At night, the shop closed, and Yan Xuehuai told Li Qiniang about Mrs. Ye's possible desire to rent a house.

Li Qiniang was very happy: "Shizi Hutong is very close to Huichang Street. If you rent a house there, you will go to deliver food to Mrs. Ye, so you don't have to go back to the shop. It's okay now. In winter, it's dark early. If it snows, you will fall and fight on the road."

After being happy, Li Qiniang became worried again: "After all, this was Mo Yu guessed, I'm afraid that Mrs. Ye didn't mean that."

Yan Xuehuai smiled and said, "It's okay, let's go over and ask. If Mrs. Ye agrees, that's fine. If we don't agree, we won't lose."

Li Qiniang thought about it and decided to take Yan Xuehuai to the Shizi Hutong tomorrow.

The mother and daughter talked a few more gossips, and Li Qiniang said, "By the way, at night, I heard from people that the water was running in Luoguxiang."

"Huh? Have you heard of it too?" Yan Xuehuai asked.

"Do you know?" Li Qiniang asked.

"Yeah," Yan Xuehuai nodded and said what Mrs. Ye and Mo Yu heard at the tea stall, "The fire was burned from the back, and the back room was burned, and two or three rooms were burned in the main room. It's a pity, people are fine."

Li Qiniang frowned: "This is amazing. Yesterday was cloudy, so how did the fire burn?"

Yan Xuehuai remembered two people, the bandit brothers.

"Just like the Yan family, their character is even worse than that of a pit. It's only a matter of time before and after offending people. Who knows which gods they have provoked?"

Li Qiniang thought about it, but she said angrily: "Miss home, you are not allowed to swear in the future."

This is the first time Li Qiniang blamed her daughter, but it doesn't seem like blame.

Yan Xuehuai smiled: "Next time, I won't talk about the pit, but I will talk about septic... the place of grain reincarnation."

It was so dangerous that I almost said the word septic tank.

Li Qiniang was amused by her daughter: "Naughty, mom has burned hot water, you go soak your feet."

"Where are you?" Yan Xuehuai asked.

"I'll go and I'll steam the silver silk rolls for you tomorrow morning."

"No, I want to eat fried dough sticks."

"You have been eating fried dough sticks for three days in a row, eat less fried food."

After Li Qiniang finished speaking, she turned around and went out, leaving Yan Xuehuai in a daze.

The next morning, Yan Xuehuai was wearing cold side dishes, ate a few silver rolls, drank half a bowl of porridge, and felt comfortable all over.

Seeing Lu Ying'er sprinkling water from outside the door with a bucket, she greeted her: "Ying'er, eat quickly, the breakfast food will be cold."

Lu Ying'er washed her hands, sat at the table, and said, "The house is going to be cleaned from the opposite door. I just saw that the craftsman has arrived. It will be opened in a few days. I don't know what business it is."

Yan Xuehuai knew that the shop opposite had been sold, and the owner was in a hurry to use the money and sold it for only 800 taels. I heard from the last time that the man who came here said that he sold it the day before, but the next day because it was really cheap.

Yan Xuehuai has forgotten this incident because she was disturbed by the Yan family these two days. Now when Lu Ying'er said that, she suddenly moved her heart, pushed her job and ran out.

Li Qiniang happened to come in and said when she saw it, "Don't run and jump after just after dinner."

"knew!"

Yan Xuehuai agreed that the person was already outside.

Li Qiniang smiled and shook her head.

Yan Xuehuai stood at the door of Li Shiji. The door of the shop opposite was open, and the craftsman was mixing lime at the door.

Yan Xuehuai thought to herself, it wouldn't be such a coincidence.

But the more she thought about it, the more she felt that it was.

So she walked over and asked the craftsman who was mixing lime: "Uncle, do you know what the boss's surname is?"

When the craftsman saw that she came out of the shop opposite, he knew that this was a neighbor, so he didn't hide it and said, "The last name is Dong."

Yan Xuehuai's eyes moved and asked again: "Is it a sibling?"

"Yes, you've seen it. Oh, the children of rich families are amazing. They bought such a big shop after that. They can't afford half a shop like us, who work hard for a lifetime, but they can't afford to buy half a shop."

Yan Xuehuai pursed her lips. So that's it. No wonder the siblings and sisters appeared here that day.

I thought it was a coincidence, but it turned out that it was not. I came to buy a shop.

Li Qiniang steamed the buns and told Lu Ying'er to remember to see the heat, so she took Yan Xuehuai out. The mother and mother bought two packs of snacks on the street and took them to the Persimmon Hutong.

Unexpectedly, before he could reach the Persimmon Hutong, he met Mrs. Ye. Yan Xuehuai then remembered that at this time, Mrs. Ye came out to set up a tea stall again.

There were no guests at the tea stall, and Mo Yu was not there. Mrs. Ye was drinking tea alone. The mother and daughter came to say hello. Mrs. Ye just said "um" and continued to drink tea.

Yan Xuehuai asked with a smile: "Aunt Mo Yu is not here?"

Mrs. Ye looked at her and said, "If you have something to say, don't go around in circles."

Yan Xuehuai stretched out her tongue. Li Qiniang didn't want her daughter to be wronged, so she rushed to say, "I'm not hiding it from the old lady, I have divorced from the original man. Now it's not convenient to live in the shop with my daughter, so I thought of renting a place nearby. My daughter said, "Old lady, you have an empty house at home, I don't know if you can rent it to us."

Old Mrs. Ye nodded again and said, "Enter the yard three times, use the east and west wing rooms as you like, and the main room will be empty for me."

Is this OK?

Li Qiniang was surprised and happy, thanked her repeatedly, and asked again: "I don't know how you will collect this rent?"

Without asking, you will know that all houses in this area are not cheap.

Mrs. Ye rolled her eyelids, snorted coldly, and asked back: "Can you afford to rent my house at the market price?"

Li Qiniang was a little embarrassed. Although the business in the shop was good, it was just a small business, with small profits but quick turnover. It was incomparable to restaurants, and it would not make much money even if it was removed. The money the mother and daughter could now take out was less than fifty taels of silver.

If Mrs. Ye asked her to pay the rent for one year at a time, she would probably have no money to turn over in the shop.

Seeing that Li Qiniang did not answer, Mrs. Ye became impatient: "Okay, I'll pay for one year at a time, twelve taels, I like to be quiet, don't disturb me, but you can't bring men here."

Not only Li Qiniang, but Yan Xuehuai was also surprised. Twelve taels a year, that is, only one tael a month?

Yan Xuehuai asked about the price. In Xinjing, there is only one tael of silver that can’t even rent a small house in the dilapidated slum. If they were staying in the inn before, it would only be enough for a day to live.

Li Qiniang hurriedly said, "Of course, we have no relatives in the capital. Those who can come here on weekdays are except for our mother and daughter, Ying'er in the shop. That girl is one year older than my daughter and is also a sensible person."

But Mrs. Ye had already stood up and went to wash the cups on her own, not paying attention to them anymore.
Chapter completed!