Chapter 002 Home Purchase
[The peaks and mountains are like gathering, the waves are like anger, and the mountains and rivers are on the surface of Tongguan Road. Looking at the western capital, he hesitated. Sad, the Qin and Han dynasties, the palace and thousands of rooms have been made of soil. Xing, the people suffer; Death, the people suffer! 】
[Main Quest: Survival I]
[Side quest: If you live in the temple, you will worry about the people, and if you are far away from the rivers and lakes, you will worry about the king! ] 】
Looking at the handwriting appearing on the virtual panel, Wang Chong couldn't help but wonder in his heart, this system seems to be getting lazier and lazier, and the tasks given are getting simpler and simpler. Find a place to live for a lifetime, also called survival for a lifetime!
However, the two words that appear on the system panel are absolutely impossible for no reason.
Put away her thoughts, put the stewed braised pork from the kitchen into the plate, and serve it to the table, the little girl couldn't wait to climb onto the small pestle, took the spoon, and stared at the big urn of braised pork on the table with her eyes shining.
Looking at the ruddy, sparkling and attractive braised pork, and smelling the fragrant meat that is close to the end of the time, even the Li family couldn't help but swallow his saliva, let alone Wang Qian'er, a little doll.
Although the mother and daughter were already hungry, the two pairs of eyes still looked at Wang Chong, waiting for Wang Chong to take the lead.
"Eat!" Wang Zhong took the fast son and picked up a piece of fat and thin meat and put it in Wang Qian'er's bowl.
"Thank you, Third Uncle!" Wang Qian'er picked up the spoon and prepared to take a bite.
"Woooooooo
"Delicious!"
"Mother, eat quickly!"
The little girl's cheeks are bulging, and the rich aroma of meat explodes in the mouth, stimulating the taste buds.
Li Shi also picked up a piece of braised pork with anticipation, put it in his mouth, and his teeth were lightly buckled, and his face immediately showed a shocked expression.
Fat but not greasy, soft and glutinous, Li has lived for nearly 20 years, and has never eaten such delicious pork.
"Uncle, this ......"
Looking at Li's shocked expression, Wang Zhong smiled and said, "What does my sister-in-law think of this meat?"
"Delicious!" In disbelief, Li took out a piece again, looked at it carefully, and asked, "Is this pork?"
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The box was handed to Lee.
"What is this?" Li Shi looked at the wooden box, and then at Wang Chong.
"Sister-in-law will know if you open it and see it!" Wang Zhong said with a smile.
The box was not locked, and Li lifted the lid of the box, and what caught his eye was a pile of deeds and documents full of words, as well as a red book issued by the yamen, and a large seal on it.
But when Li saw the name written on the deed, his surprise became more and more indescribable, and he looked at Wang Zhong in puzzlement, his eyes full of inquiry.
Wang Chong arched his hand at the Li family and said: "Sister-in-law, please rest assured, although my brother is gone, my sister-in-law is still my sister-in-law, I will also love Sister Qian as my own daughter, my brother has lost my sister-in-law's dowry, this Zhuangzi will be my sister-in-law's body in the future, if my sister-in-law has a favorite person and wants to remarry, this Zhuangzi is my sister-in-law's dowry."
"Uncle, who am I?" As soon as Wang Chong's words fell, the Li family couldn't help but reply: "Since I, Li Sanniang, have married into the Wang family, then I will be the Wang family in this life, and I ask my uncle not to mention the matter of remarriage."
"It's my brother's gaffe, please don't blame my sister-in-law!" Wang Zhong hurriedly bowed to the Li family.
Li Shi looked at his daughter who was shaking a rattle in the courtyard, and said, "In my life, I don't have any other hope, I just want to watch Erniang grow up safely, marry a wishful husband, and live a smooth life."
Wang Qian'er is the second daughter of Li and Wang Da's brother, and is called to be the second mother, Li was born as a dragon and phoenix fetus, and was regarded as auspicious by the people in the village at that time, but he never thought that her husband suddenly became addicted to gambling, and the fields at home were no longer cooked.
But I don't want the house to leak and suffer from the overnight rain, the eldest son had a high fever when he was half a year old, and died directly, and his husband also lost his life, Li was grief-stricken, if it weren't for Wang Qian'er's daughter, he was afraid that he would have the heart to die.
"I'll go to the front yard to find the old man to explain some things, and by the way, I will go around the field again, do you want my sister-in-law to go with me?"
"Listen to my uncle." Li is not a strong woman, on the contrary, there is still a little weak, since the beating of her husband, the backbone of the family has become his own uncle, and Li has gradually developed the habit of focusing on Wang Zhong in everything.
