Natural disasters in books: I stockpiled goods to escape famine in ancient times

Since the houses were all in East City, I visited them all at once.

Song Shiwei was very satisfied with all three houses, but he was most satisfied with the second one, simply because it had an extra backyard. The backyard was one acre in size, with a thatched hut built in the northwest, which was far away from the main house so there was no odor. He also planted a few wintersweets in the backyard, which must have been fragrant in winter.

The three houses are all built facing the street, but because they are not on the main street, they are not too noisy. Although it is not the main street, there are snack stalls, grocery stores, and cloth shops on this street, but they are deserted.

Dongcheng is connected to the river and has many exits, so most of the people living here are wealthy merchants. Being under the emperor's rule, even merchants tend to be restrained in their words and deeds, and are even more friendly than the families of high-ranking officials.

Song Shiwei was very satisfied with the atmosphere in Dongcheng. The second house was located at No. 3 Camellia Lane. Houses No. , No. and No. were all uninhabited, which meant that the house that Song Shiwei liked had no neighbors, which made him even more satisfied.

After looking at the three houses, Song Shiwei asked without waiting for the agent to ask, "How much does the house in Camellia Lane cost?"

Generally, those who ask the price after viewing a house are those who are eager to buy it. Such customers have a high success rate. The broker smiled wider and said, "Sir, you are talking about the second house, right? The owner of that house wants 3,200 taels, but I think they are in a hurry to sell it, so the price should be reduced. If you are determined, I can go and talk to the owner."

"Three thousand taels, I'll buy it," Song Shiwei made the final decision. If you can save two hundred taels, then it's two hundred taels. It would be a big mistake to buy a house without bargaining.

Song Shiwei privately thought that he was not.

The price was two hundred taels. Even though the broker was a little embarrassed, he nodded and said, "I think you are sincere in buying the house. I will go to the owner to discuss it later. I will let you know whether it is successful or not."

Song Shiwei nodded in agreement, sent him back to the pawnshop, left the address and name of the inn, and then left with Song Dafengru.

"Sister, you have a good eye. I also think the second house we looked at is nice. It's much bigger than the other two, but it's too expensive."

"Are you praising me or yourself?" Song Shiwei chuckled. "This is the capital city, so the housing prices are naturally much more expensive than other places. Compared to the houses in the inner city of West City, three thousand taels is already cheap."

Feng Ru's eyes widened: "Are the houses in the inner city twice as expensive?"

"It's more than double the price. It's often ten thousand taels. And it's not easy to buy without power and connections."

The little girl was stunned and her mouth remained open for a long time.

After returning to the inn, Song Shiwei quickly asked the waiter to serve the food. After lunch, they went back to their room for a nap.

An hour later, he heard the waiter knocking on the door and saying that someone was looking for someone. Song Shiwei guessed that it was the pawnbroker from the pawnshop, so he asked him to invite the person in.

As the broker arrived, Feng Ru and Song Da heard the noise and came out of the room. The four of them sat in Song Shiwei's room.

"After lunch, I went to ask the owner of the house. He was not happy at first. He said that although the house was in East City, it was renovated two years ago, and the furniture in the house was all new and made of high-quality wood. Later, after I persuaded him for a long time and said a lot of good things, the owner finally agreed to sell it for three thousand taels."

Song Shiwei knew that he was trying to curry favor with her, so she personally poured him a cup of tea and said, "Thank you for your hard work. If that's the case, when are you going to the government office to transfer the ownership?"

The broker smiled wider: "We can do it right now. The owner is busy with business and has specially entrusted me to help with the transfer. If the client is free now, we can go to the government office now."

But if you want to register the house under your name today, you need to give some benefits to the officials in the yamen.

The broker didn't say this, thinking that the customer had paid three thousand taels for the house, and he probably wouldn't care about a few taels of bonus silver.

Song Shiwei noticed that Feng Ru beside him was eager to try, so he smiled and said, "Then let's go now. I'll trouble you to lead the way."

"It should, it should."

The four of them drove a horse-drawn carriage to the East City Yamen, stuffed five taels of silver into their pockets and quickly completed the transfer.

After sending the dentist to the door of the pharmacy, Song Shiwei threw a purse to him and left amid his enthusiastic thanks.

The carriage drove away and the broker returned to his office with a smile on his face. He closed the door and then opened his purse. He took out a small silver ingot and weighed it in his hand. His smile immediately widened.

Yes, he made a deal and got five taels of silver. This customer was much more generous than other customers.

Although Song Shiwei didn't know how much silver the pawnbroker would give, it was probably only two or three taels of silver as a reward for his hard work, and five taels was also given because the man was really satisfied with the house he chose.

The house has been transferred to their name, and the next step is to move. Unlike the excited Feng Ru and Song Da, Song Shiwei is very calm. When Feng Ru said that they wanted to clean the house, Song Shiwei waved his hand and let them go, and then he went back to his room to lie down.

After looking at houses all morning, I took a break at noon and went to the government office in the afternoon. Although I went there in a carriage, I was more mentally exhausted than physically.

After all, the house has two entrances, and no matter how hard Feng Rusong tried to clean it up, they couldn't finish it today, so they hurried back in time for dinner.

"Sister, today Brother Song and I have only cleaned up the main house where you live and the reception hall. The other rooms have not been cleaned up yet. We plan to continue cleaning up tomorrow morning and move in this afternoon."

Song Shiwei smiled and nodded.

Song Daguan was very careful. After Feng Ru finished speaking, he added, "I have carefully examined the furniture in the house today. It is indeed made of high-quality wood and looks quite new. The broker must be right. The original owner must not have lived in it after the renovation."

"That's good, but it will be hard work for you. If you are tired, don't do it. It only costs some money to hire someone to clean it."

Feng Ru waved her hand immediately: "It's convenient to hire someone to clean, but I always feel that since they don't live in the house, they won't be very dedicated. Let me and Brother Song do the cleaning. It's not too tiring. The front and back yards are quite clean. It's just that the furniture in the house is dusty. After all, no one has lived there for a long time."

"It's up to you guys, don't get too tired."

"I know. We still have to serve our sister, so we won't get tired," said the little girl with a grin.

The next day, the two men went to clean the house early in the morning. When Song Shiwei got up, they had been gone for an hour.

At noon, the two men came back covered in dust, but with excited smiles on their faces.

Song Shiwei asked the waiter to bring hot water, and waited until the two of them were clean before speaking: "Why are you so dirty?"

Feng Ru stuck out her tongue playfully: "Brother Song and I cleaned the top of the beams together, and a lot of dust fell down, isn't that what happened?"

Song Da stood aside feeling somewhat embarrassed.

Song Shiwei shook his head helplessly: "How is the cleaning going?"

Feng Ru perked up when this was mentioned, her eyes brightening up: "It's already been cleaned, you can move in anytime."

In that case, Song Shiwei waved his hand and said, "We'll move after lunch."