Chapter 48 Property Purchase (1)

It's an annoyingly hot day in June.

Yuxi came out of the school, went back to Rose Garden, took a handkerchief and wiped the sweat from her forehead, muttering, "Why is it so hot?" She didn't think summer was so hot before! It's only June and it's not the hottest time yet.

Mo Ju brought a bowl of iced sour plum soup: "Miss, drink a bowl, it will cool you down."

After drinking a bowl of sour plum soup, Yuxi felt much better: "Fortunately, I don't have to come back at noon, otherwise I would die of heat." The weather was too hot, so Mr. Song asked Yuchen and Yuxi to stay in Yulan Garden at noon.

While fanning Yuxi with a peacock fan embroidered by Bai Juan, Mo Tao said, "It hasn't rained for half a month, so the weather is naturally hot. If it rains, it will be cooler."

Mo Ju spoke quickly: "Since the incident in the border town came out, it hasn't rained anymore. Now people outside are saying that this is God's punishment."

Yuxi thinks this is nonsense: "If God wants to punish, he should also punish the Song family. How could he torment the people! I don't know who spread such vicious rumors."

After the death of General Yun, the courtiers asked the emperor to review the Tongcheng Incident one after another. It's a pity that the emperor agreed to the joint trial of the three divisions. As soon as the imperial decree was issued, the youngest Yan committed suicide in the prison in fear of crime. As soon as Yan Laosan died, the matter fell into a stalemate. However, because of Old General Yun's disturbance, no one from the Yan family was involved because of Yan Laosan, and the queen and prince were safe for the time being. In the capital, the usual calm was restored on the face.

Yuxi didn't care about things before, but she still knew about major events such as the deposed prince. According to memory, the prince was abolished only a few years later.

Just as she was thinking about something, the maid said that Mother Fang was coming.

Mother Fang came here this time because she wanted to discuss something with Yuxi: "Girl, there is a shop on Shangyuan Street for sale. I have inquired about it in private, and the shop is about 4,000 taels." It was also Mother Fang who knew Yuxi She wanted to buy property, so she thought this was an opportunity.

Yu Xi frowned, and asked: "The annual rent of the Baozi shop is three hundred taels, and this shop is only four thousand taels, isn't it appropriate?" Yu Xi felt that this shop was a little cheap, and was afraid that there might be fraud in it.

Fang's mother hurriedly said, "Girl, that shop doesn't have a backyard, so it only sells for four thousand taels. If the girl wants to buy it, the price can be lowered."

After hearing this, Yuxi also nodded: "I'll tell my aunt to ask the housekeeper to take a look. If the store is really good, then buy it."

Mother Fang explained her plan: "Girl, if we buy this store, we don't need to rent it out. We can just use it to sell groceries, and we will definitely make money by then."

Yuxi asked strangely: "Can you make money selling groceries?"

Mother Fang now has some experience: "Miss doesn't know that things like mung bean cakes and candies are very popular in Shangyuan Street. Miss, I don't know that the taste of these things sold in the shops on Shangyuan Street is not very good. It’s the same, but the business is very good. If we sell it ourselves, we won’t have to worry about no sales.”

Without even thinking about it, Yu Xi shook her head and vetoed it: "No, Mom, you have worked hard enough at the steamed stuffed bun shop, and if you open another shop, your body will definitely not be able to bear it."

Mother Fang smiled and said, "I'm going to buy two more people, and then I'll teach them how to make them. The shop is not far from the bun shop, and you can make pastries at the bun shop." The bun shop doesn't have much business at noon or afternoon. , If you want to make pastries and candies, you will not be able to do business at noon and afternoon.

Yuxi was not familiar with general affairs before, but now she is studying hard. But even if she has learned something now, Mother Fang, who has been honing outside for a year, is much better than her: "Mom thinks it's okay, so give it a try. But don't tire yourself out, or I won't open the two shops." gone."

Mother Fang smiled and said, "Don't worry, girl, I won't tire myself. I still want to watch the girl grow up." The words about getting married were omitted.

You have to hurry up to buy a store, if you are late, someone else will buy it. After sending Mother Fang away, Yuxi went to the main courtyard to find Qiu's family and told her that she wanted to buy a shop.

Qiu Shi was shocked: "It costs a lot of money to buy a shop? Where did you get so much money?"

Yuxi had already prepared her speech: "My mother left me some money when she passed away. Only Mother Fang knew about it. Mother Fang thought it was the dowry my mother left me, so she planned to return it after a few years. Tell me. Now that Mother Fang is running a steamed stuffed bun shop outside, she thinks things differently from before. She thinks that the money under the box is dead money, and it’s better to buy a property, so that she can earn interest every year and live well.” Although everyone said Knowing that her mother took the dowry to her natal family, but whether she really didn't leave any of it to her, outsiders don't know. Now that she said that her mother left money, most people would still believe it.

Qiu Shi was a little surprised, she thought that Ning Shi didn't leave any money to Yuxi: "How much money did your mother leave for you? To buy a shop, even on Shangyuan Street, a shop would cost three or four thousand taels "Although Shangyuan Street is not as good as the East and West Streets, the location of Shangyuan Street is not bad, and the people living around have money to live on, and the business of opening shops there is also very good. So the shops over there are not cheap either.

Yu Xi said: "Ten thousand taels."

Qiu Shi was shocked, there are so many? She remembered that Ning's dowry was only in the early 20,000 taels, but she would leave Yuxi with 10,000 taels. It is said that the Ning family used up the dowry, it seems that the rumors are not credible: "Are you sure?"

