Ever since Jiang Cheng's mother passed away and his father married a stepmother, he had always acted subserviently at home. After learning that he was to marry in place of his sister, he resolu...
After the matter came to an end, Jiang Cheng continued to run his own small business, planning to prepare the money within three months and pay the balance of the shop.
Song Tingzhi had already paid a deposit of 20 taels, and there were 62 taels left.
Because the prices of the two shops were not much different, Song Tingzhi bought a bigger shop with a better location. Song Tingzhi planned to buy it all in one go.
Buy a better shop with a yard at the back. Although it is not big, it is suitable for living.
When the business is good, I will buy the house next door as well. The back is just connected, so I can invite Xu Sanniang and the others to live with me.
As the weather got warmer, Jiang Cheng also tried making tofu pudding. He sold tofu in the morning and then went out to sell tofu pudding in the afternoon. He originally just wanted to give it a try, but the response was pretty good.
Jiang Cheng made cold tofu pudding, which was icy cold. A bowl of it was great for cooling off after finishing farm work.
Many people like to drink it, and Jiang Cheng is very happy because this way he can achieve his goal faster.
It took less than three months, about one and a half months, to collect enough money.
Jiang Cheng took out some silver and said to Song Tingzhi, "We already had enough money before, but we just wanted to have some extra to spend. Now we have another six taels of silver, and it's enough for us to bring some supplies from home!"
"Okay, let's go to the town together tomorrow to pay the final money. Let's pay it off as soon as possible to avoid any more trouble!" Song Tingzhi thought about it and felt that what Jiang Cheng said made some sense.
"Okay, I'll go tell mom and the others!" After seeing Song Tingzhi's agreement, Jiang Cheng put the silver and money away, then went to talk to Xu Sanniang excitedly.
"Really! You are going to buy a shop?!" After hearing this, Xu Sanniang was so excited that she almost jumped up.
"Mom, keep your voice down. We haven't bought it yet!" Jiang Cheng grabbed the excited Xu Sanniang and asked her to keep her voice down.
"It should be kept small, and wealth should not be shown off!" Song Tao also echoed.
"This is great! I didn't expect that we could have a shop in town!" Xu Sanniang has already begun to look forward to what the shop Song Tingzhi and Jiang Cheng bought will look like.
"Mom, when Tingzhi and I settle down in the town, we will bring you, Dad, and Xiaoyu to live with us! That place is not far from Qianqian, and we can visit from time to time!" Jiang Cheng said to Xu Sanniang and made a promise to her.
"Whether you can live here or not is not a big deal. As long as you and Tingzhi are fine, that's all that matters." Xu Sanniang approached Jiang Cheng and whispered, "I'd be even happier if we could have a baby someday!"
"Mom!" When Jiang Cheng heard Xu Sanniang say that, his face turned red. He patted Xu Sanniang and ran out.
"Tease him again!" Song Tao stood up from the bottom of his heart when he saw this scene.
Ever since Jiang Cheng got married, there has never been a break in the laughter and joy in the house. It’s always lively and bustling. This is what a family should be like!
Now Song Tao's health has improved a lot. When he has free time, he goes to play chess with his old friends, and sometimes helps Xu Sanniang with housework.
The next day, the two of them took the silver and went to the town. Sixty-two taels of silver was not a small amount of money. Jiang Cheng counted it several times before leaving, fearing that there might be some mistake.
Song Tingzhi first took Jiang Cheng to the money shop to exchange the 62 taels of silver for silver notes, which were much smaller in size. Jiang Cheng could then roll up the silver notes and put them in his purse.
Jiang Cheng felt much more at ease with the thing on his own. There were many people in the town, and if someone took it away by chance, Jiang Cheng would have no place to cry!
Song Tingzhi pulled Jiang Cheng step by step towards the future shop, and the excitement in his heart was hard to suppress.
After arriving at the place, Jiang Cheng first looked around. The surrounding environment was quite good. Although it was a bit remote, there were quite a few residents and some shops. Living here in the future would not be too lonely.
The other party had been waiting for them here early. After seeing Song Tingzhi and Jiang Cheng, they first exchanged greetings and then got straight to the point.
Both parties signed the documents neatly, handed over the money in one hand and the documents in the other, and reached a consensus very quickly.
Later, Jiang Cheng learned that the original owner of this shop had sold his only shop to save the elder in his family who was seriously ill. The doctors had said that the elder could not be cured, but he did not want to give up and wanted to give it a try.
Many people thought the shop was unlucky and stayed away from it! Only Song Tingzhi came to see it and didn't shy away from it. He directly said he could pay the deposit, so he bought the shop without any difficulty.
But at this moment, Jiang Cheng was filled with joy. He took the document from Song Tingzhi's hand and looked at it again and again, reading it from top to bottom several times. Only after Song Tingzhi reminded him to put the document away properly.
The man who took the money no longer stayed here. After all, he had to use the money to save his life!
After everyone left, Jiang Cheng first walked around the front hall, looked at every place carefully, and then put forward his ideas to Song Tingzhi.
Since he was going to open a shop selling soy products, he had to add some things to the front hall. Fortunately, the owner had left some tools behind. Jiang Cheng took a look and found that they were still usable!
After Jiang Cheng discovered that he could make tofu pudding, he thought about selling soy milk, tofu skin, and dried tofu shreds...
Jiang Cheng suddenly felt that the days to come would definitely get better and better!
After looking at the front hall, Jiang Cheng pulled Song Tingzhi to the backyard to take a look!
There is a small door in the front hall that connects to the backyard. The backyard is not big, with a woodshed, a sleeping room, and a small space for free activities. Jiang Cheng plans to make a vegetable garden here to grow some vegetables, and leave some space for drying clothes, quilts, etc.
"Although this place is a bit out of the way, it's much larger than the town center, and there are quite a lot of residents. We won't have to worry about no one buying it in the future!" Song Tingzhi hugged Jiang Cheng, "I've seen that there's one side of here that's empty. When we have money, we can buy that side too and bring our family over."
Song Tingzhi thought very carefully. If he bought a house in the town center, it would not only be expensive but also not big enough. It would be basically impossible to buy a shop next door and connect it with the other one.
Land in the town center is extremely expensive, and the price of a shop is unimaginable for villagers like them, and the demand is even higher than the supply!
"Let's work hard and go to Mingyue Lane to see Qianqian later! By the way, tell her the good news!" Jiang Cheng nodded, patted Song Tingzhi's hand, and said to him.
Song Qian was learning the piano from Madam Tang, and she didn't know much about family affairs. Now that such good news has happened at home, she naturally has to tell her and let her be happy!
After touring the house, Song Tingzhi locked the door and took Jiang Cheng to see Song Qian!