Chapter 726 Opening Two Stores in the Imperial City

The two brothers' personalities are totally different.

Jiang Tongji, who is one year older than Jiang Tongxiang, is studying at Sanshan School.

He must pass the next autumn imperial examination.

As for love between men and women, he has no interest in it.

Previously, many classmates at school wanted to introduce their sisters to him, but he refused.

At the same time, Shen Hechi, who was on his way to the imperial city, saw that it was getting late, so he found an inn to stay in. As soon as he entered the room, there was a knock on the door.

"Who?" His voice was alert.

If you don't be smart when you go out, you might lose your life.

"It's me, sir. Someone asked me to deliver something to you." It was the waiter of the inn.

Shen Hechi's face was still tense. He walked to the door, looked through the crack, saw the waiter outside, and then opened the door with confidence.

"Who? What?" Shen Hechi rarely spoke when he was outside, and he acted completely different when he was with Jiang Fubao.

It's simply too cool.

"It was an official from Qixi County, Ruling Prefecture. He said that the county magistrate sent him to deliver it. Sir, here it is for you." The waiter raised the wooden box in his hand flatteringly.

To be able to have the county magistrate send him something, this gentleman must be of noble status. He may not look very old, but his aura is so daunting that people are intimidated.

"Where are the people?" Shen Hechi took the wooden box and asked again before opening it.

"He has already left on horseback. He must have left the city when I went upstairs. We can ride horses in the city at night." The waiter explained.

"Okay, don't bother me anymore. Bring me a breakfast at dawn tomorrow. Take it." Shen Hechi took out a tael of silver from his pocket and handed it to the waiter.

The waiter was overjoyed and quickly bent down, taking the silver while thanking him.

It was just a breakfast, nothing more than a steamed bun, porridge and some pickled vegetables, why would it cost one or two taels of silver? I'm afraid the rest was a reward for him.

The waiter's monthly salary was only half an ounce of silver, and he suddenly received such a large bonus. He was so happy that his hands were shaking. He really treated Shen Hechi as his own grandfather.

"Bang." Shen Hechi closed the door, and the waiter said a few nice words before going downstairs.

Shen Hechi put the wooden box on the table, sat down and slowly opened it.

Countless banknotes appeared before his eyes.

His pupils suddenly contracted.

By the time he counted the total of twenty thousand taels, his face was so dark that ink seemed to be dripping off it.

You know, he spent nearly 20,000 taels to buy that shop, so Meng Bujiu must have already inquired about it. Is he determined to help Fubao repay this favor?

What does he rely on?

Just because he is Fubao's brother?

Shen Hechi laughed in anger.

The dark eyes looked extremely gloomy in the dim room.

The banknote in his hand was also tightly crumpled into a ball.

This was really a misunderstanding. How could Meng Bujiu know how much he spent on buying the shop?

It was just a guess, and with the idea of ​​giving more rather than less, he gave exactly 20,000 taels.

"Ah Qiu..." In the county government office of Chang'an Town, Meng Bujiu, who was sitting in the study reading a case file, sneezed. He rubbed his nose, which was a little itchy. "Young Master, are you cold? Let me close the window for you." Lingshan, who was sitting nearby reading a book, said with concern.

"It's early autumn now, and the nights are a bit chilly. Turn off the door, and make me some ginger soup, so I don't catch a cold when I go to Fubao in a couple of days."

Meng Bujiu continued to look through the case files and spoke without raising his head.

"Okay, I'll go right away." Lingshan put down the notebook in his hand and walked to the kitchen.

At this hour, it was already very late and the cook had fallen asleep.

He personally made ginger soup for Meng Bujiu. Although the taste was not good, the effect was the same.

Meng Bujiu did not mind giving up. When he was taking the exam before, Lingshan had served him. As long as the poison did not kill him, he could eat it.

The master and the servant, one dares to endure and the other dares to drink, and they trust each other.

Jiang Fubao, who was being nagging by Meng Bujiu, had not yet gone to sleep. She stood beside the bed, looking at the paper deeds covering the entire bed with an excited look on her face.

"Xue Huan, tell me, which of these two shops in the Imperial City should I sell? I can't just open two stores, can you help me think about it?"

Jiang Fubao was a little confused. The paper deed stated the area and approximate layout. Although she had never seen the shop in person, she could guess roughly what it was based on the text.

Both shops are two-storey and have a yard, but my brother's shop is slightly smaller, but it has a balcony on the second floor where you can enjoy the view.

The room Shen Hechi gave us did not have a balcony, but it was bigger and could accommodate a few more tables.

"Why not take both? Miss, you can open a clinic and sell herbal medicines. This way, you can split the business up and you won't have to worry about the herbal medicines being too noisy and disturbing the doctor."

Xue Huan bit her lower lip, thought about it for a long time, and finally came to this conclusion.

"Okay, you have a point. Actually, it's not good to sell it. This is the shop in the imperial city, passed down from generation to generation. It was given by Master Shen. Although Brother Bujiu has helped me repay the favor, it's not good to sell the shop that he carefully selected. It's really rude. I have no grudge against him. Then let Brother Bujiu sell medicinal food and Master Shen open a clinic."

After Jiang Fubao made the decision, he asked Xue Huan to put away all the paper deeds.

Then I lay on the bed and fell into a sweet dream.

Soon, the day arrived when Zhang Jinlan had an appointment with the Liu family.

At dawn, Jiang Tongtu was pulled up.

Zhang Jinlan specially sent a personal maid to help him wash and dress up. She combed his hair with hair oil until it was shiny without a single strand of hair out of place. She then tied up his long hair with a flawless mutton-fat jade crown and changed him into a new set of clothes.

The maid even drew his eyebrows with eyebrow pencil. If Jiang Tongtu had not refused, she would have put on rouge and powder.

But he is not ugly, and he looks much more handsome with just simple dressing up.

While having breakfast, even Jiang Fubao was surprised when he saw it.

"Fifth brother is not ugly after all. It turns out that he was too sloppy before. I used to think that he was the ugliest among us brothers and sisters. I was blind. Fifth brother, you look really handsome today. You must keep working hard. Follow Sister Liu and serve her well. If she wants to go east, you are not allowed to go west. If she says peach blossoms are beautiful, you are not allowed to pick plum blossoms. Do you understand?"

While Jiang Fubao was praising him, he also taught him how to pursue girls.

The brother and sister were used to hurting each other, and Jiang Tongtu didn't mind at all.

"Okay, okay, I'll listen to you, grandma. When will we leave?" Jiang Tongtu, who had already gulped down a bowl of porridge, was getting impatient.

"Look how anxious you are. Didn't you not want to come before? Do you think I'm stupid? Only Fubao is always there to clean up your mess. Otherwise, do you think Liu Yatou would still want to see you? How can you run away in front of people?"

Zhang Jinlan rolled her eyes at him.

You are so positive, what have you been doing before?

Fortunately, the granddaughter made things right.

"I was wrong. How could I know Miss Liu was so interesting? Fubao is right. Appearance is nothing. It takes soul mates. Besides, after watching her for a long time, I found that Miss Liu is pretty, especially when she smiles, hehehe."