Chapter 135: Conditions
"It's me who didn't think it through, and I apologize."
Mengbao said with a smile, and as he spoke, he also gave Shen Nanzhu a ball.
Shen Nanzhu looked at her sincere and slightly flattering smile, and suddenly had a feeling that he was making trouble unreasonably, and couldn't help but be a little sneering.
"Do you like to draw those pictures?"
As if to change the subject, he asked casually.
Mengbao bit his chopsticks and thought about it, and nodded: "I didn't think it was very interesting, so I drew it casually." Who knew that the mulberry would be quite popular after making it, and then it continued to be made. â
She looked a little excited when she said this, and her eyes flashed brightly: "You don't know, I've earned a lot of silver these days!" â
"You?"
Shen Nanzhu raised his eyebrows.
Mengbao nodded, with a little smugness on his face: "Mulberry said that the beckoning cat was something I came up with, so the money I earned should also be divided among me, and I should be divided into two or eight points, and he will be two and eight with me." I just told him a prototype and drew him a few drawings, so I was embarrassed to take so much, so I said that I was two and he was eight, but he didn't agree. â
"Later, we discussed it, five or five points! That's half of the money he earns from selling beckoning cats now! I haven't taken this money yet, so let him buy some good wood to make something more delicate, which can be regarded as an investment, and he will be able to recover it when he has more lucrative profits in the future! â
Shen Nanzhu smiled and didn't care: "Then how much silver can there be?" Is my wife Dingnan Hou Shizi still lacking this bit of silver? Look, you're pleased. â
Mengbao said seriously: "That's different, I earned it myself!" Though...... Relying on the wisdom of the predecessors......"
She felt a little weak when she said this. After all, this thing was not originally invented by itself.
Shen Nanzhu naturally couldn't understand her thoughts, and her attitude was still a little careless: "If you lack money, just tell me, it's not that I can't afford to support you, where do you need to earn it yourself." Besides, don't you still have a dowry shop? Those earnings are enough for you to eat and drink for the rest of your life. â
Mengbao choked, lowered his head and pulled two mouthfuls of food, and said in a low voice, "That's not mine." â
Shen Nanzhu's eyes sank, and his expression was dark.
He could see that although she accepted the fact that she had to become Su Mengbao, she actually still had a lot of her own little personality in her heart, which was nature. It can't be extinguished.
She had been hiding that secret before. I have to suppress this kind of character of myself and try to live like the real Su Mengbao.
But now that the two of them have spoken clearly, she no longer has to disguise her disguise, and this nature is becoming more and more obvious......
Shen Nanzhu remembered her resistance when she called her Su Mengbao at the beginning. The feeling of not being recognized for her zĂ i must have made her sad, right? Does it make her feel more alone and helpless?
Even if he has to become Su Mengbao. In her heart, she still hopes that someone will know who she is.
Thinking of this, he was a little soft-hearted. frowned and thought about it, a touch of cunning suddenly flashed in his eyes, and a smile appeared on his lips.
"What kind of beckoning cat do you still want to do with Sangoko?"
Mengbao was stunned when he heard this. Afraid that saying the wrong thing would make him unhappy, he thought for a while before saying: "Actually, I just need to give him the pattern, and I don't necessarily have to meet him, just let Mother Zhao and them help me pass the word." â
In other words, you still want to make your own money, right?
Shen Nanzhu nodded: "If you really like to do this, it's okay to see him once in a while, but let Aman always be by your side." â
Mengbao raised his head and opened his eyes wide: "Really? â
This is really nothing to her, originally when she was with Mulberry, there were people around her, usually either the red note or Zhao's mother, and there would be a few maids brought back by Shen Nanzhu in the distance.
Shen Nanzhu snorted, "Naturally, it's true, I'm lying to you." â
"Great, thank you......"
"Don't be too busy thanking, there are conditions."
He added, and the bright smile of the woman in front of him suddenly collapsed a little, and he pouted and asked, "What conditions?" â
"I'll give you two months, if you can set up a shop in Tongqing Street within two months, you can do whatever you want in the future, I won't ask."
"If you can't...... Then stay in the house honestly and teach your husband and children, and be my real ...... Wife. â
The implication is that the steps of holding hands, hugging and kissing, and taking a slow step by step are all broken, and you have to promise to ...... him directly. Sleep together.
Meng Bao blinked, never expecting that what he proposed would be ...... Such conditions!
"Don't say yes? That's it. â
Shen Nanzhu buried his head and continued to eat.
Meng Bao looked at him in a daze: "Are you sure, as long as I can set up a shop there?" â
"Naturally, but I won't help you, you can figure out how to make up the money yourself."
He said.
After saying that, he remembered something, and hurriedly added: "Don't go to Wei Ershao to borrow silver!" â
"Of course I won't ask him to borrow it." Mengbao replied.
"Where is Tongqing Street? Is the location good there? â
She thought for a moment and asked again.
"Generally speaking, it is not the best location in the capital. I don't want to embarrass you, otherwise I would have set the place on Suzaku Street, which is the real prosperity of the capital. â
As if to show that he was indeed generous enough to allow her to do what she liked, he said this again.
