Chapter 3 Landlords Wherever You Go(1/2)
When I was leaving the town, I was stopped by my shopkeeper.
It was said that someone had taken a fancy to the shop and wanted to buy it.
Cheng Dongchun was so nervous that he said, "Okay, sell him!"
But Yao Yuqing glared at her, such a good shop, he actually opened his mouth and sold it!
Take a look first!
The two shops are both at the west entrance of the town, which is on the way to Zhenwu Mountain. There are many Taoists in Zhenwu Mountain, including several sects, the largest of which is Zhenling Taoism.
Those Taoists are all supported by the imperial court. They are very rich, and they must be lavish when visiting the town. The location of these two storefronts is quite good. Yao Yuqing knows it well.
Two families came to see the place. They both spoke with Guanzhong accents and said they had fled from the Three Qin Dynasty.
Now Liu Tingyu has occupied Sanqin, and the general Yu Shiji has sent troops to Shangzhou. The war is about to break out, so the people in Guanzhong are afraid of being affected by the war, so they flee one after another.
One household is headed by an old man, and there are five members of the family, including his wife, son, daughter-in-law, and a young grandson. The other household is headed by a woman in her forties, with several clerks and a little girl.
She is quite kind, she looks like a lady boss who is used to running a shop, she is dignified and elegant.
The old man opened his mouth and kept saying, "Uh," which made the two girls feel uncomfortable. The woman who looked like the landlady finally took their place in the conversation. Although she spoke in a crooked accent, it was still much better than what Old Qin said.
"These two houses are both good. Girl, if you want to sell them, you can tell me a price. If you think they are worth it, then we will settle on it! Five hundred taels!"
Yao Yuqing shook his head, smiled kindly and said, "These two rooms are only for rent, not for sale. One hundred taels per year."
"Hey, girl, you are so generous. One hundred taels is enough to rent a restaurant in the most prosperous place in Yunzhou City. How can you rent it in such a remote place in the countryside? Girl, you see the same.
You ladies, you just pretend you don’t understand the business outside! Don’t say one hundred taels, let alone fifty taels, it’s hard for you to rent it out!”
Yao Yuqing ignored the woman and said with a smile: "For this price, let's forget about renting. We don't plan to rent in a hurry!"
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Cheng Dongchun, who found it troublesome, tugged at the corner of her clothes: "Forget it, sell it. How many hundreds of silver are there?"
Yao Yuqing ignored her and turned to leave.
Lao Qin was silent. When he saw her about to leave, he hurriedly shouted: "Hey, my daughter, we haven't talked about it yet. Can we sell it to you? Is it OK? We come from Yancheng, it's so far away."
It's easy, I just want to find a place to stay, and you just leave us and leave? Where will we stay tonight?"
…
The woman who looked like the landlady also flashed her eyes. She came over with a smile and grabbed Yao Yuqing. She said with a smile: "Hey, girl, don't leave in a hurry. This business is all about talking. Why?"
He just left without even talking about it!"
Yao Yuqing then stopped, looked at the landlady, stretched out his finger and said, "It's not easy for you, this house is eighty-two years old! And you have to pay one year's rent in advance!"
This sentence put the boss's wife in trouble again. The cost was still quite high, and in business, you had to pay before the money was earned, which was also very stressful.
Unexpectedly, Lao Qin opened his mouth and said: "Why sell it? We want to buy it, not rent it!"
"Not for sale!"
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"Daughter, if you sell it to them, they will pay you one time, and if you don't sell it, then won't they let you suck your blood?"
"Vampire?" This was the first time Cheng Dongchun heard this statement. Why did he become a vampire without selling it!?
"Grandpa, why did I become a vampire when I rented it to you?" The silly girl didn't understand why, so she asked carefully.
But Lao Qin was not polite and said: "Girl, think about it, if you buy it, we will have to go to the mountains to dig wild vegetables and eat tree bark to boil it. When we get rich, this will be ours."
Home, a lifelong home. Live here, take root here! But if this house is not eh? Then our family will still be homeless! When will wandering around end? Ah, eldest grandson, wow
Ah!..."
"Father, mother, grandpa! Grandma." Seeing Lao Qin's family hugging each other and crying, Cheng Dongchun couldn't help but sympathize. These refugees came all the way.
