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Chapter 122 Bargaining
Seeing what Xiuniang said, Shen slapped the table angrily, muttering, swearing and swearing.

"Oh my mother, what a mother's breath. When no one wanted the dilapidated house before, it was begging grandpa to sue grandma to vacate the house. Now it is because I am looking for a big house, so I paid the price. Shout it to heaven."

Father Chu listened to him and asked, "Mother, we're talking about the room at the west end of the village. Why are you talking about Zhuzi? He's moving away soon..."

Mrs. Shen glared at Father Chu for a while, "What's wrong, what's wrong with that kid, you said we live in Xiayang Village at the moment, aren't we all in the same village? How can that kid ask for the price?" He is so tall, but I took good care of him when I was young!"

Father Chu was holding the cigarette stick, but he still couldn't understand. He looked at Chu Fu and his wife, and then at Xiuniang, "It's from the second family, which one is your mother-in-law talking about?"

Xiu Niang looked at Father Chu and smiled, and said to Shen, "Grandmother, the house we just mentioned used to be Zhuzi, but a few months ago, Zhuzi's father asked Zhuzi to sell the big house, because Zhuzi's father was an old carpenter in a big house, and the master of the family cared very little about his craftsmanship, so he was called to live in the big house."

Shen paused, "What? Your son is talking about the room at the west entrance of the village. This is not a pillar."

Xiuniang nodded, seeing Shen Shi languidly sitting on the chair, she secretly smiled, thinking that Shen Shi couldn't play the "Tongcun" card this time, otherwise she would run to find Zhuzi by herself, Shouting: They all belong to the same village, so sell the houses cheaper!

This time, Wen Shi suddenly said, "Oh, this is really weird."

Shen's face was sullen, and she said angrily, "Master, what's so strange about you?"

Wen smiled, "Mother-in-law, my siblings just said that the house was built with pillars, and I just remembered that when we came from Shangyang Village three or two months ago, hey, the siblings blocked the door and refused to let us in." The day we moved in..."

Father Chu frowned, "Well, old man, just say what you want to say, don't talk about it."

Wen Shi was not annoyed, she responded to Father Chu, then looked at Xiuniang, "Sister and sister, I remember that day my mother-in-law asked about the big house with pillars, but mother-in-law thought you and the second brother had already built the house. It's down."

Xiu Niang knew what Wen Shi meant, and she didn't care, "Yes, Chu Ge and I were going to buy it, and my mother-in-law asked about it that day, but didn't I say it later, that house is from a foreigner. It's done... Well, it seems that the second uncle asked in person in front of everyone, what's the matter?"

Wen smiled and said, "Hey, it's nothing. I just feel weird. The big house called Zhuzi was bought by someone from a foreign country, but now it's in the hands of my younger siblings again." ?”

Xiu Niang looked at her with a ignorant expression on her face, "Oh, yes, why did this big house come into my hands?"

Wen Shi watched Xiu Niang pick up the words, but she just didn't respond, she couldn't continue talking, she looked at Shen Shi, "Mother-in-law, tell me, why is this big house that someone else bought and sold transferred to us? Is it in my own hands?"

Shen Shi was already annoying Wen Shi, but now that she heard what she said, she wanted to ask her in her heart.

She cleared her throat and said to Xiu Niang, "Well, the second son's family, you just tell me, who did you sell the big house with the pillars to, why is it going to be bought and sold again after half a month? There's nothing tricky about it."

Xiu Niang listened and smiled, "Mother-in-law, is there anything tricky here? It's just that they took over the big house from Zhu Zi at that time, didn't they just want to get a cheap price? Now we want to find a big house. At the price they said, Aren't you also thinking about earning some money?"

"Hey, brother and sister, you can see through the doorways here, so tell me, how did they find you?"

Most of the people in the house understood what Wen said. It stands to reason that Father Chu and Chu Fu bought the house. Everyone in this village knows it. If it's not on Xiuniang's head, then Chugo is still in front of her.

Xiu Niang glanced at Wen Shi, "How did the owner of this house find me..."

Seeing that Xiuniang hadn't spoken for a long time, Wen's mouth twitched, "That's right, why did the owner of the house find you?"
Xiu Niang smiled, and said to Chu Fu, "Then I have to say it's the big brother's luck, I remember that before Chu Ge and I went to the town to buy rice noodles, and I took two baskets of eggs to the grocery store by the way. I happened to talk about it with the shopkeeper's mother-in-law, and the mother-in-law said that her relatives have a big house in Xiayang Village, and they planned to move to the village next year, but they changed their minds , I am asking her to help find a buyer."

Wen looked at Xiuniang suspiciously, and thought about it, "Could it be a coincidence, the house that the woman mentioned is the big house called Zhuzi? That day you went to pick up the eggs and talked to the aunt, it was a coincidence I just gave you the house?"

Xiu Niang raised her eyebrows, "Yes, it's just a coincidence."

Wen Shi listened for a while, pursed her lips, she really had nothing to say, who told her that she couldn't find a fault in Xiu Niang's words, she couldn't go to the town to sell every grocery store. Ask again.

