Chapter 197: Children are ignorant
In the middle of the twelfth lunar month, the New Year atmosphere is getting stronger.
In the second half of the night, snowflakes began to fall from the sky, drifting gently until almost noon.
The snow on the ground was about two inches thick, neither too thick nor too thin, just enough to see but not difficult to clear the road.
Whether on the streets or in each household, there are people holding brooms or shovels, clearing the snow from the roads and their yards, or transporting the snow away, or piling it at the roots of flowers and trees in the yard to use the snow water to nourish the flowers and trees.
On a snowy day, the spinach in the vegetable garden in the yard looked even fresher and more tender. Su Yujin was moved by the sight and asked Mama Liu and Ai Cao to pick some spinach and prepare some dishes.
Squeeze out the juice from spinach and mix it with flour to make cabbage dumplings. Pair it with vinegar spinach peanuts and spinach egg rolls. On a cold day, eat a bowl of delicious food...
Su Yujin had a very enjoyable lunch and even burped with satisfaction.
Just as Su Yujin put down his bowl and chopsticks, a clerk from the dental shop came and said that he had found a suitable orchard and a house in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang area that Su Yujin wanted, and asked Su Yujin to go and have a look.
Su Yujin was overjoyed.
Kang just sent several thousand taels of silver, and we have already found the things here. The timing is just right.
After arriving at the pawnshop and listening to the introduction of Manager Sun, Su Yujin became even more satisfied.
Although the orchard is not very far away, it is not in Qinghe County. It is located in the suburbs of Beijing, adjacent to Qinghe County. If you take a horse carriage, it will take about half a day to get there.
The orchard was not small, covering more than 200 acres. It had apples, pears, plums, peaches, persimmons... basically all the northern fruit trees. There was a small river running through the orchard, and it was located on a hillside. Not far away were low mountains, which perfectly matched the environment of mountains and water that Su Yujin wanted.
More importantly, in addition to the houses for long-term workers to stay at, an extremely spacious courtyard was built next to the orchard. Although it was not built strictly according to the rules of a several-story courtyard, there was a garden in the back, a courtyard in the front, and more than a dozen houses in total. Because it was properly maintained and repaired, it looked very new.
"This orchard is really good, and the asking price is not expensive, only three thousand taels of silver. I went there when I had time. The fruit trees are all old and they bear fruit every year. The quality is also pretty good. The fruit can be used to make wine or sold on a daily basis. The profit is pretty good."
Shopkeeper Sun introduced, "The owner is not in a hurry to sell it, but is preparing money for the weddings of the young masters and young ladies in the family, so he wants to find a buyer who is willing to buy it."
"Yes, the owner also said that he was busy before the New Year and had no time to take care of this matter. If you really want to buy it, you can go and check the orchard's condition after the 15th day of the New Year. It won't be too late to finalize the deal then."
"As for the houses in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, I can't find any in the small county town that Miss Su mentioned. But there is a nice house in Yangzhou. The location is not bad and the house is quite new. The asking price is about five or six hundred taels of silver."
"This house was originally renovated by the owner in preparation for his son's marriage. But his son passed the imperial examination and became an official in another place. He also married a daughter of a famous local family, so they decided to move there. They also wanted to exchange the house for cash so that they could buy property there when the time comes, so as not to lose face in front of their in-laws."
"I haven't been to see this house, but others said they have been there and everything is fine. There is even a lotus pond in the garden, which is well maintained. The family is in a hurry to sell it, and they want to sell it before March after the New Year."
"This house was bought from a nearby pawnshop, and a picture of it was specially drawn. If Miss Su wants it, I will send a clerk to take a look after the New Year, so that Miss Su can rest assured."
Qinghe is adjacent to the capital city, and there is also a canal ferry in Qinghe. It only takes a month or so to go down the canal by boat, and it doesn't cost much money.
Su Yujin carefully looked at the house layout drawing handed over by Manager Sun.
It is indeed as Manager Sun said, the layout of the house is very good and spacious enough, it is a very nice courtyard, and five or six hundred taels of silver is indeed suitable.
"Both of these are good. Please keep some for me. If they both look good after the New Year, I'll buy them both." Su Yujin said as he nodded.
"Okay." Shopkeeper Sun narrowed his eyes and smiled.
After staying in the dental clinic for a while, Su Yujin and Ai Cao walked back together.
Although the sun has not come out completely, the snow has begun to melt after it stopped. Although the snow on the road has been almost cleared, it is still wet because of the remaining snow.
"Miss, please walk carefully." Ai Cao held Su Yujin's arm and walked more carefully.
Looking at Ai Cao's cautious appearance, Su Yujin suddenly remembered that when she was in Hedong Prefecture, Ai Cao fell twice in the same place, and she felt a little uneasy.
Soon, Su Yujin's uneasiness was confirmed.
But this time it was not Ai Cao who fell, but her.
But this time it was not because the ground was slippery that caused her to slip and fall, but because someone pulled the ponytail tied behind her head, causing her to fall backward in pain.
Su Yujin even heard a slight "hissing" sound, as if her hair was being pulled out, and she also felt a severe pain in her scalp.
"Wait!" Seeing this, Ai Cao angrily stopped a middle-aged man who was passing by her, and a little girl of six or seven years old in his arms.
The little girl was looking straight at Su Yujin at this moment, with a few strands of hair still remaining in her half-extended hand.
It was obvious that the one who pulled Su Yujin's hair was this round-faced, cute girl who looked as delicate as a piece of jade.
"Why are you pulling my girl's hair for no reason?" Ai Cao asked loudly.
The man was also startled. He first slapped the girl's hand in anger. After scolding her, he apologized to Su Yujin with a smile, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry. The child was ignorant and hurt the girl. I'm really sorry. I will discipline her when I go back..."
"This child looks six or seven years old, but he is still so naughty. He needs to be disciplined." Ai Cao was angry and annoyed, but more because she felt distressed when she saw Su Yujin frowning in pain. "Girl, are you okay?"
"It's okay, it just hurts a little." Su Yujin rubbed his scalp and looked at the middle-aged man in front of him and the little girl in his arms with a frown.
The man was wearing an ordinary short brown robe, and the cloth was just ordinary fine cloth. But the girl was wearing a brocade dress that looked very valuable. Although there were no expensive jewelry in her hair, there was a tuft of velvet flowers tied on each of her two buns, which was also very delicately made.
However, her clothes were crooked, her collar was a little loose, her belt was a little crooked and slipped off, her bun was crooked, and her hair was a little messy...
(End of this chapter)
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