"Miss, Brother Xu Lian, Madam wants you to come over for breakfast."
Xiaoyu shouted outside the door.
Why did she know that the eldest lady was in the west courtyard wing? Because she had just been to the eldest lady's boudoir, and even the quilt was cold. It was obvious that the eldest lady was not in the room last night and must be here with Xu Lian.
Xu Lian and Lin Wan got up, washed, combed their hair, and tidied their appearance, then went to the dining room.
We had already discussed it last night, and we're going to look at houses today... to buy a spiritual house.
Arrived in the living room.
I saw Lin Yue and Hua Rongjun and their spouses, as well as Tong Miao and Lin Ying and their spouses, already there.
More than ten kinds of breakfast have been prepared.
But he hasn't started eating yet, obviously waiting for Xu Lian and Lin Wan.
"Brother-in-law, sister, good morning."
Lin Ying greeted with a smile.
Hua Rongjun glanced at the radiant Lin Wan and smiled with relief. Knowing that Lin Wan and Xu Lian had only been together for a few days and were in their honeymoon period, it was normal for her to be late. "Sit down and have breakfast."
Xu Lian bowed to Lin Yue and Hua Rongjun and their spouses, said good morning, and then sat down.
Hua Rongjun said, "Xiao Xu is a more polite child than our Lin family."
Lin Yue also stroked his beard and smiled. Putting aside Xu Lian's identity and background, just taking Xu Lian himself as an example, he was extremely satisfied with this son-in-law. At least Xu Lian respected him and his wife very much.
The six people were exactly three couples, who happily enjoyed their breakfast, which was very sumptuous.
For a family of practitioners with some strength like the Lin family, the resources for practice are tight and they have to budget carefully to survive. However, as for the daily necessities that can be bought with worldly money, of course they follow the standards of a wealthy family.
Finished breakfast.
Drink tea for a while.
The six of them took three carriages and went to First Street.
When they arrived at the gate of the First Street barrier, Lin Yue showed the Lin family's patriarch token, and Tong Miao showed the Tong family token, and they were able to enter smoothly.
Since Xu Lian had been here once before and there was a record, he was not checked by the guard at the door this time.
You can’t afford the houses in categories A, B, and C, so there’s no need to look at them… The six of them went straight to the area of the houses in category D and started to choose.
Some of the houses have been sold, some have been rented out, and some are still empty. The six people wanted to see the empty houses.
In fact, the Tong family and the Lin family had been to First Street many times and knew the location of every house with their eyes closed. They only came to view and select just to make the final confirmation.
“This one is nice, it seems to have just been renovated.”
"That one is also good. The yard is quite wide. I can transplant some spiritual herbs and plant them in the yard. When the spiritual herbs are mature, I can use them for cultivation or sell them for spiritual stones."...
Lin Yue and his wife Hua Rongjun and Tong Miao and his wife Lin Ying looked here and there and selected very carefully. The tens of thousands of spirit stones almost used up all the accumulation of the two families over the years. This was a decision that gambled the future fortunes of the two families, so they could not take it lightly.
Lin Wan asked Xu Lian for his opinion, "Which house do you like, my husband?"
Xu Lian didn't care and smiled, "They're all the same."
Lin Wan thought so too. The houses on the First Street were completely classified according to the concentration of spiritual energy. With more than ten thousand spirit stones, one could only choose from Class D houses. In fact, there was nothing to choose from. It was just a psychological effect.
After discussion among the six people, they finally chose a house with a larger yard.
The main purpose is to transplant some spiritual herbs to generate income for the two families.
So the six of them went to the rental office.
It is said to be a rental place, but in fact it also includes selling houses.
"By the way, did Daddy and Brother-in-law bring any spirit stones?"
Thinking of this, Lin Ying chuckled and said, "Don't forget to bring the spirit stones when you buy a house later. The Tong family and the Lin family will immediately become the laughing stock of the entire Pingyang County."
Hua Rongjun said, "Your father brought it here."
“I brought it here too.”
Xu Lian actually only had one thousand spirit stones on him, and the nine hundred spirit stones from the white cat clone had not been transferred over yet. However, he did not intend to give up a single spirit stone... So, it didn't matter whether he brought it with him or not.
Come to the rental office.
People come and go, some rent the abode, while others come to cancel their lease when the lease expires.
It's like this here almost every day. It was also like this the last time Lin Wan brought Xu Lian here. This must be the hottest business in Pingyang County and also the business with the highest value.