But what he didn't say was that after all, this is the capital where every inch of land is valuable, even in Tongqing Street, it will cost two or three thousand taels to set up an ordinary shop, and it is estimated that it will cost four or five thousand taels if it is better.
And what he said was to put it down, not rent it.
Of course, he wouldn't stupidly take the initiative to remind the woman in front of him who was already eager to try.
Even if you want to say it, you have to wait until she agrees first!
"Good! That's it! â
The woman complied.
A triumphant smile appeared on Shen Nanzhu's lips, and she was about to say anything more when she suddenly got up and left the table. I turned around and went to get something.
Syllable.
Mengbao slapped the five thousand taels of silver tickets in front of him: "How is the land price of Tongqing Street?" Is 5,000 taels enough? â
The corners of Shen Nanzhu's mouth twitched violently, and he almost broke the chopsticks.
"Looks like that's enough!"
Mengbao looked at his somewhat stiff expression and guessed a rough idea, and fanned the silver ticket in his hand as if it were a fan, his face full of pride.
"Where did you get so many silver tickets!"
He gritted his teeth.
"My dad privately gave me the silver at the bottom of the box before! Ha ha...... Missed, right? When I don't see that you're careful? â
Mengbao smiled more and more proudly, and looked a little gloating.
Shen Nanzhu's forehead was beating faintly, and he felt that he had been pit by his father-in-law.
He originally thought that even if she asked for help from the Marquis of Zhenyuan, it would take a month to write back and forth, and if he did something in it, such as making the letter slow to be delivered, she would definitely be too late in time.
But I didn't expect it...... She even had five thousand taels on her!
"Didn't you just say that Su Mengbao's things weren't yours?" He gritted his teeth.
"I can borrow it first! Wait until you earn money and pay it back. All of them were left to my daughter as a dowry. That's worthy of her! â
She smiled toothlessly.
Girl?
Shen Nanzhu, who was originally angry, instantly lost his anger, and glanced at her meaningfully: "You like your daughter?" â
"That's right, my daughter is my mother's intimate little cotton ......"
Meng Bao reacted to what he was saying, and the smile on the corner of his mouth froze. He stopped halfway through his words.
Shen Nanzhu smiled and tapped the table: "What if all we give birth to are sons?" â
Mengbao's face turned red. I swiped it and put it away. Buried his head and picked up the dishes and chopsticks: "Eat!" â
"I like my daughter too, but it's better to have a boy first, so that the elder brother can protect the younger sister."
He said to himself. In the woman's flushed face, she began to imagine the picture of her children and grandchildren around her knees in the future......
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Although Shen Nanzhu made a mistake to agree to Mengbao, it was not easy to regret what he said, and the next day he really arranged Aman directly by Mengbao's side, following Mengbao all the time.
Mengbao has always been a little afraid of Aman, originally a little nervous, but fortunately, Aman is silent, unless she takes the initiative to speak, she never says a word, and slowly relaxes.
Although she had 5,000 taels of silver in her hand, she was not in a hurry to go to Tongqing Street to see the shop.
Because she knows very well in her heart how many catties and taels she has, it is still a question whether this shop can make money when it is opened, and if she acts rashly, it will only make the silver go down the drain.
Although she has already identified herself with Shen Nanzhu, she will still be the young lady of the Dingnan Hou Mansion in the future, and the five thousand taels of silver may not be anything to her, but she still thinks it is better to be cautious, and if she can make it, she will naturally not lose.
"Have you figured out what kind of shop you want to open?"
After walking on the street for a few days in a row, Zhao's mother saw her increasingly determined look and knew that she probably had a plan in her heart.
In fact, she originally didn't approve of the young lady doing this kind of thing, but since the prince had agreed, she couldn't say anything.
Mengbao looked at the various shops on the street and nodded: "I think about it, but I don't know if it will work out yet, so I have to try it first." â
"Try? How to try? Rent the next shop for a period of time, and then make a profit? â
Mengbao shook his head: "That cost is too high, it's not cost-effective." â
She has seen clearly in the past few days that the capital is indeed expensive, even if she wants to rent a shop, the price is not cheap, no wonder Shen Nanzhu will dig a pit for her with the shop that day.
He calculated that even if it was on Tongqing Street, she would not be able to earn enough thousands of taels in two months to set up a shop.
I really didn't expect that a person who looked so serious would crack when he started a little abacus in his heart, and he wanted to wrap her in every minute!
"Go back, Mother Zhao, there's nothing to shop about."
She said as she walked to the carriage.
Zhao's mother followed closely and followed step by step.
"Hey! Two less! What do you see so fascinating? â
A man patted Wei Chengfeng on the shoulder casually, and followed his gaze, but only saw a few scattered pedestrians and a carriage heading into the distance.
Wei Chengfeng's eyes followed the carriage closely, as if he wanted to see the people sitting inside through the body.
She's just laughing. He was very happy, and it was completely different from when he was with him before.
