On the second day, Lu Yunque got up when the sky was just dawning, lit an oil lamp, counted out eighty taels of silver, filled it again with a baggage bag, and took out a cloth money bag and put twenty-five taels of silver in it.

Lu Yunque arrived at the county government office almost two minutes ago, and the county government had two officials on duty yawning and walking out, Lu Yunque took a look at them, said goodbye and walked to the backyard on the left side of the county office. In the early years, the county government of Yongxiu County occupied a small area, and later there were more trade affairs, and the county order in office was also a convenient map, and the idle house on the left side of the backyard was directly changed into a place to sign the deed.

Lu Yunque walked to the back hall and sat down, put the burden at his feet, and waited for the county government to come to the official time.

The back hall is quiet, there is a begonia tree in the courtyard at the door is in bloom, pink flowers are hanging all over the branches, and there are bunches of unopened buds hanging from the low place, like a pendant hanging from a pink flower umbrella. Under the flower tree stood a blue and white stone table, on which the flowers fell and lay on it, and the occasional bird jumped on it.

It is said that this is planted by the wife of the first county magistrate, and the two love to play chess and chat here in their spare time, and later the successor of the county magistrate felt that this was also a scene of the county government, so he also let it grow in this courtyard, and this book was also angry, but in a few years, half of the yard was almost covered.

Lu Yunque quietly looked at the begonias in the yard with his face propped up, thinking about the events of the past few days in his mind.

"Yo, isn't this the little girl of the Lu family? Come to me so early today, is it possible that there is a house that needs to be in a hurry to sign the deed? A middle-aged man walked in, dressed in brown civilian clothes and his hair tied with a simple headband, not like a dental officer on duty, but like an idler wandering the streets.

"Uncle Ding doesn't wear official uniforms, beware of waiting for the Tan County Order to talk to you again." Lu Yunque stood up from his chair and said with a smile.

"I am a county official, and I sit in the backyard all the year round, the official uniform is cumbersome and difficult to wear, and it is very ugly, and I am embarrassed to go out when I wear it." Ding Mao raised his hand and swept the chair in front of the table, and then sat down. "Tell me, what's the matter with coming here so early?"

"It's not a big deal, it's just that there is a business that is in a hurry to sign today."

"Okay, then how long will it be before your guest arrives, and if it's still a long time, let me go have some breakfast first." Ding Mao stood up and prepared to walk out.

Seeing this, Lu Yunque hurriedly said: "We have made an appointment to meet at the end of the day, he is about to arrive, and I ask Uncle Ding to wait for a while." This uncle of the Ding family often makes people unable to touch his whereabouts, and in the past, he had to inform him of the signing of the deed in advance, and if he was allowed to go out for breakfast, I am afraid that it would have to be delayed for another hour.

Ding Mao nodded and sat back in his chair.

Ding Mao is not a gossip person, so he called an envoy and asked her to make a pot of tea and bring it to Lu Yunque's table, and then lowered her head and began to sort out the documents on the desk.

The two of them sat for less than half an hour, and a man who looked not tall, dressed in dark blue silk and wearing a purple head on his head, walked in.

"Are you from Luya?" After the man entered the door, he walked up to Lu Yunque and asked.

"Yes, I'm from Luya, who are you?"

"Oh, my name is Zhao Ming, I am the signatory of the house in Mingyuefang, and it was Zhang Yaren who asked me to come to you." Zhao Ming bowed to the landing lark.

"It turned out to be Zhao Jialangjun, please come here." Lu Yunque stretched out his hand to invite Zhao Ming to the opposite side of him, and took the burden at his feet, "This is an advance payment, and the rest of the silver will be handed over to Zhang Jialangjun after signing the transfer deed." ”

Zhao Ming took the burden and raised his eyes to look at Ding Mao, who was sitting six steps away, only to see that Ding Mao was holding a book and looking down, without raising his eyes, as if there were no two of them in the room.

Seeing this, Zhao Ming felt a little relieved, raised his hand to untie the burden, saw that there were two money bags inside, and looked up at Lu Yunque.

Lu Yunque stretched out his hand to move the smaller money bag, nodded to Zhao Ming with a smile, Zhao Ming understood, opened the money bag and counted it, then put the bag in his arms, and then continued to count the silver in another bag, after the counting, Zhao Ming tied the burden again, and then the two got up and walked to Ding Mao's desk and sat down.

Ding Mao raised his head from the book, sat up straight, and looked at the two quietly.

"I am Lu Yunque, a native of Yongxiu County, and today I am the daughter-in-law of the Fu family and Zhao Jialangjun Zhao Ming to do the handover of the house, and I am tired of Ding Yaguan to be a witness." Lu Yunque took out a piece of paper from his arms and handed it to Ding Mao, which wrote the information of the house in Mingyuefang in detail.

"I am Zhao Ming, a servant of the Zhao Mansion, and today I came to hand over the house with Lu Yunque Yaren on behalf of my lord, and I am tired of Ding Yaguan to be a witness." Zhao Ming said that he also handed a piece of paper full of information about the house to Ding Mao.

Ding Mao frowned slightly when he heard Lu Yunque's words, but he didn't say anything, took the paper of the two, checked it carefully, and after confirming that it was correct, he asked the two to sign their names on the paper.

