Chapter 21: The House Falls from the Sky

In the most conspicuous place on Pingding Street, Tang Tong is waiting for a group of people to wait. Chen Ding was in front first, followed by everyone one after another, and as soon as he got close to Chen Ding, he hurriedly walked towards Tang Tong. He was tempted to ask why he had to be so heavy-handed without saying a word beforehand. Originally, everyone had discussed it, how could they change it casually and privately. After all, he is the leader, and no matter how he is, he has to communicate with him, not be arbitrary.

Before he got closer, Tang Tong spoke first, "I didn't expect that Lan Tingshu would take the opportunity to give a heavy hand at the meeting, for the sake of the bow beating competition later, I hope Chen Shaomo will be surprised!".

Tang Tong apologized first, so Chen Dingxian could only suppress the thoughts in his heart, stepped forward and raised his big mother finger, "Brother Tang's words are serious!" Get rid of the big obstacle of Lan Tingshu, we are more sure of winning the championship, how can I blame you?".

The people who followed also made a voice and praised one after another, this was completely unexpected, the result was good, it was too late to be happy, how could they blame, they all gathered around Tang Tong.

Tang Tong smiled knowingly, "We still have to strengthen training, and there is also the Song Guo Gong team, we can't take it lightly.".

This is said in a reasonable way, Chen Dingxian has nothing to say, he is happy today, so he wants to keep everyone, "Brother Tang!" Why don't we celebrate?".

"Make an appointment to see the house in the afternoon, you guys go!".

Yang Weibiao obviously wanted Tang Tong to go, seeing that this was the case, he couldn't help but be a little frustrated, "If Brother Tang doesn't go, then there will be less taste!", not only Yang Weibiao, but also several other people also felt the same way.

"I think it's better not to celebrate, firstly, it will be uncomfortable in Yunyang Mansion, and secondly, what the Marquis of Qingyuan wants is to bow and win the championship, it is better to celebrate at that time and not attract hatred! Everyone said yes?", Tang Tong is reminding everyone, and does not impose it on everyone.

Chen Ding saw that Tang Tong made sense, "Then listen to Brother Tang, go back and rest well, and gather tomorrow to train!" How is it?", Chen Dingxian is a member of the Qingyuan Hou clan after all, and everyone nodded without objection.

Chen Dingxian turned to look at Tang Tong again, "I'm fine in the afternoon, why don't I accompany you to see the house, I'm familiar with the capital!".

"I myself don't have confidence in this house viewing, it's not good to drive Chen Shaobai to make a trip, as long as you choose, you must ask everyone to recognize the door!", Tang Tong resigned, and his attitude was very resolute.

Chen Dingxian saw that Tang Tong deliberately refused, and it was not good to force it again, "Okay!" When the time comes, let's go to Brother Tang's new house to celebrate!", everyone responded one after another, "Okay!".

"I'll invite my brothers to drink then!", Tang Tong's expression was very open-minded.

Everyone was polite to each other, and each rode away in several directions.

Tang Tong lives in the Wanquan Inn in the two forks of Youquan Street, from the right Chengmen through Wujin Street to Pingding Street, three or four miles to the west is Youquan Street, straight to Chongwu Street can go to Chongwu Gate, is a street in the west of the inner city.

Tang Tong arrived at Wanquan Inn after a while, Xiao Er at the door led the horse to the back of the stable, Tang Tong walked into the lobby, and the shopkeeper greeted him and handed him over, "Tang Junye is back!", the dragon shopkeeper bowed to the God of Wealth in front of him, for fear of offending.

"I'll go to see the house in the afternoon!".

The dragon shopkeeper accompanied the smiling face, "I'm waiting for the military master!".

Tang Tong didn't say anything more and went straight to the backyard. Here are some long-term guests, the room price is cheaper than the guest room, Tang Tong went straight to the two rooms he rented.

As soon as I arrived at the door of my room, an old housekeeper in his fifties greeted him, "The master is back!" This is ready to eat!", came up and slapped the dust on Tang Tong's body.

