The Red Mansions

Chapter 50

Seeing so much savings at home, Xiren was completely relieved.

It was a real surprise for her.

Although she also knows that opening a store is definitely better than setting up a stall, but she only thinks that opening a store is at most a way to support her family.

She really didn't expect that Jia Yun made a fortune in a muffled voice, so calm, she came to Jia Yun's house so many times without revealing any information.

Xiren Feidan was not angry, but felt that Jia Yun was good-looking, calm in her work, neither arrogant nor impetuous, and did not show off everywhere after her achievements.

"I've never seen so much silver!" Xi Ren said with bright eyes.

Jia Yun smiled, locked the box, and said to the two girls: "I have a classmate, and my father is the head of the household department. Although the official is not big, he has quite a lot of power."

"Before going home this time, I asked him to help us find a better, affordable house. I believe there will be a reply soon. At that time, we will buy a good house and move in."

The classmate he was talking about was Zhou Kun. Zhou Kun's father was the head of the sixth-rank household department. He was a relatively low-ranking official in Beijing, but he was also a fat vacant.

Xiren smiled and said: "It is good to buy a house, money at home is nothing more than scrap metal, Brother Yun's friends are all scholars now, without a decent house, it is really inconvenient to welcome and send. "

While talking, Mrs. Miao yelled outside, saying that there was a visitor.

Jia Yun went out and found that it was Zhou Kun.

He said happily: "Speaking of Cao Cao, Cao Cao will be here, and he was talking about you just now!"

"What are you talking about about me?" Zhou Kun asked in a daze, then his face darkened, and he roared, "You won't speak ill of me to others again, will you?"

Jia Yun frowned, and said angrily, "What do you mean again? Apart from calling you Fat Kun a few times in front of you, what nonsense did I say? Well, you fat man, did you do something bad that I don't know about? Hit it up first!"

"Hehe, why not? You're overthinking it!" Zhou Kun said with a playful smile after his expression eased.

Jia Yun glared at him, and welcomed him to the living room to sit down. Seeing a guest, the charming woman hurriedly went to the kitchen to pour hot tea and serve it.

After the charming woman retreated, Jia Yun asked Zhou Kun: "You just came back from the academy, why don't you rest for a few days? It's snowing so much outside, so you can't be idle?"

Zhou Kun took a sip of hot tea and said, "It's not that I can't be idle, it's just that there is news about what you asked me to do. A few days ago, an official from the Ministry of Officials had his house ransacked, and his house was also confiscated. Waiting for sale."

"I heard from my father that although one of the houses is a three-entry house, it has two courtyards. The area is quite large. It is said that it covers an area of ​​nearly a hundred acres. It seems that it is still under construction. The owner was ransacked before the completion of the construction. Is it gone?"

"My father said that the house was stolen before it was finished, and many people who wanted to buy it felt unlucky and wanted to lower the price, so they were hesitating."

"After hearing the news, I came here to inform you immediately. If you want to buy it, you should do so quickly. In a few days, I'm afraid you won't be able to buy it even if you want to."

Jia Yun couldn't wait after hearing this, but he also knew that such a big house must not be cheap, so he quickly asked, "Did you say what the price of that house is?"

Zhou Kun said: "The house was originally priced at 2 taels of silver. If you want to buy it, you can directly hand over the house payment to the household department. You should be able to get it for 5000 taels of silver. How about it? Do you want to buy it? If you want to buy it, I will take you to see it first." .”

"I want to see, let's go there now." Jia Yun said hastily.

Although he knew that houses in the capital were in short supply, no matter what, he still had to take a look at them first, otherwise the house he bought at a huge price would be unsatisfactory, and it would be too late to regret it.

The two went out, and Zhou Kun, with his servants and carriage, stopped at the door and waited.

After getting into the carriage, Zhou Kun said a few words to the servant, and the carriage started slowly, staggering forward in the wind and snow.

