Chapter 116 Gossip

Chapter 116 Gossip

Chapter 116 Gossip
Wei Chengfeng and Cui Lian left first. Xiao Xia walked around the restaurant again. It was actually quite nice to be near the river, with willows and green grass, and the water was not dirty. More importantly, this was the upper reaches of Fang River. The river water flowed through the restaurant and into the residential area, so the dirty water from washing clothes and flushing toilets could not flow in.

Although it is winter now and the place is covered with snow, once spring comes, you can imagine the green willows and grass here, which will be a picturesque sight.

There is a large house diagonally across the street, just to the southeast of the restaurant. According to the description of the shopkeeper Ma, this should be the home of Yun Zhaoxun's grandfather.

The house is very large, covering an area of ​​about six or seven acres. It is surrounded by a very high wall, the gate is closed, and there is no plaque.

The east side of the high wall was right next to the river, so Xiao Xia found a slightly wider place. He stepped back a dozen steps, then suddenly ran forward, stepped on the wall with his left foot, and with the help of the friction between his shoes and the wall, he jumped up and grabbed the edge of the wall. He exerted force with his arms and climbed up. He looked into the house and was immediately shocked. There was no courtyard or backyard at all, just a row of bungalows, and then five or six acres of vegetable fields.

Next to the vegetable field are dozens of large vats filled with manure water. They freeze in winter and the manure water is also frozen.

The vegetable fields are covered with snow and no vegetables are planted. No wonder it doesn't smell now. If no vegetables are planted now, the smell will come when we plant vegetables in the spring and start watering with manure.

This was the source of the stench in the restaurant. Xiao Xia looked at the bungalows again. There were more than a dozen rooms, all with their doors closed except for one that was half-closed. It was probably used to watch over the house.

Xiao Xia jumped down lightly, he knew exactly what was going on.

He naturally had his reasons for buying this restaurant. Feng Shui was completely nonsense. The Dou family originally supported Prince Jin. After Prince Jin fell five years ago, the Dou family certainly had no good days. Why did their fortune change last year? It was not because the Feng Shui changed after they sold the restaurant, but because Prince Jin was about to be restored to the throne. The emperor pursued balance, so naturally he wanted to promote the Dou family.

As for why the Wei family had bad luck, it had nothing to do with this restaurant. It was not the Wei family's main industry at all. It was like a concubine's son who was idling outside all day and not doing his job. How could he affect the fate of a huge family?

These alchemists really couldn't find any other reason, so they brought up the restaurant. The restaurant happened to have been bought last year, so naturally these alchemists brought it up as an excuse.

What is sickle evil? The sickle evil refers to the road and bridge evil, and this is a river, which completely conforms to the pattern of the left green dragon and the right white tiger, and also conforms to the fortune of facing the water.

The idea that the Qian position is missing a corner is nonsense. The houses in later generations are not in the square shape of a "田" (field) character. Which house is not missing a corner? According to these alchemists, no one would live.

As for why no one buys after you lower the price, the reason is even simpler. If you keep lowering the price, other families will think that there is something seriously wrong with the restaurant, and you even find three alchemists to make a conclusion. Others will be even more afraid to buy and won't even dare to ask, for fear of being tainted with bad luck.

But Xiao Xia still had a big question in his mind. With such a cheap price, if the noble families were not afraid of being associated with bad luck, then why didn't the profit-seeking merchants buy it?

These businessmen would not believe in Feng Shui. They are smarter and have better vision than I do. They are clearly qualified to buy, so why don't they take advantage of this great bargain?
This doubt scratched Xiao Xia's heart like a cat, and he decided to go find Shopkeeper Ma to ask.

Xiao Xia rushed to Baocheng Shop in Metropolitan City, just in time to meet Shopkeeper Ma who was closing the shop and preparing to go home.

Shopkeeper Ma smiled and said, "Sir, you've come at the right time. We've completed all the formalities for the house. If you have time tomorrow morning, come over to take over. And there's another good news. The seller has agreed to give you another thousand strings of cash."

Is there such a good thing? The Yuan family reduced the price by one thousand guan, which made Xiao Xia surprised and happy.

"Then it's settled. You'll come see me tomorrow morning?"

