reborn child bride

Chapter 38 Entering Beijing ([-])

"Ah."

"Okay, let's go, we have been delayed for more than half a day. Our donkey feet are not fast."

With this turmoil, Shen sent them to be more careful along the way, walking the road with a group of people in broad daylight.And maybe the Wei family is a scholarly heir, and they are not very good at this kind of method, so they didn't encounter much along the way.

Although it was very frugal all the way, when he arrived in the capital, Shen Ji only had more than 60 taels of silver left.At this time, it is already February, and the candidates from all over the world have arrived.Such as the Gaosheng Inn, or some specially rented small courtyards next to the Gongyuan, are basically full.Even if they weren't full, they didn't dare to pay any attention, because these places are always on the go, and they are extremely expensive.

Wei Ying said: "Let's go eat something first. Generally, the owners of small stalls are very well-informed and are willing to earn some agency fees. Then I will ask them if there is a small yard that is cheaper to rent. "For the four of them, it would be more cost-effective to rent a small yard.As for Aunt De Shude's son, he will look for him after he settles down.

After eating a few bowls of tofu nao at a roadside stall, Shen Ji felt that she could also make this taste, so he thought about it.Just now the boss said that the small yards a little closer to the Gongyuan are all rented out, and they are very expensive.It's too far away, and I'm afraid that I'm going too fast, and something happens on the way and I miss the entrance.

After eating, the boss asked his wife to look at the shop, and took Wei Ying and his party to see the two places he recommended.Seems to be quite a professional intermediary person.The first small courtyard has two entrances and four rooms. It is quite spacious to live in, but it costs 20 taels of silver a month.It is not enough to add expenses to this.Then go to the second one, which is a bit smaller, with only two rooms, which is not enough to live in.We can't always let Uncle De and Aunt De live separately, and it costs 12 taels of silver a month.

These two places are not too close to the Gongyuan, and they are expensive, so they are not ideal.

Seeing their hesitation, the boss thought for a while and said: "There is another place, since the young master is a juren, you should be able to get a room if you go at this time."

Wei Ying asked, "Where?"

"It's the houses rented by the government. The number is limited, but they are relatively concentrated, and they are relatively close to the market and the Gongyuan, but they are a bit noisy. I will take you to have a look."

Shen Ji said in his heart that there are still low-rent houses in the capital.However, the prices in the capital are really too expensive.More than ten taels of silver is just one month's rent, which is enough to afford a house in the countryside.

So he led the donkey cart over again.Fortunately, there is no urban management now, so no one has come to interfere with their donkey cart.However, where to put it is also a problem.According to the boss, they rent out single rooms one by one, unlike the yard, where donkey carts can also be parked.

When I arrived at the place, I showed Wei Ying's certificate of talent to the person in charge of renting out the house (also sent by the government), and then got a reply that there were still a few houses left.It was said that it was originally reserved for someone, but now that person has found a better place, so he will be free.The key happened to be in the hands of the official and he took them to see the house.

Shen sent them to thank the boss with five qian silver and then followed.Shen Ji's heart bleeds, five qian silver, five hundred Wen, you can buy thirty catties of meat in the countryside.

I went to see it, and there were three rooms left, one suite and two single rooms. The suite was five taels of silver a month, and the single room was three taels of silver.Shen Ji paid 16 taels and rented for two months first.Because the exam is over in March, you have to wait for the results again.Aunt De Shude wanted to find her son as soon as possible, so she rented it for a month and paid three taels.The reason for renting this month is Shen Ji's lobbying, saying that the house here is actually very pretty, and it will not lose money if you find your son to sublet it out, which is much more cost-effective than staying in a hotel.

A suite is equivalent to one bedroom and one living room in later generations, and a single room is equivalent to a standard room. Shen Ji visited it and found that the ancients were actually very wise.Such a house is actually very simple to build, but once it is built, there is no need to worry about the source of customers.There are a total of one or two hundred houses inside and outside, and the monthly rent is quite considerable.Moreover, it provides convenience for those who are new to the capital and those who cannot afford a house but need to live in the urban area.

However, problems soon emerged.The rooms here have toilets in the suites, and the residents of the standard rooms need to go a little further to a place equivalent to a public toilet.And, no kitchen, no kitchen at all.

After putting away the luggage, Shen Ji and Aunt De fetched clean water and wiped the furniture with a rag. Fortunately, someone lived there not long ago, so it didn't take too much trouble.Wei Ying lived in that suite, and he did it himself in his own room.Anyway, when no one else saw it, he didn't mind helping Shen Ji with his work.

After finishing the work, straighten up and look, the sun has already set.Shen Ji went out with Aunt De and wandered around the low-rent housing area, wanting to see how other people's homes solved the problem of eating.I walked around and looked around. If I planned to live for a long time, I asked a mason to build a stove. As long as the original structure of the house was not damaged, no one would care.For those who live for a short time, they just buy hot food to eat.Not far from here is the dish, Shen sent them to go around, and bought four earthen stove biscuits back, four yuan each, with vegetables inside, and eight yuan with meat.The two of them each bought a dish and a piece of meat and went back.They looked at each other, and it was written in their eyes that the money was really worthless.

Shen Ji paid more attention to what was sold in this market.Naturally, the capital is not like a market in a small place, but this market is really big enough.Shen Ji went in and walked around, and found that, as Wei Ying said, although the capital spends money faster, there are more ways to make money than the countryside.She saw a lot of snacks, and the price was not cheap.It's just that there are no convenient fish to catch, no field behind the house to grow potatoes, radishes, etc., and nowhere to feed chickens and lay eggs.Even the donkey cart was introduced and sold to others by the owner of Tofu Nao just now.In this way, Shen Ji left 16 taels of silver in addition to the rent of 60 taels.For the time being, there will be no economic crisis, but we cannot sit still and eat nothing.

The four of them sat in the open space outside the house and ate biscuits. Even the hot water was served at the tofu stall.There is no stove, and even a sip of hot water is rare.Uncle De took the meatloaf and started to eat it.However, Wei Ying broke it into two halves, and made the vegetable cake in Shen Ji's hand in the same way, and then settled half of the meat cake and half of the vegetable cake for each person.

Aunt De couldn't help but take a second look, then turned to stare at Uncle De again.Naturally, she and Shen Ji also wanted to eat meatloaf, but they only bought two to save money.But Young Master Wei knew that he would give half of it to Sister Ji.My old man has never been so careful in his life.However, the two of them really don't look like a young master and a girl.One person naturally shared it, and the other took it and started eating without hesitation.No wonder there were rumors before.However, she was watching all the way along the way. The two children are well-behaved people, but they are a little informal.

(End of this chapter)