Wei Qing went to see the house. Aside from the weeds growing at the doorway due to being unoccupied for so long, it was actually quite nice. It had five adobe rooms, a kitchen, and a large yard. It should be nice after some renovations.
After Wei Qing returned, he told Tang Li about this matter, and Tang Li's eyes lit up.
Tang Li was impatient and pushed Wei Qing out: "Let's go and take a look."
Tang Li had visited and was very satisfied. There were five rooms: one for herbs, one for fabrics, one for embroidery, and one for processing herbs... Because of the recipes involved, a separate room was needed for a trusted person to prepare the herbs. Five rooms were just right.
Both of them liked it at first sight, and then they discussed the price.
The next day, the two families agreed to meet at the village chief's house.
The village chief's wife's younger sister is called Du Xiaohe, and her husband Li Tiemu came to the village chief's house early in the morning.
When they found out someone wanted to buy their house, they were excited for most of the night.
They actually bought this house from someone else. When the house was up for sale, Du Xiaohe immediately fell in love with it. However, the price offered was simply beyond Du Xiaohe and Li Tiemu's reach. Unable to agree on a price, and desperately wanting it, Du Xiaohe and Li Tiemu resorted to underhanded tactics, throwing cow dung and urine at the house, and threatening other potential buyers. Ultimately, they secured the house at a low price.
The couple happily moved in, but within two days, bad luck began to set in. First, Li Tiemu dug his foot while digging, then Du Xiaohe nearly choked to death while eating. The bad luck kept coming. With no other options, the couple moved out. And once they did, their bad luck stopped.
Naturally, the couple didn't dare to live there anymore. Everyone in the village heard that there was something wrong with the house, so they couldn't sell it even if they wanted to. The original owner had also moved out of the village, so they had no way to return the house.
The money spent on the house was completely wasted. Du Xiaohe was always stingy, and this felt like a broken heart. But what could she do? She could only let the house lie derelict.
Now that they heard someone wanted to buy the house, they were naturally excited.
"This happened seven or eight years ago. I'm sure Wei Qing and his wife haven't heard about that house?" Li Tiemu asked worriedly.
"What's the matter? Our house is fine! Those things were spread by the gossips of the village!" Du Xiaohe spat.
Li Tiemu quickly agreed: "My wife is right."
"We bought that house eight years ago, didn't we? It cost thirty taels back then. It must be worth at least a hundred taels now, right?"
Du Xiaohe's mouth opened wide when he thought about being able to put a hundred taels of silver in his arms.
"Wife, do you think Wei Qing's family has so much money?" Li Tiemu couldn't help asking.
They want to make a lot of money, but if the other party can't pay, it's all in vain.
"You men just plow the fields every day, but we women are more informed than you. A few days ago, a carriage came to town to pick up Wei Qing's wife. I guess his wife has some background."
After a while, Tang Li and Wei Qing also came.
Du Xiaohe's eyes swept over the two men. One was lame and the other was weak, and they looked easy to bully.
"Big sister, you have really good taste. Our house is really nice. It's big, has a good orientation, and is right next to the main road."
"Sister-in-law, how much do you plan to sell it for?" Tang Li asked.
Du Xiaohe rolled his eyes and said, "Two hundred taels."
Li Tiemu felt that this was too much. What if the other party was scared and refused to buy?
Just as he was about to speak, Du Xiaohe stepped on him.
The village chief's wife also quickly agreed: "Yes, yes, my eldest nephew also bought a house before, spending two hundred taels, and it's not as big as Xiaohe's." She was telling the truth, but she didn't say one thing, that is, the house her eldest nephew bought was in the center of the town.
Du Xiaohe deliberately asked for two hundred taels to give Tangli some room to bargain. Her bottom line was one hundred taels. Of course, if Tangli was a fool, she could just give him a symbolic discount, and then she would make a lot of money!
Du Xiaohe was happily making plans in her mind.
"Sister-in-law, isn't two hundred taels too expensive?"
"Big sister, how much money can you accept?"
"Twenty taels." Tang Li said.
When Tang Li said this, Du Xiaohe suspected that he had heard it wrong.
Her face was very ugly. "Big sister, are you kidding me? If you don't want to buy it, forget it. What can you buy with these twenty taels of silver now? You can't even buy a few bags of rice. Who are you trying to embarrass? I won't sell it anymore!"
Du Xiaohe stood up and pulled Li Tiemu away.
The village chief's wife's face also turned cold: "Wei Qing's family, my wife has put a lot of effort into finding a house for you. You should be serious and stop playing tricks on me! If you do things like this, who would dare to take on your business?"
Tang Li looked at the village chief's wife and asked, "Do you really think her house is worth two hundred taels?"
Her eyes were bright and clear, and the village head's wife was speechless under her stare.
Du Xiaohe said that she was pulling Li Tiemu away, but they didn't leave the yard for a long time.
Tang Li looked at their backs and said, "If sister-in-law thinks twenty taels is too low, then forget it."
Du Xiaohe pulled Li Tiemu, and when he saw that he could not threaten Tangli, he stamped his feet, then walked back and sat down again.
She forced a smile on her face and said, "Big sister, let's talk it over and come up with a sincere price, maybe one hundred and fifty taels."
Tangli said: "Fifteen taels."
"Big sister, for the sake of this village, one hundred taels is enough. No lower!"
"Ten taels."
Du Xiaohe's anger rose again: "How about I just give it to you?"
Tang Li smiled slightly: "Thank you, sister-in-law."
Du Xiaohe was almost mad. This little woman looked soft and easy to bully, but when it came to bargaining, she was like a rock and so hard to deal with!
"Sister-in-law, no more joking. Just twenty taels. No one else in the village dares to take your house except us, right? It's better to sell it to us than to let it go bankrupt, right? If you sell it on the land, you can only get five taels of silver." Tang Li said with a smile.
Du Xiaohe was shocked. She actually knew about that house!
This little woman smiled like a little fox and was very smart. She really had made a mistake!
But what she said was indeed true. This house has been left unoccupied for seven or eight years, and no one dared to take it.
Twenty taels of silver is better than going to waste!
However, Du Xiaohe always felt like there was a lump in his throat and he couldn't let it go.
"Sister-in-law, twenty taels, if that doesn't work, forget it."
Tang Li stood up, grabbed Wei Qing's hand and was about to leave. They really walked and reached the door in a few steps.
Du Xiaohe gritted his teeth and replied, "Twenty taels is twenty taels. It's a deal. Now that we've talked about it and you know what happened in this house, you can't back out then!"
Tang Li nodded: "I will never retreat."
After the price was agreed upon, the two families took the land deed to the village head and made changes to the house deed. Tang Li also gave twenty taels of silver to Du Xiaohe.
Du Xiaohe was holding twenty taels of silver, feeling very unhappy because the difference between what she had expected and what she got was too great. She had originally spent thirty taels to buy it, and now she hadn't even made back her original investment!
"Wife, it's a good thing that you can get rid of it. Twenty taels is still money." Li Tiemu comforted her.
Du Xiaohe still felt that she had suffered a great loss, and said angrily: "They took advantage of me. When the unlucky guys in that room get to them, I'll throw them all to death!"
As Du Xiaohe finished her words, something suddenly fell on her head. She touched it and it was sticky and had a foul smell.
Ugh! It's bird poop!
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