Lin Yueran was naturally feeling unbalanced, but as the saying goes, they had just arrived and it was not a good idea to cause any trouble.
"But girl, for five taels of silver, he arranged such a guest room for us." Xiaohong felt that the money was not worth spending at all.
Five taels of silver were enough for them to stay for several days.
"Just consider it a reward to him. We've just arrived in the capital, and who knows if this store has any powerful backers? If we make a fuss too much, we'll be the ones who suffer in the end."
"But isn't this too easy for him?" Xiaohong had seen a lot along the way and always felt that they were at a disadvantage.
"Just this once. Alright, hurry up and make the bed. I've been traveling for so long, my bones are almost falling apart. Clean this place up quickly. I need to rest for a while."
"Okay, I'll go make the bed right away." Xiaohong put her bag on the table and went to make it.
After finishing all these, Lin Yueran wanted to take a shower again. She felt that there was a smell on her body because she hadn't washed for so many days.
She also asked Xiaohong to help her get some water for a bath.
Xiaohong ran up and down tirelessly without a single complaint in her heart.
The next day, after Lin Yueran had a good rest, he took Xiaohong to find a local human trafficker to see if there was any house for sale.
After several inquiries, Lin Yueran finally found a matchmaker through someone else, "Miss, do you want to buy a house?"
"Yes, what houses do you have here? Can you take me to see them?"
The matchmaker looked at the two of them and finally set her sights on Lin Yueran. She was the only one dressed better, so she probably had some money on hand.
"What kind do you want to buy?"
Lin Yueran thought about it. The house she had in Jiangnan before had two courtyards, which was considered average in Jiangnan. Would people look down on her for having a two-courtyard house in the capital?
Lin Yueran thought, she came here to find the Fourth Prince, so she must not lose face in such matters.
"A house with two courtyards, in the best location." She still had several thousand taels of silver notes in her hand, thinking that these should be enough to buy a house with two courtyards.
"I do have several houses in good locations, but the price might be quite high. I wonder what your budget is."
When Lin Yueran heard the high price, she subconsciously asked, "How much do you want?"
She thought that several thousand taels of silver should be enough. After all, a two-story house in a good location in Jiangnan would cost four or five thousand taels. She thought the banknotes in her hand should be enough.
The fortune teller made a five with her hand and said, "This is the number."
Lin Yueran breathed a sigh of relief when she saw this. “Five thousand taels, okay? Take me to see it. If I think it’s okay, I’ll buy it.”
The matchmaker looked at her with a surprised expression, as if asking, what are you thinking about.
"It's fifty thousand taels, and that's still a relatively inferior one. The better ones are sixty or seventy thousand taels."
"What? Fifty thousand taels." Lin Yueran and Xiaohong were both shocked by the number the matchmaker said.
The matchmaker looked at them and sneered, "If you don't have that much, you can look at other places. There are still small houses worth several thousand taels, but the location is a bit remote. If you don't mind, I can take you there to have a look."
The matchmaker looked at their shocked reactions and felt a little contempt in her heart. They didn't even understand the prices in the capital, yet they wanted a two-story house in a good location.
"This is too expensive. A two-story house costs tens of thousands of taels. This is blatant robbery." Xiaohong was angry.
Although she didn't know much about prices, she knew that a house could be bought for a few thousand taels. She didn't expect that the price in the capital would be so high.
Lin Yueran also didn't expect this. This was completely beyond her expectations.
"Robbery! It seems like this is your first time in Beijing. Prices in Beijing are like this. If you don't want to buy, there are a lot of people waiting to buy. Besides, my price is fair. If you go to someone else, it will be impossible to buy a two-story house without 60,000 or 70,000 yuan."
Lin Yueran said, "That matchmaker, is there any house under four thousand taels? Can you take us to have a look?"
Lin Yueran didn't think so much at first. What the matchmaker said didn't seem to be false. She had heard others say that prices in Beijing were expensive before, but she had never thought it would be so expensive.
"Of course I do, but the location isn't as good as you say. A small house in a good location would cost at least eight or nine thousand taels. Of course, if you think my place is too expensive, you can ask another matchmaker to take a look."
"But I have to say this upfront: other places will only be more expensive than mine, not as cheap as mine. If you don't believe me, feel free to go somewhere else."
Although the matchmaker looked down on the petty appearance of the others, she still had her own rules in doing business.
Xiao Hong came close to Lin Yueran and whispered, "Girl, why don't we go somewhere else? Maybe this matchmaker is just trying to scare us."
The prices here are really too expensive. This matchmaker must be taking advantage of them.
The matchmaker was not in a hurry and waited for them to make a decision.
Lin Yueran hesitated for a moment, then walked up to the matchmaker and said, "Then I'll have to trouble you to take us there to have a look."
Xiaohong looked at her daughter in astonishment. She pulled her hand and said, "Girl~"
"Who has the final say, you or I?" Lin Yueran glared at Xiaohong unhappily.
This Xiaohong is really unruly sometimes.
After being glared at by her, Xiaohong didn't dare to say anything anymore and could only shut her mouth in disappointment.
Forget it, the money is not hers anyway, so let’s just do whatever the girl says.
The matchmaker smiled and took them to see several small houses. This house was very small, and it would be more appropriate to call it a courtyard house.
This made Lin Yueran, who had lived in two houses before, feel a little unbalanced.
In Jiangnan, you can buy a nice two-story house for a few thousand taels, but I didn’t expect that here, for the same price, you can only buy such a small courtyard.
Some of them don't even have a well, and they have to go outside to get water, which is a public well. This makes Lin Yueran feel very disappointed.
But she only had a few thousand taels, which was barely enough to buy such a small courtyard. Moreover, the location here was extremely remote, which was very different from what Lin Yueran had originally thought.
But in the end, Lin Yueran still bought a small courtyard with a well in it. Because there were only two women in their group, it was impossible for them to go so far to fetch water every day, so they chose a small courtyard with a well.
By the time all the procedures for the house were completed, it was completely dark.
The two of them took their bags and went straight to the small courtyard they had bought. After all, staying in an inn was too expensive, and five taels of silver would be enough for them to stay for several days.
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