It’s not easy. Digging wild vegetables and eating tree bark, what kind of life is this? It’s even harder than the life I lived in Qiantang when I was a child!
"Sister, forget it, sell them. Anyway, those twenty acres of land are enough!"
"This is a drama of love! Don't be fooled!" Yao Yu looked on with cold eyes and reminded her in a low voice.
"This!" Seeing the whole family crying sincerely, how could it look like a sad drama?
The lady boss next to her became impatient. She took out the handkerchief from her sleeve, patted her thigh and cried: "I am such a short-lived old devil. I died so early. I was the only one in the family to take care of things. In order to escape from the war, I couldn't even escape."
The whole family is gone! All the guys under me have to eat, but how can a woman’s family support it! Oh my life, it’s so hard, oh oh oh oh...”
The innocent little girl looked about twelve or thirteen years old. She was still childish and started to cry. She took out half a piece of cake wrapped in a handkerchief and handed it to the proprietress: "Sister-in-law, eat some.
You haven’t eaten for three days, you can’t continue like this!”
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurantu
The big-mouthed guy at the back swallowed his saliva and was given a slap by the guy next to him. Then he stopped his expression and said: "Old, boss lady, I, I'm not hungry. You eat. If you fall down, we will all be hungry."
die!"
"Big mouth! Woohoo!"
Each of these painful scenes is more real than the last!
Cheng Dongchun couldn't bear it and said: "Okay, okay, don't cry, I'll sell it to you!"
"Really?"
The old man and the landlady looked over at the same time.
She pulled Cheng Dongchun, but the girl ignored her. Yao Yuqing couldn't help but sigh.
"Hey, thank you so much, my dear. You are such a good person. You will be blessed with great fortune and live a long life."
"Good people have a safe life!"
"Yeah!" Cheng Dongchun showed a row of silver teeth as he liked to hear flattery.
Yao Yuqing has nothing to say about this!
"Just like I said, five hundred taels!"
Five hundred taels per room...
Before Cheng Dongchun could nod, Yao Yuqing stretched out his hand and shouted: "Eight hundred taels, cash in silver, one cent less will not be sold!"
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"Win! Pay for it!"
The old Qin family tacitly moved out a box from the car at the back. It was not big and contained ten brand-new gold bars. The old man took out two of them and bit them with his teeth to show them that they were genuine!
A gold bar of ten taels is worth a hundred taels, eight...
Cheng Dongchun might not understand, but Yao Yuqing was stunned.
This Lao Qin!
rich!
The landlady here was even more heroic. She took out a silver note directly from the middle of her plump breasts, one thousand taels! She also asked them for two gold bars!
One thousand taels of silver notes plus six 10-tael gold bars!
Two shops.
Cheng Dongchun felt it was so worth it.
Yao Yuqing had nothing to say.
The pen and ink are ready, the signature is signed, and the deal is done.
The silly girl thought that one thousand six hundred taels would be enough for her parents to spend a lifetime, and with the twenty acres of land, they could enjoy their old age in Yunzhou.
Yao Yuqing doesn't think so. For her, these things are numbers. The bigger the number, the higher the sense of accomplishment.
So on the way, he ignored Cheng Dongchun's happy mood and kept complaining to her that the sales were less and the price should start at 1,000 taels.
Just kidding, one thousand taels is enough to buy a shop in a more prosperous place in Yunzhou, and eight hundred taels is not too small.
"Sister!"
"Look, they can pay 800 taels in one breath, but they can't pay 80 taels a year for rent? Ten years is enough!"
"Well, they are so pitiful and homeless!"
"Homeless? Silly girl, they can easily take out a thousand taels! Look at that old man, a box of gold! What is this? He must also be a wealthy landlord!"
Cheng Dongchun bulged his mouth: "But when they fled, they dug wild vegetables and ate tree bark! We should also
Should I sympathize with others? Besides, as long as you have enough money to spend!"
"How can you dig up wild vegetables and eat the tree bark to make a fat and white grandson? Try it! How thin was your girl when you first came to the sect? Why do you eat round balls now? You can eat wild vegetables and tree bark to make your grandson white.
Have you gained weight? Look at his daughter-in-law, does she look like she has skipped one meal?"
"Sister!"
Seeing that the girl was a little unhappy, Yao Yuqing stopped talking and didn't want to say any more.
To be continued...