A group of people went to the county yamen first, the sky was very dark and overcast, it was still Shen Shi, and the yamen had not released the yamen.

After Xu Qinyu and the others passed by, he explained the purpose of their visit, and the yamen servant took them to meet the county magistrate. The county magistrate was a middle-aged man in his forties, with a goatee and ordinary appearance. After receiving the documents stamped by the Raozhou Yamen, they quickly stamped their registration documents.

Looking at the document, Xu Qinyu felt a little inexplicable. She finally became a member of this dynasty.

Leaving the county office, looking at the dark clouds and strong winds, everyone knows that it is not a good time to find a house, not to mention that they come from Baozhen, and they don't know the situation in the town. Look at the situation in the town before making a plan.

A few people found an inn near the Yamen, and they felt more at ease living next to the Yamen.

The yamen is located on the east side of Yuanbao Town. Even if he doesn't know the situation of Yuanbao Town, Xu Qinyu has a rough idea of ​​the distribution of the town.

In ancient times, the east was the most expensive, and usually there were yamen and houses of some wealthy families on the east side.

There are records in some documents, which say, "The east city is rich and the west city is expensive, while the north city is poor and the south city is cheap."

The inn that Xu Qinyu was looking for was located at the intersection of the east and west streets, and the price was also more expensive than the inn owned by the shopkeeper in Raozhou City. down.

After staying in the inn, Xu Qinyu went to ask the shopkeeper if he could borrow the kitchen.

But the shopkeeper said that he can only use the stove to heat hot water or decoct medicine, but not for other things. It seems that he doesn't want others to borrow cooking skills to cook food, and borrowing the stove is also ten yuan an hour.

Xu Qinyu could only give up.

It's not dark yet, and it's time to eat evening food, so she plans to go out to buy some evening food, and walk around the town by the way.

Wen Shi wanted to go out with her, but was rejected by Xu Qinyu. Wen Shi was getting older, and the journey was tiring a lot. Xu Qinyu often bumped into her crying secretly, and now she just wanted her to rest more, otherwise she would be afraid She collapsed, Wen Shi was almost forty, and her body was no match for hers, so it was better to rest more.

She had observed just now that there would be yamen servants patrolling the street, not to mention that she was dressed in gray and her face was red and swollen. They ran to rob her immediately.

Xu Qinyu went around the town by herself, and it lasted an hour.

Even in such a cold weather, small vendors outside are still there, and shops on the street and market are also open, even if it is snowing, there are not many customers.

Most of the small vendors also gather on the North Street side, which is close to the wharf, where dragons and snakes are mixed, there are all kinds of people, and there are also all kinds of shops. The wharf is close, and there are a lot of fleets and caravans. They are inseparable from food, clothing, housing and transportation, and food is the most important thing.

There are also two markets, West Street and East Street.

This side of the East Street is full of noblemen’s houses and yamen, and there are also a big restaurant and a big inn, some jewelry shops, wine shops, book shops, cloth shops, rice shops, dim sum shops, butcher shops and the like.

The West Street is similar, not so chaotic, and those who dislike the clutter on the North Street like to come to the West Street Market.

So that is to say, most of the businesses in Yuanbao Town are concentrated in these three places.

After knowing this, Xu Qinyu bought some food at North Street to take back.

The food stalls here are mostly wontons, small noodles, sesame cakes, steamed cakes, porridge, buns, meat and vegetable soup, and the rest are basically the same.

Xu Qinyu bought some meat and vegetable soup and steamed stuffed buns to go back. When she went back, she didn't forget to buy two pieces of caramel for the two children.

She had just returned to the inn and put the food on the table when Pei Weixuan came over and handed her two small porcelain white medicine jars.

"Fourth brother, what is this?"

Xu Qinyu came to his senses as soon as he finished asking.

This should be the ointment that Husband Cheap told her to boil for her wrist bruises.

Pei Weixuan said: "The ointment contained in the smaller medicine jars can cure the bruises on your wrists, and the larger medicine jars can cure the frostbite on your face and hands." , I made three copies of the ointment for treating chilblain, and two copies were used by my mother Jianing and sister Feng Geer.

Xu Qinyu happily took it, "Thank you fourth brother, mother, Ning Jie'er, come and eat."

The family sat down around the square table for dinner.

Xu Qinyu first tasted the meat and vegetable soup, the taste was very ordinary, a little fishy, ​​and there was no other taste except the salty taste.

The steamed buns are stuffed with radish meat, which is also very ordinary. The noodles should not be awakened enough, the dough is not fluffy enough, and it tastes a little pantothenic acid. The taste is really bad.

She ate a steamed bun, used some meat and vegetable soup, and didn't eat it.

Others don't have a high appetite, but they have finished eating, and they plan to rest after drinking some hot water.

...

The morning light was slightly dewy, and Xu Qinyu woke up. She applied the ointment last night after washing up. The effect was excellent.

Also, there were no conditions on the way to exile. didn’t wash up for more than a month. Now have a place to live. Naturally, I’m more comfortable after washing up and sleeping. Even if haven’t changed clothes, will go out and fix the house in a while, and then go to everyone. Just buy two changes of clothes.

Chaoshi also bought wontons nearby, and Xu Qinyu called the shop assistant to help him run errands.

