First Lady of the Crown Prince

  Chapter 120 The Tyrant Small Clearance (one more)

  Gu Jiao glanced at Xiao Liulang.

Xiao Liulang didn't change his face and said, "I heard the dean of our college said."

  Gu Jiao said to Zhang Baoren: "My husband's dean has lived in Beijing for more than ten years."

  Zhang Baoren suddenly realized: "Ah, that's how it is."

  Gu Jiao said, "Are there any houses on these two streets?"

   "Ah, yes, yes..." Zhang Baoren looked at the two of them. They were both plainly dressed. Although one was a student at the Imperial College, he was lame; the other had an extraordinary temperament, but his face was crippled.

  These two people... don't have a lot of money, right?

  Zhang Baoren smiled: "Are the two going to enter the house with one entry or two enter the house with one entry?"

  Gu Jiao thought for a while, and said, "We need at least five rooms."

   "That would have to be two or three." Zhang Baoren laughed, "Two-entry and three-entry houses are not cheap. Two-entry houses are at least twelve taels a month, and three-entry houses are twenty taels."

  Twelve in the country is enough for one family to eat for one or two years.

  But this is the capital city of every inch of land, and Gu Jiao is relieved to think about it.

  Gu Jiao asked to take a look.

  How does Zhang Baoren think that neither of them seem to have the money, and worry that he will run in vain. Although the other party is a supervised student of the Imperial College, is there a shortage of supervised students in Beijing? The capital city is a place where a plaque can kill three officials when a plaque falls. Zhang Baoren really didn't put Xiao Liulang too much in his eyes.

  It's just that he hasn't opened for a few days, and he is still idle, so he simply took the two to go.

  Gu Jiao and Xiao Liulang looked at more than a dozen houses, and some were two-in-one and three-in-one, but none of them were very satisfied.

  The two returned to the inn.

  Zhang Baoren came over and said, "Do you want to make an appointment today? Later, the students who went back to Beijing to rush the exam arrived, and they didn’t want to rent. Besides, it’s not the price anymore."

  Gu Jiao said: "It's too small and too biased."

It is near the Imperial College, but in fact it is not a house on two streets, but in the most remote alley at the end of the street. Not to mention the dark and damp, they are all next to very noisy shops, either iron shops or carpenters shops. , There is even a coffin shop.

  How does this make people feel at ease studying?

  "At this price, there are only these houses. If you want a better one, you have to count it." Zhang Baoren made a gesture.

   "Thirty taels?" Gu Jiao asked.

  "The house where I entered." Zhang Baoren said.

  The first entry is thirty-two, not to mention the second entry and the third entry, it seems that the school districts of any dynasty are extremely expensive.

"Oh." Zhang Baoren sighed, "Okay, I will give you the bottom line directly. The houses in Beijing will have this price. Good locations and houses have already been bought by the nobles in Beijing. Those nobles are not bad. Money, you won’t rent out the house! You can only rent out those houses just now if you exchange for a hundred guarantors!"

  Gu Jiao asked, "Didn't you say that there are good houses, but the price is higher?"

  Zhang Baoren smiled and said, "There is a three-entry house, one hundred taels a month."

  Gu Jiao frowned: "What kind of house requires a hundred taels?"

  Zhang Baoren made a gesture: "Diagonally across from the Imperial College, walk five hundred steps! The former Zhaodu Xiaohouye and the mansion where Juvenile Jijiu lived!"

  Xiao Liulang's mouth twitched: "When did he live?"

  Zhang Baoren patted the table and said: "I just lived! You can make him happy when you live in, and you must pass every exam!"

  Xiao Liulang said lightly: "He has never lived."

  Zhang Baoren rolled up his sleeves: "How do you know that he has never lived? You are not him!"

   "The price is high, up to thirty taels." Xiao Liulang said indifferently.

  Of course, Zhang Baoren understands that his price is high. In the past, it was indeed possible to sell thirty taels, but isn’t this the reopening of the Imperial College? The location is getting expensive again.

  The price he had guaranteed was fifty taels. If the family refused, he would look for someone else. He would not believe that the school district near the Imperial College would not be able to rent it out?

   "Jiaojiao, where are you?" Xiaojingkong woke up from a nap, rubbing her eyes and came to the lobby of the station to look for Gu Jiao.

  Gu Jiao hugged him and rubbed his small head. His hair grew a bit, not a bald head, but a small inch head.

   "We are looking at the place where we live." Gu Jiao said, "Did you sleep well?"

  "Sleep, where do we want to live?" Xiao Jingkong leaned in Gu Jiao's arms, enjoying her touching her little head.

   "I don't know yet." Gu Jiao shook her head.

Xiao Jingkong looked at the drawings on the table again and asked, "What are these?"

  Zhang Baoren smiled and said, "It's the deed."

  He was worried that the child would damage his things, so he hurriedly reached out to collect the deed.

   Xiao Jingkong snorted and said, "I have this too."

  The three of them were taken aback.

  Small clearance ran back to the carriage, digging out a small box from his small cage, took the small box back to the lobby, and placed it on the wooden table in front of the three of them.

  The table is a little high, he can't reach it and open it once he put it on.

   "I'm coming." Gu Jiao poked out her hand.

  Gu Jiao had seen a few such small boxes when she was packing things for Xiaojingkong at home, but she had not opened them.

   "Hmm! Jiaojiao come!" Xiao Jingkong nodded decisively.

  Gu Jiao opened the small box. There were a few thumb-sized seals and a few papers in it, but they were not ordinary papers, but the deeds!

