Chapter 186: Shop
Coming to greet her was a woman in Tsing Yi who was about forty years old, with a happy smile on her face, and when she heard Mama Yu's intention, she immediately smiled so much that her eyes narrowed into a line.
After greeting Mama Yu, he took Fang Dongqiao to the nearest store to have a look.
The person whose surname is Ru, is a person from the capital, and his reputation is good, and the big family and the official wife take care of her business.
Fang Dongqiao heard Mama Yu say that this lady is also a poor person, she was originally the eldest maid of everyone's young lady, and later the young lady was gracious, took her to slavery, promised her a shopkeeper surnamed Liu, and gave her a dowry of one hundred taels of silver, which should have been a good life.
However, the good times did not last long, who knew that she was unladylike, and the husband she married was a scumbag, this Liu shopkeeper's mother was mean and unkind, and Ru Da Niang only gave birth to a daughter after three years of entering the door, so she either beat or scolded Ru Da Niang on weekdays, and also designed to defraud her dowry of one hundred taels of silver.
After the eldest lady was cheated out of all the silver, she was divorced by the shopkeeper Liu in the name of having no children, and was kicked out of the house with her daughter.
The actual situation is that because the shopkeeper Liu is upright and dignified, he climbed up to the daughter of a wealthy family, so he took the dowry silver of the eldest lady to the other party as a dowry, and was afraid that the daughter born by the eldest lady would hinder his future, and even the daughter did not want it, so he let the eldest lady take it away and drove him out of the house without giving a penny.
After Fang Dongqiao heard this, he couldn't help but ask Mama Yu in sympathy, in this case, why didn't she report it to the government, after all, it was like the dowry silver of the eldest mother.
Mama Yu told Fang Dongqiao that the newly married wife of the shopkeeper Liu is related to the local county order, how can the eldest lady sue the shopkeeper Liu, and how can the people since ancient times be able to fight the officials?
But this is like a mother is also hard, stunned by a person with a daughter, thousands of miles to the capital, begging along the way, and then arrived in the capital, because their mother and daughter are pitiful, was taken in by a kind person named He Auntie in the capital, and also helped Lady He find a job, followed Lady He into the human tooth industry.
That is like a lady who is willing to eat any hardship for her daughter, and she didn't have much work at first, but slowly, after a long time, she gradually became familiar with the housekeepers and grandmothers and ladies and ladies of large families.
Because she has a good reputation, so she has been recognized by large families, and there are many jobs to do, such as the eldest lady has also established a firm foothold in the capital, gradually, her business is getting better and better, and she is more than the aunt with her, but this is like the aunt is a grateful person, and there is a share of what good things are also a part of the aunt, in order to thank the aunt He for the grace of the year.
Fang Dongqiao listened to Mama Yu count the past experiences of the eldest mother, but smiled and joked with Mama.
"Mama is really a kind-hearted person, this is the first part of my family's Qingluo, at this time Mama introduced business to Aunt Ru, but she sent another kindness."
"Miss, the old slave would never dare to joke with Miss's money. Miss rest assured, this old slave sympathy is sympathy, in terms of this price, the bargain still has to be counteroffered, the old slave will not give away other people's silver in vain. ”
When Mama Yu heard Fang Dongqiao say that, there was no panic on her face.
After getting along with each other for a while, she also knows the temperament of her young lady, and does not violate the bottom line.
"That is, Miss Ben's silver will naturally not be given away in vain, Mama does things, Miss Ben is very relieved." Fang Dongqiao smiled and followed the footsteps of Aunt Ru into the door of a shop.
The location of these two shops is a prosperous area, the area is not large, but the asking price is extremely high, the price of the two shops is 8,000 taels of silver, which still depends on the fact that the mother is the old customer.
Fang Dongqiao is not shopping in the capital in vain these days, and when he goes out to buy things, he will naturally occasionally ask the maids to inquire about the news, and what is the approximate price of the stores on each street.
Of course, there is also Rong Chaoliang, a budget-conscious businessman, Fang Dongqiao also knows the approximate price of the shops in these areas, so when Aunt Ru offered eight thousand taels of silver for these two shops, she didn't say anything, but felt that the price was a little higher.
"For example, the eldest lady, there are two two families here, one is the Jewelry Pavilion, and the other is the Silk Village, and the price of the shop is about 7,000 taels, why is the price of these two shops higher than 1,000 taels of silver?"
Fang Dongqiao felt that since she was a trustworthy person for Mama Yu, and if the eldest lady started like she did back then, she should cherish the reputation she had saved by herself, and she would not easily joke about her name.
When the eldest lady heard Fang Dongqiao say this, she didn't panic and said slowly.
"Miss, you're right, the price of the jewelry pavilion and the silk village on the side is indeed only seven thousand taels, and the price of these two shops and the house behind them is eight thousand taels, and it is because the owner of this shop is in a hurry to transfer, so it is sold at a low price, if it is usual, even if these two shops are ten thousand taels of silver, then someone is rushing to ask for it."
"What is the reason for this?" Fang Dongqiao couldn't help but be curious.
