After sending her mentally challenged son away, Liu Xiufen brought up the topic of buying a house again.
Upon hearing this, An Tai actually left, saying, "I'll go find my grandma right now."
Anle smiled and finally raised her head to look at An Dalin on the kang. "By the way, Grandpa, speaking of buying a house, when Dad goes to town to discuss those two shops tomorrow, why don't you come along and take a look?"
Didn't I already promise you that I would get you a shop?
If you see a shop you like, just say the word, and we'll buy it together.
The money I have is just enough for us to buy three shops.
Before An Dalin could say a word, Liu Xiufen shrieked, "What? What did you say, Lewazi?"
Quietly, the tiny mosquitoes and flies beside them spoke up.
"Auntie, you don't know yet, but we're planning to open a pastry shop."
My younger sister has her eye on two commercial properties, but she didn't have the money to open them before.
Now that I have enough money, I plan to go to town and buy those two shops and houses.
They were planning to buy a house in town, which would cost much more than an ordinary house.
This is a courtyard house with shops, right on the street. The cheapest one costs at least 50 taels of silver.
Liu Xiufen's face showed neither surprise nor shock as she stared stiffly at An Le. After a while, her gaze finally turned to An Mancang on the ground.
"Brother, this child is being unreasonable, are you just going to let her be like this?"
Are these shops and houses something you can just buy whenever you want?
Buying two sets at once? That's ridiculous!
Looking at Liu Xiufen's jealous and envious face, Anle grinned.
"Auntie, what are you saying? How come it's okay for your family to buy a house, but it's considered ridiculous for mine to buy a house?"
Liu Xiufen had a stern face, and every word she spoke was logical.
"You silly child, isn't this just being silly?"
Can the purchase of a house by my family be the same as the purchase of a house by your family?
The reason my family bought this house is because of your second uncle!
Your second uncle works in town, braving wind and rain, and it's not sustainable for him to keep running around like this from dawn till dusk!
Of course, we need to get some things done so that it will be more convenient to settle down in town.
Why are you even opening a pastry shop? Opening a shop is all about losing money!
If things go wrong, we'll have to pay compensation!
Look at these people, how many of them are capable enough to open a shop in town?
Instead of thinking about such big things, you should just hold onto some money and live a simple, honest life.
Anle smiled knowingly and replied with a double entendre.
"Auntie, you don't understand, do you?"
When you have money, you have to buy all of it and display it. Only then will you feel at ease and your life feel secure.
Otherwise, if you have money in your hand and thieves or something else sets their sights on it, you'll always feel a little uneasy.
You've seen thieves steal gold and silver, and people covet gold and silver, but you've never seen a thief steal a house, have you? Auntie, don't you think that makes sense?"
Liu Xiufen was secretly annoyed. This brat was really sharp-tongued; she was indirectly calling her a thief.
An Dalin lifted his eyelids, looking completely at ease.
"Granddaughter, you and your father should decide about buying the shop."
If you like it, that's fine!
"You earned this money yourself, so you have to make the decisions about how to spend it."
Liu Xiufen understood An Dalin's unspoken meaning: he was annoyed that she, an outsider, was meddling and making decisions for him.
Shamelessly, Liu Xiufen pretended not to understand the implication and put on a smile again.
"Brother, sister-in-law, I've been in town these past few days and I've found a house I like."
They asked for forty taels of silver right off the bat. Although my family and my parents had some savings, we couldn't come up with that much money in a short time.
I was just thinking of coming here to join the discussion, but I never expected that you guys are also planning to buy a house here.
Sigh, I was thinking of borrowing twenty taels of silver from you.
"Given the situation, we can't delay your purchase of the shop. I'll borrow a small amount, fifteen taels. I'll try to find another source to cover the remaining five taels, and that should be enough."
Anle sneered inwardly, but smiled sweetly on her little face, not directly refusing.
"Oh my, what a coincidence! We were just thinking of borrowing some money from Auntie's house."
After all, if we buy these three shops, although we'll have enough money to cover the costs, once that money is spent, we'll be really strapped for cash.
You always need to have some capital in hand to do business. Otherwise, even if you buy a shop, you can't do business or open the shop.
Auntie, do you think this is okay?
Your family should prioritize my family's needs and lend them the money they would have used to buy the house to help them make up for the shortfall.
"Once my shop is up and running, and we've made a lot of money, I'll pay you back and even lend you some money to help you buy your house. What do you think?"
Seeing Liu Xiufen's face turn completely green, An Ning secretly suppressed a laugh; her little sister was really cunning.
"Why are you, a child, interrupting when adults are talking?"
What kind of talk is that?
"If anyone's going to buy, it should be my family first. By the time your business gets up and running and you make a fortune, who knows when that will be?"
Anle blinked innocently.
"Auntie, how can you say that? Once my family's business gets going, we'll naturally make a lot of money very quickly. I can guarantee that."
But Auntie, your family is different!
Look, even though Uncle earns a lot of money, it's only one tael of silver a month. If we take away from our usual expenses, how long will it take to pay it back to my family?
"Then my family will have to wait until my uncle earns money before he pays us back, and then he'll help us with some money. How long will that take?"
"Who said my family only earns one or two taels of silver a month?"
Liu Xiufen was so angry that she yelled, but as soon as the words left her mouth, she realized that she had said the wrong thing and quickly corrected herself.
"Uh... what I mean is, I can still earn a little extra to help supplement the family income, right?"
This family still has so much land to cultivate; it would be quite easy for them to save up enough money to pay you back.
"Oh, if Auntie can save money so easily, why does she need to come to my house to borrow money?"
Why don't you just save up a little more and you'll have enough?
But my family is different. If this money is really lent out, my family will be unable to make ends meet!
Without capital, what am I going to do with my family's business?
No matter how you look at it, my side is more troublesome. My family isn't like my aunt's family, which has so much land to cultivate.
So your aunt took out your 20 taels of silver and lent it to our family as capital.
I'll pay you back once I've made some money here.
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