The owner of the house took Li Xin and his brother and sister to have a look at the first entrance, and then went to the back. The small door leading to the second courtyard was between the main room and the kitchen. It looked a bit hidden. After passing the small door, it was realized.

Suddenly it opened up again.

The area of ​​the second courtyard was larger than that of the first one. After walking in, Li Xin's eyes were suddenly attracted by the large lotus flowers. The large lotus leaves were like jasper. Just looking at them, it seemed that

The green color is overwhelming, and the hot weather seems to bring a little coolness. Among the large lotus leaves, lotus flowers are vying to poke their heads out, some are like arrows, and some are in full bloom.

I saw that the lotus pods and golden stamens in the center are also in bud, and the outermost petals are open and trembling, as if they will bloom instantly if there is another gust of wind.

The fields of lotus leaves are as green as green, and the lotus flowers are as full as brocade, which is so beautiful. Although they are just ordinary single-petal lotus flowers, such a large lotus is enough to shock people's hearts. Among them, the lotus flowers are in three colors, some are as white as jade, some are as delicate as pink, and some are as delicate as pink.

Some are deep red, scorching under the bright sun.

The water of the lotus is very high, almost higher than all the lotus leaves. At first glance, it looks like countless lotus lanterns held high among the lotus leaves, which is amazingly beautiful.

I don’t know where the clear spring water comes from. It is connected with the bamboo joints and flows into the pond. The bamboo joints fall gently with the water. The sound of the water entering the pond is like the gentle breeze playing the Yao Qin. The courtyard is filled with tranquility.

Opposite the lotus pond is a two-story building with three rooms downstairs and three rooms downstairs. Open the window and face the lotus pond. I think it will be very good to live here. There are stacked rocks on the edge of the pond to create a landscape, and the mountains and rocks are beautiful.

Several orchids were planted in the middle, with green leaves and elegant posture, just like a hermit in the mountains.

There is a row of walls around it, and an arched shelf is set up on the edge of the wall. A circle of wisterias is planted on the edge of the shelf. The wisterias climb up the shelf and cover the entire shelf. The branches and leaves are lush, and although it is not in flowering season, it is still beautiful.

I feel that the scenery is unattractive. If it is the flowering season, the shelves full of wisterias are in bloom, and the big bunches of wisterias are hanging down, it must be like a waterfall!

There is also a long bench built with wide bluestone slabs under the flower stand, where you can sit and rest under the flower stand. After entering the door, the flower stand extends to both sides like a hand-held verandah, bypassing the lotus pond and closing on both sides.

The two sides of the small building ended. The group of people walked under the flower stand and reached the end of the small building.

Li Xin went in and took a good look. The house was very clean. The owner must have taken good care of it, so there was no damage anywhere. Even the walls were clean. After looking around, Li Xin was very satisfied and read the blog.

He and Wen Hao looked at each other and seemed to like him.

Li Xin asked shopkeeper Sun to help negotiate with the owner. After a final discussion, Li Xin took over the house for one hundred and twenty taels of silver. The price was also suitable, the area of ​​the house was not small, and the scenery was great.

Yes. However, in a small town like Sanshi Town, it is not cheap. After all, ordinary people cannot easily afford so much money.

After the agreement was finalized, it was time to deal with the contract. When you went to the Yamen to handle it, you had to pay the deed tax, the deed paper money, Zhu Mo's money, etc. These costs all needed to be borne by the buyer, and Li Xin spent another sum of money.

.The deed tax in this era was 2%, which was common throughout the country. That is, Li Xin had to pay the deed tax of 2 taels and 4 taels of silver to the Yamen, and then some miscellaneous taxes of zero and zero total amount went out to 2 taels of silver.

When leaving the Yamen, Li Xin let out a long sigh. It is really not easy to buy a house in this era. If it were possible, I would rather build it myself. Not to mention the cost of buying a house, just entering the Yamen once would have to peel off layers of skin. Buying a house is just a matter of time.

It requires a lot of money, and there are so many deed taxes and miscellaneous taxes. People who buy a house are really burdened. I heard that even renting a house requires deed taxes. Life in this era is not easy!

However, she was very happy after buying a house, and she liked the house very much. After buying the house, she had to worry about Wenbo and Wenhao going to school. Li Xin asked shopkeeper Sun and found out that there was only one academy in the town, and its scale was small.

It is a small school and there are not many students. There are two gentlemen in the academy. One is the elder Mr. Xu, who is over 50 years old. I heard that he has been a scholar for some years. Later, he failed to pass the exam many times.

, so he opened this academy in Sanshi Town.

There is also a young Mr. Zhou, who is said to be only seventeen years old. He was a scholar in the middle of last year. Because the examination is held every three years, the year before last happened to be the time for the examination, so Mr. Zhou was not able to participate, so he stayed.

I became a teacher in the academy and have to wait until next year to take the provincial examination.

I came to town today because of house matters, and I was not in a hurry to become an apprentice. After coming out of the Yamen, it was getting late, so shopkeeper Sun asked Li Xin and his sister to go to Pinxiang Pavilion for dinner. After dinner, Li

Xin took Wenbo and Wenhao for a walk around the streets, bought some things, and then took them back to Osmanthus Village.

Although the house in the town has been bought, it will take a few days for the previous owner to move, so Wenbo and Wenhao cannot move in yet. Li Xin thought that it would be better to wait for the family to move out and let Wenbo and Wenhao stay in the town.

Stay there and then go to the academy.

After returning home, Wen Hao vividly told Yuexiang and Yueting about the scenes in the newly bought house. They were very happy when they heard that they had bought a new house in the town. They have been living in

The town is a great thing for the people in the village. People in the town often feel that they are superior, and many of them look down on the people in the village.

Even when it comes to marriage, people in the town generally won't look for someone from the village, and everyone will feel that they are not from the right family. If the daughter of a family in the village can marry into the town, that is something to be envied.

So when she heard that her family had bought a house in the town, Yuexiang was very shocked, surprised and happy at the same time. She seemed to be crying. She was much happier than when she built a new house before.

Li Xin looked at her reaction and felt something indescribable in his heart.

Just being able to live in a small town like Sanshi Town seems to be a great thing for her younger siblings. Maybe she should work harder so that her younger siblings can go to farther places in the future.

She can also gain some experience by walking. Although life in the country is not bad, she still wants to give her younger siblings a better future, at least to have enough food and clothing for their whole life!

In her previous life, she had no goals, so she didn't like to fight. In her subsequent life, she lived a life of confusion and mediocrity. In this life, since she has a family worth cherishing, she must work hard and strive for it.

I hope it can make my younger brothers and sisters live a better life.


Chapter completed!