I support my husband by running a stall

Chapter 81-91

Chapter 81

After Zhang Dong and Wan An moved to the inn, they did not rush to find a house. Instead, they first walked away from the relatives who were leaving, and then concentrated on finding a house.

Zhang Dong and Wan'an have lived in Huaishu Lane for half a year. Except for some annoying families like Wang Gui's family, they get along very well with other neighbors. They don't want to live anywhere else and have to reconnect with the surrounding neighbors. Therefore, they mainly look for houses in the surrounding areas centered on Huaishu Lane.

On this day, the two of them asked in Huaiye Lane if anyone wanted to sell a house nearby, and met Brother Wen who came to them specifically following the news.

"Brother Wen, why are you here?" Zhang Dong was surprised and happy to see Brother Wen. He and Brother Wen hadn't seen each other for several days since they moved out of Huaishu Lane.

"I heard someone said you were here, so I came here to find you. I have good news to tell you."

"What good news?"

"I heard someone say before that you were asking if anyone was selling a house nearby. It happened to be The family behind my house is planning to sell their house. That family lives in an elderly couple. The couple received a letter from their son a few years ago, saying that their daughter-in-law is pregnant. Let the old couple sell their house and move to Fucheng to live with them. "

"This old couple has lived in Huaishu Lane for forty or fifty years. His son and daughter-in-law have always wanted the old couple to move to Fucheng and live with them. They lived together, but the old couple got used to living in Huaishu Lane and were reluctant to move. In the past two years, their son thought that the house at home was old and dilapidated, and was worried that it would be inconvenient for the old couple to live there, so he spent money to move the old couple there. The house was demolished and rebuilt, and the old couple hired a rough lady. The old couple's daughter-in-law had not gotten pregnant for many years, but she finally got pregnant this time. The son persuaded them to sell the house again, and the old couple thought. I used to serve my daughter-in-law, but I don't plan to come back and live with my son, daughter-in-law, and the grandchildren I finally got."

"I've asked, and the old couple are ready to sell the house in their hands for eighty-eight taels. . That house is quite nice, with two large courtyards at the front and back. Each bedroom is paved with floor tiles, and the courtyard is also paved with stone bricks. The house backs onto the street, and you can go to the market just around the corner."

"Eight . Eighteen taels of silver!" Wan An and Zhang Dong were shocked when they heard this number. What house is so expensive? Eighty-eight taels can buy two small houses.

Wan An recited the number twice, and then said: "Eighty-eight taels, it's not too expensive to buy a big house."

Wan An wanted to buy a larger house, and he had preset the house in his mind The price is between fifty taels and eighty taels. If the house that Brother Wen mentioned is really worth eighty-eight taels of silver, this price is not unacceptable.

Wan An looked at Brother Dong, "Brother Dong, let's go see the old couple's house that Brother Wen mentioned?"

"Yes, okay." Zhang Dong nodded in agreement, "I heard Brother Wen just said It feels pretty good to talk about the condition of that house."

Under the guidance of Brother Wen, Zhang Dong and Wan An found the home of the old couple who wanted to sell the house. The old couple learned of their purpose and the old man was very happy. He happily took the three of them around the house while the old woman continued making dumplings in the kitchen.

The condition of this house is better than Brother Wen said. As soon as Wan'an entered the door, he noticed that the courtyard door of this house is a heavy wooden door, and the courtyard wall is higher than the courtyard walls of other people's homes. Wan'an is as tall as It is difficult to reach the top of the wall even if you raise your hands above your head. Others who want to climb into the yard from the outside can only use ladders or other people's help. Broken tiles are erected on the top of the wall to prevent Xiaoxiao.

The old man who showed them the house noticed that Wan An's eyes were always looking at the broken tiles on the wall, and explained with a smile: "My son and daughter-in-law were worried that it would not be safe for us, the old couple, to live at home. When we hired someone to build the house, , specially asked people to make the courtyard wall high, and put broken tiles on the top of the wall to prevent people from climbing over the wall and entering the courtyard. "

"That's great, old man, your son and daughter-in-law are really filial. The first look at this courtyard wall makes people feel. Very safe." Wan An happily talked to the old man.

"Yes, my son and daughter-in-law have always been very filial." No parent will be unhappy when they hear others praise their children for their filial piety, and the same goes for the old man. "I will take you to other places to see. If you If you think it's appropriate, we'll go to the county government today to register the house in the names of you and your wife."

"Okay, please."

Wan An and the other three followed the old man and started looking at the front yard. The house is built with blue bricks and stone tiles. It has two front and back yards, with three pomegranate trees planted there. The front and back yards are paved with stone tiles. The front yard is only paved with floor tiles and a stone road leading to the courtyard gate and the backyard. On both sides of the stone road are vegetable gardens opened by the old couple. The entire backyard is paved with stone bricks. Even the door of the toilet in the corner is paved with stone bricks.

