Lucky husband

Mrs. Li was very happy when talking about buying a shop, but at night, she tossed and turned in bed and couldn't fall asleep.

Old man Li couldn't sleep because of her confusion, so he had to ask her: "Old lady, didn't you say before that it's a good thing for children to buy a shop, and they have enough money, what are you worrying about?"

"I'm not worried about buying a shop, I'm thinking about my second child." Madam Li sighed, she had three sons in her life, the eldest and the third child are both promising now, one can earn money, and the other is decent The errands, the face is all gone.

But the second child has nothing, and the family is even more messed up after the separation. Now there is not even a woman who can take charge. Seeing her son go to the riverside to wash clothes at noon when no one is around, Granny Li feels sad in her heart. Not a good time.

"Second brother..." Old man Li didn't know what to say. Li Chengli could do nothing but farm and work hard. If the gap between the three brothers became bigger and bigger in the future, it would be really embarrassing.

Old man Li thought about the fact that the boss asked him to ask the second child to help the rice noodle stall, but the second child refused, thinking about the grandson of the second child who was spoiled by the Qian family, he thought about it, or else he should find a matchmaker to give it to him. The second brother will talk about another marriage.

The second child doesn't want to go out to do things to earn money during the slack season. He just wants to take care of the children at home. If he finds a marriage for him, he can go out to earn money. In this way, the gap between the three brothers is at least as small as the old couple. It wasn't particularly big when it was alive.

Old man Li mentioned this idea, and Mrs. Li immediately vetoed it. As long as her son didn't have that kind of thought, she wouldn't just marry her son again.

Women understand women. It is impossible for any woman to accept other people's children wholeheartedly. The second child has two daughters and a son. Big problem, especially Li Mingcai, his temperament is already very problematic now, if a thoughtful stepmother teaches him again, I'm afraid he will grow even more crooked.

Hearing what Mrs. Li said, the old man Li also put out the idea of ​​finding another one for the third child, thinking that otherwise he would call Li Mingcai to the main room to take care of them. Anyway, Li Mingchun and Li Mingxia The two sisters have been learning embroidery from Jiang Zhiyun for a long time.

This proposal is possible, but I don't know if Li Chengli is willing or not, but now that the New Year is approaching, there are fewer odd jobs outside, so we can wait until the Spring Festival is over.

The next day, Li Chengzhi woke up much earlier than usual, and it was still pitch black outside the window. From the angle where he was lying down, he could just see the brightest morning star in the sky.

Thinking that they were about to buy a shop that belonged to them in the county, Li Chengzhi was so excited that he couldn't sleep, thinking about how to decorate the shop after buying it, how to adjust the family business, whether to continue to add different flavors of rice noodles or sell other things .

After a while, Bai Xiuhe next to Li Chengzhi also woke up. The two looked at each other under the covers, with somewhat similar expressions, and imagined their life together after they had a shop.

The matter of buying a shop has not yet been written off. The two of them were excited for a while and quickly suppressed their excitement. They got up when they saw that the time was almost up. It was only reasonable to go out and set up a stall to earn money at this moment.

After the two of them pushed the cart away with Li Caoye, it was quite a while before there was any movement from the courtyard of Li's house.Granny Li and the others went to bed late yesterday and woke up a little late today, as did Jiang Zhiyun.

This day is destined to be different for the Li family who know that their family is going to buy a shop, but for those who don't know, it is no different.

After noon, the rice noodles on the stall were almost sold out, Li Chengzhi asked Bai Xiuhe and the others to clean up the stall slowly when the rice noodles were sold out, and he went out on business.

Bai Xiuhe glanced at him with a little excitement, and hurriedly pressed down to do the task at hand. Li Caoye, who didn't know, didn't think much, just nodded to show that he knew.

After leaving the booth, Li Chengzhi didn't go directly to the branch. He went to the county government office first to find Li Chengshi. He thought that his third brother had been in the county for so many years and was a servant of the county government. He should be more aware of the situation of each branch. Go out and try your luck and find one.

Yesterday, Li Chengshi's father went to the county government office to get things for him in a hurry, turned around and left, today Li Chengshi's elder brother came to look for him again, the guard of the county government office was wondering if something happened to Li Tou's house, so hurry up Go in and call out Li Chengshi.

