Chapter 392 Buying a House

Chen Afu could understand Chen Ming's approach, but he didn't agree with it. He was kind-hearted and wanted to satisfy Mrs. Chen's wish that her sons live a good life. He was grateful to Chen Ye for his help, but he didn't want to make Mr. Wang unhappy. But this can easily encourage the greed of some people and make them want to live in Shu.

Mr. Hu stopped talking and was always greedy. But Mrs. Chen and Chen Ye didn't use their brothers' money so smoothly. This was not only because Chen Ming, Chen Shi, and Chen Afu were rich, but also because these families had given money too happily before. Their mentality has changed.

Old Mrs. Chen is Chen Ming's biological mother, and he must support her. But Da Fang cannot continue to behave like this in the future, otherwise something will go wrong.

Don't let the drama of love and hatred happen to these brothers.

Moreover, often hiding large sums of private money will affect the relationship between husband and wife. Chen Afu said with a smile, "Dad, the eldest son has a new baby now, and uncle and the others are also busy. Why don't you take my baby to Luyuan to enjoy the blessings?"

Chen Ming sighed, "Why don't you want to? I've mentioned many times that I want her to live with me, but you don't even bother to give me milk. You said you're used to living with your uncle."

Wang said in a low voice, "My mother-in-law is not only used to living with my uncle, but also because she lives in the big house, the head of the house and my third uncle will honor each other in the big house..."

Chen Ming's face darkened a little, and he said angrily, "What are you talking nonsense about?" Feeling that his attitude was not good, he calmed down and said, "It's not easy for my mother to drag us brothers, so just follow her wishes."

Chen Afu said with a smile, "Dad, there is nothing wrong with you following my breast. However, we all know the character of people like Mr. Hu. If you need a needle today, you will need a thread tomorrow, and this keeps going on. Even the house cannot satisfy her desires..."

Chen Ming blushed, knowing that Chen Afu had guessed that he had saved money to buy a house for Dafang, and also knew that the Hu family in her mouth was not just Hu family. He hurriedly said, "Dad, I won't do it again next time. This is the most..."

Looking at Mr. Wang, he swallowed the last few words.

Chen Afu felt that he had raised enough points and hoped that he would think about it carefully, so he changed the topic. He said, "Father and mother, please live here with me. The house is big and I'll have someone clean up a yard." He blushed and explained about Alu's move out of the house.

At the end, he said, "I just came to the house before, and I didn't know many things, which made Alu feel wronged. Now the house has been cleaned up, the slaves who bullied the master have been kicked out, and those who are dishonest have also become honest. , no one dares to do those things anymore.”

In the past two months, Chen Afu has cleaned up some servants, and the house has been completely straightened out.

After Mrs. Wang heard about it, she wanted to live in the mansion to be closer to her daughter so that she could take care of her more easily. She also said that she was worried that Chen Afu would stay with her until she gave birth to her child and then return to the countryside.

Chen Afu was very happy after hearing this.

But Chen Ming didn't want to cause trouble to his daughter, so he shook his head and said, "No. Countryside people like to be lively. It's rare for us brothers to get together, so we still want to live together and have fun. Your mother will come to accompany you during the day and go back at night." "

Chen Afu had no choice but to give up.

Dabao went to school, and Alu was also picked up.

Dabao happily threw himself into Mrs. Wang's arms and said coquettishly, "Grandma, why did you come to see me now? I miss you so much."

Mrs. Wang happily picked him up, kissed him twice, and said with a smile, "Grandma arrived at your third grandpa's house at noon. After lunch, she came to see her grandchildren."

They played until night before the family of three returned to Chen Shi's house.

After breakfast the next day, Wang and A Lu took a carriage to the General's Mansion to accompany their daughter. Chen Shi took a day off and drove an ox cart to take Chen Ming, Mrs. Chen, Chen Ye and Mr. Hu to Yahang to look at the house.

On the way, Mrs. Chen and Chen Ye both suggested that it would be best to buy both yards on Houbei Street, which is close to Chen Shi's house and makes it easier for several houses to travel.

Chen Shi didn't want his eldest brother's house to be too close to his own home, because his home was also close to a restaurant. If Mrs. Hu went to a restaurant to eat every day, it would be bad if she didn't take the money, and it wouldn't be good if she took the money. That would be terrible. Or perhaps, his wife would be unhappy if she went to his house for dinner without anything to do.

Because during the Chinese New Year, he gave his elder brother a lot of money, and this year he wanted to buy a dowry for his daughter, so he had not repaid the money he borrowed from his father-in-law's family. Mrs. Zhang cried for several days and even told her parents-in-law about this matter. Her father-in-law and mother-in-law were very unhappy with him and beat him both internally and externally.

He felt that he had already repaid his eldest brother's favor, and he still had to take care of his own family more in the future.

Chen Shi smiled and said, "The houses near my home are more expensive. My eldest brother only has one hundred taels of silver, so it is difficult to buy a satisfactory house there. If it is too small and too old, it is not cost-effective. It is best to buy in the west, where the The house is not too expensive and is close to Xicheng Gate, so it is convenient to go back to the countryside. ”

Chen Ye was very sorry. They also made a lot of money this year selling "Dingzhou melons", "Dingzhou wheat" and "Dingzhou corn", but he bought more than 80 taels of silver into fields. He felt that since the second brother became a big landowner and a big boss, and the third brother became a big boss, he should at least move closer to the big landowners. Therefore, he wants to keep buying land. This is not enough, and he needs to buy more land.

Because all the money was spent on buying land and saving a dowry for Aju, the family lived a relatively frugal life. Not to mention that there is no remaining money to add to buying a house, and I rarely even buy meat. When I was greedy, I went to the second room to eat. Chen Ming would occasionally buy some meat to come home.

Then he said, "Then let's buy it in the west. I want to buy a newer and larger courtyard house. I don't want to spend more money on decoration. I will live in the city during the slack period. Dahu is not good at homework. When he grows up, he will have to rely on uncles like you. His brother and sister found him a good job in the city and also gave him a house to live in. "

Hu wanted to live in Houbei Street so that she could go to the restaurant when she had nothing to do, but she didn't want to live in an old and small house, so she was very conflicted.

When they arrived at the brokerage, the broker listened to their conditions and said that he had several houses that suited their tastes, so he took them to see them. They went to the west first. There was a courtyard on Houxi Street that was not bad. It was a quadrangle courtyard with blue bricks and tiles. It was also that big and 70% new.

However, the environment here was not very good. The alleys were narrow and many people's houses were very shabby. Most of them were rented houses, and several families lived in one courtyard.

Compared with Chen Shi's courtyard, it was far worse. It was not the courtyard itself, but the environment was too different. It was obvious that there were wealthy people living there, while here were mostly poor people.

The price for this courtyard was 130 taels of silver. After a long negotiation, the broker agreed to 110 taels.

Chen Ye thought that he would have to add 10 taels to buy the courtyard, and he would have to repair it and buy furniture, which would cost at least another 10 taels of silver. He asked if he could buy it for 90 taels, as he didn’t have much money.

The broker shook his head and said, “Brother, you can look elsewhere. For such a nice courtyard, 110 taels of silver is the cheapest.”

Chen Ye thought the price was too high and was not satisfied with the location, so he said he would think about it again.