Chapter 32 The old house and the new look
At the northwest corner of the county town, after turning around in the alley, Lai Yayi led everyone to a large mansion.
Zhu Xiu looked at the house and the courtyard walls on both sides extended very long. There were many broken and broken defects in the earthen walls, and most of the tiles on the wall were broken.
Judging from the damage to the courtyard wall, the house has to be completed for at least fifteen years, but strangely, a two-frame door and two black painted doors are relatively new. On the eaves on both sides of the roof, you can still vaguely see the destroyed beast decorations...
Zhu Xiu was worried about it. The frame of the door and house had obviously been renovated, and the two doors were also replaced at the back, which should have been a few years.
Those vaguely remaining decorations of beast phoenix tiles are not something that ordinary people can use. At least they must be seventh-rank officials or above to use them in their own houses.
Fang Cuilan and Zhu Huiniang couldn't see so many details, but they kept muttering how much it would cost to rent such a big house.
Lai Yayi took some effort to tamper the fish lock hanging on the door, and pushed two black painted doors hard. The hard door shaft made a creepy "chuckling" sound. What caught my eye was a stone screen wall carving auspicious beast.
When the wind blew, a smell of old mold came from the door, as if entering an ancient temple in the deep mountains, which was so quiet that it made people feel heart-pounding.
After crossing the threshold and entering the mansion, Fang Cuilan suddenly trembled all over and muttered softly: "Did you enter the Lanruo Temple?"
Zhu Huiniang was also shocked. The mother and daughter looked at each other, showing fear and doubt.
The others didn't know which temple Lanruo Temple was. Zhu Xiu smiled casually, stepped in with his hands behind his back, looked around, with a relaxed expression, without any sense of surprise.
"Mom~Second sister, don't worry, look boldly. This house is very clean, not the haunted house you imagine."
Zhu Xiu looked at Lai Yayi with a smile: "Is this right?"
Lai Yayi laughed dryly, "Young man is joking. This is a good house, how could it be a haunted house? If it is really a haunted house, I wouldn't take you to see you, so as not to break my Lai Yayi's sign!"
Zhu Xiu smiled, "Then please take us around and give us a good introduction."
"Okay! Please come with me!" Lai Yayi greeted and led everyone around the screen wall to the inner house. However, the eyes of Zhu Xiu were flashing a little more.
He always felt that this beautiful young man seemed to have seen something, and he felt a little nervous.
"This house covers an area of four acres, two lobby rooms, four side halls, two yards in the back house, and two wing rooms, and a wing room with ears and a room, with a total of sixteen or seventeen houses. There is a garden in front of the back house, and a small pavilion in the garden, and a small pond is opened on the right, which is convenient for planting trees and flowers..."
Lai Yayi was like a tour guide in the ancient house, leading everyone around the house, constantly introducing his business skills, and he was very dedicated.
After seeing the house, Fang Cuilan and Zhu Huiniang praised it all the time. Wang Ang and Wang Zhu were surprised to see so many "luxury houses" for the first time. This was much more luxurious than the old Tao family, and it was still in the county town.
Apart from the old buildings, the house really can't find any other problems.
Under the osmanthus tree in the front yard, which could not be surrounded by one person, the old Zhu family expressed their satisfaction with the house after a brief consultation. However, when they thought that such a large house must be expensive, Fang Cuilan and Zhu Huiniang gave up.
Zhu Xiu signaled them to be calm with his eyes, and walked to Lai Yayi with his hands behind his back, brushed his robe and smiled: "The house is good, you can talk about the price."
Lai Yayi had long seen that the family had a crush on this house and had a deep intention. He immediately smiled and stretched out his two fingers and gestured: "Eight coins are paid in a month, half a year, and the deposit is 150 coins!"
Zhu Xiu raised his eyebrows and smiled without saying a word.
Fang Cuilan's face changed drastically, and she stared at her and exclaimed: "What? Eight penthouses are a month? Is it too outrageous?"
Zhu Huiniang also said angrily: "Zhushan County is just a Zhongxian County. Even if the house is a little bigger, it is not worth such a expensive price! Are you bullying our countryside? Don't understand the market?"
Wang Ang's face darkened, his tall body approached Lai Yayi in one step, glared at him, and his face became more and more ferocious.
Lai Yayi's thin monkey figure stood beside Wang Ang, but he looked even more and more small, but he was not afraid at all. He glanced at Wang Ang, and said with a strange smile: "Lai has been having sex for a while. No strong man who dares to use a knife has ever been met by a gangster. In the county government, Lai can also find a sensible official. Don't worry, you are talking about business, there are come and go, I'll quote the price, you can pay it back too!"
Zhu Xiu smiled, gave Wang Ang a wink, asked him to retreat aside, looked at Lai Yali again, and said with a smile: "The monthly rental fee is 5 stakes per month, every three months, and the deposit is 50 stakes, but it will be postponed for two months."
Lai Yayi wrinkled his face, thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "Seven guans per month, three months, deposit of 80 guan, I will give it next month."
Zhu Xiu spread his hands, "Although the house is big, the house is old, and you won't suffer any loss of the 5-cent of qian per month's rental money. The deposit is fifty-cent, and this money is quite large. My family can't afford it now, and it will take two months later."
Lai Yayi smiled bitterly and said, "Young man is so cruel, he is so insincere~~"
Zhu Xiu smiled and said, "If I had no sincerity, I wouldn't have told you so much. To be honest, this official house has been under your hands for three or four years, right? I have never been able to take it off. Should you tell me the reason?"
