You heard me right.
Leng Chuchen nodded very seriously.
"I want to buy the shop, are you selling it or not?"
"no……"
The plump woman looked him up and down with great surprise.
"Young man, you seem like a normal person to me. Didn't you hear what I just said?"
"I'm listening..."
"So you still want to buy it? Do you want to jump into a fire pit?"
Are you selling or not?
Leng Chuchen suddenly felt that this fat sister-in-law was really a bit of a busybody.
The plump woman, however, looked at him with a rather righteous and awe-inspiring expression.
"Although I'm eager to sell this shop, I don't do anything swindling or cheating. Let me tell you again, there's no business to be had on this street. You should think it over carefully."
Leng Chuchen nodded somewhat impatiently.
"We've thought it over. Tell us, how much silver?"
The chubby woman tentatively held up five fingers, but seeing Leng Chuchen's brow furrow slightly, she withdrew one.
"The shop costs four hundred taels of silver. It has a courtyard in the front and back. Although it's a bit small, it can easily accommodate four or five people. If you want to continue running the cloth shop, I'll give you a discount on these items, equivalent to fifty taels of silver..."
Leng Chuchen frowned slightly in displeasure.
"Boss lady, that's a bit greedy of you. How can you charge four hundred taels of silver a year for a shop that has no business?"
Seeing that he had misunderstood her, the plump woman quickly shook her head and explained.
“That’s not what I meant. I meant that if I sold it to you for four hundred taels, you could rent it for one hundred taels a year. But I think it’s better to buy it. The rent for four years would be enough to buy a shop.”
At this moment, Li Ping stepped forward, looking at her with an incredulous expression.
"Did I hear that right? Your shop, with courtyards in the front and back, only costs four hundred taels of silver?"
The plump woman sighed helplessly.
"There's no business on this street, so the price of this shop isn't even as high as that of an ordinary house elsewhere. I'd be lucky to get four hundred taels."
Leng Chuchen frowned slightly, and without thinking, nodded directly.
"Alright, I'll take this shop. Let's write the contract!"
"real?"
Seeing how readily he agreed, the plump woman was somewhat incredulous.
She confirmed again,
"Young master, are you sure you want this shop? You can't go back on your word."
"No regrets, this is written as proof."
He had no time to chat idly with her. He wanted this shop because it was close to the Luo family's pharmacy and to Zhiwan and Yiming.
This time, he didn't have a chance to talk to Yiming. The little brat only dared to peek at him from the side and didn't dare to come closer.
Now things are much better. He opened a shop next to his house, so he can legitimately see the mother and son every day.
Business here is bad, and Fatty Sister has wanted to go back to the countryside to live for a long time, but she has been unable to sell the shop.
If she can sell the shop successfully, she can go back to her hometown to farm and live a stress-free life.
The plump woman nodded eagerly.
"Okay, please wait a moment, I'll go get my man."
After leaving those words, she happily ran off to the backyard.
This was the first time she had ever met people who acted so decisively; they hadn't even looked at the shop carefully before deciding to buy it.
What did she do wrong to run into these suckers?
A short while later, the fat woman called her husband over. Seeing that someone was going to take care of his mess, the man couldn't wait to write a contract, sign it with Hu Ke, and after Hu Ke paid the money, they filled a cart with the things from the backyard. As if they were afraid that Leng Chuchen would go back on her word, they left without looking back.
They took over the fabric shop in less than an hour.
Standing in the shop, Li Ping shook his head to himself.
"Young master, is the reason we bought this fabric shop so we can be closer to Miss Luo?"
"Of course not, we're going to do business here, and we're going to do it well."
"Young master, are you dreaming? Have you forgotten what that fat woman said? This street is officially called God of Wealth Street, but its nickname is Death Street. If you want to do business and make money on this street, the sun will rise in the west."
Leng Chuchen looked coldly at Li Ping, her brows furrowed in displeasure.
"You call yourself a second-rank bodyguard by my side? You're so ignorant. If business is good here, what's the point? If business is bad, we should make it good. That's how we prove our strength."
"This place is strictly forbidden by the government; outsiders are not allowed to enter. Do you intend to use your status to suppress the government?"
Leng Chuchen gave a cold snort with a slight smile.
"If we reveal our identities directly, how will we know what evil deeds the Yong'an City government has committed?"
"So what do you mean?"
"Take the silver and go to the government office to have a talk."
Leaving those words behind, he stepped forward, and as he reached the door, he instructed Hu Ke:
"You stay here and tidy up this place. Throw away what you can't! Take our horses to the backyard and feed them."
"Yes, young master."
After Hu Ke accepted the order, he took Li Ping and headed straight for the government office.
Walking along the road, Li Ping couldn't help but ask,
"Young master, do you intend to settle this with money again?"
"Judging from the two children of the Prefect of Yong'an, Zhuang Guoqiang must be a scoundrel who values money above all else. It would be more efficient to settle things with money. Once we find evidence of their wrongdoings, we can report to the court and have him dismissed from his post."
"Then... Miss Luo will say that you only know how to use money to solve problems."
"This means we have money to use. Let's go. We'll act according to the situation later. We can't let Zhuang Guoqiang get too arrogant."
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