By the time Gu Chengyu finished copying the answers on the test paper, the sun was already sinking!
Looking from the sky above the examination room, only a little residual glow could be seen. Gu Chengyu checked the examination papers and found that there were no problems. After waiting for a while, he heard someone ringing the bell.
If someone is the first to hand in the paper, then he will not be conspicuous if he rings the bell at this time. Gu Chengyu shook the small bell on the side, and after a while, two gift letters came to name Gu Chengyu's test paper.
Everything was in the examination room, and Gu Chengyu only had to walk out of the Gongyuan in a relaxed manner. Suddenly he saw Magistrate Chiang, who was sitting at the top, looking at him meaningfully, and he saluted to Magistrate Chiang.
Gu Wanqian and Mingmo had been waiting outside Gongyuan for a long time. When they saw Gu Chengyu coming out, they immediately stepped forward.
"Young Master! I asked Yazi about the shop I went to yesterday, and he said that the owner of the restaurant can only afford twenty taels less! If not, then he will have to find another buyer!" Ming Mo had already run away yesterday.
After visiting many dental shops, there were only two shops that Gu Chengyu liked.
One is a large shop with three doors, located on West Street, surrounded by people selling rouge, gouache and silk. It was originally a restaurant, but the dishes were not very novel, and another newly opened shop took away the business. The owner saw that the business began to slump.
I just want to sell the shop and return to my hometown.
There is another one on Bei Street. The shop is not big, and it should be enough for a pastry shop. Bei Street is full of wealthy families and there are not many shops. Since his Yipizhai plans to take a high-end route, the prices are naturally not low.
The shop is right at the corner of the street. It's in a good location, so you don't have to worry about lack of business.
However, the two families couldn't agree on the price. Gu Chengyu couldn't help but sigh. After all, this was Fucheng, and the price of the shop was more than three times higher than that of the county town! The smaller shop asked for 400 taels, but the big restaurant with three doors asked for 200 taels.
One thousand three hundred taels.
He originally thought that the shops in the town and the county town had made a lot of money some time ago, but he didn't expect that it was not even close to putting in all the money he earned. Today, he asked Mingmo to negotiate the price again, because he wanted the owner to have less money.
Some. Who knew that the master would bite him to death and not let go, which made Gu Chengyu so angry that his teeth itched!
"Only willing to take less than 20 taels? This is ridiculous! He refused to take less, and I don't want to buy it yet! But the other shop refused to take less than a penny?" Gu Chengyu asked about another small shop. The restaurant will not buy it, and there will be more in the future.
Opportunity, he won't be able to open a restaurant for the time being, so he might as well find a suitable one later!
But he was eager to open the pastry shop, because the money he earned was far from enough. Although there was a lot of gold and silver in the space, how could he use the money he earned in a practical way?
"That one" Ming Mo scratched his head, he was really not good at negotiating prices, he was stupid and couldn't speak, and Manager Yu was not here, so we couldn't let the young master run around, right? The young master came to take an exam, how could he have the time to care about this?
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Gu Chengyu thought about how he took a quick look at the shop yesterday and had a day of exams today. Now that it was getting late, he couldn't go to someone's place to discuss business at night.
Gu Chengyu also knew that Ming Mo was sincere and fulfilled his orders meticulously. His martial arts skills were not bad, and he took great care of his daily life. But he knew nothing about business. He would never be able to deal with business matters in the future.
Let him handle it personally every time, right?
Paralyzed Yu was even more helpless, and there were still too few people who could use him! Suddenly, he turned his gaze and looked at Gu Wanqian standing next to him. At this time, Gu Wanqian had a serious face and seemed to be thinking about something.
, so much so that he didn’t notice Gu Chengyu’s gaze!
"Thousands!"
Gu Wanqian was thinking about what Gu Chengyu and the others were talking about just now. In fact, he had some thoughts in his mind. He was dryly negotiating the price with the seller. Of course, he wouldn't stop. If Ming Mo showed more eagerness, the seller would insist on it.
He refused to let go. In the past few days by the young master's side, he has grown a lot of eyes and become more courageous. The young master might as well ask him to try it!
Gu Wanqian was immersed in his own thoughts when he heard Gu Chengyu calling him!
"Hey! Uncle!"
"I leave this matter to you? You do it to the best of your ability. If you do a good job, of course I will reward you. If you can't do it, then it will be a lesson!"
"Uncle? I" Gu Wanqian couldn't believe his ears. Did uncle really leave this matter to him?
"Okay! That's it!" Gu Chengyu planned to give Gu Wanqian a day. If the negotiation didn't work out, he planned to talk it over in person!
By the time Sun Xian and others came out, it was already the beginning of the Youshi period.
"Uncle! It's a good thing that I was forced to stay at home this time, otherwise I would have only been able to write more than half of it. That's it, there are still two questions left to do!" After Gu Wanhua came out, he was a little worried, and he didn't know what the end was this time.
Can you pass it? How can you be so lucky every time?
"It can only be said that we have to do our best and obey fate!" He Shunian also sighed at the side. With thousands of candidates, it is really difficult to get into the top rankings!
"We'll find out when the case happens tomorrow! Since we've passed the exam, it's better not to think so much. Let's go back quickly! I'm almost starving to death!" Sun Xian touched his stomach and felt that it was empty.
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Gu Chengyu and his party walked for more than a quarter of an hour before reaching the inn. This inn was indeed far away!
"Businesskeeper Niu! Come and serve us some dishes, let's eat in the lobby!" Gu Wanhua started shouting as soon as he entered the inn!
"The young masters just came back now, I think they are very hungry! Mom, pick up two of the cold vegetables that were cut into the plate first!" When shopkeeper Niu saw Gu Chengyu and the others coming in, he hurriedly gave instructions to the backyard.
Gu Chengyu and the others chose a table in the corner and sat down. Not long after waiting, shopkeeper Niu personally brought over two plates of dishes.
One plate is cooked pork head meat, and the other is sauced pork trotters. "The generals are eating now, hot dishes will be served later!"
"Please, shopkeeper, please cook some vegetarian side dishes!" Gu Chengyu ordered to shopkeeper Niu.
Just as they were about to pick up their chopsticks, they saw people at the table next to them looking towards them. There was only a plate of cold cucumbers on their table, and all six of them had two white-faced steamed buns in their hands, and they had all bitten half of them.
They seemed to have their eyes on their table.
Gu Chengyu took a closer look, but found that he was not staring at their dishes, but observing them!
Gu Chengyu frowned. The eyes of these people were not very friendly! There were no meat dishes on other tables, but they only stared at their table. What did this mean?
Then Gu Chengyu glanced at them a few times, and the group of people turned back and continued eating. Gu Chengyu also looked away, not sure if it was because he was sensitive, but it always felt like they were communicating with each other with their eyes!
Gu Chengyu had just observed their movements carefully. Their straight backs and tangled arms seemed to be accumulating strength. Compared with ordinary people, they had more fierceness in them!
"Go to my room after dinner. I have something to tell you!" Gu Chengyu planned to remind them that there is no harm in being cautious! I'm afraid these people are not a good person!
"What's wrong?" Seeing Gu Chengyu's serious face, Sun Xian thought something had happened!
The people at the table glanced vaguely at this side for a few more times, but when Gu Chengyu caught him, he didn't even show any strange expression, but calmly turned back and continued to eat the buns.
Gu Chengyu decided to inquire about the origins of this group of people with Shopkeeper Niu later. There were six of them in total. Although they were dressed like they were doing work, Gu Chengyu felt that was not the case!