Greedy for Money Chapter 4

Jin Yu followed the second young master to a small house. It was actually not small, with three entrances. However, it was not as impressive as the Xie Mansion.

The house was very finely built, with solid bricks and tiles, and two wells. The broker took the second young master to look carefully. The second young master was picky. He said that there were too many grasses here and mosquitoes were attracted, and the lighting in that room was too poor. The broker was sweating profusely and was a little dissatisfied. He said, "My noble man, are you here to bring bad luck? Many people have come to see my house and they all say it is good. You are so picky. Do you want to live in heaven?"

Xie Jinhe was always flattered and coaxed at home. Apart from his father, no one was so ignorant and humble that he immediately turned his face black. Jin Yu saw that the situation was not right and quickly stepped forward to apologize: "It was a misunderstanding, it was a misunderstanding. My son only chose it when he wanted to buy it. If he didn't like it, he would have left long ago."

The broker's expression eased a lot, and he said, "I don't like what you said. This house is the best among the two or three houses I have. You can't find a second one anywhere else. It does have some shortcomings. Don't be picky. Four hundred taels, let's each take a step back."

Xie Jinhe didn't care about the money. He saw that the house was basically perfect and was too lazy to argue any more. He was about to agree immediately, but was interrupted by Jin Yu's sharp voice.

"What?! Four hundred taels?!! You can't rob a bank like this!" Jin Yu raised his voice.

The pawnbroker stared at him and said unyieldingly, "Four hundred taels more? This house, this workmanship, this location, if you can find a second one in the whole capital, I'll give it to you for free!"

As soon as he got involved with money, Jin Yu immediately became a man of great talent and learning, like Kong Ming in the world. He was no longer humble, and started to talk: "The paint in that house has peeled off. It must have been built several years ago, so it can't be considered new, right? My son has to repaint it after buying it. And the toilet has not been cleaned for a long time. All three rooms are blocked and we have to find someone to repair it. The kang in the house has not been used for a long time, so it's still a question whether it can be burned. Besides, this location is close to the market and convenient, but it's too close! It's right next to the market, how can we have a quiet time..."

Such a long string of words without pause left Xie Jinhe and the yaxing stunned. After he finished speaking, Jin Yu blinked and looked at the yaxing. The yaxing had been in this business for so long and had seen all kinds of people, some of whom were more talkative than Jin Yu, but this was the first time he saw someone change his face so quickly. He had thought that today's customer seemed to have plenty of money and the servant was timid, so he could make a lot of money. But this happened and he was unable to react for a while.

"Okay, three hundred taels. Let's sign and seal it now." Jin Yu made the decision, then remembered that it was the Second Young Master who paid. His momentum instantly dropped, and he glanced at Xie Jinhe with a bit of trepidation.

Content is not yet finished, continue reading on the next page Xie Jinhe did not know whether to laugh or cry, he cleared his throat and looked at the dentist, indicating that he thought so too.

The pawnbroker said with a bitter face: "You can't bargain like this, gentlemen. How can I do business like this? Otherwise... three hundred and sixty taels? I can also explain to the master!"

This bargainor was indeed a shrewd man. He usually liked to bargain in integers. He offered three hundred and sixty taels, and when the other party offered, he could easily take three hundred and fifty taels, which was only ten taels short of three hundred and sixty. In the end, he didn't lose much.

Unfortunately, what he met was gold and jade. His mother said that if you bargain, you have to bargain hard. As long as the other party agrees, there must be profit. If you are not ruthless, you don’t know how much other people have made from you.

Jin Yu was backed up and became bolder. He straightened his back and said, "Just three hundred, not a copper more." Then he softened his tone and said, "This is a long-term business. Please give us a favor today. When our master goes back and invites people here, they will mention you when they ask! Isn't this how you attract business?"

Seeing that he didn't back down, the broker knew that it would be difficult to raise the price further. He thought that the people around this young man were probably either rich or noble, so this was indeed a business opportunity. Finally, he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I'll cut some meat for you to make a name for myself. If you get something good, don't forget that I'm just a small business."

In the end, both parties completed the formalities amicably.

On the way back, Xie Jinhe suddenly glanced at Jinyu, and then glanced at Jinyu again after a while. The house deed worth three hundred taels was in Jinyu's arms. Jinyu was so nervous that he wanted to hold it in his stomach. Xie Jinhe looked at him several times before he realized it. He said hesitantly: "What...what's wrong, Second Young Master?"

In the past, Xie Jinhe would buy things with a wave of his hand, like a spendthrift. Today was the first time someone saved money for him, and he felt it was novel and not bad, so he said, "You should follow me when we go shopping in the future." He also wanted to see how this guy could talk so much.

Jin Yu felt the second young master's moon-like eyes staring at him curiously. His face was hot, and he didn't dare to look up. He held the paper in his arms tighter and whispered, "Yes."

The content is not finished yet, continue reading on the next page. Jin Yu went back and smashed the bar. The second young master deliberately sent Shan Zhi away to buy a house, but I don’t know what he bought it for. He also avoids people. Everything is fine in the mansion. Is the second young master going to move out?

Jin Yu understood it the next day.

