Chapter XVIII Negotiations

"I'm here today to ask for a favor from the shopkeeper Wei." The third aunt of the Zhang family looked at Wei Yuan and said, "Actually, it is also a little similar to the things you discussed with me before, this little lady wants to buy a house, but the money in her hand is a little insufficient. ”

"Oh, I see what the tooth man means, okay, then may I ask this little lady what to pledge?" Wei Yuan nodded after hearing this, looked at Lu Yunque and asked.

Lu Yunque looked at Wei Yuan and smiled respectfully, "My situation may be a little different from what Shopkeeper Wei thinks, but it may be an interesting new idea." ”

Wei Yuan thought that Lu Yunque just came to borrow because he saw that the interest rate was low, but he was also willing to sell the favor of the third aunt of the Zhang family, but listening to the tone of this little lady of the Lu family, is this matter not so simple? For a while, I was a little interested in the words of this little lady of the Lu family, put down the teacup, and became a little serious.

"I don't have that much property to mortgage to Shopkeeper Wei." Lu Yunque said.

Wei Yuan's face changed when he heard this, and he glanced at the third aunt of the Zhang family next to him.

The third aunt of the Zhang family was also a little embarrassed when she took Wei Yuan's eyes, and avoided it slightly.

"But I have a new way of cooperation, the house I want to buy is worth about more than 100 taels of silver, I am willing to sign a deed with the shopkeeper Wei, mortgage my house to the shopkeeper Wei, and then write an IOU, borrow 110 taels of silver, and sell it within three days after buying the house, and the shopkeeper Wei will take 20 taels and a half of the profit from the purchase price, if I can't sell it on time, my house will be owned by the shopkeeper Wei, and repay the debt according to the number of IOUs, what do you think?" Lu Yunque finished his words in one breath, his eyes kept looking at Wei Yuan, and his face was full of confidence.

It's just that the third aunt of the Zhang family saw from the side that Lu Yunque's hand hidden behind him trembled slightly.

Wei Yuan looked at the lark carefully, as if he wanted to see her through, this little lady was a bit of a bold person, and her courage was a little stronger than those apprentices under her command.

"The conditions that the little lady of the Lu family said are indeed very exciting, but the risk is indeed a bit big, if the house can't be sold, isn't the money I lent there to be trapped." Wei Yuan leaned back, picked up the tea on the table and took a sip.

Seeing this, the third aunt of the Zhang family secretly sighed in her heart, this Wei Yuan is obviously cheap and good, no matter how he calculates this deal, he will not lose, at this time he just wants to take Qiao and ask for some more benefits from Lu Yunque.

Lu Yunque also knew in his heart, and smiled slightly, "Shopkeeper Wei's words are a bit exaggerated, the IOU I wrote has already kept your bottom money, if this house can't be sold, even if you get my own house for nothing, no matter what, you won't lose money, you can get more than two taels of silver if you sell it, this is the interest you borrowed money, and it is not much worse than the profit of the dark Zhuangzi." Lu Yunque looked at Wei Yuan with a sincere face.

Wei Yuan's face remained unchanged, and he didn't answer Lu Yunque's words, just drank tea slowly, and the third aunt of the Zhang family couldn't help but feel a little anxious when she saw that the two seemed to be deadlocked, and she was about to speak, but was stopped by Lu Yunque.

"Shopkeeper Wei, you are a powerful businessman, although I am a junior, but today I can also be regarded as your partner, let's not hide it so much, wouldn't it be better to open it up?" Lu Yunque put down the tea, his eyes showed a bit of sharpness, and Wei Yuan had the illusion that he was negotiating with a shopping mall veteran for a while.

"Hahaha, Zhangyaren, this girl you brought is a little powerful, a little veteran, if she is not a daughter, I would like to take her under my command to do things." Wei Yuan suddenly laughed, pointed to the lark and said to the third aunt of the Zhang family.

The third aunt of the Zhang family knew that this matter was done as soon as she heard it, and she laughed happily for a while: "The shopkeeper Wei has been promoted, this girl is a little clever at most, how can she compare to those capable people under you."

Wei Yuan waved his hand, "Don't be so modest, powerful is powerful, young people have more enthusiasm to boast, okay, today, I will respond to the business of the little lady of the Lu family in your face, and it can be regarded as making friends with this little lady." Wei Yuan called a maid and whispered a few words in her ear, the maid nodded and retreated, and after a while came over with a wooden plate and a pen and paper.

"Things should not be delayed, I think we will set up the note today, and the money will be handed over to the two of you, what do you think?" Wei Yuan took the pen and paper and spoke.

The third aunt of the Zhang family nodded again and again, and hurriedly got up and pulled Lu Yunque over, of course, the sooner this thing is done, the better, so as not to have a long night and many troubles.

Lu Yunque was quite calm, discussing the content of the deed with Wei Yuan, only hesitated when he signed the house mortgage deed, and the third aunt of the Zhang family secretly nodded Lu Yunque behind her back when she saw this, and Lu Yunque came back to her senses and signed her name.

