Poor Family

  Chapter 74 County renting

Being admitted to the county school means that Li Yanqing and others are no longer students of Lushan Primary School, but dignified county student members. Since Tangyin is a large grain-producing county, the government has a surplus of food, and students from poor families can even receive a daily A subsidy of two hemi for one liter.

  However, the magistrate of Dadao linked this treatment with his archery performance, forcing many poor students to practice archery hard, striving to meet the standards of magistrate of Dadao to receive subsidies.

   On the second day after the county examination results are released, students admitted to the county school must first go to the county school to register, then have a ten-day holiday, and officially register for registration after ten days.

  Early in the morning, Li Yanqing, Yue Fei and others came to the county school to register. They were still candidates two days ago, and they became official students in a blink of an eye, as if it was like a dream.

  The four wandered around the county school with great interest, and Yue Fei was especially happy. Although the tuition for the county school is free and the daily food and rice subsidies are also paid, there is still an additional charge for board and lodging, but it is relatively cheap, five pennies per year.

However, if you enter the top ten, you will be exempted from the first year's board and lodging fees, and the top three will be free of board and lodging for two years at the county school. The younger brother can also study and go to school.

   "Brother Yanqing!"

   At this time, someone suddenly called Li Yanqing from behind, and the four of them turned their heads, only to see a young student running towards this side.

  Li Yanqing recognized it immediately, it was actually Zhang Xian, this time Zhang Xian ranked fifth in the overall list, mainly because of his martial arts, so Li Yanqing stepped forward and smiled, "What's the matter, brother?"

  Zhang Xian said with a smile: "I want to congratulate Brother Yanqing for being the first in high school. I'm ashamed! I only hit three arrows in the arrow test."

   "Brother Xian is too modest, we should be tied for the top spot, come on! Let me introduce you to some good friends. In fact, everyone has met at the boy's meeting."

  The three of Yue Fei greeted Zhang Xian. Seeing that he was too handsome, Wang Gui didn't like him very much, so he twitched his mouth, but Tang Huai couldn't see any expression.

   "Several brothers have already registered their names!"

  Li Yanqing said with a smile: "It's all registered, and I'm going to go home after shopping around."

  Zhang Xian scratched his head, "But I have to book a dormitory soon, don't you know?"

   Li Yanqing and the others were stunned. They didn't even know that the dormitory was booked now. Yue Fei asked, "Who informed?"

   "There is a notice on the recording side, it is posted on the wall! Maybe it was posted just now, and you didn't see it."

  The four of Li Yanqing hurried to the registration office. A large group of new students stood next to the registration office, looking up at something. Sure enough, they had posted a dormitory rental notice:

The single room in the upper house pays three yuan per month; the single room in the middle house costs 100 cash per month; the double room in the lower house costs three hundred cash per month; Free board and lodging in the top ten of the exam means that the house is free. If you want to live better, you still have to pay.

  Wang Gui was so angry that he cursed, the county school robbed money more ruthlessly than the robbers, Yue Fei's face was ugly, he found that he was thinking too much about things.

  Li Yanqing smiled and asked Zhang Xian, "What dormitory did you choose?"

  Zhang Xian shook his head, "I don't choose either, I decide to rent a house outside!"

   "Can I rent a house outside?" The four asked in unison.

"sure!"

Zhang Xian said with a smile: "This is the tradition of the county school. Some students are already married and have to rent a house outside. It is very cost-effective to rent a house outside. It is like a courtyard with two entrances. There are more than a dozen houses, and the monthly rent is only three. Here There are only three rooms in a single-person house, and it costs three yuan. It’s too expensive. It’s just a little closer, and it’s easier to go to school. I don’t think it’s worth it.”

  The four of Li Yanqing discussed it. They also want to rent a house outside, and they have to get up early every day at five o'clock for running. It is said that the county school is not allowed to go out at night, and five o'clock is also at night. It is too inconvenient for them.

   "Have you found my brother's house?"

Zhang Xian nodded, "I've been looking forward to it for a long time. It's not far from here, but the house is too big. It's a four-acre house, but it costs four yuan. I want to find some people to share the rent. If some brothers are interested, You might as well think about it."

  Li Yanqing discussed with Wang Gui and Tang Huai, then happily said with a smile: "Let's go and see my brother's house."

   "Old Yue, why don't you leave?" Seeing that Yue Fei didn't move, Li Yanqing couldn't help asking a little strangely.

   "You guys go! I want to see the dormitory." Yue Fei wanted to live in the school's free dormitory, although he knew that Li Yanqing and Wang Gui would not let him pay the rent, but he was really embarrassed.

   "Stop talking silly, let me come to the county school every day to help you run over the wall, I won't do it!"

  No matter what Yue Fei said, Li Yanqing and Wang Gui dragged him away together. Yue Fei had no choice but to go with them.

The house that Zhang Xian is optimistic about is located in an alley opposite to Qingfu Building. The owner is surnamed Liang. He is a cloth merchant. His family moved to Anyang County last autumn, so the house was closed and a dentist was entrusted. Rent it out for him.

  It is relatively easy to rent a house in the county school area, but the landlord is not willing to rent a single room, and must rent the whole house together, which is a bit difficult, unless it is rented to new students.

   "You are lucky. A few freshmen came to see the house just now. If two of them didn't think the rent was expensive, they would have settled it on the spot."

  Ya man named Zeng Xiaoyi, a thin man in his thirties, eloquent and enthusiastic, he led the crowd into the alley.

   "You pay attention to this alley, what do you find?"

