Early the next morning, while having breakfast, Li Hui proposed to renovate the old house, at least to make it habitable. The current old house is dilapidated and the courtyard is messy. It is not suitable for living here for a long time, and it is even impossible to live here.
Everyone can live here.
Of course Gu Lanzhi did not object, and A-Zhu also agreed. Li Hui listed a lot of places that needed to be repaired and renovated in the front and rear courtyards, and described the repaired look in his mind. Everyone looked forward to it.
However, Gu Lanzhi only said a few words, and the situation became awkward.
"Hui'er, how much will it cost to repair it like this? Do we have that much money?"
Li Hui also fell silent. What Gu Lanzhi was talking about was a practical issue. Li Hui did a rough calculation and found that the matter was a bit big. If this house was completely renovated according to his own ideas, there would probably be no problem.
It's impossible to do it with three hundred thousand dollars.
Now that there are so many people in the family and subordinates, the daily expenses are also a lot of money. The people who follow you now are considered your servants. These people also need to provide money, food, clothing, food and sleep. The master cannot allow it
The servants at home have a place to live, and they cannot be given enough food to eat. If they are given some rewards, wouldn't that be an act of flattery?
Li Hui now has limited money on hand. Over the past year or so, his salary has not been much. Before leaving office, Li Hui sold some of the remaining supplies that he had captured from the Lake bandits and got some money. He kept half of the money.
Spend money for Zhou Che. After all, the county soldiers he trains also need money. He doesn't have much to carry on the road, and the total of various things including salary and salary only adds up to one hundred thousand dollars.
I still have to spend the 100,000 yuan to settle in the capital. It is said that the cost of living in the capital is extremely high, and such a small amount of money may not be enough to last for a month or two. If it is all spent on repairing the house now, I am afraid it is not appropriate.
Li Hui has never paid much attention to the problem of money. That is because in the past year, Li Hui has been in the tense process of struggling to survive. Surviving and gaining a foothold, and solving the survival crisis of the people in Juchao County are the first things.
. So Li Hui has not seriously looked for some ways to make money.
Now it seems that I have to think about finding some ways to make money, otherwise I will soon fall into an embarrassing situation. But the current situation cannot be solved, and the way to make money is not something I can find just by looking for it.
Give up the idea of repairing the house? But it is really outrageous for a large group of people to live in this dilapidated house. People like Dachun Dazhuang can only squeeze into the two dilapidated houses in the front, and the house in the back house is also dilapidated.
It's terrible, the air leaks at night.
What Li Hui is most worried about is that if there is a heavy snowfall and the dilapidated house collapses and hits someone, it will be a big deal. Therefore, this is an imminent reality, not for the sake of face.
When Li Hui hesitated, Gu Lanzhi got up and went back to the room. When she came out, she took a copper key and handed it to Li Hui.
"Hui'er, mom still has some money here. It's in the box in the west wing. I have 70,000 to 80,000 yuan, which I have saved. You can use it to buy some materials to repair the house. This house is really worth it.
It has been repaired and repaired. There is also a pair of earrings here, which can also be exchanged for some money. You can take it too."
Gu Lanzhi took out another small cloth bag from her sleeve and handed it to Li Hui.
Li Hui smiled bitterly and said: "Mother, what are you doing? Isn't this embarrassing your son? You don't have to worry about money. Doesn't your son have this ability? Do you want mother to sell jewelry? Use your private money? Then
What have I become?”
Gu Lanzhi said: "But where will you raise the money?"
Li Huidao: "You don't have to worry about this mother, I have my own way."
Li Hui left Gu Lanzhi's residence and returned to the west courtyard to sit on the porch and frown and think of a solution. It's easy to talk big, but where can you raise money? Li Hui thought, otherwise he would simply repair it first and use the 100,000 yuan in his hand.
The money spent will at least make the house habitable. As for the expenses after going to the capital, we will figure out what to do later.
But there is something wrong with this. When we go to the capital, what if a group of people become beggars and sleep on the streets begging for food? One hundred thousand dollars may not be enough to settle down.
Azhu returned to the west courtyard and saw Li Hui's sad face. He knew that Li Hui was worried. So he said: "Sir, why don't you sell our silk and satin clothes. You can also pawn the jewelry you bought for me.
Just exchange some money for it. Except for the hairpin you gave me, everything else can be sold. I don't know if the sapphire brand my mother left behind is worth anything, but I can also pawn it for money."
Li Hui frowned and said: "Nonsense, even my clothes and jewelry have to be pawned. Isn't this humiliating me? Can the jade tokens left by your mother be sold? Have I, Li Hui, fallen to this level? I have to rely on you to sell you."
