Chapter 37: Ghost House
After Zhang Ran heard these news, he returned home, and when he saw that Zhang Kuan had returned, Zhang Ran made a pot of tea, then poured a cup of tea for Zhang Kuan, and looked at Zhang Kuan flatteringly.
When Zhang Kuan saw Zhang Ran's appearance, he knew that Zhang Ran was looking for him for something, because every time Zhang Ran looked for him for something, he had this expression, and said with a wry smile: "Say, what's the matter." ”
Zhang Ran said: "I plan to open a billiard hall shop with three hundred taels of silver, but I don't know where the store is good, and I need your help." Zhang Ran has two hundred taels of silver in his hand, plus more than two hundred taels of silver from Zhao Pu, he can already open a shop.
Although Zhang Kuan didn't know what the billiard hall was, Zhang Kuan didn't ask, but was puzzled by the silver in Zhang Ran's hand, and said, "Where did you get so much silver." Zhang Kuan knew that Zhang Ran had silver in his hand, but three hundred taels was not too much.
Zhang Ran said: "Didn't I tell you, when I was in Hulu Village, I did a little business, made some money, and saved some money, so I can get it." Zhang Ran didn't explain carefully, but just said it in general terms.
Doing a small business, what kind of small business can make so much money, can you give him a little bit of this kind of small business, so that he can also make money, and then Zhang Kuan's heart moved and said: "The small business you are talking about is the billiard hall you are talking about?" What is a billiard hall? ”
"Yes." After Zhang Ran answered, he then explained what billiards was in a civilian way.
After hearing what Zhang Ran said, Zhang Kuan said suspiciously: "The billiards you said is so strange, it can really make money." Zhang Kuan said that he didn't want Zhang Ran to spend the money in his hand indiscriminately, and he couldn't make any money, and he lost it.
"Really, the money I made before is proof." Zhang Ran said with a sure expression.
"Okay, I'll find it for you, and I'll give you the news of the store tonight." Immediately, Zhang Kuan finished eating and went to work.
Zhang Rongming came back in the afternoon, this was the first time Zhang Rongming went home after Zhang Ran brought food to Zhang Rongming, and then talked with Zhang Ran for a long time in the house, and when Zhang Rongming came out again, he was full of smiles.
Then Zhang Ran and Zhang Rongming practiced martial arts, saw Zhang Ran defeat the head of the Great Sect, and understood Zhang Ran's true strength, so most of the time Zhang Ran was guiding Zhang Rongming, and Zhang Rongming did not show his brother's identity, and asked shamelessly after encountering a problem.
In this way, in the evening, Zhang Kuan came back, Zhang Kuan called Zhang Ran to the living room, Zhang Kuan said: "You asked me to inquire, I inquired." ”
Zhang Ran showed a look of surprise, although Zhang Kuan said that he could find a store tonight, but Zhang Ran just listened, after all, it was really difficult to find a good store suitable for three hundred taels in Ruoda Qiantang County, but Zhang Ran didn't expect Zhang Kuan to really find it.
Seeing Zhang Ran's surprised look, Zhang Kuan showed a smug look, in order to find a store for Zhang Ran, he only went to the county office in the afternoon, and then went to find a store, he ran more than half of the streets of the county, and found several good shops for Zhang Ran, and even he negotiated with the owner of the store and kept it for him.
Zhang Kuan said: "I found you four shops, I will tell you about the situation of the four shops, the first shop is in Northeast Street, the location of Daonan, is a mansion of three courtyards, adjacent to the street is suitable for opening shops, the second shop is in Northeast Street, the location of Daoxi, this is a two-story building, there is a small courtyard in the back, this shop used to be a cloth business, and now I don't want to do it so I want to sell it." ”
"The third shop is on Huafeng Street, Huafeng Street is the most lively street in the outer city, in the south, this is a small tofu shop is gone, this is a courtyard house, the east house is a tofu shop, and the other houses are places to live, I found a more suitable shop for a tofu workshop, so I want to buy it."
