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Chapter 521 Two Silly Girls [Thank you! Goodbye! 44k more to go]

Yong Yi Hou Mansion,

The main hall of the backyard is bright in the morning.
The aroma of incense tea wafts through the air.

In the main hall,
Madam Wu and Mrs. Sun sat on the Luohan bed. Mrs. Wu ate sweet melon seeds while talking to Mrs. Sun.

"Sister, you have seen your brother Jing'er's house. It has a garden and a pond. It is not a yard that ordinary people can rent."

"For an ordinary family to rent a courtyard, three or four strings of cash a month is enough. For Jing'er's house, the rent for a year may not even be enough for others!"

After listening to what Mrs. Wu said, Mrs. Sun nodded and said, "Sister is right."

Madam Wu chewed melon seeds and said, "Oh, right! Madam Zou rented your yard. How much did you collect in rent, sister?"

"Four strings of cash a month! Madam Zou came into the courtyard a few days ago and told me that she wanted to rent another shop on the street! She said she wanted to sell dried fish and fish porridge."

Listening to Sun's words, Madam Wu spat out the melon seed shells in her mouth and said:

"Well! It's a good thing to have a living in Bianjing!"

"Sister, what I mean by this is that you should not worry!"

"Jing'er's house is not far from the palace. If an official is promoted to Beijing, he will definitely rent it once he sees the location! It would be fine if he doesn't rent it, but once he does, he may rent it for several years."

After taking a sip of tea, Sun said, "Sister, isn't one hundred and twenty strings of cash a month a bit too much?"

Madam Wu shook her head and waved her hand, saying, "Not expensive! The property that Xuanmen Hou's family rented out before also had three courtyards, no garden, no pond, and it cost more than ninety strings of cash a month!"

"Wait another two months, the news will spread, and there will probably be news."

Just finished saying this,
The Xu family maid lifted the curtain and walked in. After bowing to Madam Sun and Madam Wu, she said, "Madam, Madam, the Yongchang Marquis's Mansion sent a maid over here. They said someone was asking if the property under Jing'er's name could be rented out separately."

Mrs. Wu didn't even think about it and said, "Don't separate them. Tell my nanny that if you want to rent it, rent the whole house!"

"Yes!"

The maid went out.

Front and back feet,
Another maid stepped in, met the gazes of Madam Sun and Madam Wu, and bowed, "Madam, Madam, a message came from the second gate saying that the Chai family has sent an invitation, and Madam Chai will come to our house as a guest in two quarters of an hour."

"Oh! How did this come about?" Mrs. Wu looked at Sun with a smile on her face.

Sun smiled and shook her head: "Maybe something happened."

Winter noon,

Bianjing Street,

The Chai family's carriage was on the way to Quyuan Street.

in the carriage,
With the various sounds of hawking and talking coming from outside the car from time to time,
Madam Chai looked at Chai Zhengzheng with a stern face and said, "How can you be so reckless in doing things?"

Chai Zhengzheng on the other side lowered his head.

"If it was the Xu family's property, it would be easy to deal with, but in name it is the private property of Xu's Wulang. Why would you, an unmarried girl, rent someone else's private property?"

"You don't even know how to hide it when you do something like this!"

Listening to his mother's words, Chai Zhengzheng lowered his head and nodded.

"You also found a team of craftsmen. What do you want to do?"

Chai Zhengzheng looked up at Madam Chai and said, "Mother, I want to."

"You want to use good materials and give it a good repair?"

"Ok!"

Chai Zhengzheng nodded heavily.

"You have renovated the house for him, but have you ever thought about whether he will live there?" asked Mrs. Chai.

Chai Zhengzheng raised his head, a dazed look on his face, and his expression began to become a little lost.

"Oh! My silly girl!!"

Mrs. Chai touched Chai Zhengzheng's hair helplessly.

The carriage became quiet.
Amid the rumbling sounds of cars, they continued towards Quyuan Street.

