Chapter two hundred and eighty-ninth rent treasure to change rooms
"Where does this money come from? Tell me clearly!"
Xue Yun slammed the table and looked at his daughter and the pile of money on the table with an angry face. He didn't want his daughter to do anything extraordinary for the sake of the family that he couldn't accept.
Xue Tao had never seen her father so strict. She was a little frightened and said tremblingly: "Father, this is... I borrowed it from a friend. My daughter has not done anything bad."
Hearing that the money was borrowed, Xue Yun's face softened slightly and asked: "What friends do you have? Tell me, who lent you the money?"
Xue Tao then hesitantly told what happened today. Only then did Xue Yun understand the cause and effect. The anger on his face gradually disappeared. Of course, he had more experience than his daughter. He knew that after some powerful people bought precious jewelry, the jewelry store had another
Rent the jewelry back and use it to attract customers, and you will pay a large amount of rent every year.
My daughter's sapphire is indeed a rare treasure. It is normal for Jubao Pavilion to want to rent it. The best thing is that the other party happens to have a house. It is a good idea to use the rent of this house to offset the rent of the rented gemstone.
Xue Tao was a little vague. He did not say that the house belonged to Guo Song, but that it belonged to the proprietor of Jubao Pavilion. He kept it empty so that his father would not be too resistant.
"Tomorrow is my day off, so you and I will go to Jubao Pavilion to take a look."
"Dad, do you want to tell mother about this?" Xue Tao whispered.
"why did not you tell me!"
Han rushed in from the outside, she had been eavesdropping at the door! She smiled so brightly that her daughter finally became sensible and was willing to exchange the gems for money. Although she did not sell them, she got a very good plan.
Why didn’t I think of renting gems?
The Xue father and daughter looked at each other with a wry smile. The head of their family always showed up on time and had particularly keen ears. There was no way he could hide such things from her.
Ms. Han was elated at this time and was not angry at all because the father and daughter were discussing behind her back. As far as she was concerned, as long as the housing problem was solved, she would not be afraid of anything else.
The thing that Han fears most in his life is to be chased into the street, and then meet the wives of other officials, such as Mrs. Yang, so it would be better to let her die.
She picked up the gem on the table and asked her daughter with a smile: "Tao'er, are they saying that they will give you a house in Xuanyangfang in exchange for this gem?"
Xue Tao said angrily: "It's not a house change, it's just a rent exchange. Gemstone and the others rented it, and used Gemstone's rent to pay for the rent of the house. Gemstone is still mine, and the house is also theirs."
"That's okay! I wonder how long they are willing to rent it?"
"They want it to be long-term, and it's best to sign a five-year or ten-year contract."
"Then sign for ten years, preferably twenty years." Han became a little excited.
Next to him, Xue Xun coughed and said, "Madam, what if I go to work as a local official and am not in the capital?"
Han rolled his eyes and said, "This is not easy, let's just rent out the house! Anyway, the house will be ours to take care of within ten years."
The father and daughter were speechless. The head of the family was so shrewd.
"Tao'er, what's going on with this silver?"
Suddenly, Mrs. Han found the money on the table and was pleasantly surprised. With this money, she could pay back her parents without feeling so guilty.
Xue Xun also examined his daughter. Before he could figure out which friend he had borrowed the silver from, he was interrupted by the matter of renting gems.
"Tao'er, you haven't made it clear yet, which friend did you ask to borrow it from?"
Xue Tao couldn't hide it, so he had to whisper: "My daughter borrowed this money from Mr. Guo. Mr. Guo is not in the capital, so his senior brother gave it to me."
"You mean, this silver belongs to Guo Song?" Xue Xun asked.
"Yes! Where does his senior brother keep all his money? That is, the proprietor Zhang of Jubao Pavilion..."
"Oh! Master, why are you asking so many questions?"
Mrs. Han quickly interrupted her daughter's words and said to her husband dissatisfied: "Can you save some face for your daughter? Why do you have to force her to tell her?"
When Han heard that the money belonged to Guo Song, she was relieved. She was afraid that her husband would be aloof again and force her daughter to return the money. Now she was worried about her parents asking for money. She finally found a life-saving straw.
How could it be possible to let go.
She glared at her husband fiercely and said, "My daughter just borrowed it, and she didn't ask for other people's money for free. What's wrong with her?"
