Chapter 1910 The house and shops have all been sold
Three hundred taels for a small two-courtyard house is reasonable.
However, that was more than 30 years ago. After so much time, plus the renovations and expansions the Chen family made to the courtyard, it should be worth at least 350 to 400 taels now.
This is normal under normal circumstances, but the sale of the Chen family's courtyard is not normal.
That evening, Lu Sanzhu returned excitedly and said, "The Chen family's house has been sold! Guess how much it cost?"
Everyone was eating at the table. Uncle Meng, who knew Chenggu County best, thought for a moment and said, "Three hundred and eighty taels?"
Lu Sanzhu shook his head. Meng Qi guessed, "Four hundred taels? This area is quite lively right now."
"That's not right either."
Several people made their guesses, and most of them guessed that it would be more than three hundred taels.
When it was Shu Yu's turn, she looked at Lu Sanzhu's mysterious expression, pondered for a moment, and said, "Two hundred and forty taels?"
She originally wanted to say 250 taels, but 250 didn't sound good, so she reduced it by 10 taels.
To everyone's surprise, Lu Sanzhu's eyes widened, and he gave her a thumbs up. "Ayu, you're amazing! How did you guess that?"
Everyone was stunned. "Really two hundred and forty taels? This is too low!"
Meng Pei asked Shu Yu, "A Yu, do you know the reason?"
"Judging from my third uncle's appearance, I don't think he'll be very successful. Also, considering the Chen family's character, Chen Bing's story must have spread throughout the area, and many people will find it unlucky."
Shu Yu thought of the mansion that led to the secret passage to the black market. Because the place was rumored to be unlucky and haunted by ghosts, and the owners of the house all met with bad ends, no one in the vicinity dared to go there, which is why the entrance to the secret passage had been kept secret for so many years.
It is conceivable that the people of Chenggu County are quite taboo about this matter.
Lu Sanzhu listened and nodded, "That's right, that's right. I heard a lot of people pointing and gossiping about the Chen family, saying that living in this house will bring bad luck."
It wasn't just one person in the Chen family who had an accident; the entire family was in trouble.
Chen Bing colluded with rebels, Pan committed adultery, Chen He divorced his wife, and Chen Qiu was morally corrupt. When the people heard these things, they felt as if they were hearing a fairy tale. Even if they wanted to buy a house, they were currently in a wait-and-see state.
Moreover, this house is being listed urgently; it needs to be sold within three days.
The wealthy who can afford to buy houses don't care about this place, and those who can't afford to buy have to raise money. How can a few days be enough?
"The original price for the government auction was 280 taels, but no one was interested. So, the price was lowered again and again, and finally someone bought it at 240 taels."
The old lady frowned. "The house sold for such a low price, the shop probably won't be much more expensive either." She looked at Granny Fang with concern. "What if in the end, you can't even come up with the six hundred taels to pay me back?"
"Probably not," Shu Yu said. "The house is worth 240 taels, and the shop should be able to sell for 300 taels. The Chen family originally had several hundred taels in savings."
Shops are different from houses. The general store where the Chen family lived was in a good location. Merchants are profit-driven, so it was a shop that could make money and was easier to sell than a house.
Just as Shu Yu had said, the Chen family's general store was sold the next day for 320 taels of silver.
In this way, there would be 560 taels.
The Chen family originally had about 310 taels of savings, of which 50 taels were the dowry that Pan brought when she married into the family.
(End of this chapter)
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