"The fourth shop is a mansion on Luoyun Street, this mansion is a mansion with five courtyards, one of which is still a garden, and there is a stream running through this mansion, and you can drink clear spring water, but this mansion is haunted, no one wants to buy it, and those who buy this mansion after the haunting are either dead or crazy."
The more Zhang Ran listened, the more wrong he became, can you buy such a big store for three hundred taels, and then expressed his doubts.
Zhang Kuan patted his head and said, "By the way, I forgot to tell you that I was talking about buying a store in the outer city, not a store in the inner city, after all, my job is in the outer city, and I am not familiar with the inner city." ”
Zhang Ran also patted his head, he also forgot about it, although Zhang Kuan is the official of the county government, he is in charge of the security of the outer city, and Zhang Kuan still can't insert it in the inner city, so he naturally found a shop in the outer city for Zhang Ran.
Zhang Kuan said: "Do you still want to buy the shops in the outer city?" "Zhang Ran is studying martial arts and literature in the inner city, and Zhang Kuan still has to ask.
Zhang Ran said: "I can't buy such a big store in the inner city, so I naturally follow Uncle Kuan's arrangement. Although the inner city is more prosperous, you can't buy such a good store in the inner city, and now he follows Zhang Kuan's advice, but if the billiard hall is sold well in the future, maybe Zhang Ran will go to the inner city to develop.
Zhang Kuan said: "Which of the four shops I said do you want?" ”
Zhang Ran said: "What did Uncle Kuan say. ”
Zhang Kuan said: "I suggest you choose the first store I mentioned. ”
Zhang Ran had already heard it, the four stores that Zhang Kuan said were said in the order of best to second, Zhang Ran had no expectations for the second and third, because the first one was better than the second and third, but the fourth store Zhang Ran wanted to learn more about the situation.
Although this is a ghost mansion, but the situation of this mansion is good, there are five courtyards, there is a back garden, and a stream has passed, such a house, even if there is no more than 1,000 taels in the outer city, it is difficult to buy, but after Zhang Ran came to this world, although he has heard the legend of ghosts, but he has never seen ghosts, and he does not know whether there are ghosts in this world, of course, even if there are ghosts, in the case of the Demon Beast version, Zhang Ran also has a way to deal with it, but Zhang Ran wants this ghost mansion, or to understand the situation, So Zhang Ran asked about the situation of the fourth store.
Zhang Kuan was not surprised by Zhang Ran's question, because among the four shops, if it was not this ghost mansion haunted, it would be the best choice, and it was still in a more prosperous section, or a mansion facing the street, such a mansion was rare in the entire Qiantang County.
Zhang Kuan talked about the good aspects of this ghost mansion, and then said the bad aspects, the good side is naturally what was mentioned above, and the bad side is that the ghost mansion is haunted and caused a lot of lives, until the end Zhang Kuan said: "I don't recommend you to buy the ghost house, because it's too dangerous, and the ghosts in it are very fierce." ”
Zhang Ran smiled and said, "You added the ghost mansion to one of the four stores, don't you want me to buy it?" ”
Zhang Kuan said: "I joined in because this ghost mansion is very good, and because you are a martial artist, you have a restraint effect on the ghosts inside, so you put it inside, but even if you put it inside, it is the one who is the least optimistic, and I am really not sure if your martial artist identity can restrain the ferocity of this house." ”
Zhang Ran said: "I have now reached the level of blood refining, and it is considered good in the entire Qiantang County, I really want to try the ingredients of this ghost." ”
Zhang Kuan hesitated for a moment and said, "You are going to buy this ghost mansion." ”
Zhang Ran said: "Yes. Then Zhang Ran took out six silver tickets of fifty taels of silver from his arms and put them on the table, three of which were fifty taels of silver tickets from Zhao Pu, and three of the fifty taels of silver tickets were exchanged for silver at the Qian Zhuang, and the money village might not like to exchange the silver tickets for silver at the Qian Village, but the money village would definitely change it with silver to exchange silver tickets.
