongfang, not far away, a total of two main rooms, three wing rooms, two single-storey stores, fortunately there is a single door, no need to enter the house from the store, and there are some old furniture left. The price is more, and the price is forty-two taels of silver. ”

Liu Minyou discussed a few words with Chen Xin, and decided to go to see the last two rooms, and then several people set off together, and first went to Liye Fang to see the thirty-three taels of rooms. Liu Minyou was anxious, but Wu Fangya was old, and he was slow and leisurely all the way, and he could see that Liu Minyou wanted to push him away.

When I arrived at the place and knocked on the door, a young woman with tears on her face opened the door, about in her early twenties, her eyebrows and eyes looked quite delicate, but her hair was messy, her clothes were dirty, she looked at Fang Ya, and her eyes were red, Wu Fang Ya sighed and asked, "What the hell is Lou Zi?" The woman nodded, but let a few people open the door and let them in, and turned her back, as if she was wiping tears.

As soon as I entered, the clothesline pulled in the courtyard was full of bloody cloth, and an old woman was still sitting on the ground doing laundry, and when she saw a few people coming, she greeted her.

Wu Fangya said to her: "Lou Zi Niang, Lou Zi is visible?" ”

This question, Lou Ziniang's tears puffed, "The blood is not shed, and it is also a loss to Dr. Wang, and the money for this soup is still on credit." ”

"It's not easy to save a life."

"But now that he has lost a leg, what will happen in the future? It's also to blame him......"

Wu Fangya shook his head when he heard this, remembered what was going on, and hurriedly introduced Lou Ziniang: "These people are here to come to see the yard, is it convenient in the house?" ”

At this moment, a man's crazy voice came from the dark room, "Get out, get out, this house is not for sale, whoever comes will kill whom." ”

Lou Ziniang heard it and said hurriedly: "Don't sell it, where does the money for your soup come from, who told you to do that ......"

"Don't say, get out, get out." With a loud bang, a coarse porcelain bowl flew out of the room and smashed on the stone steps, how far the shards splashed.

Wang Daixi screamed, Zhang Erhui pulled out a short knife and protected Chen Xin's side, although Zhang Erhui was young, but he was not small, he used to dare to fight against the scar beggar empty-handed, since following Chen Xin, he was even more wild, holding a short knife in his hand and eager to try, looking at Chen Xin, it seemed that as long as Chen Xin shouted, he really wanted to cut people.

Wu Fangya was also startled, took a few steps back, and said in his mouth: "This, this, I am kind enough to help you, what is the reason." ”

Lou Ziniang sat on the stone of the steps and cried loudly: "God, you have caused trouble yourself, and you have to anger others, you don't want to live as a family." When the woman who opened the door saw it, she also cried out loud.

Chen Xin didn't like it in his heart, but he still smiled on his face, and said to Fang Ya: "This house is so happy, do you want to come and live?" Otherwise, go into the house and persuade you, and lend you a knife for self-defense. ”

Wu Fangya looked at the knife and sweated on his forehead, but apologized again and again, Liu Minyou saw this and handed over Zhang Erhui's knife, took it himself, and said: "This situation is really not suitable, let's go to another house." ”

Wu Fangya breathed a sigh of relief, and promised again and again, seeing that Louzi's mother was still crying, he turned his head and said to the woman who opened the door: "Shen family lady, I am kind enough to help you, you look at what you are like in charge, don't talk about bad business, what if you hurt someone, I don't dare to come again in the future, and you don't bother me again." ”

The woman was still decent, and said with tears in her eyes: "It's our fault, he has broken his leg and is bored every day, and I ask Uncle Wu to look at the neighbors on the street, don't blame, we two women and Taoist families, don't ask Uncle Wu but ask for anyone, now not only in debt, but also in the family, the food in the family is also running out, or to sell this house, rent another hut to live, always ask Uncle Wu to bother." ”

Chen Xin didn't bother to listen anymore, greeted Zhang Erhui and Wang Daixi, and went out first. Liu Min was soft-hearted, and said to Wu Fangya: "In this case, you can also help them, it's okay for us to go and see the next one." ”

Wu Fangya nodded at this time, and the lady of the Shen family glanced at Liu Min gratefully, and didn't say anything more.

