Chapter 1318 Borrowing Money 2
Chen Bo was still unaware. He nodded and smiled, "Yes, you know, I'm not like you who can run a farm at such a young age. I can only save my monthly allowance, but it's not much. My mother gave me two hundred taels. I need to have some money in the account to open a shop..."
Bai Shan raised his eyebrows slightly: "So, are you going to borrow the money from Erlang, or get him to invest?"
"I originally wanted to borrow it, but last night I saw my second cousin was also interested, so I thought it would be nice for us cousins to do this business together, so I decided to invest in it."
Bai Shan and Man Bao turned to look at Bai Erlang and asked carefully, "How much money does Cousin Chen plan to invest in this shop?"
Chen Bo looked at them and asked with a smile, "Why, are you interested too?"
Manbao was about to speak when Bai Shan immediately nodded before her and said, "I'm quite tempted. If it's really good, I really want to borrow some money from my grandmother to invest in it."
Chen Bo laughed heartily and said, "What are you talking about borrowing? You two, grandfather and grandson, are still arguing about this?"
He said with some envy, "You are the only one in your family, so naturally you can get whatever you want."
Bai Shan did not refute, but just coughed lightly and asked about his plan again.
Chen Bo’s plan is to have no plan.
He had saved more than 60 taels of silver, his mother gave him 200 taels, and Bai Erlang took 800 taels, so he was able to open the shop.
But if Bai Shan and Zhou Man are willing to invest money, he wouldn't mind buying more good stuff, and it would be easier to turn over more money, right?
Bai Shan and Man Bao were stunned when they heard that he wanted to open a store without any plan. Even Bai Erlang who was standing next to him was stunned.
Although he had never opened a shop, he had heard that Zhou Wulang and his friends were discussing opening a restaurant in the capital. The five of them went out early and came back late every day, and they not only visited all the streets in the inner and outer cities, but also visited all the streets in the inner and outer cities.
He even remembered clearly where in the city the vegetables were cheap and fresh, and their prices. He also noted which streets were crowded at what times, what kind of people were there, and whether they would go into restaurants to eat.
Just recording these things took up a lot of paper, not to mention that Zhou Wulang also secretly bought a batch of vegetables from vegetable farmers, and then took them to the back kitchens of various restaurants to sell. In the end, he didn't sell a single pound of vegetables, but he figured out the prices of vegetables purchased by various restaurants.
During that time, all the food at home was the vegetables picked by Zhou Wulang. If they couldn't finish them, they had to give them away to the neighbors, otherwise they would end up being eaten by the mule.
To open this restaurant, they even took into account the cost of buying plates and the approximate loss, every single thing, down to the cent. But when it came to Chen Bo, he didn't even have an idea of how much it would cost to open this store.
Bai Erlang became conflicted, wondering if he would be beaten if he went back on his word and refused to lend the money.
Manbao glanced at Bai Erlang's face and said to Chen Bo, "Junior brother has to go back to the capital after the New Year. I'm afraid he doesn't have the heart to pay attention to this shop."
Chen Bo smiled and said, "I know, but don't worry, even if you buy shares, I won't let you worry about anything. You just pay the money, and I'll do the errands."
Three people: ...So I'm even more worried.
Manbao coughed lightly and said, "This is too much trouble for Cousin Chen. We can't just sit back and enjoy the fruits of his labor. It would be better if we let this shop belong to you, and you can run it however you want."
"That's right," Bai Shan nodded and said with a smile, "Cousin, you've never run a shop before, so you don't know. The shop assistants are very thoughtful. With so many owners in a shop, who will listen to this one or that one?"
Chen Bo actually nodded, hesitated for a moment, then turned to Bai Erlang and said, "Erlang, how about you lend me some money? I'll pay you back later, and this shop will be mine alone."
After that, he said to Bai Shan and Zhou Man embarrassedly: "I originally wanted to help you make money, but I didn't expect that we wouldn't be able to cooperate."
The three of them opened their mouths in slight surprise. Bai Shan was the first to react and quickly comforted Chen Bo, "It's okay, it's just that we are not destined to be with this shop."
Chen Bo smiled and said, "It's better to have more capital to run a business. This way, it will be easier to turn over money. My good cousin, do you have any extra money? Why don't you lend me some for working capital?"
Three people...
Bai Shan and Man Bao made excuses to refuse. The reasons were ready-made: they had spent all their money and even owed it to Bai Erlang.
After all, it was the first time for them to refuse someone to lend them money, and their faces flushed a little. Just when they were in a dilemma, the servants brought the food up, and Bai Erlang immediately invited Chen Bo, "Cousin, do you want to eat something?"
Chen Bo refused. He had just finished lunch and didn't want to eat anymore.
Although he failed to borrow money from Bai Shanzhou, he thought he had already borrowed money from his cousin, so he didn't worry about it. When he saw that they were about to eat, he said goodbye and left.
As soon as the others left, Bai Shan and Man Bao looked at Bai Erlang together.
Bai Erlang said dejectedly: "I know, I will persuade my cousin privately. It's not that easy to open this shop."
Bai Shan and Man Bao were outsiders after all, so they were not very familiar with each other and it was difficult for them to persuade Chen Bo even if they found a problem. But Bai Erlang was different. They were cousins, so since they already knew that Chen Bo's shop was not reliable, they naturally had to persuade him.
The three of them had dinner and became friends again.
The cook cooked a pot of duck eggs for them. Bai Shan and Man Bao ate one. Although a lot of ginger was added to remove the fishy smell, they still tasted a fishy taste.
Besides, duck eggs don’t taste as good as chicken eggs. After eating one, the two of them stopped and looked at Bai Erlang.
Bai Erlang snorted and only ate one before stopping.
The two of them laughed silently, but didn't force him to eat the rest.
After eating and drinking, Manbao suddenly remembered, "There aren't many ducks on the farm, but they seem to lay a lot of eggs. Is it possible that they can't sell them?"
Bai Shan said, "Most likely, Manager Bai didn't give them any eggs, and replaced them with duck eggs."
Anyway, there is no problem selling eggs, but duck eggs are not tasty, cheap and hard to sell. The farmhands have to rely on the farm and have to listen to the manager Bai. On this point, they really have no way to resist.
Man Bao frowned upon hearing this, "How could Steward Bai do this?"
Bai Jilang also felt that this was not a good idea.
Bai Shan said, "It's okay. I'll check the accounts later to see how many eggs we collected this year. When we give them red envelopes during the Chinese New Year, we can give them 30% of the eggs."
He smiled and said, "When Manager Bai sees this, he will naturally know that we don't agree, and he will change his ways in the future."
Otherwise, if it were to be revealed, the farmhand who delivered the duck eggs to them today would be in trouble, and there would also be a rift between Manager Bai and them.
"The duck eggs that have been replaced are considered a gift to them," Bai Shan said. "Even if the duck eggs are not tasty, they are still much better than vegetables and can be considered meat."
Manbao and Bai Erlang did not take this loss seriously and nodded in agreement to Bai Shan's proposal.
See you at 6pm
(End of this chapter)
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