Chapter 2065 Buying a House (2)
According to the agreed time, the mother and son followed Yaren to see the house.
The layout of the Wu family's house is the same as that of the Lin family, but the house is only two-thirds of the Lin family's house. The yard is less than half of their house and there is no well. The kitchen and wood-room are also very small, and there is no thatched house.
Le Wei looked at the walls and beams in the room carefully, while Le Shu accompanied Zhang Qiaoniang to look at the room one by one.
After walking around, Zhang Qiaoniang was very dissatisfied with the house, and frowned and asked the tooth: "How much does this house cost?"
"One thousand eight hundred taels of silver."
Zhang Qiaoniang glared at the angrily and said, "My house is almost twice as big as this one, and there is a well in the yard. When I bought it, it was only 1,650 taels of silver. It's not a good thing to have nothing in this house. You actually want 1,800 taels of silver. Aren't you cheating someone?"
Yaren laughed: "Auntie, are you joking? I dare not say anything else, but this house with a well in the area will start with two thousand five hundred taels of silver unless it is a haunted house. According to what you said, the house is almost twice as big as this one, and at least three thousand taels of silver will go up."
Zhang Qiaoniang said, "But we bought it for 1,650 taels of silver."
Leshu also looked at Yaman with a look of suspicion.
Yaren said with a good temper: "Auntie, even if it was 1,650 taels of silver ten years ago, I couldn't buy the house you mentioned. If you don't believe it, go around and ask."
Zhang Qiaoniang said, "I am the one in charge and I won't lie to me. This house is recorded in the name of my youngest son, and he doesn't need to lie to me."
Yaren was knowledgeable and did not doubt that Zhang Qiaoniang lied to him. He smiled and said, "If this is the case, then you will make a lot of money."
At this moment, Lewei walked out of the room.
Zhang Qiaoniang quickly pulled him and asked, "Awei, did they say how much this house costs when you went to ask?"
"Yes, one thousand eight hundred taels of silver."
Zhang Qiaoniang's eyes were almost glaring out and she said, "Our house is only 1,650 taels of silver. This one is far worse than our house and is even more than 100 taels of expensive. Are you careless?"
Le Wei said helplessly: "Mom, I didn't make random quotes, that's what the market is."
"What kind of market is like this, it is clearly price gouging."
Yaren doesn't like to hear this. She said, "I am an official, and our Yaren has clearly marked the price of these houses. If you don't want to buy it, you can just say it. Don't ruin our Yaren's reputation."
Le Wei quickly apologized to the other party: "I'm sorry, my mother rarely goes out and doesn't know the misunderstanding of the market of the house outside. Please don't bother with her."
If you haven't seen any kind of customer in Yaren, you will naturally not really care about Zhang Qiaoniang: "Although I am not in charge of your house, there must be a reason for you to buy it so cheaply."
Zhang Qiaoniang was unhappy and said, "What does it mean to have a reason? The house is very feng shui. After we moved in, our family became more and more prosperous."
Le Wei said helplessly: "Mom, don't yell here. It's true that our house can be so cheap."
Zhang Qiaoniang was shocked and said, "What's the problem with the house? Is it so dead?"
Le Wei shook his head and said, "What are you thinking about? We didn't buy that house ourselves, but my second sister bought it from the government."
After hearing this, Yaren laughed and said, "It turns out that I bought it from the government! Don't blame it for being so cheap."
After saying that, he looked at Le Wei with a eager look and said, "Boss Lin, what kind of business does your second sister do? She can actually buy a house from the government."
If you can buy a house directly from the government, you must be someone with connections and power.
Before Le Wei could meet, Zhang Qiaoniang asked, "What does it mean? Are the houses sold by the government cheaper than those sold outside?"
Yaman asked strangely: "Didn't your daughter tell you?"
Le Wei hurriedly explained from the side: "It's not my own sister, it's my second cousin."
After saying oh, the tooth said, "Then your cousin is really a Buddhist to you! Auntie, the house auctioned by the government is at least one-third cheaper than the ones outside. Because it is so much cheaper, it has been bought by officials, and ordinary people cannot buy it."
Zhang Qiaoniang looked at Le Wei and said nothing after seeing him nodding.
Le Wei looked at the tooth and said, "I want to go up to the roof again, can you see?"
Yaren's attitude was much more enthusiastic than before, and she smiled and said, "Yes, of course. I'm fine, I'll wait a moment, you can watch it slowly."
After checking the beams on the room, Le Wei pulled Leshu aside and said, "I have checked the walls of the room and the beams on the room. They have been well preserved and there is no damage. After buying them, you can just ask someone to paint the walls again."
"Brother, do you think this house is priced appropriate?"
Le Wei said softly: "The houses in this area are in this market. But I will talk to him about the price later. It should be a few dozen taels cheaper, but no matter how much you have, it won't be."
Leshu hesitated and asked, "Are there any cheap houses to buy?"
Le Wei sighed and said, "If we had a cheap house, we would buy it early, but we would still live in my younger house. You are not in the capital. I don't know that after the third sister is gone, my mother complained to my second sister and said that if she had helped the third sister, she would not die. For this reason, she even said that she would not let her enter our house. My second sister no longer cares about us."
Leshu was shocked: "Why didn't you tell me this big thing?"
"In the past, you were in Taifeng County, and you didn't know anything. But now that you have arrived in the capital, you should know these things. Okay, I will tell you carefully after you get home. Now tell me what you think about this house?"
Leshu nodded and said, "Brother, I think this house is pretty good. Since they have not made any random bids, let's buy it! Brother, you can pay the less money first, and then you will deduct it from my wages."
Le Wei replied: "Yes, I'll go to Yaxing to talk to him now, are you going to join me?"
"good."
When Zhang Qiaoniang heard that the two were going to go to Yaxing, she felt too anxious: "This house is still too expensive, let's take a look!"
Leshu said: "Mom, I think this house is pretty good, so I don't need to look at it anymore."
He really thought this house was good. He had arrived a few steps away from Zhang Qiaoniang and the others, and he would come if he had anything to do in the future.
Leshu, the one who bought the house, thought it was decided.
When Zhang Qiaoniang returned home, she muttered to Lu: "It's not that there is no place to live, so you can watch it slowly, and I don't know what to do in such a hurry?"
Lu said, "My brother-in-law likes this house, so he can buy it if he wants to."
Chapter completed!