  Wang Gui looked up for a long time, and said blankly: "I don't see anything!"

   "Look again, and you will find that it is different."

  Li Yanqing said with a smile: "Brother Yi said that the alley is very wide!"

"correct!"

Zeng Xiaoyi gave a thumbs up and said: "This little brother has a good eye. Other alleys are at most five feet wide, but this one is one foot wide. The carriage can drive directly into the house. This is the symbol of a rich family, and the alley There are only three families in the house, it is very quiet, suitable for you to study and study."

Li Yanqing nodded. In fact, he also discovered another feature, that is, there are big trees planted inside the walls on both sides of the alley, which will be very shady in summer, but there will also be troubles. They are all poplar trees, and there will be a kind of stinging tree on the tree. The hair of the person falls off.

Zeng Xiaoyi opened the gate and led everyone in. There was a lighting wall in front of him, which covered the situation inside, which was also a characteristic of traditional buildings. When entering from the side, there was an ordinary courtyard in front of him. Park the carriage.

  There is a large bluestone well in the corner, and there is a long row of houses in the middle, with about seven or eight rooms. The kitchen, dining hall, utility room and four servant rooms are all here, and there is a livestock shed at the far end.

Passing through the doorway in the middle, all four of them exclaimed together. The middle courtyard is actually a large crescent-shaped courtyard with blue bricks on the ground, two osmanthus trees more than ten feet high planted in the middle, and a rockery. The wall is a long semi-circular corridor with three moon gates, which is extremely delicate and unique.

   Zeng Xiaoyi was very proud. This is the selling point of this house. Every viewer wanted to rent it after seeing this courtyard.

  He said to everyone: "This house has four acres, and the monthly rent in the capital is at least 20 guan, which is not affordable in Tangyin County, so it is actually very good value."

  Wang Gui pointed to the three moon gates and asked, "Why are there three gates?"

"Because there are three courtyards that are not connected to each other. The two sons of the original owner live in a courtyard each, and the old couple live in the middle courtyard. The layout of the courtyards is similar in size and the rooms all face south. I will just show you one. Please follow me. Come."

  Zeng Xiaoyi led them into the east courtyard, which was a set of courtyards, the courtyard was small, and two peach trees were planted. At this time, the peach blossoms were in full bloom, especially pink and tender, and there was a small well in the corner.

  The house is in the shape of an 'L', with inner and outer rooms on the side, and three rooms in the middle. There are five rooms in total, all of which are 70% new blue brick and black tile houses.

   Li Yanqing asked: "Are the other two courtyards all five houses?"

  Zeng Xiaoyi said with a smile: "The middle courtyard is a little bigger, with two more rooms, and the west courtyard has one more room. Everything else is the same."

  Li Yanqing cupped his hands, "Thank you, let's discuss it!"

   Zeng Xiaoyi went out knowingly, and Li Yanqing asked with a smile, "What do you guys think?"

  Wang Gui smiled and said: "Lao Tang and I live in the west courtyard. I have a maid, and Lao Tang also has a maid, so I can bring them here."

  Li Yanqing was thinking of bringing the magpies too, and Aunt Chrysanthemum could also cook for them, and just live in an outhouse, and the old and uncle Zhong would take care of the old house for him, anyway, he and his father would occasionally go back to live there.

   Tang Huai asked Zhang Xian, "Can the price be lowered?"

  Zhang Xian shook his head, "The landlord refuses to give up the price, and the rent has to be paid annually, so how about it! I also have a good friend, let him live with me, we live in a middle house, and I will pay the two bills."

  Li Yanqing heard that Zhang Xian had to pay half of the rent. He and Zhang Xian didn't know each other very well, so it wasn't easy to take advantage of him, so he hurriedly said, "How dare you do that? It's better to share it equally."

  Zhang Xiaowei smiled and said: "It's my honor to live with Brother Li. I really hope to learn a little martial arts from everyone. To be honest, I don't want to use the sword as an ornament."

   Zhang Xian's words made everyone feel good, Wang Gui patted his chest boldly and said: "I will leave you to learn martial arts."

  Zhang Xian was overjoyed, "That's it!"

  Everyone couldn't hinder his enthusiasm, so they nodded in agreement, and Li Yanqing smiled again: "Then let's agree, I will pay for Yaren's expenses!"

  Zhang Xian agreed, and hurriedly went to Yaren to go through the formalities. Wang Gui and Tang Huai went to the West Courtyard. Li Yanqing smiled at Yue Fei: "Let's see which room Fifth Brother wants to live in?"

  Yue Fei knew that Li Yanqing had a little maid, so he pointed to the side room and said with a smile: "This suite is good, with two rooms inside and outside, just right for me."

  Li Yanqing happily said: "The front is mine, one bedroom, one study, and one for the magpie."

  In fact, Zhang Xian's family is the most wealthy family in Tangbei Township, a family of officials and officials. Their family has a house in Tangyin County, but Zhang Xian wants to live with Li Yanqing and the others, so he refuses to live in his own house.

The same is true for Wang Gui and Tang Huai. Both of them have houses in Tangyin County. Uncle Tang Huai’s Tang Zhengzong’s family is very big. If I want to live with my friends, I don't want to live in my own house.

   After the house was settled, the four of them went to buy some gifts for their family and master. Li Yanqing went back to the inn to call Li Er and two other students, and a group of teenagers returned to Lushan Town in Wang Gui's big bullock cart.

  【A new day, ask book friends for tickets! 】

  (end of this chapter)