"No way?" Jiang Qiao'er exclaimed in surprise, her mouth agape. Jiang San Niang also looked at Bai Nuo in shock. Jiang Qiao'er said, "That shop has three floors, such a big storefront, and you bought the whole thing? You're that rich!"
“Yes! I bought it even though I was broke!” Bai Nuo said. “I only bought it because it had three layers. If it didn’t have three layers, I wouldn’t have wanted it.”
Bai Nuo's main purpose in buying this shop was to pull off a big heist. She had it all planned out: sell jewelry on the first floor, clothes on the second, and restaurants on the third. This way, all her projects could be completed in this building. However, buying this three-story building would really bankrupt her.
Jiang Wanyin's dowry was all gone, as were the several hundred taels of silver she had saved up. The thousand taels of silver she earned from doing business with Zhang Wu were also used up. Now she only had one hundred taels of silver left for basic living expenses.
"How much did it cost?" Jiang San Niang asked.
"A little over a thousand." Bai Nuo forgot whether it was sixteen or seventeen thousand, as it had been a few days since she bought it and she couldn't remember.
"This is outrageous!" Jiang Qiao'er clicked her tongue. "With this money, you could buy seven or eight decent shops, or two or three good ones, but you only bought one." Although it's a three-story building, it's practically the same as a single shop.
"There's no way around it, I'm poor. I can't not work, or I'll starve to death. I can't just sit around and do nothing!" Bai Nuo said with a bitter smile. Right now, their family is truly a bottomless pit. No amount of money is enough to fill it. Grandma's injury will cost money, right? Ayu's schooling will cost money, right? Hiring a nanny will cost money, right? Food, drink, and other necessities will cost money, right?
Just the tuition fees for A-Yu and the nanny's salary cost ten taels of silver every month. Although we don't need to buy medicine for Grandma anymore, we still need to save a lot of money to go to the capital for medical treatment, plus the daily food and drink. Tsk, it would take at least fifteen taels of silver to cover it all.
We only have so much money. If we don't think of a way to make money, we'll starve to death sooner or later.
Not to mention she also wants to buy a bigger car and a bigger house.
"What's it like there? Is it all set up? And what's the name? Have you decided yet?" Jiang Qiao'er asked excitedly. "Could you take us to see it?" It was a three-story shop, and Jiang Qiao'er had only seen the exterior, but had never seen what the inside was like.
I really want to see what the shop that cost me over a thousand taels of silver is like.
"Let's go, I'll take you there!" Bai Nuo stood up, and Jiang San Niang and Jiang Qiao'er followed Bai Nuo out the door. They then closed the door of the cloth shop and got into Bai Nuo's carriage.
After they were all seated, Bai Nuo gave a soft reprimand and spurred the black horse, slowly walking towards her shop.
Before long, Bai Nuo stopped in front of a building and called out to the carriage, "Get down, we've arrived."
Then, Jiang San Niang and Jiang Qiao'er emerged. Bai Nuo placed the small stool on the ground, and Jiang San Niang stepped down onto it. Jiang Qiao'er jumped down as well. The three of them looked at the building in front of them, which was significantly taller than the other buildings, and felt a little excited. Then they went inside.
The first floor had rows of long tables on all four sides, with an empty space in the middle. At the very back of the entrance, in the middle of these four long tables, there was a counter. After touring the first floor, they went up to the second floor, where there were rows of wooden clothes racks and two small rooms (changing rooms), with a counter at the entrance.
The third floor had rows of tables, ten in total, and a counter near the entrance. Jiang San Niang wandered around the entire floor and then found a kitchen on the side of the third floor. "No wonder the third floor is so much smaller than the first and second floors. So this is where the kitchen is? And what is this long corridor for?"
The layout of the third floor is much stranger than that of the first and second floors. The first and second floors are one huge space, while the third floor not only has a long corridor but also a kitchen.
"What do you want to do, Nuonuo?" After thinking it over, Jiang Sanniang asked. She seemed to know what Bai Nuo wanted to do, but she just couldn't quite grasp it.
"The first floor will be used to sell jewelry. In the future, pearl necklaces, bracelets, gold jewelry, and all the currently popular items will be sold here. The second floor will sell clothes and some daily necessities, and the third floor will sell food." Bai Nuo explained her plan to Jiang San Niang.
Jiang San Niang wasn't particularly surprised by Bai Nuo's words. She knew Bai Nuo was a person with grand plans and great courage, but she hadn't expected her to have so many things to do.
“If you want to take all of these things down, it will cost a lot of money!” Jiang San Niang and Bai Nuo chatted on the benches on the first floor.
"Yes!" Bai Nuo nodded and readily admitted, "So I plan to come in batches. The second and third floors will not be open for now, and the first floor will only sell pearl bracelets and necklaces. Other items will be added later."
She's only taken over the location now; the rest will have to be done step by step.
*
"Second Master, Second Master, how are you?" While Bai Nuo and Jiang San Niang were talking inside the shop, an eye-catching scene was unfolding on the street.
The street was bustling with people, and one pair of masters and servants stood out, not because of their fine clothes or strange actions, but because of their faces.
Two words: handsome!
Moreover, both of them were handsome men. It had been a long time since anyone in their town had seen such handsome young men. Although Zhang Wu, the eldest son of the Zhang family, was also a handsome young man, he was no match for the two of them and was overshadowed.
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