Chapter 50: Buying a House
Changping Street.
The afternoon sunlight spilled into the alley paved with bluestone.
"Master Chen, this way please."
A lean and capable middle-aged man in a half-worn blue cloth jacket led Chen Qing through the crowded neighborhood.
After leaving the old Chen family house, Chen Qing had found this broker, Old Third Zhao, to look at houses.
After many twists and turns, at the end of a deep alley, a separate courtyard suddenly appeared before them.
The wooden door was thick and heavy, painted with deep black lacquer.
"Please look, Master Chen."
Old Third Zhao paused and pointed at the main gate with a smile, "This door bolt is made from a whole piece of old camphor wood, solid! If ordinary thieves come with crowbars? Heh heh, want to break it? Unless they have diamond hands!"