"Ha, say Cao Cao, Cao Cao has arrived!" Song Jiu heard Ye Dan's voice, and ran to open the door with a smile.

"Why is Song Gongzi here?" Ye Dan didn't expect that it was Song Jiu who came to open the door, and he was stunned for a while.

"You don't care what I'm here for, just say what you did here." Song Jiu said with an excited face and a red face.

Ye Dan didn't know why, and stepped into the courtyard in confusion, and he didn't know where to start with Song Jiu, so he had to look at Du Mei for help.

"Let's let the shopkeeper drink tea and then speak." Du Mei patted the corn crumbs in his hands and got up to make tea with his hands.

"Did you find a house for Du Mei in Gangneung City?" Seeing Du Mei enter the house, Song Jiu pulled Ye Dan to sit on the small pestle and asked in a low voice.

"How do you know?" Ye Dan was stunned.

"Oh, how do I know, you don't care, you only say one thing, can this house be a restaurant?" Song Jiu glanced at the kitchen and urged.

"It's a three-story building on the royal street, the market is good, and it's natural to be a restaurant, but it still needs to be renovated." Ye Dan seemed to understand what he meant, knowing that he was a fellow traveler, so he told the truth.

"Can you negotiate a price?" Song Jiu was happy in his heart, with a house, this is not far from ten, so he couldn't wait to continue asking.

"The tooth shop has preliminarily quoted a price, saying that the main family will ask for 10,000 taels of silver, but it should be negotiable." Ye Dan thought about it and said cautiously.

"Du Mei doesn't know what to do lately, and has spent all the money, if the price of this house is lower, about five thousand taels, I will consider taking it down." Song Jiu gritted his teeth and said.

Although Song Jiu's grandfather made great efforts to clean up the clansmen who were eyeing the business, he also paid a considerable price, and the previous account books were either gnawed by rats or flooded by fire, and they couldn't be seen, so every store that was recovered had no profit at all, and it was almost an empty shelf. Nowadays, not only do you have to pay for the turnover, but you also have to pay off the debts that you didn't know were true or false.

In this way, although his family has a huge property, he is also demolishing the east wall to make up the west wall in private, and there is not much real money, and now he has to mobilize tens of thousands of taels of silver to buy a house, which is really difficult for him who has just gained a foothold.

Song Gongzi laughed, what kind of place is Jiangling City, the imperial city of the Dashun Dynasty, five thousand taels can buy a big mansion in Huizhou, but in Jiangling City, where every inch of land is expensive, I am afraid that I can't even afford the land of this small building.

Besides, I have chosen a house of thousands of choices, as long as Meizi is satisfied, money is not a problem, if she can't pay the account, she has my own cushion, where do you dare to let Song Gongzi bother? Ye Dan smiled shallowly.

"You're so anxious to get her back for your master? But I see, Du Mei can't wait to be clear with him, but I'm afraid it's not as simple as money and a house. Song Jiu was not annoyed by Ye Dan's words, but held his chin and teased.

"What do you two say? Laugh like this. Du Mei came out with tea and steamed cakes, only to see the two of them laughing fakely, I don't know what the hell they are doing.

"I've got you found a house, come and see." Ye Dan ignored Song Jiu, took out a roll of paper from his sleeve and spread it on the small table.

Du Mei and Song Jiu took a closer look, only to see that there were two copies of the map, one was the location of the small building, and the shops next to it were clearly marked, Du Mei looked at it, and had a vague impression, it seemed to be a place on the royal street.

The other is a small building

Detailed structural drawing, the main building has three floors, three rooms on the first floor, with a patio lobby, and several wings, and a small courtyard in the back.

"This house is really impeccable, the shopkeeper Ye has a heart, but he ......" Du Mei looked at the picture and liked it in his heart, but now he is seriously short of money, so he can only be empty and happy.

"Meizi, I know you've been short of money lately, but this house is really good, it's a pity not to buy it, I'm afraid it will be difficult to meet it in the future. No, I'll help you save your dividends for two seasons in Bandung Bank, although there are not many, there are always four or five thousand taels. Ye Dan saw her hesitating, for fear that she would not buy it, so he hurriedly said.

"Such a small building, on the boundary of Jiangling City, does not have eight thousand dollars of silver, how can the main family sell it? Only these four or five thousand are useless. Du Mei shook his head helplessly.

"Ye Qing has wanted to vote for you for a long time, but the restaurants in Qinghe County didn't catch up, he was so anxious that he complained about me, and now that I have this opportunity, our brother will pay five thousand taels, isn't this the best of both worlds." Ye Dan's face was as light as a spring breeze, and he said with a smile.

He and Ye Qing combined, and the family background is only about 1,000 taels, but he is sure that there is one person who will definitely make up this amount unconditionally, so he has full confidence when he speaks.

"Ha, five thousand taels, Shopkeeper Ye has such a big breath!" Song Jiu's eyes widened in surprise, he didn't believe that a shopkeeper could have so much money.

"Luo Meixuan is doing quite well in Jiangling City, King Yan treats our brothers well, there are a lot of remuneration commissions, and there are a lot of rewards during the New Year's holidays, and we don't have any expenses on weekdays, so we can naturally save some." Ye Dan took a sip of tea, glanced at him, and said slowly.

"......" Song Jiu opened his mouth, but he didn't speak after all, he wanted to do this in his heart, so he didn't poke it.

