Chapter 5 Choosing a House
When Lu Yunque walked to the inn to welcome guests, it was just before the time, and although the guests in the lobby had not dispersed, there were few left. Lu Yunque found a clean table and sat down, and called the doctor over to order a plate of dried fried beans.
"Hey, the little lady of the Lu family is here, have you eaten? Do you want me to ask Master Ding to make two more cakes for you, today's Hu cakes have mutton fillings. The innkeeper came out of the backyard and saw Lu Yunque sitting in the lobby and hurriedly greeted him.
"Uncle Qi, don't use it, I've already eaten it. I'm waiting for Aunt Zhang here, where's Baozhu? The last time she cried out for candy man, I saw that there was a seller on the road and bought one for her. Lu Yunque took out the candy man and asked with a smile.
"Watch her mother make mung bean cakes in the backyard, you wait for me to call you." With that, he turned around and went to the back kitchen to look for the jewel.
Lu Yunque had just poured himself a glass of water when he heard Qi Baozhu's voice.
"Sister Skylark" saw Qi Baozhu holding a plate of freshly made mung bean cakes, swaying out of the back kitchen.
Seeing this, Lu Yunque hurriedly got up and took the plate in Qi Baozhu's hand, for fear that she would accidentally fall.
"Little lady of the Lu family, this mung bean cake is my family's treasure bead invited you to eat, it has just been baked and fragrant, you can taste it." Shopkeeper Qi came out behind Baozhu and looked at the two with a smile on his face.
"Thank you Uncle Qi over there, and thank you Baozhu." Lu Yunque squatted down and smiled and pinched Baozhu's cheek. He handed the candy man on the table to the orb. "Jewels, look. It's pinched in your image. Is it good-looking? ”
"Good-looking" Qi Baozhu took the candy man, tore off the oil paper wrapped on it, and ate it slowly.
Lu Yunque took Qi Baozhu to the bench and sat down, and he also sat aside and took a piece of mung bean cake and ate it carefully. Baozhu's A-Niang dim sum craftsmanship has always been superb, the ratio of mung bean flour and glutinous rice flour is excellent, the powder is not sandy, the entrance has both the softness of glutinous rice and the fragrance of mung beans, plus it is just baked, but there is a little crispy taste.
By the time the third aunt of the Zhang family came, Lu Yunque had already eaten half a plate of mung bean cakes, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw Lu Yunque sitting in front of the hall waving, and hurriedly walked over.
"This is a picture of the house in Mingyuefang, you can take a look first." The third aunt of the Zhang family took out the largest one from the six or seven drawings and handed it to Lu Yunque, touched Qi Baozhu, who was eating candy on the side, smiled and touched Qi Baozhu, who was eating candy, and sat down to eat a mung bean cake on the table.
"Sister Skylark, is she going to talk to Aunt Zhang, Grandpa said that adults talk about things and children should go away, I'll go to the back kitchen to eat candy." With that, Baozhu got up and climbed off the stool.
"Baozhu is really sensible, by the way, go in and call your father out, and your aunt will bring you wine-stuffed meatballs to eat next time." The third aunt of the Zhang family said with a smile.
"Don't, third aunt, Baozhu is still young, she can't eat those things, it's better to buy her two pieces of candy." Lu Yunque heard the words of the third aunt of the Zhang family and hurriedly stopped it.
If it's an ordinary sake-brewed meatball, it's fine. These three aunts' wine-brewed meatballs, not to mention children, even adults will get drunk to death if they eat a few more.
Baozhu didn't know why Lu Yunque didn't let Aunt Zhang's aunt bring him wine-stuffed meatballs, but he didn't particularly like to eat wine-stuffed meatballs, so he didn't speak, bowed to the two of them and went to the backyard.
Lu Yunque carefully looked at the drawings given to him by the third aunt of the Zhang family, and found that this house was bigger than he thought, and the rockery pavilion in the backyard alone covered an area almost twice the area of the entire house of an ordinary family, and the others covered a wider area.
It's fair to report one hundred and sixty-five taels of silver in this way, but I don't know if this Lang Jun can buy this house, after all, this house is really expensive for ordinary people.
"Yo, Sanniang of the Zhang family, you are here, you are here to tell you about that in the morning, you wait, I will go upstairs and call that Lang Jun." Shopkeeper Qi heard Baozhu say that Aunt Zhang was coming in the back kitchen, so he hurriedly put down the work in his hand and came out, and tidied up his clothes while talking and went upstairs.
"Then it's troublesome for the shopkeeper Qi." The third aunt of the Zhang family stood up and smiled and bowed to the shopkeeper.
"It's okay, it's okay." The shopkeeper said in return.
"This cake is delicious, lark, you go to the backyard to get some more, bring these uneaten ones over and tell them to pretend them, don't put them on the table, lest Na Langjun come and think we are picking." The third aunt of the Zhang family saw that there was no doctor in the lobby, so she opened her mouth and instructed Lu Yunque.
"Hmm," Lu Yunque skillfully packed up his things when he heard this, and went to the backyard.
The shopkeeper Qi went upstairs and knocked on the door of the guest room, and asked, "Are the guests there, the lady of the Zhang family is waiting for you downstairs, is it convenient for you to go now?"
Lin Yao had just finished reading the poetry collection when he heard the sound of the shopkeeper knocking on the door, and hurriedly replied: "Here, I'll go down immediately, please wait a while, the lady of the Zhang family will wait a while" After that, he put the poetry collection back in the wooden box, sorted out his clothes and went downstairs with the shopkeeper.
