"Madam, you didn't make a mistake. I want a Category C house."
Xu Lian couldn't say it was free, so he could only brag, "A Class C house worth 30,000 or 40,000 spirit stones can be bargained down to 11,000 spirit stones. That's bargaining. Otherwise, a Class D house worth 12,000 spirit stones can be bargained down to 11,000 spirit stones, which is meaningless."
Tong Miao and Lin Ying were really shocked. Behind the rental office was the garrison commander, and behind the garrison commander was the Yi religion. Therefore, the rental office didn't give face to anyone and was always very tough. Even the wealthy families didn't dare to bargain with the rental office. Xu Lian not only bargained, but also directly cut the price by more than half. Is his background so deep
It seems that when Hua Rongjun said before that Xu Lian's family background was similar to Tong Miao's, he was really too tactful, or he didn't want the Tong family to know it so clearly.
This made Lin Ying look at her mother Hua Rongjun with a slightly resentful look. She even hid the truth from her own daughter, which made her feel like a daughter who is married off is like spilled water... There is no love left.
Although Lin Yue, Hua Rongjun and Lin Wan were a little surprised, they did not feel too surprised. They just deepened their understanding of the purple-level identity jade card. It seems that Xu Lian's background is even deeper than they thought, so deep that even the rental office has to sell favors. Selling favors at the rental office is actually equivalent to the garrison commander selling favors, which means that the purple-level identity jade card should not be lower than that of the garrison commander.
Everyone came to their senses and felt a little strange in their hearts. They had to re-examine their relationship with Xu Lian and the way they would get along in the future. They couldn't let something as bad as what happened in the living room yesterday happen again. A broken relationship was still a small matter, but if Xu Lian became resentful for some reason, it would be a big disaster and neither family could afford it.
"Brother-in-law, if you can bargain for a price, the spiritual stones accumulated by our Lin and Tong families over the years will triple. I might as well stay in the Lin family and be his concubine."
Lin Ying made a joke and looked at Lin Wan with envy, "Sister had a man before, but she was able to find a young and handsome man like my brother-in-law who has a strong background. Sister is really good at it."
It's just that her emotional intelligence is a bit low. This joke made Tong Miao's face stiff and also made Lin Wan embarrassed.
Hua Rongjun coughed twice to remind Lin Ying.
Lin Ying finally came to her senses, chuckled, and didn't say anything shocking.
Xu Lian handed the deed back to Lin Yue, "Father-in-law, keep it."
Lin Yue thought about it and didn't refuse. This was the filial piety of the eldest daughter's husband.
Tong Miao quickly expressed his opinion, "This Class C house also has seven rooms, and my Tong family only needs to occupy two."
You know, he invested 6,500 spirit stones, which could have allowed him to occupy four rooms in a Class D house. But now he only needs two rooms in a Class C house. In fact, he has gotten a great deal because the value of the two rooms is already over ten thousand spirit stones.
He didn't dare insist on his original share of the four rooms, as that would be too confusing.
After all, Xu Lian had nothing to do with him, he just benefited from the Lin family.
Lin Yue smiled and said, "My Lin family will not be polite to Xiao Xu. Originally they occupied two rooms, and now they still occupy two rooms. The remaining three rooms belong to the eldest daughter and Xiao Xu."
Xu Lian waved his hand, "Lin Wan and I can just live in one room.
There are many people in the Lin family and the Tong family, so only two rooms each are definitely not enough.
In my opinion, the Lin family and the Tong family should have three rooms each.
Besides, I didn’t bargain with the rental agency for my own sake.”
Lin Yue and Tong Miao did not refuse any more and accepted it after expressing their gratitude to Xu Lian. You know, one more room means five thousand more spirit stones!
The Tong family accumulated more than 6,000 spirit stones after many years of accumulation.
The Lin family had accumulated over the years, but only had more than 3,000 spirit stones.
These five thousand spirit stones are extremely important spiritual resources for both families, and will even affect the future fortunes of the two families.
One is the head of the Lin family, and the other is the legitimate son of the Tong family. For the sake of their family, they cannot miss such a great opportunity.
The spiritual house has been bought.
Next, it’s time to discuss check-in arrangements.
Six people, including three couples, returned to the Lin family's house in three carriages.
People are in high spirits when good things happen. They are happily drinking tea in the living room and discussing the move-in matters.
"A house with a Class C spiritual concentration cannot be left empty. Leaving it empty is a waste of spiritual stones. We have to move in quickly, preferably today."