As the carriage went further and further, Jia Yun became more and more confused, because looking at the direction the carriage was going, it was heading towards Ningrong Street.

"Could it be that the house is on Ningrong Street?" Jia Yun asked suspiciously.

But he didn't say anything, it doesn't matter where the house is, as long as it's worth the price.

"If it's too close to Jia's mansion, we'll have to move there later." Jia Yun thought to herself.

Jia Yun still knows the reason for not revealing her wealth. If she stays away from Ningrong Street, since she moved to a new house and not many people know her, then it doesn't matter.

But if it's in the nearby area, so many clansmen know each other, once he moves into his new home, people will immediately know that his braised stew shop is a profitable business.

At that time, there will definitely be people from the tribe coming to fight the autumn wind, and maybe even uglier things will happen.

Unpredictable people.

Although they are members of the clan, if they are widowed but not equal, if everyone is poor, they will be poor for a lifetime. Whoever dares to get rich first, don't blame someone for being a moth.

The carriage did not go to Ningrong Street in the end, but it also stopped in the back street, back to back with Jia's Mansion.

"It seems that Jia Qin and the others bought a new house here." Jia Yun thought to herself.

Jia Yun has never been to Jia Qin's house, but the area is only this big. Last time he heard from Jia Qin that Jia Qin's newly bought house is in the back street.

Thinking about something, Jia Yun and Zhou Kun got out of the car and came to an ordinary house.

The house is just a small gate, unlike other big houses with tall gates, the exterior looks even more ordinary, there is nothing unusual about it.

"Don't look at the inconspicuous place here, it will definitely feast your eyes inside!" Zhou Kun said mysteriously, and took the key to open the door and walked in.

After Jia Yun followed in, Zhou Kun locked the door behind him, and then led Jia Yun straight into the house.

Passing by a shadow wall, the field of vision suddenly widens. The front yard of the inverted house is several times larger than that of Jia Yun's house, and larger than the middle yards of many houses.

"The area is so big!" Jia Yun praised in a low voice.

Zhou Kun chuckled and said, "This house has no other advantages, but the area is second to none."

As he spoke, he led Jia Yun into the Hanging Flower Gate and into the middle courtyard.

The so-called "two gates" in "the gate does not leave the two gates" refers to the hanging flower gate.

Generally, large families will live in single-family courtyards with two or three entrances.

The vertical flower gate is a very exquisite gate, which is the wind boundary and the only passage between the inner house and the outer house.

The front yard and the inner courtyard are separated by a hanging flower gate and the courtyard wall. The hanging flower gate means that the eaves pillars on the gate do not fall to the ground, but hang on the central pillar piercing the square, commonly known as "occupying the sky but not occupying the land".

After arriving at the central courtyard, the courtyard became even bigger. There were several large vats, several circles of flowers and plants, and a few big trees that were as thick as five or six people's arms.

The decoration style is simple and natural, without too many bells and whistles, the bricks and tiles are brand new, and the architectural style is also consistent with other houses in the back street, there is nothing unusual about it.

The furniture in the room is also complete, but the style is the same as that of ordinary people's homes, except that they are all made of huanghuali.

"Is this low-key luxury?" Jia Yun murmured after touching the tabletop of the Eight Immortals Table.

He knows how expensive huanghuali is.

The furniture in the house is all made of huanghuali, even the water scoop in the kitchen is the same, which shows how crazy the original owner was.

Zhou Kun laughed and said: "There used to be a lot of porcelain here, but they were all moved away, and the furniture stayed. It should be that the stewards and yamen servants who came here to search the house didn't know the quality of these furniture."

Although huanghuali is rare and expensive, not everyone knows it. In the eyes of people who don't know how to do it, it is probably similar to miscellaneous trees.

After seeing the middle courtyard, the two went to the backyard again.

The houses are brand new, there is no need to doubt that the area is large and visible to the naked eye.

(End of this chapter)