blue shirt oath

Chapter 237 Renting Lane

Mrs. Kou ordered Du Qi and Li Cui to be brought here, and Third Sister Chang and Father Chang were also behind.

After Li Painter's death, Song Guichen took Li Cui with him when he was young.

As for Third Sister Chang and Father Chang, Song Guichen asked about their wishes. They were grateful to Master Li and his son for taking them in, and they wanted to repay Li Cui.

Song Guichen had no choice but to let them follow him to Kaifeng for the time being.

In the past few days, the father and daughter and Li Cui and Du Qi lived in the Kou Mansion.

When the two children saw Du Qingshan and Song Guichen who hadn't seen each other for a few days, Li Cui rushed over happily and threw himself into Song Guichen's arms.

Du Qi respectfully saluted Madam Kou, and silently stood beside Du Qingshan.

Madam Kou looked worried.

The child Xiaoqi has been in the mansion for three days, and he hasn't said a word yet. Children are the most vulnerable. If he was hit because of the case in Du's mansion last year, it would be bad if he stopped talking.

In front of the child, she didn't say anything, and decided to turn around and ask Du Qingshan privately.

"By the way, I have ordered my servants to clean up the wing room in Xiyuan, so I will let my servants take you there."

Du Qingshan hurriedly said: "Master, don't bother, Xiaochen and I live in a public rental apartment in Ren Lane, East Street, not far from the residence."

"Liren Lane?" Mrs. Kou frowned, "With me here, there is absolutely no reason for the two of you brothers to be reduced to renting a house. Don't worry, Xiao Yan, there are many vacant rooms in the courtyard of the mansion, and I will never wrong you and Xiao Qi of."

"The teacher's mother's love is appreciated by the students. It's just that the students returned to Beijing this time and brought a good friend back. He came to Kaifeng a few months ago and lives in Liren Lane. Students should not give up because of love and reason. He doesn't care."

"What's the difficulty? It would be nice to bring your friends into the mansion together."

Mrs. Kou didn't care much about this, but seeing that Du Qingshan insisted on going to Liren Lane, she had no choice but to compromise, and ordered her servants to prepare several carts full of good household items, silk and satin, and send them to Du Qing in Liren Lane. The place they rented.

Du Qingshan couldn't refuse, so he had to accept it with a wry smile.

Mrs. Kou looked at the slim third sister Chang and Li Cui who was in Song Guichen's arms again: "I think this child is very clever. Your mentor came back in a hurry, and he didn't tell me carefully. I heard Are they taken in by you?"

Song Guichen replied: "I have a predestined relationship with this child, and I feel ashamed for not being able to cure his father."

She looked at Chang's father and daughter, and said after deliberation: "These two are A Cui's family slaves, and they have a deep relationship with A Cui, and they can't bear the little master's loneliness, so they came to Beijing together."

The fact that Third Sister Chang and Father Chang came from Hangzhou must not be known.

So Song Guichen could only pretend to be stupid and fabricated their identities.

In terms of taking in, she really doesn't have such a big hand.

She and Du Qingshan are both alone, so there is no capital to take in others.

Bringing Li Cui with him is also to live up to the entrustment of the dead painter Li.

Third Sister Chang and Father Chang also knew Song Guichen's embarrassment. They thought that Du Qingshan was a good-looking talent, and his family must be rich. They followed him to Beijing, and they might even get a job in his family's house.

Unexpectedly, when he entered Beijing, he discovered that Du Qingshan was really penniless. As a native of Kaifeng, he was reduced to renting a house.

The father and daughter thought together that it was not an option to live in Kou's house all the time. They had already traveled around Kaifeng in the past few days, trying to find some work to make a living.

Father Chang is good at erhu, if Second Sister Chang is still there, their father and daughter can resume their old jobs and sing at the entrance of the restaurant.

But Second Sister Chang is no longer there.

Chang Sanjie doesn't know how to play, play and sing, so she can't go on this road.

Fortunately, she is good at embroidery and found a satisfactory job in an embroidery workshop.

Mrs. Kou smiled: "I see."

Then he frowned and said, "Can the public rental housing in Liren Lane be accommodated?"

"I can live there." Du Qingshan returned with a smile, "Don't worry, teacher's wife, the student rents a courtyard with three entrances. The environment is quiet and elegant, suitable for reading, and there is also a spacious open space for martial arts."

Mrs. Kou was born rich, with a golden spoon in her mouth, and later married Kou Zhun, who was then a prime minister and flourishing in the sky. Naturally, she didn't know anything about folk affairs, and indeed she didn't know much about public rental housing.

Hearing from Du Qingshan that they were renting a courtyard, he immediately relieved his worry and said hastily: "In that case, let the steward send some maids and servants over there."

As he spoke, he ignored Du Qingshan's obstruction, and ordered the housekeeper to make arrangements.

Du Qingshan and Song Guichen kept laughing wryly.

Although the courtyard was rented by Song Shou, after Gu Yi moved in, Mrs. Gu was worried that her son would not live well, so she sent someone over to take care of everything in the courtyard and bought a lot of them. servant.

So although it is a rented house, it has everything, and there is no shortage of maids and servants.

At this moment, Mrs. Kou first ordered someone to send several large carts of things there, and then asked the housekeeper to send the servants.

Song Guichen couldn't help but worry that the small three-entry courtyard might really not be able to accommodate so many people.

I have to buy a house!

she thought desperately.

After all, renting a house is not a long-term solution.

The two left Kou Mansion with their two children and headed towards Liren Lane.

Du Qi was still stern, sitting solemnly, but Li Cui lifted the curtain of the car to look out from time to time.

After all, it is at the foot of the emperor, the capital capital.

Its prosperity is not comparable to other places.

Song Guichen also looked at the dazzling array of goods and goods on the street, as well as the crowds of pedestrians, and sighed:

"The prosperity of the south of the Yangtze River is peaceful and content; the prosperity of Kaifeng is the prosperity of prosperity. There are many shops and lots of traffic. Today is not a special day. There are so many people on the street. If it is a festive season, it will be even more crowded .”

After hearing this, Du Qingshan quite agreed: "Kaifeng is no better than Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty. Its territory is too small. In recent years, a large number of foreign populations have poured in, and the population is getting denser. This is why there are many housing rental markets in both eastern and western cities. s reason."

Du Qingshan was right.

Due to the rapid development and dense population, Kaifeng currently has a special state-owned real estate management unit, called building shop affairs, also called shop house affairs, which only manages public houses, regardless of private houses or private houses.

Mainly do three things, responsible for public housing management, leasing and maintenance.

Many merchants and people who came to Kaifeng from other places lived in rented houses.

Even many officials did not have houses in Kaifeng, so they rented houses. Liu Wenchao, a famous general during the Taizu period, rented houses all his life.

In recent years, renting a house has become fashionable among officials.

What Du Qingshan and the others rented was not a public house, but a private house.

According to Song Shou, this is the courtyard that Zhu Kejiu, a wealthy businessman, bought here many years ago. He heard that Song Shou was in need and rented it to Song Shou cheaply.

　In the Northern Song Dynasty, it was quite cheap to rent a house in Kaifeng, the capital, unlike now, hey. ()
　　
　
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