The fourth old lady is only in her fifties this year, her spirit is acceptable, and she is very enthusiastic about the Zhu family.

Zhu said a few words to her, gave some gifts, and said, "I'll take my sister Xie to see the house." ”

The fourth old lady said to Mrs. Zhao Shi: "He, you lead them and give the key to Mrs. Xu by the way." ”

She smiled at Xie Shi again: "If Mrs. Xu has anything to do in the future, just come and find it, my daughter-in-law and I are at home." If your son doesn't have a place to eat, he can come to my house to eat, just don't dislike the lack of food. ”

Xie hurriedly thanked him, exchanged a few more pleasantries, and then followed Zhu to say goodbye.

The rented house is next door, He opened the door and said with a smile: "This is the same layout as our family." It was originally built together, and the old and the new were the same. ”

Everyone went in to take a look, and sure enough, it was the same as He's side, and it was also cleaned very clean, obviously they often came to clean up.

What Xie is most satisfied with is that there is a well in this yard and a vegetable patch in the backyard. It's just that there are a lot of rooms, and there are more than a dozen rooms in the front and back yards combined.

More housing means more rent.

"Mrs. Zhao Shi, how much money do you plan to charge for this courtyard a month?" She asked.

Mrs. Zhao Shi glanced at Zhu and smiled at Xie: "One or two silver." ”

"Why is it so cheap? It is a small house in our county, only one into the yard, and the houses are few, and they are all rented for two taels. Xie wanted to know how much rent Zhu had advanced for his family.

Bac Ninh County is close to the capital. To go north from the capital, you have to pass through Bac Ninh, and the powerful people in the capital all have Zhuangzi there, and the business is easy to do, so the houses in Bac Ninh are more expensive than other places, and the rent is also higher.

This is still the case in Bac Ninh, let alone in the capital.

Mrs. Zhao Shi smiled: "There is a reason for this. As you can see, we live in a community. I don't want to rent for ordinary people, because I don't know the details, for fear of causing trouble to my clansmen. For this reason, the house is not very easy to rent, so the rent collected is not expensive. ”

Xie shook his head and said to Zhu: "Madam, if you advance the rent for me, I won't rent this house." You found a house for me, and let Chongwen enter your clan study, and today you gave them such a generous gift, which is a great kindness. If I pay our rent every month, it's too much for me to afford. ”

Zhu shook his head helplessly: "You, you're really out of sight!" ”

She turned to Mrs. Zhao Shi and said, "In this case, you can collect their rent as it is." ”

Mrs. Zhao Shi said: "A house as big as ours in the capital is generally between eight and sixteen taels. It's also true that my house is not easy to rent, so I only charge you eight taels. ”

Xie's heart was relieved.

Fortunately, the business here is doing well, and the rent can be earned back in one day.

Zhao Ruxi glanced at her mother.

This house doesn't look like it can be rented for eight taels of silver. It is estimated that the mother still filled in the money.

At this time, Zhu Yuanxun led the father and son of the Xu family to arrive.

After looking at the house, Xu Yongyi was very satisfied. Hearing that it was a month's rent of eight taels of silver, he glanced at Zhao Ruxi and did not make a sound, even if he signed the lease deed with Mrs. Zhao Shi's husband, Zhao Yuanxun became a Chinese.

When the matter was done, it was not early, and Xu Yongyi's family said goodbye and left.

Originally, Suiping Bofu was going to send a carriage to send it, but Xu Yongyi refused to live or die, and hired a mule cart to return to Beining.

After getting into the car, he said to Xie: "Sister Xi advises us to buy people, when I came to the capital for the past two days, I asked the Chinese about the price of renting a house." Like the mansion of Master Zhao Shi just now, such a large area of such a lot, at least twelve taels of silver. If it is suitable, there will be people renting sixteen taels and twenty taels. ”

Xie Shi was taken aback: "So expensive? ”

"Not really." Xu Yongyi said, "Those who have been admitted to the Jinshi and stayed in the capital to be an official, those who come to the capital to do business, those who enter Beijing to take the exam for a year or two and other exams, or those who enter the country to study...... There are many outsiders who want to rent houses. There are so many houses in the capital, they are all numerous, and the supply exceeds demand, isn't it expensive? ”

"Think about it, because our Beining is close to the capital, it is convenient to come and go, and the rent is much higher than that of other places? Otherwise, our small yard can be rented at a high price of two taels? ”

Think about the previous tenant who rented his own county house, a businessman who transported goods to the capital to do business, lived for a few months and sold all the goods before leaving. The next one was a scholar who was rushing to take the exam, leading three servants to live there for a year, and Xie Shi understood.

"Aren't we making a fortune then? His house was big and clean, and the house was new. If it weren't for the fact that we were in the clan, we wouldn't have been able to rent eight taels of silver. Xie said happily.

Seeing his wife's happy appearance that the savings were equal to earning, Xu Yongyi couldn't bear to tell the truth. But in the end, he said: "This house is definitely more than eight taels, and the part that must be more than Suiping Bofu helped us pay." ”

A basin of cold water poured head-on on Xie's head.

"This ...... So what do we do? ”

"When we move in, we will slowly take the words of Master Zhao Shi and Mrs. Zhao Shi. I think they are also honest people, and they should be able to understand our thoughts. ”

Xie Shi nodded and sighed: "But if they say that this house is sixteen taels or twenty taels, should we rent it too?" ”

"Sister Xi wants to rent this house for us, do you know why? It's to protect us from being bullied. If we go out to rent a house, and someone comes to us every month and asks us for protection money, how much money do you want to give out? Someone is coming to the door and wants to buy our recipe for two hundred taels of silver, what are you going to do? ”

Xu Yongyi patted the back of his wife's hand: "Don't think about the old yellow calendar that I used to come and go in the wind and rain and couldn't save much money all year round." You only need to spend two days or even one day of income to rent such a house. We can make more money by staying here. Thinking about it this way will make you feel much more comfortable. Our family is different, don't keep thinking about the past. ”

"Mother, Dad is right. And I can make money too. When I buy the money, I'll pay a part of the rent, so you won't feel so distressed. ”

Saying this, Xie Shi snorted and laughed, pointed at Xu Xue's head and said, "Isn't your money still my money?" I'm going to feel sorry for you too. ”

Xu Xue pouted.

"Okay, okay, I got it. I won't worry about it anymore. You all have a future, and I just have to wait to be an old lady in the future. Xie Shi smiled.

Xu Xue laughed at this time, hugged Xie's arm and said coquettishly: "Mother, it would be better if you could think like this." ”