Chapter 87: Young man, madam, you two look like husband and wife.
Wang Yuan became the hands-off shopkeeper.
With Hu Mengying here, there is no need for him to ask for such trivial matters as renting a house.
Rent a big house, mainly make soap and sugar, and try to see if I can open up a market for homeless people.
Wang Sihai concentrated on studying and trying to figure out Hu Mengying's experience in dealing with people.
If you want a big house, you must have a commission. Yu Wanxing said happily: "Miss, I have three houses in Yaxing, all in the south of the city. One is the Weijia Villa, covering an area of ten acres. The monthly rent is 50 guan. The minimum rent is one year.
A house owned by an out-of-town businessman covers an area of 15 acres, and the monthly rent is 70 guan, with a minimum rent of one year; the largest one, which covers an area of 20 acres, is also owned by an out-of-town businessman, with a rent of 100 guan, and is decorated and moved by a wealthy family.
You can live in it as soon as you move in! The commission is only one month’s rent.”
Hu Mengying said casually: "What is the minimum monthly rent of Weijia Villa?"
"Fifty strings!"
Yu Wanxing spoke in a high-pitched tone: "We are the county magistrate of the Wei family. Our family is not short of money. We rent out the house just to support our own popularity. This big house used to cost one hundred guan a month!"
"You said it before!"
Hu Mengying hummed: "Since Jiushan County has been reduced to a border city, most of the county officials have moved to the prefectural city for safety. The number of empty mansions is 80, if not 100. For a ten-acre house, one has to pay 120 yuan a year.
In terms of property tax, there are eight if not ten houses like the Wei family. They may not be short of money, but they are not willing to lose money every year to support a house like this."
Wang Yuan clicked his tongue when he heard this. He really didn't know the twists and turns here!
When he met someone knowledgeable, Yu Wanxing sneered and said, "Miss, I'm well-informed, and I can't hide anything from you. In this case, I'll quote Wei's lowest price, which is forty-five dollars a month. No matter how little it is, I really can't rent it."
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The base price of the Wei family is thirty-five yuan. The higher the rent, the more commission he will receive, and he can also get rewards from the Wei family.
“We won’t rent if there are too many!”
Hu Mengying immediately turned around: "Sir, let's go to another dental shop!"
Wang Yuan nodded and turned around: This tooth man is very smart and will not give the lowest price at once!
Wang Sihai reacted and made an appropriate correction: "Yes, if you go to other dental shops, there will definitely be cheaper ones. There are so many big houses that cannot be rented out!"
The three of them turned around and left!
"Sir, miss, don't leave. We can discuss the rent again!"
Yu Wanxing was anxious and stopped him quickly: "Do you think this will work? I'll talk to the Wei family and we should be able to reduce it to 40 guan per month."
Hu Mengying kept walking: "You said 40 guan, but in fact there is also a housing tax. The government stipulates that the owner and the tenant will be 50/50, and we have to pay 5 guan every month. If you can negotiate the housing tax, we can
consider!"
"I'll drop five points!"
Yaren Yu Wanxing looked like he wanted to cry: "Miss, you are so beautiful, why are you bargaining so hard? The Wei family will definitely not agree to the price of 35 guan a month. Their base price is 40 guan, and the house tax is
Official regulations.”
If you deduct another five guan, it will be 35 guan, which is the low price of the Wei family!
Apart from earning some commission, he was working in vain!
Hu Mengying raised her eyebrows: "Then it depends on you. Now you want to make this business happen, and we can change to another dental shop at any time!"
Yu Wanxing gritted his teeth: "Okay, for thirty-five months, I will go talk to the Wei family!"
Earn a little commission if you can, because the world is getting worse and worse anyway!
Hu Mengying's face was expressionless: "What's the rush? The commission hasn't been negotiated yet! Don't you think it's too much to earn thirty-five dollars just for doing an errand?"
"Miss!"
This is an attack on his commission. Yu Wanxing's face turned ugly: "One month's rent is the commission. This is the rule of Yahang in renting a house! Besides, most of the commission has to be handed over to Yahang, and I can only get a small part!"
"Do you know how much the first month of a servant, housekeeper, or police officer of a wealthy household costs?"
Hu Mengying changed the subject: "I'll give you ten strings at most. If you don't accept it, forget it!"
"……good!"
