Chu Yue nodded, "Okay, I'm not busy today anyway. I'll go take a look with you in the afternoon."
"Why."
After Zhang Qiuying finished speaking, she went to the backyard to cook.
After eating, Chu Yue spoke to Lu Yufang and Doctor Zhu, and then led Xiaozhu and Zhang Qiuying out of the house.
Because they had two children with them, the four of them didn't walk very fast. It took them a full two-quarters of an hour to walk from the courtyard of the hospital to the place.
The yard Zhang Qiuying looked at was located on the outskirts of the city. It was divided into a front yard and a backyard. The front and back yards each had three rooms.
Seeing that the yard was relatively large, Chu Yue mentally planned to arrange the front yard for the family to live in, leaving a spacious main house in the backyard for a workshop, and also used a large area in the backyard and outside the house, and the other two One room of the house is reserved for Zhang Qiuying's mother and daughter, and the other room is used as a guest room.
On weekdays, goods can be brought in and out through the back door without disturbing the peace of the front yard.
From the looks of it, Chu Yue thought this yard was pretty good.
"Sister Qiuying, what's the price of this house?"
"I asked the landlord carefully this morning. Because the yard is relatively large, the rent is three hundred cents a month."
Chu Yue nodded, "Is this far from the academy?"
Zhang Qiuying often went to town to do small business before, so she knew the layout of the town well. "Our medical center and this courtyard are to the west, and the academy is to the south. It's about a quarter of an hour longer from here than to the medical center."
After hearing this, Chu Yue was not as satisfied with this yard as she was at first.
"Don't hurry and decide. Let's look for a yard to the south."
"To the south, which is closer to the academy, the prices of each courtyard are higher than the last." Zhang Qiuying looked at Chu Yue, "Does Dr. Chu think this courtyard is too far from the academy?"
She had been to Banpo Village and knew that Chu Yue's family had two eighty-nine-year-old brothers-in-law, so she guessed Chu Yue's concerns.
Chu Yue nodded, "Yes."
"I looked at a yard in the south this morning. It's a little smaller than this one. The owner wants to sell it but not rent it. Does Dr. Chu want to go take a look?"
"Take me to see it first."
Zhang Qiuying first led Chu Yue to Xu Ji Dental Store, called the boy who was on duty at the dental store during the New Year, and then went to the courtyard slightly closer to Nanping Academy.
The yard I just looked at is relatively simple, and the owner lives nearby, so it is relatively convenient to open the door to see the yard. The owner of the next yard I want to go to lives far away, so it is inconvenient to come, so I put the key. When I arrived at Xuji Dental Store, I asked the boy from the dental store to help me run errands and show him around.
The waiter opened the door and welcomed Chu Yue and Zhang Qiuying in.
"Let me show you two first. The person who lived here before was a teacher from Nanping Academy, who was also a graduate. The yard has always been taken care of very well and is very elegant. There is no place that needs special repairs. Everything needs to be repaired. You can move in right away.”
Chu Yue looked at the courtyard while walking. It was indeed as the boy said. It didn't need any special repairs and it could be moved in directly.
"Since you are a teacher, it is not far from the academy and it is convenient to come and go. Why would you want to sell the yard?"
The boy's words were full of reverence, "According to this gentleman, he wants to sell the yard to raise money and go to the capital to take the scientific examination. Maybe there is a better way out, otherwise he would not sell the yard."
Chu Yue nodded. It seemed that the cost of going to the capital for the scientific examination was not small.
She walked around the whole yard. Although the yard was not as big as the yard she had seen before, it was still enough for a family. There were a total of five houses here, one of which was the main house and the other four were guest rooms.
The main house is in the front yard and has a relatively large location.
There are four guest rooms in the backyard, two on the right and two directly opposite the main house. A long corridor on the left and further back is the kitchen and thatched house, as well as a horse stable and a small bamboo forest.
After looking around, Chu Yue looked at the boy.
“What’s the price of this yard?”
"The gentleman was in a hurry to sell. He offered a price of four hundred and twenty-eight taels of silver." The boy said, "The girl also saw that the furniture here is in excellent condition and can be used directly. Four hundred and twenty-eight taels of silver." It’s indeed appropriate.”
Although I know that yards in the town are not cheap, the price is indeed beyond imagination.
"If it was a good year in the past, four hundred and twenty-eight taels would be fair. But now, it's really too high." Chu Yue's voice changed, "Three hundred and fifty taels, please help me, big brother." Please tell that gentleman that if you are willing, I can come and sign the contract with him tomorrow."
Buying and selling means raising the price and counter-offering.
It's true that he is a teacher, but you can't take advantage of him just because he is a teacher.
"this……"
The boy was stunned. He originally thought that Chu Yue would just erase the fraction, but unexpectedly, he lowered the price by seventy-eight taels.
"Girl, are you mistaken? The price of this yard is four hundred and twenty-eight taels, not three hundred and seventy-eight taels."
Chu Yue nodded.
"I know it's four hundred and twenty-eight taels, but I can only afford this price for this yard." Chu Yue said, then led Chu Wenzhu out of the yard, "Whether it succeeds or not, big brother will help I'll ask that gentleman, if you have any clues, you can go to Xingyue Medical Center and let me know."
When he heard the words Xingyue Medical Center, the boy's eyes lit up.
"Is the girl from Xingyue Medical Center?"
"yes."
After Chu Yue finished speaking, she waved her hand and led Zhang Qiuying back to the hospital.
The boy looked at Chu Yue's back, with gratitude flashing in his eyes. Seeing that Chu Yue had kept the price too low, he was still hesitant to ask for her, but then he heard that she was from Xingyue Medical Center. He immediately became determined. After all, Xingyue Medical Center saved many people last year, including him and his family.
Regardless of whether the gentleman is willing or not, at least he can give the girl an explanation if he asks.
On the way, Chu Wenzhu looked up at Chu Yue, "Sister, do we want to buy a yard in the town?"
Chu Yue hummed, "Looking back, your two brothers Xingping and Xingan want to study, so it's convenient for them to live in the town?"
The courtyard just now is only a quarter of an hour away from Nanping Academy. It is much more convenient to come and go, and the environment is much better than the place we first looked at.
"Doctor Chu, should we still consider that courtyard on the outskirts of the city?" Zhang Qiuying asked as she chased after Chu Yue, hugging sleeping Miao Miao.
Seeing this, Chu Yue slowed down.
"You can talk to the landlord about that yard tomorrow. We will pay annually. If we can negotiate a price of three taels of silver a year, you can rent it. After renting, I will find a few reliable people from Banpo Village. Come on, you can recruit a few more people in the town, and then we can start work after we buy the things we need."
She thought about it and decided that it would be better if the workshop and housing were not together. The workshop was noisy and the smell of various medicinal materials was strong, making it inconvenient for Xingping and Xingan to study.
