Before the Mid-Autumn Festival, Chu Yi drove the ox cart to Xing'an County alone, and under the leadership of the boss of the bank, he went to the shop on Changqing Street.

As he walked forward, the boss of the shop introduced the situation of the shop to Chu Yi: "The location is exactly at the intersection of Changqing Street and East Erhutong, which was originally one, with an area as big as two two-entry courtyards, and was later divided into two courtyards by the owner, the one next to the intersection on the east side was the courtyard where the owner's family lived, and the one on the west side was used as a shop to do business."

Chu Yi had heard Ding An talk about the general situation of this shop before, and he had already made a calculation in his heart: "Are these two owners planning to sell both? Or do you just sell your shop and not your own home?"

"It's all sold, the owner is an old couple, and now there is only a son with a bad brain by his side, and the old couple is planning to sell the house they live in with the shop, and then take their son back to the countryside to retire. I also found us a few days ago, I took a look, with the yard where I lived, the location of the shop was good, and the size was in line with the requirements of Boss Chu, you said that day, so I hurried to inform Ding Zhutou."

Chu Yi nodded and continued to ask, "Is that shop okay to buy and sell on weekdays?"

His wife smiled flatteringly and said, "Okay! Naturally, it does! Otherwise, I wouldn't dare to introduce it to Ding Zhutou's friends, wouldn't I? In the earliest days, the old couple of the shop was used to open a cloth village, and later because they had to take care of their son's lack of skills, they divided the original house into two from the middle, and the shop was rented out to open a tavern, and the business has always been very good. It's just later......

"What happened?"

The boss of the shop looked around, and saw that no one was paying attention to himself and Chu Yi's side, so he suddenly lowered his volume, and whispered to Chu Yi and bit his ear: "Later, the former county magistrate came, and he had to say that the yamen was a solemn place, and what kind of eating, drinking, laughing and playing shops were opened on this Changqing Street, all of which were detrimental to the coercion of the yamen, and also disturbed his purity. At that time, it was rented by the current tenant and opened a grocery store to make a living, and the business was good." Look at the book

"If that's the case, why don't the current tenants just buy the shop?"

Chu Yixin said, the location of the shop is good, the business is also good, and it is a place that he has rented for some years, and the owner wants to sell the shop and return to the countryside to retire, if he is the tenant, he will take advantage of this opportunity to buy the shop directly, otherwise if the new owner does not want to rent it to himself, then his own business will not have to change places?

The boss replied ominously, "This ...... Boss Chu, you'll find out with me when you go and see!"

These words seem to confirm the bad conjecture in Chu Yi's heart, if this shop is not known to outsiders, or it is not as good as the boss of this shop said, but they are all here, so they naturally have to go to see what is going on.

The boss of the shop glanced at Chu Yi's face, and saw that the other party was not displeased, so he quietly breathed a sigh of relief and continued to lead the way for Chu Yi, and there was no other words to praise the shop during the period.

The boss of the house soon took Chu Yi to the door of the east courtyard where the owner lived, knocked on the door, and the man who came to open the door was a gray-haired old man, who was very happy to see the boss of the house bring people.

Without waiting for the old man to speak, the boss of the bank took the lead in introducing, "Uncle Lu, this is the person I told you before, let's go to your courtyard and talk."

The old man, who was called Lu Abo, hurriedly smiled and beckoned the two into the house: "Come, come, come, come in and sit."

After welcoming the two into the courtyard, Lu Abo closed the courtyard door with his hand, and naturally he didn't notice that Yu Ling, the daughter of the tenant of his own shop next door, hid behind the door and witnessed everything here, turned around and shouted to Liu, who was kowtowing in the shop, "Ah Niang, someone from the old man's house next door has just entered the yard!"

Liu's eyes were white, and he rushed in, and his daughter reprimanded: "What are you yelling, your voice is so loud, it makes me have a headache!" Whoever comes, someone comes."

"It's not A-Niang, it's not the side who came

The owner of the shop on Front Street brought people here!"

When Liu heard this, he hurriedly slammed the hair in his hand on the counter in front of him with a "whoosh", and asked sharply, "The boss of the front street shop? Are you sure?"

Yu Ling nodded impatiently: "What can I misunderstand about this, that is, he didn't run away!"

Liu scolded and came to his shop: "This pair of old immortals, they really dare to go to the people who are doing it, if he only sells his house, forget it, if he dares to beat the idea of my shop, see if the old lady is not desperate with the two of them!"

Lu Abo and Chu Yi exchanged a few words, and then said that they introduced their own house and shop, and also said the reason why they wanted to sell here, which was the same as what the boss of the bank said before, and then took the Chu family to turn around the front and back of their house.

The east courtyard where the Lu family lives now is a standard two-entry courtyard, the gate is open near the southeast corner, the west side of the gate in the courtyard is a row of gatehouses, and then there is a small front yard, the front yard and the inner courtyard are separated by a wall, and then enter a hanging flower door, which is a more spacious inner courtyard, the northernmost is a two-story small house, the middle is the main house, and the two sides are also equipped with ear rooms.