Zhang Kuan didn't take the silver ticket, but said: "You take back the silver ticket first, I'll take you to see the owner of the ghost mansion, and after talking to him, you can see if you want to buy it, give up if you don't want to buy it, and give him the money if you want to buy it." ”
But it's already night, and at night there is a curfew, and few people come out at night, so we can only wait for the next day.
Zhang Kuan and Zhang Ran finished talking, it was late at night, and they went back to sleep.
On the morning of the next day, Zhang Kuan first went to the county government office to pick up the errand of patrolling the streets, and then took advantage of the patrol to return home and took Zhang Ran to the second floor of the restaurant.
When the two of them came to the second floor, there was already a middle-aged man with a beard waiting there.
Seeing Zhang Kuan and Zhang Ran coming, the middle-aged man immediately stood up and stepped forward, Zhang Kuan introduced Zhang Ran to the other party and said, "Ran'er, this is Zhong Xing, Doctor Zhong." ”
Zhang Ran said obediently: "Doctor Zhong is good." ”
Zhong Xing nodded, and then sat down.
Zhang Kuan said: "I want to buy your mansion, let's talk about it in detail." "When you talk to the owner of the ghost mansion, you can't call it a ghost mansion, you have to be commensurate with the mansion, otherwise it will cause the other party to be unhappy.
Although Zhang Ran came, Zhang Ran was there after all, but Zhang Kuan already knew Zhang Ran's intentions, so when Zhang Kuan and Zhong Xing talked, they naturally followed Zhang Ran's intentions.
Zhang Kuan and Zhong Xing talked to each other, and after a quarter of an hour, Zhang Kuan knew that it was okay, and then Zhang Kuan said: "Doctor Zhong, tell me about your mansion, let me understand it more carefully." ”
Zhong Xing said: "Actually, the people in Qiantang County know about my mansion, I say it or not, you also know that my mansion is very fierce, but it is also the same that I sell it at such a low price, otherwise it is difficult to buy such a yard at this price in the entire Qiantang County." ”
Zhong Xing finally met a wronged boss, and he could still say bad things about this mansion again, so he said such a sentence, on the surface, it seemed helpless, but he really said that his price was low and he would buy it soon.
At the beginning, when his grandfather bought this mansion, his grandfather's family was all killed by ghosts, only his father escaped, and then he gave birth, his father and he wanted to sell this unlucky ghost mansion, but at this time the reputation of the ghost mansion had spread, and no one was willing to buy it, until yesterday when he heard that Zhang Kuan wanted to buy it, he only sold this mansion even if it was two hundred taels of silver, and the reason why he didn't drop the price now was to stretch Zhang Kuan to see if Zhang Kuan really wanted to buy the mansion.
Zhang Kuan heard that Zhong Xing didn't want to talk about the mansion anymore, and then looked at Zhang Ran, Zhang Ran made a buy look, seeing this look Zhang Kuan knew that Zhang Ran was going to buy this mansion, and he didn't want to know about this ghost mansion anymore.
Although Zhang Ran is a child, but after coming into contact with Zhang Ran, he knows that Zhang Ran is a prodigy, his mind is very mature, and he is also very strategic, not like those ordinary children, who only know how to play, Zhang Ran has his own ideas for doing things, so in buying a store, Zhang Kuan discussed with Zhang Ran.
Knowing Zhang Ran's intentions, although Zhang Kuan still had some hesitation, he still said: "Since this is the case, then I will buy your mansion,"
At this time, Zhang Ran took out six silver tickets of fifty taels from his arms and put them on the table.
Zhong Xing was secretly overjoyed, he originally wanted to reduce the price, but he didn't expect that it could be sold for three hundred taels, and then he wanted to take the silver ticket on the table, but as soon as he stretched out his hand, Zhang Kuan pressed his hand on the silver ticket and said, "Did you get the title deed of the mansion?" ”
Zhong Xing seemed to remember at this time and said, "Bring it." "In fact, as long as he meets someone who wants to buy a mansion, he will carry the title deed with him, that is, he will sell the mansion at any time, but he has not sold it yet.