Ordinary clear day

Chapter 110 Real Estate
Zhang Bao was pleasantly surprised, and hurriedly dismounted from his horse and went to greet him: "Lord Su, I haven't seen you in four or five years. Are you okay?" Chun'a said cheerfully, "I heard that your kid has been promoted and knighted in recent years. It's not easy."

Zhang Bao smiled wryly and said: "The official was promoted to a rank, but this title was given by the Lord Long Live for the sake of our old man, so there is nothing to be proud of. It is the lord's co-leader who really won it with his own ability. Zhang Bao admired him very much."

"Don't flatter me, it's just a coincidence. I haven't seen you for a few years. Are you so slippery?"

"Don't dare." Zhang Bao hurriedly changed the subject, "I heard that your lord is working in Tianjin now, but I didn't expect to meet you in Beijing."

Su Chun'edao: "I'm in Beijing on business, and I'll visit my daughter by the way. It's a happy event. My daughter has been married to Prince Kang's mansion for several years, and she finally gave birth to a son this year. I am a grandfather. Always check it out."

Zhang Bao hurriedly congratulated him, and said a few more auspicious words, but he waved his hands and said, "I don't expect that little grandson to have any great promise, I just hope that his mother and son are safe and happy."

After hearing this, Zhang Bao thought of the rumor that the son of Prince Kang was about to marry the daughter of a Mongolian prince as Zheng Fujin, so he knew that the future of the daughter of the Su family might have some concerns, so he stopped talking about it now, and turned around to see Su Chun The two people behind asked: "These two brothers are a bit strange, I wonder who they are?" After a pause, they looked at "Zhang Fei" and said: "This brother, you really have an extraordinary appearance."

Su Chun'a laughed and said: "You don't know him, he is Zhang Feihu, a newly promoted infantry academy, who was originally stationed in Fangshan, and has just been transferred to Beijing. To be honest, I thought my beard was already a member of the army. Crown, after meeting him, I know what is beyond the sky. The one behind is Mr. Bai Minliang Bai, who is a great military adviser." Then he introduced Zhang Bao to Zhang Bai and Zhang Bai.

The scholar-like Bai Minliang smiled slightly, and said: "I'm just a small clerk, and I can't be called a military adviser. Master Su praised me. I have heard of the virtuous name of Master Zhang Bao, and seeing it today is really three years old." You are lucky." Then he gave a salute.

Although this man speaks eloquently, his demeanor is generous, which is not annoying.Zhang Bao was also a scholar, so he felt that this person was quite right for him.He ordered Wang Er to lead the horse to the house first, leaving only Chang Gui, and then took the three of them to the nearby teahouse to sit down and talk.

After talking for a few words, he found out that Su Chun'a met Zhang Feihu when he was working in the Ministry of War. Because they both had famous beards, they hit it off right away.But Zhang Feihu was newly transferred to Beijing and planned to find a house in the outer city, but he was not familiar with the place. Su Chun'a had lived in Beijing for several years, so he volunteered to be a guide.

But they turned around a few times, but they couldn't recognize the way.Su Chun'a sighed: "I also came to Dashilan back then, how can it be as lively as it is now? People come and go, and there are so many shops. Our Lord Yuheng is really amazing."

Zhang Bao nodded, and asked again: "Why didn't the Zhang Military Academy buy a house in the inner city? It's close to the yamen, and it's more convenient to do business." Zhang Feihu smiled bitterly: "If I live alone, it's the same everywhere, but I There are also a large group of brothers who have been born and died together, and they must always be considered."

After Bai Minliang's explanation, Zhang Bao understood the reason.It turns out that Feihu is a very loyal person. He was born as a commoner. With his extraordinary martial arts and courage, he has achieved the fifth-rank military position today, which is considered outstanding.But there are more than a dozen brothers around him who have followed him for many years, and their military positions are not high.He brought all these people into the capital, and asked someone to arrange a place for them, hoping to live together as before. It happened that everyone was stationed in the outer city, so he simply found a large courtyard nearby.

