Chapter 82 The Sorrow of an Underage Girl◇
◎ Just as Zhou Li said, Zhou Yu is indeed quite rich now. Although she gave all the 500 taels she earned from selling alcohol to her family, it has also been spent...◎
Just as Zhou Li said, Zhou Yu is indeed quite wealthy now. Although she gave all the 500 taels she earned from selling alcohol to her family, some of it has been spent...
But later on, his brother was getting along better and better in the military camp. Captain Han would always credit him with any merits, big or small. He received a lot of rewards every year. In addition, her mother's workshop also started to make money, so the family no longer needed her money...
Not only did her mother not use her money, but she also gave her the five hundred taels she had earned in the beginning and returned it to her, saying that she could save it as a dowry in the future!
Moreover, she had been practicing medicine with her junior uncle for the past two years, and sometimes she would go to Dr. Shi's clinic to help out. Although they were providing free medical treatment to poor patients, there was no distinction between the rich and the poor. There were always many wealthy people who came to see Dr. Shi or her junior uncle...
At this time, neither his junior uncle nor Doctor Shi would be stingy in asking for their consultation fees...
As their assistant, she naturally got some of the money.
Moreover, thanks to her being a woman, many of Dr. Shi and his uncle recommended her to see their female patients. Gradually, her fame spread among the female patients in Fuzhou City and Baili Town, and her income increased...
Adding the commission from the mosquito coil workshop in the past few years, up to now, not counting the small change, Zhou Yu has a total of 1,600 taels of silver notes in his hands.
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In the Zheng family's main hall...
When Mr. Zheng heard that his granddaughter was going to buy the mountain they rented, he was also shocked, especially when his granddaughter pulled out more than a dozen 100-liang silver notes from her pocket in front of him...
"Sister Yu... what are you doing..." Mr. Zheng was so shocked that he stuttered...
"Grandfather, is this money enough to buy out our mountain? If not, then mother, you will take out some of the money you plan to pay back to Grandfather first. We must buy out this mountain that my grandfather's family rented as soon as possible! The sooner the better!
That hot spring on the mountain is a treasure! If it is discovered by someone with ulterior motives, we will be doomed!"
Zhou Yu said anxiously.
Zheng...
"Mom does have two thousand taels here. Your grandfather asked for one thousand taels from us yesterday. But, Sister Yu, don't you really need to discuss this with your brother first?!"
After all, you're buying a mountain, not a scallion or a head of garlic. It'll cost you at least a few hundred taels, which is not a small amount of money!
"No need, mother. It's better to be safe than sorry. What if this mountain is bought by someone else while I'm discussing it with my brother? We will regret it to death then! Don't worry, my brother won't object even if he knows!" Zhou Yu said firmly.
Mr. Zheng...
How could that shabby puddle be so sought after? He was a little skeptical. West Mountain was so remote, maybe it was just a place to plant fruit trees?! There weren't many people here normally, so how could anyone come to such a remote place to grab a puddle?!
What did you grab it for? To take a bath?!
But seeing his granddaughter's face flushed with anxiety, Mr. Zhou did not dare to say this and could only advise:
"Sister Yu, don't worry. Even if you buy the entire mountain, it's worth at most seven or eight hundred taels. It won't cost that much! The money you have is enough, but this matter is not a small matter..."
"That's great!"
When Zhou Yu heard his grandfather say that the entire mountain wouldn't cost even a thousand taels, he immediately became delighted. He packed up the sixteen hundred taels he had just taken out and excitedly pulled Old Man Zheng along as they headed out...
"Grandpa, hurry up, take me to buy this hill, and then we can build a resort together. Then we'll make a fortune! Haha..."
The result... didn't move!!
Old Master Zheng thought his granddaughter was going crazy! How dare a child just spend 1,800 taels of silver?! And she even said she wanted to build a village?! Shouldn't the imperial court have the final say on village construction? How dare a little girl like her just say it?!
So I just sat there and didn’t move!
He even pulled Zhou Yu back... and scolded him with a stern face:
"Sister Yu! This is not a joke! Stop messing around!"
Zhou Yu...looking at her grandfather's face that clearly showed he would not compromise...
Well, this is the sadness of being an underage girl in ancient times. Even if she wants to spend her own money to buy something, she still needs the consent of an adult! !
It seems she has no choice but to go to the military camp and ask her brother for help! !
Zhou Yu thought helplessly!
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"Ayu! We're here to play with you!"
Zhou Yu was just about to go find her brother for help when she heard Zhu Xi's voice coming from the gate of the courtyard. Her eyes suddenly lit up and she hurried out the door!
This made Mr. Zheng and his wife in the room even more annoyed. They thought to themselves: What's wrong with this girl today? Why is she so irritable? Also, who is this guy outside? Why did Sister Yu run away when she heard his voice?!
So, he hurriedly led everyone in the house out to see...
Then I saw two very handsome young men, each leading a horse, standing at the door and talking to Sister Yu with a smile on their faces!
A woman dressed in moon-white brocade clothes, with a slender figure, delicate eyebrows, and a pair of peach blossom eyes on her fair face that are particularly attractive...
The other one was dressed in ordinary fine cloth, his skin tanned from years of traveling, but when he stood there, his aura was no less than that of the young man in brocade clothes, and he was also a handsome young man with clear features...
The Zheng family knew the visitors very well, namely Zhu Xi and Zhou Luo.
Zhou Yu ran out and saw the two of them. After a quick greeting, he got straight to the point.
