Seeing Tian An's reassurance, Tian Mingwu quickly agreed, "Okay, I'll do as you say. Whatever you say is what I'll do."
The group returned to the hall, and Tian An began to state her request.
"First of all, Brother Yiming has to go back with us."
"Huh?" Tian Mingwu immediately got angry. "He's not my son, why would he follow him?"
"A son-in-law is half a son."
Tian Mingwu refused to admit it, "How can I settle it like this?" The brat always made him angry and stole his daughter. He didn't want to see him at all.
Tian An smiled and glanced at Zhao Yiming and said, "Without Brother Yiming, we wouldn't be where we are today. He is not only a benefactor to us, but also a family member. We have lived together all this time and we are used to it."
He turned around and looked at Tian Mingwu with a firm attitude and said, "If Brother Yiming doesn't go, Xiaokang and I won't go either. Living here is closer to the college. If it weren't for him accompanying us, he wouldn't be very willing to go.
It’s not like you don’t have a place to stay. If you follow us to the General’s Mansion, people might gossip about you…”
"Go, go, go, let's go together"
Tian Mingwu nodded hurriedly. His daughter had finally agreed, and he was afraid she would regret it if he continued. Forget it, he could keep the girl by his side and watch over her personally. He couldn't let the brat take advantage of his daughter.
Seeing that he agreed, Tian An continued: "The second point is not to go back for the time being."
Before Tian Mingwu could say anything, Tian An immediately continued, "I mean we should go back when we are ready."
She finally realized that her stepfather was impatient, so they had to speak quickly and completely in the future.
Tian Mingwu was puzzled. "What else are you preparing? Dad has already cleaned up two courtyards in the past two days. They are habitable."
Tian An looked at him, "Two places? What about the others?"
Tian Mingwu felt a little guilty and stammered, "The rest of it has been a while since I've lived here, and I haven't cleaned it up yet. It's a bit messy."
Tian An held her forehead with her hand. She had heard that the general's mansion had no servants, and she thought that no one would clean it regularly. If she wanted to move there, she would have to ask someone to clean it in advance and then buy some things to tidy up.
But looking at her cheap dad's expression, it was obviously not that simple. The situation in the General's Mansion was probably even worse than she thought!
"Forget it, I'll go and see it myself tomorrow and make some plans later!"
After thinking for a moment, he said, "You can live here with us for the time being! We can also take this opportunity to renovate the General's Mansion."
Tian Mingwu was naturally happy to be able to live with his son and daughter. There was nothing in the general's mansion, so it was better to live with his daughter.
He immediately gave Tian An the key to the general's mansion. After thinking about it, he asked Qin Wen to give Tian An the house deed and the land deed.
"We're often not at home, and it's not convenient to carry these things with us. It's better for you to keep them!"
Tian An took the three deeds. In addition to the general's mansion and the village of wounded soldiers, there was also a shop, which seemed to be located near where Lan Niang and the others set up a stall to sell velvet flowers.
“Is this shop rented out to someone else now?
Tian Mingwu had no idea about this. Qin Wen had always been the one keeping these deeds, so he turned and looked at Qin Wen.
Qin Wen quickly stood up and replied, "Miss, the shop is not rented out."
Tian An asked uncertainly, "So what kind of business are you doing?"
Qin Wen lowered his head in shame, "Miss, no."
"So this shop is now..."
Qin Wen lowered his head even more, "Miss, the shop is empty now."
"Empty?" Tian An stood up from his chair excitedly.
"The shops on that street, while cheaper, can be rented out for fifty or sixty taels a month, and the better ones can easily fetch over a hundred taels. Yet you're just leaving it empty? If you had rented out your shop, you wouldn't have to patch up your clothes!"
"What? One hundred taels?" Tian Mingwu was also excited.
Qin Wen was stunned. "Is the shop really that valuable? This shop was a gift from the Emperor. We thought it couldn't be sold, just like the house. But since we don't know how to run it, we've left it empty. I wonder if it can still be rented out!"
Chen Cheng counted on his fingers, "One hundred taels a month, that's twelve hundred taels a year, right? This is a lot of gold! We've been empty-handed for three years, that's it..."
Zhao Yiming shook his head and said for him, "It's three thousand six hundred taels."
The three of them were instantly filled with grief and indignation, their intestines turning green with regret. "Why didn't we think of renting it out?"
Tian An was speechless. What a huge sum of money! "Didn't anyone remind you?"
Tian Mingwu shook his head blankly.
Qin Wen explained: "The general stays in the barracks all year round, and the people around him are just like us, living on military pay. No one knows this!"
"Hey! Leave all this to me from now on! I'll go check it out tomorrow. We need to quickly renovate and open the shop."
Qin Wen was stunned again, and asked in confusion: "Didn't the young lady say she wanted to rent it?"
Tian An patiently explained, "We said we would rent it out because you don't know how to run the business. At least we can make some money by renting it out. But I can do business! We didn't even have enough money to buy a shop before! Now that we have our own shop, we will definitely keep it for ourselves! Why should we rent it out?"
"Then keep it for yourself. Whatever my daughter says is what counts. You have the final say in our family from now on."
Tian Mingwu said as he looked at Zhao Yiming, "Boy, don't you think so?"
Zhao Yiming nodded, "In our family, An An has always had the final say."
Tian Mingwu was choked again. How could this boy always get ahead of him in everything? How could he show off in front of his daughter?
After discussing the trip to the General's Mansion, Tian Mingwu stayed at home, but Qin Wen and Shen Cheng insisted on going back to the General's Mansion to see the house.
Seeing that they insisted, Tian An stopped trying to persuade them. Someone really needed to watch over there, so he told them to come over for dinner during the day.
While they were still there, Tian An asked Mangzhong to measure the three of them and personally went to the warehouse to pick out fabric to make new clothes for them.
After discussing it with Zhao Yiming, he asked Chen Qiang to go to the shop where he had ordered the boots and ask the owner to make a pair of larger sizes. As for Qin Wen and Shen Cheng, they would just buy the ready-made ones.
After everything was explained, Tian An returned to the room and started making skin care products for Zuo Yunshu and the others.
She originally wanted to use them to pave the way for opening a shop in the future. Now that she has Tian Mingwu's shop, she can open Huanyanfang as soon as possible. Skin care products are the most profitable.
Hey! After moving to the General's Mansion, the house is bigger, but the expenses are also higher. Money is needed everywhere. I have to find a way to make money quickly!
There might not be enough manpower. Chunxi and Mangzhong both have their own responsibilities, and once the shop opens, Dongwu will have to take over. This means there won't be enough people to make skincare products or velvet flowers.
I don’t know how big the general’s mansion is. I’m afraid we will need more maids, old women and servants to do the daily cleaning and work.
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