Chapter 726
The house that Qi Lan lives in now was the house that Xia Zihan bought for her as a dowry when she got married. Later, when Nuan Xiang got married, she gave Nuan Xiang another house as a dowry, which happened to be right next door to Qi Lan's house.
The two houses were opened in the middle and became one. The two brothers lived with their parents.
However, those two houses are small, and the yards are not big. Even if they are connected, there is no place to grow vegetables and grain.
The old couple of the Zheng family have lived in the suburbs of the city for decades and farmed the land for decades. They were unable to farm for a while and were idle all day long. There were still people waiting on them. No wonder they were not used to it for a while and wanted to go back to the suburbs of the city. Go live at home.
"If you buy a house with a big yard to live in, let them take care of the yard. They will be busy growing vegetables and going to the fields all day long, so they won't clamor to go back to the Zheng family's old house." Xia Zihan said with a smile. .
Qi Lan lowered her head and thought about this matter seriously.
After a while, she said, "I have to go back and discuss with Nuan Xiang and the two brothers. I need everyone to agree."
Xia Zihan said, "If you don't have enough money, just ask. You must choose a good land with a big yard and preferably a pond that can raise fish. Your father-in-law and mother-in-law are real people. They have worked hard." I have no time to spare for the rest of my life. I understand that you and Nuan Xiang are helping me and I don’t have time to serve them on weekdays. So we have to make them happy, but we can’t make them feel miserable.”
Qi Lan was busy responding.
After returning, Qi Lan took the two brothers and Nuan Xiang to discuss the matter.
The two brothers worked as errands and guards at the Chu residence. Their monthly salary was fifteen taels of silver, which was less than two hundred taels of silver a year. This monthly salary was already considered high in other wealthy families, but they had to buy a house. A five-in-one house with good land and a large yard is still a drop in the bucket and far from enough.
To enter a big house, you need to have a good land boundary and a big yard, so you will need at least ten thousand taels of silver.
Two brothers, no one can take it out.
They looked at each other and looked at their respective wives with embarrassment. Zheng Qing said, "Daughter-in-law, we live well in this house. Why are we thinking about buying a house again?"
"Yes, I think parents just feel homesick for a moment, and they don't necessarily have to go back to farming."
"How much money does it cost to buy a big house for five cents? Wife, we have money, but we can't spend it lavishly. We still have to save some dowry for our daughter, and our son, when he grows up, marries a wife, then The betrothal gift is not for young or old.”
The two brothers persuaded Qi Lan and Nuan Xiang one by one.
Qi Lan waved her hand and said, "Okay, don't persuade me. If you continue to persuade me, what will you do if my father wants to go back to the Zheng family's old house again after spring starts?"
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The two brothers Zheng Qing and Zheng Yan were silent.
Hey, who makes it impossible for them to earn a wife?
The money the daughter-in-law makes in a month is more than they make in a year.
My father is a hard-tempered man who has been self-sufficient all his life. For a while, he wants to eat and drink from his daughter-in-law. Although his daughter-in-law is very happy, he will definitely be uncomfortable and face trouble.
In fact, they are also very helpless.
However, the guard's monthly money is dead, it's just that much. Even if they want to make more, they can't. What's more, the monthly money given by the Chu family is already a lot, and other wealthy families give them ten taels of silver a month.
The Chu family gives fifteen taels of silver a month, which is already the highest amount. What's more, they did not work as guards for the Chu family to make money, but to repay their kindness and repay the kindness of Mr. Chuge for saving the Zheng family and his family.
"Okay, let's settle this matter." Qi Lan finalized the matter, "Nuan Xiang and I will work together on the money matter, and that's it. You don't have to worry about it. Just in time, Nuan Xiang and I will take a look around in the few days before the Lantern Festival. If we see something suitable, we will let you know.”
Zheng Qing hesitated, "Well, wife, do you want to tell your parents about this first?"
"Tell your parents, can you still buy this house?" Qi Lan's eyes widened, and Zheng Qing said obediently, planning to work with his wife to hide things from his parents.
Brothers Zheng Yan and Zheng Qing are very strict with their wives. Whatever their daughter-in-law says, that's what they say. They won't say anything, and they don't want to let their daughter-in-law cry when they are sad.
What's more, the daughter-in-law does this so that their parents can live in a better place.
After getting their brother's consent, Qi Lan and Nuan Xiang gathered together the living silver they had on hand, a total of seven thousand three hundred taels of silver.
With more than 7,000 taels of silver, if you want to buy a five-in-one mansion with a poor land boundary, you can still buy it. But if you want to buy a house with a good land boundary, a big yard, and exquisite decoration, it will cost a lot.
Brothers Zheng Qing and Zheng Yan also took out all their private money, totaling more than 2,100 taels of silver.
This money was accumulated from the monthly money they earned, silver rewards, and money given as gifts from their brothers when they got married, when their children were three years old, one year old, one month old, etc.
They all gave the money to their respective wives for safekeeping at the time, but Qi Lan Nuanxiang felt sorry for their lack of monthly money and was afraid that they would not have enough to spend, so she returned the money to them and asked them to keep it themselves.
Now that they are put together, they are almost worth ten thousand taels of silver.
Qi Lan said, "I will send someone to look at the house tomorrow to see if it is suitable. If the money is not enough, I will ask the master to borrow some. I estimate that it will not be much worse. After the Lantern Festival, my few The shop can still charge more than a thousand taels in rent.”
"Otherwise, don't borrow it from the master. I have some unused jewelry that can be used as some silver." Nuan Xiang said.
"How can that be done? How can it be used as your jewelry?" Qi Lan said with a long face, "My master put all his effort into buying these for us. Even if we don't wear them, we have to keep them. They will be used as dowries for our daughters in the future." .”
"No, I also have some other jewelry." Nuan Xiang waved her hand, "It's the ones I used to wear when I was a child. I still keep them. I also have several gold hairpins that my master rewarded me when I was a child."
When Nuan Xiang was very young, she worked as an errand in the Chu family and followed Xia Zihan. At that time, Xia Zihan never took property seriously. If she liked it, she would casually reward her with jewelry that she was tired of wearing. Man, no matter how valuable the jewelry is.
With her little bloodline, Mrs. Zeng bought her a lot of jewelry, all made of gold and jade, which were very valuable.
Xia Zihan is generous and generous to those around her, always giving them something every month.
Over time, it becomes a lot.
Nuanxiang asked her personal maid to go to her warehouse, move out a large box, and open it. It was full of jewelry that she had worn when she was a child.
Most of them are made of silver, and the other half are made of gold. There are also a few jade bracelets. The jade is good at first glance.
(End of chapter)