Shen looked at the scene, she turned to look at Father Chu, "Father, what do you think?"

Father Chu stared at the ground, took a puff of cigarette, and thought to himself, although the houses of old Zhangtou and Lao Wangtou are only ten taels of silver, but they are two single-family houses, and the house of Zhuzi’s house is expensive Some, but it's a large courtyard anyway, it's much more cost-effective than those two households...

He thought about raising his head, and said to Xiu Niang, "Well, the second child's family, what you said, uh, no, can you still negotiate the price that the woman in the grocery store said?"

Xiu Niang smiled, "Elder-in-law, if I can bargain, can I negotiate a good price for you and mother-in-law?" It's not like she didn't ask before setting this price, 20 taels of silver for a big house is definitely not expensive of.

Father Chu put the cigarette holder to his mouth, turned to look at Chu Fu and his wife, and said, "Boss, boss, this is the room you two want, you two can make up your own mind."

Chu Fu listened to Father Chu's words. He glanced at Wen Shi and responded. He was about to open his mouth to speak, but Wen Shi stopped him.

Wen Shi shook Chu Fu with her shoulder, and she spoke first herself. She stroked her stomach and said to Father Chu, "Elder-in-law, if it's one or two, it's okay, Chu Fu and I will get along right away." I took it out, but now my brother and sister want 20 taels, how can we husband and wife have so much money?"

Xiu Niang listened with a smile, "Sister-in-law is really joking, the big house is not mine, and the 20 taels of silver is not called by me, it was the price that the owner said, I didn't add a word, I will bring the original words to you, but if this matter is completed, and my sister-in-law wants to give me some money as a thank you, then I will not shirk it."

Wen frowned, looking at Xiu Niang, this woman really dared to speak up, she dared to come to ask for credit and gift money for this big house business.

She chuckled, "Hey, look at what my siblings said, we are all one family, if you really find a big house for me and Chu Fu, then I will miss you in this gift money what?"

Xiu Niang said "Oh", looked at Wen and said, "Then what the sister-in-law said is what makes you 'satisfactory'?"

Wen smiled, "Hey, my brother and sister are so smart, why do you want me to talk about it? Isn't what I'm talking about is the price of the big house? If the woman can lose eight or nine taels, then It's so beautiful."

Xiu Niang looked at her and said, smiling, "Sister-in-law is joking again, thinking of good things."

Wen Shi pursed her lips, and smiled at Xiu Niang, "Hey, how about this, brothers and sisters, Chu Fu and I really don't have much money in our savings, and it's scattered here and there, adding up to eight or nine taels... ..."

She glanced at Mrs. Chen, and continued, "Look, brother and sister, we can't let our parents-in-law have no land to live in. I will take out all the money this time, and you will take care of the rest, how about it?"

Xiu Niang smiled, "Sister-in-law, if you have no money, then I will have no money, ah, but three months ago, when there were only four people in the family, Chu Ge and I still had a little bit of money in our hands." It's..." What she said meant that after Wen and the others came, they would have no money.

Wen's complexion changed, he cleared his throat, and turned to look at Chu Fu, probably thinking about what to say.

Mrs. Shen and Father Chu were sitting in the middle. They listened to what Xiuniang said, and they also looked at each other with sullen faces and didn't say anything.

Xiu Niang saw that everyone was silent, and she didn't respond to her own words. She was tired of washing and cooking all day long, so she sat down to rest now.

After a while, when Wen Shi and the others figure it out, they will get the ten or so taels of silver. It is right to let her wait now, because out of the 20 taels of silver she just quoted, a dozen or so taels of silver were added by herself. of.

No, it will be Chinese New Year in half a month. She must find some spare money to repair the house at home. Anyway, the big house in Zhuzi is also vacant in her hands, so she might as well exchange it for some broken silver.

In fact, earlier, when she asked Shopkeeper Tian to help buy the big house in Zhuzi, she was also thinking about moving there, and then sold the room she lives in now, but after thinking about it, she and Chu Ge couldn’t live in the big house in Zhuzi either. , and if this small house is sold, it is estimated that it will be only seven or eight taels. It is better to sell the big house to Wen's, so that there will be more money.

I remember that at that time Zhuzi’s family was in a hurry to move away, and the price offered by the big house was low. If she made a move then, she might let others arrange it. In terms of sympathy, I bought that nice big house with a few bucks...

This is just like what Chu Ge said before, if this big house is sold for a low price, they will definitely feel uncomfortable, and they will become more and more angry after thinking about it, then you still expect to hear what is good from them Come on, that's why she was thinking about getting shopkeeper Tian's help at that time...

The moon was hanging high outside, and Xiu Niang was already a little sleepy. She saw that the people in the room were quiet, and everyone was so exhausted that they didn't speak.

She thought about standing up, she didn't have the time to spend with the family, "Father-in-law and mother-in-law, if you don't think it's suitable, I'll tell the owner tomorrow that I don't want to."

(End of this chapter)