Chapter Twenty-Four: Buy a street and open a shop

With a plan, Zhang Zhen saw that there was a teahouse opposite, and remembered that the teahouse restaurant was the place to find out the news, so he walked into the teahouse.

"Little Er, tea!" Zhang Zhen shouted as he learned the dialogue on TV.

With this shout, Zhang Huanghe and Xia Zhongyong's faces turned green, and Liu's face was a little unbearable.

"Huh?" After Zhang Zhen sat down, he saw that the three of them had bad faces, and asked, "You three, why are your faces so bad?" Sit down. ”

"Lord..."Xia Zhongyong blurted out as soon as he said the master, and hurriedly changed his words: "Young master, with us, where do you need the young master to speak, you can't mess up your identity!" ”

This change of words was also discussed before entering Nanyang, after all, the title of 'master' is good, and the 'lord' is amazing.

Still 'lord', rebellion? was heard by the factory guard, so it wasn't the Fa rectified on the spot?

Now is not the time to be public, it is better to keep a low profile, even so, Xia Zhongyong almost said bald.

After that, he shouted to the tea boy who was already waiting aside: "Child! Serve tea! Good tea! ”

"Okay! The small shop has a good Biluochun, you can wait a while, come right away! Xiao Er said that he would go to the backyard to make tea.

Soon the tea cup came up, and Xiao Er said to Zhang Zhen: "Guest officer, you use it slowly!" "Turn around and leave.

Zhang Zhen opened his mouth and said, "Little second brother go slowly." ”

"What is the guest officer calling me?" Xiao Er's heart suddenly, for fear that something would go wrong, it is really not easy to have an errand to make ends meet in this famine year of natural disasters and man-made disasters, in case the guests are not hidden, and the shopkeeper says that the roll is covered and left, and it is difficult to live.

'Dangchang! Zhang Zhen took out a silver ingot and put it on the table, and asked, "Is this silver enough for tea?" ”

Xiao Er hurriedly said: "Enough is enough, don't hide it from this uncle, although this Biluochun is a good tea, the small shop is not a black shop, this pot of tea is only two dollars of silver, our family is a conscience business, but we dare not cheat people." ”

Zhang Zhen nodded and smiled: "That's good, I have something to ask you, if you answer well, this silver will be your reward money except for the tea money!" ”

Xiao Er was overjoyed when he heard this, and said in surprise: "Uncle, you can ask casually, if the little one knows, he will definitely know everything, and he will say everything!" It will definitely satisfy the uncle. ”

Zhang Zhen said with a smile: "I want to open a small shop, there are three of them, I don't want the location, as long as it's cheap, it's best to be able to buy it." ”

Xiao Er breathed a sigh of relief after hearing the question, he was most familiar with this matter, not to mention that he inquired, at least he knew a lot, and said with a smile: "Uncle, you are asking the right person, but the little one also has a piece of advice, I don't know if I should talk about it or not..."

Zhang Zhen smiled: "If you have something to say, it's enough." ”

Xiao Er frowned and said: "Although the small one has not done business, but I know that the wine fragrance is also afraid of the deep alley, our shops in Nanyang, what we earn is the silver of the merchant ship, like the uncle is so generous, if there is no shortage of money, buy the westernmost shop of this thing street is the best, there is not only close to the largest wharf in our Nanyang, the ships can also see the signboard, how much can also leave an eye, followed by Yuwang Lane, the boat merchants and even the boat family go there to incense and ask for peace, the alley business is also excellent, Other places are much worse, and it is the most troublesome to buy this store and then want to sell! Uncle, don't you think about it anymore? ”

Looking at the face of the silver, Xiao Er said very sincerely, and every sentence was reasonable, Zhang Zhen said with a smile: "Thank you little second brother for your kind words, but my business is not ordinary, and there are peerless treasures to make the treasure of the town store, as long as word of mouth, there are guests who come here, but the fragrance of wine is not afraid of deep alleys, and there is no need for passenger flow." ”

"Really?" Xiao Er persuaded in disbelief: "Uncle, you have to think carefully!" Now there are storefronts at the west end of Yuwang Lane and East and West Streets, and time will not wait for me! ”

Zhang Zhen said affirmatively: "It's okay, I still say the same thing, just ask for cheap, not for location." ”