It was already noon when Jin Yu and Shan Zhi accompanied the Second Young Master back from General Xia's mansion. Su Wei had been recuperating from illness for several days, but there was no sign of improvement. He was pale, with his back straight, and knelt in front of the Second Young Master's room. When he saw the Second Young Master, he kept kowtowing with red eyes.

Xie Jinhe coughed uncomfortably and said in a low voice: "How shameful! Hurry up and get up and go back to your room."

Su Wei choked up and said loudly: "My lord, you are so kind and virtuous. I will never be able to repay you in my lifetime!"

Xie Jinhe pulled him up, and seeing that Su Wei was still kneeling, he glared at Su Wei and said, "I don't understand what you are saying. If you continue to act like that, I will punish you." Then he walked back to his room in two steps.

Shanzhi came up and asked anxiously: "What's wrong? What happened again?"

Su Wei unfolded a piece of paper in his hand, which turned out to be the deed. He choked up and said, "When I got up this morning, I saw it on the table."

Shanzhi understood immediately. He patted Su Wei on the shoulder and said, "Why don't you go and propose marriage!"

Su Wei wiped her tears, nodded, and couldn't help sobbing as she walked.

The content is not finished, continue reading on the next page Shanzhi was so excited that his eyes were a little red, and he said to Jinyu: "See, I said, it's not like what people outside say, the second young master is a good person!"

Jin Yu nodded thoughtfully, and then Shan Zhi felt strange again and muttered: "But when did the second young master buy the house? How come I don't know..."

He quickly slipped away, and the second young master said, keep your mouth shut.

Jin Yu was not as moved as the other two. He was thinking, Su Wei had been the second young master's servant since he was a child. The second young master was able to buy him a house. If he served him diligently for ten or eight years, might he also be able to afford a small house? In this way, he could bring his parents to the capital to live in their old age. His father's illness might even be cured in the capital.

Jin Yu's little plan in her mind became louder and louder. She looked at the Second Young Master with more and more fawning eyes, and was so attentive that she wished she could go to the toilet for him.

"Second Young Master, are you going to get up at night?" It was Jin Yu's turn to be on duty tonight. He was dozing off when he heard a noise inside the bed curtains. He woke up subconsciously.

Xie Jinhe felt dizzy before going to bed, and suddenly had a fever in the middle of the night. His throat was dry and hoarse. He wanted to call for help in a daze, but his eyelids felt like they were weighed down by weights and his mouth couldn't make a sound. Someone lifted the curtain, and he thought it was Su Wei, so he grabbed the person's sleeve and kept muttering that he was hot.

Jin Yu lifted the bed curtain and the first thing she saw was the Second Young Master's face, which was red from fever. His white jade-like face was wrinkled, making people feel uncomfortable just by looking at it.

Jin Yu felt the second young master's forehead and found that he had a fever. It must be because the weather had turned cooler in recent autumn and the second young master didn't like to wear thick clothes, so he caught a cold. He hurriedly tucked the quilt in for the second young master and was about to light the lamp to call a doctor, but someone pinched his sleeve tightly.

Jin Yu understood that people are very fragile when they are sick and cannot live without others. When Jin Yu was sick at home, he did not want his mother to go out to work. He bent down and approached the second young master and whispered: "Second young master, don't be afraid, you have caught a cold, I will go and call a doctor for you."

The content is not finished yet, continue reading on the next page. I don’t know if Xie Jinhe can understand it. He refused to loosen his hands and kept shouting that it was hot.

Jin Yu held down Xie Jinhe's restless hand that was about to lift the quilt, and imitated Lu's mother's tone to comfort him: "Okay, okay, it won't be hot after a while, Second Master, bear with it, I'll go call someone."

Xie Jinhe changed his words and said it was cold. Anyway, he just didn't let go. Jin Yu didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She was afraid that if she delayed any longer, the Second Young Master would really get confused due to the fever. She spoke in a somewhat anxious tone: "I will go and call Shanzhi. He will be back soon. It's okay, Second Young Master. He will be back soon."

Xie Jinhe now knew that this person was definitely not Su Wei. Su Wei was a quiet person who didn't talk much, so he wouldn't talk in such a soft voice. His mind was in a mess and he couldn't remember who it was, but he could feel that this person was accommodating him, so he didn't care and simply stopped talking and held the person's hand tightly.

Jin Yu was so anxious that she was sweating. Fortunately, Mother Lu had the habit of coming here to check on him when she got up at night. She saw from afar that no one was guarding the second young master's room, so she hurried in: "Oh, is he having a fever?! Go and call the doctor!"

Mother Lu saw the second young master's hand tightly holding someone's hand, and pulled it down without hesitation, so Jin Yu was able to get away. Mother Lu said to Jin Yu without surprise: "He has been like this since he was a child. He sticks to people when he is sick and won't let go. He refuses to admit it. He keeps making trouble just to make people stay with him. Next time he does this again, you can go and call a doctor directly."

Jin Yu nodded and glanced at the couch before leaving. Xie Jinhe had retracted his hands into the quilt. I don't know if he heard what Mother Lu said, but he stopped complaining about being cold or hot.