Chapter 3 Purchasing
Wang Xuan has been busy for more than a whole month, and the number of times he went out during this month was really pitiful.
But today he had to go out, for nothing else, just because he had no food at home.
And he doesn't have much money now. If he doesn't go out, he can only wait to die at home.
So early that morning, Wang Xuan got up early, cleaned up, and stepped out of the door that had not been opened for a long time.
After stepping out of the door, Wang Xuan did not rush to buy or find a job, but started shopping in Yongyangfang.
After all, whether it was buying a house or going out to buy it, Wang Xuan hurriedly passed by and didn't even look at the entire Yongyangfang.
Walking on the bluestone road on the main street of Yongyangfang, watching the crowd getting up early and going out to work, Wang Xuan wanted to come forward and say hello, but seeing that they all seemed to resist dodge, Wang Xuan immediately lost the mind and started to turn around in Yongyangfang on his own.
This turn really made Wang Xuan understand a lot.
If you want to say that Yongyangfang is a shop, it is really not qualified, because Yongyangfang has too few populations, it is a bit far-fetched to say that it is a village.
Wang Xuan also found that in Yongyang Fang, except for the houses on both sides of the main street, many of the houses were open, and it looked like they were uninhabited for a long time.
Wang Xuan was a little annoyed when he discovered this and bought a house that was expensive.
This is not the case. Wang Xuan didn’t know that although those houses were uninhabited, their land deeds were all in the yamen.
If a person who has just come to Chang'an wants to buy a house like that, he will not talk about the cumbersome procedures, but you may not be able to buy it if you don't have some connections.
Even if you go to the West City to find a dental merchant to buy it, the money you give to the dental merchant is not a small amount.
So if you want to buy a house, it is the most cost-effective to buy it directly with the homeowner.
But Wang Xuan didn't know about these things, so Wang Xuan secretly regretted looking at the uninhabited house.
"Boy Xuan, you haven't left for more than a month, why is it rare to go out today?" Old Mr. Liu from Fangzheng saw Wang Xuan wandering there from a distance, and shouted at Wang Xuan.
"Hello, Master Fangzheng, I'm not hiding it. The young man is going to go out to buy food, but when he went out, he remembered that the young man had been in the fang for more than a month and had not yet looked at the furnishings in the fang and visited neighbors, so he went around." Hearing the old man Liu of Fangzheng called him, Wang Xuan hurried over and saluted him and expressed his behavior.
Listening to Wang Xuan's clear and well-behaved, Mr. Liu, Fangzheng, couldn't help but look up at Wang Xuan, thinking that Wang Xuan must have written books before.
"What's the one who is not the one who is Fangzheng? I think you are good. In addition, since you have settled in Yongyangfang, you are a neighbor. If you don't dislike me, just call me "Mr. Liu, you can see." Mr. Liu, who had subjective conjectures in his heart, waved his hand at Wang Xuan and said to him.
"You said so, of course you are disrespectful. My nephew Wang Xuan has seen Mr. Liu." When Wang Xuan heard that there was such a good thing, how could he let it go? He immediately acted as if his sons and nephews were paying homage to his elders, and Mr. Liu bowed to the front.
"Okay, okay, okay, boy Xuan get up quickly." Seeing Wang Xuan bowing, Old Man Liu was happy and smiled and convinced Wang Xuan.
Later, because of this relationship, the two of them had a very speculative conversation.
Wang Xuan learned a lot from Mr. Liu that he wanted to know, such as personally, he could not set up a stall in the shop, but it would be fine if the shop agreed to sell some food, but the monthly payment is also quite large, which costs twenty cents.
Although it was only twenty cents, it was not a small amount in the early Tang Dynasty. You should know that in the early Tang Dynasty, the price of grain was only four or five cents per liter, and one liter was about one kilogram, and twenty cents was four kilograms of grain.
Four kilograms of grain, a family of five, save some food for half a month. Who would think that twenty cents are less?
So when Wang Xuan was asking about this like Mr. Liu, he knew Wang Xuan’s thoughts and immediately advised Wang Xuan, “Boy Xuan, listen to the old man, if you really have this skill, then go to the West City to find an errand or do it yourself. In our shop, you can’t do even if you have great skills. There are too few people in our shop.”
"Old man, don't worry, I know what, I see, it's getting late, I have to buy some property, so I won't talk to you, wait for the boy to come back later, and I'm visiting you." After saying that, Wang Xuan stood up and said goodbye to Mr. Liu, and left quickly.
"Why didn't this kid listen to advice? It seems that he can only wait to talk to him well at night." Looking at Wang Xuan who was walking away, Old Man Liu murmured to himself.
After leaving, Wang Xuan, because of the news from Fangzheng, ran to Xishi quickly, bought a stone mill, a few pots for cooking, and a stone of soybeans, and hired someone to send everything back to Yongyangfang.
Then he inquired about it and went to a pharmacy.
"This guest official, what medicine do you want to catch? Is there any prescription? It's not that I said that our Yonghetang medicine is the most complete in Chang'an, but it is also one of the best." As soon as Wang Xuan entered the pharmacy, the shopkeeper asked Wang Xuan enthusiastically and introduced it.
"Hello, the shopkeeper, I want to buy some mugwort, I don't know how much you are." After listening to the shopkeeper's words politely, Wang Xuan asked the shopkeeper with a smile.
"Little brother, you are here in the right place. To be honest, I just got a stone of mugwort two days ago. How much do you want? I'll get it for you. The price is so good that you can say three cents per pound." After the shopkeeper said that, he looked at Wang Xuan.
"Shopkeeper, your price is a bit high. This mugwort is not a precious thing, and the amount I want is also large. Look..." Wang Xuan paused for a moment, not saying that the shopkeeper would reduce the price, but looked at him with a smile.
Sure enough, when the shopkeeper heard Wang Xuan's words, he was immediately happy. He thought about it and asked Wang Xuan for a price, "Little brother, experts, then brother won't make money from you. As long as your amount is more than half a stone, you can take it away for two words, that's enough."
"Shopkeeper, we won't say anything else. I'll ask for a stone. It's a pound. It's your turn. If you don't want to leave now, you'll leave." Seeing that the shopkeeper gave in, Wang Xuan smiled and said to the shopkeeper very domineeringly.
After saying that, he seemed to be like the shopkeeper disagreed and he left immediately.
The shopkeeper saw that the fat sheep he had was leaving. When he thought that his mugwort was collected for 60 yuan, he doubled now. He immediately called Wang Xuan, "Little brother, go slowly, I will do it, at the price you said, every penny and pound."
After hearing the shopkeeper's approval, Wang Xuan was also ready to take out the money and gave it to him directly, leaving an address for the shopkeeper to deliver it to him.
Chapter completed!