The news that the Jiang family is selling their house has been circulating for half a month, although there have been several groups of people coming to see the house before, but they all think the price is too high. Those who are interested in buying also want to haggle with Old Man Jiang, hoping he can lower the price by one or two hundred thousand. So before this, no one said they wanted to buy it.

  Unexpectedly, today two people said they wanted to buy a house, which made Old Man Jiang extremely happy. Hurry up and sell the house, he can go back to the Jiang family, so as not to be alone during the upcoming New Year. However, when Old Master Jiang asked him to stay behind, he had promised that if he could sell the house for more than 800 taels of silver, not only would he give him a position of authority, but also the higher the selling price, the more reward money he would get.

  So at this time, seeing Ye Yuxi and Yang Jianxiu arguing, he was not worried but delighted. He put down the teapot and bowed to Ye Yuxi with a sincere expression: "Old Master Ye, I dare not deceive you. This Mr. Yang had come to see the house before, but at that time, he didn't say he wanted to buy it, so before you came, this house really hadn't found a buyer. However..." He looked at Yang Jianxiu with difficulty and said: "However, just now, Mr. Yang found me in the kitchen and said he wanted to buy this house. You also know that I didn't refuse Mr. Yang because you didn't say you wanted to buy the house before I went into the kitchen."

  "But before you entered the kitchen, we didn't say no to buying it! You're now bypassing us and selling the house to someone else, isn't that unfair?" Ye Yuke refused to back down. After finally finding a suitable house, just as they were about to pay, someone intervened and ruined everything, making them feel extremely frustrated.

  "This...this..." Old Jiang looked at Ye Yukei, then at Yang Jianxiu, his face full of difficulty, and said in a low voice, "Why don't you two discuss it among yourselves?"

  Yang Jianxiu had been standing aside listening to Ye Yuzhi and Old Man Jiang arguing, without interrupting. Now seeing Old Man Jiang's attitude wavering, he frowned and said: "Old Man Jiang, what you're saying isn't right. I also want to buy a house, they also want to buy a house, but there's only one house available. How can we negotiate? Can one family really buy half of it? You are the person entrusted by Old Lady Jiang to sell the house, so naturally it's up to you to decide who to sell it to."

  "This... who did you say I should sell it to? It seems like selling it to anyone wouldn't be right." Old Man Jiang scratched his head, "How about we have an auction instead. The highest bidder wins?"

  "Auction?" Yang Jian furrowed his brow even tighter, "This house of yours, 800 taels of silver is already a bit expensive, and now you want to auction it off? Are you trying to drive up the price?"

  "Mr. Yang, don't try to scare me." Old Man Jiang's face suddenly turned gloomy, "Although I'm just a lowly servant, I've followed the old master of our household on his travels south and north, and been to many places. I know that for any commodity, as long as there are many buyers, when negotiations reach an impasse, competitive bidding can be used. The highest bidder wins. Mr. Yang may often come and go from the county government offices and the homes of several high officials, having treated their illnesses, but it's not good to use these words to intimidate me."

  Yang Jianxiu didn't know whether he was angry or embarrassed by Jiang's words, his face turned bright red, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.

  As soon as Ye Zhuo heard that Yang Jianxiu had seen several officials at the county government, he thought of Gong Shubao, the father of his wife Gongshi, who was also a county official, and Tao Changsheng's father-in-law. However, when it came to County Magistrate Nanshan, the second-in-command, she hesitated for a moment, then walked behind Ye Yuqi and whispered a few words in his ear.

  On the other hand, Zheng was whispering to Guan, wanting her to tell Ye Yuqi not to fight for this house anymore. This Mr. Yang is close to the big shots in the yamen, if they fight for the house and offend him, it might bring another storm to the main house of the Ye family. Guan heard this and suddenly felt worried and hesitant.

  On the other side, Ye Zhuo had finished speaking. Ye Yuqi bowed slightly to Yang Jianxu and smiled: "I am surnamed Ye, I wonder if I can have a private conversation with Mr. Yang?"

  Yang Jianxiu was made uncomfortable by Old Man Jiang's words and wanted to leave, but he couldn't bear to give up the house. He thought about staying, but felt embarrassed on one hand and unwilling to spend more money to buy the house on the other. Just as he was hesitating, Ye Yuxi called him over for a private talk, which suited his intentions perfectly - if he could persuade Ye Yuxi to let him have the house, that would be ideal.

  Mr. Guan, seeing this, was anxious in his heart and couldn't help but call out: "Old man, Manwen said she can't live alone in such a big house, why not look for another place and let this mansion to Mr. Yang instead?"

  Yang Jianxu was taken aback by the words and looked at Zheng Shi.

  As soon as he came in, he saw Zheng Shi and Ye Zhuo. After all, these two people are extremely beautiful, and it's hard to ignore them. At that time, he thought Zheng Shi was the daughter-in-law of Ye Yuqi and Guan Shi, so he didn't dare to be rude, just glanced at her with his spare eyes and then moved his gaze away. Now hearing Guan Shi say this, the implication is that the Ye family bought this house for this beautiful young woman to live in alone. Living alone means she has no husband... Thinking of this, his gaze involuntarily fell on Zheng Shi.

