Bao'an Garden is not far from Zaishouyuan. You can reach it after passing through the hall and walking along the corridor for a short distance.
Little Duan was preparing to take a rest. When she heard that Lin Yunyan was coming, she quickly asked people to light all the lights in the room.
Lin Yunyan has been afraid of fire since she was a child, and she is also afraid of the dark.
"Why come here at this time?" Xiao Duan asked.
"I can't sleep," Lin Yunyan pointed to the blue gauze cabinet, "I'll sleep here tonight, okay?"
How could Xiao Duan say no, and immediately asked the maid to make the bed.
Before the grandfather and grandson could exchange a few words, footsteps could be heard outside.
Lin Xun stood outside the window and said hello inside.
"Come in," Xiao Duan replied, turning to Lin Yunyan and saying, "It's an unlucky time for him to come and disturb us from talking about ourselves."
Lin Yunyan smiled.
Lin Xun didn't expect that his niece was there, so he couldn't help but hesitate when he spoke.
"It's not a big deal," he said with a smile, "It will be the same tomorrow."
Seeing that Lin Xun was about to leave, Lin Yunyan said: "You took advantage of the drunkenness to talk to your grandmother today. If you sober up tomorrow, wouldn't you dare not say it even more?"
After saying that, she sniffed, turned to Xiao Duan and said, "Smell it, it smells so strong of alcohol!"
Xiao Duan shook his head at Lin Xun, not much, but with a big opinion.
It's not a big deal for a man to go out for a drink, but when he returned home and walked all the way to her, he still smelled of alcohol, which showed that he had drank a lot.
It hurts the body too much!
Looking at the shoes on Lin Xun's feet, it looked like they were filled with water. Not only were the shoes dirty, but the socks inside were also dirty.
Unruly!
"I'll go to the study to clean up later and then go back to the house," said little Duan. "You don't have to stink all over and let your wife serve you!"
Lin Xun blushed deeply.
At this age, I feel embarrassed to be scolded by my mother for trivial matters.
What's even more embarrassing is that there is a niece listening nearby.
He also wants to lose face!
Lin Yunyan broke the embarrassment: "Uncle, since you have something to do, please talk to your grandmother quickly."
Lin Xun glanced at her gratefully.
It was his niece who was considerate and gave him the message, otherwise, he would be standing here, neither raising his feet nor shrinking them.
"The heavy snowfall at the beginning of the year destroyed many houses in Laoshi Lane. Do you still remember this?" Lin Xun asked.
Xiao Duan nodded: "I heard Dalang say that Shuntian Mansion got a lot of scolding for this."
"Yes, the palace scolded him and the people scolded him," Lin Xun said, "but this matter is not entirely Shuntian Mansion's fault."
Laoshi Alley is neither long nor short, with sixty-three houses on the left and right.
It was bought by a wealthy businessman from the south of the Yangtze River during the previous dynasty. In the early years, the wealthy businessman fell into decline and sold his house for money. It was successively owned by three or four businessmen.
Unexpectedly, the families of those businessmen also went downhill. Even if they didn't sell their houses, they couldn't get the money for repairs, so they had to rely on the tenants to repair things by themselves.
Shuntian Mansion has urged it several times in the past few years, but the bosses just put off repairing it, and there was nothing they could do.
The last heavy snow came down, killing seven people and injuring more than thirty others.
"We have to pay compensation to the victims. We can't delay it just because we have no money. Shuntian Mansion is suppressing the houses that are being sold," Lin Xun explained. "Those landowners are unwilling to pay compensation honestly, and I don’t dare to confront the government head-on, so I propose to change hands together. If no one can take advantage of it alone, at most three companies can join forces.”
Xiao Duan understood clearly: "Someone wants to do this business, but can't do it alone, so they come to seek help from you?"