Xue Xun also had no choice but to divorce his wife. It was really impossible to divorce her. Mencius said: Poverty and lowliness cannot be transferred. If he divorced his wife because of his embarrassment, his moral character would be questionable. But he was really afraid of his wife's crying and fussing.
Hanging himself three times, he could only turn a blind eye to some things.
He could only sigh and said to his daughter: "Let's do this! You write a letter to Mr. Guo, explain the matter clearly to him, and say that I will lend him two hundred taels of silver temporarily and return it to him later. Remember, it is me who borrowed it.
It’s not you who borrowed it.”
"What are you saying? It's superfluous. I don't know you, so why should I lend it to you? Tao'er, don't pay attention to your father. I think it's unnecessary to write a letter. When he comes back, we'll treat him to a casual meal. Let's have a good time.
thank him."
Mr. Han increasingly despised her husband's arrogance as a scholar. He even gave his daughter gems worth a house, but he still cared about this small amount of money.
She suddenly remembered that fox fur, which had earned her so much face. She could never forget the jealous look in Mrs. Yang's eyes. She later learned that it was the Monan silver fox fur, which was extremely rare and extremely valuable.
, you can’t buy it even if you have money, only Queen Dugu has one just like this one, if you really want to sell it, you will break your head and grab it if you have 10,000 yuan.
This Guo Song really cares about his daughter!
Mr. Han also fell in love with Mr. Guo more and more.
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Early the next morning, Xue Xun followed his daughter to Jubao Pavilion. Originally, Han wanted to follow, but was blocked by Xue Tao. If her mother wanted to go, the matter was cancelled.
Madam Han was so angry that she scolded her daughter several times, but she had no choice but to hold back.
Xue Tao knows his mother very well. If she knew that there was another plan, things would be in trouble.
"Tao'er, has that man named Yuan been pestering you these past two days?" Xue Xun asked in a deep voice on the carriage.
Xue Tao shook his head quickly, "No, my daughter hasn't seen him for almost two months. He should have given up!"
"Give up?"
Xue Xun sneered, "Will such a person give up? If the Guanlong nobles like someone or something, they will definitely try their best to get it. Yesterday morning, he was still opposite our house. When he saw me coming out, he hurriedly hid, thinking that
I didn't see him."
Xue Tao suddenly became a little nervous, "What does he want to do?"
Xue Xun was silent for a moment and said: "If I'm not wrong, the landlord suddenly became angry and wanted to evict us. I guess he was behind it. When we were desperate, he pretended to be a good person and asked me to agree to his request.
"Although I am a scholar, I have seen many such despicable and shameless methods."
Xue Tao blamed himself in his heart, and whispered for a long time: "It's all my fault. I shouldn't have joined some poetry club, so I wouldn't have met such a bastard, and my parents would have been hurt."
Xue Xun comforted her with a smile and said: "This is actually not a big deal. After all, your father is an official of the imperial court. He does not dare to mess around and can only use some despicable means. As long as we see through it in time, we will not be fooled by him."
After a pause, Xue Xun smiled again and said: "In life, you will encounter all kinds of things. You can't give up a good life just because you are afraid of encountering things. Your joining the poetry club was encouraged by your father. It will help you improve your poetry writing skills."
Very helpful. Meeting that bastard and joining the poetry club are completely different things. Don’t blame yourself."
Xue Tao felt much better at her father's comfort. She nodded, "I won't think about it anymore. If I leave that bastard behind, I won't worry about this kind of thing anymore."
"Well said, that's how it should be!"
The father and daughter stopped thinking about troubles and talked and laughed all the way.
Seeing that he was about to arrive at Dongshi, Xue Xun began to feel a little restless. He hesitated for a long time, and then he mustered up the courage to say to his daughter: "Actually, I also have something to be afraid of. I'm afraid of doing business with others. Bargaining is my worst skill."
"Then what?" Xue Tao smiled sweetly, knowing that her father must have a purpose in saying this.
"So you have to decide this matter yourself. Otherwise, as a father... I won't go in."
Xue Xun made his request with some embarrassment and asked him to negotiate with the businessman to rent gems. He really couldn't lose face.
