Chapter 480: Plan (for the birthday of book friend "Luo Qing")
Zhou Wulang and Zhou Liulang were still in shock. They were quite familiar with Shi Xiaoen because in recent years, their family would raise a good rooster, or someone in the village would raise a beautiful, strong and fierce rooster.
They would take it to the county town and sell it to Shi Xiaoen.
Or when they took the money entrusted by Manbao to buy meat, they would go to the gambling street to find those cockfighting people and buy the miserable roosters from them.
However, they usually look for acquaintances, and the so-called acquaintances are people with whom Uncle Shi has had business dealings.
After a few interactions, they became more familiar with each other.
People like Zhou Wulang would go to the city to sell ginger and yam, and they would sell some to Shi Xiaoen. So even if they didn't know who the famous Uncle Shi in the county was at first, they knew it later.
The Shi family is not the richest or the most powerful in Luojiang County, but they are definitely among the top.
They never imagined that Mr. Shi, who was always generous, would be blocked by the casino to collect debts, and he was asked to sell his shop at a low price for fifty taels.
Zhou Wulang sighed, and the group of people following him couldn't help but sigh as well.
Zhou Silang held the bag in his arms and sighed.
Manbao turned around and looked at his nephews and nieces and said, "You all saw it, this is the end of gambling. From now on, you are not allowed to be a gambler no matter what you do."
Everyone nodded, and then glanced at Zhou Silang at the same time.
Zhou Silang: ...
Zhou Silang coughed lightly and changed the subject. "Actually, I was quite tempted just now. If we could buy a shop for a hundred taels, we would make a fortune. But think about it, there were so many people there at the time, we might not be able to compete, and we didn't have enough money with us."
Manbao asked, "Why buy a shop?"
"Then there are so many things we can do. Apart from other things, if we rent it out, we can earn one or two taels of silver every month, right? Or if my second brother wants to sell something in the future, he can sell it in the shop instead of selling it on the street in the wind, sun and rain."
Zhou Silang said, "We can also sell our things at home, such as yams and ginger, in the shop. How great is that?"
Manbao thought for a moment and said, "It's a pity that there is no shop in our village. Otherwise, I could ask my sister-in-law to open a restaurant in the village, and then I could eat her cooking all the time."
Zhou Silang: "...Why do we have to open it in the village? Can't we open it in the county town?"
"I can't afford it if I open one in the county."
Zhou Silang was not very willing to talk to Manbao.
Although he felt very sorry, he didn't take it to heart because he had no money. Zhou Silang quickly led everyone back to Zhou Erlang's place, and then took out money for Zhou Liulang and the others to buy buns to eat.
Ertou sat next to his father and excitedly told him what they had done today, and mentioned what happened to Uncle Shi just now.
Zhou Erlang's mind was stirred. "The shop originally cost 180 taels, but now it only costs 100 taels?"
Ertou nodded.
Zhou Erlang looked at Zhou Silang and asked, "What's that shop like?"
Zhou Silang said, "Don't even think about it, Second Brother. Someone has already made an offer, and there are quite a few people trying to buy it. When we came back, the price was rising. Anyway, it's definitely not worth a hundred taels."
Manbao was curious, "Second brother, fourth brother, why do you want to buy a shop so much?"
"What else can we buy if not a shop?" Zhou Silang said confidently, "The fifth and sixth sons won't need that much money to get married. It will take many years for Datou and his family to get married. So it's better to use the family money to buy a shop, whether to rent it out or use it ourselves."
Zhou Erlang nodded. "Old Five is an adult now. After the Double Ninth Festival this year, the village head will come to the village to divide up the land. So our family won't be short of land. No one in the village will sell land. So, besides buying a shop, what else can we buy?"
Manbao had never considered this before. She was stunned for a long time and said, "Use it to buy meat."
The brothers: "...Manbao, can you think of anything else besides food?"
"Anything else?" Manbao thought for a moment and said, "I can save the money to send Datou and the others to school. Mom always says I can't be an official, but Datou and the others can."
"They can't do it. They can't even read as much as one of your fingers. How can they be examiners?"
Datou and Zhou Liulang went to buy buns, but Ertou was here, so he spoke on behalf of Datou, "That's right, aunt, we don't want to go to school, we just want to learn from you."
As they were talking excitedly, Zhou Liulang and his friends came back with big bags of lotus leaves. When they opened them, they found buns inside.
Manbao happily held one in his left hand and one in his right hand.
Her appetite has grown bigger now, and eating two buns is no problem at all.
"Fourth brother, do you think that Uncle Shi's shop has been sold?"
"It's sold, right? Weren't there quite a lot of people bidding just now?"
Zhou Liulang couldn't help but burst out laughing and said happily, "Yes, there are quite a lot. When I went to buy buns, they were arguing over the price, and the price had been raised to one hundred and twenty taels."
"As a result, they started fighting when we came back from buying the buns," Zhou Liulang said with a laugh. "I heard that one guy bid 130 taels and no one challenged him, but he changed his mind and didn't want to buy it. So Uncle Shi's shop still hasn't been sold. The gambling house people are forcing them to pay money or mortgage the shop."
Zhou Silang was quite regretful, "He must want cash, but unfortunately we don't have it."
Manbao: "You dare to buy it if you have it?"
"Of course, it's rare to find such a discount. Shops in the county town are hard to find because they're rarely sold." Zhou Silang said, "It's so rare to find a shop that's not only in a good location, but also offers a price that's almost half as cheap."
Manbao touched the cloth bag and asked, "Aren't you afraid that your father will beat you?"
"Dad won't beat me," Zhou Silang said, "Buying a shop is just like buying land; it's both property."
Manbao was thoughtful, "It turns out that my dad would be happy as long as I buy some property..."
"Not necessarily. If you don't spend your money worthily, then Dad won't be happy, but... ahem, you know."
Manbao grabbed the cloth bag and said, "I have one hundred taels!"
"We know you have one, but isn't yours at home too?"
Manbao held the cloth bag without saying a word.
Zhou Silang looked at her bulging cloth bag and said, "Huh?" "Why do I feel that your cloth bag is much swollen? No, you mean..."
"Fourth brother, let's buy it and let Fourth sister-in-law open a restaurant to make money."
"Okay." Zhou Silang became excited and pulled Manbao to find Uncle Shi. However, when they arrived at the place, the crowd had already dispersed, and even the debt collectors had left.
Zhou Silang came up to him curiously and asked, "Uncle Shi, has your shop been sold?"
“No, it didn’t sell.”
"Then, then are you still selling it?" Zhou Silang said, "One hundred taels!"
Shi Xiaoen raised his eyelids and glanced at him, then said, "No, I won't sell it. My father has helped me pay off my debts, so there's no need to sell the shop anymore."
Zhou Silang felt a little regretful, and then said, "Uncle Shi, if you still want to sell the shop at a low price in the future, just tell me, and I will definitely come and see it and buy it!"
Shi Xiaoen: ...This person is really hoping that he will lose money and get into bad luck. Generally speaking, who would sell this kind of ancestral property unless they are really penniless?
Happy birthday to Luo Qing
(End of this chapter)
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