Chapter 246: Buying a Shop
Early in the morning, An Lan took Hongqiang out of the house, and the two wandered around the street, trying to find a suitable place to open a school.
The streets of Beijing have always been bustling, and there are noisy shouts everywhere, which makes An Lan feel a little confused.
After walking nearly four streets, An Lan couldn't bear it anymore and sat in a small tea shed to rest.
"What's wrong with you, ma'am? Feeling tired? The red rose on one side asked with a smile.
An Lan nodded slightly embarrassedly, and then sighed again.
"It's not that I'm tired, I just think it's too noisy. We just walked four streets, these streets are not suitable for running schools at all, is there no suitable place to open schools in the huge capital? ”
An Lan realized in hindsight that it was too difficult to find a secluded place, and this was the capital.
The liveliness of the capital is far beyond her imagination, especially after taking a stroll on the street, only to find that it is so crowded.
An Lan's words made Hongqiang tangled, and she didn't know which place was quiet. The only thing I know is that the capital is indeed very lively, full of merchants and people.
The two of them sat in the tea shed and meditated, and the shopkeeper of the tea shed had already poured a pot of tea for them.
After thinking about it for a long time, An Lan's inspiration suddenly flashed.
"West Gate!" An Lan and Red Qiang shouted the name at the same time, and the two of them looked at each other and smiled.
Xichengmen is one of the most remote urban areas here, and most of the people living in it are poor.
It can be called the slum of the capital, and it is quite different from the rest of the capital.
It is precisely because of the poverty there that there will naturally not be too many restaurants and teahouses.
"Madam, it seems that we have thought of a piece, why don't we go and see it now. It's just a little far away, but Madame still drinks a cup of tea here and uses some snacks again! Red Rose had a smug smile on her face, confident in her physical strength.
An Lan agreed, and the two of them asked for a few snacks, and they set off towards the West City Gate after eating and drinking here.
After walking for nearly half an hour, they were very close to the West City Gate at this moment.
The West City Gate is really located in the middle of nowhere, and the more I go this way, the more I feel that the restaurant is less open, and the degree of liveliness is much reduced.
"It seems that this place is indeed suitable for opening a school, if my guess is correct, there should be a large Buddhist temple here."
An Lan suddenly remembered that he had heard the girl in the palace chatting before, saying that there was a Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple in the West City Gate, which was very effective.
"Yes, madam, there used to be a peak of incense in the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple here, but for some reason in the past few years, there have been a lot less, so this Xicheng has completely fallen into desolation."
Her words made a strong smile on the corners of An Lan's lips, and she was even more sure that this West City Gate should be the most suitable place to open a school.
The two of them walked forward for a quarter of an hour in one go, and finally came to the civilian area where the people of the West City Gate lived.
Although the houses here are not dilapidated, they are really different from other places. If you want to find a place in the capital that is not so prosperous and noisy, it is really difficult.
After a brief look here, Anlan is quite satisfied with the environment here.
"It looks good here, and opening a school here will definitely attract many poor children to come to school, so that they can have the opportunity to get ahead and be named on the gold list in the future."
An Lan was excited, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt a sense of accomplishment.
It would be a pleasure to let those poor children come to the school to study, and they would all have the opportunity to become the pillars of the country.
In this way, those poor children can also be put in control of their own destiny. As soon as he thought of this, An Lan was inexplicably a little excited.
"Madam, I can't imagine that you have such a grand vision, and I really admire your hard work."
Hongqiang stretched out her hand and gently hugged her fists, expressing her admiration for An Lan, who didn't expect An Lan to be so kind.
An Lan laughed out loud at her words and gently patted her on the shoulder.
"I just want to do what I can, you see those rich kids, they were born with a lot of teachers. But most of the children from poor families have no one to teach and cannot afford to go to school, so they can only do nothing in this life and be a vulgar person. Even if they had the heart, they were powerless. That's why I plan to open more schools so that every child from a poor family can go to school......"
An Lan took a long-term view, and when he told this matter, his mouth opened and closed slightly, and his red lips and white teeth, and his high-spirited appearance looked charming, and Hongqiang and a woman were a little moved.
I finally understood why the prince was so concerned about this woman, because she was really a different woman who could overshadow other women. This is not because of her peerless looks, but because of her different thinking.
Seeing that Hongqiang had been staring at herself, An Lan was a little unaccustomed.
"Why do you keep looking at me? Let's go quickly and find the right house. An Lan smiled slightly, then took Hongqiang's wrist, and the two of them continued to walk forward.
Red Rose searched very hard, and after looking for an hour, she finally found a teahouse that was about to close.
This teahouse is very large, and the benefits are not good. In the past, when the incense of the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple was at its peak, this teahouse was the most popular, but now it is showing a trend of withering.
"Boss, I wonder how much you can sell this teahouse?" An Lan walked in and chose to talk to the boss straight to the point.
The teahouse had become dilapidated, and she believed that the boss must be in a hurry to get rid of it for the sake of profit.
Seeing An Lan coming, the boss ran over excitedly, and when he heard this, he was stunned at first, and then signaled to An Lan with a smile and asked her to sit down and have a good discussion.
Sitting on the table on one side, the shopkeeper immediately made tea for the two distinguished guests.
"Does this girl want to buy my restaurant?" Again, the owner confirmed the matter.
They are a rather remote and inhospitable place, and now they are more difficult than ever, many inns and restaurants are closed, and the small traders who walk the streets and alleys cannot survive.
Now someone asks him about this teahouse, which is equivalent to pie in the sky!
An Lan knew that he was already happy in disbelief, and nodded vigorously in acknowledgement.
"Boss, I really want to buy your teahouse, you can make a price."
An Lan's tone was calm, and there was a faint nobility hidden between his eyebrows.
This boss is treacherous and cunning to the extreme, and after glancing at An Lan, his hanging eyebrows drooped again, moved a few times, and stretched out five fingers.
"What do you say? Do you want 5,000 taels of gold? Looking at his gesture, Hongqiang couldn't help but think that he was asking for five thousand taels of gold, and instantly stood up from the chair angrily.