Prime Minister

Chapter 179 Buying a House
The summer in Bianjing is coming to an end.

Since Li Gou left, the food standard of Taixue Cuisine Hall has dropped to another level.

That soup is really a clear soup that can be used as a lesson. Even if Zhang Yue used the secret of scooping up the soup, it was of no avail. Even the Taixue steamed buns after the three-eighth trial were gone.

Zhang Yue and his roommates couldn't bear it anymore, and they went out together to have a tooth-beating festival outside Taixue.

They didn't go to other places, but to a famous soup cake shop next to Taixue.

Since the arrival of summer, the business of this soup cake shop can be said to be booming.

Several people from Zhang Yue's house sat down in the soup and cake shop, and they all wanted a piece of locust leaves.

This locust tree leaf is also a must in Bianjing. Su Shi's poem said, "Lengtao locust leaves are on the ice, and soup cakes and mutton go into the stomach with fire." This is the delicacy of Bianjing.

After the locust leaves were served Lengtao, everyone ate them heartily.The noodles are mixed with locust tree leaf juice and flour, and all of them are cooled with well water. It is very cold and refreshing in the mouth, and the taste is indescribable.

Among the crowd, Sun Guo ate the noodles very quickly, barking, but after a long time he finished eating a large bowl of locust leaf Lengtao.

Everyone joked, "Da Sun, don't you chew your noodles?"

Sun Guo laughed and said, "We Xijing people never chew noodles."

Zhang Yue thought to himself when he heard the words, the custom of Qin people eating noodles without chewing has existed so early.I thought it was an allusion of Su Shi and Su Zhe.

Zhang Yue thought that the two brothers were demoted to the south by Zhang Dun. On the way, they met a soup cake seller and went in to eat noodles.Su Zhe couldn't bear to eat the crude pasta, but Su Shi ate it up.

Su Zhe looked at it and asked, "Brother, you are such an awesome thief, how did you eat it?"

Su Shi laughed and said, "Jiusanlang, do you still chew your noodles?"

After Qin Guan knew this, he said that Su Shi eats noodles like wine, just drink it, no matter what it tastes like.

Everyone chatted and laughed for a while, Sun Guo eats a lot, but he can't have another bowl of noodles, so he yelled at the shopkeeper: "Uncle."

The store owner came here and said to Sun Guo: "What's your order, guest officer?"

"One more bowl of water!" Sun Guo said.

Zhang Yue saw him and said, "I'll bring this brother grandson another bowl of noodles."

"Okay, what topping?"

Zhang Yue said: "Lean meat toppings are fine."

Sun Guo smiled, Zhang Yue always remembered that he loved lean meat topped noodles.

Zhang Yue patted him on the shoulder and said, "Just let go and eat."

Sun Guo smiled embarrassedly.

Everyone ate Lengtao with big mouthfuls, which slightly dissipated the heat.

After eating, Zhang Yue was about to collect money, but he knew that Huang Lu had settled the money quietly. As for Fan Zuyu who wanted to collect money secretly, he was a step slower.

Although the yellow shoes in the house are not the richest, they are the most generous in their actions, and they are eager to get in trouble, but they never pretend to be themselves afterward.

The five of them looked back at Taixue after eating and talked while walking.

Fan Zuyu occasionally mentioned that the imperial court wanted to use it to build the residences of hundreds of officials, so some private houses were demolished. Zhang Yue couldn't help asking: "How much did the imperial court compensate?"

"It's just a piece of land in the north of the city."

Zhang Yue said: "From the inner city to the outer city, isn't it a loss of money?"

Huang Lu said: "It's not bad to be able to do this. In the past, the court would not subsidize the people when demolishing houses. Emperor Taizong wanted to expand the palace city several times, but he didn't want the people to live without a fixed place after the expansion."

Zhang Yue was stunned for a while.

Huang Haoyi sighed suddenly: "Even so, I still want to have a spare room in Bianjing."

Listening to Huang Haoyi's words, Zhang Yue wondered if he remembered the experience of being divorced before and the ruined mansion.

Sun Guo shook his head and said, "Silang, this is difficult. At present, many officials live in Bianjing's house. Besides, even if you buy it, you won't be able to stay. You have to stay at Taixue at night."

Huang Haoyi heard the words and said: "How can I not live? After I get married, I can also settle down with my family. Even if I am alone now, I can rent out the house in the future. Wouldn't it be good to collect some stupid money?"

Sun Guodao: "That's true. Many people in Bianjing raised their families with this idiot money. The clothes they buy in winter and summer, and their daily food and drink are all provided by idiot money. If they have some money to make a living , and can go to a restaurant, compared to rushing around all day, it is a more leisurely life."

Huang Haoyi sighed: "No wonder it is called stupid money. The money earned in this way does not need to be learned or worked hard. It can guarantee the harvest in drought and flood, and make a fortune in four seasons. Just sit at home all day. If only I had a house."

Everyone talked and chatted for a while, but no one took it seriously, but they reminded Zhang Yue.

Zhang Yue now has more than 1000 yuan in his possession, but he was not in a hurry to buy a house, but he thought of the experience when he went to Qijia to drink a wedding that day.Zhang Yue felt that he still needed a house.

Zhang Yue remembers that during the blind date back then, when the girl asked whether she had a house or a mortgage, no matter how she answered with words, she felt a little ashamed afterwards.

No, no, no confidence.

Zhang Yue’s deepest impression is a certain advertisement. When an ordinary-looking man met his fiancée’s parents for the first time in a restaurant, his parents-in-law were very dissatisfied at first.

