Chapter 1329 Persuasion (Reward for the book friend "Luo Qing" plus 2)
Manbao, who ran to the Bai family, had no idea what kind of commotion had broken out at home because of what she had said. She had just finished her noodles and now saw Bai Erlang and Bai Shan sitting at the small table eating. She felt a little greedy and felt as if she was hungry again after what she had said.
The servants of the Bai family brought bowls and chopsticks to Manbao. Manbao picked up a small white flour bun and ate it carefully with the dishes.
Bai Dalang was able to get out of bed and walk around. He was also sitting at the dining table, slowly eating a bowl of porridge. He would take a spoonful and look up at the food on the table, take a bite, and then look up at the three people sitting beside him...
He never indulged in food, he swore, but now he felt very uncomfortable.
Manbao slowly finished the steamed bun in his hand, then put down his chopsticks. He looked at the food on the table with regret and said, "I can't eat anymore, or I'll feel full."
Bai Dalang felt even worse.
Because he was taking medicine, he could only eat white porridge, which he found tasteless, so he couldn't eat any more after just one bowl. Of course, he didn't feel full, he just didn't feel hungry.
Manbao also comforted him, "It's okay, you will feel full after taking the medicine. You should take the medicine in half an hour."
Bai Dalang: ...
Manbao's medicine was obviously effective, and with acupuncture, his diarrhea had stopped. The next step was to take medicine to detoxify, soothe the exterior and interior, and then use acupuncture to harmonize yin and yang.
Bai Dalang was truly relieved, and everyone in the Bai family was also relieved. The atmosphere in the house, which had been tense, became relaxed again.
Chen Bo went to Bai Erlang to borrow money again.
Bai Erlang took Chen Bo to find Bai Dalang and let the cousins have a chat.
Bai Dalang pulled Chen Bo, who looked unhappy, to talk to him and said, "Cousin, don't blame Erlang. It's not that he doesn't want to lend you the money, but he's afraid that you'll be cheated."
He said, "Do you know how much a shop in the county town costs? You can buy one for a hundred or eighty taels. A good, spacious one would cost two or three hundred taels at most. How could you possibly pay eight hundred and fifty taels for a cloth shop?"
The subtext is, have you been cheated?
Chen Bo said, "The location of that shop is excellent. It's not far from your prefectural school, and it's a very prosperous and bustling place. The shop is also large, with two entrances, the back is suitable for living, and the front has two floors and two storeys..."
The more Bai Dalang listened, the more familiar it sounded. He had studied at the provincial school for three years. He was stunned for a moment and then asked, "I remember that was Yiweilou, right?"
"Yes, the owner of Yiweilou is going back to his hometown, so he wants to sell it. Or because I am familiar with his son, he sold it to me at a low price."
Bai Dalang: "...You're opening a cloth shop, why do you need such a big place?"
It used to be a big restaurant!
Chen Bo said: "My cloth shop not only sells cloth, but also sells ready-made clothes. Naturally, it needs to be well decorated to do business well."
Bai Dalang: ...There's no cloth shop in the capital this grand, right? And two storefronts...
He lay down on the bed with a headache and waved his hand, saying, "My stomach seems to hurt again. Erlang, go and call Manbao for me."
Bai Erlang was also stunned when he heard this, and turned around and left in a daze.
After Bai Erlang left, Bai Dalang couldn't help but slapped him hard on the shoulder, "Cousin, have you told your uncle about this?"
"My father won't let me go out and work," Chen Bo said sullenly, "He wants me to study at home, but you know I'm not good at studying. I can't even get into the county school. What's the point of continuing to study?"
"My wife is pregnant now. I can't continue to run the estate with my uncles. It's so boring."
Their family's financial situation was originally similar to that of the Bai family, but his grandfather had three sons, he had two younger brothers, and his two uncles each had two sons, so the expenses were very high, and each of them received only two taels of silver per month.
Look at Bai Dalang and Bai Erlang. Bai Erlang received two taels of silver per month since he was very young, and five taels when he grew up. Later, a small farm was allocated to him to run, and he kept all the profits himself.
And when you go to the capital, you will have enough pocket money, not to mention the income from the farm.
Not to mention Bai Dalang, they are the same age, just two months apart. As a result, their lives are very different. When he only had two taels of monthly silver, he had five taels. When he still only had two taels of monthly silver, he had ten taels. When he still only had two taels of monthly silver, his monthly allowance was enough.
Bai Dalang felt a pang of pain in his heart. He said, "That's not how business is done. My father said that business is about making a small investment for a big return. You've already spent so much money upfront. Have you ever thought about how much money you can earn in a month?"
"How many people are there in Mianzhou? Who would go to the cloth shop every day to buy clothes?" Bai Dalang said, "You're doing it the other way around. You're risking a lot for a small profit. You know, the gain doesn't make up for the loss."
Chen Bo frowned, stood up and said, "If you don't want to borrow the money, just speak frankly. Why do you have to belittle me like this?"
Upon hearing this, Bai Dalang also got angry and immediately said, "Okay, you don't want to listen, right? I'll lend it to you. You don't have to borrow it from Erlang. I'll take you to see my father and ask him to lend it to you. You can write him an IOU and pay him back later."
Chen Bo shrank his neck and became timid again, "How can this be good..."
"Why not? I'm very optimistic. If you have the confidence to run this shop well, just as you said, you can pay back the money in a year or two. What are you afraid of?"
Chen Bo stopped talking.
Bai Dalang stopped talking to him and turned his back, saying, "Go back and think about it. My stomach hurts again, so I won't entertain you."
Chen Bo turned and left.
Bai Dalang let out a breath and slowly calmed the anger in his chest.
Bai Erlang called Manbao over and felt his pulse. After confirming that there was nothing wrong, he sat aside. "We ran into Chen Bo when we came here just now. He angrily snorted at Bai Er and left."
Bai Erlang stood aside with his head down, feeling quite lost. He was originally quite excited about borrowing money. After all, he was quite happy to be able to lend such a large sum of money, but in the end it turned out like this.
He sighed and said, "Actually, if my grandfather and uncle could guarantee my cousin, I would still be willing to lend him the money, regardless of whether he would lose money in the end."
Bai Dalang, Manbao, and Bai Shan: ...
Bai Shan said, "Don't let Cousin Chen hear this, he'll be furious."
Bai Dalang rubbed his stomach, stood up and said, "Where's Dad? I'll go find him."
"In the study."
Bai Dalang reached out his hand to Bai Erlang. Bai Erlang looked at his hand for a while before he reacted. He stepped forward to help him up. The two brothers went to the study to find Master Bai.
Bai Shan and Man Bao looked at each other, shrugged their shoulders, and having nothing to do, went back to Bai Erlang's study to read.
(End of this chapter)
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