Tong Miao was the main investor among the three parties. He asked the person in charge of the rental office about the price of the house he was interested in.
"Twelve thousand spirit stones."
The person in charge of the rental office is a woman whose age is indeterminate and who has a cinnabar mole between her eyebrows. She may be thirty or twenty years old. This is the case for practitioners over a certain age; it is often difficult to tell their specific age.
Especially for female practitioners, they tend to care more about their appearance and are more willing to spend time and effort to take care of it, making it even more difficult to tell their age.
The entire rental office was filled with women. Xu Lian guessed that it might be because the garrison commander was a woman, so it was more convenient for him to have women under his command.
"I heard that someone bought a Class D house some time ago and spent 11,000 spirit stones. Now it costs 12,000."
Tong Miao's face darkened, he had a bad feeling. Twelve thousand spirit stones were already beyond the budget. The Tong family, the Lin family and Xu Lian had raised a total of eleven thousand spirit stones. Who was going to make up the remaining one thousand spirit stones
"You don't have to buy it if you want to. If you can't afford it, you can rent it."
The woman with a red dot between her eyebrows had an indifferent expression and an extremely bad attitude. She was very tall, with a straight posture, and she patrolled the entire rental office with one hand behind her back, looking like a female official.
One has to admit that she is qualified to be arrogant. She holds the leasing and buying and selling rights of all the houses on the entire street, and has the support of the garrison commander behind her. Even if the patriarch of a wealthy family in Pingyang County comes, he has to flatter her, not to mention the legitimate son of a middle-class family like Tong Miao.
This made Tong Miao a little embarrassed, but he didn't dare to get angry.
Lin Yue bowed and said, "Ms. First Street Lady, may I ask why the price has increased? Is there any possibility of a price reduction in the future?"
The woman with a red dot between her brows was a little impatient, but she still said, "You small families are really isolated from the news and your perception is also slow.
Haven’t you noticed that the overall spiritual concentration on First Street has increased in recent times
This is because the spiritual tree is about to enter maturity and will soon bear fruit.
As the spiritual concentration increases, the price of the house will naturally rise, and will continue to rise for a long time, until the fruit is ripe and picked by the tree, the spiritual tree enters the next recuperation period, the spiritual concentration drops, and the price of the house will fall. "
After saying that.
She no longer paid attention to them and walked into the inner hall, not knowing what she was busy with.
Only then did they realize and understand.
Lin Ying was a little excited. "It seems that buying a house now is very cost-effective. The spiritual concentration will increase, and our cultivation speed will increase. Moreover, if we store it for a few years, we can make a lot of money by reselling it."
After discussing it, they finally decided to grit their teeth. The Tong family would give another 650 spirit stones, the Lin family would also squeeze out another 300, and Xu Lian would also have to add another 100 to make up the 1,000 spirit stones.
Of course, you will have to go through a period of "hard times" next... I mean the hard times when you are short of spiritual resources, but your daily life will not be affected.
"I don't think so."
Xu Lian said, "I'll go and bargain with this female official. I should be able to buy it for 110,000 spirit stones."
"Bargain?"
Tong Miao was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly said, "Brother Xu, don't mess around. This is not a market, and bargaining is not allowed. Even if the patriarch of a wealthy family comes to buy a house, he must pay a minimum of one spirit stone. If you offend the female official, I'm afraid we will never be able to buy a house on First Street, or even rent it."
Lin Yue and Hua Rongjun's eyes lit up. The couple knew Xu Lian's identity and background, so perhaps they could really bargain.
Lin Ying was a little suspicious. Although her mother Hua Rongjun had revealed some of Xu Lian's identity and background to her, what she said was very vague and not very clear. She wondered where Xu Lian got the confidence to bargain with the female officials here
Lin Wan had a different reaction. She also knew Xu Lian's identity and background, but now she was Xu Lian's woman and would not only care about the interests of the Lin family. She also had to consider Xu Lian, "Husband, all the spiritual stones obtained from the sale and rental of houses on First Street must be handed in. Will it have a bad impact if you lower the price?"
Hua Rongjun hesitated and said, "Fortunately, the price has not increased too much now. We can barely make up the difference of one thousand spirit stones. Xiao Xu, why don't we just forget about it? It's best to use it at the critical moment."
Is it possible that I am very poor now, and this is already the edge of a knife? Xu Lian couldn't say it out loud, so he could only smile and say "It's okay", and then walked towards the inner hall.