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Chapter 184 Xue Rengui's Brothers

While walking and chatting, Yang Jing also learned that the street stall owner's surname was Xue and his name was Xue Renfa.

In the words of this boss Xue, he is the next brother of Xue Rengui, a famous general in the Tang Dynasty...

This "brother from another generation" of Xue Rengui is a native of Yanjing. He counts several generations to live here.

"This large area was full of water pits and grass pits before the 1960s. When it rained, all water pits and grass pits were full of water. When I was a child, I learned to swim in those pits." Boss Xue was also a very good person to talk about. After walking a few steps, he chatted with Yang Jing.

"This large area used to be burned bricks, and it used to be called Panjia Kiln. This was because in the early years there were many brick kilns and tiles on the east side of the moat. Panjia Kiln was one of them. Because the kiln owner's surname was Pan, the kiln farm was obtained by the kiln owner's surname. The Pan kiln owner was an outsider, and it was said that he was from Jining, Lu Province. At the beginning, he burned glass. As a result, the soil in this place was not good and the glass was not good, so he changed to burn bricks.

But it is not that easy to burn bricks. After all, before the Pan kiln owner came, there were seven or eight kiln factories that specialize in burning bricks. In today's terms, commercial competition is so fierce. However, Pan kiln owner is very smart. Not only does he strictly control the quality of burning bricks, but he also secretly adds bricks to it. The most important thing is that he also hired several large carriages. Anyone who bought bricks from him would be delivered to him for free as long as it was not more than ten miles away. Do you think this Pan kiln owner is smart in business? He knew the service of delivering goods to the door at that time.

The quality of the bricks of this Pan kiln owner is good and there are many. In addition, the goods are delivered to the door, it took less than a year to clean up the other kiln factories, forming a dominant situation in this area. According to my grandfather, at that time, there were hundreds of people who came to work for the Pan kiln owner. This Panjiayao Village was formed slowly by the gathering of those who burned bricks.

My grandfather said, I counted up and didn't know if it was the ancestor of the generation. It was for the people of Pan Kiln. Later, our family lived in this area. It was more than 20 years ago. I remember that I was only in my teens at that time. Our government department filled all the pits and grass holes formed by digging the soil, saying that they were preparing to develop. In a few years, a large residential area was formed, including the Warwick Sili where I live now and the Warwick Beili in the north. They were all formed at that time. At that time, it was called Panjia Kiln. However, it was changed not long after the name was called because in our old Yanjing dialect, this "kiln" was the prostitute from ancient times. You said that a large group of people lived in prostitutes. In the yard, it was really unreasonable, so Panjia Kiln was changed into Panjiayuan."

Not to mention, Xue Ren's eloquence is really good, and he explained the situation clearly in just a few words.

When he walked to the guard room at the door, Xue Renfa was almost as familiar to Yang Jing.

"Old Qian, you guys just know how to doze off. Be careful to let your leader catch it!" As soon as the door opened, the staff member was dozing off there with his arm leaning on the table. Xue Ren shouted out, and the old Qian almost fell off the chair in fear.

"You are so kind, aren't you looking for a beating?" Old Qian cursed angrily. It can be seen that the relationship between them is indeed very familiar.

"This old guy used to live with me and we grew up with bare butts since we were young." Xue Renfa didn't think it was offended and explained to Yang Jing in a low voice.

Yang Jing smiled and said, "Master, I came here to get the Buddha statue I just stored in you."

When the old Qian saw Yang Jing, his attitude immediately improved a lot, and he smiled and said, "Don't let it go for a while? This little ghost market is not over yet."

"No, I bought a lot of things from Master Xue just now, and I am also planning to rent a room from Master Xue to put things in. I am planning to move all these things to Master Xue's house now."

"That's true. Lao Xue is honest and doesn't have so many colorful things. Just rest assured when you put your things. Look, this is your Buddha statue, and it's not bumped at all." When Lao Qian heard this, he immediately endorsed the boss Xue.

Yang Jing nodded with a smile, took the bronze statue, then thanked him, and walked out with Boss Xue with the bronze statue.

When I left the door, I walked west along the dim highway. As I walked, Boss Xue said, "The government said that we will still develop in the past few years. Just like Fangzhuang in the south, we are planning to build a building and a community. I don't know when our family can be demolished. If our family can be demolished, we can change to a clean building. Alas, we have lived in a dilapidated bungalow for a lifetime, and we have lived in enough."