"I'm going too!" The little girl didn't know when she had run to Wang Chong's side, hugged Wang Chong's legs, and said expectantly.
Wang Zhong smiled and hugged his niece: "Okay, good! Let's go together!"
Lao Yutou was also a person from Baishui Village, in the early years, due to the death of his parents, he went to the city to work as a small servant in Li Yuanwai's house, because of his honest duty, and was reluctant to leave Baishui Village, Li Yuanwai let him stay and became a village leader.
Lao Yutou's daughter-in-law Wu was originally the maid of Li Yuanwai's family, after marrying Lao Yutou, she stayed in Baishui Village with Lao Yutou, Lao Yutou and his wife and children have praised a lot of money over the years, and also bought a few acres of land, but the two sons married daughters-in-law one after another, and the eldest son gave birth to a granddaughter, and the family gradually hollowed out.
"Uncle Yu!"
"I've seen the owner! I've seen Mrs. Li!" Lao Yutou was a subordinate, although Wang Chong was also a mud leg like them in the past, but he is now the owner of Zhuangzi, that is, the owner of their family.
Lao Yutou has been working in Zhuangzi for decades, and he is very familiar with every inch of land on Zhuangzi.
"There is a small lake in the south of Zhuangzi, which is also the industry of our village, and in previous years, we would plant some lotus root and water chestnut or something."
"Are there any fish in the lake?"
"Yes, but not much!" Old Yu said, "The old man remembers that the biggest grass carp he has ever caught is only three or four catties."
It's a lake, but it's just a bigger pond.
"The fields by the lake are all the ······ of our farm."
The field of Xiaozhuzhuang is on the edge of Zhuangzi, around the pond with a radius of only forty or fifty meters and the small bamboo mountain behind the village, and is scattered around, and more than 60 acres of land is the size of several football fields.
But if you add that small bamboo mountain full of bamboo, it's less.
Around Yangzhou, most of them are plains washed by rivers, and low hills like Xiaozhu Mountain that are thirty or forty meters high are rare.
Bypassing Zhushan from the ground and entering Zhuangzi through the back door, it is considered to have walked around the entire Zhuangzi, and Wang Chong has a bottom in his heart.
In the evening, Li took Sister Qian in the courtyard, and Wang Chong drew something on paper with charcoal in the study room that had just been cleaned up.
The main task given by the system is to survive for a lifetime, but after dealing with the system for so long, Wang Chong probably figured out the routine of the system, although the task is simple, but if you want to get a high score, it is not so easy.
Wang Zhong stayed in the study all night, and when he was sleepy in the second half of the night, he meditated directly in the study instead of sleeping.
The practice of qi has reached the sixth layer, and the true qi in the body is as thick as a river, and the pure true qi practiced by the near Jiazi has the effect of feeding back the body.
After a night of meditation, Wang Chong not only did not feel the slightest tiredness, but was extremely energetic.
Since he came to this world, it seems that even the kung fu of breathing and practicing qi has become smoother.
Before dawn, the big rooster in the backyard had already begun to flap its wings and raise its head and crow loudly.
Wang Zhong took out the long knife used in the world of "Swordsman in Shuangqi Town" in the past, and practiced it in the courtyard, sometimes fast and sometimes slow, suddenly rapid and slow, and between the pace changes, the ink-like knife light walked with him, and the momentum was compelling.
Now that there is money in the Zhuangzi, the life naturally does not have to be as simple as before, bathing and changing, after breakfast, Wang Chong came to the backyard, and the old man Yutou has led a group of villagers to wait for a long time.
Seeing Wang Chong come out, Lao Yu hurriedly led a group of villagers to salute Wang Chong.
A group of villagers stood in the courtyard, Wang Chong stood under the porch, and said loudly: "Presumably the old man has also told you, and this autumn harvest has passed, it is the time of agricultural slack, I want to build a lot of construction in the village, I need a large number of manpower, more than fifteen, fifty years old, the daily wage is fifteen wen, the woman a day ten wen, two meals a day, if there is anyone willing to come, you can go to the old Yu head to sign up."
"Fifteen wen a day, two dry meals, is the owner true?"
"As soon as the day ends, you can get money after you finish your work, provided that you can't steal women and fish in troubled waters."
"Don't worry, we are all honest people!"
"I'm signing up!"
"I'll sign up too!"
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After a while, basically all the farmers basically have someone to sign up, now the farming is over, it will be winter soon, there is less farm work, if it is this time in previous years, most of the strong laborers in the village will go to the city to find work together, to the dock to carry it, or
The first phase of the construction project of Xiaozhuzhuang officially began, Wang Zhong was responsible for supervising the work, and his sister-in-law Li took Lao Yutou's mother-in-law and two daughters-in-law to be responsible for everyone's meals.
