Chapter 1018: The Institute of Creation from Nothing
Seeing that she had finished reading, Madam Liang carefully leaned close to her ear and asked, "Ayu, what do you think?"
Just as Shu Yu was about to answer, she saw the middleman beside her suddenly perk up his ears. She frowned slightly and said hesitantly, "Well... the house is alright, but the price is too high. Third Aunt, it costs a full two hundred and eighty taels. With such a high price, you might as well buy the courtyard I introduced to you before."
Liang was stunned. What courtyard? When did Ayu introduce her to a courtyard?
Shu Yu secretly gave her a wink, and Liang Shi suddenly realized that Shu Yu was going to bargain.
She nodded immediately, "That's right, there are quite a few houses to choose from with 280 taels."
Erniu, unaware of their subtle exchange, assumed Shuyu had indeed introduced a courtyard house to him and hurried over to ask, "Sister Shuyu, where is the courtyard house you introduced to Third Aunt? Doesn't it cost two hundred and eighty taels?"
Shu Yu nodded and said seriously, "Yes, two hundred and fifty-five taels is enough. If Third Aunt buys it, the price can be negotiated. It's just that Third Aunt thinks it's too far away. It's inconvenient for Third Uncle to go to work every day, and it's also tiring for Da Bao to study."
Lan Hua said with some regret, "That is indeed not very convenient, since Uncle San doesn't have a mule cart."
As soon as she finished speaking, Shu Yu immediately clapped her hands together and said, "That's right, we can buy a mule cart."
Shu Yu suggested to Liang Shi, “Third Aunt, look at my mule cart outside, it only costs a dozen or so taels of silver. You spend two hundred and fifty-five taels to buy the house, and another dozen or so taels to buy the mule cart, it won’t even cost two hundred and eighty taels in total. In this way, you will not only have a house, but also a cart, it will be more convenient for Third Uncle to go to work, and you will not need to rent a cart to go anywhere in the future.”
Liang was shamelessly tempted, especially since the words spoken by Shu Yu sounded so real that she wished she could drag Shu Yu back right now.
Fortunately, the voices of people nearby stopped her, which finally calmed her down.
"Sister Lu, don't worry. We can sit down and discuss the price slowly. If you think it's too expensive, you can leave it to me, and I'll talk to the landlord for you, how about that?"
Caught in a dilemma, Liang couldn't help but look up at Shu Yu. "Shu Yu, why don't we let him go and negotiate the price?"
"Third Aunt, I'm afraid this price is hard to negotiate."
The middleman quickly raised his hand to assure her, "Who said that? I'll handle this. Sister Lu, you two stay here and keep an eye on things. I'll go talk to the homeowner right away."
Ms. Liang wanted to go along, but since they were going to discuss the price, wouldn't it be better for her to talk to the landlord herself?
She had only taken a few steps when Shu Yu stopped her. After the man left, she whispered, "Third Aunt, let's wait a bit."
"But I haven't told him my expected price yet."
“This way the space is bigger.” Shu Yu raised her eyes and glanced at the house. “For this location and this house, 280 taels is not too expensive. If we can negotiate down to 20 or 30 taels, that would be the limit.”
As for whether it's twenty or thirty taels, that depends on the skill of the person in charge.
After weighing the options in her mind, Liang realized that even a reduction of twenty or thirty taels was still a reduction.
The man didn't leave for long and returned quickly. Actually, he didn't need to negotiate anymore; the homeowner had already given him a bottom price, and he would receive a percentage of the sale price as payment.
He went out just to make a show of it.
Who knew that once they went out, they would come back and reveal their bottom price?
(End of this chapter)
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