Chapter 171: House-for-House Exchange
Ye Mingzhu was stunned. How could this price be the same as the price she sold her house for?
"You silly girl, if I don't make arrangements, I can just sell your house." Lin Dongjia gave her a reproachful look.
"I asked the housekeeper to ask. They are in a hurry to sell the house and are preparing to leave. They won't take any furniture with them. You can just move in and live there."
"Although three hundred taels sounds a bit expensive, their house is a real two-story house, more than twice the size of your small courtyard. Such a thing is rare."
Ye Mingzhu suddenly asked, "Sister Lin, is it because the house next door is asking for three hundred taels that you sold my courtyard for three hundred taels?"
Lin Dongjia smiled gently: "I've already said that I treat you as my own sister and won't let you suffer any loss. When you go to transfer the ownership of the house, you can transfer the house next door as well."
Ye Mingzhu was speechless for a moment. Even Aunt Jiang, who was listening nearby, felt that Mr. Lin was being too nice to them.
"Go quickly," Lin Dongjia pushed Ye Mingzhu and said, "Get it done sooner. You can come back early and talk to me."
Ye Mingzhu nodded, thanked Mr. Lin again, and left the Lin residence with Aunt Jiang.
Outside the Lin residence, Uncle Yan was about to knock on the door, but when he saw the two people coming out, his frown immediately relaxed: "Are you okay?"
Aunt Jiang glanced at Ye Mingzhu, who understood and said, "Let's sell the small courtyard we bought some time ago."
Uncle Yan and Ye Yun'an both widened their eyes. They had just bought the yard and hadn't lived in it for long.
"The money from selling the courtyard is just enough to buy the house over there." Ye Mingzhu pointed to the house next to Lin's house. Uncle Yan and Ye Yun'an were so excited that their eyes almost popped out of their sockets.
What the hell is going on? Even if you haven't lived here before, you can tell from the gate that the houses here are much better than the courtyard. How can they be priced the same?
Ye Mingzhu didn't say much, just asked Uncle Yan to drive and they went to the courtyard.
In fact, when they went back to the village last time, they had already moved most of their things. Even if they went to pack up now, there would only be some small things left.
Unexpectedly, when they arrived outside the courtyard, they were stopped by someone: "We have already bought this house, you can't go in anymore."
Ye Mingzhu was a little angry: "We haven't sold this house yet, why can't we go out?"
A young man in brocade robes walked out of the door and said, "I've already bought this house. You don't need to come in."
Ye Mingzhu's eyes narrowed. This person was the one she saw outside the post station. She quickly lowered her head, afraid that this person would recognize her.
Seeing that her sister didn't say anything, Ye Yun'an thought she was afraid, and said with some dissatisfaction: "We need to go in and get something."
The young man in brocade robe sneered: "There's nothing in there, just some rags. I'll give you an extra fifty taels."
Ye Yun'an wanted to argue with him, but Ye Mingzhu stopped him: "Yun'an, there are only some beddings, pots and pans and the like in here. We can just throw them away."
The young man in brocade robes then glanced at Ye Mingzhu and said, "You are sensible."
Ye Mingzhu kept her head down: "Let's go get the title deed and go together to transfer the ownership later."
She still remembered the incident where the young man in brocade robe pinched the beautiful lady's chin. Although she was not a beauty, it was better to avoid trouble if possible.
The young man in brocade robes nodded with satisfaction: "That's pretty good."
Ye Mingzhu turned around, grabbed Ye Yun'an's arm, and pulled him out.
Ye Mingzhu let go only after he was out of the sight of the young man in brocade robe.
Ye Yun'an asked somewhat dissatisfiedly: "Sister, why are you so afraid of that person?"
Ye Mingzhu walked forward quickly and replied, "What's the point of arguing with him? Do you not want to sell the house to him, or do you want to annoy him and come to deal with you?"
"He doesn't want us to go into that house, so we can just stay. There's nothing in that house anyway, and we can still get an extra fifty taels."
Ye Yun'an relaxed a little after hearing this: "Sister, have we taken all our things back to the village?"
Ye Mingzhu nodded: "I didn't lie to them just now. What's left in the house are just some bedding and some kitchen utensils. If we don't want them, then forget it. Otherwise, they will suspect that we took something away."
Ye Yun'an finally felt relieved: "That's good."
All my sister has to do is hide what she digs out.
Aunt Jiang glanced at Ye Mingzhu. Why did she remember not bringing many things when she returned to the village? Could it be that those things were taken back by Brother Yu when he returned to the village?
She didn't dare to ask too many questions in front of Uncle Yan.
"Mom, why don't you and Yun'an go to Sister Lin's house and take a look at the house next door. If you think it's okay, we can buy it. Uncle Yan and I will go back to the village to get the title deed."
Although the title deed was in Ye Mingzhu's space, it didn't make sense for her to carry the title deed with her when she came to town, so she had to go back to the village.
Aunt Jiang trusted Uncle Yan very much. She thought that since Ye Mingzhu was alone, the ox cart could run faster.
"Okay, I'll take Xiao An to check out the house first. You guys go quickly and come back quickly. Be careful."
Uncle Yan said with a stern face: "I will be careful."
"Mom, Uncle Yan, aren't you being too cautious? We're just going back to the village to get the house deed."
Ye Mingzhu smiled and eased the atmosphere.
Aunt Jiang said nothing more and took Ye Yun'an towards the Lin residence, while Uncle Yan and Ye Mingzhu returned to the village to get the house deed.
When they arrived at the door, Uncle Yan was waiting there. Ye Mingzhu went back into the house, took out the house deed, put it in her arms, and came out.
Uncle Yan took her back to town immediately.
When the two arrived in the town, it was already past noon. Unexpectedly, Aunt Jiang and Ye Yun'an were already waiting for them at the town entrance. Not far from them, a man dressed like a servant looked at the sky from time to time.
"Sister." Ye Yun'an had just rushed over when the servant also came over: "Have you got the deed? Give it to me."
Ye Mingzhu looked at him coldly: "Just give it to you directly? Don't we need to go through the transfer process?"
The servant wanted to say that he had been there before, but Uncle Yan looked at him with a cold gaze from behind, which made him shudder. However, he refused to give in: "Isn't it just a shabby house? Who cares about it?"
Ye Mingzhu sneered: "Does your master know that you don't care about this house?"
The servant was choked and speechless. He glared at her angrily and said, "Who wants to go with me to transfer the household registration? Bring the household registration and go now."
Ye Mingzhu ignored him and took out the title deed from her bosom and handed it to Uncle Yan: "Uncle Yan, I'm sorry to trouble you to handle the transfer. Don't forget to hand over the money and the title deed at the same time."
The servant was so angry at Ye Mingzhu's words that his face turned as red as a puffer fish, but he didn't dare to object because he knew that his master was in a hurry to get the house.
Uncle Yan took the title deed and said, "Don't worry, the title deed is in my hands. No one can take it away from me."
As he spoke, he glanced at the servant, who turned his head away. He originally wanted to get some benefits, but he didn't expect these country bumpkins to be so tough.
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