PFC Chapter 107 From now on, I can only watch her from afar (54)
Chapter 107 From now on, I can only watch her from afar (54)
There were many types of contracts in the Yong Dynasty, but they can be roughly divided into three categories: white contracts, blue contracts and red contracts.
Among them, the white deed is usually a contract signed privately between ordinary people. It has weak binding force and can even be said to be dispensable.
In contrast, the blue deed is more authoritative and is usually stamped with an official seal to prove its legitimacy.
In some more remote areas, if there is no official seal, you can also ask local prestigious figures, such as village chiefs, to sign and confirm first, and then go to the county government to stamp it.
It is worth noting that once the contract is stamped, a certain property tax will need to be paid.
However, if we talk about the most credible contract, it must be the red contract.
The red deed not only needs to be stamped with the official seal, but a copy will also be kept in the government office as a backup.
In addition to paying property tax, you also need to pay an additional considerable "document storage fee".
Most importantly, once the red deed is signed, many cumbersome procedures will be faced when buying and selling again in the future.
At the very least, the cost of revoking the duplicate instrument will be a significant expense.
Therefore, many people tend to choose blue deeds when signing contracts, believing that this is sophisticated enough.
Among those who had previously purchased the shop from the Xiao family, almost no one was willing to sign the red deed.
The reason is simple. The price asked by the Xiao family is even lower than these additional fees, so they feel there is no need to spend more money to apply for the red deed.
Everyone thought they could take advantage of the Xiao family, but the result was that the Xiao family kept breaking their bottom line of "not keeping their word".
Later, as Xiao Ji grew up, and her son needed a good reputation, Mrs. Xiao became more restrained and tried to avoid such things.
It's just that all the brokerages knew about this, but due to the face of the Duke's Mansion they couldn't really not help the Xiao family "sell the shop", so they would try their best to find some buyers from other places for the Xiao family.
"Ma'am, you're joking. I just think it's unnecessary to sign the red deed." The visitor from the Xiao family looked a little unnatural. "After all, you've raised the price. If we add the handling fee for the red deed, the cost of this shop seems too high."
"It's okay, my wife likes it." Xue Lin said directly, "I bought it for my wife to play with."
"Hurry up and leave! If we delay any longer, we will miss the chance." Madam Xue urged, "If you want to regret now, it's fine. Just treat it as a breach of contract and return our deposit of 400 taels plus compensation."
Four hundred taels? The man's face turned pale immediately. He didn't take the money from selling the shop back with him, and he had to pay a penalty for breach of contract. Then he couldn't go back at all.
"Butler, since you can't make the decision on this matter, why don't you go back and ask your wife to come back so we can talk in person?" Mrs. Xue said this, but she turned around and said to her husband Xue Lin, "The Duke's Mansion is so dishonest to go back on its word."
If Madam Xue had not spoken so loudly, the Xiao residence's second steward could have convinced himself that the other party was just talking in private.
But now these words have been said in public, and the most terrible thing is that the other party's words "not keeping promise" are obviously a double entendre.
"Oh! Does this mean that Mrs. Xiao has come out again?" It didn't take long for the voices of discussion to reach the ears of the Xiao family's housekeeper.
"Maybe! I heard that he is shopping all over Beijing for scar removal cream!"
"In that case, Xiao Ji is really disfigured?" This voice sounded more or less gloating.
"It seems like just a cut, but the wound is quite deep and a little difficult to heal. In fact, as long as we can get the medicine from Renji Pharmacy, it will be completely healed."
"Oh, that's easy to say. There's only so much ointment a month, and it's so expensive. Where can she get it? It's a good thing that you can't buy even if you have money, and she also..."
The rest of the words were not spoken, but the two people who were "discussing" looked at each other, smiled, and didn't continue.
The second butler thought: Anyway, the madam asked me to sell the shop and take the money back. As for whether I can buy the shop back later and how to buy it back, it is none of my business.
Thinking of this, he and the Xue couple went to the yamen to go through the formalities, and then left with the silver and money.
The Xue couple looked at the title deed in their hands and were very satisfied.
Because after they saw this shop before, they liked the layout of a shop in the front and a yard in the back.
In the future, it would be nice to start my own business or rent it out. As for the Xiao family!
It wasn't a big problem in their opinion.
After the second butler returned to the Xiao family with the silver, he went to report to Madam Xiao. After taking out the silver from this transaction, he seemed to be hesitant to speak.
"Just say whatever you want to say!" Mrs. Xiao counted the banknotes in her hand and immediately felt better.
The matter of the red deed was laid out before Madam Xiao. She said nonchalantly, "Aren't they just two wealthy businessmen from other places who came to the capital? It's not a big deal! Find out their addresses, and I'll take care of the rest."