Not long after walking, the two of them got off the road, and Boss Xue's home was on the side of the road.

To Yang Jing's surprise, Boss Xue's home is quite large. At least two courtyards combined, with an area of ​​500 or 600 square meters. There were many simple sheds built in the originally large yard, and all kinds of things were piled up in the shed.

"Haha, it makes you laugh, my house is in a mess."

"I said to Master Xue, your family is quite large." Yang Jing was really amazed this time. Such a large yard will definitely be fine when it is demolished here in the future.

"Hey, don't mention this. My yard was not that big before. Four years ago, something happened at my house next to me. His man killed someone and shot him. The wife and children were left unattended. So the woman was about to sell the house and take the child to save her mother's family. It happened that I had some money at that time, and it was not easy for this orphan and widowed mother to be a neighbor. Our two families have been neighbors for many years. I couldn't bear to see the two of them helpless, so I gritted my teeth and spent 18,000 yuan to buy this house. After opening it up, it would be like this now."

After a pause, the old Xue continued, "But the 18,000 yuan I bought was really overwhelming, which made me even tighter in purchasing goods in the past two years. Sometimes I really want to block the wall and sell it again. Anyway, the housing prices have risen a little in the past two years. If you sell that house now, it can be sold at least more than 30,000 yuan."

Yang Jing smiled and said, "Master Xue, you bought this house well! Listen to me, if you are not in a hurry to use money, don't sell this house. When you demolish it, you'd better change to two residential buildings, and then all the remaining area is replaced with a store house. Even if you add money, you have to change it to a store house. As long as you have a store house worth hundreds of square meters, I will take care of you and your couple will not have to worry about food and drink for the rest of their lives!"

"Really?" The old Xue asked with his eyes glowing.

"Haha, if you can trust me, listen to my promise!"

Old Xue nodded. Although he didn't say anything, Yang Jing could see that he was moved.

"Brother Yang, look at how this room is like? I specially tidied out this room to store valuables. I didn't buy much goods during this period. The room was empty. I happened to give it to you today." Lao Xue led Yang Jing to the east wing room, opened the door, and pointed inside and said.

Yang Jing looked at it and said, "Yo, this house is really good, especially in this era, such a bungalow is already quite good."

The room is quite large. Lao Xue probably opened the two east wing rooms, and the windows were all dead. The floor and four walls were covered with tiles, and there were suspended ceilings on the top of his head, making this room look like the bathroom or kitchen of a residential building in a later generation.

Of course, Yang Jing understood why Lao Xue had to decorate this house like this, it was for moisture and theft.

"Well, this house is good. Lao Xue, how much does it cost to rent this house for a day?"

Lao Xue rubbed his hands a little embarrassedly and said, "Brother Yang, I have rented this house before. Some customers from other places bought things at the market. Sometimes they bought a lot. They are like you, looking for a house around the market to rent it, and then put things... In the past, the price I rented for outsiders was 100 a day, you see..."

One hundred a day is indeed not cheap in this era. You should know that in this era, renting a yard near the Third Ring Road will be like five or six hundred a month.

But Yang Jing can't care about this little money now? So he agreed very happily.

Mainly through contact, Yang Jing felt that this old Xue was really good. Although he was a little bit shady, he was really kind-hearted and relieved to put things here.

Seeing Yang Jing agreeing, Lao Xue happily shouted at the North House: "Dongmei, come here quickly and take all the keys to the East House."

After shouting, a middle-aged woman in her forties and pretty looks walked out quickly with a bunch of keys from the house. After seeing Yang Jing, she was a little nervous. Yang Jing smiled and nodded.

"Brother Yang, this is my wife, Liu Dongmei. Dongmei, this is Mr. Yang. I will rent our house today." Lao Xue said, and handed the keys to Yang Jing. "Brother Yang, these keys are all the keys of this room. If you rent my house today, I have to hand over all the keys to you. Don't worry, our family has not left a key to this room."

Yang Jing smiled and took the key and said, "Old Xue, I believe in you."