  The young woman was wearing a purple-based white flower embroidered jacket, with a cyan-colored cloud-patterned long skirt underneath. This outfit suggested that the young woman was not a widow living in seclusion. Her facial features were extremely beautiful, her figure was slender and full, her skin was fair with a hint of red, and there was no trace of age on her face. The whole person was like a ripe honey peach, making people want to take a bite.

  At a glance, Yang Jianxiu withdrew his gaze, but his heart moved slightly.

  He was a widower, his wife had died more than two years ago. In these two years, although many matchmakers came to the door to make matches, he didn't pay attention to any of them. It wasn't that he missed his ex-wife so much and couldn't forget her, but rather he felt that the girls in the mouths of the matchmakers were not the wives he wanted to marry.

  And this one in front of me...

  He thought quickly and wondered if he should just give this house to that young woman.

  Ye Yiqi nodded upon hearing Guan's words, but didn't say anything, only gazing at Yang Jianxu. Yang Jianxu hastily smiled and said: "Alright, let's go out and talk?"

  Old Jiang saw the two men preparing to discuss privately, and his face changed. However, it was he himself who said let them discuss, and now it's not good to stop them, so he can only watch with open eyes as the two men walked out.

  Ye Zhuo didn't feel at ease, so he pretended to support Ye Yuqi and followed him out together.

  "Alright, let's stop here." They walked out to the courtyard, guessing that Old Man Jiang inside couldn't hear their conversation. Ye Yuqi stopped in her tracks.

  "Mr. Ye can speak freely, if you have any reason that makes it unbearable for you to part with this house, I'm willing to give the house to you." said Yang Jian.

  "Oh?" Ye Yuqi looked at Yang Jianxiu with a puzzled expression. At first, this Mr. Yang seemed determined to get this house. However, after hearing Gu's words, saying that he would give the house to him, he took a step back and became polite. Was this a truly sincere gentleman who, upon hearing someone else's concession, felt embarrassed and also wanted to concede?

  Yang Jianxiu glanced at Zheng's family, Ye Yuqi didn't notice, but Ye Zhuo saw it. When she heard Yang Jianxiu say this, she answered without courtesy: "It's like that, the one who wants to buy this house is not my grandfather, but my mother. Oh, it's the one sitting inside. Since it's very close to our home and the environment is good, my mother lives alone after all, we don't feel at ease if she moves to another place, so we want to buy this house. I wonder if Uncle Yang can be accommodating and sell this house to my mother?"

  Ye Yuxiu was extremely surprised to hear this, because it was completely opposite of what Ye Zhen had told him earlier. Earlier, Ye Zhen had whispered to him in the hall, asking him to get along with Mr. Yang and ask about the situation of Gong Shuban and others in the yamen, suggesting that he let out this house to him and sell him a favor. But now, what she said was entirely different.

  The attitude of both people is so strange, what exactly happened between them?

  Yang Jianxiu raised his eyes and looked at Ye Zhuo with suspicion: "This girl's words are strange. Your mother doesn't live with you, but instead lives alone, which is not reasonable. Miss, aren't you trying to get me to give up the house and making up lies?"

  Ye Zhuo let out a soft sigh, her expression somewhat melancholy: "Family matters aren't suitable to discuss with outsiders. I can only tell Uncle Yang that I was originally the legitimate daughter of the second branch of the Ye family, but now I've been adopted by my grandfather in the main branch. And it seems like Uncle Yang is familiar with Gong Shuban from the yamen? Gong Shuban's daughter married into the second branch of the Ye family and became my stepmother before I was adopted."

  Her words conveyed a lot of information: she was the legitimate daughter, which means that Zheng Shi was originally the wife of Ye Jia's main house, and later lost her position as wife to Gong Shu's daughter, leaving Ye Jia alone; while Ye Jia's second house even gave away their own legitimate daughter to another house, it can be seen that the people in the second house are not considerate of blood ties and kinship, from which it can be inferred that Zheng Shi leaving Ye Jia was not her fault, but the fault of the people in Ye Jia's second house.

  Yang Jianxiu was also a thoughtful person and immediately understood the meaning behind Ye Zhuo's words. He nodded his head to Ye Yuqi and said, "Since this young lady's mother has such a difficult life, although I am not a good person, I do have some compassion. This house, let it be yours, old sir."

  "Thank you so much, Mr. Yang." Although he didn't quite understand the riddle that these two were playing, since he could get this mansion without spending an extra penny, Ye Yuxi was still very happy. He immediately bowed deeply to Yang Jianxu.

  "Mr. Ye, don't be polite, I wouldn't dare accept your gift." Yang Jianxiu quickly reached out and helped Ye Yuqi up, not letting him bow down.

  Ye Zhuo had an idea in mind and didn't want to let the matter drop, so he wouldn't let Yang Jianxiu off easily. He turned his eyes and said: "Uncle Yang, we have a vacant house on Wanfu Alley, but it's too far from my home, I'm not at ease with my mother living alone there, that's why I bought this house here. If you're not particular about it, you can go take a look, the price is absolutely negotiable."

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