In the east of the city, in the summer house, up to Shu's family, down to the mother-in-law who guards the door, they are all happy to see the new house spacious and magnificent.

The people have moved once and are familiar with the way, and they don't need Shu's command to know what to put in what place, and in less than half an hour, they put everything in order.

"Xianggong, I asked Mrs. Gao to fry a few good dishes, let's celebrate the housewarming." Shu Shi said happily to Xia Zhengqian.

Xia Zhengqian was still uneasy about refusing to go to Xia Mansion for dinner, but he was afraid that a pair of children would be angry, so he didn't dare to show it. At this time, seeing that his wife was very interested, she hurriedly responded: "Okay, you can arrange it." ”

Seeing that her husband was uncertain, Shu sighed and explained: "Xianggong, I know that you have always been kind-hearted, and I always feel that no matter whether the old lady is your mother or not, and how ruthless the eldest brother is, you can't treat them strangely after decades of relatives." But you know who they are. As long as you show a little soft-heartedness, they will hold you back and take advantage of you completely. For the sake of a pair of children, you should learn from the old lady and the eldest brother, and be ruthless. ”

Xia Zhengqian patted his wife's hand and said, "Don't worry, I'm not a fool, I still know how to do it." It's just that I can't let go of this heart all of a sudden, so you can let me hold off for two days. ”

Xia Jin, who was about to enter the door outside the house, frowned when he heard this, retracted his feet again, and went to Mo Yunju, where Xia Qi lived.

Originally, the owner of this house thought to be a person who liked to write and ink. All the yards have been given tasteful names. Xia Zhengshen and Shu lived in the main courtyard, called Xiyi Hall. Take the meaning of harmony and prosperity with pleasure; The east courtyard where Xia Qi lives is called Moyunju, which shows that it was originally a place to study; And the west courtyard where Xia Jin lives probably used to live in a young lady, so it is called Qingzhi Pavilion.

Shu is a poor and talented daughter, who also studied and can read before she got married. See the names of these courtyards. She loved it.

Xia Qi was sorting out his books when he saw Xia Jin come in. He glanced at it, then lowered his head again, and asked, "What, you want to go out again?" If you want to go, go for it. I'll go over and change my costume in a moment. ”

Xia Jin laughed dumbly, walked over and knocked him on the head, and said, "It's so late, who will go out?" You don't use your brains either. ”

Xia Qi covered his head and raised his head, shouting, "You said you wouldn't hit my head today, but now you're beating me again." ”

"Oooh, I forgot, sorry." Xia Jin apologized very insincerely, found a clean stool and sat down. said to Xia Qi, "I wanted to go to my mother just now, but I heard her talking to my father." It seems that my father still can't let go of it, and I'm upset, and my mother is persuading me. ”

Xia Qi put down his hand and frowned: "Dad is soft-hearted." Knowing what kind of people my grandmother and uncle were, and ignoring them, isn't this causing trouble? With that, he stood up. No, I have to go and convince Daddy. ”

"Come back." Xia Jin shouted. Beckoned to him.

The last lesson to Xia Chan made Xia Qi talk about it for a long time, and he has been looking forward to doing it again. Now as soon as he saw Xia Jin's style, he knew that there was a play, and hurriedly trotted over, bent down to approach Xia Jin, and looked at Xia Jin with two big eyes like ink beads.

Xia Jin amusedly put his finger on it, moved his head farther away, and then whispered something to him.

After Xia Qi listened, his bright eyes darkened, and his erected ears drooped.

He said weakly: "There is no other way?" ”

Xia Jin glanced at him: "Then you can think of a good way yourself." ”

"Okay." Xia Qi promised, "For the sake of my father, I will make some sacrifices." ”

Although the night was hectic, under Shu's arrangement, the third room of the Xia family still had a hearty dinner to drive the joy of housewarming. And Xia Zhengqian didn't show the slightest unhappy look in front of a pair of children.

On the second day, when the birthday came, Xia Zhengqian took him to the front door.

It was already dark when I moved here last night to clean up, and I didn't have time to look at the door. Now Xia Zhengqian saw that the shop was spacious and bright, the street outside was extremely clean, it was not a problem to run two carriages, and it was neither deserted nor too lively, and the passers-by were dressed much more decently than those in the south of the city, and he was extremely satisfied.

He instructed Uncle Luo: "Go to someone, find Boss Qin of the pharmacy, and ask him to come and see the shop." ”

"Yes." Uncle Luo hurried to go.

Xia Zhengqian commanded his subordinates to clean up, and while discussing with Xing Qingsheng with great interest what should be placed here, where and what should be used for what purpose, it was a little more interesting than when he opened a medical hall in the old mansion.

After all, the door of the old house is small, and there is nothing to put on two tables, and there is no arrangement at all. And although Xia Zhengqian took the house deed, the name of the eldest brother was on the house deed. He always felt that according to his eldest brother's temperament, he would never let him live there to open a medical center. So there is no sense of security in my heart.

And now, although the house is rented, he signed a five-year contract in one go and paid half a year's rent in advance. According to the law, this house will belong to him in half a year, and he naturally wants to decorate this place carefully.

