431 New House
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Xu Chong chose the house at the junction of the West and North Districts, which was also carefully considered.
There are many huge merchants and wealthy businessmen in the west area and many official yamen in the north area. The public security of these two districts is undoubtedly the best in the entire Minzhou Prefecture.
Xu Chong is a fifth-rank official, so he could buy a house in the north area, but considering that Jiayu is from a small family, he might not be able to interact with the official wives. Moreover, Chen Jiaxu and Sun's new house are located in the west area, so he thought that it would be convenient for the two families to get in touch with each other and that Jiayu could integrate into his new life as soon as possible. After thinking about it, Xu Chong thought about it, he decided to buy a house at the junction of the two areas.
The houses here are all popular, and Xu Chong sold the house to him because of his surname "Xu". However, Xu Chong was unwilling to accept favors from everyone. The money was given at 20% more than the market price, which was just mentioned even if it was placed there.
The house is not small, it is a serious courtyard. The scenery in the courtyard is elegant, with flowing water, pavilions, towers, and corridors. It is really a step-by-step view, and it makes people look dazzled.
As soon as Xiao Yuer and Changqi entered the yard, they were filled with marvel.
This yard should be built in accordance with the scenery of Jiangnan gardens, and is elegant and elegant in style, fresh and free. There are countless rare flowers and treasures in the courtyard. Just along the way, you can see osmanthus, red maple, kumquat, wintersweet, pine, soft willow, etc.; there are also water and stones that complement each other, and Taihu stones are exquisitely planted in the courtyard, which is really beautiful and makes people nostalgic.
Chen Jiaxu and Sun were familiar with each other. It can be seen that when they bought the house and renovated it, they came here to be busy.
Sun said all these things. She saw that Xiaoyuer loved these very much, and her sister-in-law was accompanied by her sister-in-law. The two of them had forgotten their two children, so they came over to explain, "This is still the scenery of the outer courtyard, which is good for its refreshingness. The scenery of the inner courtyard should be more gorgeous, especially Yilan Garden, Tinghexuan, Sizhuwu. These are the masterpieces of the craftsmen who designed this house. The courtyard is like a painting environment, which makes people unwilling to come out if they are in it."
Seeing that Xiao Yuer was really interested in these scenes and stones, Sun said with a point. Xiao Yuer really listened patiently, and there was a lot of joy between her eyebrows.
However, Changqi, she had no idea about these things. She just wanted to know where this house is suitable for adventure and where to climb high... But she should not let her sister know about this thought for the time being, otherwise she would be chanting in her ear again, and she was afraid of her sister's verbalism.
Soon everyone arrived at their respective yards to settle them.
Xu Chong was busy accompanying Chen Jiayu, and he was really very determined, but he pointed to the two old people in the mansion and asked them to go to Yilan Garden to listen to Xiao Yuer and Changqi's orders, so he let go.
Chen Jiayu was shocked and twisted his waist angrily, but she had just arrived at the new home and was also out of darkness. She just wanted someone to take care of Xiaoyuer and Changqi, but she didn't know where to start.
In the end, they could only respond to what Xu Chong said, and carefully beat the two women and asked them to work with the two girls. If there was any negligence, they would not want to see the consequences.
After sending all the servants away, Chen Jiayu tilted on the inner room bed.
After working hard all the way, her body really couldn't hold on. Now her legs and feet are numb and she needs to be slow down.
Chen Jiayu was lying on the bed, her eyes kept looking at the interior decoration. The more she looked, the more she liked it, the more she felt happy in her heart.
This is the first house that belongs to him and Xu Chong. Thinking of their future years, they will have children here. Seeing their children grow up, Chen Jiayu sincerely likes this house, this house, and a teacup and a stool in this house.
She said this without realizing it, and Xu Chong couldn't help laughing loudly, "I thought you were more and more like a wife in the head. You look like an inexperienced little maid, and you even regarded this house as a treasure. This is just a broken house, what is there to say? The house is not small, but it is not as valuable as the "Chen Mansion" in the capital. The house in the capital is a good house. Wait, when I become a Beijing official, I will ask Your Majesty to give me a house built by the Works Department to your master. That is truly magnificent, elegant and quaint."
It’s disgusting to say that, but Xu Chong’s complacent words can easily be heard.
