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Chen Sanlang looked around curiously all the way, asking questions here and there. When he came across a place of interest, he ran over to take a closer look. Erlang had to urge him many times before he got lost.
Turning left and right along the alley, we arrived at the house of the boatman Qiu Lao'er. When we opened the door, we saw that we entered a small courtyard with rooms on three sides. It was empty and there was no furniture. Qiu Lao'er led them there.
Entering the main room, he took out a candle, rubbed the flint with the fire sickle, lit it, inserted it on the candlestick, and apologized: "It's been too long without anyone, so I need to tidy it up a little."
With the faint light, Chen Ke saw that the doors and windows were dilapidated and the interior walls were peeling off. It was simply an abandoned house! No wonder the old boy was so enthusiastic. He even asked the cheap dad if he was a scholar. He just noticed that a scholar has a tender face and a stupid brain. Others
Once you are enthusiastic, you don’t know how to say no.
I have to take it with me to watch it at night, which is really cunning.
But Chen Xiliang thought it was pretty good, mainly because it was spacious enough for a family of five to live in. What's the big deal if it was a little broken? Just tidy it up, so he said to Mr. Qiu, "I rented this house."
"The official is really happy," Mr. Qiu said overjoyed, but also a little embarrassed: "The little old man can't be too small. There are still some household items in the house, and I won't make up for them, so I will exempt the official for a month.
How about the rent?"
"I accept my father-in-law's kindness..." Chen Xiliang then remembered and asked, "How much is the rent for Jian Yue?"
"Eight hundred coins..." Mr. Qiu said simply: "Do you think it should be paid annually or half a year?"
"Ah..." Chen Xiliang suddenly felt sweat on his forehead. He had enough money to pay half a year's rent, but the whole family still had to live... He couldn't help but be speechless and said: "It's too expensive."
"Expensive? Are the officials joking?" Qiu Laoer said: "This is a county town. If you hire a mason, you will get a hundred cents a day. The officials might as well ask around, and you can rent a big house with a house and a yard for less than a month.
Son, how can such a cheap thing be possible?"
"Uh..." It was really difficult for the scholar to bargain, so I knew it must be like this.
"I want to poop..." Just when he didn't know how to answer, Korokuro suddenly shouted.
"Erlang, take your brother..." Chen Xiliang said casually.
"No, I want daddy to lead me, I want daddy to lead me..." Korokuro, who had always been well-behaved, started to lie.
Chen Xiliang had no choice but to ask for the direction of the toilet and led Korokuro out.
As soon as he left, Wulang ducked and closed the door, which made Mr. Qiu scratch his head: "Baby, what are you doing?" He looked at the oldest Erlang, but saw that the other person was also confused.
"Old man," Chen Sanlang said at this time: "Your house can cost up to one hundred yuan a month." Although it was a baby voice, his tone was old-fashioned.
"This kid is talking nonsense." Mr. Qiu said displeased: "Such a big yard..."
"On the way here, I looked around." Chen Sanlang chuckled and said, "Guess what I saw?"
"What?" Mr. Qiu's pupils shrank and he thought that he would never see that dental shop, right?
"Housing agent." Chen Sanlang sneered: "No wonder my husband insists on visiting the house at night. It turns out he thinks my father is Yang Hu!"
"Housing agency, what is that?" Mr. Qiu asked curiously.
"Maybe it's not called this name, but it doesn't matter. You just need to know that there is a notice board outside the store." Chen Sanlang gestured: "It says that a certain household on a certain street is for rent, a certain household on a certain street is for sale, and that one is for sale."
What’s the name of the shop, husband?”
"Yaxing..." Mr. Qiu immediately lost his confidence.
"Yaxing, oh, I've heard of this name. Anyway, I took a look and saw that all kinds of houses are for rent," Chen Sanlang said word by word: "The price is generally around four to five hundred yuan!"
"I'm just unlucky..." Mr. Qiu was really depressed. It was so weird today. It was so easy to meet a fooling nerd. He thought he could not only get rid of a heartache, but also make a fortune.
Who would have known that this scholar actually has a son whose hair is even smarter than that of a monkey...
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"Five hundred coins, just five hundred coins." Qiu Laoer thought to himself what to do, he could only admit defeat.
"I said, we will only give out one hundred cents." Chen Sanlang sneered: "There is not even one more cent." He said in a more serious tone: "Look up, what can you see?"
"What?" The old man raised his head and asked.
"The stars in the sky! You can see them from inside the house!" Chen Sanlang used his bargaining skills in his previous life and spoke faster: "If you look around again, all the doors and windows of this house are rotten, there is nothing in the house, and there is nothing on the ground.
It’s full of potholes, you call this a house? It’s more like a broken cage! No wonder you have to find an agent, I’m afraid the agent won’t even accept your order!”
"I won't tell you, I'll tell your adults." Mr. Qiu's face turned red as he squeezed him.
"As soon as my father came in, we brothers started crying together and wanted to leave. Let's see if you can stop him." Chen Sanlang sneered hatefully again: "I just don't know how long I have to wait before I do this again.
At the right time, I met such a suitable person.”
This sentence struck a chord with Mr. Qiu. The reason why he insisted on taking them to see the house now was to cover up the flaws in the house. More importantly, he did not want them to know the rental market. He thought he would go to bed at night.
