Chapter 190 Secret Competition
San Ya wandered around the city early in the morning, specifically choosing areas with heavy traffic to observe carefully.
She stopped at an intersection, which faced the main street, with busy shops on both sides, and an excellent location.
“It’s nice here.”
San Ya nodded secretly, walked a few steps forward, and took a fancy to a clothing store on the street. "Boss, is this store for sale?"
The owner of the clothing store looked up at her and said, "Miss, you are from out of town, right? This shop has been passed down in our family for three generations. How can we just sell it away?"
"I'll pay double the price."
The shopkeeper's eyes lit up, "That can be discussed."
San Ya looked at a few more places and had already made up her mind.
Lin Yuanyuan was scolded in public yesterday and was very angry.
She sent two clever maids to follow San Ya, wanting to see what she was up to.
"Miss, that San Ya is looking after the shop. It seems like she is going to start some business." The maid came back to report.
Lin Yuanyuan sneered, "Opening a business? How much money can a country girl like her have?"
"Miss, the places she's interested in are all good locations, especially the clothing store at the intersection."
Lin Yuanyuan's eyes rolled, and a plan came to her mind. "Go, bring me all the money I've saved over the years. I want to buy all the shops she likes!"
The maid was surprised, "Miss, what are you doing..."
"Let her know that it's not her turn as an outsider to give orders in this city!"
Lin Yuanyuan took the silver and a few servants and headed straight for the intersection.
She walked into the clothing store with a haughty air, "Boss, I want this shop. Name your price!"
The shop owner was stunned for a moment, "But there was already a girl..."
"I'll pay three times the price!" Lin Yuanyuan slammed the table.
The shopkeeper immediately smiled brightly, "Okay, okay, Miss Lin is straightforward!"
Lin Yuanyuan bought three shops in a row and had almost spent all her money.
She thought smugly about San Ya's humiliated look, and her mood finally improved.
When San Ya went to see the shop again, she found that the owner had changed.
She wasn't annoyed, she just smiled and turned around to go somewhere else.
"Miss, aren't you angry?" the servant following her asked curiously.
"Why are you angry? If she wants to buy it, let her buy it."
Sanya said lightly, "The city is so big, there are so many good places."
She looked around again and finally chose a slightly remote yard in the west of the city.
Although this place is not on the main street, it is close to the pier, with many merchants coming and going and the rent is cheap.
After Lin Yuanyuan learned the news, she wanted to use the same trick again, but found that she did not have enough money.
She gritted her teeth, pawned all her jewelry, and gathered some money to go find the owner of the yard.
The owner of the yard was a shrewd middle-aged man. Seeing that Lin Yuanyuan was in a hurry to buy it, he deliberately raised the price and said, "Since Miss Lin likes it so much, then five hundred taels of silver will do."
"Five hundred taels?"
Lin Yuanyuan took a breath of cold air. This yard was worth at most one hundred taels.
"If you don't want to buy it, forget it." The man waved his hand.
Lin Yuanyuan gritted her teeth and said, "Buy it!"
The money was paid and the contract was signed.
The man took the money and disappeared. Lin Yuanyuan took the contract to find the yard, but found that it was not the case at all.
"What? This yard has been sold to someone else a long time ago?" Lin Yuanyuan held the contract, her face pale.
The real owner of the hospital was an old lady. She looked at the contract and shook her head. "I didn't write this. You've been deceived."
Only then did Lin Yuanyuan realize that she had been cheated and that the five hundred taels of silver had been wasted.
She was so angry that she was shaking all over, and when she returned home she took her anger out on the maid.
"It's all because of you guys! You let me get cheated!" She raised her hand and slapped him.
The maid covered her face and said aggrievedly, "Miss, we didn't know that man was a liar."
"How dare you talk back!" Lin Yuanyuan was about to attack again, but was stopped.
"stop."
Sanya appeared at the door at some point and said, "Beating people won't solve the problem."
Lin Yuanyuan was even more furious when she saw Sanya, "What are you doing here? Are you here to laugh at me?"
"I'm here to help you get the silver." San Ya said calmly, "I know where the man who cheated you is."
Lin Yuanyuan was stunned. "You know?"
"Well, he specializes in scamming those who are in a hurry to buy houses and land. If you want your money back, come with me."
Lin Yuanyuan hesitated for a moment, but finally followed San Ya out.
They came to a small alley, and San Ya pointed to a dilapidated house and said, "He's inside."
Sure enough, the liar was counting the silver inside. San Ya kicked the door open and said, "Give me back the silver."
Seeing this, the scammer wanted to run away, but was blocked by people San Ya had arranged long ago.
Back home, Lin Yuanyuan held the silver with mixed feelings.
She wanted to thank him, but when the words came to her lips, she said, "Who asked you to meddle in other people's business?"
Sanya smiled and said, "You're welcome."
That night, Feng Lan heard San Ya talk about this and couldn't help shaking her head. "You girl, you knew those shops had problems, but you still let her buy from them on purpose."
"What do you mean by intentional?"
San Ya pretended to be confused, "I just had my eyes on a few shops, who knew she would want to snatch them from me."
Feng Lan poked her forehead and said, "Stop pretending. You've already figured out that those places aren't suitable for a restaurant, right?"
San Ya chuckled, neither denying nor admitting.
A few days later, Lin Yuanyuan took the initiative to find San Ya and said, "How about we open a restaurant together? I have the money and you have the skills."
Sanya was a little surprised, "Aren't you afraid that I will cheat you?"
“Who’s afraid?”
Lin Yuanyuan blushed, "I just think it's boring to drive alone."
At the same time, Feng Lan was checking the farmland outside the city.
The continuous drought has caused the crops to wilt, and the people are worried.
"What should we do if this continues?" sighed an old farmer.
Feng Lan looked at the cracked land and felt heavy in her heart.
"Go call Comber." She said to the people around her, "We need his help to solve the problem here."
Chen Kangbo squatted in the field, grabbed a handful of cracked soil and looked at it carefully.
The soil is alkaline and has a high sand content, and coupled with the continuous drought, it is indeed not suitable for growing corn.
"This land won't do," he said bluntly. "Corn needs too much water, and this kind of soil won't hold it."
Feng Lan frowned, "Then what do you think is a good thing to plant?"
"Sorghum, or millet."
Chen Kangbo stood up and patted the soil on his hands. "These two things are drought-resistant and don't require high soil quality, but..."
"Just what?"
"But the yield is not as good as corn, so the people are probably not willing to accept it."
Feng Lan thought for a moment and said, "Let's give it a try. It's better than nothing."
She asked someone to purchase seeds, but she always felt that this was not a long-term solution.
When they returned to the city, San Ya was busy working in the restaurant. When she saw her mother coming back, she quickly put down the account book in her hand.
"Mother, how's the farm going?"
"They say we should switch to sorghum, but I always feel that this is only a temporary solution and not a fundamental one."
Feng Lan sat down and took a sip of tea. "If the drought problem isn't solved, it won't matter what we plant."
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