Chapter 199 The Sucker

It's really a pity.

Song Jingyun let out a long sigh.

He looked so pitiful.

Jiang Mixia couldn't bear to watch this, and was thinking about whether she should go out and look for a shop that sold the food that Song Jingyun mentioned, and buy some for her son-in-law, or go eat together.

As I was hesitating, there was a knock on the door.

Jiang Mixia went to open the door.

The waiter was outside the door, holding a tray in his hand. "Hello, Madam Jiang. Our boss is worried about the cold weather and is afraid that the students who are taking the exams may catch a cold, so he specially hired a cook to prepare some new food in the kitchen."

"This is a soup made from lamb bones, mixed with some lamb leg meat and pepper powder. It's the best way to drive away the cold and warm up the body. This pan-fried bun is what the chef here is good at. It's stuffed with lamb and green onions, and it's best paired with lamb bone soup."

"Madam Jiang and Mr. Song should also try it and see if it suits your taste."

Jiang Mixia, "..."

Just now the young son-in-law was still thinking about Shengjian and mutton bone soup, and then the waiter brought them to his door.

This is what it means when you wish for something to happen.

Perhaps, this is what Xun Yuanbo said, that the fate of the young son-in-law and Jiang Junli is compatible, and they can enhance each other. This is the result of the young son-in-law's luck being enhanced? Then... Jiang Junli's fortune is already very good, and if it is to be enhanced...

I dare not think about it! Jiang Junli had already arrived at the bookstore next door.

The bookstore is next to the inn, on the other side is a jewelry store, and further over there is a cloth shop.

This street can be considered prosperous, and several shops nearby are doing very good business. The shop fronts are all tall and spacious, but this bookstore has a shabby entrance and a narrow interior, which makes it quite out of place with many of the surrounding shops.

The owner of the bookstore was an old man with a long beard. When he saw people coming, he would warmly welcome them and even recommend some newly arrived books.

Books were hard to come by at that time. Although woodblock printing existed, its popularity was not high, and most of the books sold in bookstores were still hand-copied.

But the bookstore's business was not good, so the wages paid to the copyists were naturally not high, and the books were naturally not of high quality, or they were not valued, and were just books that could be found everywhere.

Jiang Junli flipped through a few books but lost interest.

It was raining again outside, drizzling lightly, and some of the rain had already seeped through the door into the shop.

A middle-aged man ran over in the rain without an umbrella. He rushed into the bookstore and said to the old man, "Uncle Cao, it's not good. Auntie just vomited her food again. I went to ask the doctor to come over. The doctor took a look and said that the situation is not good."

The old man's expression suddenly changed, "This, this..."

"Uncle Cao, my aunt's illness can't be delayed any longer. Although the medicine the doctor prescribed is a bit expensive, she still has to take a few doses. It would be best to go to the capital to find a famous doctor for treatment. Maybe she can be cured." The middle-aged man sighed.

"I know this, but my family has already owed a lot of money because of my wife's illness. We can't even borrow money. How can we buy her such expensive medicine? How can we go to the capital to see a doctor?"

The old man was already in tears. "Although I want to sell this shop, it is too small. Not only is there no one to buy it, but I can't sell it for a higher price. I really have no choice."

As he spoke, the old man wiped his tears with his sleeves.

That look was so pitiful.

Jiang Junli couldn't bear to see this, so he simply said to the old man, "I'll buy this shop."

"Young man, my shop is not cheap. You probably can't afford that much money." The old man sobbed.

"Oh? How is it?" Jiang Junli raised his eyebrows.

"This piece of land, which is only the size of a palm, costs one thousand and two taels of silver," said the old man.

One thousand and two taels of silver.

Jiang Junli called Xinghe over, took out two silver notes, and stuffed them into the old man's hands, "Sell it to me at a lower price, two thousand taels of silver."

The old man: "..."

"Thank you, sir!" The old man took the banknote tremblingly, hurriedly took out the land deed and house deeds, and went with Xinghe to go through the transfer procedures.

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In just half a day, the shop was under Jiang Junli's name.

Xinghe looked at the house deed and the land deed, frowning, "Master, it seems that this shop is of no use to me."

And it’s so expensive.

Furthermore, Xinghe heard someone mention in the evening that the owner of the bookstore was not the old man, but the middle-aged man who informed the old man.

The old man did not have a seriously ill partner, but because he saw that Jiang Junli was generous, he and the middle-aged man staged a drama, trying to put on a pitiful appearance in front of Jiang Junli and get him to pay for the shop.

It can be said that those who bought this shop were really taken advantage of.

"When is it useful to be particular when buying things?" Jiang Junli curled his lips, "Just find someone to look after it. If you don't want to sell books, just find another way to make a living."

Do whatever you want to do.

It's best to lose money.

Xinghe knew his young master's temper, so he didn't say anything more and just found a waiter to look after the shop.

The clerk watched for two days, and when he was on guard in the shop at night, he forgot to blow out the candle beside the bed. As a result, the candle fell down and ignited the books on the corner of the table, causing a raging fire in the shop.

Fortunately, the shop assistant was awakened by the heat and called the neighbors to come and put out the fire in time, thus avoiding a disaster. However, the fire was merciless and the shop was full of flammable books, so the fire almost destroyed the shop completely.

(End of this chapter)