After ordering everyone, Huang Chengming asked everyone to comb their hair, tidy up their clothes, and change their clothes if they were not cool, and then set off for Fucheng.

The road on this side of Fucheng is much smoother, and the ten-mile road is just a cup of tea.

When everyone was waiting in line for the officers and soldiers guarding the city to check and release, a voice sounded outside the car: "It's Du Jinning Young Master Du sitting inside?" ”

Before Du Jinning lifted the curtain to look out, Lu Xiaobei, who had just changed to the front car because he was going to lead the way for a while, shouted in surprise: "Shopkeeper Yao, why are you here?" ”

At this time, Yao Shuqi also saw Du Jinning who was sitting in the car with the curtain lifted.

He bowed and said with a smile on his face: "Knowing that the young master is coming, I have been waiting at this city gate early in the morning." ”

Du Jinning raised his hand and returned the salute, and said with a smile: "Lu Xiaobei doesn't know the place, where do you need to wait here?" ”

Since playing Yao Shuqi to Fucheng to open a teahouse and a bookstore, Lu Xiaobei and Wang Lusheng have been running back and forth, passing information to each other. Although it was possible to communicate through letters from the official post, communication was slow and insecure. When there is something important, it is safer to send someone to run in person.

"That's different. Young Master, this is the first time you have come to Fucheng, so I naturally have to greet you personally. Yao Shuqi said.

Du Jinning pointed to the carriage: "Get on the bus and enter the city together." ”

Yao Shuqi hired a mule cart to come over, and he was not polite at this time, so he got into the car and sat opposite Du Jinning.

At this time, the team also checked Du Jinning. Knowing that this team had come from Lishui County to participate in the scientific expedition, the inspection was relatively lax, and the officers and men waved their hands and let them go.

Du Jinning stuck his head out of the car window and said goodbye to Huang Chengming and his party, and the mule cart drove towards the small courtyard under the guidance of Lu Xiaobei. After walking in the city for almost a meal, he stopped in front of a courtyard gate.

"Young Master, you instructed me to buy two or three suitable courtyards or shops in this city. This yard is in a good environment, close to the school, I grinded the landlord for a long time, and paid a high price, so I bought it. Yao Shuqi got out of the car and pointed to the small courtyard road.

Du Jinning saw that there was a river behind this small courtyard, and a big banyan tree was planted next to the riverbank. There is only one road between the river bank and the entrance of the small courtyard, and there are no shops, so the environment is very quiet.

She was a little surprised when she entered the courtyard gate, looked at Yao Shuqi and said, "This is not the courtyard that you entered?" ”

Yao Shuqi said with a smile: "It's a walk, but there is a lot of open space between it and the house next door, so the owner built a small courtyard." For this small courtyard, the owner asked for an extra eighty taels of silver. At that time, you asked me to be the master, and I felt that this small courtyard was worth eighty taels of silver, and this location and environment were rare, and there was no one to sell a courtyard like this nearby, so I bought it. ”

"This yard is a good purchase." Du Jinning affirmed Yao Shuqi's approach.

"Let's take a look first." Yao Shuqi said and led Du Jinning into the main courtyard.

The main courtyard is not big, there are three main houses, three left and right wings, and the courtyard is about 100 square meters, but it does not look cramped. There is also a well in the middle of the yard, planted a date tree, a pomegranate tree. The small courtyard is located on the west side of the main courtyard, the area is smaller, there are only two rooms facing east and south, and the courtyard in the middle is only thirty or forty square meters. On the north side of the courtyard, facing south, a kitchen and thatched hut were built, with a vegetable garden and a vacant lot in front of the kitchen.

The courtyard cost two hundred and sixty taels of silver.

The housing prices in Fucheng are higher than those in the county, and it is not very expensive to buy such a house for two hundred and sixty taels. What is especially rare is that this house is very close to the school, and you can just turn a corner when you walk out of the alley. Even if Du Jinning and Yao Shuqi don't live and rent it out, the rent will not be less. This is similar to the nature of a modern school district.

What's more, Du Jinning plans to go to school in the future, and it is a lot more convenient to have such a house.

Du Jinning instructed Lu Xiaobei: "You go to the door and ask Uncle Wang to drive the mule cart in and park in the open space in front of the kitchen." You've been living in a small courtyard for the past few days. After a while, I will go to the bookstore and teahouse with Shopkeeper Yao to have a look, and my luggage can be placed directly in the inner room of the main courtyard after you move in. I have my own habits of placing a lot of things, you don't have to help me clean up, wait for me to come back and clean up by myself. ”

Lu Xiaobei's body is also a master and a servant, and it is okay to live in the main courtyard, or to live in a small courtyard. But there is a difference between men and women, Du Jinning decided to entrust him and let him live in a small courtyard with Wang Fulai.

Anyway, she just saw it, the room in the small courtyard is as spacious and bright as the main courtyard, the furnishings in the house are almost the same, they are all beds, tables and chairs or something, and there is just one more screen in the upper room of the main courtyard, and the difference is not big. The number of rooms is enough, and he doesn't need to live in a room with Wang Fulai, so it is not a compromise in terms of accommodation conditions.

"Okay." Lu Xiaobei agreed, turned around and walked out of the courtyard gate.

Yao Shuqi hurriedly said: "The bookstore and the teahouse are not in a hurry." Young master, you have come from afar, you are tired of the day, it is better to rest early, and it is not too late to go again tomorrow. ”

"Tomorrow you have something to do, and I have my own business, right now. I'm not tired anyway. Du Jinning said.

She had been in the car for a day and needed to take a walk. And Yao Shuqi is in charge of several teahouses and bookstores, and there are many things. Tomorrow when she passes, Yao Shuqi will inevitably put down what he is doing to accompany her, which will only increase the trouble. It's better to take advantage of Yao Shuqi's presence here and take a look at it.

Since Du Jinning said this, Yao Shuqi didn't want to say anything, and accompanied Du Jinning out of the courtyard and went to the bookstore.

The bookstore is located opposite the school, very close to the courtyard. The two of them walked for a while.

"Shopkeeper, you're here." When a guy saw the two of them coming in, he greeted Yao Shuqi in his mouth, but his eyes looked at Du Jinning, and he smiled at her and bowed.

Yao Shuqi hurriedly introduced Du Jinning's identity: "This is our owner." ”

The guy had already heard that the owner was coming to Fucheng today, and he had already guessed Du Jinning's identity. Hearing this, he hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "Wang Huai greets the young master." ”

"No need to be polite, you go and get busy, I'll take a look and leave." Du Jinning said.

Probably because of the government test, there were a lot of people buying things in the shop, and when Wang Huai greeted her, there were two waves of guests calling him.

Wang Huai confessed his guilt and hurried to get something for the guest.

"You go and get busy, I'll take a look around." Du Jinning said to Yao Shuqi.

"Okay, take your time, something calls me." Yao Shuqi also went to greet the guests.

Du Jinning walked around the bookstore.

The area of the bookstore is not large, a total of seventy or eighty square meters. In addition to the books written by Du Jinning, there are also commonly used books such as the Three Hundred Thousand and the Four Books and the Five Classics. On the other side, there is a counter that sells the four treasures of the study. On the three walls of the shop, there are also many literati calligraphy and paintings. Some of these calligraphy and paintings were taken from Lishui County, and some were collected from Fucheng or other counties. Make some difference in price, and you can make the best use of the shop.