Xie Xiuwen looked at the letter, frowned at first, and then breathed a sigh of relief, obviously feeling much more relaxed.
Their former sister-in-law, Mrs. Gao, was still evil-minded and intended to lure Xie Xiuran's daughters to cause trouble together. In the final analysis, she just wanted benefits.
Nowadays, the Xie family can be said to be extremely noble in Gaoyang County. Who dares to bring trouble to the Xie family?
But Gao was divorced and couldn't get any glory, so he naturally felt unwilling to do so.
Ever since Xie Ronglan sneaked into the capital last time, Xie Xiuwen had become completely cruel.
He couldn't do anything too outrageous to his brothers, but he still had no scruples about his ex-sister-in-law who had been abandoned.
In this way, the people of Xiejiazhuang found out that Gao had made a mistake, and then sent him directly to a nunnery on the mountain to become a monk.
Even if Mr. Gao doesn't want to go, it's not possible.
She didn't dare to go back to her parents' home. She had done so in the past few years, but none of them ended well.
Everyone in the Gao clan hates her. Who doesn't think she has ruined the reputation of the Gao clan?
Although the people in Xiejiazhuang were not too bad to her, they couldn't expect to be too good either.
Especially after Xie Xiuwen's official position became higher and higher, Gao's situation became more and more difficult.
In this case, it is better to go to the nunnery to recite Buddhist scriptures and maybe get some sympathy from Xie's family.
Gao is the only chess piece that can restrict Xie Ronghui's future future. Now that she has been solved here, Xie Xiuwen can feel more at ease.
On the day before the New Year, Xie Rongzhao had someone send quilts and winter clothes to some refugees.
Nowadays, there are basically no refugees outside the city.
Some were repatriated to their places of origin, which were basically not far from the capital. Some were bought into the homes of other wealthy families as slaves, while others worked in families like Xie Xiuwen's family.
The Xie family took in a total of more than 60 people, including young adults, women and children.
The house that Xie Xiuwen built earlier came in handy, but it was a little crowded.
On the third day of the first lunar month, Xie Ronghui took the lead and took several younger brothers and sisters to Zhuangzi outside the city.
This was the task assigned to him by Xie Xiuwen, asking him to go down and check the resettlement situation of the victims. At the same time, he was also asked to think carefully about how to deal with similar things in the future.
Not only do you have to think about it, but you also have to submit another piece of experience when you come back tomorrow.
This is the homework of all their young men. In other words, Xie Rongzhao was the only one who really had an easy time going to Zhuangzi this time.
After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Xie family became quiet again.
The young men were all sent to Baihe Academy, Xie Xiuwen had already started going to the Yamen, and everything seemed to be back to the same old days.
Now Xie Rongzhao already has two shops under his name, both of which are large, but both of them are rented to merchants.
Shops in the inner city are not available to everyone.
Let’s not talk about the price. Let’s just say that there is no way to get it.
Now Liu Ruolan seems to have figured out some of the rules here. Once an official in the capital becomes an official, or is dismissed from office, etc., then there will definitely be a lot of industries in the capital.
Liu Ruolan is no longer focused on opening a shop to make money. Her husband is a court official, and she has to avoid suspicion. Let's forget about small business. If it is too big, it is still easy for others to pull her pigtails.
The reputation of a scholar is particularly important these days. It would be really bad if Xie Xiuwen got the reputation of "competing with the people for profit".
Liu Ruolan is just thinking about buying a house or a shop and then renting it out will just wait to collect the rent.
Moreover, the shops here in the inner city are different from other places. They are not paid monthly or quarterly, but are paid directly for one year in advance.
This is so refreshing!
Liu Ruolan thought that now that Xie Xiuwen's official position was not low, Cheng Jingzhou would definitely be an official in the future, so it would be better to buy a house first, and choose one close to home, so that when his daughter marries him, he can come back often. have a look.
Thinking about it this way, Liu Ruolan felt a little sad.
She was okay, but Xie Xiuwen, on the other hand, couldn't bear to hear his daughter getting married and preparing a dowry, which showed that he couldn't bear it.
But there is no way, day by day, my daughter has grown up, and now she is twelve years old.
Most girls have already started dating at the age of twelve, and some girls get married at the age of thirteen.
Of course, in official families, few married daughters at this age, and they would wait until their daughters were sixteen or seventeen years old before marrying off.
At this time, the girl can be more mature mentally, and she can also take care of housekeeping and general affairs. This is the real good wife.
"Auntie, there's no point in buying a house for us. If you ask me, it's better to wait a little longer."
"What do you know? Do you think you can buy this house in the inner city if you want? It's rare to find someone willing to sell a house. How can such a good thing happen every day?"
Liu Ruolan doesn't have a lot of money now, and she can't afford a very good house, but an ordinary second-entry house is definitely no problem.
Here comes the problem. There are not many second-entry houses in the inner city, and some houses belong to the imperial court and private sales are not allowed.
Liu Ruolan took Xie Rongzhao to see a house in the outer city this time.
When the two arrived at the place, they got out of the car and took a look. They thought it was pretty good.
The road is quite wide, and the house faces the street. Next to it is a small alley, with about three or four families in it.
"Madam, Miss, you two are here. Come in and invite me in. Yesterday, I specially asked someone to come over and clean it. Come in and have a look. If you like it, we can sign the deed and pass the land deed today. "
Liu Ruolan was now expressionless with emotion and anger, and she had a straight face. The fan was not sure whether Madam was attracted to her or not.
Xie Rongzhao knew that he was accompanying him as the mascot, so he kept his head down and followed him along the way without saying much.
"This house is a bit small, and why does the main courtyard only have such a big area? It really doesn't look like a main courtyard."
My heart is aching, madam, of course you will feel young, and I don’t even know where you live!
Although they are both three-in-one houses, the big three-in-one and the small three-in-one are almost twice as big as those outside. Can they be compared?
"What Madam is saying is that this courtyard is indeed a bit small, but it does have its own advantages. Look, the arrangement in this courtyard is quite exquisite, right? The previous owner also put a lot of thought into it. And these three entrances The house is only a little over a thousand taels in total, so it’s cheap.”
Liu Ruolan nodded and said: "It's not expensive, but I think some places are too old. I have to hire someone to repair it, which is a bit troublesome."
Ya Ren immediately sold it and said: "Madam, don't worry, if you buy it, if you don't like it, I will help you run errands."
This tooth man can also talk, he only said that he was running errands, but he did not say that he would take over the repair errand.
This is an essential difference!
One makes money and the other spends it!