Lao Xue was like a child praised by the teacher. He turned his head and said to his wife: "Dongmei, you don't have to go anywhere today. Your task is to watch at home. The things Mr. Yang bought in the market are quite valuable. People trust us to put things here, and we have to protect Mr. Yang whatever we say."

Lao Xue's wife seemed not very talkative, but nodded very hard.

Lao Xue said again: "Wife, what should we eat for breakfast?"

"Millet porridge, pickles and fruits. I just bought the fruits. The millet porridge has been cooked. Do you eat it now?"

Lao Xue rubbed his hands and smiled and said to Yang Jing: "Brother Yang, eat something hot at home together. Don't dislike it. My wife makes millet porridge so delicious."

Yang Jing raised his hand and looked at his watch. He found that it was past six o'clock, so he smiled and nodded and said, "Then I'll bother me."

Taking advantage of the time when Lao Xue's wife came into the house to prepare breakfast, Yang Jing and Lao Xue started working together, moved all the things on the tricycle into the house, locked the wooden door inside, and locked the security door outside. Double insurance, and with the fact that there were people at home, Yang Jing was really relieved.

After locking the door, Yang Jing followed Lao Xue into the north house. The north house in the courtyard of Yanjing City is a main house, which is usually the best decoration for people. However, the main house of Lao Xue's family cannot be compared with the wing room just now. The floor is still bricks and stone, and there is no floor tiles, and the four walls are simply painted with white...

The people lived in a comfortable place, so Yang Jing didn't care about this. After entering the house, he was in the living room. At this time, in a corner of the living room, Lao Xue's wife had already arranged the millet porridge, pickles, and a lot of fruits (fried noodles).

"Come on, eat while it's hot, don't be polite. If you don't eat quickly this day, it will be cold in a while." Old Xue sat down first, and his wife Liu Dongmei walked into the inner room.

Yang Jing sat down and asked, "Sister-in-law won't eat with me?"

"Don't worry about him, let's eat first, you will go to the market later. If you eat slowly, the ghost market will be dispersed."

When Yang Jing heard this, he was not polite. He picked up a fried dough stick with chopsticks, took a big bite, and started to eat it.

Not to mention, the millet porridge made by Lao Xue’s wife Liu Dongmei was really delicious, sticky and very fragrant. Yang Jing drank two bowls in a row before putting down the chopsticks with satisfaction.

"Brother Yang, have some more, there is still millet porridge."

"Haha, Brother Xue, I'm really full. It's delicious!" Yang Jing smiled and gestured with a big thumb, "I said Brother Xue, I've kept something in my heart and didn't ask you. Now I want to ask you, can you still get it if you just the documents and information I bought just now?"

When he heard this, Lao Xue's eyes lit up, and he didn't even have to eat. He smiled and nodded and said, "Of course, these things were discovered by me at a scrap purchase station on Jiasongfen yesterday morning. He pulled a cart in the afternoon and sold them all to you. But there are still a lot of things there. I guess, at least two cars can be pulled."

When Yang Jing heard this, his eyes flashed for a moment, and he said after a moment of contemplation: "Brother Xue, I guess you can see that too. I like these things very much. Let's take me there after dinner. I'll choose one there. If I need it, I'll buy it. Well, don't worry, I don't care how much you buy it. I can still charge it from you at a price of two yuan per pound. What do you think?"

When he bought those precious manuscripts just now, Yang Jing already had an idea and a plan in his mind, but no matter what ideas and plans he had, he needed to find a helper in this era!

Lao Xue was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then nodded and said, "Then the relationship is good, I will save me from pulling it into the market. But Brother Yang..." Lao Xue became a little disgusted, "I, the price of buying these things at the scrap purchase station is quite low. I will give you two dollars per pound, this..."

Yang Jing smiled and waved his hand and said, "Brother Xue, you may have seen that I am not short of money. Two dollars per pound is nothing to me. After all, you also have to make money to support your family, and I will not covet your profit. What I mean is that as long as you can get something that satisfies me, let alone two dollars per pound, I don't care even if it is more expensive. The key is whether those things are in line with my wishes."

"Don't worry, Brother Yang, I promise that the remaining things there are also what you want. When I was delivering goods yesterday afternoon, I heard from the people inside that these things seemed to be cleaned up by a large library in Dongcheng's cleaning warehouse. The remaining things are similar to the things you bought today."
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