Wei Yuan was a good talker, and as soon as the note was signed, he asked someone to send the silver up, and carefully prepared two gray cloth money bags that were somewhat shabby, and gave them to Lu Yunque together.

Lu Yunque nodded and thanked him, and after counting the silver, he divided it into two and put it in a cloth money bag, and carried a bag with the three aunts of the Zhang family, Wei Yuan had the intention to keep the two of them for dinner, and also wanted to take the opportunity to talk to the three aunts of the Zhang family about the previous matter, but Lu Yunque and the two were in a hurry to finish the affairs of the house, so they politely refused Wei Yuan, and left Xiangyuan Qian Zhuang after repeatedly thanking them.

Lu Yunque and the third aunt of the Zhang family went out to hire a carriage, and went straight back to Lu Yunque's house in Yongan Lane, and as soon as they entered the door, they turned around and locked the door tightly, walked into the inner room, took out the cloth bag in their arms, and poured all the silver on the table.

The third aunt of the Zhang family looked at the silver on the table, and her eyes lit up, "Mom, I haven't seen so much silver when I'm so big." With that, he reached out and touched it.

Lu Yunque stood aside and didn't say anything, just glanced around his house, and looked down at the silver on the table.

"Third aunt, please contact the servants of the house in Mingyuefang, the handover of the house will be completed as soon as possible, and I will also change my hands and go out." Lu Yunque said.

The third aunt of the Zhang family also took her eyes back from the silver when she heard this, and said twice, "Don't worry, I'll go to the servant, at most tomorrow, he can take the deed and you to the official tooth to register." The third aunt of the Zhang family turned around and walked out, but when she walked to the door, she suddenly folded back, reached out and touched the silver again, "Oh, the old woman has never seen so much cash silver in her life, let me touch it again, this whole silver is more comfortable than broken silver." ”

Seeing this, Lu Yunque couldn't help laughing, and his mood suddenly broadened. The third aunt of the Zhang family didn't take long to put her hand away, looked at it reluctantly, and got up and went out.

Lu Yunque took out a blue cloth money bag from the wooden box in the back room, and together with these two, scattered the silver, and then put the money bag in different places, and turned over the wardrobe at the head of the bed, took out a delicate small wooden box from it, opened it and took out a light pink cloth bag, opened it, shook out a pile of broken silver from it, counted it carefully, there were about thirty-six taels and three coins, and then put the silver in it again, put it back in the closet, and then walked out.

The third aunt of the Zhang family came back a moment before noon, and entered the door panting, Lu Yunque saw this and hurriedly helped the third aunt of the Zhang family to sit on the edge of the stone table, and poured her a cup of tea.

The third aunt of the Zhang family took the tea and drank it in one gulp before speaking, "It's done, tomorrow, you will take the silver to the tooth official, and the servant will wait for you there, there are deeds and everything, you just have to sign it." The third aunt of the Zhang family paused after speaking, "It's just that who do you want to sign this buyer?" If you sign yourself, won't you want to show your stuffing when you sign with Lin Jiaerlang again later? At that time, I am afraid that your bad reputation will be spread, which may not be conducive to the development of your Zhuangya industry in the future. ”

"I've thought about it a long time ago." Lu Yunque opened his mouth and said, "I want to sign my aunt's name." ”

"Then have you discussed it with your mother, this requires your mother's personal seal."

"It's been discussed, the uncle of the Hu family, who has just asked the uncle to transport the goods, has brought a letter to my mother, and when they come back tonight, they should bring back the seal of my mother."

The third aunt of the Zhang family nodded after listening, and didn't say much, Lu Yunque saw that it was time for lunch, so she left the third aunt of the Zhang family to eat at home, took out the cured chicken sent by the mother-in-law of the Liang family a few days ago, and stir-fried the toon brought back before with eggs, and then made a pot vegetable soup with naan, and the two of them ate well.

After lunch, the three aunts of the Zhang family were busy going out to look at the house and draw sketches, and Lu Yunque didn't arrange anything today, so he went with the three aunts of the Zhang family to help out.

When I returned home after being busy, I went to the cargo station to wait for the convoy to come back, but I waited for Uncle Hu's convoy in a moment. Uncle Hu jumped down from the carriage and handed Lu Yunque a cloth bag with a green mountain pattern, Lu Yunque reached out to take it, thanked Uncle Hu and got up to go home. The sky has gradually darkened, the bell of the closed workshop has begun to ring, Lu Yunque hurried back, just entered the door of the bell stopped, while the night patrol Wuhou still came out, Lu Yunque hurried back home.

After Lu Yunque returned home, he opened the cloth bag, and wrapped a piece of transparent green square jade with a piece of silk satin, with A-Niang's name engraved on the bottom and a distant mountain carved on the top.

Lu Yunque looked at the seal carefully, put it in the cloth bag as it was, and put it in the wooden box at the head of the bed.