Chapter 950 Fengyang Villa
"If Bai Shuren is interested, you can send a steward to go and have a look with me, and then come back and report back to Shuren." Wang Gui looked at the old lady in the first place and felt excited. When officials buy other courtyards, they naturally become more and more perfect. Well, it would be nice to stay at Zhuangzi from time to time.
After Baiyunxi heard this, he made a plan in his mind.
"That's okay, you can make an appointment and we can go take a look."
"Young man, I'm always waiting for you." Wang Gui stood up and bowed, "If you can, you can go check it out this afternoon or tomorrow."
"We will meet at the gate of Xicheng tomorrow morning."
"Yes, I will definitely be waiting for you on time." Wang Gui felt happy, agreed on a time, and left.
Baiyunxi looked at Wenyou, "Let's go take a look tomorrow. I guess Zhuangzi on the outskirts of the city won't be too cheap."
"OK."
When Zhang Yishan learned that her mother-in-law wanted to buy Zhuangzi again, she came over again with Ginkgo and a box.
"This is my little wish, don't refuse, mother. Most of our family's income is earned by the fourth brother, but the fourth brother's time for business is limited... I don't have much, but I still want to give my best."
My mother purchased a lot of Zhuangzi, and it was all thanks to the fourth and second brothers.
After an official becomes a Hanlin bachelor, he will be worshiped as a third-rank official and paid thirty-five stones a month. From now on, he will not have to worry about food and drink.
Seeing Zhang Yishan's bulging belly, Bai Yunxi pushed it to her side without even opening the box.
"You have your own children, and there will be more places to spend money in the future. Mom still has money on hand, so I don't need yours."
"But mother, this is also what the official meant."
The monthly salary of an official is fixed, but there are many places where money is needed, and the cost is also the largest. Shuyuan always drew it from his father-in-law. After she learned about it, she would occasionally replenish it, but the two of them consumed too much, so they were still a little embarrassed.
Listening to Zhang Yishan's inner voice, Bai Yunxi couldn't help but curl up her lips.
It does cost a lot for Xiaowu to deal with things outside, inquire about news, and handle some chores. But with him here, the rest of the people will have the confidence whether they are farming or doing business, and their intangible contributions are also valuable.
"This is your dowry, keep it yourself. With Xiao Si supporting your head, it's enough."
As the saying goes, brothers fight like brothers, and father and son fight in battle.
Everyone is responsible for adding wealth to the family, and the more harmonious their relationship becomes as brothers work together.
Zhang Yishan looked at her mother-in-law's kind eyes and had no intention of accepting her offer. I sighed again in my heart, her mother-in-law is really more generous and upright than the mistresses of those aristocratic families. She doesn't even blink when money is delivered to her, and she doesn't covet her daughter-in-law's dowry at all.
In the past, she often heard stories from her friends about whose daughter-in-law was tricked by her husband's family, and whose mother-in-law coveted her daughter-in-law's dowry.
For those yellow and white things, I have exhausted all my abilities and racked my brains.
When he came to her, he offered his hands to her, and her mother-in-law didn't even look at her.
God has eyes, let her meet such a reasonable and good mother-in-law.
Just like my mother said, she is just a fool.
Listening to Zhang Yishan's emotion, Bai Yunxi almost trembled at the corners of her mouth. Who said she didn't love money? Who said she wouldn't blink when she saw money?
Her favorite thing is yellow and white things.
It's just that a gentleman doesn't take what others like, and she has a bottom line.
After breakfast the next day, Baiyunxi changed into simple clothes and set off with Wenyou Pomegranate.
Outside the west city gate, there was a carriage parked, and next to it stood Wang Gui, who went to his house yesterday.
The carriage stopped in front of Wang Gui. Wen You held the reins and said, "Wang Yahui, please lead the way."
"Hey~"
Seeing Wenyou, Wang Gui was stunned for a moment and looked at the carriage in confusion. He didn't dare to ask any more questions, he just got in the car and drove ahead to lead the way.
There were not many people on the official road in winter, and the carriage was fast. In half an hour, we arrived at Fengyang Villa.
Wang Gui jumped out of the carriage and cupped his hands at Wenyou.
"Aunt Wen, we're here, please lead the way."
Wenyou hung the reins on the bag of the carriage, opened the door, and helped Baiyun Xi down.
When Wang Gui saw Baiyunxi, he was surprised and hurriedly greeted him, "I didn't know Bai Shuren was coming, so I was negligent."
"It doesn't matter, I came up with it myself."
Baiyunxi got out of the car, and Shiliu tied her cloak on her. She looked at the depressing scenery around her. Even the door in front of her was entangled with dead vines. It seemed that no one had cleaned it for a long time.
"This is Fengyang Villa. There is only one old man guarding the gate. It looks a bit messy." Wang Gui explained, and walked up to knock on the door. After a while, the door creaked open, revealing the face of an old man with wrinkles on his face.
"Uncle Zou, I'm bringing guests to see Zhuangzi."
"Casual look."
Uncle Zou opened the door, watched Baiyunxi and others follow Wang Gui in, and then went directly into the concierge.
Entering the yard, there was only a winding path, lined with maple trees on both sides, and a layer of dry leaves fell on the ground, making a crunching sound when stepped on.
Passing through the maple path, there is another courtyard. No one lives there. The eaves are covered with vine branches. Although it looks quite dilapidated, it can be seen that the previous wheelhouse took a lot of effort to build.
"This place has been empty for two years. It already looks dilapidated and lacks popularity. It will get damaged faster."
Squeak~
Wang Gui opened the door of the other courtyard and looked at the fallen leaves on the ground with regret in his tone.
The courtyard with two entrances has a reasonable layout, the cloisters and the moon gate are all in good condition. It can be lived in with simple repairs, and it looks good.
Going out from the back door of the villa, there is a bamboo forest. Going up the stone steps, you can see a steaming pool. Because the pool is abandoned, the hot spring water flows down the ditch next to it and merges into the stream.
The hot spring pool is surrounded by purple bamboo forests. Judging from the density of the bamboo forest, people outside cannot see it.
"This is the hot spring, which is drained from the mountain." Wang Gui pointed to the pool with white smoke and looked at the lush bamboo forest. "With the nourishment of hot springs, the bamboo forest is evergreen all year round."
In addition to these two places, there is also an open space, which is a horse racing field. It has been idle for too long and weeds are growing everywhere.
In addition, it is all fields. Five hundred acres is really not small.
"Although the fields are all dry land, the soil is fertile and the harvest is excellent."
Standing on the hillside, you can have a panoramic view of the entire villa. As long as the price is right, she likes it here.
Wenyou and Baiyunxi looked at each other, and both were quite satisfied.
Shi Liu supported her master's arm and said softly, "If we buy this place, it will take a lot of time just to repair it."
"That's inevitable,"
Bai Yunxi glanced at her and chuckled,
"I wonder how much this farm costs?"
"My dear lady, this farm is priced at 10,000 taels."
Hearing the price, Wen You frowned, "This is dry land, not paddy field, why is it so expensive?"
An acre of good dry land costs five strings of money, and 500 acres is only 2,500 strings of money. As for the hot springs in the other courtyards, they are all in ruins, and the racecourse can't see any traces of its original state.
It's too expensive.