Chapter 137 The Male Protagonist's Excellent Mother (Twenty-Four)
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This is not the yard that my father liked.
Zhao Qingyun was a little disappointed.
Then he shook his head in amusement.
What am I thinking about? Although my mother and father have a very good relationship, my mother is even more sincere to my father.
But, Dad protected Mom very well.
Dad handles all the matters at home and outside by himself.
Buying a house or land is a big deal for the family, so Dad might tell Mom.
He would probably confess only after he had bought the house and was ready to move! On the contrary, Zhao Qingyun, as the eldest son in the family, was smart and precocious. Sometimes, Zhao Guodong would bypass his wife and discuss things directly with him.
Zhao Qingyun seriously suspected that his mother might not even know that his father wanted to buy a house!
How did she know the exact location? "That's right! This is my mother!"
After the disappointment, Zhao Qingyun felt inexplicably at peace.
Zhao Qingyun is a sensitive and perceptive person. Although he was surprised by his mother's "accidental success", he still had some vague doubts in his heart.
A Niang shouldn't be like this! Although she was foolishly deceived as before, but, this ending is too good.
Zhao Qingyun believes in the existence of "good luck", but it is very abnormal that his luck is too good and he has been so lucky all the time!
It’s not that he doesn’t hope that his mother can be strong and become a truly capable woman.
But this is not realistic!
My mother is almost thirty years old, and her character has long been set.
The death of my husband was indeed a great blow.
But Zhao Qingyun didn't think that A Niang would become smart or capable because of such a blow.
To put it bluntly, Zhao Qingyun wouldn't even dare to think so in his dreams!
"Da Lang, your father once said that he would send you to the county academy to study!"
"I didn't quite understand this, so I went to consult with Sister Cui, and Sister Cui said that Baiyun Academy was great!"
"Sister Cui is well-informed and smart. If she says it's good, then it must be good!"
"However, our home is too far from the academy, and it is inconvenient for you to go to and from school. Sister Cui asked me to buy a yard in the county."
Gu Qingcheng seemed not to sense Zhao Qingyun's change of mood. She followed her own train of thought and pointed at the two black painted wooden doors and said, "Here! I asked the dental agent to buy this courtyard."
As she was talking, Gu Qingcheng seemed to have thought of something. She looked around and saw that the neighbors on both sides had their doors closed.
There were no pedestrians on the street.
However, Gu Qingcheng still lowered her voice, and said mysteriously and proudly: "Da Lang, Er Lang, let me tell you, this time, my mother has found a treasure!"
"This yard is not small. There is a grape trellis in the yard and a well behind the house."
"The houses were renovated just two years ago. The roofs don't leak and there's no grass growing on the walls."
"The most important thing is——"
Gu Qingcheng couldn't help but curl up the corners of her mouth, her pride already overflowing, "There are a lot of mahogany furniture in the room."
"I secretly asked someone and they said these furnitures are worth a lot of money."
"With three hundred taels of silver, we not only bought a large yard, but also so many pieces of furniture. We made a lot of money!"
Zhao Qingyun: ...I don't want to pour cold water on my mother, but I have a feeling that she must have been fooled again! Sure enough, Gu Qingcheng triumphantly opened the gate with the key, led her two sons through the yard, and came to the main room.
Then--
"And the furniture?"
"How did it become black elm?"
Gu Qingcheng's smiling face suddenly collapsed.
She didn't care about her two sons and paced around the room with an anxious look on her face.
There was no trace of the set of mahogany furniture that was said to be worth more than one hundred taels.
Instead, there is black elm furniture.
However, although some of the furniture in the house had been replaced, it was still quite complete.
There was an octagonal table and two official hat chairs in the main room, a high table in the corner, and beds and other items in the east and west wing rooms.
It’s not the case that Gu Qingcheng was deceived.
But she didn't get the "bargain" she had expected, and even suffered a small loss.
"Swindlers! The people from the dental office colluded with the landlord to cheat me!"
After walking around for a long time, Gu Qingcheng was exhausted, panting and sweating profusely.
Gu Qingcheng's beautiful face turned red with anger, and she said angrily, "I, I'm going to find them!"
Zhao Qingyun grabbed his mother, resisted the urge to sigh, and said, "Mother, what did the landlord say when he sold the house?"
Gu Qingcheng was stunned for a moment, thought about it carefully, and replied: "There is a courtyard, seven large and small houses, a grape trellis in the front yard, a well in the back of the house, and all the furniture in the house is included!"
Zhao Qingyun nodded and pointed to the yard, "Building 1 in the yard!"
Then, he stretched out his hand and drew a line at the five main rooms, a kitchen, and a utility room. "There are seven large and small houses in total."
Zhao Qingsong was very smart and he figured out something from the conversation between his mother and his brother.
He imitated his brother and pointed his chubby little hand at the grape arbor in the front yard, "A grape arbor in the front yard!"
A smile flashed across Zhao Qingyun's eyes. "There is also a well behind the house. We have all checked it out!"