In addition, there are two wings on the east and west sides and each with a floor and two rooms, the outermost side of the ear room on both sides is equipped with a stove room and a toilet, and there are several flower stands around the inner courtyard, which are full of flowers that have been carefully cared for, and the courtyard is clean and tidy everywhere, it can be said that it is a very beautiful courtyard, Chu Yi only turned around in the courtyard, and he was sure that his wife would like it here.

Lu Abo took Chu Yi back to the hall again, made a cup of tea for the two, and continued to promote his shop: "The area of the shop next door is the same as this one, but because it is used for shops, it is only built into two rows of houses, with a courtyard layout sandwiched in the middle, and the row of houses in the back can be used to store goods and live in people, and the courtyard is also in the yard. The row of houses in front of it is all open, and it is a very large shop."

The boss of the bank naturally wanted to facilitate this deal, and seeing that Chu Yi seemed to be quite satisfied, he hurriedly revealed the price he had negotiated before to Chu Yi: "What does Boss Chu think of this house, are you still satisfied? Lu Abel can't afford it at the moment, and he is in a hurry to go back to his hometown in the countryside, so the price given is also very appropriate, and the two houses are put together, so I asked for three hundred taels!"

"Three hundred taels?"

"That's right, three hundred taels, that's a unique price! It would be a shame to miss it."

Chu Yi was a little surprised, after looking at the shop for a long time, what kind of shop rent and selling price are approximately, and he already has a calculation in his heart.

But now there are two such big yards, and the old couple actually asked for a price completely lower than the market price, you must know that the same two houses, if they are placed in the town, let alone three hundred taels, even if they want more, they should not worry about selling.

It's just that the other party is like this, but Chu Yi is more cautious, and the house that has a good business but still has to be sold cheaply is really a little suspicious.

"Let's read the deed and shop first."

"Wait a minute."

Uncle Lu turned around and went back to the main room, and after a while, he came out with a small wooden box, which was the deed of the two courtyards.

Chu Yi looked through it carefully, and didn't see any problems, the name of Lu Abo was also on the deed, and then he put the deed back in the box and handed it back to the other party.

Seeing that Lu Abor went back to the room and put his things, Chu Yi took the lead and walked out.

Seeing this, the boss of the bank stretched out his hand to stop Chu Yi and said, "It's natural to look at the shop, but Boss Chu, look, do you want to invite Ding Zhutou over?"

Chu Yi frowned slightly, and looked coldly at the boss of the shop beside him: "What does this mean?"

The boss touched his nose and said with some embarrassment, "This, this...... Ding Zhutou's reputation, which one in the county doesn't know, it's easy to do things with him! Aren't Boss Chu and Ding Zhutou friends, you buy a house, Ding Zhutou can't help you come to see it?"

Chu Yi stared at the boss of the house with a cold face, and his voice became smaller and quieter, until he was silent, then he turned his head to look at Lu Abel and asked, "Does Abo's house have to be sold only if Ding Zhutou is present, or is it not your family at all, and you can't be the master?"

Young man in front

Although the tone was not heavy, it made people feel a rushing momentum, Lu Abo sighed, and explained the causes and consequences of these two courtyards clearly.

"These two courtyards are indeed the old man's property left by my family, but now the west half has been rented out, and it has always been rented every six months, but the family somehow came up with a ten-year lease deed, and said that they would not move out!"

It turned out that due to the reasons of the previous county order, the Lu family's shop in the west courtyard had tenants, and they broke the contract and moved out in advance, not to mention, because they were afraid that on the cusp of this storm, they would provoke the unhappiness of the county order, and the Lu family's shop even became a problem to rent out.

It was also at that time that the Yu family saw the opportunity and rented the west courtyard of the Lu family at a very low price and opened today's grocery store.

Lu Abo was also reluctant at the time, but the old couple had no income in addition to the rent of the shop at home, and the youngest son's medical treatment was also a lot of expenses, so he thought that less would be less, better than nothing, and it was better to eat the old book.

The Yu family, who rented the shop, wanted to pay the rent every two or three years at first, but Lu Abo refused to agree to anything, and finally decided to pay the rent once every six months.

But Lu Abo still thought about this matter simply, he didn't mention the rent increase, but the Yu family always used the likes and dislikes of the former county magistrate as an excuse, relying on the Lu family's shop is not too easy to rent now, either splashing and rolling, or sitting in front of the door and crying, making trouble and hanging himself, dragging and refusing to comply.

Uncle Lu and his family are both soft-natured, and it is already very difficult to take care of their youngest son on weekdays, and they no longer have the energy to fight with the Yu family's messy family.

The Yu family doesn't feel ashamed, but their ancestors have lived in this boundary for generations, and they always feel embarrassed to be laughed at by the neighbors, and they have lost their temper, so the west courtyard of the Lu family has been occupied by the Yu family at a price much lower than the market price.