Chapter 234 Looking at the house? Building a house?
Since she and Zhang Shou were going to look at the house together, Zhu Ying, who always liked to sleep in, got up early the next morning. She finished the breakfast delivered to the room in three or two mouths and then took it with her.
The two girls, Zhan Jin and Liu Yin, were neatly tidied up - usually the wife did not allow her to lead the girls through the market, but today it was different.
Zhan Jin and Liu Yin will definitely follow her to Zhang's house in the future. In this case, of course, they should be allowed to see what the future house will look like, and they can also help her and Zhang Shou make suggestions. Instead, they always follow her on weekdays.
She didn't take any of her Zhu Hong and those guards with her today, so as not to be too conspicuous when she went to see the house. For this reason, she and Zhan Jinliuyin even changed into men's clothes.
However, when she arrived at the back door with her two girls, she found her second brother leaning on the door railing in a daze. As soon as he saw her, he immediately came up to him with a smile on his face. She knew it as soon as she saw that attentive expression.
, people are definitely waiting, waiting for her.
Thinking of the past when her second brother tried to trick her, Zhu Ying immediately became vigilant: "Second brother, what are you going to do?"
"Good sister..." As soon as Zhu Er finished his words, he saw Zhu Ying take two steps back quickly, her eyes full of wariness, and he was immediately secretly annoyed. Whenever he wanted to ask Zhu Ying for anything, he often got it.
With these three words as the beginning, Zhu Ying had already seen through his little trick, and now it was even more difficult to deceive her.
"I'm just curious... well, I'm curious about what house my future brother-in-law plans to buy." Of course, the most important thing is that after yesterday's dinner, he inquired about Zhu Ying in every possible way. Zhu Er was finally convinced about the new spinning method that caused a commotion in the capital yesterday.
The machine was created by Zhang Shou - he initially thought it was a rumor. Thinking of the benefits Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu got from it, he was simply envious and jealous.
For such a good thing, Zhang Shou didn't help his future second uncle, which was so unloyal!
"If you're curious, wait until Ah Shou and I have chosen a house. Why are you so anxious now!" Zhu Ying glared at her second brother angrily, with a tone that left no room for doubt. Seeing that Zhu Er still didn't give up, she suddenly realized
: "I understand, what are you curious about? You must be complaining that Ah Shou has good things and doesn't think about you... Don't worry, I told Ah Shou a long time ago that I will lead you when something good happens next time!"
After just a pause, Miss Zhu said with a mischievous smile: "Besides, Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu are going to get married soon. If they don't make some money, how will they support their family in the future? You don't have any confidence in your marriage."
None, why are you anxious? Besides, our family is not without money, so why do you need to be obsessed with money? "
Zhu Er suddenly wanted to cry without tears. Our Zhu family is quite rich, but I am a pauper! All my savings cannot afford to buy a piece of jewelry for your sister! Even a few pieces of jade pendants and the like are from my grandmother.
The eldest girl who gave it to me clung to it as if I was a prodigal and would sell things because I had no money to spend...
"Be obedient and stay at home. I will pick a second sister-in-law for you later!"
Zhu Ying's tone was like coaxing a child, but seeing Zhu Er's pitiful and obedient way of nodding, she thought of the emperor personally acting as a matchmaker for her second brother to Yin Wangjie's niece in Shuntian Prefecture, and she couldn't help but smile.
Although Wang Jie's attitude at the beginning should have been dissatisfied with the choice of his second brother, the second brother was thief-minded but not courageous, and he is now much more restrained than before. If Zhang Shou can teach Zhang Chen, Lu Sanlang, and Zhang Wu Zhang
Like Lu, if you polish up your second brother, there might be great hope for this marriage. People like second brother need a strong wife to take good care of him!
After leaving her second brother who wanted to be a follower at home, Zhu Ying took Zhan Jin and Liu Yin out of the back door. After walking a few steps, she arrived at the Zhang family next door and saw that Ah Liu was already set up at the door.
The car was waiting there, so she smiled and said hello to everyone. When she was about to go in, she only heard Ah Liu ask: "Miss, do you like more or less people at home?"
Zhu Ying knew that Ah Liu didn't like to talk in front of others, but every time she asked Ah Liu something, people always told him everything. Over time, she got used to her special treatment. At this time, although she felt a little strange
Ah Liu’s question, but he still thought about it carefully, and then said with a smile: "I think it doesn’t matter if there are more people or less people."
Liuyin on the side couldn't help but interjected: "But we have a lot of family members, and there are so many people and it's so lively. Doesn't the young lady like the excitement the most?"
"It's fun only when you are with your family. Didn't our family have a scum who crawled in and out before?" Zhu Ying snorted angrily, and when she saw Liu Yin, she didn't dare to say anything, and she looked at her
Ah Liu smiled and said, "As long as we are people who know each other well, it doesn't matter if there are more or less people. But in the future, if Ah Shou moves to a bigger house, the Zhang family will always have to add more people."
