Early the next morning, Li Ziheng sent someone to inform Ran Wenyue that the grange she wanted had been found.

Ran Wenyue called Chu Xiumei and her two younger brothers to follow the carriage of the Li Mansion to the Grange.

Half a day later, we arrived at the Grange.

I saw a large courtyard in the middle of a large field, and the surrounding fields were very empty, and there was no food.

The owner has not yet arrived, Ran Wenyue and they are walking around the Grange under the leadership of an old man who watches the Grange.

The grange is a large open field, all paved with stone slabs, it should be used for drying grain, behind the field is a clearing, there are weeds growing on it, there are a few fruit trees planted next to the clearing, and now there are full red plums hanging on it, and the fruit trees are back to be a house, which should be able to live and store grain, but it looks a little old and looks a little dilapidated, and needs to be repaired again.

Just when Ran Wenyue and the others were looking at the grange, a man in brocade clothes about fifty years old rushed over, and after seeing a few people, he recognized the steward of the Li Mansion at a glance, walked up to him, and arched his hand and said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm late for some time on the road." ”

"Out of the way, we've just arrived." The steward's hand returned the salute, and then pointed to Ran Wenyue and introduced: "Xu Dongjia, these are the nobles who want to buy the grange." ”

It's not that no one has come to see this grange before, because it's too broken, no one buys it, Xu Dongjia has already thought about renovating it first and selling it, but today Manager Li told him that someone came to see Zhuangzi, and he came in a hurry.

He looked at the people brought by Steward Li, looked around, a woman with three children, looking at them dressed as peasant families, and couldn't help but think in his heart, can they really afford it like this? But he thought that this was introduced by Steward Li, and it shouldn't be too bad, so he didn't show it, but stepped forward with a smile, looked at Chu Xiumei, observed her face and asked, "I don't know what Madam thinks of my Zhuangzi!?" ”

Chu Xiumei thought for a while and said, "This grange is okay, but it's a little too shabby." ”

Ran Wenyue continued: "That is, we just walked around, and we took a general look, even which houses are repaired is also a large expenditure, and there are still these fields that need to be taken care of, and it will take a lot of energy, financial and material resources at that time." ”

Xu Dongjia looked at Ran Wenyue who suddenly spoke, and then saw that they all looked at her quietly, and didn't say anything, Xu Dongjia continued, "Although this grange looks a little dilapidated, it is really not so troublesome to repair, and the price is much cheaper than other granges, and the original grange was repaired with the best wood, you see this ground, all of them are paved with bluestone slabs, although it has been a long time, but this slate is still good." ”

Chu Xiumei looked at the bluestone slab pointed to by Xu Dongjia, it was indeed not broken, and she liked the environment here again, so she didn't talk about anything else, but asked directly: "Since the owner said that this village is cheaper than other granges, how much are you going to buy?" ”

As soon as Xu Dongjia heard Chu Xiumei ask like this, he knew that there was a play, and began to introduce it, "Although this grange is a little old, it is full of Zhuangzi's fields within a mile of this, covering an area of more than 200 acres, and this Zhuangzi has an open terrain, and if someone approaches it, you can see it immediately, and it is convenient to travel, so the price is 7,2500 silver." ”

When Chu Xiumei heard his offer, she was a little surprised, and she retreated a little in her heart. "Seven thousand five hundred taels, it's too expensive!"

Xu Dongjia looked at Chu Xiu and continued: "This seven thousand five hundred taels is not expensive, you know, how can my Zhuangzi also have more than two hundred acres, the land is all good fields, you can't buy such a good one in other places, if it is someone else, but it will be sold for eight thousand taels, if it is not because of the remote location, and we have to leave here, we will not only sell at this price." ”

Xu Dongjia has lived here for more than 20 years, and if it weren't for the fact that he couldn't manage it when he was too old and his son wanted to take him to the city to enjoy happiness, he was still a little reluctant to leave.

Hearing Xu Dongjia say this, thinking about the price again, Chu Xiumei was a little hesitant, she followed Ran Wenyue and quietly discussed, she didn't want to buy it, but was stopped by Ran Wenyue.

Chu Xiumei thought about it, although she didn't understand why Ran Wenyue no longer wanted to be dilapidated and wanted to buy this Zhuangzi, but she was convinced that her daughter's words were reasonable, so she continued: "Xu Dongjia, everyone is honest people, although this Zhuangzi is good everywhere, but it takes a lot of money to repair it, and there are few tenants here, and we will have to find someone to plant it when the time comes, so it will be a little expensive." You see if this will work, five thousand five hundred taels. ”

"Five thousand five hundred taels, no, no." Xu Dongjia directly rejected her offer when he heard it, and then said with some embarrassment: "Since everyone is sincerely trading, let's take a step back, I'll be cheaper, a fixed price, how about six thousand taels, this is already very cheap, can't be low." ”