"Yes," Lin Xun said, "this is Chen Guixun's business. Shuntian Mansion is also afraid that the person who takes over will do anything wrong, so we will take over, and it will be easy for the government to handle. After that, we will repair it carefully and leave it vacant until the spring of next year, and then rent it out. .”
"Rent it out?" After hearing this, Xiao Duan shook his head repeatedly, "It's just rented as an ordinary residence, no different from the original one, the income is limited, and I don't know how many years it will take to repay the principal.
If you can make some money from renting, the first few households will not delay repairs.
Furthermore, Chen Gui is very eccentric in his ways. I don't care if you go out and drink with him, but this is a business, and brothers must settle accounts clearly.
Then again, it's extremely unlucky. Look, the Jiangnan people and the businessmen who took over later all lost their fortunes.
Feng Shui is not good! "
Lin Yunyan nodded in her heart.
What Xiao Duan said is actually very reasonable.
If those houses in Laoshi Lane could make money at a glance, they would have been bought up all by themselves long ago.
Chen Gui didn't choose that place because he had a bright eye. He just had some spare money and wanted to find a way out.
But in my last life, luck had come and caught up with me. After the reconstruction of Lao Shi Alley, I came back to life. The money I earned in a serious way was not to mention a lot of money, but I could also quietly save a few baskets.
Lin Xun listened to his mother's opinion and did not give in immediately.
"Chen Gui has told me all the disadvantages you mentioned," Lin Xun said. "It is precisely because there are many disadvantages that the price is easy to negotiate..."
Xiao Duan frowned. Just as he was about to interrupt his son, a cup of warm tea was thrust into his hand.
She looked at Lin Yunyan beside her.
The little girl looked at her with a smile and motioned for her to moisten her throat.
Xiao Duan took a sip, held back her thoughts, and allowed Lin Xun to continue speaking.
Lin Yunyan also gave one to Lin Xun.
It seems that Chen Gui introduced the third uncle very well.
The third uncle is not a fool who always says good things, but he will mumble. Only when the good and bad things are explained clearly will he believe it more.
However, these were not enough to convince my grandmother.
"I understand, and I also know that even if Chen Gui talks to you, you are too embarrassed to refuse directly," Xiao Duan put down the tea cup and said, "It's just that you don't need anything to buy the house. I have to I'll give you all Yun Jing's dowry money. Yesterday I looked at the good times in the year, and there are only three and a half months left at the latest. Can you make up for me all the money you took away in three and a half months? If you can’t make it up, how can Yun Jing get married?”
Lin Xun couldn't answer.
Three and a half months is enough to complete the repairs. How can it be possible to recover the cost or even make money?
"Yunjing is the first person in Yun's generation to get married, so she must be in a good life," little Duan said again, "My family is not rich enough to buy an alley, so don't make things difficult for me. If you really want to help your family, Save up more income, and after Yun Jing gets married, Duke Xu's mansion will make arrangements for you."
How could Lin Xun persist when his mother said this?
He had no choice but to bow and retreat.
Lin Yunyan watched her third uncle go out, and then looked at Xiao Duan.
Convincing her grandmother was a process. Just relying on her third uncle's words made her nod. Lin Yunyan was not that naive.
Just like playing chess, how can anyone win the battle at the first opportunity?
"Grandma," Lin Yunyan said softly, "if you don't do the business that comes to your door, you will lose your luck."
Xiao Duan was startled and asked curiously: "How come? You heard that this business can make money?"
Lin Yunyan smiled.
She didn't hear it, but she actually saw it.
She remembered clearly that that afternoon in the past, the sky was gloomy, her third uncle's face was also gloomy, and his voice was trembling when talking to her grandmother.
"If I had known this, I should have been tougher and asked you for money. Even if I can make money, I don't have to let Yun Jing suffer in the Duke's Mansion. In order to exchange Yun Jing's whole life for the support that is not even a shadow, don't I, my uncle, Shameful?"
It was so embarrassing that when the third uncle left Zai Shou Yuan, his eyes were red.
