After returning home, Meng Zhao immediately took action, inquiring about the shop's situation.
Xiao Zheng only said that the shop owner was in a hurry to raise money, which was why he sold it at such a low price, but he never explained the reason. So Meng Zhao focused on finding out more about it and finally understood.
It turned out to be the shop owner's son, who idled away his days away. A few days ago, he lost money gambling outside and was resentful. He secretly brought a few people to seek revenge, but he didn't know his own strength and crippled the man.
Now the other party's family wants to report the matter to the authorities to seek justice. The shop owner doesn't want his son to go to jail, so he's started selling his property, hoping to settle the matter with money.
Meng Zhao inquired and found out that both the assailant and the victim were habitual drinkers, gamblers, bullies, and tyrants. Meng Zhao didn't care about their entanglement.
However, if the two families fail to reach an agreement in the end, whether the family that was beaten harbors resentment and wants to retaliate, implicating her and causing trouble at the shop, or the shop owner regrets selling the shop too cheaply in his haste after understanding the situation and turns around to cause trouble for her, it will all be quite distressing.
But after careful consideration, Meng Zhao decided to buy the shop, and the reason for the purchase was not because of the price.
Although the shop was 150 taels cheaper, it was really not worth leaving a future problem for it, mainly because the shop's location was excellent.
Although it is located on Xishui Street, it is close to the end of the street. It is adjacent to Liuhe Street, and going along Liuhe Street will lead directly to the county government office.
If you walk south for a quarter of an hour, you will find two adjacent academies, and surrounding the academies are large residential areas.
Unlike Tongfu Street, which is closer to the dock, the residents who frequent Tongfu Street are mostly from the lower classes and have limited purchasing power. As a result, the average transaction value of the shops has never been able to increase, and she can only achieve satisfactory profits by selling in large quantities.
Among those living near Xishui Street were public officials working in government offices and students studying at academies. Many wealthy families in the county owned houses that were only half an hour's walk from Xishui Street. It is no exaggeration to say that the area was the county's wealthy district.
According to Meng Zhao's observation, the average price of food sold around Xishui Street is much higher than that of Tongfu Street, indicating that the purchasing power is quite strong.
Meng Zhao inquired about several shops of similar size around the shop, and they had all been in business for at least five or six years. They were not easily sold, and even if someone wanted to buy, they were unwilling to sell. Therefore, the opportunity to buy a prime shop was truly a matter of luck.
"The bold get rich, the timid starve." Having made up his mind, Meng Zhao didn't delay and went straight to the brokerage firm to find Xiao Zheng.
Upon seeing her, Xiao Zheng's eyes lit up. "Boss Meng, have you decided to buy?"
Meng Zhao nodded slightly. "Brother Zheng is right. This is a rare opportunity. I wonder when we can make the deal?"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Zheng's excitement was palpable, and his voice unconsciously rose a few decibels, "If you have the money ready, I can inform the shop owner right now and go to the yamen to complete the deed immediately!"
Meng Zhao nodded. "Okay, I'll go back and get the money now. Brother Zheng, I'll give you my cut in full, but you have to handle this matter properly for me. You can't leave me with any of the necessary deeds or transfer certificates."
This transfer of ownership is a troublesome matter, requiring numerous procedures and inevitably involving some favors and favors. Some people find it troublesome and skip procedures to save time and money, which will sow the seeds of future trouble. Meng Zhao would never make such a mistake; he would rather spend more money to complete all the formalities.
"Okay, Mr. Meng, don't worry! I'll make sure it looks beautiful for you."
He was so excited because the commission from this deal would add up to seven or eight taels of silver, enough for an average family to cover their expenses for almost a year. How could he not be happy?
So he hurriedly called over a shop assistant and anxiously instructed him, "Go and inform Boss Li of Xishui Street to bring the property deed and go to the yamen gate to wait. Tell him that Boss Meng has decided to buy the shop and we will go there immediately to complete the transfer."
Three hundred and fifty taels is no small sum, and it is quite heavy. Meng Zhao naturally dared not take it out himself, so he went to find Meng Dashan first and asked him to go with him.
Although he knew his daughter had made a lot of money in business, even Meng Dashan was shocked to see this box full of silver.
"My goodness, daughter, how did you save so much money in just six months?"
Meng Zhao moved the money box onto the donkey cart, a slight smile playing on his lips. "That's all I have. If the price is any higher, I'm afraid I won't be able to afford it. I'm afraid I'll have to tighten my belt in the coming days."
In the past six months, Meng Zhao had worked hard and earned a total of about three hundred taels of silver. Fortunately, Xiao Youzhi had paid a deposit for a spice packet a few days ago, otherwise she wouldn't have been able to scrape together the three hundred and fifty taels.
After hearing this, Meng Dashan patted his chest and said, "It's okay, Zhaozhao, you still have your father. If you don't have enough money, just tell your father and I'll make it up for you."
Meng Zhao smiled and said no need, she still had about a hundred taels left, enough to buy the raw materials for making the spice packet.
Besides, the snow is melting soon, and business on Tongfu Street can resume. With cash coming in every day, she's not in a hurry.
Meng Dashan drove the donkey cart, first picking up Xiao Zheng, and then they went to the yamen together.
Upon arriving at the yamen, they found the shop owner already waiting. Xiao Zheng first introduced the two of them.
Mr. Chen sighed softly, looking somewhat forlorn, and said, "Alas, I've run this shop for many years; it's all my hard work, and I've accumulated quite a few loyal customers. I'm really reluctant to sell it like this."
Seeing him still saying such things, Xiao Zheng was worried that it would affect business, so he quickly advised, "Boss Chen, it's already this late, so don't hesitate anymore. Look how straightforward Boss Meng is. As soon as he heard that you were in a hurry to raise money, he prepared the silver without saying a word. It's not easy to find a buyer like that!"
Meng Zhao was also worried about things going wrong, so he smiled and stepped forward. "There are so many people buying and selling shops in this county. It's really fate that we met. When buying things, there's no such thing as not bargaining. But I heard from Xiao Zheng that you need money urgently, so I didn't try to bargain down a single penny. Whatever you say is fine."
After saying that, he sighed and said, "Alas, these past two days, I have been scraping together money from all my relatives and friends. I just managed to raise this much. As soon as I had enough, I rushed over to you, afraid of delaying your business."
Meng Zhao's eyes were so sincere that one couldn't help but believe her words.
Mr. Chen was initially a little sad, feeling that selling the shop for 350 taels was a huge loss, but seeing how hard Meng Zhao had worked to buy the shop and had to borrow money from all over the place, he felt a little better.
"Thank you so much, Boss Meng. I appreciate your kind offer. In that case, let's go to the government office now and get the contract finalized."
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