Zhao Ming took out six more deeds from his arms, which were receipts and payment documents, as well as the house handover deed, in triplicate, and handed them to Lu Yunque.

"This is the receipt and payment document and the deed of assignment, and the Luya people will see if there is anything else that needs to be added, and if not, please affix the buyer's private seal." Zhao Ming opened his mouth and said.

Lu Yunque took the deed, read it carefully, and after confirming that it was correct, he took out Li Ruyue's seal, covered it with the red clay on the side of the desk, and then took the pen handed over by Ding Mao, signed his name on the piece of the handler, and then handed it to Zhao Ming.

Zhao Ming took it and looked at it carefully, and concocted it in the same way, and then handed it to Ding Mao.

Ding Mao read these carefully, and after confirming that they were correct, he took the official seal of the county government and stamped it. Then he took out the county government house to make a book, found the page that recorded the Mingyuefang house, sketched it with a red pen, took out a new booklet, re-copied the information, and took out the blank paper that had been reprinted to write a tax receipt.

"The contract price of the house in the alley of Mingyuefang is one hundred and twenty taels of silver, and the tax should be paid according to the tax law of our county, and the buyer shall bear it according to the reason." Ding Mao said and looked at Lu Yunque.

Lu Yunque nodded, took out a small money bag from his arms, took out six taels of loose silver and handed it over, "Please count the Ding Yaguan." ”

Ding Mao took the silver, and after the counting, he handed the tax receipt to Lu Yunque, "The handover is complete, this is the deed of the two, please take it, this copy will be kept in the county office, and the final payment will be paid on time by Lu Yaren." After that, he handed the deed to the two, and the two took the deed and carefully put it away, and then got up and thanked Ding Mao.

"Don't engage in these false gifts, if there is nothing to do, I will go to have breakfast first, and I won't give two of you." Ding Mao locked the deed and got up and walked out, and Lu Yunque and the others also walked out together.

"Zhao Jialangjun will go to my house with me now to get the rest of the final payment, I have already contacted Zhang Yaren to witness." Lu Yunque said to Zhao Ming in front of the county yamen.

"Well, it just so happens that I hired a carriage, and Lu Yaren will be with me."

Lu Yunque nodded, and followed Zhao Ming to the carriage on the side of the street.

There were not many people on the street in the morning, and the carriage was fast, and it didn't take long to arrive at Yong'an Fang.

The third aunt of the Zhang family was standing at the door of Lu Yunque's house waiting, and when she saw the two of them getting off the carriage, she hurriedly walked over with a smile. "Zhao Jialangjun is tired today, come down and take a sip of tea to cushion your stomach."

Zhao Ming and the third aunt of the Zhang family exchanged a few words and followed the two into the courtyard.

A pot of hot tea and two plates of dim sum were placed on the stone table in the courtyard, and the third aunt of the Zhang family sat down with Zhao Ming and poured him a cup of hot tea.

Lu Yunque went straight to the back room, took out the remaining silver, put it in front of Zhao Ming, and said with a smile: "This is the remaining final payment, Zhao Jialangjun will count it." After that, he sat opposite Zhao Ming.

Zhao Ming opened the baggage and looked at it, and after confirming that it was correct, he put it away. Seeing this, Lu Yunque took out the delivery deed, the third aunt of the Zhang family took out the ink pen that had been prepared a long time ago, Zhao Ming took the pen, signed his name on the deed, and handed it to Lu Yunque after remarking the balance payment.

"Then our business is done, I still have some things today, so I won't bother the two of you, let's leave, the lady of the Zhang family, please ask Brother Zhang how well he is on my behalf." Zhao Ming said that he saluted the two, turned around and left. Seeing this, the third aunt of the Zhang family hurriedly took a piece of oil paper, wrapped a plate of snacks and sent it out, so that Zhao Ming would take it to eat on the road, but Zhao Ming couldn't shirk it and accepted it.

"Since this house is already in your hands, then you should hurry up and sign the deed with the Lin family Erlang, so as not to have too many dreams at night." The third aunt of the Zhang family said as she walked in from outside the door.

Lu Yunque was sitting in the courtyard and carefully looking at the deed of the house, and when he heard the words, he put the deed into his arms, and looked at the third aunt of the Zhang family with a smile, "Third aunt, how do I feel a little unreal, you say, such a big house was actually bought by me, isn't it a dream." ”

The third aunt of the Zhang family walked up to Lu Yunque and nodded her forehead, "What are you thinking about, silly girl, why don't you put the deed book away, hurry up and go to welcome guests to hand over to Erlang of the Lin family, the sooner this matter is done, the better." ”

Lu Yunque nodded obediently, went back to the back room to put the deed away, and got up to welcome the guests.

"Wait"

As soon as Lu Yunque arrived at the door, he was stopped by the third aunt of the Zhang family, and turned his head to look at the third aunt suspiciously.

"Eat the morning first and then go, I think you definitely don't need to eat early, this day is big, and the meal is the biggest." The third aunt of the Zhang family said as she brought out a plate of hot naan cakes from the kitchen, and brought out a bowl of hot broth, "I bought it from Old Man Liu when I came, come and eat it while it's hot." ”