"Otherwise, how could Ah Shou and Aunt Wu be so busy?"
While Zhu Ying was talking to Ah Liu, Zhang Shou had already come out. He saw Zhu Ying wearing men's clothes, carrying a sword, and no makeup on her face. She looked very heroic. Zhan Jin and Liu Yin, who had similar figures, were also the same color, like twin brothers.
The tight-fitting sky blue jacket actually showed a bit of fierceness. He couldn't help laughing and said: "Yingying, look at what you are wearing, how come you look like you are going to charge into battle with me?"
"Isn't it to protect you? Who makes you so capable and so good at... causing trouble?" Zhu Ying said the word "making trouble" softly, but there was a smile on her face, "Besides, if Zhu Hong and the others don't follow, we will
Of course, you shouldn’t be too ostentatious and should be low-key.”
As soon as he said this, Ah Liu got on the carriage and sat down seriously, with a straight look on his face, as if to show that he agreed and said nothing. However, Liu Yin and Zhan Jin looked at each other, and they both felt guilty in their hearts. What if?
When other unmarried couples travel like this, they are of course keeping a low profile. The problem is, miss, you don’t even look at your pretty face, nor do you look at your uncle’s appearance!
Just the two of you walking together are so stunning that everyone would look at you more than once. How can you be so low-key?
Regardless of whether Zhang Shouxian believed Zhu Ying's low-key statement, the eldest lady was dressed like this. Of course, he would not pick on her dress. He immediately called the three masters and servants to get on the carriage. When the carriage was on the way, he
He opened his mouth and said: "I will probably be a doctor of Chinese medicine for a few more years, so I told Ah Liu before that I would try to buy a house in Beicheng. I will look at three places today."
He said with a smile: "Ah Liudu has already gone to see them one by one. He said that they all entered the mansion in two ways and three ways. The previous owner was also a court official, and later he became an official, became unemployed, or was demoted due to dismissal from office.
Wait, this house will be vacant..."
Before he finished speaking, Zhu Ying immediately shouted: "Have there been officials dismissed or demoted before? That is absolutely not allowed, it is too unlucky! By the way, I forgot something important. I should go and ask someone first."
Mr. Feng Shui, ask him to come and visit each of our families. Otherwise, if the Feng Shui is not good and affects your future, Ah Shou, wouldn't it be a big disaster?"
Zhang Shou suddenly laughed. Things like Feng Shui... would rather believe that they exist than not. After all, he himself has encountered the most mysterious things in the world, so naturally he will never talk about superstition again. But he
But he didn't want a Feng Shui master to come between him and Zhu Ying today, so he immediately said as if nothing had happened: "It won't be too late after we finish reading it first, and then ask the Feng Shui master to take a look."
As soon as he finished speaking, Ah Liu's voice came from outside: "No, I asked someone to take a look."
Huh? When did Ah Liu become so professional in doing things? Do you even know how to bring a Feng Shui master with you when viewing a house? Although this guy is very good at feng shui, will he be fooled by others when it comes to reading Feng Shui?
Zhang Shouzheng felt suspicious, but he only heard the young man driving outside seriously add: "Otherwise, what if I buy a haunted house again?"
Zhu Ying was okay, but Zhang Shou had personally experienced the old incident when Guan Qiu was grabbed by the foot and dragged out of the dog hole by Xiao Cheng, and he couldn't help but laugh. Zhu Ying had also heard about the old incident, and immediately said angrily: "
Ah Liu, those three houses were all said by Mr. Feng Shui to be quite good to you? Aren’t you afraid that others will deceive you? Besides, if the house that Mr. Feng Shui praises endlessly, people might take the opportunity to raise the price!"
"No one can deceive me." Ah Liu said this with great confidence, "The dental shop dare not raise the price randomly!"
In this matter, the madman gave him a good example. With a reputation for being vicious, it is often easier to do things. In order for others not to plot against Zhang Shou and Zhu Ying in the future, he must be more ruthless... Of course
, we still need to recruit a few people. The family will grow bigger in the future, and just such a small number of people will definitely not be enough.
We can't let the whole family be filled with people from Zhao Guogong's mansion in the future. Then will it be the Zhu family or the Zhang family?
"Ah Liu is so domineering!" Zhu Ying didn't know that Ah Liu had so many thoughts in her heart. She smiled so hard that her eyes narrowed, "Then it's up to you. When Ah Shou and I see the house, there will be no transactions or anything like that."
It all depends on you, even if Ah Shou is smart, he doesn’t have that time, God knows if those profiteers will trick people!"
"Okay!" Ah Liu promised firmly, "I'm here, don't worry, young lady!"
