Chapter 649 The person who buys a house (I wish everyone a happy Mid-Autumn Festival)
They all decided not to go to the library in the afternoon because they wanted to steal lotus pods.
Bai Shan took the lotus pod to the school. During the lunch break, he shook the lotus pod to the library and gave it to Mr. Wu who was sitting in front of him reading.
Mr. Wu raised his eyes from the book, squinted at him for a while and said, "It's you."
He stretched out his hand to take the lotus pod, smelled it and said with a smile: "It's quite fresh."
He glanced at Bai Shan's empty hands, put the lotus pod aside and asked, "Send it at this time, won't you come to the library after school?"
"I won't be here today because I have something to do. Mr. Wu takes his leave." He just came to give him a lotus pod, and he naturally had to leave after delivering it.
Mr. Wu didn't stop him and waved his hand to let him leave.
When the little messenger who worked as Mr. Wu's assistant saw him, he couldn't help but be curious, "Mr. Wu, why does this classmate Bai always bring you food?"
Mr. Wu put the lotus pod under the table, picked up the book again, and said calmly: "Let's get along."
The little messenger: ...This reason is also absolutely perfect.
Manbao and the four of them spent an afternoon picking all the mature lotus pods in Yanzhai's lotus pond. Then, relying on the proximity of their two families, they used ropes to hoist the baskets containing the lotus pods one by one.
It is appropriate to eat lotus pods at this time, but eating too much is not good either.
The cook left some for them, peeled off the others and dried them in the sun. She also made them a bowl of lotus seed soup made from fresh lotus seeds.
After Manbao ate it, he felt that it would be better to eat raw lotus seeds.
Bai Shan thought so, so they all refused to eat the lotus seed soup the cook made for them, and then took the lotus seeds that she had not yet peeled off and took them back to the room and put them in a cool place, intending to keep them for eating.
Because there were many lotus pods at home, Bai Shan was very generous and stuffed quite a few lotus pods into the book basket the next day, planning to take them to his husband and some of his classmates with whom he had a close relationship.
Bai Erlang stuffed people of all ages, even Man Bao, into his backpack, intending to take it to Doctor Ji and others from the pharmacy.
Seeing that they all made friends outside, Mr. Zhuang nodded with satisfaction, but he only put three lotus pods here, which made him feel a little dissatisfied.
Just as he was thinking about it, the cook came in with a bowl of lotus seed soup and said with a smile: "Mr. Zhuang, I made lotus seed soup. The weather is hot. Would you like to eat a bowl to relieve the heat?"
Mr. Zhuang immediately coughed and said: "Actually, the weather is not very hot now..."
The cook had already put down the bowl, and took away the three lotus pods on the desk. She said: "Sir, it's not good to eat lotus pods so early in the morning. I'll keep them for you and peel them out later, after lunch."
You can eat it as fruit again."
Mr. Zhuang couldn't stop him in time, so Aunt Rong took the lotus pod and left.
Mr. Zhuang sighed and moved the lotus seed soup resignedly.
No one knew that the door of Yan's House next door opened early this morning, and Magistrate Tang personally led the group in.
As he walked, he introduced the house to the leader: "Commenter Bai, please take a look at this porch. Am I right? It's square and square. The Yan family put a lot of effort into building this house at that time, so the feng shui is also very good."
Bai Yuan stopped and looked at it for a while, then nodded and said, "That's right. It's just that the place where the official is imprisoned is bound to be unlucky."
Magistrate Tang didn't agree with it and said with a smile: "I don't dare to agree with what Yuanwai said, but I don't dare to agree with it. Instead of talking about the capital city, let's talk about our Yizhou Prefecture, the prisoners, or the number of mansions and official residences left by the officials of the previous dynasty.
?No matter how much it is, it’s not enough to grab.”
Member Bai smiled and asked, "Then why has Yan's house not been sold yet?"
"This is the official's fault. He refused to lower the price before. No matter how many people came to ask, the price was always the same. Later, there were evil people causing trouble, which delayed it until now." County Magistrate Tang said with a smile: "It is also because of the arrest.
It was only after living with those bad people that I figured out that this house must be lived in and maintained by someone, otherwise by leaving it there, some evil people would be given an advantage."
"And it's just such a coincidence that I am willing to lower the price here, and my colleagues are interested in buying a house. Since I am not a businessman, but a colleague of the same dynasty, I have to get it cheaper."
Of course, it is impossible for Bai Yuanwai to lower his status to do this kind of bargaining, and it is impossible for Magistrate Tang to do it. They are just asking for it.
But Member Bai could also hear his voice, and he was probably unwilling to go any lower.
He walked along the corridor with his hands behind his back and entered the second courtyard. He looked at the wildly growing flowers and trees, as well as some open doors, revealing the active spiders inside. He sighed deeply. After buying such a house, all he had to do was clean, sweep and
Rearranging it will take a lot of time.
However, houses of similar size in similar locations are not for sale. After all, if this kind of property is not a ruined family business, who would sell it for takeout?
He sent people to search for it for over three months, and finally found this place the most suitable.
Moreover, the price is indeed much cheaper.
Thinking of this, Bai Yuanwai coughed lightly and said: "Master Tang, I heard that the garden of this house is very well done, why don't we go and have a look?"
Magistrate Tang turned sideways and smiled and said: "Mr. Bai invited me out. Speaking of the garden of Yan's house, it is very famous. At that time, Governor Yan was famous for his love of elegance. He collected many precious flowers and trees in the backyard and spent a lot of money to transport a garden."
Place the rockery near the lotus pond, and you will hear the wind blowing in winter, like the sound of a cave flute; and in spring, it will sound like the tinkling of spring water; in summer and autumn, climbing the mountain to look at the lotuses is a unique pleasure."
Tang County Magistrate Kaikai talked and said with a smile: "But if you ask me, my favorite is the lotus pond in Yanzhao. It is said to be a lotus pond, but it is dug very carefully. It is no different from a small lake. It is shaped like a crescent.
, the curved side is planted with weeping willows. In spring and summer, the old lady in the house can walk slowly along the lotus pond and see the lotus in the lotus pond..."
County Magistrate Tang paused for a moment, looked away from the lotus pond, and continued with a smile: "You must be happy to see the lotus flowers and leaves in the lotus pond."
Member Bai also saw the lotus pond. He touched his beard and nodded with a smile, "It looks good."
As he walked along the lotus pond, Magistrate Tang moved his hand, but did not stop him.
He secretly grinded his teeth and stepped forward with a smile.
Sure enough, after walking a little further, Bai Yuanwai saw the small boat parked on the shore, the wooden planks in the boat, and some wet marks on the shore. He said "Huh" and asked: "County Magistrate Tang, what's going on here?"
Is there anyone else in the garden?"
Magistrate Tang smiled and said: "No, I just know that Bai Yuanwai will come to see the house in person today, so I asked someone to check the house yesterday to see if there are any unsafe places. This canoe was built several years ago, and it is probably from the next generation.
In order to test whether it can still carry people, people went into the water and tried it."
Bai Yuanwai nodded, looked at the lotus pond, and found that it was cooler here than elsewhere, and it was very pleasant when the breeze blew.
He turned around and walked up to check other parts of the garden.