Xue Tao turned his head and smiled secretly, and said: "Father is waiting in the carriage. I will just take Xiao'e there."
Xue Xun was immediately overjoyed and nodded repeatedly, "My father is waiting in the carriage. You should be careful and go back quickly!"
The carriage slowly stopped at the door of Jubao Pavilion, and Xue Tao walked in with the maid. Xue Xun felt ashamed and relieved at the same time. He felt that he was useless and could not wipe off his face. He was relieved that his daughter had grown up and she was only seventeen years old.
Being able to sign a contract with a store independently means you are actually more capable than yourself.
In the Jubao Pavilion, Li Wenyu took Xue Tao's hand and asked questions. Seeing that it was a female proprietor, Xue Tao calmed down and said with a smile: "My father is a scholar and has a thin face. He has never negotiated a contract with anyone. I think it's better for me."
Come on! Don’t make things difficult for dad.”
"Well! My little sister is very considerate of her parents and is a filial daughter. Yesterday, I scolded that damn fat man and just gave the key to my little sister. He is still blabbering about signing a contract. He is just ignorant and insists on letting my father.
Come and make things difficult for others."
"Senior sister, don't say that. If the contract is not officially signed, my father will not agree. He has always done things in a disciplined manner."
"That's right. Let's sign the contract directly. You can go see the house today. I arranged for someone to clean it yesterday. The place is easy to find. I'll ask a steward to take you there later."
Xue Tao nodded and sat down at the table. There were two contracts spread out on the table, signed by the proprietor Li Wenyu, with all the terms written on them. This was the first time Xue Tao had seen such a contract. She read it carefully.
stand up.
The terms are quite favorable to me, and the agreement is for at least ten years for Jubao Pavilion, but for me, I can take back the gems at any time.
The terms clearly stated that the house was a collateral for renting the gems. The family could live in it themselves or rent it out, and the income would belong to her. The value of the gems was written on it, and it was worth 20,000 guan.
The value of the house is 30,000 guan. If the gem is lost or stolen, the house will belong to Xue Tao, and the excess value of 10,000 guan will be used as compensation.
"Sister, there is no problem with signing the contract. How should I sign it?"
"Just sign your name and put your fingerprints on it."
Xue Tao wrote his name with a pen and pressed the fingerprint of his thumb with red clay.
The contract was made in duplicate. Xue Tao put away one copy. The shopkeeper carefully took the box containing the gems back to the back room and locked it into a large iron box weighing several thousand kilograms.
Xue Tao took the key box and said to Li Wenyu: "Senior sister, I'll leave first. I'm afraid that daddy will be anxious!"
"Go ahead! If you have any difficulties in the future, come to me directly. If anyone dares to bully you, come to me as well. Don't be polite."
Xue Tao nodded, "Thank you, senior sister, I'm leaving!"
She gave a Wanfu gift and left with the maid. Li Wenyu kept watching her as she left the door. At this time, Zhang Lei appeared behind her and asked, "How is this little lady?"
Li Wenyu nodded, "Very good. On the surface, she looks very gentle and pleasant, but in fact, she is very capable, well-informed and polite, and has a well-founded approach. She is a rare lady, worthy of being a junior disciple."
After waiting for almost half an hour, Xue Xun was getting anxious when he finally saw his daughter coming back. He quickly opened the car door and asked, "Tao'er, what took you so long?"
Xue Tao got on the carriageway: "The person who signed the contract is the female proprietor of Jubao Pavilion. She chatted with me for a long time, which made dad worried."
"I'm a little worried. Has the lease been signed?"
Xue Tao nodded lightly, "The contract has been signed, and I have obtained the key. Xiao'e, give the key and contract to the master!"
The little maid quickly handed over the box in her hand. Xue Xun put the key aside and looked at the contract carefully. He was afraid that his daughter would be inexperienced and be trapped.
After looking at it carefully, he felt relieved, but saw someone riding a horse next to him to lead the way. He asked, "Tao'er, do you want to go see the house now?"
Xue Tao nodded, "It's just across from Dongshi anyway. Let's find the place first and then take my mother to see the house later."
Just as they arrived at the gate of Xuanyangfang, the carriage suddenly stopped. Xue Tao's mother, Han, opened the door and got in. She complained to the father and daughter: "I have been waiting for you for a long time, why are you here now?"