Xu family,

At the second gate of the backyard,
Xie and Hualan were standing behind Sun at this time, watching the approaching Chai family carriage.

After the carriage stopped, Mrs. Chai and Chai Zhengzheng stepped down on the carriage seat.

Looking at Sun standing at the second gate, Madam Chai said with a smile: "Madam, why are you waiting for us at the second gate in such a cold weather?"

"You are a guest, how can we not come?" Sun said with a smile and looked at the beautiful Chai Zhengzheng with admiration.

"Madam, be well, and the two ladies be well."

Chai Zhengzheng bowed behind Madam Chai and shouted.

Xie, Hualan and the maids behind them hurriedly returned the greeting.

After some pleasantries,

Mrs. Chai and Mrs. Sun were in the front, while Hualan and Mrs. Xie surrounded Chai Zhengzheng in the middle and in the back.
Everyone walked towards the main hall together.

"Zheng Zheng, my sister-in-law and I have used the glue you sent before. The pearls stick very firmly and can be wiped off with a hot towel or warm water. It is really useful!"

"What Hua Lan said is true. My little sister didn't believe it at first, but after using it, she kept pestering me for it!"

Listening to the two people's words, Chai Zhengzheng smiled and said, "I am happy that the two ladies find it useful."

Xie and Hua Lan smiled at each other and said, "By the way, Madam Wu is here today too. She's in the main hall!"

Hearing what Mrs. Xie said, Chai Zhengzheng nodded and said, "What is the matter with you, Madam Wu?"

Hua Lan said, "Well, I came to talk to my mother-in-law about the rental of Jing'er's house!"

"oh oh!"

As they were talking, everyone entered the main hall.

Mrs. Wu politely gave the main seat to Mrs. Chai.

After everyone took their seats,
Listening to the conversation of the three people at the top, Chai Zhengzheng said a few words to Xie, and then said to Hua Lan: "Second Madam, I wonder how the three sisters of the Sheng family are doing recently? It seems that I haven't seen them for a long time!"

"The three of them study at home every day, along with their younger brothers. Their father never lets them go out."

Chai Zhengzheng smiled and nodded, saying, "In a few days, when the school is on vacation, I will invite a few sisters to my house to play!"

"I'll play chuiwan with sister Rulan, and compete with sister Minglan in pitching pots! I heard that sister Molan is also good at poetry!"

Hua Lan smiled and nodded: "If they knew about this, they would definitely jump for joy."

Xie on the other side smiled and said, "Miss Zheng Zheng, my sister from my natal family is going there. I'll need you to introduce them to each other when the time comes."

"Don't worry, ma'am!"

Mrs. Xie looked at the maid who brought the tea, smiled and said, "Come, try the tea made by our maid!"

The three of them drank tea in silence for a while, but they could still hear clearly what the three people at the top were saying.

Mrs. Chai said with a smile: "My old friend wanted to bring his children to Bianjing first, so he asked me to find a courtyard in Beijing!"

"As a result, it was a coincidence! I was sleepy and someone sent me a pillow. I saw the post from the lady, so I hurried over to discuss the matter with the lady!"

Mrs. Wu at the side said with a smile: "Madam, to be honest, someone came to inquire about the price before you came!"

Madam Chai nodded repeatedly: "Such a good location, and a large courtyard, there is no official who is promoted to the capital who would not like it!"

Sun said: "You two really think alike!"

"Hahahaha!"

Everyone in the hall started laughing.

"Since Madam has said so today, I will leave this house to the old friend of the Chai family as you said. Just let me know when you are going to Beijing!"

"This is not okay!"

Mrs. Chai shook her head.

"I won't let you suffer a loss! Since you agree today, the rent for the house will be calculated from today!"

Sun also shook her head: "How can this be possible?"

As he said that he would waive the rent,
Mrs. Chai said that if the money was waived, she would not rent the house.

Listening to the two people at the top pushing and shoving each other,
Xie, Hualan and Chai Zhengzheng looked at each other helplessly.

