Chapter 236 Dealing with Real Estate
Chapter 236 Dealing with Real Estate
The next morning, Ah Chu was combing Xiao Xia's hair as skillfully as usual. At this time, her younger sister Ah Ke came running over and said anxiously, "Sister, the bad guy who bullied mom is here again."
Ah Chu was stunned for a moment, and Xiao Xia asked, "Keke, is that your uncle?"
Akko nodded heavily, "That's the big bad guy!"
Xiao Xia smiled and said, "I'll take care of it!"
Ah Chu said timidly: "Sir, please don't hurt anyone, or you will be sued!"
"What are you thinking? No way!"
Xiao Xia got up and walked to the front door of the mansion. Before she reached the gate, she heard a man outside begging, "Sister-in-law, if you really don't want to go back, I won't force you. Take this ten taels of silver, give me the house deed, and I won't come to you again."
Xiao Xia finally realized that it was no wonder that this man came to see her every now and then. It turned out that the house deed was in Chen's hands. That's what he said! With the house deed in hand, he could find a real estate agent to make a fake agreement and directly change the owner. Anyway, the county government only looked at the house deed and the tax money, and didn't care about anything else.
This Chen is not a simple person either. She was kicked out, but she kept holding on to the house deed, and her brother-in-law finally had to come to her for help.
Since he had the house deed in hand, Xiao Xia was not in a hurry to come forward. He continued to listen to how Chen handled it.
Chen said coldly, "You can have the house deed if you want it. I remember it! My husband worked hard copying books and saved up 300 strings of cash to buy it. I won't charge you interest. Give me the 300 strings of cash and I'll give you the house deed right away."
The man was not willing to pay three hundred strings of silver, and begged, "If you don't come back to live here, the clan leader will report it to the government and treat it as an ownerless house, which will give it to others for nothing. Either you come back to live here, or you take ten taels of silver and give me the house deed. At least you won't lose anything."
Chen snorted, "What to do with the house is my business. It has nothing to do with you. Go away! I don't want to see you again."
"Sister-in-law, I have always liked you, please have pity on me!"
Xiao Xia suddenly heard Chen screaming, "What do you want to do? Go away!"
Xiao Xia walked out of the house quickly and saw a thin and wretched man crawling on the ground towards Chen, trying to hug her legs, which scared Chen so much that she stepped back repeatedly.
Xiao Xia walked forward, pushed him with his foot, and flipped him over ten feet away.
"roll!"
The man looked at Xiao Xia in horror, then got up and ran. After running a dozen feet, he jumped up and cursed, "You cheap whore who is fucked by thousands of people, you are so proud of finding a wild man outside. How dare you bully me? I will catch you and strip you naked and parade you through the streets!"
Hearing his vulgar curses, Xiao Xia swung his hand and a flying knife shot out, "Puff!" hitting him right in the shoulder.
"Ah!" The man screamed, covered his shoulder and stumbled away.
Xiao Xia looked at Chen, who was shaking with anger, and said to her, "Give me the deed and I will sell it for you."
Chen nodded. "I'm just afraid that after I sell it to someone else, they'll cause trouble for others."
Xiao Xia laughed, "I sold it to a ruthless person, and they wouldn't dare to do it even if they had ten courages."
Chen hurried back to the house and got the house deed for Xiao Xia. Xiao Xia looked at the house deed and was surprised to find that it was in Daixianfang, close to the west city wall. He had always thought it was outside the city.
"The house in Daixianfang is only three hundred strings of cash?"
"The houses in those blocks are very cheap. The cheapest is in Yonghe Block, and Daixian Block is slightly better. My house is one acre in size, and the normal price should be 500 strings of cash. My husband's friend is going back to his hometown, so the house was sold to us at half price, and sold to us for 300 strings of cash."
"Are you sure you want to sell it? Or leave it to your child?" Xiao Xia asked again.
Chen shook her head. "My husband's family members all live in that neighborhood, including that scoundrel just now. My father-in-law's house is just across the street. Now it belongs to him. If we go back, he will definitely come to harass us every day. I don't want it anymore. Please help me sell it! Just three hundred strings of cash, or two hundred and fifty strings of cash will be fine."
"Then what did your father-in-law mean when he said he would give you the house before he died? The deed to the house is clearly in your hands."
Chen sneered, "That old man is very smart! He wanted to leave the house to his youngest son, but he was afraid that the clan members would come to snatch it, so he said that the house would be returned to us mother and daughter. His purpose was to make me marry his youngest son again. That was what he meant at the beginning, but I refused to do it, so he drove the three of us out of the house in anger. When the three of us couldn't survive, we had to go back and beg him, and I would have no choice but to marry his youngest son."