Although it was not true that he had laid the house down, it took a lot of effort to buy it. Later, he asked someone to rest and asked someone to revise the design drawings, which really took him a lot of effort. Therefore, even though the original house was exquisite, after he spent a lot of money to reorganize it, the house became a place where only the fairy concubines were worthy of living.
Well, Jiayu is the fairy concubine in his eyes.
After Chen Jiayu and Xu Chong had been in contact for a long time, they realized the bad habit of "not speaking right". If you change your second sister-in-law, you don't know if you are muttering to your second brother or who is the sentence, that is pretentious.
She thought Xu Chong was pretentious enough, but fortunately she was an adult and didn't have the same knowledge as him.
Chen Jiayu also realized the change in her mood at this time. If Xu Chong said that she was "little maid," she would be tense, and she would not be afraid of crying under the quilt when she turned around. She was also quite pretentious at that time, not only pretentious but also inferior. But now, the wealthy life gave her confidence, and Xu Chong's pampering for her gave her a spiritual pillar. The words in these books she had read in time turned into light, supporting her poor mind again and making her become confident little by little.
Therefore, the little maid, just say it. She knew that Xu Chong was just joking and had no malice, and she would no longer be sensitive because of other people's unintentional words, so she felt so uncomfortable that she could not control herself.
Chen Jiayu's mentality has really changed. She seemed to have not heard of the "little maid", but she was hilarious about Xu Chong's desire to ask His Majesty to give him a house. "As a second-rank governor, Your Majesty has not given him a house. You said that you want to be a second-rank governor and how much credit do you have to make to ask His Majesty to give you a house? No matter how you say you have to be a first-rank one, right? Well, some have to endure it. I am afraid that I will not be able to live in the house you asked for an order in my lifetime."
Xu Chong's face turned a little dark, but he firmly refused to admit that what his wife said might come true. Xu Chong, who is proud of his face, argued, "Your Majesty wants to give a house to the second-rank governor of Liangjiang, and your Majesty wants it, but the second brother doesn't want it."
Chen Jiayu was curious, "How could it be? How did the second brother think?"
"Are you afraid that the big tree will attract the wind?" The most important thing is that the house is big, so there will be more servants? Finally, the Xu family was run into an iron bucket. Isn't this trick an initiative to invite all kinds of monsters and monsters into the door?
For safety reasons, the most important thing is to save trouble, his second brother voluntarily resigned from the matter of His Majesty's gift. However, His Majesty also said that the house will be given sooner or later, and he will choose the house. He can move when his second brother is transferred to the capital...
Sometimes Xu Chong couldn't help thinking that this house was like a carrot running forward with a donkey. If his second brother really wanted the mansion beside the imperial city, wouldn't he have to work hard to solve his problems for His Majesty?
The transaction cannot be changed by exchanging a house for a loyal minister, and Emperor Yunwen has made a lot of money.
When Chen Jiayu heard Xu Chong's mutter, he couldn't help but say, "The houses can't be bought and sold by the imperial city, but only by His Majesty. Those who can live next to the imperial city are not just royal relatives, but also ministers in the court, and His Majesty's confidant. This is not just a problem with the house, but it is a question of whether the emperor is favored by the emperor, but a question of the influence of the second uncle in the court." The house is equivalent to a bright future, and also a high and powerful future. Use this as bait to hang his second brother to climb up the mountain and fire for His Majesty. This transaction is obviously fair and reasonable, and there is no deception. For example, Xu Chong, he wanted this good job, but Emperor Yunwen also disliked him for being incompetent and was unwilling to do this business with him.
Chen Jiayu felt so slandered in her heart, but her face was very pure. She didn't dare to say what she said in her heart, otherwise Xu Chong would have been ordered to go wild.
This person is the most unhelpful person to say something bad to him, otherwise he would have a few days with you. He is so handsome, he looks like a child who doesn't grow up.
Chen Jiayu and Xu Chong were talking in a lingering manner in the main courtyard. In the Yilan Garden, Xiao Yuer began to place her and Changqi's things.
Changqi also wanted to continue sleeping in the same room with her sister, but Xiaoyuer was really fed up with her shadowless feet.
