Chapter 721: A Valuable Gift

"You'll know once you take a look." Meng Bujiu smiled silently.

The three siblings stopped playing cards and gathered around to see what the gift was.

The key was inserted into the keyhole, and Jiang Fubao's jade fingers gently turned it, and the lock opened with just one turn.

She opened the box very gently, and inside was a stack of papers with densely written words. The four siblings were all very surprised.

"Huh? What is this? It's not a banknote." Jiang Tongtu asked.

"It looks like a paper contract to me. Could it be that Brother Meng gave Fubao a lot of servants? Is this a contract of sale?" Jiang Huanyu said.

"No, no, no. It could also be the poem that Big Brother Bujiu wrote for Fubao, the kind he wrote himself." Jiang Ruyi guessed.

It was not until Jiang Fubao randomly opened a few of them and saw the words clearly that they were completely stunned.

"My goodness, it's actually the paper deed of a shop, the third shop on Jiangnan Cross Street, with two floors. How expensive must it be? And it's from Yanyun Province, isn't this the ancestral home of Brother Meng?" Jiang Huanyu opened his mouth so wide that two eggs could fit in it.

"Look, the shop in the imperial city actually belongs to the imperial city! It was bought just like that? How much silver would it cost? At least tens of thousands of taels." Jiang Ruyi sighed.

"Not only that, every piece of paper here is a shop. I'm giving away all my belongings. What do I want to do? If I give them away like this, Fubao will look down on my gift. After all, I am her brother. Brother Meng, you have no moral principles." Jiang Tongtu curled his lips, feeling a little jealous.

His biological brother is not as good as his adopted brother who only came out of the family.

If he had known this earlier, he would have started saving money two years in advance.

No, even if he had done it a hundred years earlier he wouldn't have been able to save so much money. With so many shops, the total amount would be enough to buy his life.

At this moment, Jiang Tongtu was shocked.

He and Meng Bujiu were only two years apart in age, but they were worlds apart. One was an official, while the other couldn't even pass the examination to become a student. Meng Bujiu was not only talented and had a good reputation, but he also had a brain for business and actually made a lot of money secretly.

He is inferior to Meng Bujiu in every aspect.

He looked a little depressed, but he quickly cheered up.

He wants to develop the People's Hall with his brother and Huanyue! In the future, even if he makes so much money that his hands cramp, at least he can't do it like this time.

I can't even afford a decent gift.

You must not be a useless person who only knows how to eat, drink and play, like the kid from the Liu family next door.

"Brother Bujiu, are these all given to me? They are too valuable, I can't accept them." Jiang Fubao was a little bit incredulous. She was so moved that she pushed the wooden box away.

"Yes, I'm giving it to you. You must accept it. The location of these shops is only suitable for opening a clinic. If you don't want it, it will be a waste of my money. Besides, I don't know anything about medicine. The shop can only flourish if it is in your hands, right?

Also, I have a lot of money. If you don't help me spend some, I'm afraid I won't be able to spend all the money until I die. Fubao, please be kind and accept these shops, okay? Brother, please."

Jiang Fubao's expression was written all over his face, and Meng Bujiu knew it at a glance.

He pretended to beg, but in fact he inadvertently showed off his wealth, which made Jiang Tongtu so jealous that his teeth almost fall out.

"I'll help you spend it, Brother Meng. If you have too much money to spend, give it to me and I'll help you spend it." He said with his cheeks puffed out.

"If I don't give it to you, you will buy useless things. Give it to me. I'll take it. Brother Bujiu, although you have a lot of money, you can't spend it like this. Don't squander it in the future, understand? After these shops open for business and make a profit, I will give you 50% of the profits. You have to take it even if you don't want it. Xuehuan, return the wooden box to my room and remember to lock it up."

Jiang Fubao hugged the wooden box directly to his chest and raised his chin defensively towards his fifth brother. After showing off, he shouted at Xue Huan again. Only after he handed the wooden box to Xue Huan and gave her repeated instructions did she breathe a sigh of relief.

The paper deed contained in this small wooden box was worth almost as much as her entire family's possessions.

If this was stolen, she would be so angry that she would vomit blood.

What she didn't notice was that in her subconscious, Meng Bujiu's money seemed to be hers.

She is already feeling distressed.

"Fubao." As Xue Huan just left, Shen Hechi squeezed in.

The clothes he had put together in the morning were now in disarray, as if he had fallen and had just gotten up.

Even some of his hair had fallen out from his temples, but his thin figure made him look a little frail, which made people want to take care of him.

"Mr. Shen, what's wrong with you?" Jiang Fubao's attention had never been on him, so he naturally didn't notice that he was surrounded by a group of people and couldn't get away.

"It's okay. I was pestered for a while. Here, this is my coming-of-age gift for you. It's also your birthday gift. I hope Fubao will accept it and don't refuse me."

Shen Hechi forced a smile, walked up to her and handed her a piece of paper deed.

Jiang Fubao took it and after reading only a few lines, she wanted to return the deed to Shen Hechi.

"No, this is too expensive. I can't accept it. Mr. Shen, you should take it back. We are not related in any way. I can't accept such an expensive gift. I'll give it back to you. I'm already very happy that you can come. You don't need to give me any gift." Jiang Fubao shook his head repeatedly.

This deed is written clearly.

It was a shop in the imperial city, with two floors. The shop and the land were all written on a piece of paper. Once she got it, this big shop in the luxurious city center would be hers.

But Jiang Fubao couldn't accept it. She knew what Shen Hechi thought of her. If she accepted it, wouldn't it be a disguised consent to his pursuit?

Besides, she already had a shop in the Imperial City, which was given to her by her brother Bujiu, and it was no smaller than this one. Since she had never been to the Imperial City, she didn't know the exact locations of the two shops, and which one was closer to the palace and had a better location.

But as long as you are in the imperial city, it won’t be cheap.

One is enough.

"But I've already bought it. If you don't want it, what's the point of me coming here? Fubao, I'm leaving tomorrow, so please accept it."

Shen Hechi's face turned pale. He didn't expect Fubao to refuse to accept the contract.

"You really don't want it. Take it back." Jiang Fubao stuffed the paper deed into his hand.

Just as they were about to say a few more words, the dishes were being served outside and Zhang Jinlan came in and called them out.

Soon, Meng Bujiu and Shen Hechi were the only ones left in the main room.

Meng Bujiu had one foot outside and one foot inside. He stopped, his head facing outwards, slightly tilted, but speaking inside.

"It's impossible for you to be with her. You are not of the same kind. I wish you a successful career in the imperial city and a large family."

After saying that, he walked out without looking back.

Zhang Jinlan arranged him to sit at the same table with her family, which shows his importance and status in the Jiang family.

Shen Hechi's eyes turned red.

He clenched his fists tightly, veins bulging, and crumpled the paper deed of the imperial city into a ball.