Rebirth of the little landlady

Chapter 97 Yuan Bao's New Year's Gift

Before leaving, Ma Decai asked again, "What's the price of the big house?" He was talking about the two main rooms in the outer courtyard.

"No rent." Yuan Bao poked his head out from behind Su Chunsheng.

Ma Decai made the last effort, "I will give you extra money, how about 20 taels a year?"

Su Chunsheng showed hesitation on his face.

Yuan Bao resolutely refused, "No, really not! Young master, that house is occupied, and you can't rent it for any amount of money!" Are you kidding, those two rooms are reserved for the Su brothers, and she worked so hard to make money, Isn't it just to let the whole family live a good life?Otherwise, what's the point of everything?
Oh, let the two brothers live in the worst house, and then hire the chores for the entire yard, wouldn't that be a servant?It is enough for her to be a slave in the family alone. The Su brothers are going to take the imperial examination. If so, how can they hold their heads up in front of their classmates?
Ma Decai felt a little regretful, but he didn't bother too much, and immediately went back to pick up his luggage.

Su Chunsheng said helplessly to Yuan Bao, "It's not the same where we live!" Su Qiusheng also nodded repeatedly.

Yuan Bao's eyes were slightly red, "I have the final say on this matter, if you bring it up again, I will be annoyed!" He simply got two big locks, and next time someone came to see the house, he would lock the door directly, so that Others thought it was already rented out, so they didn't ask.

The rental price of the Su family is one and a half taels of silver per month for a room, and 15 taels a year.

This price, how to put it, is really expensive!
So when Ma De only offered 20 taels of silver, Su Chunsheng was really tempted.

In fact, when Su Chunsheng heard the price of Yuanbao, he felt that it was too high. Su Qiusheng also said, "They are renting out a yard, and we only have one room."

Yuan Bao had a very positive idea, "The broken yard is nothing more than multiple doors and places for cooking. How can it be better than ours? We have all of them. Although they are shared, nothing is better than theirs. How much better? We have what they don’t have, such as luggage, hot water room and main room for guests!”

The Su brothers had nothing to say, but they still hesitated.

To say that this form of sub-letting and shared renting, which is quite common in later generations, was not completely absent in ancient times, but it was very rare.

Mainly people with big houses don’t care about the small money, and the place with simple folk customs is likely to stay for free. If you want to rent someone, you have to rent the whole house as a whole. Otherwise, how inconvenient it would be if there are female relatives at home? !

The purpose of buying a big house like Yuanbao is to rent it out to many people and earn more money. There really isn’t one!
Facts have proved that Yuan Bao is right. After Ma Decai, the Su family rented out five more rooms before the school holiday, all of which were rented for the whole year, but none of the other tenants moved in that month like Ma Decai, and they all waited for next year I only came to live in the first month.

In this way, in less than ten days, only three of the nine rented rooms in the front yard of the Su family were left. It is conceivable that they will be fully occupied when the school starts next year, so that when Yuan Bao sees Ma Decai again No matter how you look at it, he looks like a lucky cat.

Yuan Bao's impression was not entirely groundless. The Su's house was rented so quickly, mainly due to Ma Decai's character.

Ma Decai is lively, cheerful, carefree, straightforward, popular, and a little bit showy. He found a good place to live, and he wished that everyone in the county knew about it, and in the end he recruited money for the Su family.

And he also made a suggestion, "My boy has no place to sleep, can you add a low couch in the room, put it under the bed on weekdays, and pull it out to sleep at night, it is equivalent to stepping on your feet, it is better than letting others In the twelfth lunar month, the floor is strong."

Yuan Bao immediately accepted it, anyway, it was still too early for Yougen and his son to finish the project.

And among the later tenants, there were actually two with servants. Calculated in this way, the tenants with servants accounted for half of the tenants. It can be seen that this is such a valuable suggestion, and it is worth a lot of money!

After meeting Ma Decai for the first time, Su Chunsheng commented on him, "He has a good heart, a good character, a small family background, a flexible mind, excellent academic performance, and a little lack of stability." He checks.