There is a bedroom, two utility rooms, a toilet and a small kitchen in the front yard. There is a well at the door of the small kitchen. There was a rough lady living in the front yard. The old couple decided to go to Fucheng to find their son and daughter-in-law, so they sent the rough lady away. The backyard is where the old couple lives. It has a main room, three bedrooms, a large kitchen, a woodshed, a toilet, a bathing room and a utility room. It is located in the "kou" shape with the row of houses in the front yard. There is also a well at the door of the kitchen. The bedroom and bath room are both paved with floor tiles. There is also a small bath in the bath room that can accommodate two adult men. The old man said that when you want to take a bath, you can use the stove outside the house. The Taiwan fire heats the water in the bath directly. After washing, you can remove the plug at the bottom of the bath to drain the water.

Wan An and the other three were shocked when they saw the stone bath. What does the old man's son do? You are so willing to spend money to build a house. The doors and windows are all made of good materials. The tables, chairs and benches are also made of good wood. Even the roof ridges are decorated with stone carvings with good meanings. Now there is actually a bathtub made of stone in this house. ? ! Just a bathtub made of stone is worth a lot of money, right? !

The old man was used to it when others were surprised that he had a bathtub in his house, so he led the three of them to visit other places in the house.

Zhang Dong and Wan An followed the old man around the entire house. After the tour, they had only one thought - spending eighty-eight taels of silver to buy this house is not expensive. There are people who are rushing to buy this house for one hundred taels of silver. want.

"Old man, do you and your wife really plan to sell such a nice house for eighty-eight taels of silver?" Wan An asked the old man uncertainly.

"I will sell it for eighty-eight taels of silver. This number has good meaning and is auspicious."

Wan An had nothing to say. It was the first time he saw someone decide to sell such a good house just because the number "eighty-eight" was good. Sell ​​it at a low price.

Wan An and Zhang Dong looked at each other. Wan An saw the uncontrollable love for this house in Brother Dong's eyes. He turned to the old man and said, "Old man, my husband and I also think this house is good. We have Enough money. Let's see when you two have time. Let's go to the government office and put the house in our name."

"I'm free now. I'll go to the county office with you, so my old lady won't have to work hard anymore. Come with us. Now, maybe we, the couple, can have Lantern Festival with our son and daughter-in-law on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month." When the old man learned that his house was finally sold, he couldn't wait to go to the county government to transfer the ownership. He didn't want to wait any longer for the house. "You three wait for me here. I'll go in and get the title deed and house deed."

"Okay!"

Finally, they were going to have their own house, and Wan An and Zhang Dong couldn't help but feel excited.

While waiting for the old man to come out with the land deed and house deed, Wan An was wandering in the yard when he suddenly noticed an inconspicuous little door on the wall on one side of the house with the kitchen, which was locked. The three of them had just followed the old man. When we were at the house, no one noticed that there was a small door here.

Wan An curiously asked the old woman who was making dumplings in the kitchen what was going on with the small door on the wall of the courtyard.

"Hey?!" At this time, Zhang Dong and Brother Wen finally discovered the existence of the small door on the courtyard wall, "Wan'an, if you didn't tell us, we didn't find it, so why is there a door?"

"You didn't find it, The old man and I had forgotten the existence of that door. Behind this door is the shop where my old man and I started selling fried dough sticks when we were young. It has been open for decades. We, the old couple, also used this shop for our son to study for the imperial examination. About ten years ago, we, the old couple, closed the store and didn't rent it out. Over time, we forgot about it and kept it closed. Fortunately, you just noticed the door on the wall, otherwise we wouldn't have had it. After the old couple left, no one wanted this shop."

As soon as the old woman said this, Wan An and Zhang Dong suddenly became interested, and they were thinking of buying a shop.

"Mother-in-law, can you go and see your store? Our original plan was to buy a shop and do business after we bought the house."

Wan An continued what Brother Dong said, "Old mother-in-law, your shop For sale? If the location is good, my husband and I are going to buy the shop.

"Ah? Are you still planning to buy the shop?" Brother Wen's eyes widened, and he felt that it made sense. in, "You should buy a shop. The spot at the entrance of the alley has been occupied by Wang Gui and the newly moved short fat man. If you go to set up a stall at the entrance of the alley, you may be easily bullied by them. After buying a shop, you will do what you want. You don't need to see the annoying faces of Wang Gui and that short fat man in your business."

Zhang Dong nodded in agreement, "Yeah, let them compete for each other's business. Wan An and I don't want to have anything to do with them anymore. It's involved."

The old woman and the old man who just came out of the room heard that they were planning to buy a shop, and they were happy to show them their small shop.

"I told you in advance that my shop is a bit small, only half the size of a bedroom, but the location is pretty good and it's easy to get home. You can usually get home in two steps. If you think it's okay, I'll ask my old man to find it. Let me open the small door and take you to the shop."

Zhang Dong and Wan An had no objection. "We are doing a small business and we don't need a big store."