"Okay...."Xiao Er sighed and said: "If you want to say the cheapest, it must be the Vulcan Lane, the alley is in the southeast corner, because there is a fire temple at the end, and no one dares to move this temple, it has become a dead end, this fire temple is also our Nanyang people to worship, the boat is to go to the water, worship the dragon king and worship the Yu king to worship the river god, naturally there is no reason to worship the fire god, the business of the alley is becoming more and more difficult, if the guest officer wants to buy, I am afraid that there is a thousand taels of silver to buy all the storefronts of an alley, if you change the east and west street and Yuwang Lane, A thousand taels buys a maximum of one or two storefronts. ”

"Vulcan Lane?" Zhang Zhen felt reasonable and more interested when he heard this, and asked, "How many storefronts are there in that alley?" ”

Xiao Er crossed his fingers and counted carefully, and replied: "There are a total of thirteen stores, about thirty-one and twelve." ”

I bought one for a few dozen taels of silver, but it was much cheaper than the one that rented and sold and paid a monthly rent of ten taels, Zhang Zhen immediately clapped his hand and said: "Then it's it, a street, I bought it." ”

Zhang Zhen made a happy decision, picked up the tea poured by Xia Zhongyong and tasted it, and felt more fragrant in a good mood, and praised: "Good tea!" Thank you little second brother, you take the tea money, and the rest is your reward money, don't be too little, say goodbye! ”

The ten taels of silver bought a pot of tea, and I took a sip and left.

Xiao Er saw Zhang Zhen leave simply, which was dumbfounded.

It's those richly dressed uncles who look like they have a lot of money, and the reward is only a few copper plates, this one is good, and the shot is nearly ten taels of silver.

This is tattooed silver, snowflake silver! It is more than ten taels of broken silver, this is called generosity, this is really heroic!

Ten taels of silver, the best polished rice can buy dozens of catties, coarse grains, a few hundred catties, enough for a few years of relaxation at home,

The grace of dripping water should be reciprocated by the spring, Xiao Er believed that he had received a great favor, and secretly swore that when this uncle's business opened, he must help publicize it, even if it was not very useful, he would do his best.

Having made up his mind in his heart, Xiao Er picked up the ingot of silver and went to pay the account.

Xiao Er said happily: "Shopkeeper, this is the tea money given by the guest officials just now, the uncle said, except for the tea money, all the tea money will be given to me as a reward!" The tea is Biluochun, two coins of silver. ”

"Shout! Snowflake silver? Tea money for two coins of silver, you should find ten taels of broken silver, right? The shopkeeper asked with a smile.

"Ten taels or eight? Yes yes yes !! Xiao Er had never exchanged snowflake silver, and he was even more surprised to hear that he was looking for so much, and he was also excited when he spoke, and gave the silver to the shopkeeper with anticipation.

The shopkeeper put away the money, and then looked at the ledger as if nothing had happened.

"Shopkeeper, where's the silver?" Xiao Er waited for a while, a little impatient in his heart, and couldn't help but ask.

"What silver?" The shopkeeper asked.

Is the shopkeeper forgetting or pretending to be stupid? It's just a blink of an eye, so forget it?

Xiao Er hurriedly explained: "It's the snowflake silver given by the guest officer just now!" The shopkeeper also said that he should find someone else's ten taels of broken silver, which is the ten taels of broken silver! ”

When the shopkeeper heard this, he scolded: "You little rabbit! For the past two years, I have provided you with food and drink, and I have given you clothes to wear, and I have given you thirty copper plates every month, you ungrateful thing! Dare to ask for silver? If you don't want to do it, you will roll up and leave! ”

Xiao Er felt cold when he heard this, and argued unwillingly: "Since I came to the shopkeeper's place, I have always been diligent, and my clothes, food, drink and salary are all earned by hard work, and I don't just eat and don't work!" If the shopkeeper is greedy for a small reward with a clear conscience, will he not be afraid of retribution? Ask the shopkeeper to give me the money. It's okay to give less! ”

Xiao Er said that tears kept falling like beads of broken threads, and looked at the shopkeeper pleading while wiping them.

The shopkeeper said angrily: "You little bastard has grown up and your wings are hard? Dare to curse me! Tell you, there are some children and daughters sold in the grass market in Nanyang! Lao Tzu is not short of a tea boy, immediately roll me up and get out!! ”

"You ....." Xiao Er was speechless in despair, gritted his teeth, wiped away his tears, threw away the handkerchief on his shoulder, and walked out of the teahouse firmly.