Country Maiden: Fields and Fortune-Chapter 106

105: Buying a Shop (2nd Update)

The Pawnbroker pondered for a moment and then said, “Three hundred and thirty taels!”

Xie Zhinuan remained silent.

The Pawnbroker hurriedly added, “The most important thing is that there are shops in front, three of them. No matter what business you do, it’s very convenient. If there weren’t any shops, the money mentioned on the back would have been enough with just dozens of taels of silver!”

Xie Zhinuan walked around the place, and Routuan seemed to really like the yard.

Running back and forth, very cheerfully.

“Three hundred taels and I’ll pay today, then go to the Governor’s Office to transfer the deed!”

Upon hearing this, the Pawnbroker’s eyes lit up immediately.

“Really?”

Xie Zhinuan nodded.

“Good, good, good, let’s go there right now!”

Xie Zhinuan knew she might have paid too much, but she didn’t care.

On the way, the Pawnbroker told Xie Zhinuan that her surname was Xu, and there was nothing she didn’t know about in Chonghe Town.

“If I want to sell pastries and snacks, would people buy them?” Xie Zhinuan asked.

“…” Upon hearing this, Xu the Pawnbroker was somewhat surprised.

“If they taste good, there should be buyers!”

This was also a should, not a certainty.

In truth, in a small town, there weren’t that many passersby, and although there were people who could afford to buy things with silver, few were willing to actually spend their money on purchases, as making money was too hard.

Xie Zhinuan just smiled without saying anything.

First, she went to the Governor’s Office to get the house deed and land deed transferred, watched the officials write the new contracts, saw them stamp the seals, register the deeds, and watched Xu the Pawnbroker pay three taels of silver.

Xie Zhinuan took the contract and saw that she could actually recognize the words on it.

“…”

Earlier, she could have been sure that she didn’t know how to read.

She counted out three silver notes for Xu the Pawnbroker.

“I’d like to find someone to clean my yard thoroughly, inside and out. Do you have someone suitable?”

“…” Xu the Pawnbroker looked at Xie Zhinuan and asked softly, “Will you pay?”

“One tael of silver, do you think that’s enough?”

“Enough, enough!” Xu the Pawnbroker replied repeatedly, “Don’t worry, I’ll go right now to ask the neighbors to help clean, even the kang stove holes will be scrubbed clean for you!”

“…”

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Xie Zhinuan was astonished but nodded her head.

She parted ways with Xu the Pawnbroker halfway, as she needed to go to the shop to buy bowls.

The shopkeeper of the jar and pot store saw Xie Zhinuan and immediately smiled with a gleam in his eye, “Miss Xie is here!”

“Mhm, shopkeeper, this time I’m here to buy some bowls!”

“Miss Xie, please pick whatever you like!”

Xie Zhinuan thought that to sell braised meat and marinated meat, she definitely needed bowls to serve them in. The bowls didn’t have to be too nice, but they needed to be large.

Yet some people bought in small quantities, and although wrapping with banana leaves wasn’t exactly clean, it was still necessary to use bowls. She would charge first for the bowls, which could always be returned later.

Xie Zhinuan ordered two types of bowls, five hundred of each kind.

“How much?” the shopkeeper exclaimed in shock.

This wasn’t opening a restaurant, to be ordering five hundred.

“Five hundred of each kind, and also one set of the good ones. You’ll deliver them to my newly purchased shop!”

“Miss Xie bought a shop, how much silver?”

“Three hundred taels for three shops and a small yard at the back!”

“…”

The shopkeeper looked at Xie Zhinuan, wanting to say something but hesitated, “The shops in this town aren’t that expensive. Miss Xie, you have been overcharged for this shop!”

Xie Zhinuan chuckled lightly, “It’s no big deal. In business, you always aim to make a profit, and no one does business to lose money. Oh right, shopkeeper, among your relatives, is there a hardworking young man in his twenties who is articulate, can read, do arithmetic, take charge of accounting, and also weigh goods? I’m looking to hire someone like that for my shop!”

To sell things, having two people was indeed necessary.

Two people working together could monitor each other. If something came up, one could stay while the other could leave.

Chapter 107