"The feng shui of these two shops is excellent, if the young lady buys this shop, there will definitely be a God of Wealth to follow, and the wealth will roll in." Aunt Ru whispered to Fang Dongqiao.
"In that case, why is the owner of this shop in such a hurry to transfer it? Could it be that there is a dead man in this store? ”
In ancient times, it was estimated that there was only one reason to rush to sell the house that could have been sold at a higher price at a low price, if it weren't for this reason, Fang Dongqiao couldn't think of any other reason.
When Mama Yu heard Fang Dongqiao say this, she hurriedly said: "If you are like a lady, you have to tell Miss honestly, you and I are also old acquaintances, you can't trick my young lady and hurt me." ”
"Mama Yu, where do I dare to deceive your young lady, this is nothing, there really isn't. There have been no fatalities in this shop, and I can assure you that there will be no such thing with my credibility as a human being. Aunt Ru explained anxiously.
"If so, what is the reason?" Fang Dongqiao frowned and asked.
"Miss, it's okay to tell you about this, but don't spread it. That's just that the second young master of Zheng Guogong's Mansion fell in love with Wu Mingzhu, the daughter of the Wu shopkeeper, and this Wu Mingzhu and Wu shopkeeper refused to give in, so the second young master of Zheng Guogong's Mansion sent people to smash the store every day, so where could their father and daughter still open the store, they could only sell the store, and the father and daughter were ready to go back to the countryside to avoid the limelight and no longer return to the capital. ”
As the eldest lady said this, she actually remembered her own experience, she sympathized with the father and daughter of the shopkeeper Wu, so a customer came to the door, and the first one recommended here.
"So what kind of business did this shop do?" Fang Dongqiao asked again.
"The shop used to sell spices. This Wu shopkeeper has a powerful fragrance technique, and his daughter is also, get the true biography of the Wu shopkeeper, the father and daughter's fragrance skills are well-known in this area, but it is a pity to provoke the Zheng Guo Mansion, that is a daughter in the palace as a concubine, there is a third prince at the bottom, the second princess, even the emperor's favor, flat-headed people, where to offend Oh. The eldest lady sighed.
In this way, the father and daughter also suffered from unjustified suffering. This Wu shopkeeper is also rare, if it was the father of the ordinary daughter's family, he would have given his daughter to the second son of the Zheng Guo Mansion, where is there still a need for such a retreat. That Wu Mingzhu is too, but she is a rare and transparent person, and she looks like a good girl. ”
Fang Dongqiao had never seen the father and daughter of the shopkeeper Wu, but he had a good impression of it.
"That's it, Mama Yu, this shop looks good, Miss Ben is very satisfied, since the location is good, the feng shui is good, it is rare to have this good omen, the price is higher, so let's set it."
After Fang Dongqiao finished reading the store, he didn't look at it anymore, and the next thing was to tell Mama Yu and Aunt Ru to go to the shopkeeper Wu to negotiate.
However, she instructed Mama Yu to let the shopkeeper Wu's father and daughter not rush back to the countryside first, she still needed the help of the shopkeeper Wu's father and daughter, so she instructed Mama Yu to properly arrange the father and daughter of the shopkeeper Wu and not to cause trouble.
Mama Yu obeyed Fang Dongqiao's instructions, responded one by one, and followed Aunt Ru to the shopkeeper Wu to do the follow-up things.
In this way, Fang Dongqiao took a good look at the store, so he came out with Qingluo, this is a rare holiday, and he finally came out, Fang Dongqiao was not in a hurry to go home, and took Qingluo to wander leisurely on the bustling streets.
I went to a jewelry pavilion first, the jewelry in it is very exquisite, and the materials used for the jade pendant and jade pendant are also of the highest quality, Fang Dongqiao thought that next month would be the twelfth birthday of the fourth brother Fang Jingtai, so he wanted to buy him a gift to prepare, so that he could give Fang Jingtai a surprise when the time came.
"Shopkeeper, can you order it here?"
"Naturally, as long as there are jewelry drawings, our jewelry pavilion will naturally have a way to customize it for Miss." The shopkeeper on the cabinet of the jewelry pavilion entertained Fang Dongqiao with a smile.
"In this case, can you borrow the four treasures of the study from the shopkeeper?" Fang Dongqiao asked with a smile.
The shopkeeper saw that Fang Dongqiao was young and had an innocent smile, and he had a good impression in his heart, so he asked the people below to prepare the four treasures of the study for Fang Dongqiao.
Fang Dongqiao drew the pen quickly, sketching the lines, and soon a Q version of the eating picture of the 12 zodiac signs celebrating his birthday was presented in the eyes of the shopkeeper.
"Shopkeeper, I'll order this, a set of twelve, small pendants."
When the shopkeeper saw this picture, his eyes were like electricity, emitting green light.
"I don't know what jade the young lady wants to carve out of?"
"This, it must be that the shopkeeper knows more than Miss Ben, and the shopkeeper sees which kind of jade is suitable for carving, so he can use which jade." Fang Dongqiao smiled, looking like he believed in the shopkeeper very much.