"Okay! I'll take care of it for you today."
Xiao Xia originally wanted to find Manager Ma, who was also a real estate agent. This kind of house with leaks was easy to deal with, but this courtyard house would require a ruthless person to live in. Xiao Xia suddenly thought of someone.
Xiao Xia rode to Xiguangfang, where the Dali Temple was located. Xiao Xia sat in a tavern for a while, and when the door curtain was lifted, Zhang Huan walked in quickly. After not seeing him for half a year, Zhang Huan had gained a lot of weight and looked very good. It seemed that he was doing well in the Dali Temple.
When Zhang Huan saw Xiao Xia, he immediately bowed and saluted, "Sir, long time no see."
Xiao Xia pointed to the opposite side and said with a smile: "Sit down!"
Zhang Huan sat down. Xiao Xia wanted to pour him some wine, but Zhang Huan quickly grabbed the wine pot and said, "I don't want to trouble you, sir. I'll do it myself!"
Xiao Xia handed him the wine pot and asked with a smile, "Any news about Qin Qiong?"
Zhang Huan nodded, "Brother Qin opened a martial arts school in Licheng County. Business is booming and he is going to make a fortune."
"Can you make money by opening a martial arts school?"
Zhang Huan smiled and said, "I guess you think that opening a martial arts school is just about teaching children martial arts. That's actually only a small part. It doesn't make any money at all. The main purpose of opening a martial arts school is to take on external work, such as escorting goods for merchants, collecting debts for others, or serving as guards for store openings, etc. We can even catch thieves for the government!"
Xiao Xia immediately understood that the martial arts school was actually the escort agency of the Sui Dynasty.
Xiao Xia then turned the topic to business and asked with a smile, "Where do you live now?"
“Rent a house outside!”
“Have you ever thought about buying a house yourself?”
"Yes! Of course I have thought about it, even in my dreams. I just want to buy a house and bring my wife and children here, but houses in Chang'an are so expensive! I have only saved two hundred strings of cash in the past six months."
Xiao Xia was surprised and said, "Not bad! You have saved two hundred strings of cash in just half a year."
Zhang Huan said embarrassedly: "I dare not hide it from you, sir. One hundred strings of cash are the money given by the Dali Temple to settle down, and the other one hundred strings of cash are various benefits. In our line of work, the salary is not high, but there are benefits, especially since I am still a small leader."
"Okay! I don't care about your money."
Xiao Xia took out the title deed and said, "This is a courtyard house in Daixianfang, with one acre of land, and the house is 70% new. Are you interested?"
Zhang Huan took the deed and looked at it, then said with a wry smile, "I've looked at the houses in Daixianfang several times. The cheapest house with one acre of land costs five hundred strings of cash. I'm afraid I can't afford it!"
Xiao Xia smiled slightly and said, "Two hundred strings of cash is enough!"
Zhang Huan was startled and waved his hands quickly, "No! No! I dare not take advantage of this."
"Listen to what I have to say, this is what happened."
Xiao Xia then told the story of Chen's dispute over the house, and finally said: "The only thing is that you need to be a little ruthless. Most people don't dare to take it, but I think you have no problem."
Zhang Huan laughed, "It's not easy to be ruthless. I'll bring my men to help me move, and drink the moving wine. This is my legal house, let's see who dares to make trouble."
At this point, Zhang Huan said happily: "I'll take advantage of this, but it's only three hundred strings of cash, I can't let you pay for me."
Xiao Xia smiled and said, "I'm not helping you advance the money. I have something for you to do for me. I'll hire you for 100 strings of cash!"
"Sir, please tell me!"
"Well, I bought a drapery shop."
Xiao Xia then briefly explained the situation of the cloth shop, and then said, "I plan to reopen the business tomorrow. I guess those dignitaries won't dare to cause trouble again. I'm just afraid that those blind ruffians will be bribed to come and cause trouble. Of course, it's possible that they won't. You just sit at the door for ten days and I'll give you two meals."
Zhang Huan hesitated for a moment and said, "Generally, there is no problem with ruffians and scoundrels. We are just afraid that servants of the rich and powerful will cause trouble. Sir, we cannot afford to offend the rich and powerful."
Xiao Xia waved his hand and said, "The servants of the rich and powerful don't need you to take care of them. Just stay away and let them make trouble. I will come back to deal with them. I only want you to take care of the ruffians and scoundrels."
Zhang Huan clasped his fists and said, "Thank you, sir, for giving me this opportunity!"
(End of this chapter)