Chapter 192 This is my home from now on

The two of them ate the sesame cakes while the carriage slowly moved along and soon arrived at the west of the city.

The first house is located in the south-west part of the city. It is convenient from the brokerage firm, but a bit far from the Zhenwei Marquis Mansion.

Moreover, due to the influx of a large number of powerful people who occupied land and built houses, the good houses in the west of the city had already been occupied. The house they were looking at was built by filling in a muddy pond where local residents had discarded their garbage.

Because the mud pond is curved and long, and there are houses all around it, after the land was taken to build the house, not only was the yard irregular, but the house was also narrow and long. Although it had two entrances, the interior was extremely cramped and depressing, even worse than the house they stayed in last night.

Although I don't care about Feng Shui or anything like that, I feel uncomfortable if I'm too depressed.

Li Yaoguang walked around and found that the sun could not even shine into the house, so he decisively gave up this place without even asking the price.

Wu Jingji also guessed that the girl did not like this house, but in the entire west of the city, this was the only one left for sale and there were no other ones. If she gave up this one, there would only be one other house that met her requirements.

The two of them rode non-stop from the west to the north of the city, but they did not pass by the gate of Zhenwei Marquis' Mansion. However, what a damn coincidence that this house was just across the street from the back door of the side courtyard where her aunt's family was currently staying. She only discovered this when she happened to pass by and saw that the person coming out of the back door was a familiar face from the Marquis' Mansion.

Without even looking at it, Li Yaoguang was already satisfied.

After entering this small courtyard with two entrances in the north of the city, Li Yaoguang was quite satisfied.

The yard here is not big. It is located in the northwest corner of Yuhang City. It goes through Tongluo Street connecting the west of the city to Luogu Street, and goes east along the street. After passing more than a dozen shops on the street, there is a ginkgo tree at a corner of the three-way intersection. From the alley under the tree, go west for about 300 meters. At the corner where the alley turns north, behind the two black painted door panels is the place they want to see.

Pushing the door open, Li Yaoguang looked at the sun in the sky, and then listened to Wu Jingji beside her begin to explain to her.

"Look, niece. This courtyard is facing south. Do you see the jujube tree on the left side of the door? The well under the tree is deep and has sweet water. If you live here, you can save a lot of money on buying water every day.

The three houses next to the well are the kitchen, storehouse and woodshed, and the three rooms corresponding to the three houses are the first entrance of the yard;
This used to be the courtyard where a scholar lived. It was built in a rather elegant style. Whether it was the front yard or the back yard, the previous owner had planted a lot of flowers and plants, and also used some Taihu stones for decoration. Although it is not as luxurious as a mansion, it is still interesting. If you look at the front yard, there is a bedroom on the left, a living room in the middle, and a study on the right. The furniture and things inside are still there...

Come, niece, follow your uncle and walk this way."

Li Yaoguang looked at them one by one as Wu Jingji pointed out, nodding as he looked, and he also felt that the courtyard in front of him was very nice. Then he followed Wu Jingji to the right hand side of the entrance, that is, to the alley behind the study on the east side of the first entrance. After passing through the first entrance, he saw the second entrance inside.

"Niece, look again. This entrance has one more room than the front one, four rooms in a row. It used to be where the women lived. Look, this courtyard is also nice. There's a row of wisterias on the corner over there, and there's a swing underneath, haha."

"Well, it's very nice." Li Yaoguang looked at it and nodded secretly. In fact, he had already fallen in love with this yard.

Since they were family, Wu Jingji pushed open the doors of each house to let Li Yaoguang see the layout of the house. Seeing Li Yaoguang's satisfied expression, Wu Jingji pointed out the disadvantages of the house. "But niece, although this yard looks good on the outside, it is not without disadvantages. Come with me and see. There is only a palm-sized area behind the second house. A few steps away is the wall of the neighboring house. Although it is built high to block the view of outsiders, because of this, the sunlight cannot penetrate through the back window, and the light is not very good. It is damp and gloomy when living in the rainy season."

Li Yaoguang followed and turned around, and saw that there was a high wall half a meter away from the back of the house. Just as Wu Jingji said, the sunlight could not shine through the back window. But it didn't matter, as the house faced south and there was enough sunlight in the front.

After a careful look, she found that the house was well waterproofed. The foundation of the house was higher than the ground, and the palm-sized ground at the back was paved with bluestone. There was also a gutter under the eaves. If it rained, the water could flow along the gutter into the city's culvert, so there was no risk of moisture. Li Yaoguang still liked it very much.

After thanking Wu Jingji for his kindness, and after Wu Jingji finished explaining the pros and cons of this courtyard, Li Yaoguang walked around the entire courtyard carefully twice. After checking it out, he really liked it. If he moved here, he would even have a place for his aunt and uncle to live in the future, which would be much more spacious than the Marquis' Mansion. So he hurriedly asked Wu Jingji about the price.

Seeing Li Yaoguang asking for the price, it was obvious that he really wanted to buy it. Wu Jingji flipped through the small notebook he brought with him and made a sincere offer.

"Since my niece wants to buy it, I won't fool you. The owner of this house wants six hundred taels of silver, not counting my commission and the cost of signing the deed at the government office. If I haggle with the owner, I estimate that it will cost at least five hundred and eighty taels of silver, which is not cheap!" It is more than twice as expensive as it was before His Majesty came to Yuhang. "I wonder if my niece..."

"Uncle, I like this house. I want it, but the price is ..."

She didn't think it was expensive. After all, in later generations, this was at least a provincial capital. Moreover, it was a time of turmoil and a large number of people flocked here. With the emperor in power, it was natural that housing prices soared.

And this money buys not only the house, but also the land!
Seeing Li Yaoguang's attitude, Wu Jingji was also embarrassed. "The price is really so high. I'm afraid it won't be any lower. Niece, if you really want it, uncle will help you talk to the owner of the house and see if these furniture in the house can be left as gifts to you."

Li Yaoguang didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Uncle, you misunderstood. I didn't say it was expensive, but we are talking about business. Brothers should be clear about accounts. You have helped me with all this work, so how can you not charge me? If you don't charge me, I won't buy it from you no matter how much I like it!"

So that's it. Wu Jingji found it funny, but also felt warm at the same time.

No wonder my uncle sent his little apprentice to personally escort such an important guest. It seems that this girl is a really nice person and deserves my kindness.

Wu Jingji laughed even more happily, and said with a smile that he would not suffer any loss as he would take the money, but he thought in his heart that at most he would just take a little bit as a token of his appreciation, and when the time came to deal with the government to get the deed, he would use his old connections to save more for his child.

Who else could be the poor person who just escaped from the north to buy a house and a person at this time? It's not easy for them, so let's keep some incense and friendship.

Wu Jingji made a secret decision in his mind, but the more Li Yaoguang looked at the house, the happier he became. He felt that this would be his home from now on. He immediately wanted to take out money to show that he had bought it. His impetuous attitude made Wu Jingji hurriedly stop.

"Oh my dear niece! You are so unreasonable. We are not in a hurry. Uncle has not yet negotiated the price with the owner. And the transfer of ownership also requires your household registration fish token and other things. These are indispensable."

Li Yaoguang raised her eyebrows and immediately said that these were not a problem and she was well prepared.