"Okay." The old woman turned to ask someone to get the key. "Old man, go into the house and find the key to the small door and the key to the shop, and take the three of them to the shop."

The old man went into the house and found the key to the small door and the shop, and used the key to open the door. The rusty iron lock opened the door, and what everyone saw was an open space covered with weeds surrounded by three walls. The open space was about the size of two rooms, and you could vaguely see it among the weeds. There are rotten trolleys and broken iron pots, and at the end of the open space is a small, locked blue brick house.

Wan An pointed to the open space in front of him, "Old man, this place also belongs to your shop?"

The old man said: "Well, it used to be a place for storing sundries. Later, the shop was not opened, and this small yard was abandoned. "

The old man led the three people to the small house and unlocked the shop door with the key in his hand.

As soon as he opened the door, a heavy smell of dust hit his face. Even though Zhang Dongdang's throat was itchy, he covered his mouth and began to cough violently. His waist was bent due to the cough, and it was hard to breathe for a while. Wan An saw He immediately hugged him and ran to the door quickly to put him down, patting his back with his hand to calm him down. Brother Dong hadn't coughed for a long time and he almost forgot that the doctor said that Brother Dong shouldn't be in dusty places. The warning to wait.

Brother Wen and the old man were also frightened by this unexpected situation, and followed them into the yard worriedly.

Arriving in an open place, away from the thick dust in the shop, Zhang Dong coughed for a while and then stopped, breathing heavily, trying to get fresh air into his lungs.

Zhang Dong waved his hand to signal Wan An not to pat him on the back again, stood up straight and tried to calm his breathing.

"Okay, I'm fine. Go in and take a look at the store. I'm just standing at the door and won't go in."

The way Brother Dong looked just now was really scary to death. Brother Wen was worried. He asked: "Brother Dong, are you really okay? Do you want to go to the hospital and let the doctor take your pulse?"

Zhang Dong smiled at Brother Wen, "I'm really fine. I was just unprepared for a moment and asked the doctor to check your pulse." The dust inside filled my throat. I'm much better now. You go and see the shop."

"I'll stand outside with you. We haven't seen each other for a long time. Let's talk today." He should have left when he led Brother Dong and his wife to the old couple's house. Now he is following along to watch the fun. It doesn't matter whether he can go in or not to see the shop. When Brother Dong and his wife buy the shop, he will There will be plenty of opportunities to watch in the future, so why not stand outside the shop and talk to Brother Dong.

Wan An repeatedly confirmed that Brother Dong was fine before following the old man into the shop. When they were looking at the shop, Zhang Dong stood at the door of the shop, talking to Brother Wen, and looking at the whole shop, trying to make the whole shop look better. The situation is in full view.

Wan An stood in the center of the shop and looked at the entire shop. The shop was indeed quite small, but it was not as small as the old couple said. It was about the size of an ordinary country room. He could see everything in the shop at a glance. Outside the door was In the bustling street, shop doors can hardly block the lively hawking and shouting outside.

While Wan An was looking at the shop, he was calculating the cost of repairing the shop in his mind. After calculating the approximate cost, he turned around and asked the old man what price he planned to sell the shop at.

The old man made a sign of ten and then made a two with his hands, "I have also been to the stall you set up in the alley to buy sesame cakes. We are all neighbors. I will give you a cheaper one. Just give me twelve taels of silver. It is just right. The previous eighty-eight taels of money to buy a house is enough to make up one hundred taels, so just give me a one hundred tael silver note."

Wan An nodded directly and took out the one hundred tael silver note from his pocket and handed it to the old man.

"I won't wait for the two of us to go to the county government office to sign the transfer deed before giving you the banknote. I will give you the one hundred taels of silver banknote now. We will leave this door in a while and go directly to the county government office."

"Sure . !" The old man was also happy, and he took the banknote and put it in his arms, "Let's go now."

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less than an hour, Zhang Dong and Wan An got the house and shop deeds. With the land deed, they had both a big house and a shop. Wan'an handed over the land deed and house deed to Brother Dong and asked him to guarantee it.

The old man who had settled his major concerns walked out of the county office, looked at the young couple in front of him, and asked them to go to the house on the tenth day of the first lunar month. In the next few days, they would pack their luggage and take a boat to Fucheng to reunite with their son and daughter-in-law. As for the tables, chairs, benches, pots, pans and other things in the house, the couple will not take them away, leaving them all behind. As for what to do with the things left by the couple, it is up to them.

The news that Zhang Dong and Wan An bought a house and shop also reached the ears of people living in Huaishu Lane through Brother Youwen's mouth. Chubby and Wang Gui's family also heard the news.

When Wang Gui's family heard the news, their expressions were very bad, especially Wang Gui's expression was even more ugly. He didn't expect that he had always wanted to fight Wan An and his wife, but they just ignored him and just patted his butt clean. They moved out quickly and spent money to buy a house and a shop. His tricks of calculating people were of no use to them.