Traveling through ancient times to escape famine, the prince led me to rebel

"Rent a house?" The village chief was very curious.

Generally, rental houses are only sold in county towns and provincial capitals.

As for the village, everyone builds their own house and lives in it. No one would build extra houses to rent out, and the key reason is that they don’t have the financial resources to do so.

"Yes, after I buy the land, I plan to grow crops with the people in the village, but I will leave a piece of land for building a house, and I have to find a place to live while building the house." Luo Xiaoran explained.

The village chief groaned, thought for a moment and said:

"In that case, the fifth uncle in the village passed away a month ago, and his house is now empty. If you don't mind, I can help ask his son about it."

"That's great. Thank you for your help, Village Chief." Luo Xiaoran thanked him repeatedly.

"You're welcome. This is my job. It's not dark yet, so why not go and ask!" After saying this, the village chief was about to get up and walk out of the house.

Luo Xiaoran: ······Such action ability is amazing, no wonder he can become the village chief.

His eldest daughter-in-law follows him and is very enthusiastic!

"Village chief, I'll go with you!" Luo Xiaoran pulled Xiao Xingchen and hurriedly chased out of the house.

The village chief stretched out his hands from behind his back and patted his forehead:

"Well, you're the employer, you need to come with me, and we can talk things over while we look at the house."

Luo Xiaoran just caught up with the village chief, and saw the village chief use the same "slap on the forehead" as Zhao Cuilan, and quickly responded: "That's the truth."

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Luo Xiaoran brought Xiao Xingchen and the village chief to the old house of her fifth uncle, followed by her fifth uncle's three sons, Zhang Dahe, Zhang Erhe and Zhang Xiaohe.

My fifth uncle's house is relatively simple in the entire Hexi Village. It has a main room, a bedroom, a separate small kitchen, and a toilet huddled in the southwest corner of the yard.

The small courtyard has no walls and is barely covered by a fence.

There were only some weeds left in the idle land in the yard. It was supposed to be used to grow vegetables, but now it was all abandoned.

The three brothers of the Zhang family were gathered together at this time to discuss how much rent would be appropriate.

Zhang Dahe called his two younger brothers aside and whispered:

"Did you see his carriage? The horses are so tall and strong, and the carriage is so big. Not everyone can afford it. This young master must be rich."

Zhang Xiaohe was also excited, looking at his two brothers, "I saw it a long time ago, this young master is a fat sheep, we have to slaughter him well."

Zhang Erhe was hesitant and couldn't say anything. "I'll listen to you."

Luo Xiaoran, who was not far away, also felt very strange. Wasn't it said that in ancient times people generally did not divide the family?

Even if the family splits up, the parents still live with the eldest son, and the other children have to offer money and other gifts during festivals to show their support for their parents.

But it's obvious that this house was lived in by my fifth uncle alone. It became empty after he passed away because his sons each have their own houses.

So, while the three Zhang family members were whispering, Luo Xiaoran hurriedly asked the village chief:

"Village head, they say filial piety is the most important virtue, why is there only trace of Fifth Uncle living in this house?"

The village chief glanced at the three rivers and said loudly without any hesitation:

"It is true that filial piety comes first, but if the son is unfilial, the father will not really sue the government. After a hundred years, the house left behind will still be given to the unfilial son."

Zhang Dahe didn't mind hearing this at all. He came over with a beaming face, and it seemed that he had discussed the rent price with his brothers.

"Mr. Luo, look, we are the only one in this village with an empty house, we will definitely rent it to you.

You will settle down in our Hexi Village in the future. We will be from the same village and will see each other every day. I will charge you one or two taels of silver per month as rent. Is that okay with you?"

As soon as he finished speaking, before Luo Xiaoran could say anything, the village chief opened his eyes as wide as copper bells and looked at Zhang Dahe in disbelief.

Having been in ancient times for so long, Luo Xiaoran has gained some understanding of the monetary system here.

The main coins in circulation in Daliang were copper coins, silver and gold.

One tael of gold is equivalent to ten taels of silver, and one tael of silver is equivalent to one thousand copper coins.

The purchasing power of one penny is equivalent to two to five yuan today.

Therefore, the one or two taels of silver proposed by Zhang Dahe is at least equivalent to two thousand yuan in modern times.

With a monthly rent of two thousand yuan, you can rent a very good one-bedroom apartment in a third- or fourth-tier small city, let alone in the countryside.

In ancient rural areas, one or two taels of silver was often a farmer's annual expenditure. If one spent it frugally, it might not be enough for an entire family.

Therefore, Zhang Dahe's price is absolutely outrageous.

In addition, Luo Xiaoran had a bad impression of Sanxia after learning from the village chief that Sanxia was disrespectful to their old father.

She would never let them take advantage of her. "I'll rent it for two months, that's..."

Zhang Dahe stared at Luo Xiaoran, particularly expecting her to utter the words "two taels of silver".

"That's one hundred wen, fifty wen a month!" It was directly reduced to one twentieth.

Zhang Dahe's face immediately changed from a ruddy persimmon to a purple eggplant:

"Mr. Luo, you have miscalculated. One tael of silver per month. You rented for two months, so the rent should be two taels of silver."

Luo Xiaoran looked at Zhang Dahe gently, but her eyes were cold: "You calculated correctly, you said your price, I said my price, one hundred coins for two months!"

The village chief was watching with great interest. He didn't expect that Mr. Luo, who looked wealthy, could bargain so aggressively.

However, since it was the price to kill Zhang Dahe, he felt happy and satisfied!

Zhang Xiaohe, who was watching from the side, was furious: "Mr. Luo, the price we give you is absolutely fair, you can't bully me like this!

Besides, it’s getting dark soon, and ours is the only vacant house in the entire Hexi Village. If you can’t rent it, you’ll have nowhere to live!”

Luo Xiaoran: ······Look, look, look!

He seems to be threatening me when talking about business, but I won't be threatened by you.

At worst, I can stay at the village chief's house. His house is big and can accommodate two extra people. But I'll have to live with their whole family, which is a bit inconvenient.

At worst I can sleep in the carriage tonight. How do you think we got here?

Then Xiao Xingchen and Uncle Li slept in the carriage, and she slept on the grass.

Ugh, why am I thinking of that old bastard Uncle Li again!

Luo Xiaoran turned her gentle gaze from Zhang Dahe to Zhang Xiaohe: "Since we can't come to an agreement, and your family is the only one with a vacant room in Hexi Village, then I'll go to Hedong Village across the way to have a look.

I heard that the living standard in their village is not as good as yours, maybe I can rent a bigger house at a lower price.”

After saying that, Luo Xiaoran said goodbye to the village chief and thanked him for his care today.

We agreed to settle down in the future and invite him to drink warm wine. After all, Hedong Village and Hexi Village are separated by a river.

The village chief agreed repeatedly and was very happy.

Luo Xiaoran led Xiao Xingchen outside and were about to get on the carriage.