The casual life of the flat space

Bai Tieying took Mu Qingqiu, who had tidied up and transformed from a spirited young man into a handsome young man, to the brokerage firm again. Under the guidance of Zuo Broker, they looked at houses one by one.

On the way, Bai Tieying found an opportunity and explained why he brought him out.

"It's really strange when you say that, but why are you so sure it's not haunted?" Mu Qingqiu was puzzled by Bai Tieying's boldness at one moment and timidity at another.

"Haha, have you watched too much TV? Oh! Don't ask me what TV is. I don't want to explain."

"So...why did you ask me to come?"

"Of course it's because you are so good at martial arts!"

Mu Qingqiu was overjoyed when he heard Bai Tieying's words, but he replied modestly, "Haha, you're too kind. I can only be ranked second-rate."

But just as he finished speaking, Bai Tieying said, "Let me show you if you can figure out where the mechanism of the 'haunted' is."

"Oh……"

"Oh what? You don't like it?"

"No, no, I am happy to do so."

"You are the major shareholder of Chunweizhai, shouldn't you fulfill your obligations? Do you really think it's that easy to be a mascot? Hey! Don't ask me what a mascot is!"

"Hehehe..."

Mu Qingqiu saw that Bai Tieying was in a state of excitement today. He didn't know whether she was angry for some reason or not. His survival instinct made him put aside all his doubts and concentrate on looking for a house with Bai Tieying.

The other two houses are near the East Market, which is also the Chunweizhai store that Bai Tieying really likes. Because Bai Tieying thinks that canned food should be sold outside to show its advantage of long shelf life. Otherwise, there are so many delicacies here, and there are all kinds of fruits and vegetables in the south, so why buy canned food?

As for the Cui family's grain store, one was to satisfy curiosity, and the other was to take advantage of a bargain... Oh, I was wrong, it was an opportunity not to be missed. Regardless of other factors, such a good location, even if I didn't do business, the annual rent was said to be one thousand taels!

The three of them rode in a carriage around half of the county and finally arrived at the Cui family grain store. Zuo Yaren did not take them in through the main gate, as that would be too conspicuous, so he made the carriage turn around and go to the back door.

The alley at the back door was surprisingly not narrow, wide enough for two carriages to run side by side. It was said that the Cui family had moved the wall back on their own to facilitate unloading. Bai Tieying looked around, and it was really——

The walls of the shops in front were still the original foundations, not wide enough for a carriage to pass through. I guess if they needed to purchase goods, they would enter through the main entrance. So why did the Cui family want to be so different?

Zuoya asked the carriage to wait on the side. He went forward and unlocked the back door first. After motioning Bai Tieying and the other man to follow him in, he quickly closed the back door.

"Brother Zuo, what are you doing?" Bai Tieying asked curiously.

"Please don't be offended, Miss Bai. I just told you about this shop. I don't have any other ideas. This is what I should do. But a customer once heard that a colleague brought someone to see the shop and thought it was unlucky... Don't I have to be more careful?"

"Haha, I see." Bai Tieying said no more and began to look at the shop carefully from the back door.

This shop actually looks like a courtyard house, but the back room is a long way from the back door, and there is no door at the back, so you need to go around it from the left or right. Bai Tieying doesn't know if this design is normal or not, but she thinks it's like taking off your pants to fart - a superfluous move.

After passing the back house, Bai Tieying and the other two came to the middle of the backyard. In addition to the three-story shop in front, there were also wing rooms on the left and right of the backyard. Probably because they were used to store food, the floor inside was paved with stone slabs, and there was a well and eight large water tanks at each door, so the fire prevention awareness was quite strong.

Bai Tieying started to check the rooms one by one from the back room. To be honest, she checked more carefully than the two houses in the East City. Zuoyaren was thinking in his heart: "Is this Miss Bai really planning to buy this place?"

The back room is the kitchen, dormitory and tool room. Except for the bed boards that were left behind, the kitchen utensils were not taken away, and there were no tools in the tool room.

The left and right wing rooms should be where the rice is stored, and Bai Tieying seemed to understand the secret of why those idlers opened one room after another, but always saw ghosts - there was a connection inside! It's just that there are many doors outside, which is probably for convenient transportation and ventilation. But she hasn't figured out how to let everyone see it separately.

Bai Tieying calmly looked at each room until she reached the entrance of the tunnel. She winked at Mu Qingqiu and went upstairs with the Zuoya people, leaving Mu Qingqiu to investigate.

"Boom!"

"What's the matter? Are you okay?" Bai Tieying heard the noise downstairs and deliberately asked loudly.

"It's okay, I accidentally knocked over a stool. I'll find you downstairs after I finish. If you finish first, come down. After all, downstairs is more important." When Mu Qingqiu is not suffering from the second-year syndrome, his brain is quite sufficient.

"Oh, then you better be careful. It's too dark downstairs without opening the planks."

"Know it!"

The conversation echoed throughout the shop. The three people, with their own thoughts in mind, began to walk around the shop, except that Mu Qingqiu walked underground.

Bai Tieying suddenly became talkative, and Zuoya people just thought she really liked this place, and kept agreeing with her. Didn't you see that she started to imagine what to put in which place, and what to do in which room? Good advice is hard to persuade... Forget it, it doesn't matter who sells it, and if someone is willing to do it, don't be so hard on the money.

"Brother Zuo, I'd like to ask who sets the prices in this shop? Since it can be reduced to three thousand taels, can it be cheaper still?" Bai Tieying toured the second and third floors and had nothing to say, so he could only use his last trick.

"Ms. Bai, the price is notified to the shop and house affairs by the county government, and the shop and house affairs then tell us the pawnbrokers. This kind of public house, whether it is sold or rented, is decided by the government. We pawnbrokers can only follow orders and have no right to set prices."

"Who in the government is in charge of these matters?"

"Replying to Miss Bai, it's Master Ai."

"Master Ai?"

Bai Tieying was unfamiliar with the name, so he probably didn't attend the opening of Chunweizhai. There must be some reason why this person has real power but is "out of place".

"Little Brother Zuo, may I trouble you to ask, do you know anything about the origin of this Master Ai?"

"Zhubu Ai is the eldest son of the Ai family in Shang'an County. He is thirty-five this year. The Ai family is a farming and reading family, and there are always people who pass the imperial examinations. But..."

"Hey, little brother Zuo, there are only you and me here. Oh, the one downstairs who can't hear clearly is not a stranger anyway. If I can buy this shop at a cheaper price, I will definitely thank you in person later!" Bai Tieying said, and took out a string of money from her small purse and stuffed it into Zuo Yaren's hand.