After several people came out, they walked to Jingdongfang together. Along the way, Fang Ya talked to the two about this family, it turned out that Shen Lou was the military surplus of the right guard, and he used to be a domestic helper in a gentleman's house, and he had always been fine, and his life was passable, but he suddenly liked gambling last year, and owed a lot of money.

Liu Min was puzzled, "Then you should always go to the yamen to sentence, how can you lynch yourself." The Shen family didn't go to sue the official? ”

"Liu Gongzi doesn't know, the gentleman's surname is Liu, there was a Jinshi during the Jiajing period, he has always been a big family, not to mention the wealth, in Tianjin Wei is scattered, there are many people, there are people who have been officials in the past dynasties, and now the eldest son of the Liu family is in charge of the household department, no matter where he goes to the lawsuit, the Shen family has no reason to win."

Liu Minyou listened and whispered to Chen Xin: "Do you want to help this family, blame the poor ......"

"We're not a Red Cross, so we can't afford to give this kind of charity. Besides, he is greedy for gambling, and he doesn't deserve it, and we will give Meimei if he has money. ”

"Give a few taels, and it will solve their urgency."

"There are countless people in the world who are more miserable than his family, and they can't help them."

"Then why do you want to help Dai Zhenggang again?"

"Didn't you say that they can be nurses, it's always useful, what use can you do if you help this family, and besides, the leg is broken, and you can't work in the future, you give a few taels first, what if you run out? As soon as it began, it was a bottomless pit. ”

Liu Minyou sighed: "Just look at the sympathy in your heart, you are too pragmatic." ”

"Of course it's practical, well, don't you have a crush on his daughter-in-law?"

"You're pretty much the same, I'm not doing that yet."

Chen Xin smiled: "This married woman can't help, if it's a widow, she can help." Experienced, the action is more standardized. ”

Liu Minyou scolded: "I thought they were all as dark as you." She's like this, and you still have to tease. ”

Jingdongfang is not far away, a few people will walk in a while, an old maid came to open the door, and when he went in, he was much more refreshing than the one he had just entered.

This courtyard has two main houses in the north, three rooms in the west wing, and two single-storey stores on the east side of the street, which are connected by a cloister under the eaves on three sides, and two pillars stand on each step to support the cloister, and there is a ditch under the eaves outward. The gate is open in the east to the south, next to the store, the south side is not repaired down, only the wall is enclosed, the courtyard is also spacious, the southwest corner is the toilet, a small elm tree is planted outside, a stone table is placed in the courtyard, a kitchen is built with a few long logs and strips next to the south wall, the stove is complete, a large water tank is placed next to the stove, and some coal is piled up on the ground.

Wu Fangya introduced the two of them: "The owner of this place was originally a cotton cloth merchant from Huzhou, and he has bought a courtyard in Nancheng this year, and he plans to sell it." ”

Liu Minyou was basically satisfied, and several people went into each house to see together, each house is a brick wall and tile roof, and the window is opened to the atrium to let in the light, one of the two main houses was originally a middle hall, equivalent to the living room, leaving a few wooden chairs, and there are some furniture in the other rooms, the kang is ready-made, although it is old, but it can still be used, this house is now uninhabited, and an old man is left to take care of it, and it is cleaned everywhere.

Wang Daixi and Zhang Erhui's eyes lit up, their families are all military households in Liaodong, and their lives are much more difficult than those in Guannei, they used to live in a grass hut, and they have never entered such a beautiful brick house, and they are curious to look and touch everywhere.

Wu Fangya followed everyone around and asked, "Liu Gongzi, look, is it okay here?" The asking price of the homeowner is forty-two taels, which is also appropriate. ”

Chen Xin's eyes rolled, and he made a look at Liu Min, and he was about to start bargaining with Fang Ya.