Dongling County is a large county under the jurisdiction of Jingzhou Prefecture. Because there are major water transport towns such as Panshi Town within its jurisdiction, it is more prosperous and prosperous.
It’s about fifty miles from Panshi Town to Dongling County.
We took a mule cart and passed through Jinshui Town on the way. We had lunch and then continued forward. By the time we saw the city gate, it was already late.
At this point, there were quite a lot of people waiting to enter the city gate, mostly in motorcades and the like.
The mule cart was at the back and moved slowly. When it got to the front, Du Chuanfu took out a copper plate and paid a head tax of one penny and a three-penny tax for mules entering the city before they were allowed to go.
When we finally entered the city gate and heard the noise inside, almost two quarters of an hour had passed.
This is, it's past time.
The prosperity of the county town cannot be compared with that of the town. Even in the middle of the afternoon, the streets were busy with cars and horses.
When Song Qiu came back to Dongling County for the first time, he was not familiar with it at all. Du Chuanfu was also in Fucheng before and had never been to Dongling County.
It was the first time for both of them. When they entered the city, looking at the streets and alleys extending in all directions, they really couldn't even turn around.
Song Qiu lifted the curtain to take a look, and simply asked Du Chuanfu to find someone to ask.
If you are not familiar with the place and don't ask others, you won't be able to find it all day and night.
Du Chuanfu responded, looked around, got off the mule cart, and without walking a few steps, he grabbed an older brother who was passing by and asked about it.
Then he walked back, got on the mule cart, turned around and replied to Song Qiu in the car: "Girl, I've already asked about it. The county's carriage and horse markets are all under Duanjiang Bridge in the west of the city. As for Yaxing, it's said that
There are so many, including the Huiyuan Dental Shop in Nancheng and the Sanyang Dental Shop in Dongcheng. Huiyuan Dental Shop only buys and sells people, while Sanyang Dental Shop not only buys and sells people, it also sells land and property. Which one should we go to?"
Song Qiu listened, no matter which house he went to, it was not in the north of the city, he still had to go forward. There was no rush for the livestock market, and he would probably have a better choice if he went there early tomorrow morning, so he said: "Then let's go directly to the east city!"
It took almost two quarters of an hour to go all the way from Beicheng to Dongcheng.
I guess it will be around three o'clock in the afternoon in future generations.
When they arrived in Dongcheng, they still couldn't find the place. Du Chuanfu asked someone for the location of Sanyang Dental Clinic and searched all the way there.
The location of this tooth shop is also conspicuous. It is in a secondary alley behind the main street, just around the corner. The big signboard can be seen from a distance.
At this point, there are still many people in Yahang, coming and going, making it lively.
After entering the courtyard gate, there is a large courtyard, and the main hall walking in is the place to receive guests.
There are dedicated waiters waiting at the door. When guests come to the door, they will greet them with smiles.
"I wonder if the two guests are planning to buy a person, a field, or a house and a shop?"
"Let's see if there is a suitable house first." Song Qiu nodded in agreement.
The waiter had the idea in mind and led the people into the foyer to a middle-aged man wearing a wool blue robe, "Manager Zeng, these two guests are here to see the house."
Manager Zeng was obviously in charge of the house from Yaxing. Hearing this, he immediately invited Song and Qiu to sit in a corner.
Song Qiu glanced around and saw that the foyer was very large, with small private rooms divided into small rooms, with a table and two chairs arranged appropriately.
As soon as we sat down, a young waiter brought us hot tea and snacks, which was a very considerate reception.
"I wonder what kind of house the girl plans to have? What are her requirements? Please tell me in detail so that I can make recommendations to the girl." Manager Zeng asked with a smile.
Song Qiu thought that he had some spare money, and he still had more than half of the thousand taels he sold to his son last time, so he decided to buy a small house when he came to the county town.
When the Lantern Festival comes, I will bring her and the others to see the lanterns so that they can have a place to stay, so as not to have to crowd into an inn with others, which is inconvenient.