When Boss Qin came over with Steward Wang, the medical hall had been cleaned up.

Seeing such a shop, where is Boss Qin still dissatisfied? At that moment, he asked Steward Wang to hurry back and move the medicine that was moved back to the pharmacy yesterday here, and asked Xia Zhengqian about the rent. Seeing that Xia Zhengqian said that it was still according to the original price, he was moved in his heart and offered to pay Xia Zhengqian a rent of one or two or five dollars of silver.

Even the big house at the back and the two shops in front of the house are only two taels and five dollars of silver in total. According to Xia Zhengqian's thoughts, it would be enough for Boss Qin to give seven or eight hundred taels of silver. So where is he willing to ask for this, two, five? Naturally, all kinds of excuses are made.

Seeing this, Boss Qin had no choice but to say: "Brother Xia, I won't tell you, I've always wanted to open a pharmacy in the east of the city, but I can't find a shop." The shops here are either used for their own use, or rented to their relatives and friends. No one can rent it if there is no way. Even if there are those who rent out, either the location is not good, or the rent is ridiculously expensive. Last time I saw a pavement. It's a little bit deeper, and the area is not as big as yours, but it costs one or two or six dollars of silver. So give one or two or five rents, or I take advantage of you. You have such a good shop to think of my brother and me, how can I not let you suffer, don't you? Okay, don't fight, that's it. ”

When Xia Zhengqian heard this, his heart struck. He didn't know the rent was so expensive. Say so. Even if people don't rent a house, they only rent out these two shops. The two sides together have an income of three or four taels of silver.

This doesn't seem right, who would be afraid of money? Even if it's for the sake of making a good relationship, you don't have to lose yourself so much, right?

There were doubts in his heart, and when Boss Qin inquired about how much the rent of this house was. He learned to be obedient, didn't tell the truth, and just asked Boss Qin to guess.

There were female dependents living in the inner house, and it was not easy for Boss Qin to go into the house, so he went out and stood outside the vermilion gate of the house to take a look inside, estimated the area of the house, and said: "Such a big house is very well repaired, and it is such a location." There are also two shops, and without seven or eight taels of silver, it is impossible to rent them. ”

Xia Zhengqian was taken aback. But he does have some cities. On the surface, he was silent, and only gave a thumbs up and smiled at Boss Qin: "Awesome!" I didn't expect Boss Qin to know so much about real estate. ”

After the Wang steward brought the medicine over, Boss Qin went over to Zhang Luo, Xia Zhengqian asked Xing Qingsheng to watch his subordinates clean up the house, and he ran out alone and asked around the east of the city about the rent of the house.

Half an hour later. He went back to the back house and asked Shu, "Where is Sister Jin?" Call her. ”

Shu Shi handed him a cup of tea. replied: "Sister Jin changed into men's clothes and went out, saying that she was going to adjust the prescription for Luo Gongzi." ”

Xia Zhengqian had been running outside for a long time, and he was already thirsty. However, he held the teacup, but did not drink it, frowned and pondered, and did not move or speak for a long time.

Shu Shi saw that he was wrong, and hurriedly raised his heart: "Xianggong, what's wrong?" ”

Xia Zhengqian came back to his senses, thinking that he didn't have to hide it from Shu's, so he told her what Boss Qin said about the rent and the situation he asked, and said: "Such a house, even if it costs five taels of silver, it is cheap, and it is not worth renting with silver." If people can build a house here, they will not be short of that rent. Even if we don't live in that old house, aren't we reluctant to rent it out? But the landlord only shouted five taels, and when he saw that we were embarrassed, he halved it without saying a word. You say, is there such a good thing in the world? ”

"Really." Shu Shi thought about it for a long time, and also felt that something was wrong, but he said, "Didn't you say that Lang Zhong was cured of his illness, and he wanted to have a good relationship with us?" ”

"Alas, I was also in a hurry at that time. I'd even believe it if it was so full of loopholes. Xia Zhengqian sighed, "The landlord's place as an official is separated from here by a province, even if his nephew wants to tell him about our situation, it will take a month to send the letter quickly, and this is not counting the return trip." How could Steward Yu ask Zhun Xin in half an hour, and tell us half of the rent for this? ”

"Is it possible that the landlord's nephew......" Shu asked tentatively.

"Impossible!" Without waiting for Shu Shi to finish speaking, Xia Zhengqian shook his head, "Generally, this kind of relatives who help take care of the rental of the house will only do what the landlord wants, how much rent can be rented, who can be rented, and they don't want to be wrong at all, lest they complain if they do something." Some unreliable relatives will only raise the rent and get some difference. I won't take the initiative to reduce the price. ”

When he said this, Shu Shi frowned more and more: "According to this, there is only one possibility, that is, Steward Yu got the orders of Master Luo and helped us pay half of the rent secretly; Or, simply the house is theirs. But why did Luo Gongzi do this? Sister Jin treated him, he paid for the consultation, and no one owed anyone, so why should he lose his own money to help us? ”

Speaking of this, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in her mind, and she shouted: "Could it be that he knows the identity of our sister Jin and wants to marry our sister Jin?" (To be continued)

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