A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 36

Huaiyuan Square.

Chen Xing stopped the carriage at the door, and Huaiyu led Chen Runniang out of the carriage.

"We will live here during our stay in Chang'an in the future. We live in the front courtyard and the backyard, and the middle courtyard can house servants and serve as kitchens and warehouses."

The five-acre corridor courtyard connects the front, middle and rear courtyards, with an outer courtyard for raising horses and parking.

Runniang fell in love with this small courtyard at first sight. Although it was in Xicheng, far less than Yongkang Gongfu in Pingkangfang, this small courtyard was also five acres in size, connected by corridors and verandas, and shaded by trees.

She knew that Huaiyu was capable, but she didn't expect to go out in the morning, and brought her here before the workshop closed at dusk, and gave her a big surprise.

"This courtyard was originally my brother Wu who joined the army. Originally he used this courtyard as a shareholding to partner with me in the elixir business, but now we plan to directly rent a shop in Dongshi, and I bought it with my brother. "

Fatty Wu was half selling and half giving away, and he only charged Huaiyu fifty pennies, which was the price he paid for this small courtyard nine years ago, when the world was still in chaos, and now it is several times more.

And the fifty pennies don't need to be paid immediately, the fat man asked Huaiyu to wait for the dividend at the end of the year to pay.

After walking around several courtyards, Chen Runniang was very satisfied.

Soon, Wu Shike, Huaiyi and Huailiang arrived in Hou San's carriage with Huailiang before the gate of Huaiyuan Square was closed.

"I haven't seen you for a long time. You bought a house in Chang'an, and it's still so big." The old man went into the yard and looked left and right, full of surprise.

"Aye, I'm thinking that I may come to Chang'an often in the future. It would be nice to have a place to stay here. Besides, brother is now a hundred riders in the camp, and he is also the head of the north gate. He will be on duty in the camp for a long time. It’s five rounds, now it’s one day and two days off, when it’s not on duty, it’s very convenient to live here.”

Wu Huaiyi also liked this courtyard very much, "It's okay to live in the camp when I'm not on duty, but this courtyard is really good, fifty guan is really a gift for you, brother."

This is a great favor, but Huaiyu doesn't think it is taking advantage of it. In fact, sometimes even relatives need this kind of contact. Of course, Huaiyu is not someone who takes advantage of it for nothing.Of course he knew about Fatty's favor. In fact, Fatty didn't give him the yard for nothing. Huaiyu pulled him into a partnership. Fatty knew very well that even if he paid a lot of capital, he was actually taking advantage of Huaiyu.

This yard was originally agreed to be a shareholder of Qianjintang, but now it plans to open in Dongshi directly. He gave the yard directly to Huaiyu, without reducing his shares in Qianjintang, and without paying extra.

In the warehouse of the middle courtyard, there are still 420 bolts of silk received during the day from Mrs. Fan, the neighbor.

The hall in the front yard was lit, and the old servant couple in the yard was also given the bond to Huaiyu by the fat man, and they cooked a dinner for them.

Mutton soup and steamed cakes.

The mutton was also sent by Fatty Wu. He sent a leg of [-] catties of mutton, stewed it in a pot, and steamed several baskets of yellow noodle steamed cakes.

Hearty and simple.

Wu Huaiyu master four, Wu Fatty and his son Xixuan, Runniang, Runniang's elder brother Chen Xing, Fatty's concubine elder brother Zhao Xin, plus the old servant Uncle Qian and his wife.

11 people.

Samurai Ke was invited to the main seat, and Fatty was second.

It was the first time for Runniang to see her father-in-law and uncle. She stood by and waited on him. Old Wu was used to it. In Longqiao's house, the concubine Wang obeyed the rules. When eating, she had to wait on the side. The rice is poured with water, and finally the service is finished before going to the kitchen to eat.

Chen Xing, Zhao Xin, and Uncle Qian were of low status, and they didn't go to the table, and Huaiyu didn't deliberately make any difference, and went to the village to do as the Romans did.

