"Okay, so, is everything free?"
Yue Jiuyue asked uncertainly.
"Mmm! Free! Free!"
The matchmaker hurriedly agreed, afraid that if she was too slow, Yue Jiuyue would drag her along to continue haggling.
That was absolutely terrifying! It was the first time in her life she had ever seen someone haggle so fiercely.
If only I had known...
If only she hadn't offered such a low price! If she had asked for six taels of silver right away, and the old lady had cut it down by two taels, she would have been happy to earn an extra tael, and the old lady would have been happy to have gotten such a good price. Wouldn't that have been a win-win situation?
Unfortunately, you can't buy knowing things for free!
Moreover, after this incident, she believed that even if the other party continued to buy the courtyard, if she caused trouble and asked for five or six taels of silver, the other party would definitely bargain even more ruthlessly.
After all, with a transaction price of three taels of silver already set, could she possibly raise the price again?
What should I do if I suddenly feel even more regretful?
Little did the matchmaker know that something even more regrettable was about to happen!
"How much is this courtyard? Three taels? It's much smaller than the previous one, yet the price is so high! I'll take it for two taels!"
"How much does this courtyard cost?..."
"...I'll take the two and a half taels of silver!"
"How much is this item? One and a half taels? I'll take it!"
"...I'll take it!"
"...I'll take it!"
The matchmaker was completely bewildered!
Not only was she questioning the meaning of life, she also wanted to cry!
These courtyards and shops, not to mention anything else, the money spent on the deed alone is enough to buy two courtyards!
She didn't know whether she should be happy about her outstanding performance, successfully selling the courtyards and shops that were stuck in the brokerage firm and couldn't be sold or rented out, or saddened by the fact that she had missed out on making money from two courtyards because of her quick tongue.
However, no matter how much she wanted to cry, the matchmaker had to keep her word. Otherwise, the reputation of the brokerage firm would be affected, and the brokerage firm might even abandon her to protect its reputation!
Therefore, she would never do something so foolish as to push herself into a pit just to protect the interests of the brokerage firm!
At noon, Yue Jiuyue treated the matchmaker and the young errand boy to a simple lunch at a restaurant. Then, accompanied by the matchmaker and the young errand boy, she spent half the afternoon shopping and bought most of the courtyards and shops in Guangshan Town. Only then did she leave reluctantly with a thick stack of red deeds.
Why are you so reluctant to leave?
Of course, it's because none of the courtyards and shops she bought truly met her expectations; they were just the best of a bad bunch.
There was nothing she could do about it. After all, the courtyards and shops she bought in Huandong Town were in similar situations. The good courtyards and shops had already been bought by others, or the owners were unwilling to sell them. It was not up to her, a landlady who had only recently decided to develop her business.
"Mother, where did you go today? Why didn't you tell me?"
As soon as Yue Jiuyue appeared at the corner on her way home, Lin Chaobei, who was waiting at the gate of the wall, spotted her. He immediately ran up to her, took the basket from her back, and couldn't help but ask her with concern.
"Well, I went to Guangshan Town next door for a stroll. Oh, by the way, tomorrow you should send half of the lotus roots from home to the clinic in Guangshan Town. The price is agreed upon: twenty copper coins per pound."
As for buying a courtyard and a shop, Yue Jiuyue has no intention of discussing it now, since she doesn't need them for the time being.
The main problem is that there's no one in the family capable of managing the business, so even if Yue Jiuyue has any ideas, she can only suppress them for the time being. After all, the family can continue selling sweet potatoes. They can roast sweet potatoes, boil sweet potatoes, and also make sweet potato noodles and pancakes made by mixing sweet potato flour and wheat flour.
However, Yue Jiuyue wasn't closing the shop because no one was capable of managing it. Firstly, the shop needed renovations, which couldn't begin until the house was finished. Secondly, of course, was the sheer number of families growing sweet potatoes this year! Boiled and roasted sweet potatoes were no longer rare treats, and even if she sold them now, she wouldn't get a high price; it was better to wait until winter.
Imagine, on a cold winter's day, buying a freshly baked sweet potato can warm your hands and stomach, and it's also good quality and inexpensive. Who wouldn't like that?
"Huh? Half? Didn't Mother say that we were going to save those lotus roots for the family to eat?"
Lin Chaobei was puzzled. His family didn't lack the money from selling lotus roots, so wasn't it normal to save it for their own consumption?
Lin Chaobei, who was thinking this way, was unaware that a great change had already taken place in his mind.
Because if it were last year, or the first half of this year, Lin Chaobei would never have thought of "it's better to keep the lotus roots and eat them than sell them." Back then, he would definitely have thought that the more money the better, and as for food, being able to fill his stomach would be good enough!
"Leaving half is enough for us to eat. Anyway, there will be more next year. It's okay to eat a few less this year. After all, lotus root is also a medicinal herb."
Medicinal herbs are always more important than food ingredients.
Having said that, Lin Chaobei didn't say anything more. After dinner, he took Erhu, Zhou Da and the others to prepare lotus roots.
After dinner, Yue Jiuyue sat in the courtyard for a while, watching the moon and listening to the insects chirping. Then she returned to her room, took out her treasure chest from the mall space—the one containing all kinds of contracts—and opened it. She first sorted the contracts by category and then began to count them.
"One, two, three... ten... twenty..."
The more she counted, the brighter Yue Jiuyue's eyes became! Because this represented just how much money her future landlady career could earn her!
Although these courtyards and shops are only in remote towns, they add up over time. Plus, Yue Jiuyue doesn't just rent them out for income; she also wants to open her own shops and take advantage of the produce from her fields. She's only happy with her status as a landlady!
She was just one step away from realizing her dream!
I wonder when someone will rent a house or shop from her?
Yue Jiuyue was somewhat worried. This was not something she could decide; all she could do was wait.
When the two towns become prosperous again, when more people come, whether they are merchants or people who are preparing to settle down, only when there are more people can the towns become lively and her courtyards and shops welcome tenants.
After putting away the box containing the contract, Yue Jiuyue didn't take out the box of silver to count the silver for fun. She was no longer the penniless girl she had just transmigrated into, even though she had never seen five thousand taels of silver in either of her two lives.
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