Mrs. Xing of the Red Chamber

After Li Mo had boiled the tea, he asked the maid on one side to pour him a cup of hot tea. After covering it with his hands to keep warm, he kept looking outside the car window at the side of the road where there were almost no pedestrians.

Outside the carriage, there were several stewards and servants of the Xue family who were riding horses. There were so many people who went to watch the house with them.

Li Mo only knew that after the carriage took a few turns, it arrived at a place that was relatively northward and where ordinary people in the capital lived. Someone outside the courtyard had been notified in advance and was waiting there.

Li Mo and the other two got out of the carriage after the steward of the Xue family said "here." At this time, the steward of the Xue family came forward very respectfully and introduced:

"Miss, Mrs. Jia, this is the first house we saw. The people living around this house are relatively well-to-do families. They live well, and the public security has always been good.

This house is a three-entry yard with two wells and a small garden. The owner sells it for 5000 taels, and if you rent it, it costs 30 taels a month, but it’s pretty good. Would you like to go in and have a look? "

Li Mo and the others have already screened the houses that they think are suitable for viewing in advance. If their expectations are too high, the three of them will not come to see them in person.

But if this house is bought, Li Mo and the others don't have so much money on the surface, and Xue's family is also short of money now, so it is impossible for them to pay in advance.

Since buying is impossible, renting is still possible, but 30 taels a month is not cheap. If there is no good income, it is not a good choice for long-term living.

Xue Baochai looked at Li Mo and Li Wan. The house now mainly needs their consent to settle down.

Li Mo glanced at Li Wan who was a bit at a loss, and said:

"Now that we're here, let's take a look first, we'll know if it's suitable or not."

Xue Baochai signaled the steward to lead the way, and agreed as he walked forward:

"Ma'am, you are right. Anyway, besides this one, we still have three candidates to look at. We can wait until we have seen all of them before making a decision. There is no need to make a decision right now. If you don't like all of them, I will let you look at them." They keep looking."

Li Mo watched Xue Baochai go forward, and immediately followed.

After walking into the house and looking around, Li Mo felt that the rent of this house was expensive on the one hand, and on the other hand it was a bit inconsistent with his idea of ​​wanting to live in a separate yard for each family.

Although the environment is good, but there is less private space, Li Mo doesn't like it very much. After the three of them read it once, they glanced at each other, mainly to see the meaning of Li Mo and Li Wan.

Li Mo looked at it, shook his head silently, and said:

"This house is good, but I want a house that can be lived separately. Although our first room and second room have not separated yet, we have to think about whether we can live together together!"

Li Wan also wanted to live in a small courtyard alone with his son, and he agreed with Li Mo's idea very much. He nodded in agreement and said:

"Well, Ma'am, what you said makes sense, and I think so too. Is there a house that doesn't need to be big, but there are houses that can live alone or separately."

Xue Baochai was not at all surprised that Li Mo and Li Wan had such thoughts. Everyone has been used to living in their own small courtyard for so many years. definitely.

So I looked at the steward of the Xue family. The steward was looking for a house these days according to the standards Li Mo and the others said. Even the house I just saw can be lived separately, but it is still relatively large. The rent may be a bit more expensive.

Those who saw Jia's family liked the kind of house with a small courtyard that can be separated from each other. After thinking about it, they stepped forward and said:

"Mrs. Jia's house, I thought about it for a while, but there is one that is more suitable, but the place is relatively small, and the decoration is not very good. It is a large yard where ordinary farmers live. The rent is not expensive, and it only costs a month. Five taels of silver, even if the location is relatively remote, it takes a long distance to go shopping, I wonder if you are interested in taking a look?"

Li Mo felt very good when he heard this, and asked with some interest:

"I don't know how long the journey you said is far away from shopping?"

Seeing that Li Mo was a little interested, the steward of the Xue family thought for a while and said:

"According to the average woman walking with two feet, it takes about an hour to walk. The house is also a house on the outskirts of the capital. This is the only way I know it after hearing someone mention it."

Li Wan was moved when he heard such a cheap rent, and asked hesitantly:

"Then I wonder how much money this house will cost if it is sold?"

The steward of the Xue family replied in a somewhat uncertain tone:

"Because it's still a house in a village on the outskirts of the capital, and the price is much cheaper than that in the city. It only costs five or six hundred taels of silver, which is not expensive."

Hearing this price, it is indeed not expensive. For the Jia family today, if they can live in a decent house, it is indeed a better choice.

Seeing that Li Mo and Li Wan both looked a little moved, although Xue Baochai didn't really want the Jia family to move out of the capital and live in the countryside, after thinking about the situation that the Jia family has been ransacked now, choose one that is closer to the capital. It is indeed a good choice to live in a place, so I did not object, saying:

"Then let's go over and have a look first, and if it's suitable, we might as well buy that house first!"

Sixty-seven thousand taels of silver, the Xue family can still squeeze it out. If it is like the house that cost more than 700 taels just now, Xue Baochai will have no choice but to help pay the rent for the previous few months at most.

Li Mo also had no opinion on this, and said:

"Well, let's go and have a look first!"

After saying this sentence, he glanced at Li Wan, and Li Mo continued:

"If we think it's appropriate, I will trouble Baochai to advance the several hundred taels of silver for us first. After a while, when everyone is more relaxed, let's slowly return the silver to the Xue family!"