261 Small Courtyard
The man quickly turned the copper coin to himself with his hand, and the other hand was on the edge of the table, and when he put it away, he quickly swept over Xie Wenqi and his party, and he already had a plan in his heart.
"Xie Juren, you are too polite, there is really a good place in the small one, but it is not an inn, but a small courtyard.
It was originally intended to be for the talented men who went to the exam, but because it was secluded, it has not been rented out, if you are willing, let the small one take you to see?
It's secluded and secluded, but everything in it is complete, and it's on the edge of the lake around the city, and you can buy vegetables in two alleys......"
The seclusion here is not quiet, but it means that the place where the exam is far away and there are no shops on the side.
Students who come here to take the exam want to live in a quiet place so that they can concentrate on their studies, but they can't be too far away from the exam room.
It's too far away, and the house is more miserable, so they can scrape together money to rent a yard to live in, and before they can polish it, they have to get up and make sure that the things are in order.
For example, you have to bring thick clothes to avoid cooling down, and there are no thick clothes that will get cold and affect the exam.
You also have to have enough food and water for nine days.
After all, there are no candles in the examination room except for illuminated candles, pen, ink, paper, inkstones, etc.
And when it was packed, he went out with a heavy basket and walked for a long time, only to see the stall, hurriedly had breakfast, and walked for a long time to the examination room.
After some tossing, the whole person will be more or less affected when he arrives at the examination room.
And the richer ones in the family, firstly, the house has been cleaned up early, and secondly, they don't look down on such a yard, and they live in such a remote place, it is not as comfortable as living in the upper room of an inn.
After going back and forth, this courtyard was actually stayed.
Xie Wenci is already a lifter, and the township test naturally has nothing to do with him, and considering that Xie Mu has not rested well in the carriage for the past two days, it is good that the yard is secluded.
There are still a few days to start the township test, if you really live in the inn, it won't be clean.
However, he didn't agree directly, but looked at Su Mo and asked for her opinion, "Mrs. Gu, what do you think?" ”
Su Mo has no opinion, the hospitalization is very good, If you are not used to eating in the Yuzhou Mansion, you can also let Gu Qinhan cook.
She bowed her head slightly, and said with a shallow smile: "Master Xie is in charge." ”
Since Su Mo said so, Xie Wenci asked the man to find someone to take him to see, if it was feasible, he would rent it, if not, the two families did not have to live in the same inn.
Seeing that this tricky yard had a chance to get out, the man hurriedly went to the door and recruited a little beggar.
"Cake, go and invite your Grandpa Zhao here, just say that there is a man who wants to see his yard."
The beggars on this street are all people who help the innkeepers deliver the news.
On weekdays, he waited at the edge of various inns, and when he was told, he went to do errands, and if he was not told, he held a bowl and begged, and if he was lucky, he could be rewarded with a few copper plates.
At night, as soon as the curfew came, they went to the alley behind.
In the deepest part of the alley, there are many old yards that have not been sold, and the title deeds are all in the hands of Grandpa Zhao, who said that the guy said, they help with errands, so Old Man Zhao will let them live.
As for eating, the guys at each inn will bring the unfinished meals to the guests after the hotel.
They are beggars, and they do not pick.
The cake got the order, hurriedly answered, and the girl ran towards the old man Zhao's residence, and after a while, he invited people.
The guy had already gone to the kitchen to get a steamed bun and hid it in his arms, and when he saw the cake coming back, he secretly took out the steamed bun, "Take it and eat it." ”
The cake took the steamed bun, bowed his head and thanked him, and then returned to his own position, divided the steamed bun into half of his companions, and then devoured it.
He was still a half-grown boy, and when he was hungry, his stomach was empty after eating.
Old man Zhao is only in his forties, but he is already a great-grandfather, his grandson became a relative last year, and he just gave birth to a boy this year.
Old man Zhao was a cheerful person, whispered a few words to the guy, and then looked at Xie Wenci and gave up.
"The yard is a little far away, the old man will wait for a while, and the old man will call the sedan chair."
Xie Wen nodded in response, after all, it is uncertain whether it can be settled, and he can't let his wife run around with him.
"I'm sorry for you."
"You're polite."
Old man Zhao can't stand it, he is a fangyazi, not to mention three generations of ancestors, that is, eight generations are ordinary people, in this dynasty where everything is inferior, only those who are high in reading, he is as respectful as seeing an official.
Old man Zhao quickly summoned two sedan chairs, Xie Wenci said a few words to Su Mo and Xie Mu, and then got on the sedan chair, and when he came back, more than half an hour had passed.
In this way, the location of the small courtyard is indeed a bit far away.
"I look good at the yard, there are a total of six bedrooms, the bedding is complete, the kitchen is also complete, there is a well not far from the yard, it is convenient to use water, the east side of the yard is next to the lake around the city, open the window and see the painting boat on the lake in the distance."
It's just that the painting boat is quite far away, and you can see the lively scene, but you can't hear any sound.
Xie Wen didn't say this, and there was nothing to say, the guy had said it before, and the yard was quite secluded.
The courtyard described by Xie Wenci sounded really good, Su Mo nodded with satisfaction, but he didn't respond directly, but asked: "Let's go back after the Moon Festival, this rent for half a month, can it?" ”
Old man Zhao hurriedly stepped forward, "Don't worry, this lady can rent this yard as much as you want." ”
They also know how to be flexible.
"What about the rent?"
Old man Zhao is not sloppy when it comes to business, and he will not say anything about cheaper in front of the old man, he is just a middleman, take a hard-earned money, if it is cheaper here, he will have to make up for it there.
"You rent this for half a month, let's calculate it according to half a month, although this yard is biased, but the things in it are complete, the normal monthly rent is twelve taels of silver, and you count it as six taels of silver."
This price is already cheap in the capital of Yuzhou, and if it is a yard near the inn, the price will be doubled.
Su Mo looked at Xie Wenci, and when he saw him nodding, he didn't say anything.
Old man Zhao knew that this was done at a glance, and a smile bloomed on his face, he had already asked people to prepare a carriage, and he hurriedly said: "Master Juren, the old man has already prepared a carriage, do you think it is in the past?" ”
Xie Wenci bowed slightly, walked to Xie's mother's side, took the burden on He Nier's body, and then said softly to Xie's mother: "Mother, let's go." ”
Su Mo also walked to Gu Qinhan's side, Gu Xingnian was hugged by Gu Qinhan, so she asked Gu Ping'an and Gu Jinnian to follow.
Old man Zhao thought at first that the wife who was talking to him was the wife of this old man, but when he looked at it, he realized that he had misunderstood.
He scratched his head, thinking to himself that he had prepared a carriage and sat down, but this was not a family......
This matter was done, Old Man Zhao sighed and hurriedly followed.
(End of chapter)