No matter how "stupid" Gu Qingcheng was, after hearing her two sons talking to each other, she understood what they meant.
"But, but when I came to see the house, it was filled with mahogany furniture!"
Zhao Qingyun and Zhao Qingsong looked at each other and said in unison, "They only said that the whole house is furnished!"
There is no mention of giving away mahogany furniture.
Black lacquered elm furniture is also furniture for the whole house! Nothing wrong with it! Not to mention it’s not a scam!
Gu Qingcheng looked at her two sons, then at the dark furniture, and her eyes began to well up with mist.
She pursed her lips and said in frustration, "I, I got fooled again! I'm so useless!"
I originally wanted to take advantage of a bargain, but I didn't expect to be cheated.
What do you call this? You lose more than you gain.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
"Mother, how did you get fooled?"
Zhao Qingyun saw that his mother was blaming herself and feeling sad, and there was a gloomy atmosphere lingering around her.
He quickly took Gu Qingcheng's arm and soothed her softly, "Look at this courtyard, it's just behind the academy. It won't take more than a quarter of an hour to walk there."
"The yard is neat and tidy, the house is clean, there is a grape trellis, a well, and a full set of furniture. We can move in right away."
"As for the neighbors on both sides, although I haven't visited them yet, I see that their courtyards are well-maintained. They should be well-behaved and respectable people."
The location is good, the yard is neat, and the neighbors are not bad. This house is not a loss! At most, I didn't get the bargain that my mother wished for!
"Yes! Mother, I like it very much! Especially this yard, it's so big, not smaller than our home at all!"
"I'm going to build a wooden frame here and put a few stone blocks on it. After we move, I can continue to practice martial arts."
Zhao Qingsong also felt his mother's frustration and hurriedly comforted her with a smile.
"Is this place really nice? I, I wasn't deceived?"
When Gu Qingcheng heard her two sons' persuasion, she intertwined her two tender fingers. She quietly raised her eyes and stole a glance at her two sons.
Zhao Qingyun did not rush to speak. He asked thoughtfully, "Have you signed both the white and red contracts?"
Nowadays, when buying a house, the contract signed privately between the seller and the buyer is called a white deed.
If a white deed is sent to the government for certification and stamping, it becomes a red deed.
A white deed alone is not very secure and can easily be exploited.
It is safer only after both the white deed and the red deed are completed. Even if something goes wrong, the government will investigate.
"It's signed! The white and red deeds are all complete! The broker I found is a legitimate broker, very well behaved!"
Gu Qingcheng said hurriedly.
"Isn't that safe? You haven't been cheated!"
Zhao Qingyun was afraid that his own mother would not even know how to sign the red deed and would be cheated by the broker and the landlord.
However, after thinking about it, Zhao Qingyun knew that this was unlikely.
It may not be known to everyone in the county that my mother and the county magistrate's wife have opened a medicine store in partnership, but people doing business on the street should have heard of it.
Not to mention, A Niang found a regular dental practice.
The brokers in this kind of business may use some tricks, but they dare not commit fraud openly.
A Niang's purchase of a house this time was a normal transaction. She didn't take over everything, but she didn't suffer any loss either.
Zhao Qingyun was already very satisfied, and felt inexplicably at ease.
Gu Qingcheng got confirmation from her son himself and was sure that she had not been cheated, and her depressed mood improved.
She did not continue crying, but returned to her usual self.
However, Zhao Qingyun, who had sharp ears, still heard his mother muttering softly: "I thought I had become stronger, but I didn't expect——"
It was not known whether his mother did not finish the following words or Zhao Qingyun himself did not hear them clearly.
Zhao Qingyun couldn't help but curl the corners of his lips: It turned out that not only was he shocked by his mother's "accidental success", but even his own mother had made a wrong judgment about him because of her past "record"!
She is still the same confused, soft-hearted, easily deceived Gu from the Zhao family! ...
After buying the house, Gu's mother and son began planning to move.
Everyone in the Zhao family's old house was shocked: "What? You want to move to the county?"
Everyone was surprised at first, and then they were envious and jealous.
Alas, how much money did Zhao Guodong leave behind that could allow this orphan and his widowed mother to buy a house in the county?
Then, everyone was somewhat happy: "Gu has moved away, so do we not have to continue working for her?"
Patriarch Zhao: ...Dream on! It's only been a short while, and you want to give up?
As I said, if you don't work, you have to pay back! What? The Gu mother and son moved to the county town, and they can't help anymore? Patriarch Zhao laughed, "Who said that we don't need help in the county? The county is not like our countryside, where you have to pay for a vegetable or an egg!"
"As for you, every family should send some vegetables, eggs, etc. to Gu's family every ten days."
"When delivering the gifts, please fetch some water and chop some firewood for the Gu mother and son."
"Oh, right, there are a few more kids, you guys should make arrangements too. Go to the county to accompany Gu and help her."
"As an orphan and a widow, even if we leave Zhaojiazhuang and go to the county, we can't be bullied!"
Patriarch Zhao almost made the final decision and assigned tasks to the people in the old house again...
(End of this chapter)
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