Chapter 952 Less Charcoal

Listening to Wang Gui's explanation, Bai Yunxi was not shy about such things, but it was really annoying to keep it a secret.

"It's getting late, let's go back."

"Master, I'll help you, be careful with your steps."

As soon as Bai Yunxi said she was leaving, Shi Liu immediately stepped forward attentively, helped her, and looked at the yard with disdain,

"If we had known it was so unlucky, we wouldn't have come. I'll boil a pot of mugwort water for you when we go back to get rid of the bad luck."

Bai Yunxi trembled the corner of her mouth. This girl was eloquent, and she was more eloquent than Qiu Kui.

Watching the master and servant walk out, Wang Gui hurriedly got up and chased after them without even having time to brush off the weeds on his body.

"Mrs. Bai Shu, don't be angry. I should have told you this earlier. I was negligent. But a ritual has been performed here. Landlord Liu specially invited a master from Putuo Temple to perform the ritual. It is guaranteed to be very clean."

I thought the business was going to be completed, but it turned out to be a problem. It was really annoying.

There are so many things happening in Kyoto every day, and the Liu family's affairs have long been forgotten. Of course, he did have a fluke mentality, thinking that the Bai family went in and out of Kyoto and didn't know much about the situation here.

But this manor is really good, and he introduced it to the Bai family very sincerely.

As the saying goes, officials are blessed by God, even if there are really dirty things, they can't get into their bodies.

"Mr. Bai Shu, today's incident was a minor mistake. If you are interested, I will go and discuss it with Landlord Liu. The price can be negotiated."

This farm is the sad place of the Liu family. As long as he goes to mediate, the price should be able to be reduced.

He is just a Yahui, just a middleman, just a connection.

Of course, in order to make him act quickly, Landlord Liu did promise him benefits. In addition to the regular middleman fee, there is also an extra 100 taels of thank-you gift.

Bai Yunxi walked to the carriage and looked back at him before getting on the carriage. Before she could speak, she saw Wen You holding the reins and knocking on her palm.

"In this case, then Wang Yahui will go there and ask the Liu family what they think. If it is possible, our Bai family will reluctantly accept 5,000 taels."

Wang Gui: "..."

Reluctantly?

Isn't that too much?

Listening to Wang Gui's complaints, Bai Yunxi held back her laughter and got on the carriage.

In fact, she didn't mind bargaining in person. Since she had a mouthpiece around her, she was much less worried.

It was not until the carriage of the Bai family started that Wang Gui reacted, got on the carriage immediately and chased after them. He was thinking about how to broker this deal.

As for what Wang Gui planned, Bai Yunxi didn't care, as long as he could send good news.

Because of this unpleasantness, Bai Yunxi didn't go to see the manor below, and went back to the city directly.

"Aunt Wen is still amazing. Just look at him coldly and Wang Gui's legs will tremble." Shi Liu sat in the carriage, glanced at the carriage far behind, and snorted.

"You are also amazing, eloquent and good at talking." Bai Yunxi chuckled and looked at Shi Liu's beautiful cheeks. She and Qiu Kui complemented each other in action and stillness.

"Master, if the Liu family agrees, are you really willing to buy this manor?" The old man said that places where people have died are not clean. If they are contaminated with dirty things, it will damage their fortune.

"Why, are you scared?"

People in this period especially believed in ghosts and gods. If they were labeled unlucky, no one would want anything, no matter how good it was.

"If you don't do anything wrong, you won't be afraid of ghosts knocking on your door in the middle of the night. I'm not afraid." Shi Liu said, straightening her chest.

She said it, but her eyes were weak.

"Haha... It doesn't matter if you're afraid. Didn't Wang Gui just say that every grievance has its perpetrator, and it won't be found on us."

Bai Yunxi looked at her frightened expression and was in a good mood.

Whether it can be done depends on Wang Gui's ability.

Unexpectedly, Wang Gui came to the door the next day, and the Liu family agreed.

Bai Yunxi was not surprised to hear the news. According to the agreement, he asked Wenyou to go with him to transfer the ownership. After getting the red deed, he took people to repair it directly.

The manor was renamed Zizhu Manor.

Wenyou gathered several young men from Afeng and found professional bricklayers to go to Zizhuyuan to repair the garden.

As for the tenants there, Bai Yunxi was not in a hurry. He would wait for Xiao Si to come and change the lease documents.

During this period, Xie Yu sent a letter to invite Bai Yunxi and his family to visit the mansion to warm the pot.

Last time, the couple came in a hurry, and Bai Yunxi didn't have time to prepare a gift for the meeting, so she just made up for it this time.

Especially Xie Yu's son, the little guy is chubby, and Bai Yunxi, as a godmother, prepared a longevity lock for him.

Xie Yu and his wife just arrived in Kyoto, except for the Duan family, it was Bai Yunxi's family, and they were also happy.

Just from the tone of Mrs. Duan, Bai Yunxi could feel that she had high expectations for this niece-in-law.

As soon as he came, he sat in the position of Shaoqing of the Honglu Temple, which was indeed enough to attract their attention.

As an imperial merchant, the more helpers around them, the more beneficial it is for them. Anyone who helps to say a word is better than those who stand by and watch.

When they came back from Xie's house, the weather started to snow.

Bai Yunxi asked Madam Zhu to check the charcoal fire in the warehouse. If it was not enough, they would go to buy it quickly, so as not to cut off the heating.

"Madam, I don't know who spread the rumor that this year is a cold winter, which has caused the price of silver charcoal on the market to be ridiculously high, five strings of coins per pound, which is too much."

Madam Zhu came back and warmed her hands in front of the charcoal basin, stamping her feet anxiously.

"It's all my fault. A while ago, it was three strings of coins per pound. I thought it was expensive, so I wanted to wait until the weather got colder, so that the charcoal fire would come in large quantities and the price would drop. Now it's good, it's almost doubled. Black charcoal is cheaper, but it produces a lot of smoke and is not suitable for heating."

Bai Yunxi raised her eyebrows. Are the prices in Kyoto so high?

How dare silver charcoal go up to five strings of money?

"Fortunately, when the Fifth Master came here, he bought a lot, which can still be used for some time." Nanny Zhu looked annoyed. It was really hard to buy early knowledge.

"The incident has already happened. The right thing to do is to think about how to solve it. We just arrived this year, and there are many things that we can't do in time. We must learn from experience and prepare early in the future."

Bai Yunxi waved her hand and said,

"If it really doesn't work, we can make charcoal ourselves."

Although she didn't know how to make silver charcoal, the charcoal she made was also smokeless.

It just so happened that they bought a farm, and there were many pine and bamboo forests in the back mountain. Burning two cellars was enough for their family.

The second brother and his wife were the best at this matter. It would be great if the fourth brother and his friends could come over.

Having said that, Bai Yunxi still asked someone to send a letter to Wenyou, asking her to bring people to cut some pine and bamboo for preparation. When the snow stopped, she would go over and burn a cellar first.

It snowed for two days in a row and finally stopped.

Bai Yunxi asked someone to prepare a car and took Shi Liu Qiu Kui to Zizhu Manor. The snow on the road was very thick and it was really inconvenient to drive.

Wen You saw Bai Yunxi's carriage and her eyebrows jumped, "Why is Aunt Bai here? The snowy road is slippery and very dangerous."

Without waiting for Bai Yunxi to speak, Shi Liu recounted the whole story, "The charcoal fire in the mansion can only last for half a month at most. The master was worried about running out of food, so he came to burn charcoal."