Chapter 489: Prison(1/5)
Without him, Mr. Zhao and his wife were both the heroes of the past, and these two little yellow croakers were not worth mentioning in their eyes back then.
If you sing well and your boss comes to support you, it will be a huge blow to the stage.
It is possible to get a few small yellow croakers in one game.
But things are different now. They moved to this house several times before moving there.
The original mansion was sold long ago because I didn't dare to live in it.
When I moved to this small house, I thought it would be stable and low-key, but I didn't expect that a more violent tide would come.
"Okay, I'll sell it!"
Mr. Zhao thought for a while, and despite Li Xuewu's nonchalant attitude and Ding Wanqiu's urging eyes, he gritted his teeth and said sell.
It's not like he never thought about making a counter-offer with Li Xuewu, but he couldn't say it.
Because Li Xuewu has already said, go straight, that's the price.
Moreover, they also took advantage of Ding Wanqiu in this matter. It was Ding Wanqiu who begged him to dispose of the property in his hands.
It can be said that Li Xuewu came to take advantage of the situation and also came to help.
At this time, everyone is leaving. Who has the money to buy a house?
Furthermore, the house is not allowed to be bought or sold at this time. You can make documents in private, but you have to bear the risk after all.
Usually those who are incompetent really don't dare to think about it, but those who are capable have no shortage of houses.
At this time, we didn’t have the habit of building a house, and we didn’t have that much money to save.
"Okay, I'll ask someone to bring you the money to take you to transfer the property on Monday."
Li Xuewu stood up, nodded slightly to Mr. Zhao's family in the wing, expressed his apology, and then turned and walked out the door.
As I said before, he is not here as a guest today, but as a bad guest.
Because according to reality, no matter how much he gives, the other party will not accept his favor and will feel that it is too little.
After all, this is a home that people are used to living in.
Regardless of whether they were forced to move away, Li Xuewu's purchase of a house cut off their roots.
In fact, this is very unreasonable. If Li Xuewu doesn't buy it, they beg to buy it. If Li Xuewu wants to buy it, something is vaguely wrong.
This is why people often say that you don’t do business with relatives or borrow money from friends.
Li Xuewu and Master Dou stood at the door and waited for a while, while Ding Wanqiu wanted to say a few words to Mr. Zhao.
After all, it was Ding Wanqiu who introduced the buyer, so Mr. Zhao should be polite and thank you.
Li Xuewu didn't light the fire while sitting in the car, and chatted a few words about the house here with Master Dou.
Master Dou wrote down a few flaws in the book, but Li Xuewu didn't say anything about it at the time. He just estimated the price in his mind, and that was the final price.
While the two were chatting, Ding Wanqiu was sent out by Mr. Zhao and his apprentice.
"Thank you very much Master Ding today"
"We are all friends, no need to be polite"
Ding Wanqiu bowed his hands and got into the passenger seat.
After Li Xuewu greeted Mr. Zhao, he set off to continue looking at the house.
There are five houses I want to go to today, all of which I saw at Ding Wanqiu’s place last time.
These people are all from the same theater troupe, or are good friends, so they made an appointment to set off south together this time.
As for why he brought Ding Wanqiu with him, Li Xuewu guessed that it was entirely his earlier habit.
In the previous dynasty, I didn't dare to go far away by myself, because that didn't provide opportunities for thieves.
Most of them hire experts from escort agencies to accompany them.
They are now moving their whole family. They have to cross a bridge and cross the sea to go south to the port city. How dare a few families just start the journey like this.
Even if they all have kung fu, they can't resist special thieves.
Ding Wanqiu is an old man in Sijiu City. He has seen a lot of the world, handled a lot of social relations, and most importantly, he knows how to use hot stuff.
They didn't move south in a hurry. They had been preparing for a while and had everything they needed.
So Ding Wanqiu accompanied them south as a bodyguard, but he was not paid for this trip.