Bai Minliang sighed with a touch of sentimentality: "Back then, more than 30 brothers worked hard together, but now they are dying and walking away. There are only a dozen left, and a few of them are still injured. I discussed with Feihu to make a decision. I will never leave any of them behind." Zhang Bao said solemnly: "You two are so righteous, Zhang Bao admires you."

Suchun waved his hand: "Why are you making such a serious disturbance? It's a good thing. It's a pity that the houses in Beijing are expensive, and there are a lot of them, and some of them even bring their families with them. It can't be accommodated in ordinary small yards, but You may not be able to afford a five-year-old mansion.”

When Zhang Feihu heard this, he also sighed, and his beard drooped down.Bai Minliang comforted: "Don't worry too much, first find a suitable place, if the place is spacious enough, three or four courtyards are also acceptable. If you really don't have enough money, you can sell the house in Fangshan, and you can change it. A lot of silver."

Zhang Feihu looked at him and said, "How can I do that? You built it with painstaking efforts, and you only lived there for two or three years. How can you sell it?" Bai Minliang smiled and said, "I want to assist you by your side anyway." , the brothers have all moved to Beijing, and the house is empty, so we might as well sell it and exchange some money for us.” Seeing Zhang Feihu sighing, he patted Zhang Feihu on the shoulder and said, “Ten years You are so indifferent, don’t you think I’m a brother?” Zhang Feihu let go.

Zhang Bao listened at the side, his heart moved, and he said: "To tell you the truth, I came out today to inspect a real estate nearby. It was originally assigned to me by my family, and it is also a five-in-one house. It's just that I don't want to live in it myself. You want to resell or rent it out. Why don’t you go with me, if you agree, it’s better than finding someone you don’t know.”

The three of them were very happy to hear that, and quickly agreed, and the group settled the bill and went to Zhang Bao's new house.When they learned that the house was located in "Yunju Temple Alley", they were very pleasantly surprised. It turned out that their residence in Fangshan was only ten miles away from Yunju Temple. It was really a coincidence.

After looking at the house, both Zhang and Bai felt very satisfied.This house is a traditional quadrangle courtyard with quadrangle courtyard layout. Apart from the main courtyard, there are six small courtyards in total. The front yard is huge, which can be used as a martial arts training ground, and there is also a large stable.The house does not have a garden, but some flowers and trees are planted at the corners of the courtyards.This style of house is very suitable for people from military background to live in.Zhang Bao thought that there were several large camps nearby, and he understood that Xingbao made the house like this on purpose.

Zhang Feihu asked the price excitedly, Bai Minliang also nodded and said: "This place is big enough, not far from the Xiaowei Camp, Front Camp, Back Camp and South Camp, and it is convenient for the brothers there to go back and forth. Although it is far away from the main road It’s really the most suitable place to go to the busy city but only needs a cup of tea.” He looked up at Zhang Bao, hesitantly: “It’s just that the price of such a nice and big house is not low, right? We can make a decision only when we have a certain number.”

Zhang Bao thought for a while, then asked them how much silver they had, and was a little disappointed when he learned that they could only take out more than 200 taels of cash.Based on the market price, this house costs at least 3000 taels.Although he has a good impression of Zhang Bai and Zhang Bai, he doesn't want to lose money too much.

Seeing his embarrassment, Bai Minliang said: "If your lord can be patient for a while, we should be able to raise enough money after we sell the house in Fangshan, but it may take a few months."

Zhang Bao thought about it, and thought it was okay, and was about to agree, but Su Chun'a interjected: "You have all used your money to buy a house, how can you settle down? I have an idea, the real estate in Fangshan, I was listening to you As mentioned before, it is very exquisite, and it is a five-entry mansion, and it can be worth two to three thousand. It’s just that if you are in a hurry to sell, it will be sold at a low price. Why don’t you ask Brother Zhang Bao if you are interested in that property? Yes, just exchange it directly, and you can make up some money, wouldn't it be a good match for both?"