After a long silence, Yu Wanxing gritted his teeth and said: "Miss, I accept your offer. Thirty-five guan a month, and you will receive 10 guan as commission. I will go to the Wei family to talk."
Ten strings are ten strings. No matter how small a mosquito’s legs are, they are still meat. Now it is getting harder and harder to open a business!
Hu Mengying turned around: "I want to see the house first!"
Yu Wanxing was shocked when he heard this: "Miss, are you still bargaining?"
"how could be?"
Hu Mengying raised her pretty face with a playful expression: "Am I that kind of person?"
"no!"
Yu Wanxing quickly apologized and added: "You are more ruthless than that kind of person!"
Wang Yuan watched from beginning to end without saying a word, and it was all up to Hu Mengying to make the decision!
Hu Mengying bargaining made him feel strange!
When we first met, she offered a thousand guan to buy soap, and on the first day, she gave a thousand guan to let the bandits send the injured and injured guards home. They were all calm and generous, without any fuss!
He seems to be a different person now!
A group of people came to the Wei Family Courtyard!
The ten-acre courtyard has three entrances and three exits, and only an old servant is looking after it.
At the end of autumn, everything is dying, yellow leaves are rustling down, and fallen leaves are everywhere in the yard.
Wang Yuan glanced at it and saw that the courtyard looked like an antique building from later generations.
Dahu, Guo Liang, and Wang Sihai were stunned.
They have never seen that a place where people live can be built so beautifully!
Hu Mengying's eyes were full of disgust: "Eight pillars in the yard are cracked and need to be rebuilt. It will cost at least 12 guan, and the rent will be reduced by 1 guan for one month!"
Yu Wanxing's eyes were filled with tears: "Miss, didn't you say you won't cut it anymore?"
"You also said that people can live in this courtyard when they come here. I didn't expect it to be so dilapidated!"
Hu Mengying pointed at her feet: "There are also floor tiles like this. I counted them along the way and found that there were seventy-eight of them broken. To purchase the stone and labor, it would cost more than ten thousand yuan to replace them all, and the rent would be reduced!"
Yu Wanxing shook his head with a sad face: "Miss, you have been reduced to thirty-three. I really can't go to the Wei family to talk!"
Hu Mengying pointed to the small pond in the courtyard and said: "Our young master is born with fire in the furnace and avoids water in his life. Either you let the Wei family fill this small pond, or if you pay less than the usual rent, we will fill it with our own money!"
Wang Yuan pursed his lips and suppressed a smile: When did he become the fire in the furnace!
Ya Renyu waved his hand: "Miss, there is really no way to talk about thirty-two dollars!"
Hu Mengying waved her hand: "If we don't talk, you've been busy for a long time. If we talk, you can still earn some commission. Just tell the Wei family how dilapidated this house is when no one lives in it. The more dilapidated the house, the better. It's best to hold on.
Manager, come and see it for yourself, the Wei family will definitely agree. What they want is not rent, but people with financial resources to support the house!"
"……good!"
Yu Wanxing gritted his teeth, rolled his eyes and clasped his fists: "I'll try my best, and I wish you and your lady a happy marriage in this wonderful house in advance!"
The rent and commission have been reduced. I wish you good things in advance and should give you some reward!
Wang Yuan looked embarrassed: This Yaman dared to say anything in order to get reward; he was a married man, and Hu Mengying was married for the third time, so where could he be with her!
Hu Mengying's pretty face was filled with sadness: "What nonsense are you talking about? The young master and I are innocent. If you say this and spread it out, how can I behave as a person? It also ruins the young master's reputation!"
A woman's innocence is a big deal. If she makes a fuss, Yu Wanxing slaps her mouth, lowers her head and clasps her fists: "I was wrong. Please forgive me, Miss. I shouldn't have said such nonsense!"
Hu Mengying pursed her lips and turned around to suppress a smile, but then she waved her sleeves and said, "Reduce the rent by another two cents!"
"puff!"
Wang Yuan couldn't help it anymore: After all, it was just for bargaining!
Dahu, Guo Liang, and Wang Sihai were stunned.
No one thought that the generous eldest daughter of the Hu family could bargain to such an extent!
"Miss, you are too ruthless. I, Yu Wanxing, have been teething since I was thirteen years old, and I have never seen you be so ruthless. I surrender to you and I will go to the Wei family to talk!"
Yu Wanxing shook his head, fisted at the two of them, and left with a look of dismay on his face!
