After discussion, it was finally decided to go to Jingbei City in Xueyuan Kingdom, which is a neighboring city to the capital.
It only takes three days by carriage from Jingbei to the capital Beiyuan City. I don't want to live under the emperor's feet, so I simply choose the equally wealthy city next door.
After staying in Wangyue City for two days, they set off again, and finally arrived at Jingbei City one and a half months later.
This time I have a household registration, and I only need to pay two cents for the entrance fee when entering the city.
After checking into the inn, he first resold a set of jewelry, and then went to an agent to buy a mansion.
When the middle-aged man heard that he wanted to buy a house, he called it a coincidence, "Sir, it's a coincidence that you came here. There happened to be three houses for sale in the city.
Usually there are no vacant houses in the city, but today three families suddenly came to the door and asked me to help sell their houses."
Then he took out a brochure and read to him: "But this house is not in a prosperous area. The house is in an old alley. The yard is not big. It is cheap. It would be good to tear it down and rebuild it again."
Then the second building is on Wenqing Street, which is relatively close to the academy. It is very quiet on weekdays and there are many scholarly people nearby.
If you have a son of school age who wants to go to school, this is a good choice.
The last building is on the rich street. The neighbors are all powerful people. The house is very large, with a five-indoor yard, a pond, and a back garden. Even at this price, it is relatively expensive.
These three households all need to be settled and transferred immediately. Master, which one do you like, can I take you to have a look?"
The area around the three houses was very clean. Needless to say, Yunfei naturally liked the second house more, so he asked the middle-aged man to take him to see it first.
"Okay, sir, please wait for a while, I'll go get the horse."
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Soon they arrived at Wenqing Street, and the plaque hanging at the door was Zhang's House.
Only an old housekeeper is still guarding the mansion, the others have moved away.
The courtyard with two entrances is very elegant. There is a small pond in the middle of the corridor behind the hall, with koi carps and a rockery.
The backyard also has a small garden, stables and a row of servants' rooms.
There is a big kitchen and a well.
Maybe the owner likes the furniture better. The furniture in the hall has been moved, as well as the furniture in the main room.
Nothing else was taken away.
The middleman said: "If the master doesn't like these furniture, he can reward them to his servants when the time comes."
Yunfei nodded, "What's the price of this house?"
"There are two book schools near Wenqing Street, both of which are famous in Xueyuan Kingdom. In addition, the location in Jingbei City is very expensive, so the master's house requires 3,800 taels, and the furniture should be given as a gift.
"
It is equivalent to a house in a school district in a first-tier city. If the house was not a bit small, it would probably cost more than this.
"Can we discuss making it cheaper?"
The middle-aged man looked embarrassed, "I'm afraid we can't negotiate the price. After all, the houses in Jingbei City are still very popular, especially those on Furen Street and Wenqing Street.
Why don't you, sir, take a look at the courtyard in the old alley? Although it's a bit old over there, it would be good to demolish the courtyard and rebuild it again."
In ancient times, Meng's mother moved three times, but today, Yunfei spends all his money to buy a house in a school district...
Considering that scholars, even if their character is not good, they will pretend to be good, which means they will not have neighbors with high quality, so he still chose to take over this house.
The price has reached 3,500 taels, and you can go to the Yamen to transfer ownership and move in immediately.
After coming out of the yamen, he gave the middle-aged man a favor of ten taels of silver. He immediately said happily: "If you need a servant, you can come to me to buy it."
"Well, then first help me ask someone to tidy up the house and move the beds, tables and chairs in those rooms to the servants' rooms.
As for the servants' rooms, they were chopped up and used as firewood, and the inside and outside of the rooms were all scrubbed with mugwort leaves."
"Okay, okay, sir, don't worry, I promise to handle it properly for you."
The housekeeper of Zhang's house took the banknote, completed the formalities and left. As for the hiring fee, he must have paid it in advance.
I heard that the reason why Mr. Zhang wants to sell his house is because he is now sixty and none of his descendants have passed the exam.
Not even a scholar, at most a child, not engaged in production, looking down on merchants.
The money I saved when I was young has been squandered, so now I want to sell my house and go back to my hometown.
Because now I have been reduced to borrowing money from my wife and daughters-in-law’s parents’ families to make ends meet, so I have no choice but to stop being persistent.
The money from selling this house is enough for them to live in their hometown for a while.
As for what happens in the future, it has nothing to do with Yunfei, so I don’t plan to think about it deeply.
He asked the middleman for advice: "I wonder what the conditions are for studying at the calligraphy school near us?"
“The headmaster of Qingfeng Shushu School was a former Imperial Tutor, so his requirements were quite high, and he could only accept students if they had to take examination papers.
As for the Qingjun Book School, anyone who can afford it can attend the school, which costs ten taels of silver per month."
Twelve taels, for some families, may not be earned in a year.
So this book school is, to put it bluntly, a school for aristocrats.
"Okay, please."
"No trouble, no trouble. If you need anything else, sir, just look for me."
Yunfei nodded, "I'll buy someone from you in a few days. It's a bit late today, so don't go there now."
"Okay, okay, I'm waiting for you."
After saying goodbye to the stranger, he returned to the inn.
Madam Dong and Zhu Jinhua were also staying at Wen Yue'er's place at this time. The three children were playing by themselves and the two were doing needlework.
It was said to be playing, but in fact, one was silently licking the candy, and the other was eating the candy with silly joy. When Zhu Jinyu saw his younger brother eating the candy, he pulled it off.
Then he lectured with a fierce face: "Brother, don't lick your hands, it's too sloppy."
As soon as I took my brother's hand away, the sister over there also started sucking her fingers.
He could only quickly help her pull it open, and then use a handkerchief to wipe away her saliva and the syrup that was everywhere.
She whispered, "Sister, you can't eat your fingers either, it's very dirty."
In contrast, talking to my sister is obviously much gentler than talking to my brother.
Yunfei couldn't help but smile and happily shared his joy with them, "We have a house!"
"What?"
"Dad, do we have a new home?" Zhu Jinyu looked at him with bright eyes.
Finally...can we stop?
"Yes, although it's not as big as our previous home, it's still cleaner and more elegant."
"Okay!" Zhu Jinyu, who had just couldn't help but jump up and cheer, suddenly remembered something and quickly restrained his expression of surprise.
Then he pretended to be very stable and said: "My child is saying that once we have a family, we will have roots."
My father doesn't like naughty children, but only likes the steady eldest son, but he has slacked off recently.
"After this disaster, dad suddenly felt that living happily is the most important thing, so Brother Yu no longer has to suppress his temper in the future.
If we want to laugh, we can laugh; if we don’t want to laugh, we can laugh later; if we want to cry, we can finish crying and forget about it.”
"Daddy..." Zhu Jinyu pursed her lips, and water shone in her eyes full of admiration.