Renting a shop of moderate size requires about two strings of cash per month. If business isn't good at first, you might not even be able to cover the rent.
“Third Aunt, I don’t think this place can accommodate a large number of guests. At most, it can seat five or six people. If each person gets a bowl of noodles and a basket of buns, and each person pays twenty coins, the gross profit per day would be about five hundred coins. After deducting the food, we won’t make much money. If we need to hire a helper to clean, then we will earn too little in a month.”
Zhang Xiue smiled and replied, "There's no need to find any help. Your third uncle and the others can do these things. Why would we need anyone else?"
Song He'er didn't initially plan it this way. She wanted Song Xiaoyu and the others to find other jobs so they could learn new skills and earn some money. The shop was rented for Qin Xiaoniang and Zhang Xiu'e.
As for the children, they can all be left to Chun Di and Chun Rao to take care of.
"Let's do it this way for now. If there's a good business opportunity in the future, Uncle San and Uncle Qiang can rent another shop."
"good."
Song He'er and Zhang Xiu'e found the shop owner, negotiated the price, and finally rented the shop for two strings of cash.
The shop owner wasn't a mean-spirited person; he was very honest and didn't maliciously raise prices just because they were from out of town.
After agreeing on the price, they agreed to pay the next day. The two tidied up the place briefly and then headed back to Xiaoyangzhuang.
When they returned to the estate, Qin Xiaoniang was cooking. Seeing them come back, she casually asked, "How did it go? Did you finalize the shop deal? How much will it cost?"
Zhang Xiu'e replied excitedly, "We've already found out the price of the shop. The next issue is the money. If that young master Jiang is willing to lend us the money, we can pay it back in two months, and even give him some interest. It'll just be a bit tough for us..."
“It’s okay for us to suffer a little. Everything is difficult at the beginning. It’s good to have someone to help us.”
Zhang Xiu'e stepped forward and helped Qin Xiaoniang with her chores.
Song He'er certainly had no need to borrow money from Jiang Huaifu; saying this was merely to fool Zhang Xiu'e and the others.
The only downside is that Qin Xiaoniang and the others all felt they owed Jiang Huaifu too much and were always resentful.
“He’er, what are you thinking about? If you think it’s too difficult to borrow money from Young Master Jiang, let’s postpone it. We won’t rent a shop tomorrow. We can wait until spring, when we’ve planted the crops. If the harvest is good, we can definitely sell them for a good price at the market. Then we can pool our money to rent one.” Zhang Xiu’e suddenly said.
Song He'er smiled and reassured her, "Third Aunt, he managed to do something as difficult as taking us to Nanzhao, so why would he care about such a small matter? You don't need to worry about it. His place isn't far from here, and I'll talk to him about it myself in a bit."
"Well, that's fine then..."
After reaching an agreement, everyone got busy with their own tasks.
The area around the house was also cleaned up, and the yard was re-fenced.
Only a patch of land next to the woods was bare and empty, which looked rather odd.
Li Qiang carried two buckets of clean water back from the village, feeling quite pleased with himself. "This water is so sweet! Why don't you try some?"
"Sweet? Is there a well in Xiaoyangzhuang?"
"Of course there is, it's deep well water. Don't go to that river to fetch water anymore!"
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My darlings, it's Valentine's Day today, so the update is late and shorter. I'll give you a double update tomorrow!
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