Time passed day by day, the north wind struck, the weather became colder, I don't know when it had snowed, on the edge of the pond, an oil mill, on the side of Xiaozhu Mountain, distributed in a stepped manner, and five rows of pigsty have been built.
If it weren't for the delay in buying these wood, dry bamboo, and bricks, I'm afraid it wouldn't be so long.
"The owner! There's news! There's news!" Yu Chuer is the second son of Lao Yutou, who became a parent, but he has no children, and his temperament is not as honest and honest as his brother and cooking, he is quite clever and angry.
This kid has a flexible brain, a little smart, his hands and feet are also diligent, and he has a little eyesight, so Wang Chong left him by his side for the time being.
"What a whirl, what a system!"
Looking at Wang Chong with a straight face, Yu Chuer hurriedly bowed his head and admitted his mistake.
"The little one is insignificant, Childe forgive me!"
"Don't take it as an example!"
"Yes!"
"Say it!"
"Hui Gongzi, I've found a suitable shop!"
"Oh?"
Yu Chuer smiled and said, "It's on the edge of the pier, at the corner of an alley, and there are some food sellers around."
This shop has always had a saying of golden horns and silver-edged grass belly, king
It has been some time since Yu Chuer was looking for a shop near the wharf, and Wang Chongben just wanted to find a shop with a better location as much as possible, but he didn't expect to really touch it.
"Let's go, let's see!"
More than 30 miles, for Wang Chong, is only half an hour's foot, but if it is so long every day, the delay will be too long.
Yu Chuer led Wang Zhong straight to Yangzhou Wharf, and came to the shop that Yu Chuer said was located at the corner of the main street of the wharf.
Wang Erxi of this shop often comes, but unfortunately Wang Chongnian is the sister-in-law and niece at home, every time he gets off the boat, he goes straight home, but he has never been there.
In broad daylight, the shop was closed, Yu Chuer stepped forward and knocked on the door, and after a while, several vertical door panels were removed, and an old man with silver hair and a somewhat awkward figure appeared in front of the two.
"Is that you?" The old man was a little surprised when he saw Yu Chuer, and then explained helplessly: "Didn't I say it, someone has taken a fancy to my shop, so you better find another place!"
"Uncle!" Wang Chong stood up and arched his hand at the old man and said, "The location of your shop is indeed excellent, and I also want to take it down, I don't know if I can enter it, the price is negotiable!"
"Hey!" The old man sighed, and arched his hand at Wang Chong, "Son, forgive me, it's not a matter of price."
"Is the old man in trouble?" Wang Zhong asked.
The old man's expression changed slightly, looking at Wang Chong, who was a Zhilan Yushu with an extraordinary temperament, sighed again, and said, "This is not the place to talk, Son, please come in and talk about it!"
"That's a nuisance!"
The old man invited the two into the shop, served hot tea, and slowly explained to Wang Chong.
The old man's shop is an ancestral heirloom, originally a restaurant business, because of the proximity to the wharf, the geographical location is good, and the old man's craftsmanship is blue, and it is a prosperous business, but he didn't want to suddenly come three days ago, saying that he wanted to take down the old man's restaurant.
The ancestral shop, how could the old man agree, but when the two showed their identities, the old man was silent.
"Those two people came out of the old man's mansion, I heard that they are still the people around the little lady who is very favored in the general judgment mansion, overwhelmed the eldest lady in the mansion, and got the right to be a housekeeper, the little old man is a flat-headed common man, how dare he go against them."
General Judgment House? The little lady of the housekeeper director? Lin Yushuang?
Wang Chongdao: "As far as I know, our Yangzhou Sheng Tong has been in Yangzhou for a few years, and his official reputation has always been good, and he has a reputation for being diligent in government and loving the people, and he has never heard of any oppression of the people?"
"Hey!" The old man sighed, "Who knows?"
"I'm afraid it's not the people below who make their own decisions?"
"The prime minister's three-rank officials in front of the door are on their own, after all, it's not something that we ordinary people can afford to provoke." The older a person lives, the less timid he is, and the parents of the old man, as well as their children and grandchildren, naturally have to consider them.
Wang Zhong said: "Such a good shop, the old man is willing to do it?"
"What if you don't want to!" The old man's helpless tone was still a little sad.
The king asked, "How much are they willing to pay?"
The old man said: "In addition to the shop in front of my shop, there are seven rooms in the back, and they are willing to pay a hundred yuan!"
"Baikan?" Wang nodded and said, "Not less!"