Bai Minliang was thoughtful, and Zhang Bao was also a little moved, so he asked Fangshan what the house was like.

It turned out that when Zhang Bai and his brothers were in Fangshan, they thought they would stay there permanently, so Bai Minliang came forward to buy a piece of land on the side of the mountain and built a house, and a dozen people moved with their families. go in.This Bai Minliang was from a noble family, he had a deep hole in his chest, he made the courtyard like a garden.Coupled with the beautiful surrounding mountains and rivers, Zhang Feihu and others felt that they were living in a fairyland. If it wasn't for the more promising future in Beijing, some people would not want to move away.

Zhang Bao heard this, and immediately said: "Since that's the case, how about we wait until we go to Fangshan to have a look at another day, and then make a decision?" Both Zhang and Bai agreed, and it was decided that Bai Minliang would lead the way tomorrow.

Zhang Bao returned home and informed Tong about the incident.Tong Shi hesitated a bit: "Although Mr. Su is related to the old prince, he is actually similar to you in terms of official rank. Why do you have to sell his face?" When Zhang Bao heard this, he knew that his wife wanted to go wrong, so he said : "Ma'am, I misunderstood. I want to make this deal, not entirely because of Su Dabeard's face. Actually, I have some ideas and plan to live outside for a while. If the house is really good, it will be A good deal."

Tong was a little surprised: "What do you mean? Don't you plan to separate?" Zhang Bao then asked, "I'm not planning to separate. Do you know what's going on in the mansion recently?"

"Naturally, I know that my sister-in-law is rectifying housework, and many people have asked me to intercede."

"That's it." Zhang Bao looked outside and saw that there was no one, so he continued, "Brother and sister-in-law are the heads of the family, so naturally they hope that there will be no constraints. Although we have no intention of going against them, we can't keep that treacherous villain away." Take the opportunity to provoke, if the eldest brother and sister-in-law have ideas in their hearts, our hard-earned good days will be greatly reduced. For example, the sister-in-law wants to rectify the housework, and those who have suffered a loss come to you to help intercede. If you agree, once or twice Yes, sister-in-law won't say anything yet, she will inevitably get bored after a long time; but if you don't respond, those people will look down on you again and secretly trip you up, I'm afraid we will get bored in the future. "

Tong's mouth was slightly covered with a handkerchief: "That's true, but I've always been very careful. Even if I intercede for others, I have a sense of propriety, and I won't make my sister-in-law angry."

"I believe this. Two days ago, Baoding Zhuangzi sent some new gadgets. The sister-in-law asked you to pick them first, but you rejected them all. Later, you couldn't push them, so you chose one or two inconspicuous ones. It can be seen that you and my husband and wife are All in one mind, I want to get along well with the first room. But getting along well is difficult to live with. We are away all year round, and we have always had little contact with the family. You can see that the fourth child is very smart. Once the second room moves out, his husband and wife will pack their luggage I went to Xi’an Gate, and only stayed at home for a few days every three to five days. He spends more time with his eldest brother and sister-in-law than us, and he has done this, so we should be smarter.”

Tong Shi nodded: "You say that, and I understand. As long as we stay at home less, it will not be easy to quarrel with elder brothers and sisters-in-law." Zhang Baodao: "That's the reason. I don't have an official position now, and I spend all day At home, I have more or less contact with housework. The people below always like to divide into factions, and you fight with each other. Now that the second wife is not here, if they get our ideas, wouldn’t they be a problem for us? It’s better to avoid it .”

"But if we do this, aren't we afraid of being misunderstood as a separation?"

"It's not that we don't live at home, we come back to live for a few days every month. I plan to build a small village outside the city, treat it as a separate courtyard, and just live there to recuperate. Could it be that people like us can't even have a private courtyard?" Is there any?"

