Rebirth of Siheyuan: Starting from escaping famine in 42

Uncle A said, "Old Jin, why did I hear that Bai Zhanqi, the boy from the Bai family, wanted to sell his family's small courtyard?"

Mr. Jin asked doubtfully, "Really? I really don't know."

After hearing this, Li Qingfeng dispersed a circle of cigarettes and then hurriedly said, "Uncle, where is the person you mentioned? I'll go ask."

Uncle Guan said, "My last name is Guan, so you can just call me Uncle Guan from now on."

Li Qingfeng immediately nodded and greeted him: "Uncle Guan!"

Uncle Guan said "hmm", then pointed at the road and said, "His house is at No. 96 Nanluoguxiang, and the small courtyard he wants to sell is at No. 93. You two can go and look for it!"

Li Qingfeng quickly said to the two uncles: "Thank you, uncles."

Uncle Jin and Uncle Guan waved their hands: "It's okay."

Finally, he said hello to a few uncles around and headed straight to No. 96 Nanluoguxiang. When he was leaving, Li Qingfeng vaguely heard Uncle Jin asking Uncle Guan about the boy from the Bai family.

Li Qingfeng didn't hear it clearly, but he vaguely heard that the Bai family's kid started smoking opium and squandering money since he and a servant were the only ones left in the family.

The two brothers looked at the house numbers along Nanluoguxiang, and soon found No. 96. They calmed down and walked up to knock on the door.

After a while, the door opened, and Li Qingfeng saw a thin man with dark circles under his eyes, yawning, squinting at the door, and saying, "Who are you?"

Li Qingfeng said in a neither humble nor arrogant manner: "Excuse me, are you Mr. Bai, Bai Zhanqi?"

Bai Zhanqi yawned and said, "It's me, who are you?"

Li Qingfeng said politely, "Master Bai, my name is Li Qingfeng. I heard from Master Guan that Master Bai wanted to sell the house, so I came here to ask."

After hearing this, Bai Zhanqi looked at himself with wide eyes before saying, "That's the case, but do you have money to buy a house?"

After hearing this, Li Qingfeng was not angry. This was the customary style of the old people, so he said, "Mr. Bai, how big is your yard? How much does it cost?"

When Bai Zhanqi heard this, he felt that there was hope, so he said, "Then let's go and take a look first."

Li Qingfeng responded: "Okay, listen to Master Bai."

Bai Zhanqi closed the door and led Li Qingfeng and his brother for a minute or two before arriving at No. 1. He took out a key, opened the door, and entered the yard first. He said to Li Qingfeng and his brother, "Take a look! Look carefully and we'll talk about the price."

Li Qingfeng smiled and responded, "Okay, Mr. Bai, please wait a moment."

After saying that, Li Qingfeng took his younger brother Li Qingshan to stand in the yard, looking around, while discussing the yard in a low voice.

This is a private house with a separate courtyard, three main rooms and two side rooms. There is also a thatched shed in the yard, which seems to be used to store firewood. There is a small courtyard in the middle and a pressurized well, which makes it convenient to use water.

When the time comes, you will close the door and no one will know what kind of life you are living.

In the end, Li Qingfeng used his mind to scan the entire yard and found a cellar under the main house in the middle. There were 6 large boxes filled with gold bars and antiques in it. There was a thick layer of dust on the floor of the cellar, and it was obvious that no one had been down there for a long time. Bai Zhanqi might not know that there was treasure here, otherwise why would he think of selling the house?

He took another look at the furniture in the house. They were all made of good materials. Li Qingfeng was quite satisfied, but he didn't know how much it would cost. So Li Qingfeng offered Bai Zhanqi a cigarette and said, "Mr. Bai, the yard is pretty good. How much do you want?"

Bai Zhanqi thought for a while, then said, "Sir, I won't ask for more from you. Just give me 1200 dollars."

Li Qingfeng didn't know whether the price Bai Zhanqi mentioned was expensive or not. Was it a deal? He had to bargain, right? After thinking it over, he said with a bitter face: "Master Bai, can you make it a little lower? We are here to escape famine, and it's not easy for us."

Bai Zhanqi rolled his eyes and said, "How can you buy a house if you don't have money?" After thinking for a while, he continued, "Then how much can you offer?"

Li Qingfeng said, "Master Bai, how about 1100 dollars? We can trade with big yellow croaker then."

When Bai Zhanqi heard about the yellow croaker trade, he said, "Including the furniture in the house, there are a total of four yellow croakers. If you are okay with it, you can trade directly tomorrow. If not, you can look for other places."

The two bargained for a while. Seeing that Bai Zhanqi was unwilling to lower the price, Li Qingfeng nodded and agreed, "Okay, Mr. Bai, let's agree on a total of four large yellow croakers."

Bai Zhanqi saw that the deal was successful and smiled: "Okay, it's a deal. We Beijing guys keep our word."

Li Qingfeng wanted to complete the transaction as soon as possible, so he said, "Master Bai, you have to prepare the land deed and the house deed as soon as possible and transfer the ownership as soon as possible."

Bai Zhanqi also wanted to get the four big yellow croakers as soon as possible, so he said quickly: "Don't worry, Master Bai will definitely do things this way." He gave a thumbs up and continued: "Tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock, we will meet at the Housing Management Department. The house transfer procedures will be completed. At that time, we will hand over the money and the house deed in one hand."

Li Qingfeng smiled and said, "Okay, got it, Master Bai. We two brothers will leave first and won't disturb you anymore." After that, he walked out of the yard.

Bai Zhanqi also locked the door and went home humming a little tune.

After the two brothers walked away, Li Qingshan couldn't wait to ask: "Brother, why are you so polite to that Bai?"

Li Qingfeng said softly to his brother, "Qingshan, you can't just look at the surface. We haven't settled down yet, so we can't offend anyone, especially these old people. Some of them have rich families. You see, when the Japanese came, they still got away with it. Maybe they have someone above them, and we may be able to use them in the future."

Li Qingshan nodded and said, "Brother, I understand."

Li Qingfeng said, "Well! Qingshan, remember, we don't have to be afraid of them. We don't cause trouble, but we're not afraid of it either. If you get bullied outside in the future, just go home and tell me, and I'll help you out."

Li Qingshan nodded heavily and said, "Yes! Brother, please teach me Kung Fu in the future! This way I can help you in the future."

Li Qingfeng looked at his brother in confusion, then asked, "Qingshan, how do you know I know Kung Fu?"

Li Qingshan said speechlessly: "Brother, I'm not stupid. You often practice Kung Fu early in the morning. I have seen it several times, so I never asked you."

Li Qingfeng smiled and said, "Haha! Okay, after we buy a house tomorrow and settle down, I will teach you kung fu, but you have to stick to it and not give up halfway."

Li Qingshan nodded happily: "Brother, don't worry, I will hold on."