  All three were surprised.

   "Let me see." Xiao Liulang said.

   "Hmm." Gu Jiao took out the house deed and handed it to Xiao Liulang.

  Zhang Baoren also came over and took a look.

  It doesn't matter if you don't look at it, you almost didn't get frightened by him at first glance.

  The house on Chang'an Avenue, the house on Xuanwu Street, and even the house on Zhuque Street!

  Is this special to go to the palace? !

  "Is it the real house deed?" Gu Jiao asked Xiao Liulang.

   "It's true." Xiao Liulang said, "The name of Jingkong is written on the deed. It is his deed."

  Gu Jiao looked at the small clearance in her arms: "Why do you have this?"

Xiao Jingkong looked at the house deed in Xiao Liulang's hand, and shook his fingers and said, "Did Jiaojiao say these papers? Master gave me one. He gave me one for my birthday every year. I have passed three birthdays in total, so it is three. Zhang!"

  Gu Jiao: "..."

  Xiao Liulang: "..."

  Zhang Baoren: "……"

  Suddenly, Gu Jiao couldn’t look directly at the big box in the small empty space...

  The locations of the three houses are better than one. Just now, Zhang Baoren was still boasting that the house with a rent of 100 taels was diagonally opposite the Guozijian, and he walked five hundred steps, but actually more than a thousand steps.

  The house given to him by Xiao Jingkong's master is much closer to the Imperial College. When you come out of the alley, you will be at the Imperial College.

Zhang Baoren has lived for more than 30 years. For the first time, he looked at him, dressed in rustic clothes, and sold three large mansions. The houses on Zhuque Street are difficult to buy, but I will not mention them. Almost the relatives and relatives of the emperor lived there, Shan Xuanwu Street. The two houses on Chang'an Avenue are also priceless.

  What is the origin of this group?

  Xiao Jingkong didn’t understand what the house deed was. Gu Jiao explained to him that it was a precious thing and a proof that he had a home.

  He decisively put all the house deeds in front of Gu Jiao: "Give it all to Jiaojiao!"

  A place with Jiaojiao is the home of Xiaojingkong!

  Gu Jiao had already accepted one of his pianos and could no longer accept his deed. Finally, Gu Jiao offered to rent a small house with a monthly rent of thirty taels of silver.

Xiao Jingkong said seriously: "Don't Jiaojiao give money!"

  Gu Jiao touched his little head and said, "Your brother-in-law, give it."

Xiao Jingkong thought about it seriously, brother-in-law gave it to me, and I gave it to Jiaojiao, no problem!

  Both parties asked Zhang Baoren for insurance and signed a house lease contract.

  This is Xiao Jingkong’s first time doing business. He takes this matter very seriously, not only signing but also drawing a deposit.

  The premium is 30% of the first month’s rent, which is nine taels of silver. This requires him to come to the scene to terminate the contract after the end of the lease that must be guaranteed for life.

  In fact, it was originally 50%. Zhang Baoren wanted to make a good destiny, so he dropped it by 20%.

  "One person pays half of the premium." Zhang Baoren said with a smile.

  "Do you have any money?" Xiao Liulang looked at the small clear space in a leisurely manner.

  It's difficult for a small clearance criminal. He has no money. This is really a sad story than sad!

   But soon, he thought of a solution: "Deduct from your first month's rent!"

  Xiao Liulang is so angry and funny, the little monk has a good business mind.

It was a two-entry house. The door opened to a front yard. Some bamboos were planted in the yard. In the first row, there were two wing rooms, a study room, and a stove. There are three wing rooms behind the laurel tree.

  The few people are still the same as in the village, Xiao Jingkong and Xiao Liulang share a house, and the rest are in one house.

  The house is not very big, but it has excellent lighting.

  The most important thing is that it is not only close to the Imperial College, but also close to several private schools. This undoubtedly solves the problem of Gu Yan's going to school.

Gu Yan and Gu Xiaoshun were a little dumbfounded when they heard that they had to go to school.

   "No, didn't you drop out?" the two asked in unison.

  Gu Jiao opened a suitcase and said, “I retired in the county seat, but I naturally have to continue after I come to the capital. You are still young and why don’t you go to school?”

  The two faces are as gray as death: Are they happy all the way? Also, what makes us young? You don’t seem to be too big!

The furniture in the house is complete, but there is a lot of dust in the house for a long time. A few people simply cleaned up a few rooms and moved in first. The courtyard and the stove were back and then slowly cleaned up. The pots and pans will be bright tomorrow. Go buy it again.

  Supper was buns bought from outside, and I took care of it with the pickles that Gu Jiao brought over.

  The capital is colder than the county, and Gu Jiao has already felt the chill of Dongyue on the night of October.

  It’s not as good as the countryside. You can go to the mountains to cut firewood by yourself. You have to go to the market to buy firewood and charcoal.

  All the bumps along the way were exhausted, so they went back to their houses and fell asleep.

  Beside Xiao Liulang, Xiao Jingkong was lying on his back, making a small even snoring sound.

  Xiao Liulang was not drowsy.

  He finally came back here.

   "A Heng, Mr. Zhuang’s class is too difficult, shall we go out to play?"

   "Aheng, this little rabbit is injured, shall we take it home?"

   "A Heng, I want to eat dates, will you go to the tree and pick them for me?"

   "A Heng, can you buy me sweet-scented osmanthus cake, okay?"

  ……

   "Aheng, will you die for me?"

  (End of this chapter)