【Quick Wear】My Years as a Mother-in-law

"Nothing, Jiujin. Thank you for your help today. Go and have a rest first. I'll come after dinner."

Yun Xi tried hard to force a smile.

"Okay, Madam Yun, if you don't want to laugh, don't laugh. It looks a bit scary." Jiujin ran away.

The next day, the sun rose as usual, hot and bright.

"Taoyao, let's move after the funeral." Yun Xi forced herself to cheer up.

Tao Yao stared with her red and swollen eyes, "Auntie Yun, why is this happening? Isn't this place good?"

"It's unlucky here, Taoyao. My family has a spy, and yours has encountered such a disaster. I suspect the feng shui is bad." Yun Xi said firmly, "We must say goodbye to everything in the past and sell the house here. I believe that your parents' spirits in heaven also hope that you can be safe and happy."

"Besides, we don't know if we will be retaliated by Lu Sheng's accomplices. We should leave."

Zhao Taoyao started crying again. After a long while, she sniffled and said in a low voice, "Auntie Yun, I'll listen to you. Please make the arrangements. I don't understand anything."

"it is good."

Yun Xi found a respected elder to help preside over the funeral. Cenotaphs were built for the Zhao couple and Zhao's mother's family. The funeral was a grand affair. After the funeral, not much of Zhao's mother's family's inheritance remained. Perhaps they had hidden the property, or perhaps it had been looted by the Eagle Guard...

Yun Xi didn't investigate further and sold all the land, property and belongings of Zhao's mother's family, earning two hundred taels, and the remaining cash totaled three hundred taels.

Yun Xi divided the money among Tao Yao's three children, and quickly sold the two courtyards in Taolifang for 500 taels, 300 taels for her own family and 200 taels for the Zhao family.

The two families packed their luggage and stayed at an inn in East City, where they began looking for a house. As for why East City? Because they couldn't afford to buy a house in West City. Even officials couldn't afford a house there, let alone the two commoners. The housing prices in South City were much lower than in East City, so it was better to buy a house in East City.

"Ladies, if you're looking for a bargain, there are only these two small houses. They're divided by a small courtyard with three entrances. The front wall and gate are only a little over thirty feet long, but they're over six feet deep, equivalent to a small courtyard with three entrances. The furniture is old, but very complete. With a little renovation, it can be habitable."

The agent introduced it enthusiastically.

Yun Xi was confused, "How do I sell it?"

"One thousand two hundred taels per seat!"

“So expensive!”

Zhao Taoyao opened her mouth so wide that a goose egg could fit in it.

Yun Xi pulled her aside and asked, "Taoyao, do you have enough money?"

Tao Yao whispered, "It's only 1,300 taels. Li Hao and the others gave me 500 taels before, my maternal family inherited 300 taels, the house sold for 200 taels, and my family has 100 taels in savings. The other 200 taels were given by the Eighth Prince and his men during the Lantern Festival. Each of them gave 50 taels and some gifts."

"If I buy a house, I'll only have one hundred taels left, which is not enough to repair the house or live on."

Yun Xi nodded, "Mine isn't enough either. Let me bargain."

In fact, it was enough. Not to mention the rewards for his own mission, there were also the gold and silver treasures stolen from Concubine Yun. There were two hundred taels of gold, one thousand taels of silver, and other treasures worth about three thousand taels, but none of them were visible.

On the surface, there are 500 taels of silver given by Li Hao and the other five, 300 taels from selling the house, 800 taels from writing books, and 50 taels from copying books, a total of 1,650 taels, enough to buy a house, but what if the house is not repaired after purchase? The life after repair will also cost money.

So Yun Xi put her hands on her hips and argued with the broker for a quarter of an hour.

"This house hasn't been sold for so long, maybe someone has died there! It's been so long since it was sold, and you finally found us, so you should lower the price a bit."

“This is the cheapest house in East City.”

"The door of the house is broken. It will cost a lot of money to repair it. Can you give me a discount?"

“This is the cheapest house in East City.”

"So many tiles on the house are broken, and this part has collapsed. It's considered a bargain."

“This is the cheapest house in East City.”

"One thousand taels, we will pay and transfer the ownership immediately."

“This is the cheapest house in East City.”

"This girl's relative is the prince of the Bo Mansion."

"One thousand one hundred and eighty taels."

"My prince! Is that all you have left?"

"One thousand and one hundred taels, the lowest price. Even the emperor can't do this."

"make a deal!"

The transfer and payment were completed in one go, and Yun Xi quickly found someone to repair the house. It cost one hundred coins a day to repair one room in the inn, and two hundred coins a day for two rooms, which was really too expensive.

Unexpectedly, after hearing the news, Li Hao immediately brought people to help repair the two people's house quickly. However, he didn't like Yun Xi very much, but Yun Xi didn't care and was not sad.

Yun Xi held Yunduan and looked at the house. The house was a north-facing and south-facing structure, which was popular in the north.

After entering the door, there is a screen wall. On the left are two very small back rooms, parallel to the main gate. There is nothing behind the screen wall. It is directly the ceremonial gate of the second courtyard. Yun Xi turned her head and took a look. The first courtyard was just a small courtyard with some flowers planted by the wall. It seemed quite nice.

After entering the second gate, I found that the second house was quite large, with two rooms in the east wing and two rooms in the west wing. There was a large water tank in the middle of the yard. There was nothing in it now. When the time comes, I will transplant fruit trees and raise fish in the water tank, and it will come alive.

Walk forward and cross the corridor to reach the main house. The corridor is between the second courtyard and the main house. You can go left or right through the corridor and bypass the main house to reach the third courtyard. The third courtyard is the so-called back room, which has only three shabby rooms. There is a sealed door on the east side of the three back rooms, which should be the back door.

Returning to the main house, I found that it had three rooms but no side rooms.

"This isn't a repair, it's a renovation."

The house as a whole no longer looks like it used to be. The blue bricks and black tiles are all new. Lu Da, no, Li Hao is thoughtful.

It is only half the size of a normal three-courtyard house, and it looks a bit cramped no matter how you look at it. It is ten meters wide and twenty meters long, with a total area of ​​200 square meters. It is indeed a very small three-courtyard house.

Jiujin looked around and said, "Madam Yun, this house is very nice, better than the old one. We can grow vegetables in these three small courtyards."

"You get busy. Oh, and don't run around all the time. Take Qinglin and live in the back house in front. I'll provide accommodation for you. You can help my family. Qinglin can go to the mountains outside East City to chop wood. I'll increase your monthly salary to 800 wen. You can also do the grocery shopping and cooking. You can do whatever you want in your free time. Just cook on time. You have four days off a month."

Yun Xi had been thinking about the dumplings made by Jiujin since she had eaten them last time. His cooking skills were really good.

"Okay!"

Jiujin was so happy that he was spinning around. The rent for their house in the north city was two hundred wen a month, which they could save.

Jiujin asked Qinglin to move Yunxi's luggage to the inn. He had learned carpentry and could assemble tables, chairs, benches and beds, so he could put them together quickly.