She actually didn't know the market price of houses in the county town. She only heard that the price of Zhang Gugua's house was one hundred and eighty taels, and she heard it was a second-price house.
She doesn't need to be older, she can go in once or twice.
The main thing is to be quiet and not messy. I heard that the lantern festival in the county is held in the south of the city every year. It would be better to be closer, otherwise there will be too many people and it will be troublesome to come and go from far away.
At that moment, Song Qiu made almost all of his requests. When Manager Zeng heard this, he probably had some idea, so he pulled out a map.
"If Miss, you want a house in the south of the city... Hey, we currently have two properties in Yaxing. One is an old house with four entrances, which does not meet your requirements, Miss. The other one has exactly two entrances.
But behind the night market, at the bottom of Lianhua Hutong, the location is a bit off..."
As he spoke, he pointed to two locations.
Song Qiu looked at the map, that is, the map inside and outside the south of the city. Every street and city was clearly marked.
There was no need to look at the fourth place. When Song Qiu entered the second place, he saw that the location was indeed a bit off. It was far away from the main street outside by turning left and right, at least more than ten miles away.
She was dissatisfied with both of these aspects.
If there is no one in the south of the city, then you have to go to the east of the city. If you go from the east of the city to the south of the city, you can also look for it further south.
After listening to this, Manager Zeng immediately pulled out the map of the east side of the city and expanded it, "The east side of the city is easy to say. There are three houses waiting to be sold. They were all newly acquired by us. One is on the north side of the city, and the other is on the east side of the city.
At the middle point, there is another place close to the south of the city. It is across a river from the main street on the south side of the city. You can see it when you look up. Well, this is Yuxiangfang. It is at the top of Hairpin Hutong. The only place you enter is the location.
It’s also quiet.”
"This place best meets your requirements, girl. Can you take a look first? If you are not satisfied, you can try the other two places."
Song Qiu listened and looked at the location. It was in an alley next to a river. If you turned out of this alley and took the arch bridge on the path, you could reach Fangshi in the south of the city opposite. It was very close.
Once you get into the size, it's enough.
Song Qiu was quite satisfied with this house at the moment. Houses in the county were hard to come by, and it was rare to find a house that suited her liking. She didn't have much time, and she couldn't always go to the county. Just once today, she could make a decision.
A satisfactory house is naturally a good one.
"I think this location is not far from here, right? Can you go and see it with your own eyes?"
When a customer buys a house, he or she needs to see it in person. This request is natural and reasonable, and the dental shop will not refuse it.
At that moment, Steward Zeng took out a bunch of keys, led Song Qiu and Song Qiu into the carriage at Yaxing, and drove all the way to Yuxiangfang.
After all, the work in Yaxing was familiar to everyone. Song Qiu sat in the carriage and arrived at the place without even realizing it for a while.
This Yuxiangfang is an area in the middle of the county. It is neither good nor bad. It is most suitable for ordinary families to live.
The whole city was quiet, and the people passing by seemed to be well-dressed. They looked like they were well-off people, and they did not feel tired from running around and working hard for life.
This city is not messy, and everything looks clean.
There were many little kids chasing and playing in the alley, and an old man was sitting under a tree chatting with a fire basket.
Go all the way in, and the second house is at the beginning of the second alley.
The door doesn't look new, but the house is probably a few years old. This entire market should be an old market place, and the houses are all the same, bearing the traces of time.
After opening the door and going in, you will find a medium-sized courtyard. There is a big jujube tree growing in the corner of the courtyard. There is a well in the courtyard. Next to the well, there is a stone table and square stone benches.
In the middle is the main room and the main room, with three rooms in total, and two wing rooms on the left and right. The kitchen is at the head of the left wing, and the hut is at the end of the right wing, against the courtyard wall.
The entire courtyard is clearly visible, there is no unnecessary space, and it feels peaceful.
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There’s a lot going on during the Chinese New Year, so I’ll update it in the evening.