Tong Shi laughed, and after thinking about it, she also thought it was very good.Having been an official outside for a long time, she has long been used to being the master of the house.Although Sanfang's status in the Earl's Mansion has been greatly improved now, it is better to be a small family of its own.So she stopped objecting and went to help her husband prepare clothes for going out tomorrow.

While tidying up, Ermo came in and said, "The eldest lady has sent some new servants over. Please ask my wife to pick them out." Mrs. Tong said, "Tell them to wait outside. I'll go out after a while. Bring them back to me." Duan Ning Shuning called, they should pick some newcomers." Ermo agreed, turned and left.

Zhang Bao asked: "Why do you want to pick someone again? There are quite a few people in our room, right?"

"Some people were sent out from the mansion, and the second room took a lot of people away. There was not enough manpower. My sister-in-law asked a few familiar people to send them over. Now it's our turn to choose." Mrs. Tong took out two pieces. Put the coat on the couch, "I'm afraid it will be windy tomorrow, you can wear this, I'll go over and have a look first. We don't have enough people in the room, and the two girls in Duan'er's room are getting older, I'm about to let them out, Shu There is only Suxin by my side, and Xianer has to add someone to her place. Even if my sister-in-law doesn't send someone over, I would have gone outside to buy it." After she finished speaking, she lifted the curtain and went out.

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Recently, Shuning and her elder brother are teaching her two younger brothers—Xianning and Xiaobao—to read.

Xianning already has the foundation and is smart, so she will learn it soon. She is obediently practicing calligraphy and finished writing. Seeing that her sister is busy teaching Brother Xiaobao, she took the calligraphy to find her brother.

However, Shu Ning felt a little headache about Xiao Bao's situation.

This somewhat skinny boy was originally very playful. After his grandparents passed away, he suffered a few years and became restrained. He was always wary of outsiders.It was only when I saw my mother that I got better.After living in the mansion for a few days, he realized that the family was not fake, and his biological mother loved him very much, so he gradually relaxed.But he is almost nine years old now, and he has never read a book or practiced calligraphy. Although he played with wooden knives and wooden guns when he was young, he has never learned serious martial arts.That's not to mention, his memory is not very good, and when he was taught to learn something seriously, he always lost his mind after hearing a few words.Shuning already felt that she was at the end of her rope.

The only thing that gave her a little bit of comfort was that Xiaobao did well in arithmetic, not particularly outstanding, but at least above the average level.In the end, she decided that she would only teach Xiaobao how to write and read the Three-Character Classic, not any poems, songs, Fu, and a subset of classics and history, and just teach some arithmetic.As for basic education, no one really planned to teach this child to be an all-rounder like Duanning.

When Ermo went to inform Shuning, she was listening to Xiaobao reciting the nine-nine multiplication table, and when she heard that she was going to pick out some maids, she asked Xiaobao if she wanted to come with her.But Xiao Bao said: "Sister, go, I'm going to memorize this. Xian Ning met yesterday, I'm older than him, how can I lose to him?!" Shu Ning patted his head with a smile, and went straight .

In the yard, Mrs. Tong was looking at some thirteen or fourteen-year-old girls. When she saw her daughter, she called her over and said, "These girls are pretty good. They are pretty and talkative. Help me to see them. Here are some of them." Choose one or two for yourself and your brothers."

Shu Ning responded, and the prostitute at the side hurried up to tell her the history, age and specialties of those maids.After listening to a few words, Mrs. Tong saw Suyun came back, so she asked Mrs. Liu what to say.

Suyun said: "My aunt said she won't come. There is already one person in her room, but now there is another person with Brother Bao. It is enough to order. Please Madam choose it herself."

After hearing this, Mrs. Tong didn't force her anymore, just walked behind her daughter to see who she would pick.

(End of this chapter)