Near the wharf, most of the people who live are ordinary people, the price of the house is not high, but the two sides of the street connecting the wharf and the main road of Yangzhou are different, Yangzhou is the hub of the Grand Canal and the Yangtze River, the south to the north, the big ships from the west to the east do not know how many, these big ships that go to various places, most of them will stay in Yangzhou for transit, which naturally brings a huge flow of people to Yangzhou.
As long as someone comes, there will be business to do, the guards on the ship, the small merchants passing by, and the Jianghu people like the Cao Gang.
"Not a small amount!" Having said that, the old man's face was still a little reluctant.
"I'm bothering the old man, I'm going to say goodbye below!" Wang Chong didn't say anything big about solving the problem for the old man, and took Yu Chuer to walk around the city and buy a lot of medicinal materials.
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When he left the city, Wang Zhong explained, "In the second year of junior high school, you find someone and continue to stare at the shop! If there is any news, it will be reported immediately."
"Still staring?" Yu Chuer looked at Wang Zhong puzzled.
"The Sheng family is not a native of Yangzhou, they have to leave after all, they buy a shop, they don't necessarily want to run it themselves!"
Yu Chuer suddenly realized that even if he ran to find someone, it was not too simple to talk about a dozen big bucks and find a few beggar dolls to stare at.
Two days later, Yu Chuer came to Wang Chong excitedly, after the Sheng family bought and took out the shop, they really did not run it themselves, but wanted to rent it out, Yu Chuer even inquired, the people of the Sheng family bought the shop in order to buy the property for the little lady who was favored by Sheng Tong.
Wang Zhong asked Yu Chuer to lead the old man Yu to come forward, rented the shop, and signed the contract for three years.
In Xiaozhuzhuang, the old man who was bought by the Sheng family sat in the front hall with his son, and after waiting for a while, Wang Chong, who was dressed in a cyan robe, finally appeared.
"Let the old man wait for a long time, it's really not down, I hope the old man won't blame him!"
"Don't dare, don't dare!" The old man also hurriedly waved his hand: "The son sent someone to invite my father and son, I don't know what to order?"
Wang Zhong didn't answer the old man's question directly, and said with a smile: "The old man and Ling Lang have come from afar, they must be hungry, I have ordered someone to prepare a banquet, why don't we talk while eating?"
The old man looked at Wang Chong, didn't dare to refuse, and arched his hand, "Then I will disturb the son."
"Please!" Wang Zhong led the hand sideways, and led the old man father and son straight to the side hall, and there were no furnishings in the hall, only a table of eight immortals, surrounded by a circle of round stools.
It's just that on the table of the Eight Immortals, there are steaming four dishes.
The three of them sat down, Yu Chuer was waiting beside him with a wine jug, but the eyes of the old man and his son were all on the four dishes on the table.
The aroma is overflowing, and the appearance is excellent, this is?
Rao is an old man who has been running a restaurant for decades, and he has never seen such a dish.
Wang Zhong smiled mysteriously and said, "You two might as well try it first!"
The old man picked up a few dishes of stir-fried rape, and just put them in his mouth, he couldn't stop nodding.
The old man's son picked up a piece of fried kidney flowers, and as soon as he put it in his mouth, his face changed.
"How?" Wang Zhong smiled and looked at the old man, father and son, and asked.
The old man, father and son, glanced at each other, and they both saw the shock in each other's eyes.
"Very good!" The old man said with great emotion: "The old man has been a cook for half his life, and he has never eaten such a taste of dishes, with all the color, flavor, and taste, and he is already well versed in the three flavors of cooking."
"It's just that this cooking method seems to be ·····." The old man has been a cook for half his life, and he has studied the way of cooking, so he tasted it and faintly noticed it.
At this time, stir-fry has not yet risen, and ordinary meals are mainly stewed and fried.
Looking at the old man's reaction, Wang Chong was quite satisfied: "This dish is not steamed, boiled, fried or fried, but cooked by a cooking method discovered by chance.
"Absolutely!" Old man said.
Wang Chong suddenly sighed and said, "However, I still have to study and take scientific examinations, my father and brother died early, and there are only widows and sisters-in-law and young nephews left in the family.
The old man's eyes were slightly condensed, he looked at Wang Chong, got up and bowed and said, "The old man has been running a restaurant for many years, but he has a lot of experience, if the son does not give up, the old man is willing to share the worries for the son!"
"Is this true?"
"I am willing to share the worries of my son." The old man expressed his attitude again, and the old man's son immediately followed the old man to salute and express his intentions.
"A man with a consistent salary, if the old man and Ling Lang have nowhere to stay, they can continue to live in the backyard house."
"Thank you, Childe!"