Lin Ying chuckled, her eyes shrewd, "The Tong family has three rooms. The Tong family of more than ten people can just squeeze in and live in one room. The other two rooms can be rented out, earning six or seven spirit stones a day. In a month, the rent can be nearly two hundred spirit stones, which is more than two thousand spirit stones a year."
Hua Rongjun thought, "Your father and I have the same plan. We will invite your uncle's family to come over and live together in one room. We can rent out the other two rooms. From now on, our Lin family will live in the Ling House for a long time. We can come back to this Lin family house occasionally during festivals."
You guys are awesome... Xu Lian couldn't help but admire how so many people could live in a room of just a few square meters.
He couldn't help but imagine this scene in his mind: a family of more than ten people, men, women, young and old, squeezed into a room of a few square meters, with several people sitting cross-legged on the bed, several sitting cross-legged on the table, and several sitting cross-legged on the floor.
Of course, the beds and tables took up too much space and would be removed. The family of more than ten people, men, women, young and old, all sat cross-legged on the ground.
It is easy to understand if you think about it. The Lin family and the Tong family have accumulated money for many years and finally bought the spiritual house. Of course they have to make full use of every inch of space. Who would be willing to let one or two people live in one house
Especially in today's Class C houses, each room is worth 5,000 spirit stones, and it is impossible for one or two people to live in it.
Even a big family probably wouldn't dare to be so extravagant, after all, a big family has more people.
This is the true portrayal of the various families in Pingyang County. They appear to be very prosperous on the outside and are envied by the common people. But in fact, when they are practicing, the living environment of each family is even worse than that of the common people.
Take Xu Lian, a countryman from Luzhu Town, for example. He used to live in an old earthen house, where at least he had some private space. He and Li Xiya lived in the outer room, and Wang Cuiyun lived in the inner room.
Check-in matter.
There is no time to lose.
Every delay was equivalent to a waste of spirit stones. After the six of them had lunch together, Tong Miao and Lin Ying hurried back to the Tong family.
Lin Yue and Hua Rongjun were also directing the maids and servants to pack up and prepare for moving.
It’s different from when I rented a spiritual house before.
In the past, we would only rent a place for a few days every two or three months, and we only needed to bring some dry food.
Nowadays, if you rent a house for a long time, you need to have clothes for changing, pots and pans for cooking.
In fact, ordinary practitioners are not as high and mighty as ordinary people imagine. They cannot do without the most basic necessities of food, clothing, housing, transportation, eating, drinking, defecating and urinating. After all, they cannot reach the state of fasting by eating mist and dew.
Unless one reaches a level of immortality, it would be beyond the imagination of ordinary people.
Of course, even Xu Lian couldn't imagine that level... After all, he was no longer a human being, so God knew what he was like.
"Father and mother-in-law, I have something to tell you."
Xu Lian sent away the maids and servants, leaving only Lin Wan.
He took out three thousand spirit stones and placed them on the table.
This is
Lin Yue, Hua Rongjun and Lin Wan were all stunned.
Xu Lian explained, "In fact, the Class C house was given by the female official for free, and not a single spiritual stone was confiscated. These are the three thousand spiritual stones of your Lin family. Please take them back, father-in-law."
This made Lin Yue, Hua Rongjun and Lin Wan silent. They were really shocked this time. The purple-level identity card might be higher than they imagined.
"Xiao Xu, you really are..."
Hua Rongjun was so moved that she almost cried. Her eyes were red and misty with tears. She cried and laughed at Xu Lian, "You are so good to our eldest daughter."
She knew that Xu Lian could have kept silent and put the three thousand spirit stones from the Lin family into his own pocket. However, Xu Lian did not do so. Instead, he said it openly and returned it to the Lin family, which showed Xu Lian's sincerity.
Lin Wan was also moved to tears. She threw herself into Xu Lian's arms, hugged him tightly, and called him in a tearful voice, "Husband."
"Why are you crying?" Xu Lian also hugged her. If he was nice to her, he had to let her know that he had to do so in order to increase his favorability... Of course, deep down, Xu Lian also liked her. She was indeed a good woman and deserved to be treated well.
Hua Rongjun wiped her eyes, looked at Lin Wan, and taught her seriously, "My eldest daughter, you must serve Xiao Xu well in this life. If you fail Xiao Xu in the slightest, not to mention others, even your mother will not allow it, understand."
Lin Wan's eyes turned red from crying and she nodded, "My husband treats me sincerely, and I will definitely take him as my priority and serve him with all my heart and soul."