"You two came at the perfect time. I have a business deal. Would either of you like to invest in it?"
Then the Zheng family members who followed out heard the young man in fine cloth clothes raise his eyebrows and ask with a smile:
"Hey? What kind of good business could interest a female doctor like you who is obsessed with medicine? Aren't you the most impatient to do these things?"
"Hot Spring Villa!" Zhou Yu immediately started to promote it excitedly, pointing to the mountain path behind the Zheng family's courtyard.
"Do you know? There's an excellent hot spring on this mountain! My grandfather's family was the first to discover it, and outsiders still don't know about it!
So, I wanted to buy this mountain before anyone discovered the hot spring, and then use this hot spring to develop this mountain into a hot spring resort that combines bathing, health care, leisure and vacation!
Do you think this business is good?!"
After hearing this, Zhou Luo immediately stopped laughing and said seriously:
"Okay! This business is worth doing! I'll take a stake! Ah Yu, how much silver does it cost to buy this mountain?! How about we each pay half?! If we build a villa later, I can also provide 50,000 taels..."
"I'll also invest. How much silver does it cost to build this villa? Is 100,000 taels enough? I'll pay it all!"
Zhu Xi, who was standing next to him, became anxious when he saw Zhou Luo responded first, and immediately interrupted Zhou Luo and said!
Zhou Luo...
"Hey! Zhu Xi! Why are you interfering in my business with Ayu? We both earned our money through our own abilities, but you're using the dowry your mother left you to invest in us. How shameless of you!!"
Zhou Luo felt that, aside from a few private gardens, there really weren't any particularly interesting places around Kyoto. However, those private gardens weren't open to the public, so naturally, the number of people who could visit was limited...
But the hot spring villa Zhou Yu mentioned was different. According to Zhou Yu's idea, it should be open to everyone! Moreover, the hot springs in this hot spring villa were not available in other private gardens!
So, when Zhou Yu said he wanted to build a hot spring villa, Zhou Luo immediately thought it was feasible!
He felt that although the hot spring villa business required a lot of investment in the early stages, it would definitely make a lot of money later on. Therefore, how could he let this opportunity to invest in it pass him by! And how could he let Zhu Xi, a foolish and rich man, snatch his opportunity away from him?
Knowing that she could not compete with this rich fool with her current family background, she directly ridiculed him for using her mother's dowry at such a grown-up level, trying to repel him with shyness!
But…no!
"Who said that all my money was left to me by my mother? I have been learning how to do business in the past two years. All this money was earned by managing the shops and farms my mother left me in the past two years!" Zhu Xi immediately retorted after hearing this.
"That's because of your mother's dowry, otherwise you wouldn't be able to earn it!" Zhou Luo said anxiously.
"Then when you do business with Mr. Chen, don't you also let Mr. Chen cover you?
Don't think I don't know. You just relied on the title of the No. 1 merchant in Fuzhou City to donate, and the manpower of those vendors under you, and you got Mr. Chen to invest 50,000 taels in your fur business for nothing!
Without Mr. Chen's fifty thousand taels, your fortune would have been lost in the defense of Fuzhou City. How could you have the money to do business? How could you possibly make money?
Zhu Xi was also anxious. He also wanted to do business with A Yu, so he immediately started arguing with Zhou Luo!
"How can that be called getting something for nothing? How can I do that for you, my Lord?!"
"Then you can use Mr. Chen's money to do business, but why can't I use my mother's dowry to make money?..."
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In order to get a stake in Zhou Yu's business, the two started arguing fiercely!
Zhou Yu...I really don't understand what these two are fighting for...
"Huh?! What the hell are you two arguing about?! Can we do this together?!"
Zhou Luo, Zhu Xi: ...also right?!
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The Zheng family members who saw this scene were all shocked!
Mr. Zheng and his wife and their eldest son Zheng Yong feel...
What kind of children are these?!
It's fine that Zhou Yu, a little girl of fourteen, could pull out over a thousand taels of silver, but who are these two young men with lots of money?!
Even if he was the grandson of the emperor, there was no way he could have 50,000 or 100,000 yuan in pocket money!?!
And the silly boys of the Zheng family who were about the same age as Zhu Xi and Zhou Luo...
At this moment, I have been compared with these two wealthy people to the point that I am questioning my life!
They all felt their purses, which didn't even have a single ounce of silver, and then all lowered their heads...
I feel like, why is there such a huge gap between young boys?
………
With the participation of Zhu Xi and Zhou Luo, the purchase procedure of the mountain was completed in just half a day.
Zhou Luo took Zhu Xi's current close follower Ye Qing to handle the formalities in person. Given Zhu Xi's status, it was not convenient for him to come in person, and Zhou Yu was a girl, so it was not convenient either. Therefore, Zhou Luo took care of all the formalities for him!
Of course, Ye Qing also played an indispensable role. In the name of being the personal guard of the fifth grandson of the emperor, not only did the procedures go through much faster, but the entire mountain was also acquired at a very low price, spending only five hundred taels.
Of course, Zhou Luo was also very tactful and secretly gave the official a hundred taels of silver. The official was so happy that when he was writing the paperwork, he added the two small mounds next to the whole mountain...
After receiving the documents for the entire mountain, Zhou Yu finally breathed a sigh of relief...
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Small Theater:
Zhou Yu: I want to buy a mountain!
Zhou Luo: Okay! I'll give you 50,000 taels!
Zhu Xi: I’ll give you one hundred thousand taels!
The silly boys of the Zheng family: We can only make up three or two...
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