Shopkeeper Qi led Lin Yao to the table of the third aunt of the Zhang family and sat down and walked away, Lin Yao took a rough look at the lady of the Zhang family in front of him.
This lady of the Zhang family is about forty years old, wearing a light brown shirt, born short and strong, and the whole person reveals a shrewdness, looking like the kind of woman who can do things.
"This Lang Jun is the one who asked the shopkeeper to bring me a message this morning, dare to ask Lang Jun's surname, the old man's surname is Zhang's family and lives in Wenpingfang, this is the old man's Zhuang Zhaiya seal, Lang Jun, please take a look." While talking, the third aunt of the Zhang family took out a small square seal and handed it to Lin Yao.
"My surname is Lin, the second in the family, and this morning I asked the shopkeeper to come here to talk about things." Lin Yao replied while taking the seal and looking at it.
"Aunt Zhang, the pastry is here, Baozhu Niang has made a new taro ball, let us try it." Lu Yunque walked out of the backyard with a green mung bean cake in one hand and a plate of purple taro balls in the other.
The third aunt of the Zhang family got up and took the pastry, asked Lu Yunque to sit down on the side and introduced to Lin Yao: "This is my neighbor's daughter, and she also follows me to do things, don't look at her young age, she is also a clever worker, this morning I heard the shopkeeper Qi say that you want to buy a bigger house, it just so happened that this little lady of the Lu family has one in her hand, and the old body called her over, see if you can look down on the house Erlang of the Lin family."
After that, he took out seven drawings and put them on the table, "This is the existing big mansion in the old man's hand, all of them have just been built, and they are not long old, and everything is still in good condition." "I touched the lark.
Seeing this, Lu Yunque also took out the drawings handed to him by the third aunt of the Zhang family just now, and said with a smile: "The little woman's surname is Lu, and this is a house that I only took over recently." It was repaired two years ago, the original owner of this house is a man with status, because of the change of errands, this house is not needed, every brick and tile inside is very exquisite, you see. With that, he handed over the drawings.
It's just that when he handed it over, he seemed to see Lin Jiaerlang and smiled, Lu Yunque thought about his wording, and felt that there was nothing wrong with what he said, why did Lin Jiaerlang laugh when he received the drawings? Could it be that you are dazzled?
Lin Yao was a little surprised when he saw Lu Yunque coming out of the backyard, isn't this the little lady he saw in the morning? How did you get out of the backyard? Is it possible that this little lady is doing the teeth of the Zhuang house while still doing this welcome doctor?
Later, when I saw her sitting on the side, I knew that I was thinking too much, but when Lu Yunque took out the drawings to introduce, he watched the young lady learn an old-fashioned official dialect, and for some reason felt a little like laughing.
Lin Yao took Lu Yunque's drawings, and when he opened them, he knew that this was probably an official old man of not low grade.
If nothing else, the pavilion design in this backyard is the flying flower layout that prevailed in Kyoto two years ago. Ordinary officials can't afford to build it, and when his cousin built a house two years ago, he specially asked a craftsman in Kyoto to design it, and he bragged about it in front of him for a long time.
This little lady of the Lin family looks at her young age but can get the power of attorney for the official master's house, she is really a powerful person.
Lin Yao opened the pile of drawings that the third aunt of the Zhang family gave him and looked at it. It's not good, it's not bad, it's plain, and at first glance it's the house of some common people and wealthy businessmen.
Lin Yao looked at several drawings several times and compared them one by one. Raised his hand and took out three drawings, and the rest were returned to the third aunt of the Zhang family. "I look very well at these three houses, could you please tell me more about them?" After that, the three drawings were placed in the middle of the table, and Lu Yunque's house was impressively listed.
The two of them were overjoyed when they saw this, but they didn't show much on their faces.
The third aunt of the Zhang family took out the two drawings she handed over and introduced them one by one: "This is the house of the Shen family, due to relocation and sale, located in the bluestone lane of Ju'anfang East Street, about 30 steps away from the main street, the house covers an area of two acres and five points, there are fifteen rooms, and the surrounding people live in the ...... of some rich businessmen, this other is the house of the Liu family, which was built for the most beloved grandson of the old lady of the Liu family, but the grandson of the Liu family is going to other places due to transfer, and this house is empty, so I will sell it. This house covers an area of two acres and seven points, located on the main street of Dongshengfang, surrounded by many children of official families......"
Lin Yao nodded after hearing this, and pushed the remaining share to Lu Yunque with a smile, "Little lady of the Lu family, tell me about your house." ”
Lu Yunque felt a little familiar when he first saw this Lin Jiaerlang, but after thinking about it for a long time, he couldn't remember where he had seen it. Now that he was smiling at himself, it felt a little more familiar.
Shaking his head slightly, Lu Yunque took the drawings, whatever, sell this house first. "This house is a house located on the main street of Mingyuefang, covering an area of four acres, with three master bedrooms, fifteen guest rooms, and a pond of about half an acre in the backyard, which raises rich koi, and the backyard buildings are built according to the fashionable patterns in Kyoto in the previous two years......" Lu Yunque explained to Lin Yao one by one according to the various places on the drawings, and the third aunt of the Zhang family silently called out for Lu Yunque in her heart.
Lu Yunque only took over the house yesterday, and she didn't give her too much information, but now she is talking to the truth, and it looks like she has worked hard behind her back.
Lu Yunque said that it took almost two minutes to finish talking about this house, only to feel that his throat was about to dry, so he picked up the kettle on the side and poured a glass of water and drank it. Quietly waiting for Lin Jiajilang to make a choice.