The group is also preparing to return to the inn!
In the carriage, Hu Mengying looked at Wang Yuan intently, and couldn't help but blushing: "Master, what are you looking at again?"
Wang Yuan chuckled: "We met in the county town, and every time we met, you didn't blink for a thousand taels of silver. The contrast today is too big!"
"...Some money can't be saved, and some money can be saved! Buying Mr.'s soap is a profitable business, so it can't be saved. The guards died and died for me, and I can't save them. Renting a house, Yaren is just running errands, and shouldn't take too much money
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Hu Mengying explained in a serious manner, as if she often bargained with others like this!
"But I still want to thank you!"
"Young master, you're welcome!"
"Why don't we go to the next dental shop?"
"If I don't go, that Yaren will definitely go to the Wei Mansion to negotiate for this compound!"
"Um!"
The carriage suddenly became quiet, and the two of them didn't know what to say.
In fact, the two of them have been in this state these days, rarely talking to each other if nothing happens.
After all, one is already married and the other is married for the third time. Unless there is a reason, they will not be alone together!
"oops!"
"Ear!"
Suddenly there was a scream, horses hooted, and the carriage stopped sharply, as if someone had fallen.
Dahu said: "Brother Yuan, a drunkard suddenly rushed out and fell in front of the carriage!"
"It's a porcelain thing!"
Lifting the curtain, Wang Yuan got out of the carriage, and Hu Mengying followed.
A middle-aged man with a thin face and the smell of alcohol lying in front of the carriage, holding a wine bottle in his hand, drunkenly, drank it into his mouth.
Wang Yuan helped the middle-aged man up: "Uncle, are you okay?"
"Something's wrong, I have a big problem, but it's a pity that you can't help me!"
As soon as Wang Yuan was pushed to stand up, the middle-aged man swayed and carried his head to the ground.
"Uncle, be careful!"
Hu Mengying, who was approaching from behind, grabbed the middle-aged man and prevented him from falling.
"Little madam, you are so beautiful. If I am twenty years younger, I will definitely send someone to your house to hire you!"
The middle-aged man's eyes lit up and he glanced at Wang Yuan again: "You and your lover are a perfect match. Whenever you have a wedding banquet, remember to invite me!"
"you……"
Hu Mengying's face turned red with embarrassment. She let go of the middle-aged man and rushed into the carriage to hide!
Why is this drunkard messing up the mandarin duck formula?
Wang Yuan is thinking about how to deal with this drunkard!
Suddenly, a young man with dark circles under his eyes ran over with two servants in satin clothes.
The servant supported the middle-aged man,
The young man came to Wang Yuan's shoulder and said, "Brother, my uncle has caused trouble for you. Tell me your name and address. I'll invite you to Goulan and drink wine later!"
"Ahem!"
Wang Yuan looked at the young man with dark circles and coughed!
Are you sincere in asking people to go to the bar and drink wine in public?
Snapped!
Drunk and confused, the middle-aged man rushed over, slapped the young man with dark circles on the forehead, and cursed: "You shameless bastard, my confidant is here, and you want to invite someone to go hook up and drink flower wine, how do you let people respond?"
Are you going or not? Tell me, are you going or not?"
"Uncle, I was wrong!"
The young man with dark circles covered his head and ran away shouting: "Little brother, I am a man of my word. If I invite you to go to Goulan and drink wine, I will definitely invite you. Just wait!"
"You bastard, you still dare to say nonsense, ugh!"
A wine bottle was smashed over, and the middle-aged man opened the wine partition and waved to the two of them: "Young man, young lady, I see that you two look like husband and wife. When you come to the church to get married in the future, don't forget to invite me to a wedding banquet!"
"The look of husband and wife!"
Dahu, Guo Liang, and Wang Sihai looked narrow-minded!
After glaring at the three of them, Wang Yuan got into the carriage and couldn't help but be stunned!
Hu Mengying covered her face with her hands, her ears turned red with embarrassment!
Wang Yuan said in embarrassment: "These uncle and nephew are not serious people, and they are listening to their nonsense! I never go to the fence, and I never drink flower wine."
"Um!"
Hu Mengying pursed her lips in response.
Cars rattled and horses rustled.
The group returned to the inn, but were stopped by a group of uninvited guests!
"My son named Wang, you are finally back. I have been waiting for you for a long time!"