Chapter 284: Return to the Roots
After a walk, I returned to the "Jinbangtiming" bookstore. Sun Boming and Zheng Hongyuan had already returned.
Sun Bomin said excitedly: "Shanzi, Dad has already bought a house. Come, let's go and take a look. Do you like it?"
Sun Shan was stunned. This speed was too fast.
How can you buy it just like that?
Finished the house in one morning?
Is it so easy to buy a house?
Isn't it necessary to measure and then discuss it with the whole family?
Why did Sun Bomin buy it just because he said so?
This is not like his character. He is not such a decisive person.
Besides, buying a house is quite expensive, it’s not like buying a bunch of lettuce where you can just buy it whenever you want.
Sun Shan asked in confusion: "Dad, you bought it so quickly?"
Sun Bomin was very excited and said happily, "Hey, the owner was in a hurry to sell it. After I saw it, I liked it very much, so I bought it. Hey, the small courtyard I bought is not far from Hong Xiucai's school. I thought it would be a good place to buy a house. In the future, it will be convenient for my grandson to study. He can go to school in a few steps and doesn't have to live in a dormitory like you."
Sun Bomin is a contradiction. One second he wants to buy a house in the capital, and the next second he wants to buy a house in the county town.
One second he was thinking about his grandson becoming a resident of the city and studying in the city, and the next second he was thinking about how it would be better for his grandson to stay in Huangyang County, where he and Su could take care of him, see him every day, and send him to school every day.
Sun Shan was speechless, but Sun Boming had already bought it and it was too late to regret it now.
Besides, he had never seen the yard, so maybe it was really as good quality and cheap as Sun Boming said.
Sun Shan looked at Zheng Hongyuan.
Zheng Hongyuan echoed Sun Bomin and said, "Shanzi, that small courtyard is really nice. I liked it the moment I saw it. Although the price is a bit high, it's worth it."
Zheng Hongyuan also wanted to buy it, but unfortunately he had no money. Unexpectedly, his father-in-law was so rich that he could pay for it in full without having to borrow money from relatives and friends.
Sun Shan heard that it was a bit expensive, so he asked curiously, "Second brother-in-law, how much did it cost to buy the small courtyard?"
Zheng Hongyuan stretched out his hand and said, "50 taels."
Sun Shan's eyes widened. 50 taels was really expensive, because Sun Boming said it was a small courtyard.
Could it be that the small courtyard he understood was different from the small courtyard that Sun Boming described?
Is the small yard actually a big yard?
50 taels can buy a house with two courtyards.
There is no point in saying more, it is better to see it with your own eyes.
So Sun Bomin and Zheng Hongyuan took Sun Shan to see the house, and Zheng Dalang followed them out of curiosity.
As for the bookstore, he asked the owner of the "Chan Gong Zhe Gui" across the street to help take a look.
Sun Shan was confused again. Aren’t the two stores competitors?
Are you actually confident enough to let the shopkeeper across the street look after your shop?
Zheng Dalang said nonchalantly, "The same boss is behind both the top two candidates, so it's okay for them to look at each other."
Sun Shan was convinced. It turned out that all the bookstores in Huangyang County were monopolized by the same owner.
I remember that in my previous life, there were often two snack shops selling the same category of food opened on the same street, and it turned out that they were run by the same family.
Today's "Changong Zhegui" bookstore and "Jinbang Timing" bookstore are doing the same thing.
It seems that the routines of doing business have been the same since ancient times.
The courtyard that Sun Boming bought was very close to Hong's School. Hong's School was in the middle of the main street, and the courtyard was at the very end of the main street, which could be regarded as the tail of a phoenix.
Just across the road and around the corner is the South District, which is where Xiaji Buyi Workshop is.
It is a demonstration of the saying "It is better to be the tail of a phoenix than the head of a chicken".
The gate of the yard is of standard size and can accommodate a carriage.
Sun Bomin took out the key and opened the door.
As soon as you walk in, there is a screen wall.