Yuan Bao stuck out her tongue. She really forgot about the character inspection. As a result, the tenants behind Ma Decai were all received by the Su brothers. The look in Yuan Bao's eyes made them feel very uncomfortable, and they decided to let Yuan Bao come to the outer courtyard as little as possible in the future.

Su Chunsheng's evaluation of Ma Decai was basically correct, only one thing he missed was that Ma Decai didn't pay much attention to his studies, so he was alright at first, but then he made slow progress.

In the year when he came to Su’s house, Ma Decai was in Class B and III. In the second year of school, he was in Class B. The Su brothers were in Class C. In the third year, the Su brothers were in Class B. , changed from the same school to the same class, which made the already good friendship between him and the Su brothers even better.

Moreover, Ma Decai didn't think that the reason for this situation was that he didn't study hard, but that the Su brothers worked too hard!
"What's the fun in living like this, your family is not short of food and clothing!" Ma Decai had advised the Su brothers more than once, how did he know the sufferings of the Su brothers?
There were two fathers and sons, who worked from dawn to dusk until the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, before they finally bought all the furniture needed by the Su family. Su Chunsheng settled the bill for them with gold ingots and silver beans.

Yougen's father had already returned the remaining silver to Su Chunsheng for the two bank notes when he moved, saying that he would let him stay here, but he was not sure.

So when the gold and silver were received this time, the mood of the father and son was different, it was all theirs, not entrusted to them, both of them grinned happily.

Because he still needed to bring their carpentry tools and gifts from the Su family, Su Chunsheng simply hired a carriage to take them back to the village. , refused to stay for one more night.

"Oh——" Yuan Bao was bouncing around in the outer courtyard, "It's the Chinese New Year, let's do the New Year's goods tomorrow, I haven't had a good time in the county town yet!" Yuan Baoguang has been busy for more than 40 days. The two brothers are already making clothes, and even Liu Guirong has visited the county town three times, but she never goes out except to buy vegetables. Fortunately, she doesn't need to embroider, otherwise, Yuan Bao would not be able to finish her work by now.

The Su brothers looked at her with complicated expressions, Yuan Bao's kindness to them was really heartfelt.

After shopping for two days, I have bought all the necessities for the New Year. It took another three or four days to clean all the houses in the inner and outer courtyards, especially those rental houses. After all the items are equipped, they look really comfortable and tidy. !

On New Year’s Eve, the whole family gathers in the main room of the inner courtyard to watch the New Year’s Eve, and sleeps peacefully in the rocking cart beside it. The table is full of preserved fruit snacks and various snacks, although because of Su Youwang’s relationship, red couplets cannot be pasted at home. Lanterns, but in such a prosperous New Year, the joy that I can't help but shines from everyone's face.

Yuan Bao took out a small cloth bag and said, "This is a New Year's gift I prepared for everyone in my family, mother, before accepting this gift, you must listen to me a few words."

Liu Guirong's face sank after a "slap", "Don't be arrogant after earning a few dollars. Since ancient times, there has been no reason for the younger generation to teach the older generation!"

Although it is good to eat well, dress well and live well, but these days, Liu Guirong is still angry, mainly because the Su family's money does not go through her hands at all, and Yuanbao and Su Qiusheng go to buy vegetables on weekdays , and often took Su Qiaoqiao with her, but she was not called.

As for the income from renting out the house in the front yard, she couldn't even see the shadow. She could only listen to the amount and enjoy it. Thinking of the tens of taels of money, Liu Guirong felt like a fire was burning in her heart. I mentioned it twice in front of Su Chunsheng, but was pushed back by Su Chunsheng with a single sentence, "The house is owned by Yuanbao, and the money earned is naturally owned by Yuanbao, so it has nothing to do with us!"

After going out of the house a few times, Liu Guirong also learned that the house was not rented, but bought by Yuan Bao, so how much money does Yuan Bao have in his hand? !