The door was closed, and it was dark. The dull scholar who didn't ask anything at a glance wouldn't pay attention. It turned out that the dull scholar didn't pay attention, but his son did...
At this time, Chen Erlang finally came to his senses and choked out: "Yes, I will kill you if I don't rent your house!"
"It's easy to negotiate, it's easy to negotiate." Mr. Qiu finally vented his anger and said: "But a hundred yuan is impossible, and there is nothing so cheap in the world..."
"You have to see first if there is such a dilapidated house in the world!" Chen Sanlang took advantage of the victory and spoke faster: "If we rent your house, we will have to hire people to paint the walls, install windows and doors, and the ground will also need to be
Pave the bricks. How much does it cost to have three rooms? You also need to buy tables, chairs, benches, pots and pans. These are all money. When we live there for a year, the house will still be yours and everything in it will be yours.
It means that we have to spend our own money to renovate your dilapidated house. How much money should you give us?"
"..." Mr. Qiu stopped talking, but started making calculations in his mind.
"Actually, even if you don't give me any money and you live in vain for a year, you still make money." Chen Sanlang finally closed the coffin and concluded: "Otherwise, you won't be able to rent out this shabby house for several years. Now that you have received a sum of money for nothing, you can still rent the house.
It’s been repaired, where can I find such a good thing?”
As soon as Chen Ke finished speaking, Hei Wulang said anxiously: "Daddy is back!"
"One hundred articles, it's up to you whether you agree or not." After Sanlang finished speaking, Chen Xiliang opened the door and came in. He quickly changed his expression to that of a child.
Witnessing this kid's change of expression, Mr. Qiu couldn't help but feel a chill. What would happen to this kid in the future? He would eat people without spitting out their bones... In short, he would never offend him.
"Old man..." Chen Xiliang, who didn't know what happened, finally made up his mind to bargain with the other party on the price: "I thought about it, but it's still too expensive..."
"It's indeed too expensive..." Mr. Qiu also nodded.
"Uh..." Chen Xiliang's eyes widened, thinking to himself: How did this old man change his gender? He was a little confused about the situation, and after a pause he asked, "How about we get it cheaper?"
"Yeah, it's cheap." Mr. Qiu still nodded.
"How much cheaper is that?"
"One hundred Wen."
"That's 700 yuan... can it be cheaper?" Chen Xiliang felt extremely embarrassed.
"The official has misunderstood." Mr. Qiu's smile was uglier than crying: "I only want you to have one hundred coins..."
"Uh... are you kidding me?" This was Chen Xiliang's first reaction.
"No need to say anything unnecessary." The old man was shrouded in a sense of powerlessness. He looked at Chen Sanlang's enigmatic smile, gritted his teeth and said, "Let's establish a written evidence."
"Old man, you, you are so kind and righteous..." Chen Xiliang was full of gratitude: "I will sign a contract with you tomorrow!"
The two initialed a lease for one year and one hundred cents per month. During the period, the landlord was not responsible for any repairs or purchase expenses.
Chen Xiliang opened the mezzanine of the box and took out a piece of banknote... and gave it to the other party. This made Chen Ke's eyes widen. This, there were banknotes in the Song Dynasty? Could this be the 'Jiaozi' mentioned in the history books?
Chen Xi paid for the remaining two hundred copper coins with sixty-six "ten" iron coins...Wen is a unit of copper coins, and when paying with iron coins, it must be converted into three ten coins.
They made an appointment to go to the county government office to sign the contract early tomorrow morning. Mr. Qiu took the money and left. After going out, he looked at the house he had finally rented. He still couldn't figure it out... Is my house really that bad?
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Exhausted after a busy day, Chen Xiliang and the children ate some dry food, and asked Erlang and Sanlang to tidy up the bed and put on bedding. He then fetched water and asked his son to wash it, and then the family went to sleep.
When his father started snoring, Erlang Chen Chen whispered to Chen Ke beside him: "Are you asleep?"
"No." Chen Ke said softly.
"How dare you bargain so hard?" Chen Chen whispered, "Aren't you afraid that the old man will fall out and walk away?"
"What are you afraid of? If his house can be rented out, why should he be so impatient?" Chen Ke explained softly: "And he knows that it is difficult to rent a dilapidated house, so he still coaxes and coaxes him to rent it out. This can only show that in the
He thought that the cost of repairing the house was higher than a year's rental income. As a result, the more the house was delayed, the more dilapidated it became, and the more no one rented it, it became a worry for him..."
Chen Chen understood somewhat: "You just grasped this point and were able to get it at such a low price."
"Not bad." Chen Ke nodded and said with a heavy eyelid.
"Do we really have to pay for the repairs?" Chen Chen said worriedly: "He is unwilling to repair it. Doesn't it mean that it is very expensive to repair it?"
"It's just a makeshift, but you really want to give him a major overhaul?" Chen Ke smiled and said: "Don't worry, if we are still living here after a year, then our brothers will be a failure..." After that, he said
Yawned and said: "Go to sleep..."
"Last question," Chen Chen said unwillingly, "How did you become so powerful?"
"God knows..." Chen Ke replied vaguely and fell asleep soundly.