Before the samurai Ke started eating, he asked Runniang about the family situation, etc., and was very satisfied with Zixin's concubine this time.

The stewed mutton was delicious, but Aunt Qian only stewed it in clear water, and didn't add such expensive spices as pepper. She only added sliced ​​ginger, salt, and sprinkled some shallots at the end. The mutton stewed for more than an hour was delicious.

Although the steamed steamed cakes are made of millet yellow noodles, they taste pretty good. They are not as soft and sweet as the steamed buns of the later generations, but they also have the unique chewy aroma of miscellaneous grains, with a slight sour taste of old noodles. The mutton is enough for everyone to eat. very satisfied.

Huaiyu still felt sorry for Runniang who was standing with her father-in-law and husband cutting mutton and breaking steamed cakes, but seeing Chen Runniang's rosy face, she seemed nervous and happy.

A group of people, except Wu Xixuan who eats very politely, the others are very fierce, the fat man eats like a rat, Lao Wu gobbles it up, and Huaiyi is also raging.

Even Zhao Xin, Chen Xin, and Qian Bo squatted down and gnawed their bones, like a hungry tiger pouncing on a sheep.

Now that the mutton is expensive, it is rare for the old Wu family to eat it once, and it is even more rare for the servants. As for Fatty Wu, he has always had a good appetite. Looking at his stomach that is almost ready to compete with Cheng Yaojin, you can tell that this guy has a lot of meat. can eat.

Huaiyu felt that there was a lack of some vegetables. It would be better to have a little stir-fry, or a cold cucumber, or a tomato with sugar, or a locust leaf cold pottery.

Everyone buried their heads in eating, but they couldn't eat or sleep.

After a while, everyone was full, and the mutton and steamed cakes were almost finished. At this time, Run Niang and Aunt Qian collected the bowls and chopsticks before eating in the kitchen.

Xin Zhao ran around Dongshi in the afternoon, and it was quite useful to have a Wujia signboard. The Dongshi Administration, the head of the Dongshi Medicine Store, and the guild expressed their support for their plan to open a medicine shop there.

"The Municipal Administration and the pharmacy are all right now, but now I have searched for pharmacies, but I haven't found any suitable ones. There are only a few for rent, and the shops are too small to fit our Qianjintang. There are still one or two The home has a good shop, but they are either only willing to sell at a high price, or they are hesitant."

"I'll ask them to have a good talk tomorrow." Xin Zhao told Huaiyu and Fatty about the situation, asking how to decide.

The fat man said: "You have to choose a big shop to meet our Qianjintang status. Small shops and small shops are not good, renting is also fine, but you have to sign a long-term contract to avoid extra trouble in the middle. If there is a suitable one, it's okay to buy it. The price can't be too high."

But in this way, there are not many choices.

"Tomorrow, I will go to Dongshi with you to have a look." Huaiyu was not in a hurry to express his opinion. From a long-term perspective, it is definitely suitable to buy a shop, but their drugstore is different from ordinary drugstores. At this stage, they must focus on Chinese medicine. Selling elixirs, so there is no need for a large space, there is no need to purchase medicinal materials, process and process them, ask doctors to sell medicines, etc., and a smaller space is fine.

Lao Wu didn't intervene in his son's business, he believed that Huaiyu could do well, after all, Huaiyu's shop hadn't opened yet, and he had already received orders for hundreds of pieces of silk from the Fan's across the street.

And Huaiyu dispensed medicine for the Li family, earning [-] bolts of silk directly, plus a beautiful maid, and a good dowry, which fully shows that the second son is capable, so he doesn't need to worry about it.

Sitting on the corridor in the courtyard, blowing the evening breeze, chatting for a while, and finally went back to the room to rest, because the door of the square is closed, so everyone can only live here tonight, otherwise the consequences of running around and violating the curfew will be serious.

The number of rooms in the courtyard is not a problem.