Ding Wanqiu then visited three houses with Li Xuewu. Looking back from Zhenrujing Hutong on Xishiku Street, there was basically a line all the way to Yuer Hutong.
These three are ordinary second-entry courtyards. The two courtyards in Yuer Hutong are still next to each other, where Mr. Chen and Mr. Zhu live.
Mr. Ma lives over there in Zhenrujing.
The yard was very different from the one Mr. Zhao had before, and Li Xuewu was very considerate and didn't put too much pressure on it.
The conditions set were the same, the furniture was to be kept for home use, the belongings and luggage could be taken away, and there were two small yellow croakers in one place.
Because Ding Wanqiu was the mediator and informed Mr. Zhao of the price, all three companies nodded in agreement.
Li Xuewu successively made appointments with someone to come and take them to go through the exchange and transfer procedures on Monday.
After coming out of Mr. Zhu's house, Li Xuewu looked at the time on his hand and saw that it was already time to get off work.
Behind them, the Zhu Yu family politely sent Li Xuewu and Ding Wanqiu out.
It was only after Li Xuewu's car left that he returned to the courtyard.
The reason why the deal was concluded so happily was not only Li Xuewu's cheerfulness, but also the turmoil of the current situation.
This month they became increasingly frightened and eager to go south.
So when Li Xuewu said that settlement should be made in gold bars, they thought for a while and then agreed.
It's not easy to sell a house. If it doesn't sell, it will have to be left here sooner or later. Then nothing will be said, and if you waste time, you may not be able to get out.
Although the families who had sold their property all had sad faces, they still breathed a sigh of relief like a big stone in their hearts.
"The last part belongs to Mr. Yu, the one I wanted to perform with you last time."
"Haha, remember"
It's interesting why Li Xuewu doesn't remember the old man.
When he saw that he didn't understand drama, he didn't want to do it. When he saw that he was about to leave, he even wanted to perform for himself.
"This last place was at drama school?"
"On the opposite side"
Ding Wanqiu explained: "Mr. Yu has a great talent and was hired as a teacher at the School of Drama. Apart from performing on stage, he is basically busy teaching."
As he spoke, he looked at Li Xuewu and explained, "Have you seen the first four disciples?"
"Um?"
Li Xuewu drove his car and walked along Yuer Hutong. After passing Nanluogu Lane, he reached Dongmianmian Hutong.
"What's wrong with my apprentice? He looks good."
He didn't pay attention to this. At this time, everyone in Peking Opera would accept apprentices.
There are sons and apprentices. In any profession, spirituality is required, especially in Peking Opera.
In the early years, Peking Opera classes mainly recruited students. They traveled all over the country to find children of school age, buy them back, and take them on as apprentices.
Provide food and drink, teach people how to behave, teach skills, and when they are older, they have to take care of getting married and having children.
It's the same with sons and daughters.
Of course, there are some differences between this apprentice and his biological son and biological daughter.
Because I couldn't bear to beat him, I gave them to my colleagues.
These disciples were able to kill them, and they were truly masters under the stick.
Is there any Peking Opera performer who has never been beaten? They have to get up and practice their voices before the chicken wakes up.
Even if the dogs are asleep, they can't sleep either. They have to practice kungfu, waist training, leg training, and stage steps.
In recent years, this has not been possible, because the state no longer allows the purchase of children, and can only take in orphans and children from poor families.
The children Li Xuewu saw in these homes, whether they were older or younger, were all the disciples of these gentlemen.
To put it bluntly, it's the kind that parents don't intend to take when they give it to them, and the master doesn't give it to them either.
Why?
Because three years as an apprentice means five and a half years, and seven years as a master, you still have to work for the master for five years after you are a master, so you have to work in vain and pay back the tuition fees for these years.
This doesn’t mean that you entered the school at the age of five and paid off your tuition by the age of seventeen. It’s not like that.
Before you were an apprentice for three years, you had to work for the master's family for many, many years.
When the master sees that you are ready, you will slowly start your three-year apprenticeship.
Go! Go clean the table!
To be continued...