Yu Xi handed the bank note in her sleeve to Qiu Shi and said, "This is a bank note." Yu Xi specifically requested that the other party's bank note must be issued six years ago.

Qiu Shi took the banknote and looked at it. She had handled a lot of banknotes, and she could tell if it was real or not: "This banknote is real." After speaking, she asked: "Yuxi, are you really going to buy it?" Do you want to buy it on Shangyuan Street? If you buy a store on Shangyuan Street, the rent will not be much.” The annual rent of a store on Shangyuan Street is three hundred taels, which is considered very high.

Yuxi explained Fang's mother's plan: "I think Fang's mother's method is feasible." Fang's mother said clearly, and Yuxi felt that opening a grocery store must be more profitable than renting out.

After hearing this, Qiu weighed it in her heart, and said she understood: "Well, I'll ask the manager to inquire about it. If it's what Fang's mother said, we can buy this shop." After a pause, Qiu said: " Yuxi, the fake store can be taken down for about three thousand taels, what do you plan to do with the remaining six thousand taels?"

Yuxi looked at the banknote in her hand and asked, "Auntie, I still want to buy some property. What kind of property does Auntie say to buy?" She looked at the money in her hand, but in fact she only bought it on the East and West Streets. Not even one pavement is enough, and the pavement in that place is covered with ground. And Yuchen's two shops on West Street and East Street cost more than four thousand taels a year.

Considering Yuxi's actual situation, Qiu suggested that Yuxi buy land property: "I mean it is best to buy land property, and the land property will guarantee the harvest in drought and flood."

Yuxi is also more inclined to buy land property. Although the income of land property is not high, it is better than safety, and it is available every year. If a grocery store is opened at that time, the things on Zhuangzi will also be sold. Thinking of this, Yuxi had a flash of inspiration and said, "Auntie, if you want to buy land, I think it's best to have a mountain forest. At that time, we will plant fruit trees on the mountain, make preserved fruits and sell them in grocery stores."

The Qiu family is not optimistic about Yuxi's idea, but the price of the mountains and forests is not expensive, and there is no problem in buying one or two mountains and forests: "If you want to bring the land of the mountains and forests, the location may be relatively remote." There must be none near the capital, If there is any, it will be taken up by others.

The land property is not as good as the shop, and it doesn't matter if the location is a bit off. Yuxi nodded and said, "Yes."

Yuxi must not hide such a big matter from the old lady if she wants to buy a property. Qiu simply took Yuxi to see the old lady and told about it.

When the old lady heard that Ning had left ten thousand taels of silver, her expression changed slightly. But no one can see her strangeness: "When did you know about Yin Zi?"

Yuxi said: "I just found out today."

The questions the old lady asked were all on the point: "Why didn't Mother Fang say it before? Only now?"

Yuxi repeated what she had said to Qiu Shi.

The old lady couldn't find a flaw in it either. Because she didn't want her to spend money to buy property for Yuxi, the old lady naturally had no objection: "Since you have the money, fourth girl, please help her find out where there is land to buy." The things Yuxi has on hand In the future, it will be used as a dowry. The more things there are, the richer the dowry will be in the future, and the name of the Duke's Mansion will be good.

Everyone went out, so the old lady put down the Buddhist beads in her hand, and said to Luo's mother beside her, "Go and ask Mrs. Shen, is there anything unusual about the fourth girl recently?"

Luo's mother's heart trembled: "The old lady thinks that the money was not left by the Ning family to the fourth girl?"

The old lady said with certainty: "The total dowry of the Ning family is only more than 20,000 taels. At that time, the Ning family urgently needed money for an accident, and the price of the Ning family's land store was not high. It's not bad to pay three or four thousand taels, how could it be possible to leave such a large amount of money." The old lady did not suspect that Yu Xi earned the money. It's just that Yuxi opened a steamed stuffed bun shop as jewelry, so she suspected that the money was also due to Yuxi's jewelry.

Mother Luo felt that the silver was left by Ning: "Madam, ten thousand taels of silver is not a small number. If the silver was obtained by a girl as jewelry, then all the jewelry should be pawned. For such a big matter, Mother Shen It's impossible not to know." At this age, Shen's mother knew, and she would definitely come over and tell her as soon as possible.

The old lady also had this concern, so she said nothing at that time: "Go and ask."

Mother Luo went out and came back not long after: "Lady Shen, Mrs. Shen said that all the registered jewelry is intact and locked in the box."

The old lady twirled the beads again, and asked, "What's wrong with the fourth girl recently?"

Mother Luo shook her head and said, "During this period, the fourth girl said that she was tired, but there was nothing unusual about it." Being tired is due to overwork, which is not abnormal.

The old lady was puzzled: "Could it be that the Ning family really stayed here." No matter how shrewd the old lady was, she would never have thought that Yu Xi earned the money.

Mother Luo said: "Old Madam, Ning Shi is also a mother, so it is impossible not to leave some money for her children. I think this money should be left by Ning Shi." At first, it was impossible for everyone to think that the money belonged to Yu Xi It's earned, and secondly, Yuxi's excuses are also reasonable.

The old lady thought that Ning would rather give the money to an old lady than let her keep it. This is tantamount to saying that Ning believes in an old lady and doesn't trust her anymore, which makes the old lady feel uncomfortable. How much does she like it? Yuxi's mother-in-law, Jiang Shi, hates Ning Shi so much. But people are dead, so it's meaningless to pursue these things.