Chapter 260: Admitting Mistakes
After Sang Xingjia finished reading the three pages of paper and confirmed that there were no deliberate traps or loopholes in them, the maid who had gone home to get the land deed also came back.
Zhong Xueru raised her chin slightly, and the maid immediately understood. She opened the wooden box in her hand, revealing the well-preserved title deed inside, and gently placed it in front of Sang Yu.
"Check the location and size on the deed to see if it's correct. From now on, it's yours."
She spoke lightly, but Sang Yu subconsciously held her breath and controlled her hands from shaking.
Yesterday she was still worried about the hundred coins that the official extorted, but today she got a two-story shop worth thousands of gold. It was like a dream.
The specific location of the shop, the size of the house and the ancillary buildings are all clearly written on the deed, and there is also a red seal of the government next to the signature, proving that the deed is on file with the government.
Land deeds back then weren't like those of later times, where you had to transfer ownership and change the owner. As long as you had the deed, the house was yours, and no one cared where it came from.
After reading it, Sang Yu put the deed back into the wooden box and closed the lid again.
She looked at Zhong Xueru, who was chewing pearls across from her, with a complicated look in her eyes: "Miss Zhong, aren't you afraid that I'll sell the shop and run away with the money?"
"You won't." Zhong Xueru remained calm and composed.
She was a businesswoman, not a gambler. Although she liked to bet with people, she wouldn't bet with just anyone.
What's more... since you want to do business with someone, you naturally have to do the most basic background check. Do you really think she can look down on any Tom, Dick or Harry?
Although he didn't know where her trust in him came from, Sang Yu was still deeply moved by this "pure" trust and almost wanted to hold her hand tightly to express her loyalty.
Fortunately, she overcame her emotions with reason in time, suppressed the restlessness in her heart, and continued to sit in her place without moving.
The cooperation document is made in triplicate, with each party keeping one copy signed and sealed, and the other copy to be sent to the government for archiving.
This is the formal process, but many people feel that going to the government to file a record requires filling out too many forms and asking too many questions, so it is simplified into two parts.
Zhong Xueru let the little maid wipe the red mud from between her fingertips, and stretched out her other hand to ask Sang Yu for the original story.
"Where's your Journey to the West? Take it to the storyteller and try to get it performed on stage this afternoon."
"Well, starting today, I'll send you two copies a day, but you don't have to continue the story immediately. This story gets more exciting as it goes on."
Sang Yu took out the storybook she had read before and handed it over, while giving a few hints.
Zhong Xueru, who is well versed in business, understood her meaning almost instantly, but she was still a little skeptical. Was this really so wonderful?
By the time both parties signed the documents, it was almost noon.
Zhong Xueru asked the burly shopkeeper to call Suo Huan and invite Sang Yu and his family to have dinner together.
After dinner, she left with her maids and servants to inspect other shops.
Sang Yu left Sang Yongjing and Sang Xingjia to continue selling milk tea, while she planned to go look for Liu Mao.
She walked to the street of Qinghuan Street, and was thinking about whether to try her luck in the market or go directly to Liu Mao's house to wait, but suddenly she saw a familiar figure.
"Liu Mao?"
When she got closer, she realized that the sneaky figure was Liu Mao, the person she was looking for.
Her sudden words scared Liu Mao so much that he subconsciously reached for the dagger at his waist, but he stopped only after seeing her face clearly.
"Ms. Sang...why are you here?"
"I should be the one asking you this. Why aren't you going out to sell skewers or going home? What are you planning on doing sneaking around here? Are you back to your old ways?"
Sang Yu's tone was as aggressive as yesterday, and the words he said were quite unpleasant.
Liu Mao was not angry or furious. He just hung his head cowardly and said nothing.
"What do you mean, you don't want to talk to me now? Are you planning to break up and never do business with me again?"
The more cowardly he acted, the angrier Sang Yu got. He wasn't tough when he should have been, and he was cowardly when he shouldn't have been, which was very annoying to watch.
"No, no." Liu Mao glanced at her face cautiously. Seeing that she was still angry, he whispered, "I have already turned down the job and wanted to come and apologize to you."
Sang Yu didn't fully understand some of his things and thoughts, so naturally she didn't know that he had long recognized her as the magical person who could turn everything into gold, and planned to follow her all the way.
So sometimes she underestimated the importance of what she said in Liu Mao's heart.
Yesterday she said that she couldn't do this, so Liu Mao went to find the gangster, apologized, and then put the matter off using the excuse that his mother was ill and couldn't leave him.
As soon as he closed his stall today, he couldn't wait to run to Qinghuan Street, wanting to find Sang Yu to explain the situation. But when he really saw her in person, he didn't know how to start the conversation.
"Rejected? Apologize to me?" Sang Yu was stunned for a moment.
"Didn't you think there was hope yesterday?" Why did you change your words today? Was he deliberately trying to deceive her?
But Liu Mao looked honest, and he didn't seem like the type to tell such a big lie. Besides, if he told a lie now, it would be impossible to cover it up after a month or two.
"Yes, I shouldn't have made the decision on my own. I should have discussed it with you in advance." Liu Mao said seriously.
After he returned home yesterday, he reflected deeply on his behavior and what Sang Yu said. This matter was indeed quite strange.
He was not familiar with the gang leader and was only able to talk to him through an introduction.
However, as soon as they met, the other party agreed to the matter without asking for any conditions, and only asked him to help transport a batch of goods.
At that time, he only thought that the deal was worthwhile and not difficult to do. But when he had some free time to think about it carefully later, he felt that something was wrong.
If it is true as Sang Yu said, and an accident happens during the escort journey, then he, who refused the matter after she reminded him, would owe Sang Yu three lives.
Even if nothing happened along the way, he would just have missed an opportunity to get closer to the big brother in the underworld.
His straightforward apology made the furious Sang Yu seem a little aggressive. She took a long time to calm down before she could say something awkwardly.
"My attitude was not good either. I should have spoken to you nicely and not said such angry words." If you do something wrong, you should admit it and apologize.
After both parties apologized, they looked at each other in silence, and the atmosphere between them suddenly became awkward.
After a long while, Sang Yu was the first to break the awkward silence and asked, "Ahem, well, do you know where that gangster brother lives? I need to talk to him about something."
"I know, but what does the young lady want with him?"
Liu Mao met that person twice in just two days, so he naturally knew where he lived.
Sang Yu smiled slightly: "Gift."
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