Lai Yayi's eyes rolled, and he laughed and wanted to argue. Zhu Xiu waved his hand and interrupted, and smiled confidently, "Don't mess with me! The walls of this house have been built for more than ten years, but the door and two doors are new. The door and houses with three or two were changed to one or two. The red-lacquered doors in the past have now been replaced with black-lacquered doors. All the beast decorations on the roof have been demolished. What is this place before?
Lai Yayi didn't expect that Zhu Xiu could see clearly, and knew the difference here. He hesitated with embarrassment and sighed: "Young man has good eyesight. This place used to be an official house. It was the house of Ren Zhigu Ren, who was then the governor of Fang twenty years ago."
"Ren Zhigu?" Zhu Xiu frowned, had some impression of the name, and quickly searched in his head.
"But in the second year of Tianshu, Ren Zhigu, who was awarded the position of Fengge Luantai Pingzhangshi?" Zhu Xiu said in a deep voice.
Lai Yayi said in surprise, "Huh" and didn't expect that this young man could actually tell the master's resume in one go.
Could it be that he was also from an official family?
But looking at the people around him, Lai Yali was a little confused.
"Dare you ask Shaolang Gao's name?" Lai Yayi bowed cautiously and asked.
Zhu Xiu smiled lightly and said, "I dare not, my family's surname is Zhu, and I am from Taozhu Village, Shuikou Township. I have been farming for generations, not from an official family."
Lai Yayi lowered his head and thought for a while, "Is it possible that the Zhu Juren family, who was elected as a tribute tribute in Fangzhou Township in the first year of Tianshu?"
Zhu Xiu smiled and nodded: "That's my father!"
Lai Yayi suddenly realized and hurriedly bowed: "It turns out that the little husband is also a descendant of a gentry. No wonder he is knowledgeable and has no respect!"
Fang Cuilan and Zhu Huiniang were smiling, and their waists were a little straight. After many years, there were still people in the county town who remembered Zhu Daquan, who was the light of Zhushan County, which made the Zhu family feel honored and proud.
Of course, a mere town tribute man is not enough to make Lai Yayi, who has been living in the county for many years, come to his head. However, this can be considered an explanation. Why can Zhu Xiu see the secret mystery of this house? At least let Lai Yayi know that his Zhu family is not easy to fool.
"After Mr. Ren went to Shendu to serve, his wife bought the house because she liked the scenery of Huangzhuling outside the city and settled in Zhushan County from then on.
At first, they were peaceful, but within two years, Mrs. Ren fell seriously ill and had always risen to the top. Ren Xianggong, who had just become the prime minister, was suddenly demoted. He heard that he was demoted to the magistrate of Jiangxia County. At that time, there were rumors in Fangzhou that the house had a bad feng shui, which delayed Ren Xianggong's future and defeated the Ren family, which made the Ren family unlucky one after another!
After the news of Ren Xianggong being demoted was returned, Mrs. Ren died of illness soon after, and the newly repaired gatehouse and the gate of the aconite had to be demolished. After the Ren family took care of the old lady's funeral, they turned to Jiangxia and left this empty house alone..."
Lai Yayi sighed: "A few years ago, I thought that with the golden signboard of Lai Yayi, I could get rid of this house in a short period of time. I didn't expect it to be delayed for four years. People who can afford to rent this place think that the feng shui is not good, and those who dare to live in it cannot afford the price. It's too high or low, and it has been delayed until now."
After hearing this, Zhu Xiu nodded and found that there was such a story in it.
Fang Cuilan shook her head like a rattle now, "I won't rent it anymore, no more! Let's go to another house to have a look! This house is very evil, don't defeat our Zhu family anymore!"
Zhu Huiniang was also afraid and said, "Brother, let's go somewhere else, we can't let the feng shui here ruin your future!"
Zhu Xiu smiled. Bad Feng Shui and life are all nonsense. He is a highly educated person with a brute-to-be-like light over his head. He is a man with a strong sense of light from Marxism and Lenin, and all evil spirits are invincible. How could he be easily scared away?
If I remember correctly, more than ten years later, in the short years when Ruizong succeeded to the throne, Ren Zhigu should have returned to the central government and finally retired as the position of the Censor.
This further proves that Ren Zhigu's demotion was caused by the power struggle of the court and had nothing to do with the words of gods and ghosts.
This is a year when even the prime minister said he would kill him and kill him. He said that he would destroy his entire family. Ren Zhigu was demoted for eight months and his family was well. He was already very lucky.
Zhu Xiu pulled Fang Cuilan and Zhu Huiniang aside and whispered a few times, and then said to Lai Yayi: "The words have come to this point, and the price I paid for is here. Whether the business is successful depends on whether you nodding!"
After pausing, seeing Lai Yayi's constipation and feeling confused, Zhu Xiu advised again: "The house is really good, but no one dares to get involved in the Feng Shui here. My family doesn't care. Just live comfortably. Apart from us, it will be difficult to find a tenant who is willing to take over."
Lai Yayi struggled for a while before sighing: "Okay, okay, I'll suffer some loss, just rent it to Zhu Xiaolang's house. It's considered that Lai and Zhu Xiaolang have a friend!"
"But we have to agree that the deposit of 50 knots in two months cannot be reduced! Also, in one or two years, my rental money will increase!"
Zhu Xiu was secretly happy and said lightly: "It's easy to say, come and get the deposit in two months! If you live comfortably, it takes less than two or three years, maybe my family will buy it directly!"
Lai Yayi thought he was joking, and he didn't care. He laughed casually: "This house is worth 600 yuan, and it will be paid at one time. If you sincerely buy it, you can get it 534. If Zhu Xiaolang is relaxed, I can also match it up when the Ren family sends people next time."
Chapter completed!