Zhang Yun's ancient life

Early the next morning, Uncle Guan took Zhang Yun out in a carriage, and the two of them walked along the town from west to east to look at the houses.

After looking at more than a dozen houses along the way, Zhang Yun was not very satisfied. He always felt that there was something wrong with those houses, so they went back and forth all morning, but they still found nothing.

At noon, both of them were very hungry, so they went to a noodle shop casually, ordered some food, and ate voraciously. When they were full, they returned to the carriage, and Uncle Guan turned to Zhang Yun while driving the carriage. Said: "Brother Yun, you have been shopping all morning and you still haven't found a satisfactory one. It's not an option to wander around like this. I don't think it's better than this. Let's go to a few mile chiefs first to have a look. There are Anyone who wants to sell a house must go to the house of their respective chiefs to register first, so as to prepare for future changes in the house deed, we will go there to find, and we will always find what you want."

Zhang Yun thought for a while and felt that what Uncle Guan said was reasonable, so he nodded and agreed, "Okay, let's go to the village chief."

The carriage drove all the way to the nearest home of Xu Lichang. After Xu Lichang knew their purpose, he took out a rectangular wooden box from the wooden cabinet, and took out a stack of papers from the box and handed it to Zhang Yun, saying: " These are some registrations of houses to be sold in our town recently, you can see if you are satisfied."

Zhang Yun took the papers from the head of the village, and read them carefully. The information registered on the papers is very detailed, from the location, to the house type, to the construction time of the house and to the selling price. There are signs on it. Those who were interested picked it out and put it aside, preparing to study it carefully for a while, but they were attracted by a strange house deed.

It was a house deed for a second-entry small courtyard. The house was not very big, and the location was not the best, but the price was frighteningly high. It cost 280 taels of silver. Zhang Yun was very curious. He didn't understand why such a house should be sold. For such a sky-high price, you must know that there was no such thing as house speculation in ancient times.

So Zhang Yun pulled out the house deed, walked to Xu Lichang's side and asked, "Lichang, what's wrong with this house, why do you have to pay such an expensive price?"

Xu Lichang turned his head to look at the house deed in Zhang Yun's hand and said: "That courtyard was originally a separate courtyard of Yuanwai Liu's family. Although the courtyard is not big, it is quite famous. When it was built, it was specially designed by someone. , the inside of the room is a kang that can only be found outside the Guan, and it is very warm in winter. The furniture inside is made of high-quality red pine wood by hired people, and the decorations inside are also selected by Mr. Liu himself. They are all high-quality goods. Later, when the Liu family committed a crime, the yard was confiscated, and all the furnishings were taken away and sealed up. Only some large pieces of furniture that were difficult to move were left behind, and they were put up for sale together with the small courtyard. .”

Zhang Yun was very moved by the village head's answer, so he asked, "Since this house is so good, why didn't anyone buy it?"

Xu Lichang listened to Zhang Yun's question and smiled and said: "280 taels of silver is not a small amount, ordinary people can't afford it, and those who can afford it have too small a yard to live in, that's why I paid for it." up to now."

Zhang Yun thought for a while after listening to the chief's answer and asked, "May I have a look at this courtyard?"

After hearing Zhang Yun's words, the village chief turned his head and said, "Why, Brother Zhang is interested in this small courtyard?"

Zhang Yun nodded and said, "Yes, I want to go and have a look. If I like it, I will buy it."

After hearing Zhang Yun's answer, Li Chang Xu said cheerfully, "Okay, I'll take you there to have a look."

The small courtyard was not too far from the home of the head of the village. Zhang Yun and the others walked there for about a quarter of an hour. The head of the village took out the key and opened the door, and Zhang Yun walked in.

Walking into the courtyard, you will see neat blue brick and tile houses. There is a lobby in the front, and two wing rooms on the left and right. You can see a small garden around the main hall. In the garden, a thick grapevine is planted with branches and leaves. It is luxuriant, covered with green grapes, and the vines cover half of the garden. There is a moon gate behind the vines, through which you can reach the backyard. There are three main houses in the front, and there are two wing rooms in the east and west. There is a garden about an acre in size behind the two wing rooms, which is now covered with weeds, and it is unclear what it was used for.

Zhang Yun went to the main house again and saw that there were wooden cabinets, tables, chairs and furniture inside. He only needed to fill in some soft and small things to live in. He walked around the house a few times and was very satisfied. Xu Lichang said: "I want this small courtyard, when will I pay for the deed?"

Xu Lichang heard the words and said: "It's not up to me. The house is only registered with me. The deed is still in the yamen. If you want to buy it, you can go there."

Hearing this, Zhang Yun thanked Chief Xu and returned home with Uncle Guan.

On the second day, before the sun rose, Zhang Yun got up and hurried all the way to the county government. After buying 10 mu of paddy fields and 20 mu of dry land, he rushed back to the town with a pile of house deeds and land deeds.