Especially Qin Xiaoman, who couldn't help cursing in his heart:
"Old guy, just tell me how much it will cost and be done with it. How did you get into so many troubles?"
I think so in my heart, but I dare not say it with my mouth.
Xiao Ding also didn't know the origin of Yongde Garden.
Looking at Uncle Chen, he sneered and did not dare to speak.
Seeing that neither Qin Xiaoman nor Xiao Ding knew anything about it, Uncle Chen seemed a little disappointed.
He looked at Xia Xiaoyu again and asked:
"Young man, do you know?"
Uncle Chen originally had no hope for Xia Xiaoyu, so he just asked casually.
But Xia Xiaoyu smiled slightly, looked at Uncle Chen, and said generously:
“I really don’t know the origin of Yongde Garden!”
As soon as Xia Xiaoyu finished speaking, Qin Xiaoman snorted and said disdainfully:
“I don’t know, I just don’t know, how can you come up with so much nonsense and still be so confident!”
Xia Xiaoyu turned to look at Qin Xiaoman, sneered, and said:
"I haven't finished speaking yet. I said I don't know, but I can take a guess!"
"Oh? Just guess, I'd like to hear how you guessed..."
Xia Xiaoyu's words aroused Uncle Chen's interest again.
Looking at Uncle Chen, Xia Xiaoyu said calmly:
"If I remember correctly, in the summer of the 13th year of Jiaqing, heavy rains continued for several months. The water in the Ganlan River surged and its banks burst. Hundreds of thousands of people downstream were affected. For a time, people died of hunger and mourning was everywhere. Because of the heavy rain
As a result, the roads were interrupted, and the government's disaster relief food and wages could not be transported to Jiangcheng at all. In such an emergency, Chen Congwen, a giant grain and rice merchant in Jiangcheng, opened all the Chen family's 72 granaries for disaster relief. It was this feat of the giant merchant Chen Congwen that
Only then did hundreds of thousands of people in Jiangcheng save their lives..."
Xia Xiaoyu talked eloquently.
His face was full of admiration for this compassionate and compassionate businessman.
But Qin Xiaoman snorted coldly and said disdainfully:
"A liar is a liar, and he is quite good at making up stories..."
Qin Xiaoman's words made Uncle Chen a little dissatisfied, and he couldn't help but frown.
Xia Xiaoyu ignored her and continued:
"As soon as the disaster was over, Emperor Jiaqing knew about it and rewarded Chen Congwen with countless gold and silver treasures. However, although the disaster was over, Jiangcheng suffered heavy losses, and it was a time when everything was in ruins. Chen Congwen, a wealthy businessman, gave Emperor Jiaqing's reward
, all donated for the reconstruction of Jiangcheng. However, the Chen family also changed from the richest man in Jiangcheng at that time to an ordinary merchant family..."
"Later, when Chen Congwen was rebuilding Jiangcheng, he worked so hard that he finally fell ill and died young. When Emperor Jiaqing heard about it, he felt sad in his heart. He wrote the inscription 'Famous merchants throughout the world, Yongde Changyuan'..."
Having said this, Xia Xiaoyu couldn't help but take a deep breath.
It seemed as if the scene before our eyes was the scene of the great businessman Chen Congwen opening a warehouse to release grain and save the people.
Uncle Chen didn't say anything and just sat quietly on the chair.
After a while, Xia Xiaoyu looked at Uncle Chen and said again:
"If I guess correctly, the name of Yongde Garden comes from the inscription written by Emperor Jiaqing. And the great businessman Chen Congwen should be your ancestor, Uncle Chen..."
As soon as Xia Xiaoyu finished speaking, Uncle Chen raised his head in surprise, looked at Xia Xiaoyu and asked:
"Young man, are you from Jiangcheng?"
Xia Xiaoyu shook his head.
"Then how do you know so much about this history?"
Xia Xiaoyu smiled slightly and explained:
"Read thousands of books and travel thousands of miles. I just happened to read this historical allusion. In fact, I didn't think of it before. But when you asked, Uncle Chen, I suddenly remembered that you have the same surname as that giant businessman, and I thought maybe
It should be your ancestor..."
Hearing Uncle Chen sigh, he slowly stood up and stared at Xia Xiaoyu.
After a while, he said excitedly:
"I thought I would transfer the restaurant and leave Jiangcheng. This period of history of my ancestors would disappear with the Ganlan River, and no one would know about it anymore. I didn't expect that today I could hear you, a young man, talk about this period.
History. Well, I have no regrets in leaving Jiangcheng..."
Uncle Chen said, his eye circles were a little red.
But Qin Xiaoman felt a little anxious when he heard it.
She doesn't care about this history, she just wants to buy Yongde Garden immediately.
"Uncle Chen, you won't transfer this restaurant to someone else just because of such a story, will you?"
Uncle Chen's old face showed a helpless smile.
He shook his head and said:
"Of course not! I was just feeling emotional for a moment..."
As he spoke, he sighed again and said:
"Okay, since you are all here for Yongde Garden, let's talk about Yongde Garden. Let me declare first that I will not talk about money with you for the time being. I just want to hear your business philosophy, including what I will do to you in the future.
Yongde Garden’s plan. I may ask in detail later. If any of you find it annoying, you can withdraw directly. In addition, although both of you want to buy Yongde Garden today, it is very likely that your ideas and
I am different. In the end, none of you can buy it!"
Yongde Garden has an excellent geographical location, and Mr. Chen has no worries about selling.
He just wants to pass it on to someone who has the same goals as him.
As soon as Uncle Chen finished speaking, Qin Xiaoman said first:
"Uncle Chen, if I buy Yongde Garden, I will definitely focus on restaurants. I have thought about it, and I am ready to invest some more funds to encircle and rebuild the entire yard. I can even buy a few nearby houses.
.I want to build an antique-style hotel with the most characteristics of the ancient street. There are already many tourists in the ancient street. As soon as my hotel opens, it will definitely be full every day..."
As soon as Qin Xiaoman finished speaking, Uncle Chen immediately asked her:
"Little girl, if you want to renovate the yard, do you think I have to wait until now and sell it to you before letting you renovate it? I can tell you clearly that the financial strength of my son and daughter in the capital is not as good as that of the four major families in Jiangcheng.
If I want to renovate, just give me a call and they will come over and do it right away. But you have to know that the plane trees, camphor trees, and pines and cypresses in the yard are all decades old, even
It’s hundreds of years old. There’s also the archway in the alley, it’s from the Jiaqing period, it’s an authentic cultural relic!”
Qin Xiaoman is very smart. When Uncle Chen said this, she immediately changed her mind:
"Uncle Chen, don't worry, I didn't understand before. This time I know. I will definitely not change, and I will just run the restaurant well..."
Qin Xiaoman thought very clearly that as long as he buys it, you, a bad old man, have no control over what he wants to do.
Uncle Chen looked at Xiao Ding again and asked:
"What about you, Mr. Xiao, what are your plans?"
Xiao Ding is not good at words and can only tell the truth:
"I don't think about anything else. I just want to run the hotel well and make Yongde Garden a signature of Jiangcheng cuisine. Whenever people think of Jiangcheng's characteristics, they first think of Yongde Garden..." (To be continued)