Traveling to ancient times? Break off the relationship first! Then divorce! Make a lot of money

The village head said, "You guys discuss it among yourselves. If there's no objection to this, then we can set a price for the rent!"

Jiang nodded: "Okay, then you guys go inside and have a cup of tea first. I'll go ask my husband and my father-in-law later."

"There's no need to drink tea, just go and tell them." The headman still had a hoe in his hand, so naturally he didn't want to stay long.

Jiang Shi didn't force it. Before leaving, she asked, "Jun Yao, why did your parents rent that house?"

They were all from the same village, so she knew that Yuan Junyao was already married, and she just thought that it was her parents who rented the house.

Since you want to rent out the house, you must ask what you are going to rent it for?

The village head said nothing and just looked at Yuan Junyao.

Yuan Junyao spoke directly and honestly, "I'm divorced and won't be going back to my parents' home. I plan to rent a house to live in temporarily. I'll probably live there for half a year and then move out when my new house is built."

Jiang's expression changed, and she asked in surprise, "You, you got divorced?"

After Yuan Junyao said this, she immediately gave up the idea of ​​renting a house, and her previous joy was wiped out.

When I first heard about renting her house, it was like a piece of cake falling from the sky, but now I feel like I'm overwhelmed by the pie.

After the eldest uncle died, the house was divided equally between her family and the third uncle's family.

Her father-in-law had said before that the current house would be given to the eldest son, and they would pay to buy the other half of the house.

After they move in, her two sons will have to get married. It would be so unlucky for Yuan Junyao, a divorced woman, to live there, so she immediately didn't want to rent it anymore.

Yuan Junyao saw that she was so cheerful just now, but now her expression was changing, so she knew that she must be feeling uneasy because of her divorce.

She would never dare to rent a house like this.

If something happened to her family in the future, they would blame her, so she immediately stood up and said, "I won't rent this house anymore."

Jiang didn't say anything after hearing this, but said embarrassedly: "Oh Junyao, I forgot, my father-in-law said a few days ago that we should move in with the second branch. I'm afraid I can't rent it to you."

Yuan Junyao naturally knew that this was an excuse, but she did not expose it. She just smiled and said to the head of the village: "Let's go to the next house and take a look."

The village head nodded and said nothing more.

This kind of thing is hard to say. She is not allowed to go back to her parents' home, so who would dare to rent a house to her? Unless she has no family left like the first house, then they won't care.

Yuan Junyao couldn't describe the feeling in her heart.

This is how the world and society are. This is her. How would the original owner or other women survive?

So it is not necessarily a bad thing for a person to be down and out, because only when you are down and out can you see the true face of the people around you.

Now there is only one family left, and there is only an old lady left in this family.

Yuan Junyao didn't have much hope. If this family refused to rent to her, she planned to rent in town.

Although it was a bit troublesome to run back and forth, fortunately there was a carriage.

When they arrived, the old lady was just about to go out with her basket of vegetables.

He is almost seventy years old. His hair is gray but combed meticulously. He is dressed very neatly. He looks in good health and speaks with full energy.

Entering the front yard, it gives a very good impression. It is very clean. The east and west wing rooms are locked, but there are Spring Festival couplets on the doors, and the doors and windows are all very new.

The village chief explained his purpose, and the old lady looked at Yuan Junyao and asked the same question as Jiang.

Yuan Junyao told the truth about her divorce.

If the old lady showed any sign of displeasure on her face, she would not rent the house again.

But the old lady was not displeased, and she didn't even hesitate. She said very straightforwardly: "Okay, if you want to rent it, then rent it. I can live alone for a long time. Anyway, this house is very big."

Yuan Junyao smiled and said gratefully, "Thank you, Grandma Xiao."

She vaguely remembered from the original owner's memory that the old lady's surname was Xiao, but the two families had little contact and were not familiar with each other.

But the old lady was a straightforward person, she liked her very much, and she didn't show any displeasure when she heard that she was divorced.

The village head asked: "Mrs. Xiao, which room do you plan to rent to her? How much is the rent?"

The old lady said, "There are two rooms in the main house. I live in the east wing now, and there is a west wing left. My son lived in that room when he was a child. It is empty now. You can rent it if you want. The rent is up to you.

These east and west wing rooms are reserved for my two sons and will definitely not be rented out."

Both of them looked at Yuan Junyao.

Yuan Junyao nodded and said, "Then let's go to the west wing. Thank you, Grandma Xiao, for taking me in. I originally planned to rent it for half a year. How about this? I'll pay a year's rent. What do you think is a suitable amount?"

Grandma Xiao said, "I told you to give it as you see fit. It's lonely living alone in such a big house. Just spend more time with me and talk to me."

Yuan Junyao didn't know how much it cost to rent a house in ancient times, so she could only look at the village head.

The village head knew a little about the ins and outs of this, so he said, "Let's rent it for three hundred coins a year!"

Grandma Xiao waved her hand and said, "Just give me a hundred coins. You can stay as long as you want, but you can't stay here when my son comes back."

She remembered Yuan Junyao, who had been a sensible and obedient child since childhood. Now that she was forced to divorce, she must have suffered a lot of grievances.

After her husband passed away, she would have died long ago if she hadn't wanted to take care of the home for her son.

She is an elderly widower, and Yuan Junyao is a divorced woman. Anyway, neither of them despises the other, so they can be companions for the time being.

She is too lonely.

I am so lonely that I am especially afraid of the dark.

She has lived to an old age and has seen and experienced everything. Now that she has nothing in her old age, what can she care about?

Yuan Junyao's parents must have disliked her decision to rent a house, but as a woman herself, she naturally felt pity for her.

Yuan Junyao felt sorry for the old lady, thinking how pitiful she must be, all alone and helpless. She said, "I'll give you one tael of silver per year as rent. I might even need to use your kitchen to cook while I build the new house."

Grandma Xiao was shocked, and the village head was also dumbfounded. How could a house in this village only cost one or two taels of rent?

What shocked them the most was that Yuan Junyao casually said she would give one or two taels of silver, as if she didn't take the silver seriously at all.

Didn’t she get divorced?

She was kicked out of her husband's house and not allowed to enter her own family. She had to rent a house to live in. How could she have so much money?

The situation now seems different from what they imagined.

Yuan Junyao naturally didn't have too much money to spend, nor did she think she was great because she was rich.

She gave so much money because she was renting the house not just to live in it herself.

When building a house, the craftsmen have to be provided with three meals a day. They have to use the kitchen to cook and the main room to eat, which is inevitably dirty and messy.

And Grandma Xiao was a very clean person, so Yuan Junyao gave her some compensation, and also said something ugly in advance.

In the end, she was really glad that she did so.