"Take us to see it." Su Qi didn't care about the rent. She believed she could earn back the rent this winter.
Little Gap Tooth saw that Su Qi was wearing nothing but a fine cotton jacket and skirt, with a magnolia wood hairpin and a thin silver hairpin in her hair. The lilac on her ear was worthless.
Logically, it should be taken to a place near Xishi.
But the lady's aura made him walk towards the East Market involuntarily.
This damn temperament.
It beats ordinary clothes and skirts.
After walking a hundred or two hundred meters down the road, Little Gap Teeth finally realized he had made a mistake. They probably couldn't afford to rent this shop, but they still patiently explained the surrounding situation to Su Qi.
"The people living behind the shop are either teachers at the nearby Nanyang Academy, or they are studying there. Most of the people who run small businesses in Nanshi live here." Xiao Huoya introduced carefully.
He also patiently answered Su Qi's questions.
The streets were bustling with life. An old woman in a flowered headscarf was holding her little grandson, who was chewing a steamed bun. In the corner, two little beggars were staring at the bun in the child's hands.
The old woman pretended to be fierce and frightened the little beggar, "If you continue like this, I'll beat you up."
The two little beggars shrank back, smacking their lips.
Su Qi and his companions walked for a while and finally arrived at the destination.
On the left and right sides are shops selling groceries, and the other is a shop selling rice.
The shop in the middle is not very big, but it has a backyard with three main rooms, a kitchen and a utility room.
There was a jujube tree in the middle of the yard, and a well beside it. There was also a door in the backyard that led to the street behind it. There were no shops on that street, only the houses of ordinary people.
Not to mention anything else, just looking at this place makes Su Qi feel comfortable.
"The location of this shop is pretty good and the place is big enough. Eleven, what do you think?" Su Qi pondered for a moment and asked Ying Eleven's opinion.
Ying Shiyi naturally agreed. "Madam, even if we don't sell charcoal here, we can still do some other business. We don't have to worry about losing money if we rent it out."
Su Qi is not very good at bargaining, so he leaves the bargaining to Ying Shiyi.
She and Baizhi left the shop and went to the rice shop next door to take a look.
The shop was run by a couple, with two assistants working outside. Seeing Su Qi and Bai Zhi approaching, the young woman came out from behind the counter.
"We have just received glutinous rice in our shop. Madam, would you like to buy some to try?" The young lady walked forward with a smile on her face.
Su Qi casually asked about the price. Glutinous rice was quite expensive. One pound cost 30 coins, which was not something that ordinary people could afford.
"Ordinary people don't eat this much at home. Those who have a livelihood buy some in the winter and make some pastries. Mingfeng Town has many merchants traveling back and forth, so naturally there are a lot of fresh things.
"Madam, they're not from here, are they? If you go a little further into the mountains, you'll know that those people haven't even seen what glutinous rice looks like." The rice shop owner's wife was wearing a fine cotton double-breasted jacket and a crimson horse-faced skirt.
There was a heavy silver bracelet on her fair and tender hand, and the earrings on her ears could be seen fluttering when she spoke.
"Is there no glutinous rice in Jinyang Prefecture?"
"No. This is glutinous rice, which is only available in Dongqi Country. Every year when the new rice comes in, rice merchants from all over the country go to Dongqi Country to sell their grain. Dongqi Country is vast and rich in resources, and the people there truly live a good life."
Su Qi chuckled.
One of the travelogues she bought happened to be about the Kingdom of Dongqi.
It was also her fault that she read the introduction before wearing it, read some of the first part of the main text, and came here before she had time to read the latter part.
Money can’t buy early knowledge.
Otherwise, she would definitely read it first before arguing.
"Please weigh two kilograms for me." Su Qi looked at the things sold in the shop. It seemed that brown rice and coarse noodles were the best-selling items.
"Okay." The shopkeeper asked the waiter to weigh the glutinous rice.
"Maybe we can be neighbors in the future. We can open a shop next door and sell charcoal."
