Looking at the surrounding area of the decadent old garden, the big trees on the roadside, and the few pedestrians, Xu Chang said to Xu Ping: "It's too desolate here, how can you think of buying a house here?" Xiuxiu has no opinions, don't let her do everything. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

Xu Ping said: "She is greedy for the proximity of the country, and she has the literary temperament of a scholar, and she will look at the house first." ”

Xu Chang shook his head and had no choice but to follow.

A few days ago, Xu Chang arrived in Luoyang, and he began to be busy buying a house. The house bought by the Xu family was naturally lived in by Lin Suniang, and Xiuxiu couldn't live in it, so she had to buy one. Originally, Xu Chang was looking around, but who knew that Xiuxiu had fallen in love with a house, and today asked Xu Ping to bring Xu Chang to see it.

This is a pottery workshop belonging to Henan County, and a Yongfeng Fang is separated from Changxiamen Street. There are also large families in this square, and the Luoyang private residence of the former privy envoy Wang Shu is in this square. When Wang Shu was young, Kou Zhun valued him the most, married his daughter to him, and lived here. There is also Xijing Guozijian in the workshop, and there is the temple of Wenxuan Wang that was rebuilt during the Xianping period. Although there are not many students in the Guozi Prison, there is some literary atmosphere.

However, it is a little far away from the center of Luoyang City, and it is still desolate, with many abandoned houses and a lot of idle land that has been reclaimed as vegetable gardens and flower beds. Walking in this square, there is a bit of a rural atmosphere on both sides of the road.

The transfer envoy Yamen is in the Lechengfang in the north, separated by Jiashan, Tongli and an east-west Jianchunmen Street, not far away. Xu Ping was greedy for the proximity to his yamen, which was more convenient, so he didn't object much. As for the main house of the family, Xu Chang chose Cihuifang, which is closer to the Luohe River further north, which is the former residence of Yao Chong, the famous minister of the Tang Dynasty, and is negotiating the price.

After walking more than a mile, Xiuxiu's ox cart stopped, thinking that it was a place.

Xu Ping looked ahead, there was a flower garden on one side, and a large bamboo forest was interspersed. On the other side, there is a wood gate, which can be seen through the low fence, and it can be seen that it is a vegetable garden, and at the end of the vegetable garden is a row of five houses, which are also dilapidated.

Walking forward quickly with Xu Chang, Xu Ping asked Xiuxiu: "How did you choose here?" The place is big, but it's too desolate. ”

Xiuxiu said: "I think it's very good, there are flowers and grass, and there is a small river on the other side of the yard." ”

After saying that, he ordered his attendants to go over and knock on the door.

That's the yard? Xu Ping stretched his neck and looked inside the fence, was it clearly a vegetable garden, it looked like there were several acres.

Xu Chang made a bitter face, quietly pulled the corner of Xu Ping's clothes, and shook his head slightly.

Xu Ping sighed and said to Xu Chang: "Don't worry, let's see, let's see." ”

After a while, the chai door opened, and a rather beautiful young woman came out of it, looked at Xiuxiu, and said, "Madame has worked hard from afar, so go inside and use tea." ”

Xiuxiu looked at Xu Ping and stepped into the chaimen.

Xu Ping pulled Xu Chang and hurriedly followed, crossed the chaimen, and arrived at the courtyard, or the vegetable garden.

It's already autumn, there are no vegetables in the garden, and it looks a little bleak. The vegetable fields were carefully arranged, divided into small pieces and built with canals, and bamboo trees were planted on the side of the canals.

At this time, Luoyang City Yizhu is not only numerous, but also famous in the north of the Yellow River. There are several bamboo and wood businesses that collect taxes from merchants who sell bamboo, and when the spring bamboo shoots are on the market every year, merchants from nearby states gather.

Walking through the vegetable garden, I sat down in the main hall, and a little female envoy of about ten years old came over to serve tea.

After drinking tea, Xu Ping asked the woman, "I don't know what the lady is called?" How do you want to sell this garden? ”

The woman said: "Back to the official, the people's woman Xu Tang, everyone calls me Sister Tang." This house was handed down by my ancestors, because it is close to Guozijian, and there are ten acres of vegetable gardens, and they are cultivated and read, and they are very cherished. ”

Xu Chang couldn't help but interject: "Since you cherish it, why do you still sell it?" ”

Sister Tang smiled bitterly: "Because my parents had a serious illness last year, they died." I didn't leave an heir, I supported it for a year, I really couldn't hold on, and the family asked for money to use, so I had to sell it painfully. ”

It turned out to be a widow, Xu Ping didn't want to trade with the widow, the price was low and people gossip, the price was high, this place was not worth it no matter how you looked at it, it was too simple. In this kind of place, there are a lot of your own villages, why do you come to Luoyang City to buy them?

After thinking about it, Xu Ping asked Sister Tang: "You sold this place, where do you live?" ”

"My parents have a restaurant in Longmen Town, and they have moved there to live with them."

"It turns out that your family sells alcohol!" This is the industry run by his own family, and Xu Ping suddenly felt much more cordial. "To tell you the truth, my family also sells alcohol, but in Kaifeng Mansion."

"The officials misunderstood, my family didn't sell wine, and I originally planted one or twenty acres of flower fields in Luoyang City. My father has the skill of raising flowers and has saved some family wealth. Last year, the government took a fancy to the flower field, and did not know what yamen to build, so it lost its livelihood. Just as I was about to get married, my father and mother bought a restaurant in Longmen Town with their family wealth to make a living. ”

The fields in Luoyang City can be cultivated, but they will never be Yongye fields, and the money for compensation for government expropriation is very small, and it is not allowed to disagree. Xu Ping knew this, and the Xindao family was too unlucky to encounter this kind of thing.

Seeing that Sister Tang looked worried, Xu Ping asked her: "Are you buying a restaurant, is the business good?" ”

"It would have been fine, with some interest. Unexpectedly, within two months, the county built a newer and bigger one on the opposite side of the road, and when it was bought, there would be no customers in our restaurant. ”

Xu Ping was taken aback: "How can there be such a thing?" This is not a household that has become a pit of heart! ”

"Who can say clearly about the affairs of the official family-" Sister Tang sighed heavily, her face full of sadness.

Xu Ping looked around, this house was not worth a lot of money even with the vegetable garden outside, so he had the heart to buy it, and it was good to help the family in distress. As for Xiuxiu's inability to stay, I'll talk about it later, it's nothing to be idle here.

Xu Chang saw that Xu Ping was thinking, and hurriedly said, "Eldest sister, dare to ask if there is anyone else in your husband's family?" You sold this house, don't let someone from your husband's family come to the door in the future, things are not beautiful. ”

"No, the Xu family is dead, alas-" Sister Tang sighed, "Don't worry, when you buy a house, you will naturally have neighbors as a guarantee, and the government will make a deed, so it will not cause trouble." ”

Xu Chang shook his head secretly, the surrounding neighbors are either planting flowers or vegetables, what can they do? Originally, the neighbors in the city had priority when they sold their houses, and they were reluctant to buy them before they could sell them to others. There is no need to ask at all in this kind of place, idle land is everywhere, who would buy such a vegetable garden?

(The transfer envoy Si Yamen often changes according to the time when he is not in Luoyang, and the official office of Le Chengfang sometimes belongs to the Xijing Yushitai.) (To be continued.) )