The convoy was moving at a fairly fast pace. Xiao Lingdang and Wu Tongtong were chatting and laughing along the way. Only Qin Yu was sitting there calmly with his eyes closed to rest.
Of course, if you ignore the purse that he was holding tightly together...
In order to help with directions, Song Jie asked the waiter to wait at the gate of Huaxiang County early in the morning.
The guy had gone to the Lin family yesterday, so he saw Lin Changshu and his team's convoy at a glance and greeted them from afar.
"Master Lin! Here, my wife asked me to lead the way. Just follow me."
Lin Changshu quickly responded, "Okay, okay, thank you so much, Madam. But we have to go to Bishui Academy first. Could you please show us the way?"
The clerk had already received instructions. "Well, no problem. Just follow me. The Bishui Academy is quite close to the shop."
In fact, Huaxiang County is really not small. After all, it is close to the provincial capital, and there are often merchants passing by here, so the whole county is very prosperous.
The two busiest streets in Huaxiang County are Mudan Street and Peony Street. Both are named after flowers and are easy to remember.
These two streets also have different divisions of labor and focuses.
Mudan Street is mainly composed of restaurants, teahouses, inns and other shops, most of which are places where wealthy people spend their leisure time.
Shaoyao Street is divided into two ends, east and west. The east side mainly sells food, including various dim sum and snacks, while the west side mainly sells various rouge, powder, silk and satin.
Song Jie's cloth shop and tailor shop are right here.
The Bishui Academy is located on Yunhe Street behind Shaoyao Street. This street is relatively quiet and most of the things sold are related to scholars.
For example, places like stationery stores, Yaxuan, and chess clubs.
Therefore, if Lin Wen were to study here, it would be very convenient for him to live in the tailor shop and travel back and forth.
Today is the day when Bishui Academy accepts new students. Many people send their children here to study, and the entrance is quite lively.
Lin Wen picked up his bookcase and said, "Mom, Aunt, you don't have to go downstairs to see me off. I have the token Uncle Huo gave me, so I can just go in directly."
Li nodded and said, "Okay, then you go by yourself. We'll go to the shop. If you have anything, come back and tell me."
Lin Wen then got off the carriage carrying the book box and walked quickly towards the academy.
Most of the people coming here are from wealthy families, and most of them wear silk clothes. It is very rare to see someone like Lin Wen wearing coarse cloth.
This attracted the attention of many people. Although they were curious, no one wanted to cause trouble at this time.
It was not until Lin Wen entered the academy that everyone rushed to the shop.
There are quite a few people strolling on Shaoyao Street at this moment, and it is quite lively with people coming and going.
Song Jie's cloth shop is a decades-old store and is located relatively centrally.
Because the quality of the cloth is good enough, there are quite a few wealthy ladies and young ladies who come here to buy cloth on weekdays.
The tailor shop was located diagonally opposite the Song family, not far away.
So when the Lin family arrived, Song Jie saw them at a glance and quickly brought Huo Qiuyue to greet them.
"Uncle Lin, you guys are here pretty early. Have you had breakfast? If not, I'll ask someone to arrange some."
Zhao heard the voice and quickly got out of the carriage. "No, no, we came here after we had dinner! Weren't you waiting here since early morning?"
Song Jie smiled and pointed to her own shop not far away. "No, look, that's our shop over there. We'll be neighbors from now on. If you have any questions, just come to me."
Zhao took a look and felt more at ease. At least there was someone to help her, so she wouldn't be at a loss if something really happened.
Lin Changshu was about to use the key to open the door, but when he turned around, he was stunned. "This, is actually this store?"
Lin Changhe turned around and was also confused. "Could we have come to the wrong place? This shop is quite big. I remember I saw this shop when we were walking around the county. I even asked people about it. I heard that it sold for several hundred taels."
Seeing this, Song Jie quickly explained, "This is the store, we didn't go wrong.
Actually, this is also an old shop, and business was pretty good in the past. But there was a playboy in the family who became addicted to gambling and squandered all the family money.
Fortunately, his parents were nice people who knew how to be grateful. Knowing that he couldn't pay back the money for the goods, they simply used their shop as collateral.
However, there is really no use for me to keep this shop. Instead of leaving it idle, I might as well use it as a gift for my family."
Song Jie said it lightly, but in fact Lin Changshu knew in his heart that the gift was indeed a bit too big. After all, it was several hundred taels.
Seeing that everyone was in a daze, Song Jie took the key from Lin Changshu's hand and opened the door directly.
"Uncle Lin, please come in quickly. This place is very empty right now. You have to fill it up little by little."
Seeing this, everyone had no choice but to follow him in.
This shop is really big. Everything inside has been cleaned out and it is very spacious.
It looked like the front shop alone was about six or seven mu of land. (One mu of land is about sixty square meters.)
Sun looked around the shop curiously and couldn't help but exclaim, "Oh my, this shop is so big."
Lin Guang pointed to the backyard and said, "It's more than that! This backyard is even more spacious!"
Everyone was attracted by his words and hurried to the backyard.
Wow, it’s really hard not to be amazed.
If you don't count the backyard alone, the area of the house is about one acre.
This may not seem big in the village, but it is really not easy to have such a large backyard in the city.
The whole yard is very spacious, with a small path paved with blue bricks in the middle, connecting the main house and the side rooms on the left and right.
There are three rooms in the main house, the main hall and two side rooms on the east and west sides. The rooms are not small and there is also a small corridor.
There are three rooms on each side of the east and west wings. Except for the kitchen and a utility room, the others are empty.
However, the rooms are not small, so as long as we add some furniture, it will be absolutely no problem for people to live in.
This is much more spacious than the house they lived in before, and it is easy for the whole family to live in.
Mrs. Zhao couldn't help but be a little surprised. "This yard is too big. And even though this house has been lived in for decades, it is made of high-quality bricks and tiles. It is usually well maintained and looks no worse than new."
Mrs. Li also liked it more and more. "Yes, it will be perfect for doing some large carpentry work here in the future."
Lin Changshu pointed to the open space between the east wing and the shop in front.
"Let's build a shed there. It's a large area, so we can store wood and work there without worrying about the wind or rain. It's also close to the front, so it's easy to move."
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