The shopkeeper's wife opened her mouth wide for a long time. This shop in the South City near the East City is just selling charcoal?
Waiting to lose money?
She looked at Su Qi as if she was a prodigal woman, and smiled awkwardly while holding her forehead with her hand:
"A charcoal shop? It's not that cold in our Jinyang Prefecture. Your family doesn't make money from this, right?" The shopkeeper thought to herself that a daughter-in-law like this would need to be fed nine times in three days.
What a waste.
"Madam boss, are you joking? Who opens a shop and doesn't hope to make money from this?" Su Qi asked Bai Zhi to give sixty big coins to the clerk, and the two of them went out with two kilograms of glutinous rice.
The shopkeeper's wife tutted her tongue and shook her head. "What man would marry such a spendthrift woman? Life is miserable, money is wasted like water. You have to be frugal to live. No one can be like her."
The shopkeeper raised his head from behind the counter, squinting his eyes and smiling:
"My wife is the best. She's always good at spending money. She'll break a coin in half."
"I'm still talking. I'm telling you, Mr. Liu wants us to bring in more grain, but you can't agree to that. The harvest is bad this year, so what's the point of bringing in so much grain?"
"Well, I'll listen to my wife. I'll go back to Mr. Liu's house later and let him go to buy goods alone." The shopkeeper laughed and his beard trembled.
Su Qi and Bai Zhi returned to the shop, and Ying Shiyi had already signed the lease documents with Xiao Huoya.
Ying Shiyi gave Xiao Huoya a small coin as a reward, and Xiao Huoya was so happy that he clasped his fists and spoke even more cheerfully. "Shopkeeper Ying, Madam, I wish you a prosperous business. If you need anything in this area in the future, just call me, Xiao Huoya."
Even if you can't get away for the moment, you can just ask a little beggar to come to the pawnshop and call him." Xiao Huoya is enthusiastic and capable, and he is also famous in this area.
"Okay. Thank you."
Ying Shiyi sent Xiao Huoya out.
He walked in and showed the lease document to Su Qi. "Madam, we can also buy it."
"No rush."
"Find two people to clean up this place. Three days from now will be a good day, and we'll open the shop then."
Ying eleven nodded and replied, "Okay."
"Eleven, build a shed in the backyard so that we can bring in more charcoal when the time comes." Su Qi thought for a moment and ordered, "We only have clerks in the shop, so we can just keep one room. The rest can be used as a warehouse."
"clear."
Su Qi rambled on and on, pointing out the backyard plan to Ying Shiyi one by one, and asked him to find someone to come over and make some adjustments.
After saying this, he left the shop.
I planned to go to the East Market to meet up with Dabao and Erbao. The South Market was not far from the East Market, just around the corner.
Su Qi and the other two walked to the Donglai Fu Restaurant in the East Market and saw a group of people gathered at the door.
"Why did the young lady of the Zhou Mansion faint?"
"The Zhou family has been a single-line family for generations. Young Master Zhou has been married for a few years now, right? We finally had a child like this, and now we're going to have another hard time."
The people around were whispering.
"Why hasn't Doctor Liu come yet?"
Su Qi heard that this was a pregnant woman who had fainted. This was a bit tricky, so she wanted to go and take a look.
"Make way." Su Qi said.
"Who are you? Just give up the seat when I say so." Someone was unhappy. They had finally grabbed the best seat. "Just give up the seat when I say so." Did you give me the seat fee?
Baizhi and Ying Shiyi took one on each side and pulled the people on both sides back by their collars.
"I asked you to give in so much? Are you a doctor?" Bai Zhi stared at the man who wanted to curse with a frosty face.
Seeing Bai Zhi's uneasy look, the other party quickly retreated two steps, shrinking his neck and muttering quietly, "Are all women so fierce?"
Su Qi squeezed into the crowd.
A maid was holding a pale pregnant woman in her arms. The woman had a pale face and dark lips.
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