"Selling the house?" Chen Ming paused with the chopsticks in his hand.
"Hey, yes, we two brothers have been doing this business for several years. No, some time ago, a family was in a hurry to get money to start a business, so they were anxious to sell their house, but they couldn't find a buyer for a while. , we bought the house first and raised money for that family’s emergency. But who would have thought that we brothers have been selling it for several months and have brought many buyers to see it, but no one has taken a fancy to you. If you don't sell it, we two brothers will have to drink from the northwest during the Chinese New Year this year." Li Si sighed, and the noodles in the bowl were smashed by him.
Chen Ming subconsciously answered, "Where's the house?"
"There is a house in front of me with a good location and a yard with two entrances. The house is very good. But those buyers either thought it was too expensive or too big. Hey, I didn't increase the price. The landlord sold it to me at that time. I just added a little bit as hard work fee, but they still found it too expensive.”
The location is good, and it's a big house with two entrances.
"Little brother, how much does your house cost?"
"This is the number." Li Si stretched out his finger, made a one, and then made a two.
"One thousand two hundred taels?"
Li Si quickly made a silent gesture, looked around, then leaned close to Chen Ming and lowered his voice and said: "Brother, please don't tell anyone. My price is the cheapest here. For the same house in the same place, someone else sold it for a full five hundred taels more than I did. That person was also in a hurry to sell it, so I bought it at a low price to earn you a hundred taels of hard work. If it were more, I would be a human being."
Chen Ming has been running all morning.
After seeing almost all the surrounding houses, he knew that Li Si was right.
Chen Ming was very excited: "Little brother, how about you take me to see you after eating the noodles?"
Li Si was stunned: "Brother, do you want to buy a house?"
"Yeah, I've been looking at it all morning, but I don't like anything. It just so happens that we are so destined to you, let's go and see your house together."
"Oh, this doesn't mean we are not a family, we don't enter the same house. No, no, no, look at my nonsense. We are not sitting at the same table. Brother, please eat slowly. I will take you to see it after you finish. ." Li Si was so excited that she sat down, stood up, and ran to the boss.
"Boss, check out, three bowls of noodles, how much are they?"
Chen Ming didn't argue with him.
He wanted to buy a house from Li Si, and the benefits would be quite a lot. Li Si could still afford this bowl of noodles, and he should eat it too.
When Li Si arrived at the stall, the boss made a calculation.
"One hundred coins."
Li Si handed over the money, and the boss quickly took it. His hands were heavy. He quickly clenched his fists and hid the money in his clothes.
When Chen Ming and Li Si finished eating and left, the boss took out the money Li Si just gave him in a deserted place.
It's one ingot of silver, ten taels.
The boss’s eyes were shining.
My dear, you can get ten taels of silver just by saying a few words. This business is worthwhile.
Li Si took Chen Ming to see the house.
Chen Ming was quite satisfied with the location, house, and price, and immediately decided to buy the house.
"Little brother, I bought your house, sell it to me."
"Brother, you are really my savior. One thousand, two hundred taels, I count you one thousand one hundred and fifty taels, so I give you fifty taels cheaper. How about that? At this price, you can't buy something like this in this area. Nice house.”
"Okay." Chen Ming immediately took out the deposit of fifty taels: "This is the deposit. I will go back and make preparations. After three days, I will give you the remaining one thousand one hundred taels."
"Okay, brother, we will meet here in three days."
The two separated.
Li Si watched Chen Ming walk away, then jumped into the house and closed the door.
Walking into a room, there was a man sitting in an armchair, with his back turned to him. He couldn't see his appearance clearly, "Boss, he has taken the bait."
"Very good." The man threw a bulging money bag. Li Si caught it with quick eyes and hands. It was heavy. He quickly opened it and saw a gold ingot that almost blinded him: "Thank you, boss."
"If you do a good job, you will be rewarded generously when the work is completed."
Li Si was about to kowtow to thank you. He took a bite of the gold ingot. It was soft gold but hard silver. It was real. "Don't worry, I will definitely handle the matter for you."
"Very well, let's go."
Li Si left with great gratitude.
The man walked forward and walked behind the screen.
Behind the screen, there is another person drinking tea leisurely.
"Miss, Chen Ming took the bait. He went back to raise money and said he would pay in three days." The person who spoke was Chen Wang.
Hongmei lamented on the side: "The house lady spent 1,800 taels at that time, and now she sells it to him for 1,200 taels. Is it so much cheaper? Doesn't he feel strange?"
"It's not surprising." Xu Wanning held the teacup, and the warm touch of the teacup made her feel good. "He thought he was lucky, and something fell on his head."
"Humph, he's not afraid that the pie is too big to eat and will kill him." Qing Xing muttered, "The whole family is greedy for money."
She is still angry.
This morning I went to see Mrs. Side. When we first entered, no one in the family looked good. But when Mrs. Xi took out the silver, gold rings and cloth, everyone's face seemed to be blooming.
"Think about it from another angle." Xu Wanning comforted her with a smile: "If they don't see the money, how can they take the bait?"
Qingxing tilted her head and suddenly realized: "Yes, if you think about it this way, it's actually not bad!"
Chen Wang pursed his lips and couldn't help but smile, his eyes were gentle.
Xu Wanning saw it.
She sighed silently in her heart.
She didn't want to stay in this Marquis Mansion for even a second. As soon as she left, she broke through the window covering between Chen Wang and Qing Xing.
Save yourself the chance of making secret glances and being unable to catch them.
After Chen Ming and Li Si parted ways, they happily returned to the Hou Mansion.
Yuxinyuan.
Chen Mianmian was talking to Mrs. Bao when Chen Ming's excited voice came from outside: "Good news, good news."
"What good news makes you so happy?" Bao asked.
Chen Ming quickly took a sip of tea and said: "I ran around outside this afternoon, and finally I found a two-story house with a good location, a good house, and a moderate price. It's not far from the Hou Mansion and is within walking distance. Not even a quarter of an hour.”
"How much does such a good house cost?" Chen Mianmian also knew the price: "I'm afraid it will cost upwards of 1,500 taels, right?"
Mrs. Bao smacked her lips: "So expensive."
Chen Ming shook his head proudly: "I originally wanted it, but the man bought it from the landlord at a low price. He couldn't sell it for several months. He was afraid of losing his hands, so he sold it to me at the price he bought it at. No. It’s expensive, it’s only 1,150 taels, I’ve already paid a deposit of 50 taels, and we agreed to pay 1,110 taels in three days.”
"One thousand one hundred taels, that's so expensive!" Mrs. Bao smacked her lips, "What we have on hand, including the one Xu Wanning sent today, is only 400 taels of silver, which is still short of 700 taels."
The two looked at Chen Mianmian expectantly.