Liu Guirong also wanted to please Yuan Bao, but she couldn't hold back her face, and the other was not sure whether Yuan Bao would eat or not, and she could see that as long as it should be given to her, Yuan Bao would not miss her. Yes, then she doesn't need to wrong herself.

And no matter what, Yuan Bao is always different to the Su brothers, let alone those student clothes, Liu Guirong has not worn such a good material for several years, but Yuan Bao is willing to give all of them to the brothers I did it all, and I didn't even keep a piece of Yuanbao.

Since this was the case, Liu Guirong felt that there was really no need for her to give Yuan Bao a good look.

Yuan Bao was mentally prepared for Liu Guirong's attitude, and was not annoyed at the moment, "If that's the case, then don't embarrass mother, I won't talk about it, but if you don't talk about it, I won't give it to you." Yuan Bao said The brocade box on top of the bag was taken out and put aside.

Yuan Bao took out two more brocade boxes and opened them, "I prepared these for Xianggong and Qiusheng. I put a lot of thought into them, and they match your school uniforms."

The two bright green jade pendants were lying in their respective boxes, shining lustrously under the light. They were not too big, but the quality of the jade was quite good. Adding up the two jade pendants might not be worth a hundred taels of silver.

Su Chunsheng was so distressed that he almost didn't jump up, "Yuanbao, how could you do this? What are you doing with this money? We have to have clothes..."

"Hush——" Yuan Bao compared his fingers to his lips, "Don't scold me if it's the New Year's Eve, I'll buy everything, and besides, I like this look, so I have to keep it in mind!"

The two jade pendants are similar in quality and color, but they are in the shape of the zodiac. The two brothers are naturally different. They are matched with a net made by Yuan Bao himself. The pattern and color of the silk thread are also different. It's too late, but for these two jade pendants, she created two new patterns!

Having said that, the Su brothers had no choice but to put away the gift with great care, and Yuan Bao warned, "You must wear it, don't let my good craftsmanship go out of sight!" Seeing them nodding, they gave up.

Next came two small brocade bags, and Yuan Bao held it in front of Su Qiaoqiao, "Qiaoqiao, this is ours, don't forget to ask your mother to pierce your ears when you open Chun'er, and you can wear them when the time comes." .”

The same zodiac style is made into small stud earrings. The highlight is that they are gold!
Su Qiaoqiao was simply dizzy with joy. At her age, in the village, it would be great to get two silk flowers during the Chinese New Year, and it must be from someone who dotes on her daughter very much. But she not only got jewelry, but also Gold, she didn't even think about it, she just looked at the earrings on the brocade bag stupidly, and asked over and over again, "Yuanbao, you gave it to me, did you really give it to me?"

Yuan Bao quickly put away her pair of earrings. Her zodiac sign is the same as Su Qiaoqiao's. If you look carefully, her real age will be revealed. Fortunately, the Su brothers are insiders, and Liu Guirong has long since lost her mind. up.

Finally, the two largest brocade boxes were taken out, which contained two identical longevity locks, decorated with small decorations of zodiac images, which were childish and cute, and they were actually gold.

Yuan Bao handed them over to Su Chunsheng, "Master, I prepared this for An Anran. They are still young, so you keep them for them. When they grow up, you can leave them for safekeeping!"

The words of refusal circled around Su Chunsheng's mouth, but in the end he still didn't say it, so he had to put the things away.

Liu Guirong's eyes were wide open, and both hands were stretched out in front of Su Chunsheng, until Su Chunsheng raised his head and asked, "Mother, do you want to ask, why don't you let me keep it? Because this is Yuan Bao's love for his younger siblings, I think Let them receive Yuan Bao's love!" The bluntness was a bit sharp.

Liu Guirong's face flushed, but he didn't say anything in the end.

Here, Yuan Bao put the remaining brocade box back into the cloth bag, "There is still one that I can't give away, so I'll keep it for myself..."

"What are you going to say?" Liu Guirong's words were a little sudden, and her voice was very sharp, but no one was surprised. When the jade pendant for the Su brothers was taken out, "regret" was clearly written on her face Two words, until she saw the two pure gold longevity locks, she couldn't even pretend.