"A lot of mosquitoes, disgusting!"

In the bedroom in the backyard, Run Niang was swatting mosquitoes, "Erlang will go to Dongshi tomorrow, and buy some citronella and wormwood to repel mosquitoes, or even though there are mosquito nets at night, these mosquitoes will suck human blood and disturb people's sleep."

Seeing Runniang slapping away mosquitoes in the house with a cattail fan, Huaiyu thought that this was a problem. Before living in Sanyuan, the cave dwelling was cooler, and there seemed to be fewer mosquitoes. In the countryside, every evening, the Wu family would start Burn some grass in the yard to smoke, such as wormwood, Polygonum, etc., which can emit mosquito repellent smoke.

Huaiyu has never seen the Wu family use mosquito-repellent incense, and he doesn’t know if there were mosquito-repellent incense in the Tang Dynasty, let alone if there was toilet water to repel mosquitoes. He plans to visit Dongshi tomorrow. Not only can you add facial cleansing products such as bath bean noodle medicine and hand ointment, but you can also develop some summer must-haves such as toilet water and mosquito coils.

The moonlight is frosty and white outside, like mercury leaking to the ground.

The Kuoyuan in Chang'an City is hotter than the Sanyuan Cave Dwelling, but fortunately there are beauties to accompany it.

"When I came, the eldest lady asked my elder brother to bring you the three hundred bolts of silk. In addition, I also brought my dowry silk money, clothes and jewelry. Sanyuan's second son The ten-acre land deed is also given to me, and the cows and mules will be taken from the farm when the time comes."

Chen Runniang was in his arms.

Huaiyu also took out a few things.

"Is this a title deed?"

"Well, the [-] mu of land in Xinchangfang, Nancheng, is next to Qinglong Temple." Qin Qiong gave him this land. He has a piece of land next to Qinglong Temple in Xinchangfang, south of the city, covering an area of ​​[-] mu. It was originally planned to be repaired. There are individual courtyards, but because Xinchangfang in the south of the city is too remote, except for Qinglong Temple, there are basically no people there, only farmland and vegetable gardens.

The plan of this monastery was put on hold, and the land was simply planted with trees and became a pear orchard. It not only produces a lot of pears every year, but also raises bees to collect pear nectar, and makes crispy pear paste every year. A good gift for the government to send guests off to relatives.

Qin Qiong gave this piece of land directly to Huaiyu, and gave him a hundred bolts of silk as a thank you gift for his consultation.This gift far exceeds the consultation fee, after all, Qin Qiong also gave Huaiyu a loyalty mace, which he made for his son Huaiyu.

"This is the land of Xinchangfang, which is no better than the land outside the city. Especially this area is now planted with pear trees. Every year, pears, pear nectar, and pear cake are very famous. One scene can be compared with the blooming of thousands of cherry trees at Qinglong Temple in Xinchangfang." Chen Runniang said that the land is worth at least one gold per mu, not counting the pear trees on the land, and the pear blossoms that are produced every year. paste.

Huaiyu smiled and handed the land deed to Runniang, "You keep the land deed, the elder dare not resign, so accept it."

Of course he knew the value of this piece of land, but he finally accepted it. In the future, he would help Qin Qiong to recuperate his body, and even go back in other aspects.

If you directly reject this gift, you will show your identity.

"I also put the one hundred pieces of silk that Lord Yi gave me in the warehouse, and Lord Su also gave me one hundred pieces of silk today, and asked me to make some more treasure pills, Feilong pills, Shengyue pills, Jiuzhuan pills, Wu Meiwan and others have been put in the warehouse together, this is the key to the warehouse, and you will be in charge from now on."

Seeing the key handed over, Chen Runniang was startled for a while.

"Male lead outside, female lead inside, you will be my good housekeeper from now on, help me take care of the house."

Chen Runniang blushed when she heard this.

"Miss, it's getting late, let's stop talking about these silly things here, don't miss the spring."

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(End of this chapter)