It was the brilliance that radiated from the inside out, the joy from the heart, and it was all unabashedly on the face.
She seems to have always been like this, whether it is indifference or disgust, or now joy and joy, she shows it so directly, without the slightest pretentiousness.
How could such a person be the same as Shen Nanzhu's facial paralysis? It's strange that the two of them are completely opposite personalities.
But Shen Nanzhu should be very good to her, right? He actually sent Aman to her, but he was a person who couldn't be summoned by anyone except him.
If you think about it, too. He was naturally good to her. Otherwise, he wouldn't have tried his best to please her at the beginning, and he wouldn't have been anxious to look for her everywhere later.
He had known Shen Nanzhu for so long, but he had never seen him look like that, as if he had lost his soul.
"Two less! Lost your soul? â
The man slapped him again.
Wei Chengfeng came back to his senses. He tugged at the corners of his mouth. The smile did not reach the bottom of the eye.
"It's fine. Where did you just say you were going? â
"Yingyue Tower! Yesterday there was a girl from Shan'er, who was said to be stunning, especially with a pair of eyes that was called a seductive soul. Ecstasy! I heard that someone spent a lot of money just to get her a glimpse back. Let's go and see what the difference is in those eyes, which is worthy of such a big hype. â
Wei Chengfeng scoffed, originally didn't want to pay attention to it, but after thinking about it, he nodded: "Let's go." â
Can it really seduce the soul? That hooked his soul away, and the province was worried about the places that shouldn't be worried, thinking about people who shouldn't be thinking.
The man on the side was overjoyed and hurriedly followed.
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"I said, you kid, what did you say you would make for me? Why hasn't there been any movement these days? â
Liu Bufan looked at the mulberry who was seriously carving wood and said.
"I haven't been available lately."
The young man replied without raising his head, not wanting to pay attention to his appearance at all.
"Hey! Not available? Why didn't you say you weren't available when you promised me! â
"I promised to do it for you, but I didn't say when I would give it to you."
Mulberry glanced at the pattern at hand, and made some changes to the wood-carved beckoning cat.
"No, no, I said it's wrong for you! How can you fool me like this? â
Elderly?
After Liu Bufan finished speaking, he was stunned first.
Hey! was taken crooked by Azhu's little daughter-in-law!
"There's no deception, it's really not available."
Mulberry didn't look at him from beginning to end.
"You, you...... If you're going to do that, I'll tell you who you are! You don't want her to know, do you? â
The movement in the young man's hand really stopped, and he straightened up and looked at him: "Didn't you already sue your apprentice?" â
Liu Bufan was stunned, and then slapped his thigh: "I can't help it!" That girl is Ah Zhu's daughter-in-law, you follow his daughter-in-law all day long, he always has to figure out who you are, right? If I don't tell him, he will check it himself, and if there is any movement at that time, won't your news get out! Wouldn't that be even worse! â
Mulberry looked at him seriously, as if searching for the truth of his words.
Liu Bufan originally thought that he would let go, but after a while, he lowered his head to tinker with the wooden cat and ignored him.
"I said Qin ......"
Two sharp eyes suddenly swept over, and Liu Bufan hurriedly changed his words: "I said mulberry, you ......."
"I'm really not available."
Sangzi pointed to the wood on the table and said, "To make that thing, you must have good materials, and if you have good materials, you have to buy them with money, and I don't have any money now, so I can only make something else first, and then I will talk about it when I have saved enough money." â
"Tell me what kind of material you need! I'll find it for you! â
Liu Bufan hurriedly said.
Sang Zi shook his head: "You don't know how to choose, it's useless for me to tell you, no matter how good the ingredients are, I may not need them, so I can only buy them myself." â
"Then I will give you directly how much silver you sue me!"
"Twenty thousand taels."
The boy spoke without hesitation.
Liu Bufan almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood: "Two ...... Twenty thousand taels? â
No matter how expensive the material is, you can't use this price! Isn't this a blatant pit man!
"It's 20,000 taels, when I have 20,000 taels, when will I start making what you want."
After he finished speaking, he bowed his head and went to be his own.
Liu Bufan looked at the so-called beckoning cat in his hand, and then looked at his face full of "slow walking, no delivery", and tears almost fell out.
Relying on these things, you can only save 20,000 taels in your lifetime! Isn't this a clear statement that if he wants something, he has to give money first!
Profiteer! O black-hearted profiteers!
He trembled and pointed at the mulberry "you" for a long time, but finally gritted his teeth and said, "Okay!" 20,000 taels is 20,000 taels! â
After saying that, he went back to get the silver ticket with a broken face.
He naturally knew in his heart that Sang Zi wanted 20,000 taels for the purpose of opening a shop for Mengbao in the future, and with this silver, not to mention the shop on Tongqing Street, even the shop on Suzaku Street could also be taken down.
Liu Bufan burst into tears in his heart, and said in pieces: Disciple, don't blame the teacher for holding you back, the enemy is too treacherous! This is not to blame for the teacher, it is really not to blame for the teacher!
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PS: Typo to be corrected tomorrow. (To be continued......)