Finally, under the mediation of Madam Wu, Xu Zaijing's house was rented out for 100 strings of silver per month, and Madam Chai was responsible for the repair of the house. The lease term was tentatively set at two years.

They talked for a while.
Mrs. Wu looked at the sky and stood up to say goodbye. Mrs. Chai and Chai Zhengzheng also left together.

When Mrs. Chai left, she also took away the key to Xu Zaijing's house.

After waving goodbye,
The carriages of the Liang and Chai families passed through the Xu family's gate one after the other.

In the Chai family carriage,
Chai Zhengzheng was about to lower the car curtain, but his hand stopped in mid-air.

"Zheng Zheng, what's wrong?" asked Mrs. Chai.

"Mother, it looks like the carriage from Ningyuan Marquis's mansion."

Hearing this, Mrs. Chai turned her head to look outside, and saw a luxurious carriage with a flatbed cart loaded with things heading towards the Xu family's gate.

"It should be Miss Pingmei who married into the Gu family and returned!"

Chai Zhengzheng nodded.

Mrs. Chai continued:

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"Okay, let's go to the house and see what needs repairing!"

"With the help of the rental, no one can say anything no matter how you repair it!"

Chai Zhengzheng looked at Mrs. Chai with a smile: "Thank you, mother!"

Going to Guangfufang is similar to the direction Chai Zhengzheng is going home.

So when I went to Xu Zaijing's courtyard,

Chai Zhengzheng also stopped by the Chai family and brought many of his own maids, nannies, and servants over.

Passing the bridge over Wuzhang River,
The Chai family's carriage stopped in front of the gate of a house in Guangfufang.

Chai Zhengzheng and Madam Chai led people into the courtyard.
look around,

This house is indeed well maintained as the Lu family said.

Although the house was old, it was very clean. Fallen leaves and flowers were piled together under the flowers and trees in the yard.

Although there is not much water in the pool with running water, you can see that it has been maintained and does not look rundown.

"This mansion was awarded to the fifth son of the Xu family. The person who chose it obviously put a lot of thought into it!" Mrs. Chai said as she looked at it.

Chai Zhengzheng on the side nodded in agreement: "It's just that without the decorations, the popularity is a little dull."

"That's right!" Madam Chai looked around and said, "I think this house has always been in the hands of the inner treasury! If I knew there was such a house, I would buy it even if it cost 30,000 strings of cash!"

Patting Chai Zhengzheng's arm, Mrs. Chai continued, "Zheng'er, look at Huayang Mountain in the distance! Let's go over and take a look."

Huayang Mountain is a royal garden in the inner city of Bianjing, and its terrain is quite high.

The scenery is beautiful.
During the Double Ninth Festival in September, the emperor of the Great Zhou would often climb Mount Huayang to enjoy the view.

Madam Chai and Chai Zhengzheng brought their maids and servants to the northernmost part of the house.

After passing through a moon gate, I discovered that there was actually a larger courtyard behind the third courtyard.

Entering the second floor of the main house in the courtyard and opening the window, you can see the beautiful royal garden in the distance.

"So beautiful!"

Mrs. Chai sighed sincerely.

Chai Zhengzheng nodded: "I wonder if the scenery here will be more beautiful when it snows."

"There will be plenty of opportunities in the next two years. Let's go!"

Mrs. Chai said.

Then the two went downstairs.

On the way back to the front gate, Chai Zhengzheng and Mrs. Chai listened to the Chai family nanny's "assessment" of the mansion.

Walk back to the front door.
Before getting on the carriage,
Madam Chai said, "According to the arrangement of the house, move some furnishings from the storeroom!"

Nanny Chai at the side quickly responded.

"These things are precious and worth a lot of money. Let half of the guards who follow you live in the front yard! They are all martial artists. They can eat, live and patrol, and it can also add some popularity to the house."

"Yes, mother."

As Chai Zhengzheng was talking, he and Mrs. Chai got into the carriage together.

