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Wu Wei'an was very fond of it and asked the other party, "How much is this house for?"
The old man said, "Sir, one hundred and two thousand taels of gold."
Wu Weian frowned: "It's a bit expensive."
The old man said, "Sir, the layout and feng shui of this house are very good. This price is already a bargain."
Ji Yunxi listened to Wu Weian bargaining with the other party and said nothing.
She walked around casually as if she was taking a tour.
This house is indeed nice. The owner was short of money and wanted to sell it in a hurry, so she bought it for six thousand taels of gold.
Because Ji Yunxi had so many houses, there was nothing much to say after she took them, and her brothers at home didn't know about it either.
Moreover, the original owner took the silver and money and left Shangjing City, and no one knew about this.
Wu Weian walked towards her: "Yun Niang."
Ji Yunxi turned around and asked, "Why, didn't you agree on the price?"
Wu Wei'an nodded: "This owner is really stingy. No matter what I say, he won't give me a discount."
Wu Wei'an's heart ached as he spoke. The two houses he had seen before, the most expensive of which was only 7,000 taels of gold, would have given him 3,000 taels of gold left over. But this one was asking for 10,200 taels of gold, a full 5,000 taels more! He wanted to buy it, but he had no money.
As for asking Ji Yunxi to help buy it, Wu Weian really didn't have the face to do so.
After all, as a man, he didn't need to prepare anything else, he just needed to prepare a house. If the house also required his fiancée to pay part of the money, where would he put his face?
Besides, his father and second brother would also come to live in this house, so Wu Weian couldn't let Ji Yunxi pay for it.
Of course, the most important thing is that Wu Weian felt that Ji Yunxi would not pay.
Ji Yunxi did have a lot of money, but her money was not easy to take. She was very shrewd.
Wu Wei'an looked a little tired: "However, let's go with the first one."
Ji Yunxi looked at him: "But I like it here."
Wu Weian sighed lightly.
Who doesn’t like it? He likes it too.
Of course the more expensive the better, he understands this principle.
Ji Yunxi reached out and gently touched the rose petals with her fingertips. After thinking for a moment, she said, "I'll pay the two thousand taels, and you pay the ten thousand taels."
Wu Wei'an didn't hesitate and said righteously, "Okay."
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Time passed day by day, and soon it was April.
On this day, the letter from Ji Mingxi to Ji Mingyuan also arrived.
Ji Mingyuan was in seclusion, and when his fellow disciples brought him food, they also stuffed the letter into the small hole.
Chapter 37 Wedding
On the third day of April, the temperature was neither hot nor cold, and the wind brought a comfortable breath.
Ji Yunxi's eight gambling houses opened one after another. Dechang Gambling House was the first to open. Today was the fifth day of operation and it was bustling with people.
This was all thanks to the new manager, Fang Yuan. He first came up with a new gambling scheme, recruited beggars from the city and spread the word throughout the capital. He then spread the word that during the first three days of the Dechang Casino's opening, everyone could gamble once without chips. There were countless other schemes like this.
Fang Yuan has been very busy recently, but when he heard that Ji Yunxi was coming, he immediately put down his work and went out to greet Ji Yunxi in person.
He took Ji Yunxi around the Dechang gambling house, explaining to her as they walked, "Third Miss, I've let all those disobedient people out of the gambling house go. Including Master Ye. Third Miss, you don't know, but Master Ye acted like you had the guts to make me leave, but when I really asked him to leave, he refused to leave! He was crying and making a scene at the gambling house door, a grown man, not even ashamed! I got so annoyed by it, I had my thugs throw him away."
Ji Yunxi nodded slightly, looking at the lively crowd, quite satisfied: "You did a good job."
Fang Yuan chuckled and said, "It's all thanks to your good teaching, Third Miss. You told me to do whatever I want and that you'd cover everything if anything went wrong. Now I'm not afraid of anything anymore."
Ji Yunxi glanced at Fang Yuan.
Fang Yuan changed out of his shabby black clothes for a new cloth one, and put on a new pair of shoes. Although running the gambling house these days was hard work, at least he no longer had to sleep in the open air. He ate well, slept well, and his face became rosy.
Ji Yunxi glanced calmly at his chest, then looked away. After a moment's silence, she said, "You know, I own seven other gambling houses. Business at those seven is pretty slow. I plan to wait and see at the end of the month. If Dechang makes a good profit this month, I'd like to let you manage the other seven as well. What do you think?"
Fang Yuan was stunned and didn't say anything for a long time.
No, originally the third lady asked the maid to find him and asked him to be the manager of Dechang Casino, so he thought it was a piece of cake!
Fang Yuan had never dared to think about this before. What he thought about most every day was where to get the money for the next meal and where to sleep tonight.
After all, although he was a juren, he could not return to his hometown, did not know any teachers, and could not get a letter of recommendation, so it was difficult for him to become a staff member in the government.
As a result, the third lady asked him a few questions and then made him the manager of the gambling house! Now, in less than half a month, he was about to go from being the manager of one house to being the manager of eight houses!
This wasn't just a free lunch; it was a fairy sister descending to earth, wasn't it? The third daughter of the Ji family was a fairy sister from heaven, right? Otherwise, how could someone so kind and generous exist in the world?
Fang Yuan burst into tears of joy and immediately knelt on one knee in front of Ji Yunxi. He clasped his fists and said solemnly, "Third Miss, I am willing! I will definitely live up to your trust!"
Ji Yunxi asked Baofu to help Fang Yuan up and then left.
Baofu was a step too late. After she helped the frail Fang Yuan up, she handed him a piece of paper.
Fang Yuan took a look and saw a map of Shangjing City, with the locations of eight gambling houses marked on it. Among them, Dechang Gambling House and the other three were circled in red.
He didn't quite understand and asked, "Sister Ah Fu, what does this mean?"
Baofu felt comfortable being called "Sister" and said, "The four houses circled here belong to the young lady. The other four belong to the future son-in-law. There are a few gambling houses not far away, and the young lady said they might take away our business. Do you understand what the young lady means?"
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