There was nothing I could do on the boat. The two sisters in the place had to live together wrongly. But Yilan Garden is very big. It is nominally a small courtyard in the inner courtyard, but there are also a few small children. There are dozens of rooms in all sizes. The two sisters live in different ways, one room a day, and it can’t be lived once every ten days and half a month.
Xiao Yuer said, "Just like us in Tongzhou Prefecture, we live in one room by ourselves. Your room is still next to me. Don't think about sneaking out to play at night."
Changqi was dissatisfied, "Isn't it good to sleep well at night? Why do you have to run out? Running out without sleeping is something that only childish children do. How old is I, I won't be so bored."
Xiaoyuer resisted the urge to roll her eyes.
Are you a seven-year-old kid, where are you confident to laugh at other people's childish kids?
You know, you sneaked out at a big night last year.
Although you were not arrested, the next day the maid in your room reported to your mother that your sleeping shoes were covered with brown mud from the west of the city.
It’s also because my mother felt that it was not easy to get into the current situation. What’s worse, she felt that she was going back to Beijing and was so dizzy that she wanted to deal with you slowly. As a result, my mother forgot about this matter later. You little girl really think that no one noticed it, and she still speaks wildly?
Haha, Xiao Yuer decided to wake up the maids in Changqi's house at night. This girl was excited every time she arrived at a new place. She would not be willing to go to bed without exploring the surroundings clearly.
Thinking of this in my mind, Xiao Yuer directed the maids in an orderly manner and moved Changqi's things to the next room.
As for how to place these things, she doesn't have to worry about it. Changqi has her own aesthetic. Although her aesthetic is equivalent to none, she can do her own room according to her own preferences. Anyway, even if it hurts her eyes, outsiders can't see it, and she has long been used to her, her own sister.
When they are busy, time always passes quickly. When the Xiaoyuer and his sisters settle down, a little maid also came over the main courtyard and invited the two sisters to go to the main courtyard for dinner.
Xu Chong and Chen Jiayu were already waiting in the flower hall. Xu Chong, an elder, still had no appearance as an elder, so he heard him say, "Let me go back and ask someone to build a small kitchen in your yard, and you two will eat in your yard." This has two meanings. One is that it feels cold and the children are suffering from running back and forth; the other is that he finally brought Jiayu back to his nest, but this time it was really his own nest. He also wanted to live a sweet and greasy world with Jiayu. The two little nieces are too troublesome, so it's better to come and cause trouble.
Chen Jiayu understood Xu Chong's thoughts in seconds, and his fingers were a little ready for a moment.
Xu Chong said that on the boat. She said in front of her second sister-in-law, but she clearly said that she would take good care of the two sisters and ordered them to not even lose a strand of hair. Now? The words are still in her ears, but Xu Chong turned his back on her face.
If she was her second sister-in-law, if she learned about this, she would be afraid that she would give her a kick. Forget it, let's leave it to her second brother for the rough work of kicking someone, as the second brother will not show mercy at that time.
Chen Jiayu wanted to make up for Xu Chong, but the two sisters Xiao Yuer and Changqi had already nodded.
Whether in Tongzhou or Beijing, they all have their own small yards. My mother felt that they were growing up and might wake up hungry at night, so she specially built a small kitchen to prepare various soups and porridge for them every night.
They also think that having a small kitchen in the yard is more convenient, not only to make food when you are hungry, but also to let the chef make something they like at any time. It’s really cold again, and it’s really a pain to run to the main yard three times a day, so it’s better to eat and use it in the kitchen.
The two sisters nodded readily, but they asked Chen Jiayu to say something or not.
Seeing his aunt's entanglement, Xiao Yuer smiled and comforted her, "Don't worry that we misunderstood Uncle San. We know who the third uncle is. He also feels sorry for us, so he doesn't want us to run back and forth here." As for the dislike of the two sisters, don't say that, Uncle San doesn't have shame, but Aunt San wants it.
The two sisters happily left after dinner. Chen Jiayu took Xu Chong's hand and advised him. He should pay attention to what he said, and how to be careful and gentle. Xu Chong said that he had sued him all the time. He gave him all his tenderness and affection, so he could still give it to his niece?
Let’s not see if his two nieces need his careful and gentle care?
He is not that kind of person!
Chapter completed!