The beloved baby has a space

Chapter 147 Houses in Town

"Grandma, are you buying this for your granddaughter? What can we do? We don't buy houses for little girls these days; it has to be registered under her father's name." The middle-aged man was a little anxious. "There's no precedent for registering a house under a girl's name, and we don't know if we can do it properly. How about registering it under her father's name first?"

The middle-aged man pointed at Wang Chuangui and said.

Not to mention the Great Chang Kingdom, there is no precedent in the entire continent for buying houses for women.

Most of their houses were inherited from their parents.

Before marriage, a woman cannot buy a house on her own. After marriage, the house can be given to her by her husband or transferred to her name as part of her dowry.

After the woman dies, her house will be taken back by her maternal family or given to her son.

If the woman has no son to inherit the inheritance, it must go to her nephew.

If the woman comes from a wealthy family and doesn't care about houses, the arrangements can only be made after they come of age.

Grandma Wang also understood this principle.

“I’m not asking you to put it in her name right now, but you have to add her to the property. As for what happens after that, you don’t need to worry about that,” said Mrs. Wang. “Just recommend houses to me. I’m not very satisfied with these two, so you should have some others. If you really don’t have any, I’ll ask other middlemen.”

The middle-aged man originally wanted to wait for Grandma Wang to explain why she was buying a house for her granddaughter, mainly because he wanted to hear some gossip.

Unexpectedly, the conversation veered back to the topic of houses.

"Grandma, if you say that, I'll be very upset. All my houses were carefully selected, and there isn't a single one that's bad! I'm recommending these two to you; they're really the most suitable for your children's schooling. There are others, but they're either not good enough or a bit too far away."

Wang Chuangui: "How far can the farthest be?"

"The furthest one goes is to Nanhe Third Street. There are all sorts of people there, and although the houses are a bit bigger, no family with any sense of propriety would live there."

This person is not lying about this.

Besides Nanhe Avenue, there are houses on both sides of Nanhe Second Street and Nanhe Third Street, especially on Nanhe Third Street where there are the most houses.

At first, there were no restrictions, and people could build houses as big as they wanted.

However, a problem arose: the construction of houses without a plan resulted in a somewhat strange layout of the entire street.

Most of the houses there are for rent or have been converted into shops. People work there during the day and go home to rest at night, so they don't stay on Nanhe Third Street.

In other words, the Nanhe Third Street is in a state of chaos, with all sorts of people living there, making it difficult to distinguish their identities.

Grandma Wang gave up: "If not on the main street of Lanhe Third Street, what about the others?"

"Grandma, we just saw two nice apartments, didn't we? If you want to stay more comfortably, choose the one further away."

Grandma Wang shook her head: "You're not forcing me to choose, you're forcing me. If I only get two units, that's not very sincere. Since you're doing business with me like this, there's no need for us to cooperate anymore. If I want to buy a house again in the future, I won't come to you."

The middle-aged man said with a bitter expression, "Grandma, you've really wronged me. I've been going to great lengths to help you. Oh, I just remembered, there's actually another set of rules, but well, they're a bit unlucky."

The middleman said there was another house, between the two houses mentioned earlier, with a two-story attic and a large pond in the yard.

But that very pool has caused several people to drown. Although no one died, everyone says there's a water ghost in the pool, which is why the houses can't be sold.

The family had moved away from that place long ago, even to the county town, just to get as far away from that house as possible.

"To be honest, those things don't really exist in this world. But since people spread them around so much, they naturally become unlucky. If you're brave enough, you can go and see for yourselves." Old Mrs. Wang thought that there was a deity protecting Ayu, so no evil spirits could get close to her and would only be able to tuck their tails between their legs and act like ghosts.

So they went to see the house in the yard.

Surprisingly, it was a three-courtyard house, because the layout of the building was based on a two-courtyard house, which did not violate the rule that commoners could not live in a three-courtyard house.

The first courtyard also contains vegetable gardens and other furnishings. The second courtyard has a garden and a pond, as well as four master bedrooms and one servant's room.

Inside the first courtyard, there was a gatekeeper's quarters.

Inside the third courtyard, there are two more houses: one is the main house, and the other is the young lady's room.

The young lady's room was decorated very warmly, and even the window paper was thoughtfully painted light pink, making it look particularly charming.

"Wow, Grandma, look, there are fish in the pond!" Little Ayu saw the artificial hill in the three courtyards, ran over and saw that there were red carp swimming freely in the pond.

Little Ayu had never seen a red fish before, and she stared at it intently.

"Be careful, don't fall down, it's very cold down there," Grandma Wang coaxed her from the side.

Little Ayu pointed to the red carp and said, "They're so beautiful!"

"This is what the host left for you, saying it was to thank you for coming and trying it out. A lot of the furniture here is new, and the host has already decided to give it all away."

Seeing Xiao Ayu's excited expression, the middleman had a vague premonition that as long as he could persuade this young girl, the deal would be done.

Grandma Wang asked, "How much does this courtyard house cost?"

"It's not expensive at all. The owner is in a hurry for money and said he'll sell it for 180 taels. If you, ma'am, are really interested in buying it, I can try to negotiate the price down." The middleman wiped the sweat from his forehead, feeling a little uneasy, hoping that the old lady wouldn't try to trick him.

He's already come all this way, so don't let him say he doesn't want it later, or he'll really get angry.

"Ayu, do you like it here?" Grandma Wang waved to little Ayu and then said to her as she approached.

Xiao Ayu first shook her head and then nodded, indicating that she liked it, but was afraid that she might have said something wrong.

She really liked the red carp; they seemed so vibrant, almost as if they could talk.

I wonder if I can release the toads from the space and play with them.

Xiao Ayu's thoughts immediately wandered again.

Seeing how happy Xiao Ayu was, Old Mrs. Wang said to the anxious matchmaker, "Alright, let's buy this set."

The Chinese were so happy they almost cried.

Good heavens, after all that talking, he finally decided to buy it. All that spiel wasn't for nothing.

When the next sentence came, the expression on the middle-aged man's face froze.

It turns out that Old Mrs. Wang had one last sentence she didn't finish saying—

"150 taels. Sell if you want, otherwise forget it."

(End of this chapter)