As a result, when the man took out real estate certificates, celebrity group photos, prestigious school education, famous car keys, and various black cards and gold cards, the father-in-law's face changed drastically, and finally shouted 'waiter, order'!
No matter how good the relationship is, it cannot escape the gravity of reality.

Buying a house is not for the purpose of getting married, but it can also be used to collect crazy money.

Moreover, there is nothing wrong with buying a house with your eyes closed in the capital circle. Before Jingkang, the high-end mansions in Bianjing were worth hundreds of thousands.

Zhang Yue suddenly remembered that when he passed by Chen Xiang's house that day, he saw a door post in front of a house.

In any case, let's have a look first before talking, whether you can buy it or can't afford it.

So when Zhang Yue was in Shuori, he dressed neatly and went straight to the vicinity of Chen Xiang's house.

Zhang Yue went to the door and saw that the door stickers were still there. It seemed that the house hadn't been sold yet.

At first glance, the house appears to be quite old.

Because it was still early, Zhang Yue stepped on the 'plate' first, and looked left and right, the place is full of common people, there are not only six or seven restaurants and teahouses, but also two or three brothels.

Although this is a slum in Bianjing, it is very smoky.

Think about it, Zhang Yue quite likes such old and young people, at least the neighbors know that they are kind, and they are also very enthusiastic about gossip.You take it to the girl passing by the house at night, and the next day they can tell you the three-generation history of the girl.

They will rush to tell you where the food is cheap on weekdays, or when there is a big sale in the supermarket.

Living here, Zhang Yue always feels that life doesn't need to be too hard. Living in such a leisurely way, even bargaining with vegetable vendors is a first-class pleasure in life.

Soon the door of this family opened, and it was a middle-aged woman carrying a bucket as if preparing to fetch water from the well at the entrance of the alley.

Zhang Yue met and asked, "Dare to ask this lady, is this house for sale?"

Although the woman looked simple, she was also very capable. She smiled and said, "What? Are you going to look at the house on behalf of your parents?"

Zhang Yue patted the dust off his shirt and said, "I don't need others to decide."

The woman was still hesitating.

"Lady, let this scholar come in!" someone called out from inside the house.

Zhang Yue walked into the yard and looked around. The layout was actually similar to the house in his hometown in Pucheng.

The outside of my house is surrounded by a fence, but this one is surrounded by an earthen wall.

Inside is a small yard, with some chickens and ducks raised on the left, and a large urn filled with water on the right.

The middle-aged man was busy weaving rattan, and said to Zhang Yue: "Xiucai see for himself, we don't have a lean-to room or wing room here, just two rooms inside and outside."

Zhang Yue said heartily, it is much smaller than his own house, but if a first floor is added in the future, it will be spacious.

But Bianjing is no better than Pucheng.

Pucheng is humid and it is best not to live on the first floor, but Bianjing can.

Zhang Yue walked into the door, but saw that the woman was not putting down the bucket, and she looked like she didn't believe that she could buy a house.

Zhang Yue didn't care and walked in directly.

Zhang Yue saw that the outer room was a kitchen stove, a small square dining table, and two high-ranking chairs on one side. He opened the curtain and walked into the inner room. A bed took up half of the room, and there were clothes hangers, washbasins, etc., and nothing else. Miscellaneous things are quite full.

Zhang Yue went out after reading it, and the middle-aged man asked: "Is the scholar interested? I have seen three or five buyers, and two or three said to go back and wait for news."

Zhang Yue said: "It's quiet here."

Hearing Zhang Yue, the man stood up and said, "Of course."

Zhang Yue asked, "How much is it worth?"

The man said: "I asked my relatives and neighbors before, this house is worth [-] guan, and I will not sell it for less than this price."

Zhang Yue understood that the process of selling a house in the Song Dynasty was very cumbersome.

For example, how to ask relatives and neighbors all over the place?
First list your neighbors and relatives on an account book, and then put the price of the house sale on this account book. Ask relatives and neighbors one by one, and if they are allowed to sell the house, they will put a pledge on it.

After this house is sold, it can only be higher than this price, not lower than this price.

Zhang Yue knows that the average property price of a house like Bianjing is [-] guan, and considering the location here, [-] guan is quite reasonable.

However, Zhang Yue remembered that the deed tax in the Song Dynasty was 1000%, and the price of renting out the house later was [-] or [-] guan.

In this way, Zhang Yue is still short of tens of pens, but it is not a problem to borrow the money.

The man and the woman looked more and more like they were planning, so they couldn't help smiling.

"Go back and think about it, anyway, I don't care about these two days."

Zhang Yue said, "Can I have a look at the account book?"

The couple looked at each other, and the middle-aged man said to the woman, "Go get it and show it to Mr. Xiao Lang."

The woman was a little reluctant, but finally went to the house to get it and showed it to Zhang Yue.

Zhang Yue confirmed the account book and said, "Okay, don't let others see it, I bought this house."

The woman's face changed from suspicion at the beginning to surprise and said: "Xiao Langjun, you have a really good vision. Let alone our house, it is definitely the best in Bianjing City."

The man ignored the exaggeration in the other party's words and said: "I'll go to Fangya and make a written document, and then go to the Yamen to make a white deed."

Zhang Yue looked at the two of them and said: "Don't be busy, I will invite Fang Ya myself. When I get the fixed post, I will pay the money first. But the white deed is not counted in the government. After I make the red deed, Then pay all the money, what do you two think?"

The man and the woman looked at each other when they heard the words, and thought to themselves that this person is young, but he is very clear.

(End of this chapter)