As soon as the two brothers met, Li Chengzhi pulled his brother to a corner aside: "Third brother, do you know which shop is reliable in the county? Yesterday our rice noodle stall was almost burned down, and your sister-in-law and I went back together The three brothers and sisters had a discussion and planned to buy a shop in the county town. Our two families together have 300 taels of money. If it is not enough, you can ask your parents to borrow it..."

Li Chengzhi's voice was so low that no one else could hear a word except Li Chengshi whose ear was next to his mouth.

Li Chengshi knew how much money his family had, so he wasn't surprised by the amount of money, but he never thought about buying a shop in the county town. He and Jiang Zhiyun both bought houses because they thought they had enough money to save up.

Li Chengshi quietly listened to what Li Chengzhi said about the discussion at home yesterday, and said from the bottom of his heart that he wanted to buy a house as soon as possible and take his wife and children to the county to live in the same family, but he thought that this decision was unanimously passed by his family , as far as the current situation of the family is concerned, buying a shop is more beneficial than buying a house, so he suppressed his desire to object.

After Li Chengzhi finished speaking, Li Chengshi thought for a while, and told his elder brother two good shops in his impression. One was located in the north of the city, called Chengxin Shop, and the other was located in the south of the city, Fujia Shop.

Sincerely, it is just a small branch. It is run by a family in the county. The people are from their own family. They come from their own connections. They will pick up orders no matter how big or small they are, not only those in the county Remote shops and houses, as well as shops and houses in various towns, and even fields in nearby villages.

Although they are small in number and the orders they receive are not large, they do it very seriously. Before accepting orders, they will understand the situation of the assets clearly, and then recommend them to suitable customers. In fact, they earn a lot of money. .

The other Fujiaya shop is a big shop, which is opened by the rich Fu family in Fucheng. They are well-connected and rich. The Fujiaya shop is not only in Changping County, but also in other counties and prefectures in the original Han Province. Almost all the Ya people It was brought from outside.

Because it is backed by the Fu family, their family's Yahang has a high reputation among the common people, and most of the relatively large orders are willing to ask the Fu's Yahang to come forward.

In addition to these two banks, there are other banks in Changping County that also do business in this area, but they are not mainly engaged in real estate and fields. They are more engaged in livestock transactions or population transactions.

In addition to Yahang, there are some Ya people who do not have a shop but also do this business. It is not easy to find reliable Sanya people without the introduction of acquaintances, so Li Chengshi only told Li Chengzhi two Yahang.

After talking about the trip, Li Chengshi also briefly mentioned the prices of shops in Changping County, the price differences caused by different locations and sizes, and the newness and oldness of the shops.

Because it was obvious that Li Chengzhi was very interested in buying a shop, Li Chengshi added one more sentence, saying that it is difficult to find a suitable shop, and you must be prepared to wait for a period of time, and don't buy it just because you are in a hurry. of.

After listening to the third brother's words, Li Chengzhi probably knew something in his heart. He asked Li Chengshi to go back to the county government office to do things with peace of mind. He would not be impulsive. He just went to the sub shop to ask. If there is a suitable shop, he would come to the county government office after looking at it. Find him, and the two brothers will go to see it together.

Li Chengshi also thought the same way. No matter how much he thought or talked, it would be better to talk about it after seeing the shop, because he had never been in the contract transaction area, and he didn't know much about the prices behind the shop. When I was free, I went to ask the colleague in charge of the contract.

Leaving the county office, Li Chengzhi planned to go to the Chengxin shop in the north of the city first, and then to the Fu's house shop in the south of the city. If there was no suitable shop, he would just go back and help clean up the stalls without detours.

The location of Chengxin Yaxing is easy to find. Li Chengzhi walked along the direction and saw it for a while. The shop is very small, the side facing the street is only about four feet wide, and the depth is also not much, at most five feet by visual inspection.

Li Chengzhi thinks the layout of this shop is very interesting. There are tables on the side facing the street, and the other three sides of the store are all shelves, with many booklets densely arranged on them.

At this moment, there was only one person sitting behind the counter, who was opening a booklet and writing on it. Li Chengshi couldn't understand the words on it, but he looked at the pictures drawn on it, and guessed that it was the pattern of a house.