Shopkeeper Ma was about to get on the ox cart, and Xiao Xia hurriedly said, "I have a question that I would like to ask the shopkeeper!"

"Okay! Get in the car, I'll take you back to the Imperial College."

Xiao Xia got on the ox cart. After the shopkeeper Ma gave some instructions, the ox cart slowly drove towards Wubenfang.

"It's about the smelly restaurant in Chongrenfang. I did find the source of the smell today. It's exactly the same as what Manager Ma said." "I'm right, right? The river water is the source of the smell. It's nonsense. The Yun family can't afford to offend."

"But yesterday, Shopkeeper Ma told me that the restaurant has investment value."

Shopkeeper Ma nodded, "Of course it has investment value. A three-acre restaurant in Chongrenfang, even if it's a little off the beaten track, only costs 5,000 guan! This price will more than double in ten years, and the old man of the Yun family is over 60 years old. How many years can he live?"

"That's my question. Why didn't Shopkeeper Ma buy this restaurant that has such great investment value? Why didn't other businessmen buy it?"

Shopkeeper Ma smiled awkwardly and said, "Your question is very sharp!"

"Boss Ma, I have decided to buy that restaurant. We have agreed on 4,000 guan. I will entrust it to Boss Ma tomorrow, but Boss Ma must tell me the truth."

Shopkeeper Ma sighed and said, "Mr. Xiao, why did I recommend it to you yesterday? Because you are the Duke of Hailing County, you can buy it. I dare not recommend it to others."

"Shops shouldn't restrict identities!"

"It's not a question of purchasing qualifications. I guess you just came to Chang'an. There is an unwritten rule in Chang'an that ordinary people are best not to touch the assets sold by Guanlong nobles."

"why?"

"If you make a loss, no one will bother you, but if you make a profit, just wait and see! There will be endless troubles.

Don't think that the owners of other restaurants in Chongrenfang are all fools who didn't see this big leak. In fact, everyone knows that the land is the meritorious land given to the Dou family by the emperor. The Dou family will take it back sooner or later. I asked you to buy it because you are the Duke of Hailing County. In the future, the Dou family may reason with you and won't let you suffer any loss. But if you are an ordinary citizen, will the Dou family be reasonable? If you buy it, you will definitely lose everything. "

"But I bought it from the Wei family. What does it have to do with the Dou family?"

"Look at what you said, as if they are reasonable. The Guanlong nobles have always valued the land rather than the people. Even the Wei family will honestly return the land to the Dou family in the end.

But why is the Wei family in a hurry to transfer the property now? Last year, their family suffered a lot of bad luck. Three important figures in the family died within two months, one after another. They did not die of illness, but died in unclear circumstances. Three of the four children died young, which really scared the Wei family. They invited many Taoist priests to perform rituals, and several of them advised the Wei family to sell the assets they had bought in the past three years.

They had previously sold two important shops and one thousand acres of fertile land, all of which were assets acquired in the past three years. I was the broker for the shop in Metropolitan City, so I knew the inside story. It was just that the Chongrenfang restaurant had not been sold, so they were selling it at half price.

The shops in the metropolitan city were also sold at half price, and they were bought on the spot. Who would care about this kind of feng shui? If this restaurant was not the meritorious land of the Dou family, it would have been taken away long ago. Can I open a shop or a medicine shop instead of a restaurant? Who would care about the smell? "

“Since it is meritorious land, why would the Dou family sell it?”

Shopkeeper Ma shook his head. "I don't know the real reason, but there is a rumor in Chongrenfang that the Dou family supports the Prince of Jin, which makes the prince very unhappy. The Yun family grows vegetables to create a bad smell, which is probably arranged by the prince on purpose to make things difficult for the Dou family and make them beg him. But the Dou family is very stubborn and would rather sell the restaurant than beg the prince. This is just a rumor, and I don't know if it's true or not."

Xiao Xia nodded and smiled, "Let me ask one last question. Where does the old man of the Yun family who grows vegetables live?"

Xiao Xia planned to visit the old man of the Yun family and hope that he would accidentally break a leg or an arm or something, so that he would not be able to grow vegetables after the spring.

(End of this chapter)