Chapter 49: Finding a Shop

Su Qingmei turned around and went to the kitchen to find Aunt Zhou.

She had more important things to do. It didn't make sense that she should complete the filial piety that Wu, the daughter-in-law, should show. As a granddaughter-in-law, she naturally had her own filial piety. Besides, filial piety didn't have to be made by making two sets of clothes.

Su Qingmei brought a few pieces of cloth to Aunt Zhou and asked her to help make two sets of clothes for Grandpa and Grandma Lu Bocheng.

Aunt Zhou was very happy that there was work to do at home again.

Last time she took the work from Su Qingmei, it only took a few days for the mother-in-law and daughter to get one or two taels of wages. She also kept the cloth scraps and pieced them together to make a small piece of clothing for the youngest son, and also made a few pairs of soles.

Madam Su also taught the youngest son to make a ball with the hard feathers of a white goose and taught him how to hit it with a racket. The youngest son was so happy that he played with the ball with his friends in the alley every day, hitting it with you and me, and he was very happy. A bunch of children gathered around and played happily every day.

"Don't worry, madam. I will definitely tell them to do a good job and make sure they do the work carefully. Don't worry."

Su Qing'an was very confident about their work. After giving instructions, she went out.

She had inspected several main streets a few days ago and had a rough idea in her mind. Today, she really went to the teeth of the people to explain her purpose.

"Madam, you want to find a bigger shop, with a large backyard, a well, and a room for people to live in. It doesn't matter whether it is new or old, and the decoration is not important. Is that right?"

Su Qing'an nodded.

The other party looked at her and said, "Madam, you don't want one on the four main streets?"

"Yes. Although the main streets have a large flow of people, the rent is also expensive. Moreover, the business she wants to do is special and does not need to be on the main street. She wants the kind of concentrated residential area, with a large front shop and a large backyard.

The middle-aged broker, whose surname is Li, lives in the town. He went over Su Qing's request in his mind, and flipped through the book in his hand. After a long time, he said, "There are a few shops. I don't know if you want to buy or rent them?"

"What is the rent price and what is the buy price?"

The broker Li looked at Su Qing's calm expression and was not sure where she came from. I didn't expect that such a young lady with inconspicuous clothes could afford to buy a shop.

I didn't dare to underestimate her and said, "Based on your requirements, such a shop will cost at least two hundred taels. If you rent it, it will cost at least five taels a month. If you rent it, it will start from half a year, pay it once a quarter, and keep a deposit of one month. ”

Pay once every three months, pay three and deposit one? That means she has to pay at least twenty taels at the beginning, and then she has to prepare goods, decorate, and hire people... Even if she is generous, the money in her hand can only last for two months in the case of complete loss.

Li Yaren saw Su Qingmei was silent and felt that this deal might not be successful.

Whose lady is this? She came and said she wanted to rent a shop. Business is not so easy to do. The monthly rent is five taels, so at least the monthly turnover must be doubled, plus the labor, at least six taels must be earned to avoid losses. It is really difficult to do business without strength and background.

I thought the lady was going to give up, but I heard her say: "Then Li Yaren, take me to have a look."

Ah, is it really going to be rented?

Su Qingmei saw that he did not move, and asked him with her eyes.

"Ah, I will take the lady there right away. Wait for me to get the key."

"Okay. ”

After he got the key and they walked on the road, Su Qing'an found that his legs were a little...

"Oh, don't mind, my lady. I was born with long and short legs. But it doesn't affect my walking, and it doesn't affect me taking you to see the shop."

Su Qing'an shook her head: "I didn't mean that."

Li Yaren smiled.

Su Qing'an was afraid that he would misunderstand, so she smiled and said: "In fact, you are lucky to be like this. You can live safely after all. I just sent my man away yesterday. He was conscripted into the army. He was reluctant to leave home and said that he wished his father would break his legs so that he wouldn't have to go."

Li Yaren laughed: "That's right. Although my legs can't do anything else, it saved me from being a human target on the battlefield. In this way, I'm lucky." After saying that, he laughed.

The two of them were finally not so unfamiliar, and they talked all the way.

"Oh, so you are the new wife of Bocheng?"

"Ah, did you know him? ”

"We know each other, why don't we know each other! They are all from the same town. He is famous in our town. He has loved fighting since he was a child. No kid in the nearby alleys can beat him. When an adult brought his child to complain, his father took him with him. He hit him with a stick, but he turned around and ran away very fast. The next day, he turned around and beat the complaining child again. When he complained again, his father beat him again. He turned around and beat the complaining child again. It was ridiculous. Kill me."

Su Qingyu stroked her forehead.

This guy is probably not stupid.

The Li Yaren glanced at her, stopped laughing, and said: "That boy Bo Cheng is very loyal. He couldn't stand the older children bullying the younger children, so he started beating them. It is said that those who fought with him later became His friends often see a group of them walking on the street. There are few people in this town who don't know him. "

Su Qing'an listened quietly, wondering if Li Ya had some special relationship with that guy, who kept saying good things about him along the way.

"Bo Cheng's mother died early, and his father didn't care much about him. Now that you're married, you should live a good life with him. Although there are no eyes on the battlefield, if he knew that someone was waiting for him at home, he would definitely try his best to survive."

"Yeah." Su Qing'an felt sad when he heard what he said. If a person has no attachment to the world, he will either become a monk or end his life.

She hoped that Lv Bocheng would also have something to cherish and live well.

The two talked as they walked, and they did not feel bored on the road.

Li Yaren's business ability was very outstanding. He knew every house and shop in the streets and alleys. Which ones were rented and which ones were sold, what were the prices, what was the information of the sellers, why they were selling or renting, all the information was stored in his mind.

He even knew which villages and towns near the town had land for rent.

Su Qingmei got a lot of information.

She thought that when she made money in the future, she would ask him to take her to buy land and land, and become a person with a house, a shop, land and land.

She looked at several places in a row, because Su Qingmei was not particular about the conditions inside and outside the shop, and she did not require anything inside. She was not running a food shop or a wine shop, and she did not want tables and chairs. It would be best if it was an empty house so that she could renovate it.

Soon Li Yaren took her to choose a shop.

On the northeast street of the inner city, there are many residents and the streets are quite spacious. Most of the shops are houses with people living in the back. This place is not far from the town entrance. The shop is spacious and high. There is a well, a warehouse, a cow and horse stable in the backyard, and the left and right wing rooms can be lived in. The shop has just been renovated and she doesn't need to do much.

Su Qingmei was very satisfied after seeing it and decided on the spot.

Li Ya Ren was also very happy, so he said that he would help her make an appointment with the landlord first, and let her come with silver to sign the deed and pay the silver tomorrow morning.

Su Qingmei agreed, paid the Ya Ren fee, said goodbye to him, and went to the vegetable market for a long time before returning to the Lu family.

She didn't go out again in the afternoon, and wrote and drew in the house, thinking about what to do and the money to spend when opening a shop.

At 5 pm, Aunt Zhou came to call her and said that her father came to see her.

Dad? Didn't I see him yesterday? Why did he come today?