Chapter 23: Choosing a place to live

"There are really a few houses in our village that meet your requirements. Some of these houses were vacated by the whole family, and now the houses are occupied by their respective clansmen, which are not easy to buy and involve too much. There are also some people who have moved out of the village and are going to go back to the county or town to do business, and I personally recommend that you buy these people. ”

"Can you take us around the village first, so that my children can see the houses of those families with their own eyes?" Yan Zhenwu did not decide immediately, but proposed to inspect the houses of several families recommended by Li Zheng on the spot.

"Absolutely." Li Zheng nodded and beckoned to his son, "Daqing, you take Little Brother Yan and them out for a walk, and let them see a few empty houses in the village." ”

As for him, he had to stay at home to entertain the two officials who rarely came to the door.

Guo Daqing said "hey", and then led Yan Zhenwu and them out to see the house.

A few people walked around the village, and soon Meng Hao understood why Li was recommending them to buy the houses where the original owner was still alive, instead of the houses where the original owner's entire family had already suffered.

Guo Daqing took them from the center of the village, that is, the closest house to his own house, and before Guo Daqing could take them to see the second house a little farther away, the relatives of the original owner of the first house were already in a state of darkness, rushing towards them.

These villagers were gossiping, and Meng Hao finally figured out what they were arguing about.

It turned out that these people all wanted to get a piece of the pie, and all of them were unwilling to let their other clans take advantage, Meng Zhen and they hadn't even said that they wanted to buy this house, and those villagers who came in a hurry had already diverged their thinking, from how much the house should be sold for, all the way to who should own the money from the sale of the house.

They all wanted to be alone, but they also knew that it was impossible to monopolize them, so they began to gang up and divide factions, trying to eat more and occupy more, and squeeze out other people's shares.

Meng Hao was so annoyed by their quarrel that she walked up to Guo Daqing's side, "Uncle Guo, you still take us to see the houses that Grandpa Li Zheng suggested buying." ”

As for the dilapidated house they first went to see, the house was already old and in danger of collapsing, and these people actually wanted to ask her for thirty taels of silver, when she was stupid, how much money did she have?

The little girl Meng Zhen, who thought she was quite shrewd, decisively abandoned these unconscious guys and this house with a very low cost performance.

Guo Daqing wiped his sweat, "That's it, then let's go to another house first." ”

They wanted to leave, but the relatives of the original owner of the house relied on the "power of the masses" to surround them in the middle of the crowd.

One by one, they had to force Meng Zhen and others to buy "their" house.

In the end, it was Guo Daqing who lost his temper, and these people reluctantly got out of the way.

Meng Hao and Su Shen had palpitations, and Meng Qi was even more frightened and hugged Yan Zhenwu's neck tightly and refused to let go.

Guo Daqing was a little embarrassed - he came to settle in Yulin Village, but he saw such a farce when he came, which made Guo Daqing, the son of Li Zheng, quite embarrassed.

Fortunately, Yan Zhenwu is a master who is thoughtful and very considerate of others, not only did he not talk about it, but he also took the initiative to change the topic and talked to Guo Daqing about other houses for sale in Yulin Village.

The group walked around the village, looked at the houses, and finally, Meng Hao chose two farmyards next to each other at the far edge of the village.

The courtyards of these two farmhouses were built by two small merchants who moved to the village to escape the war, and because they had taken into account the need to guard against homeless people and mountain bandits, they built their yards extremely strong.

They have money in their hands, in order to save their lives, so the courtyard walls are all made of big stones, and the three main houses in the courtyard are even extremely rare brick structures, plus there are wells in these two farmhouse courtyards, so Meng Zhen fell in love with these two farmhouse courtyards at a glance.

Of course, such a nice yard, the price is also quite beautiful.

The original owners of these two courtyards are said to be a pair of cousins, and they have moved back to the county seat of Ninghai County together after the situation has stabilized.

Because their hometown is not in Yulin Village, they will basically not have the opportunity to return to live in the village in the future, so they plan to sell the house in the village to get more money for business.

The two of them are the same as they have discussed - there is a high probability that they have really negotiated the house in Yulin Village, the price they want is all forty taels of silver, and they also told Guo Lizheng that there is no room for bargaining for this house.

That is to say, whoever wants to buy their house must get forty taels of silver.

Forty taels of silver to buy a house in the village is definitely not cost-effective according to common sense, but after looking at the houses of these two families, Meng Zhen felt that the price they asked for was actually not expensive at all.

The high stone walls and heavy wooden doors can prevent homeless people, mountain bandits, and large wild beasts on the mountain, the main house with brick and tile structure is strong and durable, and can live for fifty or sixty years, and the side houses, stove houses, livestock sheds, and thatched houses built of adobe and straw are also strong and durable, and there is no need to repair them at all, plus there are wells, fruit trees, and two huge vegetable fields in the yard, it can be said that these two houses are really very suitable for living.

Of course, the most important point is that these two houses are not only adjacent to each other and have the same specifications, but also very close to the Great Black Mountain and the Qingshui River.

The Great Black Mountain is a big mountain in the Qianhua Mountains closest to Yulin Village, and the mountain is rich in products, and it is a small treasure house for people like Meng Zhen who are ready to "rely on the mountain to eat the mountain".

Although the Qingshui River is not as rich in various resources as the Great Black Mountain, there are many common fish in the Qingshui River.

There are few people who catch these river fish, firstly, the people in the village basically do not know how to catch fish, and they usually can't catch a few fatty fish for half a day, and secondly, they will not fishy the fish, unless they are really greedy, otherwise they will not fight the idea of these river fish, so these river fish are all raised with fat and thick meat, and they are stupid, and Meng Zhen who sees it is a little eager to stretch out his claws to them.

Such a good place backed by mountains and rivers and far away from the villagers, such two good houses that fully meet her requirements and are still adjacent to each other, it is no wonder that Meng Zhen can let it go.

She glanced at Su Shen, Su Shen said that she had no opinion, and Meng Hao nodded to Yan Zhenwu again.

Yan Zhenwu also likes these two mansions very much, since Meng Zhen has no opinion, of course he will not continue to drag it out.

"We have decided, just buy these two houses at the head of the village, will we give the money directly to Lizheng, or wait for the owner to come over himself?"