Chapter 352: Land Purchase

The Yu family ignored the Fang family and let them talk.

Buying a house, why rush?

The Fang family is going to pay the deposit to the agent of Zhuangzhai, while the Yu family plans to leave it at that for today and continue looking tomorrow.

After the two families left the house, their attention was suddenly attracted by the house opposite.

The house looked to be quite old, with lush foliage in the garden, but the gate was obviously more majestic than the one they saw.

There are two stone lions at the door, looking very majestic.

Even the walls of the mansion are made of bluestone, exuding a sense of nobility.

When Mrs. Wei saw that there was no plaque on the gate of the mansion, she couldn't help asking, "Is there no one living in that house? It looks quite big, how can you sell it?"

Zhou Yaren groaned and said, "No one lives here. It's a big house with five courtyards. It's said to be very beautiful inside. It's a pity that this house was once the residence of a high-ranking official. Later, the official committed a serious crime and the house was confiscated by the government. It belongs to the government and will definitely not be sold. If it is really sold, it will cost at least 20,000 taels of silver."

Mrs. Wei looked at it for a while longer and felt a little regretful.

This house looks quite big. If I could buy it, it would be suitable.

The Fang family couldn't help but sneer: "Oh, you talk as if you can buy it... If you don't have money, don't pretend to be rich!"

Mrs. Wei was still too lazy to pay attention to them.

The Yu family returned to the courtyard where they were staying temporarily.

Everyone had originally agreed to take a longer look and not be in any rush, but what the Yu family didn't expect was that Huai Ge'er came back from the Ministry of War today with a dazed look on his face, and he immediately asked everyone not to go look at the house.

"What's wrong?" Mrs. Wei asked worriedly, "Are you going to fight again?"

Huai Ge'er coughed and said, "No, the higher-ups said that I led the troops to attack the Xidi royal court and captured the Xidi crown prince alive. My military achievements are outstanding, so they want to reward me with a house!"

After hearing these words, the Yu family was stunned for a while, but after they reacted, they were all excited!

"Is this true?" Li Chunhua's eyes were red with excitement. "My son has achieved so much!"

Huai Ge'er also tilted his head and laughed.

He hasn't said yet that once he is given an official title, he will submit a petition to his mother and grandmother to ask for an imperial decree!

However, we should wait until he succeeds in his petition for the title. If something goes wrong along the way, mother and grandmother will be left with nothing.

Huai Ge'er put the matter aside.

Upon hearing the news that Yu Ci's house had been given to them, the Yu family was very happy and encouraged.

Since there will be a house given by the Lord soon, there is naturally no need to buy it.

Mrs. Wei asked Huai'er, "Do you know where this house is and how big it is?"

Huai shook his head and said, "The Duke didn't say anything. He knew that I was bringing my family to the capital to receive the title and reward, so he specifically reminded me not to buy a house yet. I have made outstanding military achievements and came to the capital from another place, so the emperor has already mentioned that he would reward me with a house."

Mrs. Wei was delighted to hear this and clasped her hands together, saying, "The emperor is such a nice man."

She thought to herself that if Yu Ci's house was too small and there was really no other way, they could just dig up the ground in Yu Ci's house and build a few small buildings of their own.

In this case, the Yu family decided not to look for houses anymore. However, since they had come to the capital, they would definitely set up some business. They couldn't just sit there and live off their savings.

Xingxing's mine required continuous investment in the early stages. Mrs. Wei felt sorry for Xingxing, so when she was preparing to build a business for the family, she also bought a few farms for Xingxing as income.

As soon as she told her daughters-in-law, they all agreed and nodded in agreement.

She also gave Mrs. Wei some advice: "... little girls will definitely need rouge and powder when they grow up. Why not open a rouge and powder shop for our Xingxing?"

Mrs. Wei thought this was a good idea.

Another one suggested, "...and jewelry. When Xingxing grows up, how can she go out without some beautiful jewelry? Although we have bought a lot of jewelry for Xingxing, I have noticed that the capital seems to be popular with this and that these days. There is no change. Xingxing is our only precious daughter, and we don't want her to fall behind the fashion in Beijing. Let's buy her a jewelry shop, so that when there are fashionable jewelry styles, Xingxing can wear some new ones!"

Mrs. Wei nodded repeatedly: "This is also good!"

"I think I'll have to open a tailor shop..."

"There are also farms outside the city that produce fruits, vegetables, fresh meat and other things. We have to provide them for Xingxing..."

Several daughters-in-law brainstormed, and Mrs. Wei nodded repeatedly.

These are all good. When Xingxing gets married, she can take them as her dowry.

They are all lifelong guarantees.

Mrs. Wei has made the decision, and Xingxing will take care of all this!

Xing Xing must have everything that those pretty young ladies in Beijing have!

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The Yu family went to look for the manor agent named Zhou again and said they wanted to buy some land.

The Zhouya people were very proactive and took the Yu family to visit those farms in the suburbs outside the city.

Old Man Yu and several other uncles in the Yu family are all experts among the farmers. They don't need any advice from the agents. Just by looking at the land on the farm, they can tell whether it is good farmland or poor land. If they look at the irrigation conditions nearby, they basically have an idea in their minds.

During this morning, the Yu family bought two large farms and one small farm, and the four thousand taels of silver were spent.

The Zhouya people were so happy that their eyes and eyebrows were all stretched out in one place.

The two large estates that the Yu family had just purchased happened to be connected to one another, and each had several hundred acres of land. They were properties that were to be given to the government for investment and would be used by the whole family when they were developed.

The small farm was the property that Old Man Yu and his friends bought for Xingxing, and Xingxing's name was directly written on the land deed when they settled there.

The old and young men in the Yu family had no objection to this.

Even Huai Ge'er said that his military achievements this time were remarkable and he would receive a lot of rewards. He would give some of them to Xing Xing when the time came.

The whole family has a consensus.

That is why they have such a good life today, and it is all thanks to Xingxing.

They bought a lot of things for Xingxing. Is there any problem?

At this time, Xingxing was walking on the street with a small bag of sugar-roasted chestnuts in her arms. The maid following her was carrying two boxes of picture books she bought for Mian Ge'er.

When the four-year-old Mian Ge'er is alone, he is actually quite quiet and likes to squat there and play by himself.

After observation, Xingxing found that Mian Ge'er seemed to be very interested in painting. He often took branches to write and draw on the ground. According to Xingxing's aesthetic point of view, her son Mian Ge'er was a great painter!

This time, Xingxing bought a lot of books mainly about paintings in the bookstore, preparing to take them back for Mian Ge'er to read.

However, Xing Xing and her maid were walking down the street when they suddenly saw a commotion ahead and a woman's voice crying anxiously, "Madam! Madam!"