Have you exchanged the relics left behind by your mother for money?"
Ah Zhu hurriedly shut up. What she said was really out of consideration. She was just eager to help the young master solve the money problem, so she said it like this. It was indeed inappropriate, and I was afraid it would hurt the young master's self-esteem.
"However, your idea is not unreasonable. We can sell something and make a lot of money. Wouldn't it solve an urgent need?" Li Hui said.
Ah Zhu was speechless. Just now he said it was embarrassing to sell things for money, and now he said so again.
"Where is there anything valuable in our house? I can't think of anything." Azhu said.
Li Hui frowned and thought, and suddenly his eyes fell on Ah Zhu. Ah Zhu saw his strange eyes and was so frightened that his heart was pounding.
"Zhu'er, I want to discuss something with you!" Li Hui whispered.
"Sir, are you...wanting to sell Ah Zhu?" Ah Zhu asked, his face turning pale.
Li Hui laughed loudly, reached out and flicked Ah Zhu's forehead, and said: "What are you thinking? The more you talk, the more outrageous it becomes. Are you confused? I will sell you? It's too late to hurt you, give me
It won’t be worth replacing the gold and silver mountains.”
Ah Zhu breathed a sigh of relief and secretly cursed himself for saying the wrong thing again. Is the young master such a person?
"Then what did the young master want to discuss?" Azhu asked.
Li Huidao: "Our horse is very valuable, why not sell it? What do you think?"
"Ah? Selling Awang?" Ah Zhu said in shock.
"Azhu, I know you keep it as a pet and you like horses very much. But we really don't need horses now. Besides, I saw it yesterday and the horse is so thin. We can't afford to feed it.
Material, that horse has a naughty mouth and refuses to eat yellow grass. If this continues, it will die in our hands sooner or later. Why don't we sell it? Those who can afford it must be wealthy people who will feed it well. Let's
With the emergency money, I can repair the house and cover household expenses. The horse also has a way to survive and can eat better. Kill two birds with one stone. Don't you think so?" Li Hui whispered.
Azhu was very hesitant. She liked Awang and indeed kept him as a pet. But what Li Hui said was true. There was no use in keeping this horse at home, and it cost a lot of money and food to feed it. This horse is *
It is raised with bean cakes and fed with green fodder and some grain in summer and autumn. In these months, it can only be fed with grass fodder and some bean dregs.
Ah Wang refuses to eat these things and is already getting thinner. If he stays in the Li family, he will die sooner or later. Ah Zhu is also very anxious, but there is no way. If keeping Ah Wang will kill him, it is better to find a rich family for him.
Raised at home.
It's just that I feel a little reluctant emotionally.
"Azhu, if you really can't bear to part with it, then give up. Or we can sell it first to save money. I promise you, next year I will find a way to find money. When we have money, you can come back and redeem it.
Come on, what do you think?" Li Hui knew that Ah Zhu was reluctant to give up, so he patiently persuaded her.
Ah Zhu sighed, nodded and said: "Master, just do as you say. If Awang stays in our house, he won't be able to eat good fodder, and keeping him will harm him. Then just sell him."
.But I have to find a good home. I have to sell it myself."
Li Hui nodded in agreement and breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Xie Xuan gave him the horse, otherwise there would be nothing valuable to save him. Although it is inappropriate to sell the horse given by others, this kind of
Under the circumstances, I can't care about so much. Even if it is a gift from Xie Xuan, it must be sold. Is it possible that it can't be provided?
In Dajin, horses are very valuable things. A good horse can be sold for at least one million yuan. Although Awang cannot be called a BMW horse, it is at least a well-trained horse. Hela
Unlike the oxen and horses used in carts, the price of such a rideable horse is definitely high. The market price is at least 500,000 yuan.
Although the price inflation in Dajin is very severe, half a million dollars is still a large amount of money. With the current prices in Dajin, half a million dollars is enough to buy a piece of land and a mansion, hire a few servants to settle down, repair the house and the furniture at home.
The expenses are definitely more than enough.
Ah Zhu went to the front and pulled out the dull-haired Nga Wang who was locked up in the woodshed. He took care of his hair for the last time. He said sorry to Nga Wang countless times and fed him bean cakes.
When he was full, he personally took it to the market to sell. Li Hui asked Da Zhuang and a servant to accompany Azhu.
Seeing Ah Zhu reluctant to leave, Li Hui was actually very unhappy. But the current situation was like this, and there was no other way. Li Hui became more and more aware of the importance of money. Ah Zhu even bought a horse that he liked.
She had to sell her son, which may be sad for her, but for herself, it was a sign of incompetence.