A horse-drawn carriage was parked in front of the long-dilapidated Jiuling Hall in front of Hengjie Street, making it look much more lively than before.
"What are you doing over there?" a passerby asked.
"Hu Gui is cleaning up the house. If someone buys it, he will rebuild it." Someone said.
Runan City is not big, and everyone knows each other's neighborhood affairs.
But this time someone refuted this statement.
"No, it means that the Jun family is back." said a shop assistant across the street, leaning against the door and standing on tiptoe to look at Jiuling Hall.
This statement shocked everyone who heard it.
"Is there anyone else in the Jun family?"
"Old Doctor Jun is dead, and hasn't Lord Jun also been buried?"
"It's Miss Jun, the daughter of Lord Jun."
"Oh, that little girl, wasn't she picked up by her grandparents?"
"Even if you pick him up, you can come back and take a look. Is his last name Jun after all?"
"Go, go, and have a look."
Many people gradually flocked to Jiuling Hall, and there were already children peeking in front of the door.
The room was dimly lit and although shabby it was not messy.
"My name is Hu Gui, niece, you may not know who I am..." The man with the goatee reached out and swept a long bench with his sleeve, stirring up a cloud of dust, and he coughed again and again.
"I know." Miss Jun took over his words and sat down on a long bench without copying or sweeping the path. She placed the plaque in her hand on the table, stirring up a layer of dust. "This house is the one your family sold to my family."
Hu Gui laughed, "Isn't this little girl a daughter of an official? Not only did she not mind the dirtiness of the place, she even sat down."
"Yeah." He said, and looked at Fang Chengyu who was supported by Lei Zhonglian.
The boy looked to be about fourteen or fifteen years old, and it was very difficult for him to walk with the help of crutches. He once again sighed in his heart that it was a pity.
"Young master, please sit here." He hurriedly moved the bench over.
"Thank you, uncle." Fang Chengyu said gently and nodded.
Lei Zhonglian helped him sit down and stood behind him.
"Miss Jun is right." Hu Gui also pulled a stool and sat down, and then continued, "This house was sold to your family by my ancestor. I don't know if you still remember it. When your father came back to mourn the old lady, he asked me to take care of it."
Jun Zhenzhen was only about six or seven years old at that time. Of course she wouldn't remember such a thing.
Hu Gui laughed before Miss Jun could say anything. Then he sighed.
"I didn't expect that Lord Jun also passed away young." He said, and raised his sleeves to wipe away his tears.
Miss Jun returned the greeting.
There was silence in the room for a moment.
"Thank you, Uncle Hu, for taking care of the house. Now that I have my own family, I can take care of the house left by my grandparents myself," said Miss Jun.
Get married?
Hu Gui looked at her in surprise.
Miss Jun is fifteen years old this year, and it’s time for her to get married. But who did she marry?
His eyes couldn't help but look at the boy sitting there.
The young man smiled at him.
"Uncle Hu. I am her husband." He said gently.
No way, she married a cripple.
Hu Gui looked surprised.
Moreover, he is a lame man who is so thin and looks even more fragile than a girl.
The Jun family is really going to be wiped out.
"Niece and nephew-in-law. When you come back, please come to my house and rest for a while. There is nothing here." Hu Gui said as he stood up.
Miss Jun sat there without moving.
"No, thank you, Uncle Hu. I'll clean up here first." She said, pointing to the plaque on the table, "At least. Hang up the sign first."
Hearing her say this, Lei Zhonglian immediately stepped forward.
"Madam, let me do it," he said.
As he spoke, he picked up the plaque and at the same time stretched out his leg to hook a stool.
"Wait a minute." Hu Gui had no choice but to speak, and raised his hand hastily to stop them, "Miss Jun, you can't live in this house anymore."
Finally, we get to the point.
Miss Jun took the house deed out of her sleeve.
"I have the deed," she said.
Hu Gui said hi.
"Miss Jun, of course I know that this house belongs to your Jun family." He said, twirling his beard, "There's just one more thing you don't know."
"What's the matter?" Miss Jun asked.
"Our ancestors sold this house to you, but this place was originally farmland, and it was not divided into so many small plots when the house was built. Later, the house was sold to your family, and only a title deed was signed, but the title deed still remains in our family." Hu Gui said, "So the result now is that the house is yours, but the land..."
He pointed at himself.
"be mine."
There is such a thing.
Miss Jun frowned.
"That means your family cheated when we bought the house," Fang Chengyu said.
Hu Gui smiled and saluted Fang Chengyu.
"Young Master, I don't refute that either." He said, and smiled bitterly, "But that happened several generations ago. If you want to blame someone, I really don't know who to blame. Our Hu family has been divided several times. I don't know what happened. I just passed down a land deed."
As he spoke, he bowed to Miss Jun again.
"Miss Jun, I am just an ordinary person, with old parents and young children to take care of. I cannot live up to the high moral standards taught by saints and gentlemen. You may not know this because you are not at home. I have known about the existence of this land deed for many years. It's just that Grandpa Jun is a doctor who saves the world and the people. I can live without this land."
When he said this he sighed, looking very sincere.
"Look, I haven't come to talk to you about the house for decades. I thought I would talk to you about it when the house was broken down. Now the old lady is gone, and Lord Jun has become an official and no longer practices medicine. The house has been abandoned for many years and is in a state of decay. My mother has had several serious illnesses due to her age, and my sons and daughters are also of marriageable age. We can't make ends meet anymore, so we have to take over this house."
Fang Chengyu smiled.
"Uncle Hu, you're so funny." He said, his voice clear and gentle, "Are you saying that in the past, Old Master Jun was famous and promising, so he couldn't be messed with. Later, Lord Jun became an official, so he couldn't be messed with. Now that Old Master Jun and Lord Jun are both dead, their fame has faded, their official power is gone, and the orphan girl has married far away, so she can take over the house without any trouble?"
Hu Gui looked embarrassed.
"Look, you insist on thinking this way, and I can't help it." He said, "What can I do? I am innocent too. You are innocent, and I am innocent too. My ancestors got this when they divided the family property. It is also worth a lot of money. I can't just throw it away, can I?"
"Yes, we can't just throw it away like this." Miss Jun said, "How about this, can I buy this piece of land?"
Hu Gui's eyes lit up slightly, but his gaze swept over Fang Chengyu and Lei Zhonglian.
The sick and lame husband, the skinny and lifeless servant, and the carriage outside, gray and shabby.
This Jun family has always been poor, so how could they have any money?
"Miss Jun, what's the point of having a house?" Hu Gui said, "It's not convenient to live next to the street. Why don't you sell this house to me and find a good house in the city..."
Miss Jun shook her head to interrupt him.
"I want this house to be useful," she said. "Besides, it was left to me by my grandfather, and the inheritance cannot be broken. Just name your price for this land."
Hu Gui twirled his beard again.
"Ms. Jun, it's not that I don't want to make an offer." He narrowed his eyes and said, "I have already sold this land, and now I don't have the final say."