The Pei family ate a mouthful of wontons for a while. Some wontons had been boiled and their skins were broken. The skins of the wontons were too soft and the stuffing tasted average. Miss Xu Qinyu's cooking.

Before the incident happened to Pei Weixuan's lineage, he was also in the palace, but he had eaten the food made by Xu Qinyu before they knew that the imperial meal was more refined and tasted slightly better than the restaurant outside. Compared with the food, it is more than one step worse.

In fact, they also thought that Xu Qinyu's cooking skills were too amazing, just a simple bowl of wontons, but the taste was varied.

After using the morning meal, Xu Qinyu announced, "Ning Jie'er and fourth brother are at home to look after the children. My mother and I went to Yaxing to inquire about the housing market in Yuanbao Town. What do fourth brother and Ning Jie'er think?"

Pei Jianing is only 12 or 12. She can only give a reference when it comes to renting and buying a house. Naturally, she agrees.

Pei Weixuan also agreed, and Xu Qinyu went out with Wen.

It was snowing heavily with goose feathers outside, and there was already a thick layer of snow on the ground. The two asked the inn to borrow an oil umbrella and went to Yaxing first.

The snow was so heavy that there were few pedestrians on the road, and most of the shops were still open, but the small vendors who set up stalls on the side of the road could not come out and continue to set up their stalls, and it was deserted a lot.

Yaxing is an ancient trading intermediary, doing all kinds of business, as long as it is an intermediary type, housing buying and selling and leasing are naturally among them.

Xu Qinyu had inquired about the location of Yaxing from someone yesterday, and it was almost a quarter of an hour away from the inn where they stayed.

The tooth line is quite big, because it snows, there are no customers.

Knowing that the two of them wanted to rent a house and buy a house in Yuanbao Town, the clerk from the Yaxing Company immediately led the two of them into the inner room. The two of you can have your favorite houses. Currently, there are several good houses in the east and west of the city, which can be rented or bought. There are also two houses with three entrances in the south and north of the city, and a few small courtyard houses. Let’s take a look at the two guests. What does the official want?"

After finishing speaking, also went over to get a stack of rice paper, on which were drawn the shape and orientation of these houses.

Xu Qinyu said in her heart, this tooth shop is quite innovative, similar to the real estate agency of her time.

They can't afford to buy or rent a big house, those with two or more bedrooms, and they just want to buy or rent an ordinary three-room farmyard, and naturally they see it like this.

In the east and west of the city, even an ordinary three-room courtyard would cost seven or eight hundred cents a month, and it would cost about 10 taels of silver a year. How can you afford it? You must know that 10 taels of silver is enough for a family of four or five people. Chewed for a year.

The same type of house in the north and south of the city is more than half cheaper, and it can be rented for two or three hundred cents a month.

The houses in the east and west of the city are so expensive to rent, and it must be more expensive to buy them. Xu Qinyu asked the price of buying a house, and sure enough, the lowest price of such an ordinary three-room courtyard starts at a hundred taels.

If you go to the south of the city and the north of the city, it is much cheaper, and you can buy it for dozens of taels of silver.

Xu Qinyu and Wen's carefully selected, and they couldn't help but look at a small courtyard with three rooms in the south of the city. Although the courtyard is not big, it is still located in the south of the city, but there is a well in the courtyard, which can save a lot of trouble. My son, if there is no well, have to go to the well in front of the town to fetch water on weekdays, and have to go to the small river connected to the canal in the town to wash laundry.

Since both of them liked this set, they naturally went to have a look first.

The clerk of the dental shop immediately got into the carriage and drove the carriage to send the two of them to look at the house.

With the carriage, they didn't have to run errands by themselves, which was much more comfortable, and they arrived in the south of the city in a quarter of an hour.

Arriving in the south of the city, Yazi drove the carriage directly to the alley of the house.

When they arrived at the entrance of the alley, the carriage couldn't get in. The Yaman led the two of them to point to the entrance of the alley, and told them, "This alley is called Osmanthus Alley, and the house you are looking at is right here, but we have to go to find the house first." The Lord brought us the key to look at the house. The owner of the house was a cloth farmer. After earning money, he changed to a second-entry house in front of Osmanthus Alley. The small courtyard was vacant and wanted to sell or rent it out. "

The two followed Yaren to find the owner of the house.

The second-entry house bought by the owner is just in front of Osmanthus Lane, and it will arrive soon.

Yaren stepped forward and knocked on the door, and an eleven or twelve-year-old maid opened the door. Seeing someone turn around, she shouted inside, "Ma'am, there are guests."

A woman's voice came from inside, "I told you to come in and report to me when you have guests. Don't stand at the door and shout loudly. Why can't you change it?"

The little maid grinned, and heard her wife's helpless voice, "please come in."

The little maid listened to what his wife said, and led the three of them to see his wife.

The little maid led the three of them to the living room, before entering, Xu Qinyu saw a woman in the living room feeding a three or four-year-old child. The child closed his lips tightly, and his mouth was covered with food residues. , just refused to open his mouth.

The woman was sweating profusely from anxiety, and she yelled, "Little ancestor, just take a bite, look at you, you are almost skinny like a monkey."