Yun Chu sat in the carriage and took a sip of hot tea. After a while, sure enough, he heard a man's voice coming from outside the carriage: "Mrs. Xie, I am the owner of Dou's Trading Company. Could you please lend me a moment to speak?"
The haunted Zhuangzi was originally sold by the Wu family to the Zou family. The Zou family later sold it to the Dou family at a low price, and then it fell into the hands of the Dou family.
She remembered that after the fire in the previous life, the Dou family's Zhuangzi was directly taken away by the family of a concubine in the palace. Businessmen were at the lowest level, worse than ordinary farmers. How could they dare to confront the royal family, and finally gave up the Zhuangzi? It was given to the palace concubine.
Yun Chu raised the curtain.
There were two people standing under the car, the head of the Dou family and Mrs. Dou, both of whom were in their forties.
She held Tingshuang's hand down and said: "Three nights ago, I took people to your Dou family's manor. I broke in rudely. I should have come to apologize, but I have been busy these days. idle……"
"Master Xie participates in the imperial examination, so Mrs. Xie will naturally be busier." Mrs. Dou said hurriedly, "The Zhuangzi has already abandoned it. It is the Zhuangzi's luck that it allows Mrs. Xie to rest. I wonder if it scares Mrs. Xie?"
Yunchu sighed: "Actually, I have the intention to buy a big village. I heard that the village has mountains and rivers, so I went to check it out, but who knew..."
She shook her head and did not continue.
Mrs. Dou's face showed joy.
After so many years, no one is interested in this Zhuangzi, so he has been taken advantage of.
However, she also heard that Mrs. Xie led a group of people in and finally left with three or four people, which shows that she was very frightened.
If you want to persuade Mrs. Xie to buy Zhuangzi, you still have to spend a lot of words.
Mrs. Dou paused and said, "Mrs. Xie doesn't know something. People outside say that Zhuangzi is haunted. In fact, this is not the case. It was the surrounding farmers who were jealous of the fertile land of Zhuangzi and deliberately pretended to be ghosts. They made up the lies. Back then, we Dou After the family moved in, those farmers always came to cause trouble. We are merchants, farmers, industrialists, and merchants. How dare we go against the farmers? Anyway, the Dou family is not short of money, so they abandoned the village."
Yunchu smiled.
If he really wasn't short of money, he wouldn't come to her.
These days, farmers only earn 2 taels of silver a year. This villager spent at least 10,000 taels of money. Anyone would feel sorry for this amount of money.
The head of the Dou family followed: "Our Dou family originally spent 12,000 taels of silver to buy this village from the Zou family. If Mrs. Xie really wants it, we can buy it for 8,000 taels of silver."
Yunchu shook his head.
This Dou family is really greedy.
This village has been abandoned for more than 20 years, but she still wants to sell it for eight thousand taels of silver. If it has been maintained over the years, she can pay ten thousand taels.
The asking price was eight thousand, wasn't it just because he knew that she was the legitimate daughter of the Yun family and didn't understand business, so when he saw that she had taken the initiative to go to the village, he deliberately tried to trick her.
"Eight thousand taels of silver is very cheap, but -" Yun Chu lowered his voice, "My husband doesn't agree with me buying that village. He says it's bad luck and is afraid it will affect my career. Even if I really like it, there's nothing I can do about it."
Tingshuang stood on the side and said: "Our wife likes the mountain in Zhuangzi very much. I thought about buying it with my private house money, but my private house doesn't have enough money..."
Mrs. Dou quickly asked: "How many bodies does Mrs. Xie have?"
Yunchu stretched out three fingers.
Mrs. Dou's smile froze on her face. She thought Mrs. Xie was being taken advantage of, but she didn't expect that the bargaining would be so harsh.
Business has been difficult recently. Dou's business has closed several businesses, and they are in urgent need of cash turnover. If not for this, the couple would not have made a special trip here to express their gratitude to Madam.
The head of the Dou family is a businessman, and what he is best at is bargaining. He immediately said: "One price, five thousand taels of silver, and we can apply for the deed now."
Yun Chu shook his head: "I only have so much."