Tang Tong looked at him, this person's name is Jing Youxun, and everyone calls him Lao Jing. Two years ago, I was a housekeeper for myself, saying that a housekeeper is actually no different from a servant, and now the Tang family only has him and his wife Yao's mother, and the two of them do everything inside and out, and they also have to take Tang Tong's three-year-old son Tang Xianwen, nicknamed Huzi. Two years ago, when Tang Tong led troops to resist Rouran's southern invasion, his home was plundered by Rouran's soldiers, and Tang Tong's wife Zhenlan was humiliated by Rouran soldiers and committed suicide in shame. It just so happened that Lao Jing's owner was also killed, and he worked as a servant for Tang Tong when he had nowhere to stay.

When he entered his room, his son Huzi was playing in the room, and when he saw Tang Tong coming back, he immediately put down the things in his hand and ran towards Tang Tong, "Dad! You're back!".

Tang Tong picked him up and kissed him on the cheek, "Is your son hungry?", Huzi nodded.

"Let's eat right away!", sat down and hugged the tiger and laughed.

After a while, Yao's mother came in, "Master! It's time to eat.", stepped forward and hugged Huzi.

Tang Tong went to another room, which was the room where Lao Jing and Huzi lived, and it was also a place to eat, which seemed very cramped. I've been living here for about 20 days, and I haven't been able to find a good house, and it's time to move.

Tang Tong quickly finished his meal and stood up, "I'll go see the house later!".

Lao Jing immediately stood up, "Master! Do you want me to go?".

Tang Tong waved his hand, "I will come back very late, and I don't worry about leaving the two of you at home, don't wait for me!" You eat first, just leave me food!".

"Yes!", seeing Tang Tong say this, Lao Jing could only agree.

Tang Tong went to his room to clean up, changed into casual clothes and went out, went to find the dragon shopkeeper, and wanted to rush back as soon as possible.

In the past half a month, the shopkeeper took Tang Tong to see seven or eight houses, which were either too small or too high, and Tang Tong was not satisfied. The dragon shopkeeper does not forgive, not only the buyer has a rebate, in fact, there is also a rebate from the homeowner, such a master will never let go of the business in hand. Today, I took Tang Tong to look at two more places, but Tang Tong still didn't like it.

The shopkeeper of the dragon really had no choice, so he had to say frustratedly: "I'll visit you again, then you have to let me go back for a few more days.", Tang Tong had no choice but to nod, and the two went back together.

As soon as the two of them entered Ercha Alley, they met a person they both knew, this person was Deng Xiaoliu. On the day Tang Tong entered Beijing, he led the way to Wanquan Inn.

Deng Xiaoliu first greeted the shopkeeper Long, and immediately saluted Tang Tong, "Master Tang!" I haven't seen you for many days, please tell me if you have something.", Tang Tong thought that Deng Xiaoliu was also an acquaintance in this area, and there was one more person and one more road. So he said, "I want to ----.".

Before Tang said the call, the shopkeeper Long immediately interrupted, "Master Tang wants to go out to have fun, I'll take him tonight, let's go back first!", Shopkeeper Long is not a real estate agent, just a part-time job, and he also knows Deng Xiaoliu's ability, for fear of robbing the business.

"Master Tang Jun, please!", as he said that, he dragged Tang Tong forward, and Tang Tong turned around and saw Deng Xiaoliu looking at him.

When he arrived at the lobby of Wanquan Inn, Tang Tong patted his head, "Look at my memory, I forgot the snacks I promised to buy for my son, I still have to go out!", and walked out as he spoke.

The shopkeeper didn't care, and he didn't dissuade him, "Master Tang, you go!".

Tang Tong walked out of the inn along the two forks of the alley to Youquan Street. As soon as I went out, I saw Deng Xiaoliu waiting next to Wanquan Inn. When he was not far away, Deng Xiaoliu came up and said with a smiling face: "Master Tang! I'm very familiar with the capital, you can open your mouth if you have something!".

When Deng Xiaoliu took Tang Tong to Wanquan Inn, he knew that he was a clever person, but he didn't expect him at that time. So he stared at him and said tentatively, "I want to buy a house.".

Deng Xiaoliu patted his feet and said loudly with confidence: "It's right to find me, most of the houses in Long Wangcai are given to him by me, and some good houses are still in my hands. What are the requirements, Tang Junye, you say!".