"Yes...... It's not easy for you to make money, and if that's the case, I'll be hollowed out all at once. Du Mei was a little unbearable.

"We didn't give it for nothing, so we naturally want to make money in the future." Ye Dan saw that Du Mei seemed to be moved, and hurriedly said, "If you think it's good, I'll go and talk to the tooth shop in detail, if it's late, I'm afraid that others will take the lead." ”

"I see that this house is really good, if I don't buy it now, I'm afraid I'll regret it later." Song Jiu also helped to instigate on the side.

"That's it, Sister Fengxian has 5,000 taels with me, and I can't bet all your money on the restaurant, it's better for you to split it in half, you invest half in the delicatessen, and I will allocate half of Sister Fengxian's investment in the restaurant, so that even if there are any variables in the business, it will not be all trapped in it, and you won't be able to return to the capital." Du Mei thought about it and changed his original idea.

"Occupy all of both, of course this is better, Ye Qing should be happy." Ye Dan did not hesitate and agreed.

"Deli, I'm going to vote for it too." Song Jiu saw that Du Mei had given it to Ye Dan, so he naturally refused to be disappointed.

"You forget it this time, and when you do well in the future and open a branch, it's not too late for you to vote." Du Mei shook his head.

"Okay then, don't forget me when you open a branch in the future!" Song Jiu chased after him uneasily.

"So I was done, and I left." Ye Dan was bent on accomplishing this, so he couldn't help but go back in a hurry.

Du Mei sent Ye Dan away, and Song Jiu stayed for a few days, tasted all kinds of fish again, and then returned to Huizhou satisfied. Du Mei is busy again, the grain shop, the restaurant, the villa, often have to take care of it, she has to go around to find the marinated spices mentioned in the dream,

She ran all over the surrounding towns, and went to Shewu Mountain to pick, but fortunately, with Xiao Qi with her, Xu was also relieved.

There is constantly good news in the county government, Su Motian, the young secretary of Dali Temple, and Yuan Hong, the waiter of the criminal department, returned to Dujiagou three days after Dumei, and were ordered to come to investigate the cheating case of the imperial examination in Qinghe County.

He has been accepting the benefits of the students for many years, and leaked the question in advance, because the price he asked for was high, and some of the students were poor, so several people pooled money to buy the topic, and the student he found was one of them, but he was not the one who came forward to buy the topic, Zhuang Dong saw that he was born, so he held him Liwei, which Cheng thought, but he revealed himself.

The cheat sheet in Lin Dai's pen tube was also secretly stuffed into it by Zhuang Dong's henchmen, and his purpose in doing so was nothing more than wanting Du Mei to beg him, but unexpectedly, Shen Zhanghua argued with reason, he was dizzy for a while, and he was also put in prison.

The students involved were all imprisoned, and the matter became bigger and bigger, and it was very noisy, until Du Mei sued the king of Shu, and Zhuang Dong still dreamed that Du Mei would come to him in the mouth of a tiger. Unexpectedly, what was waiting for was the iron-faced and selfless Su Motian and the cunning Yuan Hong, who were all the people who pointed out in unison, where did he still have quibbles, and the punishment had not moved, and he was so frightened that his legs trembled like chaff, and he knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.

On the night of Zhuang Dong's imprisonment, he was suddenly hanged in prison by his own belt, Yuan Hong waved his pen and wrote on the case file that Zhuang Dong cheated for personal gain, leaked exam questions, and after being verified, he felt ashamed of the emperor, regretted it, and apologized for his guilt.

In the process of trial, Su Motian found out that Zhuang Dong was a cowardly and afraid of death, he insisted that this person would not commit suicide, but the scene was very clean, and there was no trace left, so he had to give up, a corrupt official died after he died, and he didn't bother to investigate it, so Yuan Hong covered up the matter in a few words, and it was over.

After another two days, the dust settled, and Shen Zhanghua and Lin Dai finally cleared their grievances and were released from the prison.

Du Mei got the news in advance, and specially set up a banquet in the restaurant to celebrate them, and the Lin family also came, waiting in front of the prison door in advance, they picked up Lin Dai, and they all cried with joy.

Xian Cheng and Han Liu and others, as well as Niu Er and Ye Qing, they all bought firecrackers to set off, and forced a "red carpet" road in front of Meiji Restaurant, so that they could walk on it and go to bad luck.

"Lin Dai, come and kowtow to Meizi!" When You Shi saw Du Mei waiting outside, he wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, pulled Lin Dai and said.

"Auntie, this can't be helped, this can't be helped!" Du Mei grabbed Lin Dai, who was bent down and about to kneel.

"Damn, if you hadn't tried everything to beg someone, he wouldn't know how much he would have suffered." You Shi grabbed Du Mei's hand, and tears flowed down again.

"Auntie, don't cry, Lin Dai has returned safely, you should be happy." Du Mei was relieved.

"Look at your unproductiveness, why don't you go and help entertain the guests." Lin Yong's nose was red, he pulled the corner of her clothes and winked at her.

"Lin Dai, don't be afraid, this time it's an accident, if you still want to take the test, let's come back next year." Du Mei pulled Lin Dai and said gently.

"I don't want to take the Xiucai exam anymore, I see that Sister Lin Ying is doing happily here, can I learn this?" Lin Dai lowered his head and twisted his fingers, and said a little embarrassed.

"You want to learn to be a shopkeeper?" Du Mei didn't expect him to say this, and he was stunned for a moment.