This Zhuangzi has been abandoned for more than 20 years and is still haunted. Even if she buys it, even if she does not mention at least 10,000 taels of maintenance in the future, it will not be an easy task to change the minds of insiders.
The most important thing is that she doesn't have much money.
Just when the Dou family was hesitating, Yun Chu's expression changed: "My husband is here, forget it, I won't buy it, you should leave quickly."
The head of the Dou family and Mrs. Dou: "..."
I thought three thousand taels was too little at first, but now, there is not even three thousand taels left.
But Xie Jingyu had already brought Xie Shi'an over. No matter how unwilling they were, the Dou family could only step aside and wait for an opportunity in the future.
Xie Jingyu glanced at the backs of the Dou couple curiously: "Who are those two?"
Yun Chu said with a smile: "Businessmen who have done business with the Yun family, they came to pay me a visit."
She turned to look at Xie Shi'an, "Brother An, how did you do in the exam?"
A smile appeared on Xie Shi'an's face: "The top three should not be a big problem."
When she returned home, the old lady saw Xie Shi'an's self-satisfied face, and knew that this great-grandson would definitely become a scholar in one fell swoop. He became a scholar at the age of twelve, and was even more outstanding than Jing Yu back then.
Xie Ping sat on the edge and asked, "If Shi'an becomes the head of the case, will our Xie family hold a banquet?"
Xie Jingyu took a sip of wine and said, "Of course I'll do it."
The old lady also felt the same way: "The youngest criminal leader in the whole capital, this is something worthy of praise. Why not do it, Chu'er, what do you think?"
Although the old lady doesn't like Yun Chu now, she still habitually listens to Yun Chu's advice on such important matters.
"The children carefully cultivated by many aristocratic families in the capital are not as good as An Ge'er. If An Ge'er really takes the first place this time, it will be a matter of shame for Mr. Xie. There happens to be a lot of criticism of our Xie family from outside. This banquet has been If you do, those sounds will disappear naturally." Yun Chu said with a smile, "If the old lady can trust me, let me arrange the banquet, okay?"
Naturally, the old lady wanted it. "Then it's all your fault, Chu'er."
Xie Ping looked at Yunchu and said, "Mother, can I study with you?"
After the accident at the last birthday party, she stopped following her mother to learn about family management. After escaping for so long, it was time to face it.
This banquet at the head of the case was naturally more lively than an old lady's birthday banquet. She must clear her name at this banquet.
Although the results of the college examination have not yet been announced, the old lady has already determined that Xie Shi'an is the one responsible for this case. She was so happy that she couldn't help but sigh: "Hey, it would be great if Brother Wei could study like this..."
After Xie Shian came back from the examination room, he heard about what happened in the house. However, his brother was whipped more than ten times by his father and lay in bed for two days. Today he went to school.
"Brother An, go and see your brother." Yuanshi said, "Seeing how promising you are now, Brother Wei might start working hard from now on."
Xie Shi'an nodded, turned around, and walked towards Xie Shiwei's yard.
The people waiting in the yard were all replaced by stout women. A woman was guarding the door and cooking medicine. When she saw him coming, she was about to salute.
He made a silent gesture, pushed the door open softly, and saw Xie Shiwei lying on the bed reading a book.
As an elder brother, he felt relieved to see his younger brother from the same mother become more progressive, and felt that the whippings from his father were worth it.
But when he got closer, his face suddenly darkened, and he took the book out of Xie Shiwei's hand: "You read these ghost things all day long?"
The books are full of paintings of villains, and various bloody scenes form a story.
"Brother..." Xie Shiwei was frightened, "Don't tell your father and mother, please, brother."
Xie Shian threw the little book on the candlestick on the table and burned it soon.
He suppressed his anger and said: "Father punishes you like this, and you don't change it. It seems that there is really no hope!"
"Brother, I don't have it. The homework assigned by Master is too difficult..." Xie Shiwei racked his brains to think of an excuse, "I wrote for a while and wanted to relax, so I took a look at this book. I really changed it. I changed it." alright……"
Xie Shian looked at the crooked characters on the table.
