As soon as Mingzhu said this, the shopkeeper, the clerk, and even Tang Lizi were stunned. After a while, the shopkeeper recovered and asked:
"You don't want money, so what do you want?"
"I want a house."
"house?"
"Yes, my master first came to Chang'an and wanted a nice house to live in. However, since we are not familiar with the place here, it is inconvenient to buy a house by ourselves. Later our master thought about it, you must be very fond of Chang'an.
I understand, so I’ll just trade these jewelry for a house with you, so that we can save some effort. Do you think that’s okay?”
The shopkeeper thought quickly in his mind and asked after a moment:
"I wonder what kind of house your master wants?"
“It doesn’t have to be too big, but the location needs to be good, the house needs to be good, and there’s a garden, that’s all.”
The shopkeeper looked at Fang Mingzhu:
'Looking at this girl's humble appearance, she speaks in a everyone's style, so these words should be taught by her master. It seems that her master is really not to be underestimated. But who is her master?
What about people? Think about the famous jewelry craftsmen in the world, you have heard of them all, but none of them have the surname Fang?'
Suddenly, the shopkeeper's heart moved, and he thought of a person. When he thought of this person, the shopkeeper's face changed color, because he was a person who should only live in legend!
"The craftsmanship is so exquisite and the expenditure is so generous. My surname is Fang! Could it be that you are from the Western Regions!"
Of course Mingzhu did not come from the Western Regions, she came from modern times, but Mingzhu also saw it. When the shopkeeper mentioned the Western Regions, his expression changed drastically. This means that there should be a very legendary jewelry craftsman in the Western Regions.
Also named Fang!
Mingzhu's thoughts changed rapidly and she immediately had an idea. She smiled noncommittally:
"Shopkeeper, do you know where there is a house like this?"
This lack of a direct answer gave the shopkeeper unlimited room for imagination, and he muttered to himself:
'People say that the Fang family is secretive and has an unexplained relationship with the current royal family. Seeing that the little girl is so deliberately concealing their origins, maybe there is really some secret? It's better not to ask any more questions!'
Everyone under the Emperor’s feet has this realization:
'Trouble comes from the mouth! Because anyone you meet on the street is probably a big shot with great connections.'
Thinking of this, the shopkeeper stopped asking any more questions and returned to the issue of the house:
"To tell you the truth, girl, I do know a house like the one your master wants, but..."
"Just tell the shopkeeper if you have anything to say."
"Okay, then I'll tell you the truth. But these jewelry are not enough to buy that house."
Mingzhu nodded:
"How much more is left?"
"Thirty percent."
"The price is quite fair." Mingzhu said it sincerely. If these jewelry can pay for 70% of the house payment, then the price is indeed very fair.
Mingzhu thought for a while and asked:
"Shopkeeper, do you think this is okay? It's very inconvenient for us to live elsewhere now, so we are in a hurry to move. I will give you all these jewelry, and you will give me the house deed. I will make up for the rest within ten days.
"
"This..." The shopkeeper hesitated.
Mingzhu smiled slightly:
"I don't need silver to make up for you, but jewelry. If you get the jewelry made by our master, you can make a lot of money, so you are the most economical."
The shopkeeper admitted that Fang Mingzhu was right. The reason why he was willing to offer such a fair price was because he valued their craftsmanship and wanted them to provide him with jewelry for a long time. However, he just gave them the house deed.
He felt a little uneasy again, so he said:
"Little girl, do you think this is okay? You move in first, and after I get the rest of the jewelry, I will give you the house deed..."
"No," Mingzhu said as she wrapped up the jewelry: "Without a house deed, we are still living in someone else's house. What's the difference between that and now? My master only lives in his own house! Okay, shopkeeper
Yes, sorry to bother you, business cannot be done without mercy, see you later."
"No, little girl, don't be so anxious. We will discuss it later."
The shopkeeper stopped Fang Mingzhu, pondered for a while, and finally made up his mind:
"Okay, I'll give you the deed!"
When Mingzhu was sitting in her room reading the house deed, she realized that Lizi hadn't spoken for a long time. He had been sitting there blankly.
"Lizi, what's wrong with you?"
"Mingzhu, what on earth is going on?"
"What's going on?"
"You said you sold the silver to make jewelry for the guests, but you actually used the jewelry to exchange for a house. So what do you use to repay the guests now?"
The pearl looked at the chestnut:
"Since you think what I did was wrong, why didn't you stop me when I was in the jewelry store?"
Lizi's face turned red:
"I think you must have your own reasons, and you are afraid that I will cause trouble for you with my nonsense, but I think about it now, and I still can't figure out what on earth are you doing?"
Mingzhu smiled gently:
"Lizi, thank you for trusting me so much. Don't worry, I won't do bad things or steal the gold and silver of guests." Mingzhu's eyes became very deep, "I have done so many things to make my mother happy."
I regretted the sad thing so much, and from that moment on, I vowed that I would never let the people who care about me down again."
When Lizi saw Mingzhu, he felt sad again and quickly said:
"Mingzhu, I don't believe you, I'm worried about you. We don't have any gold or silver now..."
"But we have a house deed!" Mingzhu continued what Tang Lizi said.
"House deed?"
"Yes, we can mortgage it to the pawn shop and get the money back. At that time, we can pay back whatever we owe to the customers and the jewelry shop."
"But, what should we use to redeem the house deed?" Lizi suddenly realized that being with Mingzhu meant facing one problem after another that could not be solved at all.
"When we get a house and become famous, we will soon be able to earn a lot of money." Mingzhu is confident.
The deed of the house that was just acquired was mortgaged, and the silver exchanged for it was exchanged for gold and silver. Now there are still nine days to pay back the debt to the jewelry store, and fifteen days to deliver the goods to the customers.
"What are we doing now?" Li Zi asked.
"move place."
"move place?"
"Yes, move, move to our own home, far away from here, from now on we will no longer be anyone's slaves, we are our own masters!"
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