Shopkeeper Su was in a real dilemma. If he sold it, not only would he not make much profit, but it would also be a waste of effort. After all, he wanted a lot of money and had to deliver the goods to the door.
"How about this, add another three taels of silver. The delivery fee is not low."
For the first time, Tang Youyou felt that bargaining was tiring.
"Shopkeeper Su, I see you have some bluestone slabs over there. To be honest, I'd like to buy some, but I don't know the price."
When Shopkeeper Su heard this, his eyes curved with laughter. "Sure, sure, but I don't know how much you want."
"Five rooms, plus front and back yards. If it's convenient for you, please go and measure the dimensions first!"
She wasn't worried that he would ask for a higher price; if it was too expensive, she would just not buy it.
"This one is one hundred coins for me."
One piece is only about one square meter, and a room is about 20 square meters. Wouldn't that cost two taels of silver?
The front and back yards are one hundred square meters. Doesn't that mean it would cost more than twenty taels of silver just to pave the entire house with bluestone slabs?
"Hiss!" She couldn't help but gasp.
The village chief pulled her sleeve and made an eight gesture.
"Eighty wen, no need to measure, I'll probably need about two hundred pieces!"
Shopkeeper Su looked at his inventory and gritted his teeth, "Okay, but you have to transport it yourself!"
"Shopkeeper Su, to be honest, we don't have any extra money to pay for these fares!"
What a joke! If I were to transport it myself and something went wrong along the way, who would be responsible if it broke?
The village chief calculated in his mind that two tiles cost three cents each, and one house would cost about one thousand yuan. If each family had three rooms, it would cost three thousand yuan, which is four taels and five cents of silver.
Thirty-six households, totaling 162 taels, and this is far more than that, as many of them only have four or five rooms.
He was extremely anxious. He only had fifty taels of silver in his pocket. What should he do? He pulled Tang Youyou's sleeve.
"Niece, this money is not enough!"
Su Li waved her hand and said, "It's okay, I have it, but the village chief has to keep it a secret for me!"
After some bargaining, we finally bought 100,000 tiles and 200 bluestone slabs for 165 taels. They would be delivered to our door, and any broken ones would be compensated.
After signing the deed, both parties were satisfied.
"Manager Su, it's a pleasure to work with you!" The village chief said with a smile on his face.
After they left, Shopkeeper Su breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the sweat from his forehead. "All the inventory has been sold out. Go back and tell your shopkeeper that I'll invite him to dinner at my house someday!"
I sighed in my heart: These two people are too good at bargaining. I can make a maximum of twenty taels of silver from this deal. If there is any damage... Oh... It's another day of helping others.
"Niece, don't worry about this one hundred taels of silver. We will return it to you when the time comes!"
Su Li stopped and said, "Village Chief, please don't tell my mother that I pawned the family heirloom to get this silver..."
The village chief stamped his feet and said, "Alas... How can I say hello to you, kid? Alas..."
He really wanted to go back and return the contract, but Tang Youyou tugged at him fiercely, "Uncle Liu, what are you doing? The contract has already been signed. If you go back on your word, the twenty taels of deposit will be wasted!"
The village chief glared at her with a gloomy face, "Why are you so fierce, kid? Sigh...it's us who are holding you back!"
"No problem, I'm confident I can redeem the heirloom this winter!"
"You mean the dishes?"
She nodded. "Uncle Liu, I've thought about it. If there are no extra tiles, we can weave the grass into mats and put them on the roof. When the weather gets hot, we can roll up the mats and it will become open air land. Wouldn't that be beautiful?"
"It sounds good, but I don't know if God will support it when the time comes! If not, I'll just have to take care of the greenhouse first!"
Tang Youyou refused, "The purpose of laying tiles is to make living more comfortable. Isn't this putting the cart before the horse? Village chief, just wait and see!"
As they were talking, they arrived at the blacksmith shop.
"Hey... big sister, I thought you weren't coming. Wait, I'll get you some farm tools!"
Two hoes, three sickles, two axes, and two kitchen knives.
She roughly took a hemp rope, tied him up and left.
"Ah...sister, silver, silver!"
Tang Youyou grinned and said, "Sorry, I forgot!" Then he handed over five taels of silver!
The village chief standing by was so shocked today that he didn't know what to say.
It was already late in the afternoon when the two returned to the village.
Tang's mother kept complaining, "You're so busy, you're so busy that you don't even know how to buy a bowl of noodles. You're hungry all day!"
Tang Youyou slurped her porridge and gave a thumbs-up, "Mom, do you know how much silver those tea leaves sold for?"
Tang's mother was a little excited and boldly guessed: "Ten taels?"
Tang Youyou said seriously: "Five times more!"
Tang's mother was extremely shocked, with an expression of disbelief on her face, "Fifty...fifty taels?"
The village chief on the side covered his face and laughed, "Ordinarily, this silver should belong to you!"
Tang Youyou chuckled, "Village Chief, could it be that you didn't see that Shopkeeper Yun was giving Master Li face?"
Tang's mother also agreed: "That's right, Village Chief, you are right. We are still eating together now, not to mention that the first houses built were ours. Don't say such things anymore. It hurts the relationship..."
The village chief was immediately moved to tears.
"Okay, okay, I thank you on behalf of the villagers. As for the 100 taels of silver, I'll have everyone sign a document..."
"What one hundred taels?"
The village chief was stunned, then immediately laughed, "Well... my niece borrowed one hundred taels of silver from Master Li for the villagers..." After saying that, he immediately finished his porridge and ran away.
Tang Youyou: ...
Tang's mother looked very disappointed with him. "Tell me, what's going on?"
She could only tell the whole story in detail.
"You kid, you're talking about a family heirloom? Why haven't I seen you talk nonsense like this before? You have to remember that gratitude is repaid with hatred. I can help if I can, but I don't have to!"
Everyone is having a hard time now. If someone knew that my daughter was so rich, there was no doubt that some people would have some bad thoughts.
"Mom, I know all this, but now we can't buy straw anymore, and the plague is spreading everywhere. The victims will pour into Nanzhou in five or six days. The most important thing right now is housing. I have no other choice!"
"Alas... there are so many pine trees on the mountain that we can use them as roofs. We don't need these tiles! Alas..."
"Mom, if it rains heavily outside and drizzles inside, it won't be worth it if you get sick. We don't have any money now!"
Speaking of money, Tang's mother instructed: "When the house is built, give them all the money everyone has deposited with you!"
Once we have a house, we won’t have to share meals. Everyone is exhausted these days, including the children.
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