"This is it." Zhang Heng turned to Yaren and said, "How much is the rent?"
"The rent is not high, only two dollars a month." Yaren scratched his head and hesitated.
Zhang Hengzheng was patrolling the house with a lantern, not paying much attention to the expression of the tooth man behind him, and continued, "Then when can the contract be concluded? It's a bit late today, uh, but I probably have something to do tomorrow morning. It's early morning. Can he come over early in the morning?"
"No, no, no, no need to bother. My boss is next door. If you make up your mind, sir, I can call her over now."
"Is it so close?" Zhang Heng was a little surprised, but after thinking about it, it was normal. Obviously, the family's mansion was relatively large, and it was normal to rent out part of it to make money. Speaking of which, the wall on his left looked really good. It looked like it was newly built, so he didn't think much about it, nodded and said, "Excuse me."
Yaren's hands and feet were very nimble. After a while, he came over with the landlord next door.
Before the two of them arrived, a voice came from the door. Yaren said, "But don't say I didn't help you. I found you a generous tenant. I didn't even frown when I heard the rent was two thousand dollars." Wait, please don’t drive people away again this time, otherwise no one in this area will dare to rent your house in the future.”
Another voice snorted coldly, "What kind of tenants did you introduce to me? Last time, that guy was very careless when he saw me. I just taught him a lesson, and it was already for your sake."
Yaren rolled his eyes when he heard this, "That's what men are like. That guy just drank too much and wanted to take advantage of him. There's no need to make such a fuss."
"Why is this making a fuss out of a molehill? It makes me angry just to talk about it. I bumped into three samurai warriors from the Choshu clan in the market today. They drew their swords in the street and wanted to bully two children. What's hateful is that so many men present didn't even try to stop them. …”
Zhang Heng had felt that this voice sounded familiar before. Hearing the other party talk about what happened in the market before, he immediately confirmed the identity of the speaker.
The person who came was none other than the female warrior named Akane Koyama who had defeated Yamada with a wooden sword before.
Zhang Heng didn't expect that the two would meet again not long after they separated, and he even happened to rent the other person's house.
While they were talking, the two of them had already walked into the courtyard, and Zhang Heng also lost his only chance to leave directly.
The moment their eyes met, even the air became a little awkward.
…………
"Is it you?" Xiaoshan Akane raised her eyebrows, and was about to say something else, but then she seemed to think of something again, and she swallowed the words that came to her lips.
The Yaren boy on the other side was still claiming credit proudly, "Well, as soon as I saw this gentleman, I knew he was someone who wanted to do big things. If he becomes famous in the future, maybe your small courtyard will also be famous. The name of the association will remain in history.”
"As for him, let's find some clean clothes to wear first." Koyama Akane said angrily. To be honest, Zhang Heng's current appearance as a down-and-out ronin is a bit different from the wealthy patrons in the mouth. Koyama Akane even doubted the other party. Do you have the ability to pay the rent?
Zhang Heng could understand Xiaoshan Qian's worries, but what he didn't expect was that the latter did not mention the rent later. He just said with a straight face, "Since you want to live here in the future, you must abide by my rules. First of all, you are not allowed to destroy the plants and trees here. Secondly, you are not allowed to drink too much. If you want to drink flower wine, go to the place where you drink flower wine. Finally, and most importantly, you are not allowed to be like the three warriors of the Choshu domain today. You also rely on your martial arts to do evil and bully the people in the neighborhood." She paused at this point, "Well, forget the last one, you probably don't have any martial arts, otherwise you wouldn't be standing still at that time."
"…………"
Zhang Heng was speechless.
"If there's no problem, let's go into the house and sign the contract." Xiaoshan Akane urged.
Zhang Heng thought about it for a moment, and found that there was nothing wrong with what Akane Koyama said. They were all very reasonable. Although the previous residents who listened to Yaren's words were violently beaten and driven away, it seemed that he had bigger problems. He has been shopping around for a long time and has seen several houses, but he is not so satisfied with them. If he continues to search, he may not be able to find a better one. In this case, he will just stay here.
So Zhang Heng and Xiaoshan Qian then signed the lease contract happily. He had already exchanged the small coin into bean silver and copper coins. After signing the contract, he immediately paid the dentist's commission and this month's rent.
Akane Koyama, the boss, seemed a little surprised to see him take out the money.
Zhang Heng explained, "I really didn't have much money on me at the time. I earned the money later."
"Did you make it?" Akane Koyama looked suspicious, "Is it so easy to make money in Kyoto now? You can make such a large amount of money in a short time."
"To be honest, I have actually traveled around Western countries and know their languages quite well, so I just found a job as a translator."
"You still understand the language of Westerners? Hmm, your Japanese is a bit strange. Is it because you have been in Western countries for too long?" Akane Koyama was stunned, and even looked at Zhang Heng's expression. Young Master, it takes a lot of courage to leave home and travel thousands of miles away to Western countries these days, and most people who go abroad do so with the idea of finding a way out for their own country.
This made Akane Koyama couldn't help but look highly at Zhang Heng. She thought for a while and then said, "I live in the dojo next door. If you want to practice swordsmanship, you can go find me there."
Zhang Heng politely thanked him, and the house matter was over. Xiaoshan Qian and Yaren left together. Zhang Heng hadn't had time to buy any ingredients, so he couldn't make a fire to cook, so he had to go to Siwenwu on the roadside to buy some. Order some snacks and make up a meal.
Afterwards, he returned to his small courtyard, washed briefly, lay on the bed, and listened to the sound of branches swaying in the wind outside, and spent his first night in the Edo period like this.
Now that he had accepted a small reward from Gabriel, Zhang Heng decided to be a little more responsible and rushed to the teahouse between the docks early the next morning. However, Gabriel himself slept in and it was almost noon. The time had just arrived, and he seemed relieved to see Zhang Heng coming as promised.
In fact, he was a little guilty last night, wondering if the ronin in front of him would take the money and run away. After all, there were even some patriots in Japan who specialized in assassinating Westerners earlier, and they wanted to use this childish way to assassinate Westerners. Ridiculous means are used to protect the country. Fortunately, this kind of thing has become much less common in recent years.
Gabriel forced a smile on his face and said, "Our activities today are very relaxed. We will try Kyoto food first, and then go watch a sumo wrestling match. In the evening, the local businessmen will hold a banquet for us. , I’ll just go by myself then, and your work for the day is over, how about it, it’s easy to make money, right?”
Zhang Heng was noncommittal when he heard this. He knew that Gabriel must have some agenda when he chose to act alone. There was a high probability that his activities today were just to deceive others. However, Zhang Heng did not point out that, as Gabriel said, at least the money today was still very good. of.
