Chapter 727 Borrowing Silver
There are also many silver bracelets and silver necklaces.
Nuan Xiang said, "Some of them here are rewards from the old lady, some are rewards from the young master, and some are given to us by the government every year. These are from our childhood and we can't wear them now."
"These gold hairpins and gold rings are all rewarded by the master, as are these jade bracelets. Nuanyu and I are the most popular with the master. If the master has any good things that he doesn't like to wear, he will reward them to me and Nuanyu. Then At that time, Silk Grass and Vanilla were second-class maids, and they had little chance of receiving rewards.”
"There is also Nuan Xia. However, Nuan Xia is not favored by the master and has less chance of getting rewarded than me and Nuan Yu. Therefore, she is very jealous of me and Nuan Yu. Maybe she is jealous of the kindness that the master treats me and Nuan Yu." , so he betrayed his master.”
Nuan Xiang's voice was a little low, then she raised her face and said with a smile, "Look at me, this New Year's Eve, what are you doing when you mention her."
Then, she took out the jewelry piece by piece. She could tell the history of each piece of jewelry and remember it clearly.
After he finished taking it, he carefully put it back one by one. He couldn't bear to look at it a few more times, and then said, "Sister-in-law, send someone to take it to the pawn shop. I estimate that it can be pawned for one or two thousand taels of silver."
With these two thousand taels of silver, plus the silver on their hands, it was almost enough.
Qi Lan glanced at her, frowned, and stood still.
She said, "Although you don't wear these jewelry anymore, you cherish every piece of jewelry here. Since you can't bear to part with it, don't take it for granted. The one or two thousand taels of silver can be fine even if you don't borrow it from the master." Let’s use the money from the shop first. The shop has sold five or six thousand taels of silver in the past half month. Let’s appropriate it first and then make up for it when we have it on hand.”
Then, he added, "I will tell the master first."
She couldn't take it without telling her. No matter how kind her master was to her, she couldn't be arrogant and misappropriate money from the shop without telling her master.
Nuan Xiang was a little hesitant.
Qi Lan said, "Why are you still hesitating? I can see that you are not willing to part with such jewelry. Okay, just do as I say."
The next day, they went to the east district of the capital to look at houses.
The most expensive house in the capital is on South Street, where all the princely and noble families live. Prince Rong's Mansion, Prince Er's Mansion, Prince Xin's Mansion, Prince Ping's Mansion and other noble families all live in South Street.
If South Street is the aristocratic area, then East Street is the wealthy area.
Each of the houses on East Street is a tall family with high-walled courtyards, and the decorations are also very exquisite. There are lakes and ponds, rockeries and woods, small bridges and flower gardens, and there are also large courtyards with small courtyards, and the courtyards are layered. There are layers upon layers, all kinds, everything you want.
It's just that the house is nice and expensive, but the price is also good.
They followed the landlord and walked for a long time before they found a house for sale and asked the price, which almost scared Qi Lan and others away.
"Madam, fifteen thousand taels of silver, I really don't need much. This is a large house with four entrances. There are also two small courtyards with two entrances. The large courtyard is surrounded by small courtyards, making a total of three courtyards. The back garden also occupies a large area. , there is a large flower garden and an orchard with more than 500 fruit trees. On weekdays, the fruits my boss eats are all picked in the orchard, and they basically never buy them.”
"If you are serious about buying, you can go into the yard and have a look. After viewing, you can check whether it is suitable or not."
Adding up the big courtyard and the small courtyard, there are three courtyards in total, which cost 15,000 taels of silver. It is really not expensive. In the past, Xia Shiming spent more than 11,200 taels of silver to buy a house with only four people on Dongda Street. .
Although this house is 3,800 taels more expensive than the one Xia Shiming bought, it has an extra courtyard for two waiters, so the price is really not expensive.
It’s just that they don’t have that much money.
Being able to scrape together ten thousand taels of silver is already the limit. If... we can't embezzle all the five or six thousand taels of silver in the shop, right?
Qi Lan and Nuan Xiang looked at each other. "How about we go in and take a look first." Qi Lan whispered.
Warm fragrance also means this.
After a group of people gathered together, they went in to look at the house.
After reading it, Qi Lan and Nuan Xiang were extremely satisfied.
Not only was the house beautifully and exquisitely restored, it was also renovated last summer. When they bought it, they didn’t need to repair it. Moreover, the owner said that they didn’t want any of the furniture and utensils in the house. If they bought the house, they would give it away for free.
This made Qi Lan, who had been hesitant at first, suddenly decide to buy it.
What made Qi Lan and Nuan Xiang even more satisfied was that the two little ones side by side were very beautiful when they entered the yard. Qi Lan pointed at them and said, "There is just enough space for the four of us to live here, so my parents will take them with them." The child lives in the main courtyard, and there is an orchard and a large flower garden in the backyard. If we don’t plant flowers or vegetables, my parents will not be idle in the future.”
There are orchards and vegetable gardens for them to tend, how can they be idle?
After Qi Lan said excitedly, she suppressed her smile and said, "However, the difference is six thousand taels of silver. I think we should not use the money in the shop. I will go directly to borrow eight thousand taels of silver from the master. This After buying a house, we still need to buy some things. Also, we need to keep some flowers for ourselves.”
Several people discussed together.
Zheng Qing and Zheng Yan both thought it was too expensive. They would never be able to earn fifteen thousand taels of silver in their lifetime.
But Qilan Nuanxiang took a fancy to it, and they liked it, so they couldn't bear to say not to buy it.
Immediately, Qi Lan put down a deposit of two thousand taels of silver, and then went to Prince Anjun's Mansion to borrow money.
Without saying a word, Xia Zihan ordered Mother Cui to take a banknote of ten thousand taels of silver from the warehouse and give it to Qi Lan.
Qi Lan said awkwardly and hurriedly returned the extra two thousand taels of silver to Xia Zihan, "Master, it's enough to borrow eight thousand taels of silver, including what we have been eating for the past few months. We don't need so much." .”
"Just take it and use it first. You can't buy a house because your money is tight."
Xia Zihan never thought of asking Qi Lan to return these ten thousand taels of silver.
Over the years, her shop has been able to operate so well. In addition to the novel, fashionable and noble designs of clothing and jewelry, Qilan Qimei's efforts cannot be ignored.
It can be said that Qi Lan and Qi Mei are her right-hand men and her great contributors. Without them, she would not be able to earn so much money. Therefore, when Qi Lan is in trouble, she lends a helping hand without saying a word.
She wouldn't let her return this money.
Xia Zihan said, "If anything happens, just come to me."
"Yes, Master. Master, I'll leave first. The landlord and the landlord are still waiting for the money to be transferred to the household to apply for the house deed."
"Go ahead, tell me on the day of moving, and I'll go and have fun too." Xia Zihan said with a smile.
"As long as the prince agrees, I will definitely give the master the news." Qi Lan said happily and left.
(End of chapter)