Chapter 65

Because the Lin family had more than one thousand taels of silver, the purchase of a house in Beijing was officially put on the agenda. It happened that uncle Lin had an old friend who had been working in the Housing Department of the Ministry of industry. His mother asked him to do it.

Uncle Lin didn't expect that his sister-in-law was so rich. Two months ago, she had just bought dozens of acres of land and a room of servants. It's only a few days. Now she wants to buy a house. He asked, "it's a good idea to buy a house in Beijing, but the house price is not cheap."

Lin's mother thought awkwardly for a while, and said the excuse she had already thought of: "if I don't hide from my elder brother, I'm useless. In the past, I had to rely on my relatives to help me, that is, I would be able to read books safely. If not, you can't let leisurely be a servant girl for so many years. It's just that leisurely is a kind-hearted child. He took the initiative to collect 600 liang of the silver he had saved over the years and the embroidery money he had sold in recent months for me to buy a house. It's my intention to be a sister, though I don't want her hard-earned silver. But she said that Enron is her mother's greatest dependence. Now she helps her younger brother. In the future, when Enron is successful, she can also help her. That's what I should do. "

"That's true. As long as Enron can go a step further, the leisurely marriage will go a step further." The eldest aunt was also helping. It seems that she underestimated the niece, so she took out 600 taels of silver to buy a house for her brother. No wonder people say that "I'd rather marry a servant girl". It's just a servant girl. With only a few years of hard work, I can save this private house. In addition to the brilliant sewing skills and the way of doing things, we will not worry about finding a good husband in the future. Big aunt suddenly thought of his mother's nephew, two years older than leisurely, and now she is a serious scholar. His grandfather is also a serious family background, his mother also has two or three hundred acres of land, life is not bad. Even his elder sister-in-law is very ambitious and wants to find a girl of all kinds. I don't know if leisurely can enter her eyes.

Seeing that Lin's mother was so sincere and the money was ready, uncle Lin said, "in that case, I'll find someone to help you find out. I just don't know where my sister-in-law wants to buy it? "

Lin's mother said, "we have small families. We don't have to go to those big families in the east city, but the south side is a bit too chaotic. I thought if I could find a clean yard more than ten miles away from the Imperial College. It doesn't need to be too big. It's only enough to have two rooms in ten or twenty. "

They were all close relatives. Since uncle Lin had been entrusted by his sister-in-law, he changed his clothes and went to the Housing Department Yamen in the capital the next day. The housing department is equivalent to the Modern Housing Management Bureau, which is in charge of all the housing transactions and the leasing and maintenance of some houses in the capital. Although it is subordinate to the Ministry of industry, it also has its own separate office.

His good friend surnamed Jiang is now the treasurer of the Housing Department of zhengqipin. He is a small leader. Although his official position is not big, he is rich in oil and water, so he is not willing to change places at leisure. Seeing his old friend coming, he invited him to his room and asked someone to bring tea.

After listening to Uncle Lin's intention, Jiang Siwu said with a smile, "I thought it was a big deal? It's all up to me. But it's a coincidence that you're here. A while ago, a minister of the Ministry of official had just been dismissed. With a group of officials, large and small, going out or dying, many people want to sell their houses. A few big ones have been robbed long ago, and the remaining small ones are not small enough for those rich families. Ordinary people can't afford to buy them, so they are shelved there. Your nephew is my nephew. Since our family want to buy it, it's easy to discuss. "

After that, he took out a thick book from the cupboard and pointed it out to Uncle Lin from room to room. "This set is on the edge of the east city. Although it's smaller, it's in the most prosperous area of the east city. It's only a few hundred meters away from Zhuque Street. It's a house with two rooms. There are twelve rooms, and the price is five hundred Liang. "

Uncle Lin shook his head. "It's too small. My nephew hasn't married yet. This house is enough to live in now, but how can I live when he's married and has children? What's more, he has to take the imperial examination now. Such a prosperous area is not conducive to meditation and study. "

"Let's see this one again. It's in the West City..." Jiang said several more. Finally, uncle Lin chose two of the houses that he thought were more suitable. When he went back, he talked to leisurely's mother and daughter. One of the two houses is in the north of Guozijian. It's only five or six miles away from Guozijian. There are two and a half houses in the house. There are sixteen houses in total. The house is a little dilapidated. If you want to live in it, you have to clean it up carefully. But the house is cheap. It costs only four hundred taels of silver.

The other is in the south of Guozijian, more than ten miles away. It's a three-way house, with more than 20 houses, complete with inverted seats and shadow walls. Moreover, the former owner has just renovated the house, which is relatively new and has most of the furniture. But the asking price is also high. The asking price is 852.

The two of them looked at each other and said with a leisurely smile, "it's a bother for my uncle, but it's not a trivial matter to buy a house. If you can see it with your own eyes, you can rest assured."

Uncle Lin nodded, "what you said is very true. I've already expected that. Tomorrow, I'll take you two to those two houses."

The next day, you ran and his wife went to the capital with Uncle Lin for a tour. In addition to these two sets, they also saw several other sets of houses introduced by Mr. Jiang. Finally, I chose the house with three entrants. One is that the house can be bought to live, without much trouble to clean up. Secondly, most of the people living around the house are officials of the Imperial College or teachers of a nearby Jingwen Academy. Jingwen academy is the examination room for candidates in Chunwei. Except for the year of Dabi, this place is quiet and peaceful, full of book fragrance. In future generations, a proper school district room. In the past, Meng Mu moved three times just to give her children a good learning and living environment? In this way, the more than 800 taels of silver is not too expensive.

Finally, under the mediation of Jiang Siwu, the other side offered another 50 liang of silver. The Lin family spent 800 taels of silver to buy the house, and the two families soon went to the Secretary for housing to sign a document. With the help of Mr. Jiang, everything went smoothly. Of course, after the event, Mrs. Lin had to thank Mr. Jiang for his kindness.

After the house is settled, leisurely can finally spread on the embroidery.