Sun Shan was stunned. Such an ordinary wall with carvings on it made it seem like the owner of the house was not simple.
Whether it was the Xia family, the Sun family, the Zheng family, or Sun Shan, they had never seen a screen wall.
Huangyang County has only been seen in the homes of Huang Xiucai and Hong Xiucai.
Walking around the screen wall, the entire small courtyard appears before your eyes.
The small yard is really a small yard, really small.
There is a courtyard in front, and four houses in front of that, nothing else.
Sun Boming and Zheng Hongyuan liked her at first sight, and Sun Shan also liked her at first sight.
This house is small, beautiful and exquisite.
It looks like a mini version of Suzhou Gardens.
Xiao Qiao's flowing water home.
There is a small pavilion, a small rockery, green plants, flowers and grass, a well and a stream in the courtyard.
Sun Shan looked at the stream curiously. It turned out that it was brought in from the small river outside and then led out.
Seeing such a design, Sun Shan couldn't help but express his admiration.
No wonder the place is small and there are few houses, but it is worth 50 taels.
Just the small pavilion for cooling off and the small rockery are worth a lot of money.
Not to mention the carefully maintained green plants and flowers.
The original owner of the house definitely had great taste.
Sun Boming's 50 taels were worth it.
When Zheng Dalang saw the small courtyard, he also liked it and asked excitedly: "My dear, this place is great and beautiful. If my father saw it, he would definitely like it too. This courtyard is the favorite of scholars. You bought it well. Shanzi is now a scholar, so it is most suitable for him to live here."
Zheng Dalang often saw Zheng Tongsheng talking about flowers, grass, lotus, plum blossoms, and sometimes he muttered to himself, as if he was complaining without any reason.
If Zheng Tongsheng saw this yard, he would definitely try to buy it.
Sun Shan asked in confusion: "Dad, why did the original owner sell it?"
You must have put a lot of effort into looking at this house, so how could you just sell it for no reason?
Sun Bomin smiled and said, "Fang Ya said that the owner of the yard was teaching at the county school. He was also a scholar and came from another place. But he was old and was ready to retire and return to his hometown to enjoy his grandchildren. So he sold the house in Huangyang County and returned to his hometown."
Then Sun Bomin chuckled: "When I bought the house, I wanted to avoid telling lies to the landlord. I told him I had a son who just passed the imperial examination. If you dare to lie, I will ask you to sue the government."
Sun Shan secretly laughed in his heart, thinking that Sun Boming had now also learned to wave the banner and pretend to be a bad guy.
Sun Bomin continued, "When the owner heard me say the son of a scholar, he immediately asked if it was Sun Xiucai. After knowing that, he sold the house without saying anything. Just now when I went to the government office to handle the paperwork, he also asked me to take good care of the house, especially the flowers and plants in the yard, which he spent a lot of effort to maintain."
Sun Bomin said cheerfully: "I will tell the old scholar that you also like to grow flowers. After hearing this, the old scholar became even happier."
Sun Shan had never expected that there would be so many little incidents when Sun Boming bought a house.
It's not surprising that the county's scholars live in such a place. Scholars always like to be elegant.
This small courtyard was in the style of Suzhou gardens. Sun Shan asked curiously, "Dad, is the old scholar from Jiangnan?"
Sun Bomin nodded and said, "Yes, he said he was going back to Jiangnan with his wife. His children are in Jiangnan, and they want to return to their roots. He doesn't want the furniture anymore. But I think the furniture is pretty good, so I gave him 1 tael of silver as compensation."
Sun Shan visited the small courtyard, which was full of uniqueness. He was truly an exquisite old scholar.
There are four houses, a kitchen and bathroom, a main hall which is also a living room and dining room, and two bedrooms.
It can be seen that the old scholar's family is not large.
Judging from the conversation between Sun Boming and him, he and his wife should be alone in Huangyang County, and their children are in their hometown.
Now I am old, and I have returned to my hometown, returning to my roots.