"This shop is a good size, but the decor is outdated. We'll have to renovate it after we take it over. Also, the house in the backyard is quite old, and the furniture is all very worn out. Even if we rent it, we'll have to buy new ones."
Situ Ye was very tall, nearly 190cm, with wheat-colored skin, thick eyebrows and big eyes. When he stood there, he gave people an inexplicable sense of oppression. At this moment, Situ Ye opened his bright eyes and looked at the man with a smile on his face, but the smile did not reach his eyes.
The young man, unnerved by his gaze, could not help but curse him inwardly for his charade. Eventually, they negotiated a price, settling on a monthly rent of five taels of silver for the shop and the yard behind it. With a ten-tael deposit, Hua Qingcheng signed the lease agreement, and after it was stamped with the government seal, she paid the young man seventy taels of silver.
After the man handed over the key and left, Hua Qingcheng and Situ Ye went to the grocery store to buy a new lock and replaced it. Seeing that it was already past noon, Hua Qingcheng and Situ Ye found a noodle stall nearby and had a bowl of noodles.
After lunch, Hua Qingcheng and Situ Ye returned to the shop. Together, they cleaned the shop, the yard, and every room inside and out. By the time they finished and returned to Huaqiao Village, it was almost midnight.
"Wife, my second brother, go and have dinner."
Seeing Hua Qingcheng stepping out in the dew in the early morning and returning home in the night, Mu Lige hurriedly told them to go eat first. In the main room, Yu Xiaotian had already reheated the food left for them and placed it on the table.
"Li Ge, we've found a nice shop. We'll go back to Aunt Qian Yi and order some tables, chairs, benches, counters, cabinets, and other items. Then we can start preparing to open our shop."
As soon as Hua Qingcheng came back, she happily talked to Mu Lige about the shop they rented today. Mu Lige felt a little distressed when he saw the two people who looked exhausted.
"That's great. There's no rush for the rest. Eat first and then go wash up."
At midnight, a Gyrfalcon quietly flew into Mu Lige's room, with a bamboo tube tied to its leg. Mu Lige pulled out a piece of paper from the tube, which read: "Shop has been rented."
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