A few days later, Tian Shanchang of Nancheng Academy sent someone to send a handwritten book to the Qiao family. There were only a few words on it, praising the Chen Yan brothers with excellent qualifications and honors for their admission to the academy.

As for the laziness of Nancheng Academy, whether the students are studying for a day or staying in a hotel, the Qiao family has already asked someone to inquire.

As the place where I studied was settled, Chen Yan and Master Qiao San mentioned the matter of going out to live in the dictionary house.

Master Qiao San did not stop him. Chen Yan wanted to prepare for the exam in Beijing, and Chen asked to study. After the old lady's anniversary next year, the two families would have to hold a marriage. Even if they don't look for a house now, they will have to live separately from the three rooms when they move out next year. The Qiao family is to marry a daughter, not to take care of her, and there is no reason to leave her son-in-law to live at home.

Master Qiao San agreed and sent the manager to find an empty house in Nancheng. It was close to the city and it was cheaper to get to the academy.

Nancheng Academy is not in the city, but in the south city. Although the price of neighborhood houses there is half cheaper than in the city, it is not surrounded by city walls, and the mermaids and dragons live in it, so it is not suitable for long-term living.

If the Shen family had only two brothers, it wouldn't matter where they lived. Now they have a widowed mother by their side and will get married next year. Of course, they have to have a rigorous place.

Since the end of the year, there were many people leaving Beijing and returning home, it was easy to inquire about empty houses. The manager of the Qiao family went out to inquire for two days, and then found a proper tooth, picked out three, and came out of empty houses.

Three of them are three hospitals, and only one is two hospitals.

Since Master Qiao San valued this matter, he naturally thought about it wholeheartedly.

The Shen family and his son brought a few servants, and there were less than ten people in total. Logically speaking, it would be very spacious to live in the courtyard with two people. However, the lady at home will marry by the end of next year, if only two people are in The courtyard is not cheap to live here.

Not only do I have to squeeze in the same yard with my mother-in-law, but I also feel wronged when I look up my adult brother-in-law.

Therefore, when the manager asked Yaxing to find a house, he mentioned the house that he wanted to enter three places. As for the two places, the courtyard was not in the south city, but in the southeast direction, and the house under the name of Master Qiao San was in the same alley. The dictionary was sold to the outside world, and the manager asked a few more questions.

By the beginning of next year, the new home that Master Qiao San’s family is going to move into is there. If the Shen family can live in the same alley, the two families will also take care of them.

Unexpectedly, Chen Yan asked about the price of the house, but he didn't like any of them. The reason was that the house prices in the capital were too expensive, and he couldn't afford it with his family's fortune.

Now if you want to move, you can choose to buy a house, rent a house, or dictionary house. The housing prices in Beijing are abnormally high, even low-grade Beijing officials also rent a house, and there are many people who dictionary houses. If you rent a house, you also have to inquire about the landlord’s character. Otherwise, it will be easy to get entangled, and house damage and repair are also easy to get into trouble. Compared with buying and renting a house, it is much easier to save money. If you agree on a deadline, you can take out the "dian gold" and live in a stable way.

The three-entry houses that the Qiao family was looking for were all in the south city, which was much lower than the east city and the west city. However, because it was the three-entry house, the smallest one was worth seven or eight hundred taels of silver, and the other two If you have a little more houses, the house price is more than 1,000 taels of silver. If you don’t have to pay out the entire house price, you will have to pay out more than 60% according to the conventional rules.

If Chen Yan takes out these "dial gold", although there are still some left in his hand, he will have to spend money in the future.

He did not consider the third house, but could only consider the second courtyard. The second courtyard mentioned by the manager was for sale, not a dictionary house, so he needed to buy it for full price, and the location was good. It costs 600 taels of silver, which is already beyond Chen Yan's budget.

The manager of the Qiao family was stunned. He knew that his future eldest son-in-law was a poor family and had no permanent property in the family. He only had a few savings after gaining fame.

However, when his master ordered the house to be found, he only asked to find the big one. He didn't expect Chen Yan to "die the house" himself, so he only found three-in-one mansion.

Manager Qiao had no choice but to go and find Master Qiao San to make an idea.

Although the Qiao family did not share much money and property, the third master served in Jiangnan for many years and had a lot of savings in his hands. A thousand handfuls of silver were nothing.

Master Qiao San’s original intention is to find a suitable house, whether to buy it, he will pay for it. After all, the son-in-law comes with him to Beijing, and it is a matter of his own expense to help settle it. If he can buy it, Next year, I will directly give my daughter a dowry. Even if my son-in-law has an official position in the future, he will not be afraid of being empty in the house in the capital. Both the rituals and rents are all subsidies.

Now Chen Yan wants to "reliance on his own". Master Qiao San thought about it, but did not force Chen Yan to accept the kindness of the Qiao family, but asked the manager to follow Chen Yan's orders.

Although he was willing to take his son-in-law and was willing to treat Chen Yan better, he also wanted Chen Yan to be willing to appreciate it. Otherwise, it would not be a kindness, but a kindness.

Young people are competitive, so let Chen Yan "pop" himself "pop". Only by knowing the difficulties of the world can you better know the benefits of having a good marriage and knowing how to be good; otherwise, "elevate Mien and fight against Mien ", it's not about raising help, but about ungrateful wolves.

