After arriving in the prefectural city, she insisted on lending them one of her family's small houses. The house was a courtyard house, quite close to the market, making it convenient for travel. Zhou Laoda wanted to pay rent, but Madam Zhong refused to accept it.
"I have urgent matters at home, so I cannot invite you to my residence this time. I will invite you over after I have dealt with these matters," Madam Zhong explained, revealing the reason why she had not invited them to stay at the Zhong residence.
"If you encounter any trouble, you can come to the Zhong residence to find me. As long as I can help, I will definitely not refuse."
"Mrs. Zhong has already helped us a lot, we are very grateful. You have things to do at home, so please go ahead and don't worry about us anymore," said Boss Zhou, rubbing his hands together and grinning.
Although Madam Zhong did not appear again after that, she still sent her steward over. The steward sent a carriage to take them to the doctor's residence. Madam Zhong had some connection with the old doctor's senior brother, and with the old doctor's letter of recommendation, the doctor did not make things difficult for Zhou Laoda and the others.
I agreed to give Zhong Daya acupuncture. The old doctor said it could cure her, but it would take time. She would need to do acupuncture for at least a year to fully recover. At first, it would be done once every three days for a month, then once every ten days after three months, and once a month after six months.
This requires living in the prefectural city for an extended period; otherwise, there wouldn't be enough time to travel between the prefectural city and the county town.
Since they had to stay in the prefectural city for a long time, they had to rent a house even if they didn't buy one.
Both Zhao Guihua and Zhao Guizhi felt that buying a house was more cost-effective. The monthly rent for a house in the prefectural city was not cheap, and with the added cost of food and lodging, it was fine if they didn't have the money, but if they did, they would naturally buy one.
When they bought the house, Madam Zhong's steward personally took them to see it. It was a two-courtyard house with not many rooms and a slightly remote location, and it cost 520 taels.
The asking price was six hundred taels, and after haggling for half an hour, the landlord was driven crazy by the persistent bargaining. If it weren't for the fact that it was the steward of the Zhong family, the landlord would have lost his temper and started hitting people. In the end, he was worn down and the price was reduced by eighty taels.
The house alone cost more than half the money. When I inquired about the prices of shops, it was even more shocking. I simply couldn't afford them. If I were to buy a shop, I could only do so in a more remote location, and the area would be small, only about 30 square meters.
"What could a shop in such a remote location possibly sell? I don't care," Zhao Guihua said disdainfully.
"I think we should buy it. It's not far from the house we bought. Other things in this shop are hard to sell, but selling wine is a good option. We can use it specifically to sell our own homemade wine." In addition to bayberry wine, there is also mulberry wine and grape wine. With these three items, we can attract customers and have no worries about not having business.
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