Flowers in full bloom

Everyone went straight to the house in Chenggong Lane, and half an hour later, they arrived at the house in Chenggong Lane.

The house was a standard private house with its own entrance and courtyard. It was 70% new and the rooms were very clean. There were three main rooms, three side rooms on both sides, three east and west wing rooms, several back rooms, a small kitchen and a toilet. There was a well on the west side of the courtyard and a grape vine planted next to the well. A wooden frame was placed on the well and the grape vines covered the entire frame, making it look quiet and refreshing.

A gravel-paved road led from the gate around the screen wall to the main house. Hua Lei was satisfied and said to Manager Chen, "Manager Chen, do you think there is a shop for rent nearby?"

"Yes," said Manager Chen, walking out of the door and pointing to the road in front of the door. "Go west along this road for about 25 minutes and you will reach the main street. There are shops on both sides. If Miss Hua wants to rent one, I have two shops for rent. Would you like to take a look?"

Hua Lei turned around, looked roughly in the direction that Manager Chen pointed and asked, "I just saw Manager Chen has a map in his hand. Can you lend it to me to have a look?" "No problem." Manager Chen took out the map.

Hua Lei took it. It was a residential map of Dongcheng District. The map clearly marked the names and functions of each street and each area, and even the names of each store. It was many times clearer than the map of Shangjing City in Hua Lei's hand.

Hua Lei was a little envious and couldn't help asking, "Manager Chen, is this map for sale in the pawnshop?" "Ah, this..." Manager Chen was confused for a moment, "No one has asked about this, I'll go back and ask the shopkeeper." "Okay." Hua Lei looked at the map carefully and found the approximate location of the shop that Manager Chen mentioned. It was indeed very close, about quarter of an hour's walk away.

"Manager Chen, what does this Xunfang Pavilion do for a living?" Hualei asked, pointing to a shop. This shop was the first shop after walking west for two quarters of an hour on the road in front of the house.

"Well, this is where the girls live." Manager Chen said tactfully. After all, it was a bit inappropriate to directly call a brothel to a twelve-year-old girl.

"Brothel?" Hualei asked. "Uh, yes."

Manager Chen was a little embarrassed. This little girl was so direct. He felt embarrassed to speak directly, but she asked directly. "Oh," Hua Lei nodded, "This house is good, very good. Then let's go to the third house now?" The group got back in the car and headed for Qingyun Lane.

Mule carts passed through the small streets with houses and shops on both sides. Hualei saw pedestrians walking in groups of three or four on the street.

Most of the people were wearing cotton and linen. After three quarters of an hour, the mule cart arrived at the intersection of Qingyun Lane and Ping'an Lane. The mule cart stopped at the northwest corner of the intersection of the two streets.

The main door of the house faces slightly southeast, and in front of it is a large shop, a bit fan-shaped, larger than a shop, but less than two shops. It should have been a cloth shop, and there is a wooden plaque with the words "Jinyifang" hanging in front of the shop. The shop is now empty, and the ground is clean.

Entering from the back door of the store, you will see the backyard of the store, which is also the front yard of the small two-story building. There are three main rooms, two small side rooms on the left and right, and three east and west wing rooms, which are not big either. The area between the east and west wing rooms and the main rooms is the size of the entire small courtyard, which is about 20 feet wide and 35 feet deep.

In the southwest corner, there is a well covered with a wooden cover.

There is another door from the west wing and the side room on the right side of the main house. Going in, there is another yard. This should be the backyard of another shop. However, the back door of the shop in front is blocked, so this small yard also belongs to this house. This yard is about the same size as the one on the east side. There is a toilet and a livestock house in the northwest corner. Hualei looked at it and thought that this extra small yard was very good. It was a pleasant surprise.

Hualei entered several main rooms. In the middle hall, an ordinary round table was placed in the center, with several matching chairs next to it.

There was a bed frame and a simple dressing table in the west side room and the ear room respectively, while there was a kang against the wall in the east side room and the ear room. The kang was very large and there was nothing on it. A long table with broken legs was placed against the wall.

Hua Lei went up to the second floor along the wooden stairs behind the main room in the middle. Upstairs was the room in the middle. There was a wooden window opposite and nothing in the room.

Going up the stairs and walking to both sides, there are two rooms. The one on the east side is slightly larger, and it would be suitable to be used as a bedroom for Xiaoyuan and me. The middle one can be used as a study room, which can be used by both my sister and my brother.

Hualei thought about it, went downstairs, and looked at the east and west wing rooms. There were many wooden shelves in the wing rooms. Although they were old, they looked very sturdy. They should have been used to store cloth. The wing rooms should have been used as warehouses.

Hua Lei took a look and was quite satisfied. She went out the gate again, stood on the street and looked around. The house was located at the intersection of two alleys. The shop faced south. To the east of the shop was Ping'an Lane, which ran from north to south. It was a small alley where at most two mule carts could barely pass by. There were no shops, so it should be a residential area.

Hualei unfolded the map she had been holding, looked at it again and again, and asked a few more questions. She looked at the sky and said, "Manager Chen, how about we go to the fourth house?" Okay, everyone got in the car again, and when they returned to the pawnshop after looking at the fourth house, it was probably noon.

Hualei and Fu Boping exchanged opinions. She asked Manager Chen, "Manager Chen, are there any houses in Qingyun Lane that are cheaper?"

Manager Chen looked at the information and asked, "Miss Hua, do you want to buy the house alone or the shop together with the house?" "If the price is right, I want to buy the shop and the house together."

Manager Chen flipped through the information in his hand again and said with embarrassment, "I guess this won't be cheap, because the price quoted by the owner is the lowest. How about this, Miss Hua, we have been looking for the whole afternoon. If Miss Hua really wants to buy the shop and house in Qingyun Lane, I will decide that our company will bear the tax for the purchase of the house. Do you think this is feasible?"

Hualei calculated the current tax silver. Generally, the seller pays three points and the buyer pays one point. According to this conversion, one point of 550 taels is 5.5 taels. Ping'an pulled Hualei aside and asked softly, "Miss, the house in Chenggong Lane is actually not bad."

Hua Lei nodded, "Yes", I know, but the house in Qingyun Lane is more suitable for us, listen to me, I will tell you in detail tonight. "Ping An nodded and stood aside, no longer talking. Hua Lei came over and said to Manager Chen, "Then let's go to this one in Qingyun Lane. Let's buy the shop and the house together. Five hundred and fifty taels, right?" "Yes, yes, that's right, Miss Hua is straightforward." Manager Chen was a little surprised. Although he had accompanied her to look at houses for an afternoon, few people placed an order directly after viewing a house for the first time.