Even if Hua Rongjun didn't say it, Xu Lian knew that Lin Wan would definitely not let him down in the slightest. The favorability of 91/100 was not just for show. People's hearts might be fickle, but mathematics would not.
In this strange world, we must believe in science...
Xu Lian said to Lin Yue sincerely, "Father-in-law, please take the 3,000 spirit stones. As for the 6,500 spirit stones from the Tong family, I will not return them to the Tong family. After all, the Tong family has nothing to do with me. I can't just give the Tong family three spirit houses for free."
Lin Yue smiled and put away the three thousand spirit stones. "Of course, the Lin family is the Lin family, and the Tong family is the Tong family. It would be a waste if I didn't accept the spirit stones from the Tong family. If it were me, I would not return them to the Tong family."
Hua Rongjun sighed, "Three houses, worth as much as 15,000 spirit stones, and the Tong family paid 6,500 spirit stones to get them. This time, the Tong family really got a great bargain. I am so heartbroken. If it weren't for the two girls, I would have wanted to tear up the previous agreement."
"..." Xu Lian didn't know what to say. His father-in-law and mother-in-law were more distressed than he was.
Lin Yue and Hua Rongjun ordered the maids and servants to pack up spare clothes, pots and pans, and some daily necessities, loaded them into the carriage, and headed straight for First Street.
Xu Lian and Lin Wan did not go and remained in the Lin family house.
Xu Lian didn't need to practice in the spiritual house, and of course he didn't want to live there, so Lin Wan had to stay to accompany him.
In the Lin family mansion now, Xu Lian and Lin Wan are the only two masters, and the others are maids and servants who can be ignored. As a result, Xu Lian and Lin Wan have completely let go of their freedom. The rockery, attic, garden... all leave traces of Xu Lian and Lin Wan.
A few days later.
Xu Lian received a pleasant surprise. With the preparation for returning the three thousand spirit stones, Lin Wan has been very touched these days, and the increase in her favorability towards him was expected.
Name: Xu Lian
Rank: Ming Jin Stage 5th Level
Skills: Wind-breaking Sword Technique (Volume 1), Seven Styles of Xian Gang (Complete Edition)
Props: None
Note: Lin Wan's favorability towards you has increased from 91/100 to 92/100. You have gained an advancement point. You can choose one of the following: rank, skill, or item to increase the point.
Xu Lian was thinking about his next plan to improve his strength.
“I originally had one thousand spirit stones, plus the Tong family’s six thousand five spirit stones, and the nine hundred spirit stones from the white cat’s clone, totaling nearly nine thousand five spirit stones.
If you buy Qi Condensation Pills at the unit price of twenty-three spirit stones, you can buy about four hundred and ten.
It takes thirty-two pearls to advance from the fifth level of Ming Jin period to the sixth level; sixty-four pearls are needed to advance from the seventh level; one hundred and twenty-eight pearls are needed to advance from the eighth level; and two hundred and fifty-six pearls are needed to advance from the ninth level, for a total of four hundred and eighty pearls.
Although it is still not enough to raise my Ming Jin stage to the top, but for the time being, I no longer lack Qi Condensation Pills, what I lack is advancement points.
Lin Wan's favorability of 92/100 is already very high. If I want to continue to increase it, I'm afraid it will be difficult. I have to go back to Green Bamboo Town."
He had planned to get raw materials in Pingyang County and advanced points in Luzhu Town a long time ago. Going over it again now would make him more clear about the path he should take.
then.
Xu Lian spent a few more days with Lin Wan in the Lin family mansion, and then sent Lin Wan to the spiritual temple on the First Street to practice. Lin Wan must be more comfortable in her own room than living in other rooms.
Lin Wan knew that there were many other women in his family and it was impossible for them to always be with her, so she didn’t ask him where he was going and just focused on her practice. What a sensible and good woman she was.
Coming out of the First Street, Xu Lian went straight to Lingcui Building.
He still found the same saleswoman from last time. This was his personal habit, he liked to deal with "acquaintances".
To the surprise and delight of the saleswoman, he bought three hundred Qi Condensation Pills in one go, which made the saleswoman so happy that she almost fainted. The other saleswomen were so envious that their eyes turned red. Why didn't they have such a big customer
Of course, they looked at Xu Lian with a bit of strangeness. He just bought forty-two pills a few days ago, and bought another three hundred so quickly... He was obviously a pill dealer.
After buying enough Qi Condensation Pills to last for a while, Xu Lian took the ferry and returned to the town. It was time to cultivate his favorability.
Author's side note: This chapter is ridiculously long... There are two more chapters to come in the evening.
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