The manager was unable to manage the matter, so he had to go to Chen Yan again and ask about the conditions of the Dianwu.

Chen Yan seemed to have a plan in his mind. After thinking about it, he said, "There is no need for too many houses, just separate the inner and outer courtyards. The silver silver should not exceed 300 taels, and the age of the house is more than three years. You need to be secluded and cannot leave the house. The city is too close.

The manager was so hunched when he heard this, Chen Yan could only sigh in his heart.

He didn't know the housing prices in Beijing, but when he was in Nanjing, he had inquired about the housing prices in Nanjing. I heard that a house on the Qinhuai River was only a few dozen taels of silver, but in recent decades, it has increased by more than ten times, and it has been 600 taels per day. However, this is an exception and cannot be considered normal. However, the height of the room in Nanjing can also be seen. The yard with a second or third entry is slightly better, and it is worth 1,800 taels.

You should know that in Songjiang Prefecture, the five-entry mansion is only 1,200 taels of silver.

Even officials from Nanzhili, unless they become officials, there are few people who can afford to buy a house, most of whom are parcel houses or rent public houses.

Even if Nanjing is like this, even if the capital is not as prosperous as Nanjing, it is the emperor who is still there.

He knew that it was not easy to live in the capital, so Chen Yan never thought of slapping the swollen face and pretending to be fat.

Although he can live in a big house with money now, what should he do in the future if that is the case? He has no money to prepare a betrothal gift next year, and his daily expenses will not be small in the future.

If he wants to live a luxurious life, he will have to worry about money in the next days, so how can he read with peace of mind in his studies

Whether it is the most important thing to live comfortably or to study is no need to make any choice.

If it weren't for getting married next year, the young uncle and sister-in-law would have to avoid it. Chen Yan wouldn't even look for two people to enter the house, so he would be satisfied with finding a courtyard.

Chen Yan took out a small ingot of 2 taels of ingots and handed it to the manager and said, "The family's wealth is poor, so I can only ask the manager to worry.

The manager was short of his staff, and he took into account Shen Yan's identity as a juren, so he didn't dare to show his face. He thanked him and continued to find a house.

After three or five days, the manager really found two small courtyards, both near Mingshifang, which was close to Chongwenmen.

One is in Fangbei. It has been vacant for half a year and is a little dilapidated and the courtyard is small. However, because it is close to the Gongyuan, there are many scholars living nearby, and the price is quite high. The price of the dictionary house is exactly 300 taels; the other one is In Fangnan, I just vacate the house and it is neatly tidy and brings 90% of the new furniture. There are many rooms in the house, and 260 taels of dial silver. However, the nearby people are all merchants and neighbors. It's a little messy.

After hearing the introduction, Chen Yan had already become a tendency. After walking around with the manager, he chose to go to the house on the street from Gongyuan.

As for the son-in-law chosen by Mr. Qiao San, each house has everything he says.

Some look down on them, think they are foreign country bumpkins, and they are shameless in competing with the Qiao family; some think that the Shen brothers have fame and a promising future at a young age.

However, I heard that the Shen family could not even afford a house, so they could only live in a house, so there were many more despicable ones.

Juren is decent, but it is not decent if he is exhausted. No matter what the future of the Shen brothers will be, it is certain that Xiao Qiao will marry and suffer hardship next year.

"I can't blame myself for being poor, but I like to pay attention to my weak backbone. If my relatives live inside and outside, I have to hurry and find a house to move. If I move here, I will rely on the Qiao family?" Mr. Qiao complained privately to Mr. Qiao Er.

Master Qiao Er said: "The eldest son and brother who have no father and grandfather to support the door is more than others think. It is not a bad thing for young people to suffer a little."

Master Qiao sighed and said, "The third brother is also a foresight. If the son is not good, the son-in-law will find a supplement..."

After all, I am envious. The older girls in the long house have married into officials and gritted their teeth to prepare for the dowry. However, most of the in-laws are snobbish families, and they run far away when they encounter problems and are not reliable at all. Like the third master, he also found two sons-in-laws among the juren. After showing kindness, he could help with two more and more, and he could hold on to the dowry.

Mr. Qiao Er was as careful as he was. As early as Shen Yan, Brother Chen came to Beijing. When he heard the brother's name, he felt strange. He quietly asked someone to inquire about the details of the brothers. Even if he didn't know that they were the bloodline of the second wife who had no genealogy, I also knew that they were from Songjiang, so I was suspicious.

When Shen Rui and Chen Jue brothers came with Qiao, although Master Qiao Er went out later, he still asked someone to stare at the living yard. When he came back in the evening, he learned that Master Qiao San only asked Brother Qiao Yongde to come out to accompany the guests, Chen Yan Brother didn't mention it, and Master Qiao Er knew the beginning of this.

Although he was a little curious, he did not look at it carefully, but he quietly told his wife to stay away from the Bai family and son without getting close to him.

Mrs. Qiao Er didn't think much about her husband's instructions. She had seen Bai Shi, and seeing that her words and deeds were similar to her sister-in-law, Mrs. Qiao Er was so fucked that she wanted to go for a social event.

The Qiao family thought Chen Yan was looking for a house in such a hurry, but now that he found it, he would be unable to wait to move out.
Chapter completed!