When the Chai family's carriage left,
Some distance away from the house, a carriage lowered its curtains.

"Miss, it's Madam Chai and Miss Zheng Zheng! I guess this house was rented by the Chai family."

The maid said slowly.

Rong Feiyan sighed in the carriage, looked at the wooden box on her knees, and nodded, "Well! The Chai family has been rich for generations. If they rent it, they will probably repair and maintain it. It will do no harm. Let's go!"

Xibu looked at Ningxiang on the other side and ordered the carriage to go home.

On the way,

Ningxiang glanced at Rong Feiyan and said:

"Girl, the lady didn't ask you for the right to manage the household. Now she's pregnant, you can hand it over later!"

"If you were still the housekeeper, you wouldn't have to pawn things to raise money."

Xibu glared at Ningxiang.

Rong Feiyan took a deep breath, patted the wooden box on her knees, and said, "How can a sister-in-law come in and the sister-in-law still be in charge of the family? Aren't you afraid of being laughed at?"

"Besides, my sister-in-law is the legitimate daughter of the Duke's Mansion. Even if she doesn't tell the Dou family, won't the maid who came with her as a dowry also not tell them? Wouldn't it be my brother who would be in trouble then?"

Xi Bu, who was standing by, nodded and said, "Girl, this is actually quite good! If we really rent this mansion, we will have to spend more than the money in the wooden box."

Rong Feiyan hummed, lifted the thick car curtain, looked at the house in the distance, and sighed slightly.

The sky is already dark,

Yong Yi Hou Mansion,

Backyard,
Xu Zaijing lifted the cotton curtain and hurried into the house, asking as he walked, "Mother, where is my sister? When did she arrive?"

Saying,

Xu Zaijing looked at his eldest sister Pingmei who was sitting with her two sisters-in-law and said with a smile, "Sister! You're back!"

Then Xu Zaijing bowed again and said, "Mother, sister-in-law."

After the three of them nodded, the tall Ping Mei stood up with a smile and waved to Xu Zaijing: "Come here, let me take a look at you!"

Pingmei had to raise her head to look at her younger brother who was walking towards her. Feeling that her younger brother had not changed much, Pingmei smiled with relief.

"Where is my nephew? You didn't bring him?" Xu Zaijing asked, looking around the hall.

"No, I'll be back soon!"

"Ah? Why are you so anxious?" Zai Zhang, who was following behind Xu Zai Jing, asked in confusion.

Pingmei smiled and said, "I have been staying here for so long since I arrived at my home in the morning to give gifts!"

Zai Zhang nodded.

"Your brother-in-law asked someone to send this stuff back from Xingqing Prefecture. See if you like it."

Pingmei finished speaking.

Zai Zhang walked aside, looked at the things in the gift box, and said, "Sister, Zai Jing and I are so old, why do you still like it!"

Seeing this scene, everyone in the hall laughed.

Pingmei pointed to a long silk-wrapped object on the table and said, "Xiaowu, this is a bow arm made for you by an ordnance craftsman from Baigao that your brother-in-law met in Dingzhou. He used the leftover materials."

Xu Zaijing looked surprised: "Huh?"

As he spoke, he walked forward and began to untie the silk while he said to the green grass on the side: "Go to the wooden house and get two bowstrings."

After untying the silk, Xu Zaijing looked at the thick bow arm wrapped in it, stroked it carefully, and nodded with appreciation in his eyes.

Pingmei on the side said:
"Oh, Xiaowu! These days, my mother-in-law said that there was a broken arrow in Ye'er's room! He even framed the broken arrow solemnly on a painting. Do you know what happened?"

Xu Zaijing, who was admiring the 'new toy', thought about it, shook his head hesitantly and said: "When he was in Beizhou, Erlang didn't use the bow and arrow much! Maybe the broken arrow has some special meaning to Erlang in Changyuan County?"

Hearing this, Pingmei nodded: "I see."

(End of this chapter)