After watching for a while, Li Chengzhi stepped forward: "Shopkeeper, are you the only one in your shop?"

The shopkeeper had noticed that someone was watching him all the time, so he speeded up his writing, and when Li Chengzhi spoke after finishing the last few words, he immediately put down his pen and looked at Li Chengzhi: "Guest, what is the name of our young man?" I've been out for a while, and someone will come back in a while, what do you want to see?"

"I want to rent a shop." Li Chengzhi said that he would buy it without opening his mouth. Li Chengzhi first said that he wanted to rent a shop to see the situation of this shop.

"What requirements do you have for the shop?" The shopkeeper looked at Li Chengzhi's clothes with a smile on his face, and thought about what he was doing, and what kind of shop he wanted to introduce to him.

Li Chengzhi replied directly without thinking: "I'm in the food business, so I don't need a big shop, but the location can't be biased. There should be many people walking around, and it's best to be near the south gate."

After going through these requirements in his mind, the shopkeeper took out three booklets from the shelf on the right, and turned out the shop that he remembered was suitable for Li Chengzhi.

"These three shops have not been rented out yet. This shop is located on Xishang Street, just at the intersection. There are quite a lot of people coming and going. It is nine feet long and fifteen feet wide. The monthly rent is seven taels of silver."

"This shop is located on Zouma Street, a little bit inside the intersection. It is the shop closest to the south gate. It is ten feet long and twelve feet wide. The monthly rent is eight taels of silver."

"This shop is on Cuedu Street. The location is not as good as the previous two shops, but it has a larger area. It is thirteen feet long and seventeen feet wide. The monthly rent is seven taels of silver."

Hearing what the shopkeeper said, Li Chengzhi frowned and thought about it. The best of the three shops is of course the one on Zouma Street, with the smallest area and the highest rent. The relatively poor one is the shop on Quedu Street, with the largest area. The rent is not cheap, and it is more cost-effective to buy a shop by yourself.

The shopkeeper had seen a lot of customers, and he thought that Li Chengzhi frowned because he thought the rent was too high, so he smiled and said: "Guests, the monthly rent for a shop with a less-than-good location and a similar size may only cost three or five taels, but You are in the food business. If the location of the shop is not good enough, there will not be so many people to communicate with. The business will definitely be affected. The rent of the three shops I recommend is quite reasonable. Why don’t my scumbags come back to take you later? Go to the shop to have a look?"

Li Chengzhi shook his head: "If these three shops are only rented out, you don't need to look at them. Actually, I don't want to rent a shop. I plan to buy a shop directly. Shopkeeper, is there anyone here who sells the kind of shop I want?"

After hearing Li Chengzhi's words, the shopkeeper of Chengxin Yahang couldn't help but look at him more. To be honest, he didn't think Li Chengzhi was the kind of person who had the strength to spend a few hundred taels to buy a shop.

But facing all kinds of customers all the year round, his experience told him not to underestimate any one person. He recalled the existing shop in his hands, and regretfully told Li Chengzhi that the one he wanted was not currently on sale.

If you want to rent a shop, it is a better time after the Chinese New Year. Some people find that they have not made any money after doing business for a year, and they don’t want to continue to do business in the next year. There is no time to buy a shop, and there is not much difference at any time, it depends on luck.

Li Chengzhi was a little disappointed: "Well, if you have a suitable shop, you can ask Yaren to find me at the Li family's rice noodle stall in the South Gate stall area, or you can go to the county government to find a servant named Li Chengshi, That's my brother."

Sincerity is in the north of the city, they are very familiar with the shops and stalls in the north of the city, but their people often go to the south of the city, so they know that the Li family rice noodle business in the south of the city is very good and makes money, and Li Chengzhi said that his brother is in the city. When the county government was working, the shopkeeper immediately stopped doubting Li Chengzhi's ability to buy a shop. He said that he would help to keep an eye on it, and notify them as soon as there was a suitable shop.

After Li Chengzhi left, the shopkeeper picked up a booklet on the shelf on the left, turned out the blank pages and recorded the situation of Li Chengzhi coming to communicate with him just now.

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