Chapter 313: Incurable disease?
After dinner that night, the maid in the yard prepared hot water for Su Wan to take a bath.
This hot water was actually mixed with milk and sprinkled with flower petals.
Su Wan has never taken a milk petal bath, so she must enjoy it today.
After days of travel and body aches, I felt healed after soaking in this milk bath.
Yuan Bo also has to wait for the right time to meet with Miss Shen San, so Su Wan has to wait patiently for the time being.
The next day, Su Wan decided to go strolling around the streets of Kyoto with his fifth brother to experience the prosperity of the capital.
As for business matters, let's put it off for a few days. It's not too late to do it after resolving my brother's affairs. There is still enough time.
After Su Wan went out, she started shopping. The skirts in Kyoto are so beautiful, especially since winter is about to come. Those winter-style skirts are dazzling.
Once Su Wan decided to go shopping, it would be a waste of time and money. Su Yi and Liuyun Liuying couldn't even carry the bags.
She usually just buys some clothes and stuff. As for jewelry, there are several big boxes at home. She doesn't like to wear too many and can't wear them all. So now when she sees those shiny jewelry, she is not attracted at all.
Of course, when you go out to play, besides shopping, you also have to eat. From East Street to West Street, you have to try all the special snacks in Kyoto. You can't go back with an empty stomach.
After being out for a day and spending several hundred taels of silver, Su Wan returned to Furong Cottage with satisfaction.
Yuan Bo hired someone to keep an eye on Miss Shen San, and only when the personal maidservant of Miss Shen San went out to buy something would he have a chance.
Since she had to hide it from the Grand Secretary, she could only report it directly to the maidservant beside her.
Yuanbo also found out some new news.
Third Miss Shen had been ill for more than a year, and there was no improvement. She stayed at home every day, so rumors spread in the Beijing circle that Third Miss Shen might have an incurable disease, which was why no one came to propose marriage to her even though she was seventeen years old.
Logically speaking, the Grand Secretary's family is a noble and upright family. If there is a girl of marriageable age in the family, even if she is a concubine, she will be a hot commodity and can become someone's wife.
But Miss Shen was rumored to have contracted a serious disease, and now no one dares to get involved with her.
Su Wan and Su Yi waited for three days in a row, but received no news. The maidservant beside the third young lady did not leave the house.
There was no need to rush, so Su Wan simply got down to business.
So, I went to the abacus in Kyoto to see the workshop. This abacus in Kyoto was also large, like a very professional agency. The people inside were very busy, and I could hear the clacking sound of abacus in the yard.
As soon as she came in, someone greeted her and offered her tea, snacks, and everything else.
Su Wan wanted to see the workshop, and the woman who received her at the brokerage firm took a look at the cloth drawings. Kyoto is a first-tier city, and the housing prices are really expensive.
A small workshop of 200 square meters in the city center can be sold for more than 3,000 taels, which is enough to buy a nice house in Xiangzhou.
Su Wan wanted a larger workshop. Two hundred square meters would be enough. The workers would have to live in it, and there would also have to be a warehouse. The yard had to be big enough, otherwise it would be difficult to dry the soap.
Or, like in Zhongzhou, you can just buy a farm outside the city as a workshop, where the place is big enough.
This is what Su Wan thought and acted accordingly. She told the people at the brokerage office directly that she wanted to see the manor in the suburbs.
On the way into Beijing, we saw large flower fields in the suburbs of Beijing, so the supply of flowers is definitely not a problem.
There are so many cosmetics shops in Kyoto, and their raw materials are all flowers, so there is no shortage of farmers growing flowers in the suburbs of Beijing.
However, the manors in the suburbs of Beijing are really expensive, and each one costs tens of thousands of taels.
The people from the pawnshop took them out of the suburbs of Beijing to see the farms. The farms here were different from those in Zhongzhou. They were all in one place.
Instead, it is a separate household located alone in a certain area.
I have visited several and they all feel similar. The main issue is location. The closer the place is, the more expensive it is, and the farther the place is, the cheaper it is.
You can’t finish seeing all of them in one day, you have to visit them over several days, and the price of each one is not cheap.
The main reason is that there are two upper states around Kyoto, which are not far away. It only takes three or four days or four or five days to go back and forth. The workshop is located in the suburbs of Kyoto. Once the market is opened, the demand for orders will definitely be huge.
Her goat milk soap must be sold at a high price. Moreover, it is no problem to double the price in Kyoto, as there are many people willing to buy it.
After looking at villas for two consecutive days, Su Wan was still hesitant. There were several that he liked, but he still needed to think carefully about which one to choose.
She discussed with Su Yi that the manors were of similar size and could have several courtyards that could be used. The land outside the manors could also be requisitioned. There were mountains and water, and life was convenient. However, the price was beyond their budget, and it would cost between twelve thousand and fifteen thousand taels to buy them.
After discussing for a long time, they finally decided to draw lots. Su Wan drew a manor twenty miles away from Kyoto, which cost exactly 13,000 taels, and chose a neutral position.
By then I have to look at the shop of Yuyan Hall, which will cost another sum of money. I also have to renovate it and hire people. I brought more than 30,000 taels of silver notes with me. I didn’t spend much in Jeju and Fengzhou before, and I spent about 5,000 or 6,000 taels in total. Now that I’m in Kyoto, it feels like it’s not enough.
Therefore, Yuyantang’s shop can only be rented for the time being, and will be bought after it becomes profitable.
She had worked so hard for so long, but her assets were nothing compared to those in Kyoto.
It’s like you worked hard to save 10 million in a modern second-tier city, but when you go to the capital, you only have enough money to buy a two-bedroom apartment in a slightly better location.
Fortunately, I brought a lot of money with me, otherwise I wouldn’t be able to do anything.
After deciding on it, I went directly to the brokerage firm to buy the farm. I wouldn't lose money if I bought the property. It was a real estate asset. Even if I resold the house in Kyoto, I wouldn't lose much.
Finally, on the seventh day after arriving in Kyoto, there was news from Yuan Bo. His people had finally tracked down Le'er, the maidservant beside Miss Shen San.
Le'er grew up with Miss Shen San, and she knows everything about her young lady's thoughts.
Therefore, when Yuan Bo's people mentioned Su Jing, her eyes lit up. When she heard that Su Jing's sister wanted to meet her young lady, she was also very excited.
Without buying anything, she immediately turned back to the mansion to inform her young lady, and then made an appointment so that Yuanbo's people could go back and inform Su Wan.
Yuan Bo told Su Wan that Miss Shen San asked her to take a boat trip on Taihu Lake tomorrow morning.
After hearing this, Su Wan and Su Yi felt relieved. As long as they could make an appointment with the person, it would be fine. They were just worried that if they couldn't make an appointment, they wouldn't be able to deliver the things.
Looking at Third Miss Shen's attitude, Su Wan could also conclude that she did have feelings for her eldest brother.
Otherwise, she wouldn't be so anxious to make an appointment to meet. If it wasn't getting late today, she would probably come to see Su Wan right away.
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