The Blessing of the Qi Nv of Transmigration

Chapter 34
It turns out that there are four city gates in Anhuai Mansion, east, west, north, south, and the south gate is where Dahu and the others come to sell shrimps every day. The four gates open every day at Mao and close at Hai. There are two main roads in the city, and a Xin'an Street runs through the north and south. Connecting the north and south city gates, a Jinhuai Street spans the east and west, continuing the east and west city gates.From these two roads as the center, dozens of auxiliary roads and branch roads grow horizontally and vertically, connecting the streets and alleys in the city.

One of the old streets sells all kinds of household products, agricultural tools and sundries. This is the place Yang Feier visited for the first time when he came to Fucheng.There is also Qinglian Street, which mainly sells clothing, shoes, socks, cloth, gold, silver and jewelry, and it is a place where rich people go.There is also a Chinese vegetable market, which is the largest vegetable market in Fucheng. Vegetable farmers from far and near are doing business there, and this vegetable market is where Da Hu heads back to sell shrimp.

The most enviable and awe-inspiring street is called Changning Street. The name of this street must be kept in mind. All the dignitaries and wealthy families live on this street, including the magistrate’s Yamen and Guozijian’s Jijiu Zhang’s family. I heard that it is from Changning Street. Those who come out must be respectful first, in case they offend any noble person with blind eyes.

Ruifuxian Restaurant is located at the northwest corner of the intersection of these two roads, but Shushan Academy is located in a small street south of the end of Jinhuai Street in the west of the city, called Shuyuan Street, separated by about ten miles.

Hearing this, Yang Feier hesitated for a moment, and said, "It's so far away, I don't know if I can rent a car here?"

A Ming said: "It's all along the road." He casually called a donkey cart to come over, and the three of them got on it, A Ming said: "This place is close to the restaurant, such a car is usually parked nearby, so it's easy to attract business. "

Yang Fei'er thought to himself: "It's similar to the past and the present."

There are some large old shops on both sides of Jinhuai Street, such as shops, pawnshops, silver houses, etc., as well as time-honored dim sum shops, restaurants, restaurants, and two pharmacies, bookstores, walk around and stop, all the way to Shushan Academy This is called the handlebar stop. After paying twelve cents for the car, the three of them went shopping by themselves.

There are many small shops next to the academy, most of which sell food, books and textbooks of the Four Treasures of the Study, as well as musical instruments and bows and arrows. A bowl of noodles is just lunch.

Sitting at a table near the entrance of the noodle shop, you can just see the plaque of Shushan Academy, with gold characters on a black background. I learned some calligraphy knowledge from Zhang Fuzhen. I knew it was Xingkai, and there was a large seal in seal script next to it. I don’t know who it is. Calligraphy, surrounded by gold rims, looks low-key and luxurious, solemn and elegant.

The gate of the academy is closed, only a small door is hidden on the right hand side, and there is a gatehouse next to it. Its function is probably similar to the reception room at the gate of the school in the previous life. middle.

After eating the noodles, he looked around again, and suddenly saw a piece of red paper pasted on the door of a shop selling bows and arrows. It is a bookstore, and there is also a bookstore on the right, and looking at the opposite, it is also a comprehensive store selling the four treasures of the study, books, musical instruments, bows and arrows, but the four shops are connected.

The store is not only bullying customers, but this small store is also bullied to the point where it cannot continue to operate, so it needs to sublet.

Go in and have a look. The shop is really small, only about [-] square meters. If you say that the area is really not suitable, if the bookstores on the left and right sides are also used to open up, it will be a good front, but if that is the case, the cost is unknown. , I don't know if I can bear it.

The shopkeeper inside is only about 30 or [-] years old, tall and tall, with a yellow face and beard, and a cinnabar mole under his right eye, which softens his serious face.He was waxing a bow and arrow, when he saw a well-dressed little girl with a pink face and peach cheeks, walked in and looked around, followed by two young men who looked like attendants, who thought they were from some rich family, stood up and said hello : "This store is going to be sublet soon, and all the goods are at discounted prices, but the lady wants to buy them as gifts? I don't know which one to look at? I'll take them down for you to take a closer look." The voice was deep and magnetic.

Yang Feier turned around and said with a smile: "Hi shopkeeper, I don't want to buy bows and arrows, but just want to see this shop. I don't know how to sublease your shop?"

The shopkeeper couldn't help being taken aback, could it be that the little girl came to visit the shop?But seeing that her words were polite, mature and dignified, she didn't seem to be playing around, and she was eager to change, so she also answered seriously: "I signed a three-year use document with the landlord, and I have used it for less than a year. For the rent of three taels of silver, I don’t know what kind of business the little lady plans to do, how long will the rent be?”

Yang Feier smiled and said, "I wonder what the owner of this house does?"

The shopkeeper said: "I heard that there are a total of forty shops in this row and the row opposite, all of which are the private property of Mr. Wu's family, the magistrate of this prefecture. My paperwork was signed by his housekeeper."

