Qian Laoer was also patient, "There are cheap ones, but they are definitely not as good as here. There is no well, and the location is more remote than here. It's eight taels per month. Do you want me to take you to see it?"
Eighty taels...Zhufeng has almost lost his expression, "Is there anything cheaper?" A good yard in Chengyang County only costs three taels per month. This gap is too big.
Qian Laoer was a little embarrassed, "Guest, you don't know the market here. In fact, the price is already very cheap. If Grandma Chen hadn't deliberately wanted to find a tenant, this place would cost fifteen taels a month."
It is connected in all directions, the Si family and the He family live in a few nearby streets. Fengle Building and Baxian Building are only two streets away. There is also the largest market, Da Zunwan, which can be reached in a quarter of an hour on foot.
This place is only a quarter of an hour's walk from the inner city gate. For Yinzhou City, this place is equivalent to the emperor's feet in the capital. No matter how cheap it is, it is not within this range."
This... the Qingyu family is in trouble. This area is indeed prosperous. On the way here, we can clearly see the huge difference from those places on the edge of the city.
The location determines the height of the starting point. If you want to think about it in the long run, you will definitely have a greater chance of living here. This is why they directly looked for money from the beginning, but they never expected that the house price would be so high.
Seeing that they were very confused, Qian Laoer thought for a while, said goodbye to Grandma Chen, and then led the family out of the alley.
"If you really want to live in this area but think it's too expensive, I know a place."
"Oh? Didn't I just say that there are no cheap ones?" Zhufeng was surprised.
Qian Laoer felt a little guilty, "I...I'll take you to see the house first, and you can talk after you see it."
The Qingyu family was led by Qian Laoer through five or six alleys, and finally stopped in front of a large alley.
On the green wall at the entrance of the alley are three large characters "Jiuquli" written in large letters. The left and right walls are covered with ivy, but the ivy is not green, but withered and yellow, giving it a decaying look.
There are ten houses on both sides of the alley, and tall acacia trees stick out from the backyards of each house. However, the trees are also bare and green, and the ground is covered with dead leaves.
The alley was quiet and even a little eerie. The Qingyu family followed Qian Laoer and walked in. On a hot day, the surroundings clearly felt several degrees cooler.
Qian Laoer seemed a little panicked. He looked around from time to time, but he didn't know who had stepped on a dead branch. There was a "click", which scared Qian Laoer and shrugged his shoulders, and he almost wanted to turn around and leave.
"Haha...here...it's actually cooler in the summer." Qian Laoer's voice was trembling. He led Qingyu's family to the middle, pointed to a courtyard gate and said, "This is it."
There is a door post with an inscription on the door, which reads: He Mengyou, the bookkeeper, now has a self-owned house. It is located in the Jiuqu Lane of Qingping Street. It faces south and faces north. It has two entrances, one garden and another.
The fish pond should be folded inside, and I am willing to sell it to others. If anyone wants it, the deal will be made.
"Isn't this for sale?" Wen Ya asked, pointing to the door post.
"It's for sale, but if you can't come up with the money for the time being, you can rent it first." Qian Laoer unlocked the door and led Qingyu's family inside.
"This is a two-entry house with a fish pond in front and a garden in the back. There is also a big well in the garden.
This place is well connected in all directions. You can reach the street wherever you go after exiting the alley. However, it is not noisy here. If you don't believe it, you can listen to it. You can't hear the sound from the street at all.
This house is in good repair, with rockeries, ponds, water, pavilions and pavilions. The owner is the eldest son of the second wife of the He family. The He family is rich. He is one of the richest families in Yinzhou. Their house is definitely the same.
But one thing is, this house is the only one in Jiuqu that has a well, so other residents will come here to fetch water, but... now there are no two in Jiuqu." And they would rather go further to fetch water.
, and don’t want to enter this house.
A group of people entered the courtyard and found that the houses with flower stands and waterside pavilions were all exquisite. Unfortunately, they looked very dilapidated. All the vegetation was dead, and the fish ponds were even dry. When they got closer, they could smell the fishy smell of mud.
The courtyard was also covered with dead leaves everywhere, and from time to time a dark wind would blow the whole courtyard with dead leaves flying everywhere. It was overwhelming on the houses, in the fish ponds, and on the rockeries, and it was very scary.
Qian Laoer's neck became tighter and tighter, and he spoke faster, "The value of this place used to be at least four hundred taels, and the rent was at least fifteen taels a month, but..."
He glanced at Zhufeng with some fear, "You may have noticed that this house is not clean. It's dark and cold here on hot days, and it's said that the screams of the unjust ghosts can sometimes be heard at night.
I don’t want to harm your family, but to tell you the truth, someone died here half a year ago, and then it started to be haunted. At first, it was just this house that was haunted, but gradually several surrounding houses also started to be haunted.
In the past, even if you had money, you couldn't buy it in Jiuquli, but now, no one may even dare to live there even if you give it away."
"Really?" Hongtao was a little excited.
Qian Laoer was nervous and couldn't laugh, but he explained: "That's not true, it's just that the price is much cheaper than before. The current selling price of this house is one hundred and twenty taels. If your family rents it,
, only three taels of silver per month."
For such a big house, a month of three liang is quite suitable. Zhufeng Wenya and others all looked at Hongtao, who nodded: "This place has become a ghost house, and living people cannot live in it."
"The House of Hell?" Isn't that a place where the dead live? Qian Laoer was so frightened that he felt goosebumps all over his body. He thought that the Qingyu family did not want to live here, so he quickly urged: "Then let's get out of here quickly."
"We'll rent here." Zhufeng said.
"What?" Qian Laoer was surprised, "Have you thought about it? You all say this is a haunted house, how dare you live here?"
Zhufeng smiled affirmatively: "Our family has a lot of yang energy, so we are not afraid."
"This... why don't you think about it again? Although money is important, people are more important." Qian Laoer suddenly felt a little regretful.
He just wanted to give it a try, but he didn't expect that the family would really want to rent. But when he did, he was afraid that if something happened to the family, he, the middleman, would be involved.
"No need to think about it, we will rent here." Zhufeng affirmed.
Qian Laoer was a little embarrassed now. He thought for a moment and then said: "Then the lease must indicate that I informed you of the situation of the house. If anything happens in the future, it has nothing to do with me."
Zhufeng naturally nodded in agreement.
Qian Laoer was happy to get rid of a hot potato and was able to do things quickly. He took Qingyu and his family to sign a lease with the He family's house. The contract was for one year and the monthly rent was three taels, which was paid monthly.
Then he went to Hucao to register for an introduction. Within an hour, Qingyu and his family moved in. The first thing they did was to clean up all the fallen leaves in the courtyard.
...
After nightfall, Jiuqu became increasingly colder and quieter, and the wind howled. However, the gloominess of the courtyard did not affect the five people at the dining table in the main room at all.
"Three taels per month, although it's not cheap, it's still a good deal to rent such a good yard." Zhufeng looked like he had found a bargain, and dug out a chopstick of Yangchun noodles.
"It's just that it's so cold at night." Hong Tao was slightly dissatisfied.
Qingyu smiled: "But it's quite cool during the day."
"Just lay out a few more quilts before going to bed," Shi'an reminded.
Wen Ya was a little unsure: "So you just live like this?"
Hong Tao raised her chin and said, "We are not dead people, so of course we cannot live in this shady house. Give me some money tomorrow and I will drive away all the yin energy here."
"Senior sister, we are living here." Qingyu said calmly, and then reminded: "Just change the atmosphere of the land, don't touch other things." After all, it is rare to be so cheap.