On the Difficulties of Escape in Ancient Times

Chapter 102 Buying a House

"Do you want to build a house?" An old man nearby heard what they said, came over and chatted enthusiastically: "Just in time, my son has a promising future and bought a house in the county. He wants to take us to live there, or you can buy it Got my house, right?"

His Mandarin speaking is better than Li Zheng's.

Boss Xiao was very cautious: "Thank you very much, but I'd better build this house myself. It'll be a comfortable stay."

The uncle sighed and pointed to the house in front of him: "I really didn't lie to you. It hasn't been three years since my blue brick house was built. If it weren't for that prodigal son, he had to buy a house in the city and marry a wife. He didn't have enough money. , I’m reluctant to buy it?”

Following the direction he pointed, the Xiao family also saw a blue brick house, which looked really good.

Mrs. Xiao was very moved after seeing this: "How much money do you want?"

"The minimum is one hundred and twenty taels!" After the uncle finished speaking, he was afraid that they would find it too expensive, so he quickly said: "You can go in and have a look. There are twelve houses and a big yard. You will definitely not lose money if you buy it."

Old Man Xiao shook his head: "It's too expensive, we can't afford it."

The uncle still greeted with a smile: "Then it doesn't matter if you go in and take a look."

He was still very enthusiastic: "If you think it's too expensive to go to a new house, there are old tile-roofed houses over there, and older houses with mud walls, which seem to only cost thirty or fifty taels of silver."

He immediately advised them: "Houses have been built on better foundations in the village. You have to build them yourself. It's on the outermost edge. Wild boars often come to visit..."

But also because the uncle spoke carefully, the Xiao family let down some of their vigilance, thinking that they might have met an enthusiastic person.

Xiao Xiao was also impressed by what he heard. He was a real sales talent, which made her wonder if this old man had been a fan before.

After Boss Xiao and the others walked around the village, they also discovered that there were probably not even fifty households in this small village.

The village was surrounded by a pond and had several small foundations. Only two or three houses could be built at most, which they looked down upon.

But there are already owner-occupied fertile fields outside, so we can only build to the foot of the mountain, which is almost two or three miles away from the village.

They were not afraid of being deserted, but there was a large bamboo forest at the foot of the mountain, which made them worried about snakes and insects that were hard to guard against in summer.

You know, some snakes like to be in bamboo forests.

In addition, they are not familiar with this place and are afraid of too many wild beasts on the mountain.

In this case, it is indeed more suitable to live in the village.

In the village, a three-room yellow mud house costs twenty taels, but it is a little old and a little small.

There are only two blue brick houses in another place that are more than ten years old. I heard that the price is forty taels.

The most satisfying thing left is the blue brick house of the old man's house.

There are three main rooms, three side rooms on the left and right, and there are also three shorter houses next to the far door, which are a thatched house and two firewood sheds.

The window paper looked new, and there were some Eight Immortals tables, bamboo chairs, benches, etc. inside, and the uncle said they could leave them for their use.

What's even more rare is that there is a road paved with green bricks in the middle of the yard, so even if it rains, there will be no mud.

A well was drilled on the left side of the yard, and on the right side were two pear trees, with clothes ropes tied between the trees.

I have to say that this house is indeed worth one hundred and twenty taels of silver.

Old Man Xiao asked worriedly: "Then do you have the deed? Brother, can you make the decision?"

I'm afraid that if there is more than just his name on the property deed, then there will be trouble.

The uncle patted his chest and assured: "When I was young, I was a peddler who carried a load around. Later I opened a grocery store and then built a house. Of course, my name is the only one on the deed."

"If it weren't for the prodigal's lack of money, I would really be reluctant to sell it." "If you buy it sincerely, I can also get the right person to sign it, and I can take you to transfer the house in the afternoon."

Boss Xiao looked at the house deed and household registration he took out. After confirming that it was his house, he was moved and started to make a counteroffer: "We left our hometown and we really don't have so much money. We can only pay a hundred taels at most."

Xiao Xiao felt a little uneasy watching them start to bargain.

But there was a deed to the house, and there was a fair person, and the house looked fine, so she couldn't think of anything wrong?

Could it be that someone died in this house? Was there a murder? Or is there a neighborhood conflict?

In fact, she didn't mind if someone died in the house.

After all, they have killed people before, so they won't be pretentious about it.

She quietly grabbed a handful of candies and decided to go out and try her luck.

A group of strangers came to the small village, causing many uncles and aunties to point and gossip not far away.

Xiao Xiao walked over slowly and found that he could understand most of the local dialects they spoke.

She raised her smile and called people, trying to make them say something with her smile.

It's a pity that the mouths of the ladies and gentlemen seemed to be stuck with super glue, and they just nodded and remained silent.

Xiao Xiao simply passed them and prepared to walk around the house again.

She discovered that the three main rooms of the uncle's house that she wanted to sell were close to the side room of another family.

There were five seven or eight-year-old children playing tops together. She hurried forward and smiled as tenderly as a wolf grandmother: "Hello, my sister will treat you to some sweets."

Fortunately again, after the founding of Wu State, Mandarin was popularized. As long as the place is not too remote, everyone can speak a few Mandarin with dialect.

When the children saw the candy in her hand, their eyes gleamed. The fat boy at the head swallowed his saliva and looked at her warily: "You're not a kidnapper, are you?"

Xiao Xiao showed a kind smile: "We came to settle here today. Did Li Zheng accompany us around before?"

She had also seen a few of them before, so she came here with the candy.

A girl nodded: "Second brother, I saw her following Li Zheng."

So the boy took the lead and took the candy from her hand, stuffed it into his mouth, and continued to play the top.

Xiao Xiao squatted aside, pointed at the house and asked, "Is there anyone dead in that house?"

The boy stared at the spinning top and sucked the snot that flowed out of his nose. Because of the candy in his mouth, his voice was a little slurred: "No one died. They are not good people. I ## said they are bad people."

Xiao Xiao asked: "Did we have a quarrel?"

"It's a fight!" The boy raised his chin proudly: "We won!"

"Then you guys are so awesome!" Xiao Xiao praised perfunctorily and then asked, "Why were you fighting?"

Before the boy could say anything, a neatly dressed middle-aged woman walked out of the room, looked at Xiao Xiao warily, and waved the children in.

Xiao Xiao was extremely depressed. Couldn't this eldest sister come out a minute later?

But at the critical moment, he interrupted himself.

When she walked around and returned, she saw everyone fetching water and sweeping the floor to tidy up the house.

Xiao Xiao couldn't believe it: "Isn't the speed of buying a house too fast? For those who don't know, you think we are buying Chinese cabbage?"

Boss Xiao said proudly: "I haven't bought it yet, but the uncle told us to stay here for two days before we decide whether to buy it or not."

(End of this chapter)