Tang Tong didn't think about it, "In the west of the outer city, close to the street, it is best to enter the courtyard house twice, and the price should not be too high!", Tang Tong was not so generous to Deng Xiaoliu, and what he thought of was that he could save it.

Deng Xiaoliu clapped his hands, looking very excited, "Master Tang!" You are really lucky, I just have a house like this in my hand, except for the three-entry quadrangle, the others meet the requirements of the military master.".

Tang Tong was a little unconvinced, "Really?".

Deng Xiaoliu replied more cheerfully, "There are more than 30 front and back yards in Zhiye Lane, Langfang Street, the owner is in some trouble, and he is willing to sell it at a low price, and the furniture will not exceed four hundred and twenty taels, is the military master willing to take a look?".

Tang Tong responded casually with an indifferent mentality, "Then go and take a look!", Deng Xiaoliu respectfully asked Tang Tong to go first, and he followed behind, his attitude was very flattering, and he didn't dare to make a mistake.

Langfang Street is the most prosperous street in the outer city, with shops and shops on both sides. The flow of people throughout the day is very lively. Here silk shops, silk cloth shops are high-end, pharmacies, tea houses, shoe shops, cooked meat shops, study four treasure shops, everything. It's really a good place to do business and buy things, and it's also Tangtong's favorite place, so I'm not in a hurry to take a look along the way.

The owner's surname is Liang and he received Tang Tong very warmly. also accompanied Tang Tong to look around the courtyard, and when he visited the backyard, he saw some packed bags, and it seemed that he was really going to move away. After reading it, he felt that the house was very satisfied, Tang Tong thought that the homeowner was in such a hurry to leave the capital, and he could only pay three hundred and eighty taels on the grounds that he was afraid of getting into trouble. It's too cheap, gritted his teeth, if he met a difficult lord to let him return the capital, he bought it ruthlessly, he originally had three hundred and eighty taels of silver tickets, and the owner insisted on asking for two two hundred taels of Hengtong tickets, and gave twenty taels of silver, Tang Tong felt very puzzled, or relied on him. Tang Tong carefully looked at the deed, and after confirming that it was correct, he put it in his sleeve and made an appointment to hand over the house in three days. Anyway, the furniture is current, buy some daily necessities and move in.

As soon as he walked out of the Liang Mansion, Deng Xiaoliu rubbed in front of Tang Tong and said something inconsecutive, Tang informed Deng Xiaoliu of what he meant, and threw him five taels of silver. Before he arrived at Langfang Street, Deng Xiaoliu returned on the spot under the pretext of having something, but in fact, he turned back to get the benefit fee, which is a person who gets into the eyes of money. Tang Tong didn't bother to pay attention to him, and came to Langfang Street alone.

Seeing that there are many people here, there are many shops on both sides of the street, although it is still very lively near dusk, Xingye Street in the inner city and Langfang Street in the outer city are the two most prosperous commercial streets, this sentence seems to be not wrong. If you can have one or two shops of your own on this street, you will have no worries about food and clothing, at least the treatment of the middle class. It is a foothold in the capital, which will make many people envious. Tang Tong saw a Xinglong Changnan goods store with its door closed, this is the only store with a closed door, it seems that business is sluggish, and it may have to be closed or transferred. There are those that have gone out of business, and there will be new ones, thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi, no one can lead the way.

It was already dark at Wanquan Inn, and Lao Jing was still waiting for him, and he had not eaten. Tang Tong told Lao Jing about the house he had bought and moved in three days, think about what he wanted to do in the past few days, and don't be in a hurry on the day of the move..

After eating, Tang Tong was too tired today, first went to the courtyard to walk and play the flute, the flute sound was tactful and listening, from time to time some tenants looked this way, this is the habit that Tang Tong developed in Xuanfu, the border is full of iron-blooded men, the flute has become a pastime, not only to entertain yourself, but also to let your companions listen to it to relieve loneliness.

After playing the flute, I was too sleepy, so I went back to the house to lie down, and was woken up by the old scene at two o'clock. I got up and went to a secluded place in the courtyard and began to practice every night, and after nearly an hour of diligent practice, I sweated. Lao Jing had already prepared hot water, and after rinsing it, Tang Tong read a book in the room for a while, turned off the lights and fell asleep.