C48 (2/2)

At night, there were always rats nibbling on tables, chairs, and the corner of the bed. Or else, some kind of wild cat would come in through the window of the room next door, howling in the middle of the night.

The family of three slept restlessly throughout the night.

Early the next morning, Su Zhi woke up, took her two children with her, and rented a carriage to rush to the place where Elementary Scholar Li had told her to go.

Spring Leaf Alley was not too far from the market place. This place was relatively open, and there were a few families scattered about.

Su Zhi got off the carriage, and according to the directions, she quickly found the legendary Lady Liu's house.

From the outside, the courtyard was not very eye-catching. It was obvious that a large part of the roof had collapsed. Fortunately, the courtyard was clean and quiet.

”Excuse me, is this Lady Liu's home?”

”Who is it?”

Su Zhi looked through the gap in the door and saw about forty women walking in from the main hall.

The door was opened. The woman wearing silky silky silks looked at Su Zhi up and down and asked, ”Who is this little lady looking for?”

Su Zhi smiled politely. ”You must be Auntie Liu. I heard that you were reselling this courtyard, that's why I heard it all the way.”

When Lady Liu heard this, she opened the door gracefully and replied with a smile, ”What is your surname?”

”I'm surnamed Su. I'm called Zhi. You can just call me Little Su.”

Lady Liu nodded her head in a pleasant manner. When she saw that she was carrying two children with her, she gave birth to a cute and lovable appearance, and her smile deepened.

”You finally came to the right place, and coincidentally, I'm going to the capital today. My nephew will be coming to pick me up soon.” ”Since this mansion has nothing better to do, I might as well sell it. I wonder if this little lady can bring enough money with her?”

Su Zhi was invited by her to take a look at the courtyard. It was as Elementary Scholar Li had said; the house was indeed half-new. It took up a moderate amount of space. Thinking about it, this Auntie Liu should be wealthy.

However, without descendants, it would be a waste to keep these assets. It would be better to sell them for money so that he could have access to them.

”Then what is Aunty Liu's offer?”

”Xiaosu is a straightforward person, I'll go straight to the point. The price is 1200 taels of silver.”

Su Zhi clicked her tongue in surprise. It was so expensive!

Seeing her dilemma, Auntie Liu explained, ”Little Su, I'll be honest with you. I didn't want to sell this house. There were too many memories carried within me. My husband died early, and my two children died one after the other. I was the only one left. My nephew was filial and did not want me to sell my family property to take me to the capital for old age. ”I was thinking that I still had some farmland that I could leave to him. He probably didn't need this mansion, which is why he sold it.”

”Go to Xuan City and ask around, where's the small courtyard that can't be counted with a few thousand taels?” ”This is considered cheap. If it weren't for the fact that two martial artists from the martial arts world had come all the way here a few days ago and destroyed my roof, I would not have said the price so low.”

Su Zhi quickly nodded and replied, ”Auntie Liu really has a filial nephew. Others can't envy him.”

Auntie Liu smiled and let out a long breath, ”That's right. My children and grandchildren were lucky and unlucky. They relied entirely on my nephew to look after me. ”He's a popular figure in front of His Majesty right now. In the future, he might even be able to become a prime minister.”

Auntie Liu brought Su Zhi to the inner room and the backyard, and looked around. Other than the old courtyard, there were indeed no other unsatisfactory areas.

The furniture and utensils were all available, and the mahogany table and chairs in the main hall required quite a bit of silver. It was just that the items were a little old. Even if he did not sell them with him, it would not be easy to get rid of them.

”Little Su, take a look. My courtyard isn't bad indeed.” ”All of the tools in the rooms are there. You can't afford to lose anything by spending a thousand taels of silver.”

Su Zhi was somewhat troubled. All the silver she had was not enough to gather up this much. How could she buy this courtyard?

Furthermore, he didn't raise the price. If he made the other party cheaper, perhaps he would make others unhappy.

”Aunty Liu, let me be honest with you. I really do like this small courtyard.” However … ”I don't have that much money on me. You see, can't we make a deal? I'll pay the down payment first and then mortgage it?”