However, Yang Feier curiously asked an irrelevant question: "The owner's accent doesn't look like I'm from Middle-earth. I don't know where the owner is from?"

The shopkeeper simply replied: "I am originally from outside the Great Wall, and I live here with my wife."

Beyond the Great Wall?Traveling thousands of miles to do business here in China?Yang Feier thought to himself: "Probably he is also a person with a story." Nodding and smiling, he asked, "I don't know if there is any other space available for this shop, how can it be worth three taels of silver for a month with only this shop? of."

The shop owner couldn't help serving some snacks, and said: "Look at the young lady, but she is also smart. This small shop alone is really not worth it."

Walked to a high cabinet at the back and pushed it in, but it was a secret door, the shopkeeper went in first, stood inside and said: "Little lady, please take a look inside."

Yang Feier then went in, and Amin and Aliang followed suit.

The inside is suddenly a courtyard, and there are two rooms on the second road. Probably heard the movement, the door of the room opened, and a young woman holding a child came out. Her eyes were neat and her hair was slightly disheveled. people.

The shopkeeper said: "This is my wife." Then he said to the woman: "These guests are here to see the shop." The woman listened, nodded slightly to Yang Feier, then stopped looking, and hugged The child still went into the wing.

Yang Feier looked at the yard, and it actually included the paved backyard on the left. The width is about ten meters, and the depth is about six meters. It was empty, and even though it was the loess ground, it was cleaned cleanly. Looking at this small courtyard, Yang Feier felt a sense of intimacy for a moment, it was a bit like his own small courtyard.

Yang Feier asked the shopkeeper, "I wonder if I can take a look at the wing room?"

The shopkeeper said: "Of course, this is also a shop." He led Yang Feier to push another room.

I saw that this wing room was about [-] or [-] square meters, half new and not old, with stoves, dishes, water tanks, etc. in it, it turned out to be used as a kitchen by this family.The shopkeeper said from the side: "The one next to it is the same as this one." The implication is that Yang Feier doesn't have to look at the side room anymore.

Yang Feier asked: "Where does the draft water here come from?"

The shopkeeper said: "About one mile to the west from the shop, there is a well, and all we drink in this street is the water from there."

Yang Feier said: "Can I try it?"

The shopkeeper said: "Why not?" He went into the room and used a gourd ladle to probe into the water tank, scooped up half of the water, sent it out, and handed it to Yang Feier.Yang Feier looked inside the ladle, the water quality was clear and transparent, it was cool and sweet when he drank it in his mouth, but the well was a sweet water well, don't worry, as long as the well water is not salty water, it will be fine.

Walking slowly along the wall, thinking carefully in his heart, after a while, he came back and said to the shop owner: "I wonder if the house owner has any restrictions on the renovation of this house?"

The shopkeeper said: "I didn't ask about this. When I rented it, I just asked the neighbor to merge the left yard, and said that if I didn't rent it, I would restore the wall to its original state."

Yang Feier looked at the walls on both sides, and said, "I wonder if the courtyard on the right can be merged again?"

The shopkeeper said: "When I was renting the house, the shopkeeper on the right asked me if I wanted to incorporate the yard on the right side of his house. Because my family has a small population and I can't use all the space, I didn't want it. I don't know why. The edge can be used by others now, if it is still empty, it can be merged."

Then asked: "Little lady, do you think this place is too small?"

Yang Feier smiled and said, "Yes, my family has three generations living under the same roof, so I'm afraid we won't be able to live there."

The shopkeeper said: "The little lady can rent two more yards. Most of the people who do business here are from the city and have their own residences. There are only two or three houses that live, eat, and do business in one place like me. So, in the back The courtyard and wing rooms are basically vacant, and it only costs [-] yuan a month to rent another one. Even so, no one cares about it. Rent, so just talk to the owner of the front shop.”

Yang Feier wondered: "Isn't this place close to the academy? It's okay to rent it to those rich people to accompany them to study. How come no one cares about it?"

The shopkeeper said: "One is that you have to go through the front shop to get in and out, which is inconvenient for the shop owner and the tenants, and the other is that all board and lodging are included in the academy, who would rent another place to live?"

Yang Feier smiled and said: "So that's the case." Looking at the walls on both sides, he said again: "Can the shopkeeper help me find out if there are any vacant courtyard rooms for rent? If so, I need four more. "

The shopkeeper said with a smile: "What's the trouble, this is also helping them."

Several people returned to the shop again, the shop owner went out to inquire, and Yang Feier and the three waited in the shop.

After a while, the shop owner came back and said, "There are vacant courtyard rooms on the left and right. I also inquired about their lease terms for you. There are five-year leases and eight-year leases. There will be no change for a while."

Yang Feier thanked him, and asked again: "I don't know how to pay the rent set by the landlord?"

The shopkeeper said: "The rent is paid every quarter, and the deposit is ten taels of silver. If you can make a decision, my lady, you and I can go to the manager together and exchange the paperwork."

(End of this chapter)