Not to mention that Zhang Shou looked at him sideways and wondered who this guy is. Even Zhan Jin and Liuyin couldn't help but snicker secretly when they heard Ah Liu's statement with a clear tendency. Don't say
She said that Ah Liu was still the master who taught the second young master martial arts. The wife specially asked the second young master to call him Sixth Brother, and said that Ah Liu had quietly learned all the sword skills from the madam, and he would be very powerful.
But such a taciturn young master is just like his uncle, obedient to the young lady!
Afterwards, everyone chatted all the way. When the carriage finally stopped, Zhu Ying opened the curtain and took a look. She found that it was a rather quiet alley. She couldn't help but her eyes flickered. When she got off the bus first and decided,
She couldn't help but look at the white walls and black tiles, and gradually frowned.
"This seems to be the style of that place in Huizhou... Could it be that the family who originally lived here is from Huizhou? Could it be that he built this house himself and didn't buy it from the previous owner?"
Zhang Shou also recognized the horse-head wall that was at least four people high, so he smiled and said: "Nine times out of ten it is like this."
Because there is no monopoly in the salt industry now, and the imperial court's border farming is quite effective under the iron-fisted supervision, so Huizhou merchants these days are not like those who monopolized the salt industry in the Ming and Qing Dynasties in the previous generations. They were rich, but they were running banks.
In money accounts and various other businesses, he still shows his outstanding talent.
More importantly, Hui people are good at studying, and this is still the case in this dynasty. Huizhou Prefecture always ranks in the top three in the number of Jinshi students in Nanzhili every year. In this case, Hui people are naturally a big number among Beijing officials.
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I don’t know how Ah Liu made an agreement with Yaxing. After Zhang Shou, Zhu Ying and Zhan Jinliuyin got out of the car, he took the key and stepped forward to open the door. But as soon as he opened the door, the others gradually started to eat.
Surprised. Ah Liu held two keys in his hand. First he opened a surprisingly heavy iron-clad wooden door, and then the second wooden door. After entering, everyone discovered that there were two pits on the bluestone floor. According to Ah Liu
The explanation turned out to be the wooden pillars used to place the top door!
The anti-theft measures are so complete that Zhan Jin and Liu Yin can't help but marvel.
However, Zhu Ying couldn't help but raise her head and look at the narrow patio above her head, with a look of displeasure on her face: "It's such a high wall, and it's a two-story house, but the patio is still so narrow. This light
Isn’t it too dark? Even though it’s sunny and rainy in the north, once it gets cloudy, doesn’t this house have to be lit in broad daylight?”
Zhan Jin couldn't help but whispered: "Miss, our family also lights lamps during the day..." It's not like we can't afford to light them!
Zhu Ying glared at Zhan Jin angrily: "But the smallest patio in our house is three or four times as big as this patio! Why do the walls have to be built so high, and the patio is only so small? It feels too depressing.
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As soon as Zhang Shou heard Zhu Ying's tone, he knew that the eldest lady's personality and temperament were the same as the square, wide and bright courtyard of Zhao Guogong's mansion, and she probably didn't like the Huizhou architecture with its distinctive local style.
He was very fond of the white walls and black tiles, and immediately motioned Ah Liu to take Zhu Ying to take a look around. When Zhu Ying saw several exquisite wood carvings, her initial pickiness turned into surprise, and he smiled.
Explained: "Huizhou has many businessmen and many officials, and the men in the family are officials or engaged in business. Often there are only old, weak, women and children in the family. These high walls and deep wells can at least prevent villains."
"As for your disdain for the high wall that blocks the light, it not only prevents theft, but also prevents fire..." Zhang Shou continued to explain a few words. When he turned his head again, he found Zhu Ying whispering to Zhan Jinliuyin.
In the end, Zhu Ying gave him an expected answer: "The house is quite big, and the wood carvings are really beautiful. It shows how much care the previous owner put in building the house, but I don't like high walls. Besides, I don't like high walls."
Even if you're not here, I'm still at home. Which robber would dare to knock on the door? Well, Ah Shou, let's try another house!"
However, after looking at the second and third houses, Zhu Ying found more faults. After all, the back garden of Zhao Guogong's mansion was redesigned and renovated according to her requirements. This shows her vision. Now she is better than before.
She is a few years older. These houses are the same as those that the fourth-rank officials lived in. The layout is naturally limited. How can she like them?
When she finally got into the car depressed, she suddenly looked at Zhang Shou seriously: "Ah Shou, why don't we buy a piece of land, draw the drawings ourselves, and hire someone to build the house! Let's work together, and we can work slowly and carefully.
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Zhang Shou was stunned for a moment, and then he couldn't help but laugh. People work as husband and wife to decorate, but they build a house as husband and wife?