If the seller is interested, he can go directly to the house to check it out.

Jing Li carefully compared several notices, his brows furrowed tighter and tighter.

The housing prices in the capital city... are really too high.

The city is divided into inner city and outer city.

The inner city has a curfew, good public security, and because the commercial areas are located here, life is relatively convenient. The outer city is relatively less secure, and entering the inner city will result in body searches and questioning, adding a lot of inconvenience.

Therefore, housing prices in the inner city are much higher than those in the outer city.

There is no such thing as loans or credit in this era. Everything has to be paid in cash. You can imagine the economic pressure.

Jing Li carefully read the house sales notices. Most houses in the outer city were priced between 150 and 300 taels, with a variety of sizes, offering a wider selection. In the inner city, however, there were only a handful of houses available for 300 taels, and not only were they small, but they weren't in the best locations.

"Is there any you like?" Qin Zhao asked.

Jing Li hummed, his eyes moving to the notices at hand.

His favorite was a house with three courtyards, right by the lake. The environment was quiet and peaceful, and at night he could see lanterns and pleasure boats on the other side of the lake.

Also because the house has a good location, the owner offered five hundred taels.

Jing Li pursed his lips and looked away.

He may be the poorest time traveler in history.

Jing Li hesitated for a moment and said, "How about we pick someone from the outer city?"

Qin Zhao was silent.

He wanted to stay in the provincial capital, firstly because it was convenient for him to take the imperial examination, and secondly because the place was well-informed, which would make it easier for him to investigate some past events.

But he didn't want his little fish to suffer any injustice.

The outer city has inconvenient transportation and poor public security, so Qin Zhao would never consider it. But if he wanted to afford a house in the inner city, he had to think of other ways...

Qin Zhao raised his eyes and glanced at the notice board, his gaze suddenly fixed.

"These ones in the outer city are pretty good, and they're cheap too. Why don't we—" Jing Li wanted to suggest that they go check it out together, but when he looked up, he saw Qin Zhao staring intently at another sign. He leaned over and asked, "What are you looking at?"

Qin Zhao pointed to him and said, "This one."

"Hmm...the Gu family is recruiting teachers?" Jing Li thought of the young man he saw yesterday and raised his eyebrows. "For their young master?"

Qin Zhao said, "Young Master Gu is indeed old enough to prepare for the imperial examination."

During this era, there was no age limit for registering for the imperial examinations. However, except for a few gifted boys, candidates usually took part in their first county examination at the age of fourteen or fifteen.

Therefore, after children finish elementary education and reach the age of twelve or thirteen, they can start preparing for the imperial examinations.

"With his looks... will he study hard?" Jing Li muttered softly, "That young master will probably drive me crazy."

Someone nearby heard Jing Li's words and sighed, "That's right! This is the fifth time the Gu family has posted a notice this year."

Jing Liqi asked, "But it's not even March yet?"

"That's right," the man said. "None of the teachers who went to his house lasted long. This one was quite impressive recently, lasting a full ten days, but I didn't expect him to be forced to leave."