Chapter 507 Shop
Manbao is not short of money now. The eggs and chickens in the farm can be sold, and there is also the harvest of winter wheat and spring and autumn.
Not to mention the profits from rice and beans, their small farm made a lot of money just from selling wheat seeds to County Magistrate Yang and Mr. Bai this year.
They divided the money equally among the three of them, and only the part that could not be divided was put into the public treasury as funds for buying things in the farm.
Now the money is piled up in the system, but unfortunately, one hundred and twenty taels of silver is too heavy, and the money is even heavier. She can't find a reason to carry it with her, otherwise she could buy it on the spot.
However, Manbao also asked him carefully, "Now the county government office is no longer open. You have to give me the land deed and write the contract documents."
Shi Xiaoen didn't expect that she knew this. He was stunned for a moment before smiling and said, "Don't worry, I, Shi Xiaoen, won't cheat you."
He leaned against the door frame and leaned slightly to the side, and asked, "Do you want to go in and take a look?"
This shop was not the one Manbao saw last time. She peeked inside and happily agreed.
Zhou Liulang and others naturally followed with great interest.
The former buyer, who was still standing by the door frame, was furious. After a long pause, he caught up with Shi Xiaoen and said aggrievedly, "One hundred and fifty taels, I'll buy it!"
Shi Xiaoen paused, frowned, and after a moment of silence, said, "I'm not selling it anymore. I've already promised it to someone else. I, Shi Xiaoen, will not break my promise."
Manbao looked back at him curiously.
After seeing the previous buyer walk away, he turned back to look at the shop.
The shop is quite spacious, with only a few tables and chairs inside. There is also a large wooden shelf next to it, and I don’t know what it is used for.
Manbao searched carefully in his memory and asked, "I remember this place used to sell fabrics?"
Shi Xiaoen led them to the second floor and said, "It's a ready-made garment shop. This shop alone employs six embroiderers. Our silk is famous in the city."
He pointed to several small rooms on the second floor and said, "This is used to entertain distinguished guests. Female customers who come to choose styles can rest here. What do you plan to do after buying the shop?"
Shi Xiaoen said: "If you don't need to dismantle it yourself, I won't be responsible for it."
Zhou Liulang reached out and touched the wooden partition, exclaiming in amazement, "Why tear down such a nice little room? You could clean it up and let us live in it."
Shi Xiaoen looked at him with disdain, and pointed at the backyard and said, "Usually, the storekeepers live in the back, but it's narrow. If you want to live there by yourself, it probably won't work. You'll have to buy another house."
Then they went to see the narrow backyard.
Manbao saw the bamboo tree in the backyard and exclaimed, "Is this still small?"
Although the yard was not as big as theirs, it was enough for them to run around in it. There were two bundles of firewood in the corner of one side, and next to it was a kitchen, and there were three rooms in a row with the kitchen.
One was very small, with only a bed in it, while the other was quite large, but empty, with nothing in it.
Shi Xiaoen said, "This used to be a warehouse where fabrics were stored. The shelves and other things inside have all been moved away."
Not to mention Manbao, even Zhou Liulang, who was reluctant at first, was very happy. He touched the wooden staircase in the shop and asked, "Brother Shi, are you going to sell such a nice shop just like that?"
Bai Shanbao also said, "Good shops are hard to find, and few people would sell their ancestral property. This road is in a good location, and even if you don't do business, you can still make money by renting it out. Why sell it?"
Shi Xiaoen sat down on the stairs, raised his chin and asked Manbao, "Are you still going to buy it?"
"Buy," Manbao also sat beside him, tilting his head and asked him, "Brother Shi, you didn't lose the bet again, did you?"
Shi Xiaoen didn't say anything at this moment.
Manbao sighed softly and said nothing more.
Zhou Liulang also frowned and said, "Manbao, let's go home. We should at least tell our parents about this, right?"
Manbao nodded and agreed with Shi Xiaoen to trade here early tomorrow morning.
After walking around for a while, everyone felt less full, so they stopped by the dim sum shop next door and bought some dim sum. They ate the dim sum while walking back home.
Daji followed silently until they were out of the city gate, and then he pulled an ox cart.
Yes, they went into the city today in the ox cart of their small farm.
Mrs. Liu didn't quite agree with them going into the city to eat, so she was unwilling to arrange a carriage for them. The children even felt that riding in a carriage was too much, so they simply exchanged it for an ox cart from their own farm.
When Daji was driving a horse-drawn carriage, he rarely whipped the horse, letting it go slowly. When it was the turn of the ox-drawn cart, he whipped it even less. He simply sat on the shaft with his eyes half closed, swaying from side to side, looking as if he was asleep.
As the oxcart slowly moved back, Bai Shanbao asked Manbao, "Why are you doing business with a gambler? The book says that gamblers can't be trusted."
Manbao nodded, "The gambler is not trustworthy, but Shi Xiaoen is trustworthy now."
Zhou Liulang also nodded. "Mr. Shi is well-known in the market, and he's very righteous. Since he said he would sell us, he won't cheat us."
"But we have to be wary of people's hearts," Bai Shanbao said, not trusting a gambler. "Why don't we go back and ask our uncle first to understand the necessary procedures for trading the shop, and then report to Lord Yang afterwards to avoid you from suffering losses in the future if there are any disputes."
Manbao nodded. "It's really strange. Why didn't anyone stop Uncle Shi from selling his shop this time? He has so many servants."
"I seldom go into the city lately. I think Fourth Brother might know the answer."
As soon as they asked this question, Zhou Silang, who had already learned from them that they were planning to buy a shop before they heard the news from him, was shocked and asked quickly, "Is he selling just one shop? Or many?"
Manbao: "We'll just sell one."
"Hey, just because you haven't seen it doesn't mean he won't sell it. You should have asked more."
Manbao said, "I'm only buying one, why are you asking so many questions?"
"Are you stupid? If his shop is in a good location and not expensive, we can buy it too."
"It's Dad who manages the money, not you," Manbao said, "You said it or not."
Zhou Silang thought for a moment and said, "I'll go talk to Dad."
"What?" Old Zhou was so shocked that he almost knocked his pipe on Zhou Silang's head. He glared and asked, "Manbao wants to buy a shop, and you want to buy one too?"
"Dad, it's not that I want to buy it, it's our family that wants to buy it." He said, "Have you forgotten what I told you last year? There's no point in keeping so much money at home. It's better to use it to buy a shop..."
"Come on," Old Zhou interrupted him, "Who said it's useless? Do you know how much money we spent just to support Datou and his family's education this year?"
(End of this chapter)
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