Yuan Bao's tone was very calm, "I have a lot to say..."

"I just listen to it." Liu Guirong said quickly, she was very afraid that Yuan Bao would find out another reason.

Yuan Bao folded the empty cloth bag and put it aside, took the gift to give to Liu Guirong in his hand, "I want to ask mother first, what is a good life in mother's heart?"

Liu Guirong's face was drawn long, his eyes were fixed on the things in Yuan Bao's hand, his mouth was flattened, and he looked like he was about to cry, but he didn't shed any tears, "I'm a widow|unemployed person, where can I still have a job?" What a good life?!" It was in line with her usual speaking style.

Yuan Bao didn't take it seriously, "Why did the mother insist on going to the city, and then she refused to go back after she entered the city?" Seeing that the corner of Liu Guirong's mouth turned from downturned to tightly pursed, he knew it was Liu Guirong It was a sign of getting angry, but Yuan Bao didn't want to quarrel with Liu Guirong, so he didn't wait for Liu Guirong to answer, so he continued, "So, even if there is no father and mother, there are still good and bad life in the future. , this point is actually very clear in my mother's heart."

Liu Guirong stopped talking.

Yuan Bao seemed to be talking to himself, "If you want to live a good life, who do you rely on? My father is gone, so I can only rely on my children and grandchildren..." Yuan Bao looked at Liu Guirong, "Mother, why don't you treat Xianggong and Qiusheng?" How about better?"

Liu Guirong was stunned.

Liu Guirong was already prepared for Yuan Bao to snatch her away, and also prepared to listen to Yuan Bao's performance. After all, Yuan Bao has the capital, but she never expected that Yuan Bao would say such a sentence.

"This human heart is made of flesh. If you stab it once, it will bleed. If you stab it twice, it will leave a scar. If you hurt a person's heart endlessly, the heart will be broken into many pieces. After a long time, no matter how long it takes, it won't be able to grow back to its original shape." Yuan Bao looked at Liu Guirong, even if Liu Guirong refused to meet her eyes, she still watched very intently, because some words, held in her heart, were already too much. It's been too long.

"I asked Qiusheng why my mother cried when she was in confinement. Qiusheng told me that my mother was feeling distressed. I asked Qiusheng at that time, why didn't my mother feel sorry for my husband? Obviously this family is now supported by my husband. So, my mother's food and clothing and the rest of my life depend on Xianggong and Qiusheng. Whether it is out of feelings or personal interests, my mother should treat Xianggong and Qiusheng better, but how can my mother do it? Where is yours?" Yuan Bao asked seriously, but he was doomed not to wait for an answer.

Liu Guirong lowered his head lower and lower, not even looking at the box in Yuan Bao's hand.

Does Liu Guirong really not understand these truths?Have you really thought about it?But for some reason, every time she made it, she changed her appearance, and she also knew that even if she did it, Su Chunsheng would not give her more benefits than now, because what Su Chunsheng could give her was everything. Yes, Su Chunsheng can't afford the rest.

Seemingly understanding Liu Guirong's thoughts, Yuan Bao went on to say, "The root is so big, but if there is a trouble, he will run home and call 'Mother' loudly, but I have never seen Mr. I did this with Qiusheng, only my mother would keep asking 'Chunsheng, what should I do?' 'Chunsheng, what do you want to do...'" Yuan Bao said to Liu Guirong. The imitation can be described as lifelike, but no one can laugh.

Then, Yuan Bao's tone became sad and indignant, "Mother, why can't you think of it forever? You should ask your husband and Qiusheng, 'Chunsheng, why are you worried?'" Chunsheng, it's so difficult for you. What can I help you with?' You are their mother, and you should be the person who cares and loves them the most in this world. Even if you have no ability, don’t you even have a heart?!"

The room fell into silence, only the occasional slight "cracking" sound from the wick, like an invisible whip and Yuan Bao's questioning, torturing Liu Guirong's heart, asking Liu Guirong, when she was not bound by interests How much true love is there for the children?

(End of this chapter)