White Mountain Town.

West Main Street.

Because of the new year, many of the people who had returned home from work left the town again, and the streets became deserted.

Walking on the street before the New Year, there were so many people, and there were still red lanterns or peach charms hanging at the doors of every house, and Mo Jingchun suddenly had a sense of separation.

She looked all the way from East Street, and also saw a few shops with the word "rent", either too expensive or too small, and there was always something unsatisfactory.

She was tired of walking, so she stopped to rest in front of a dried fruit shop.

The guys in the shop were boiling peanuts, and the salty smell of red clay peanuts piled up in a bamboo basket attracted her.

It smells so good.

But there doesn't seem to be much business.

She subconsciously looked around, and it turned out that there was also a dried fruit shop next door, in addition to fried melon seeds, peanuts, and also sold candied fruits made of various fruits, and the business was booming.

In other words, there is no problem with the location.

She secretly compared the prices of the two, which were actually about the same, so why was this business so much worse?

"Let's let let's let, if you don't buy it, go away!"

Soon she had the answer in her mind.

The guy in the store saw her standing at the door for a while, and when she didn't enter the store, she came out to chase people.

The person who saw it was a guest, and he just stood outside the door for a while, and he didn't say whether he would buy it or not, so he was so impatient, no wonder the diners didn't like to go here to buy things.

On the other hand, the shopkeeper and the guy of another store are all smiling, no matter how much people buy, they will personally send customers to the door, and attach a sentence of "slow walking".

She rolled her eyes, walked in, and asked the guy, "Do you want to change hands in this shop?" ”

She didn't see the shopkeeper in the store, so she should have given up on the store and let it hold on half-dead.

The guy gave her a strange look: "You want to rent?" Or buy? "This shop is his grandfather's ancestral property, and it can't be sold."

It seems that she guessed it, Mo Jingchun said: "Rent." ”

The guy's attitude was much better, he led Mo Jingchun to the house and sat down, brought a plate of peanuts to her to peel, and then walked out of the store himself to the other end to find the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper was as Mo Jingchun expected, an honest young man, but he was twenty-seven or eighteen years old, surnamed Zheng.

Seeing that it was a little girl who came by herself, there was some disappointment in his eyes - he thought Mo Jingchun was here to trick him.

As everyone knows, when he was disappointed in Mo Jingchun, Mo Jingchun was also looking at him.

Mo Jingchun could see at a glance that this was a middle-of-the-road businessman, but the characteristics on his body were too obvious: a silk robe, wearing a jade wrench on his hand, it could be seen that his family background was not thin, but the robe was half-washed and not old, and there were obvious threads on the sleeves, and the jade was also very turbid.

It is likely that he used to be rich, but now he has no money and is unwilling to settle, preferring to wear old clothes to support the scene. The two-handed, figure-of-eight mustache is also the favorite beard style of merchants in Baishan Town.

The most important thing is that he just said that he wanted to rent a shop, and the guy immediately had a different attitude, saying that he was going to find the shopkeeper - he came back in less than a cup of tea, and it was obvious that this person was not busy.

At least several shops are in this situation.

But all this has nothing to do with her, she is just here to inquire about the store, not to care about other people's family affairs.

Mo Jingchun asked very politely and directly: "How much monthly rent does Shopkeeper Zheng plan to rent out?" ”

She had already looked at this shop just now, and it was even better than the previous ones.

There was a hint of surprise in her heart, and she decided that if the rent was within three dollars, she would rent it.

"Well, tell me what you're going to do with it?" Shopkeeper Zheng said in his heart that if she opened a tavern or other money-making shop, the price would be higher.

"Open a foot shop." She vaguely said what she was going to do.

Shopkeeper Zheng sighed: "Okay, in fact, there are already four or five restaurants on this street. Are you sure you want to open here? ”

"First of all, ask about the monthly rent, shopkeeper Zheng, anyway, if I make money or lose money by opening a store here, it won't affect your rent?"

"Three hundred and twenty wen, a deposit of one or two halves." He didn't think about it, when someone rented a shop on another street before, it was also this price, and he didn't bother to estimate it.

"Paying rent on a monthly basis?"

"Hmm."

Mo Jingchun tried to negotiate: "Is that so?" I pay you half a year's monthly rent at a time, can you pay less? ”

"How much do you want? Less than 280 is not good. Shopkeeper Zheng frowned, as if he was thinking, and then reported a number.

"That's two hundred and eighty." It was just about what she expected, Mo Jingchun couldn't help laughing, and she was the lowest price of the shopkeeper Zheng out like this.

Shopkeeper Zheng was slightly surprised: "Don't you need your adults to talk about it?" ”

"No, I brought silver."

"Then" "Please show me the courtyard and the second floor in the back, if appropriate, we can sign the lease on the spot." ”

Mo Jingchun smiled at him, and Shopkeeper Zheng was also happy, but he didn't expect this little girl to be a cheerful person.

"Cheng, I'll take you around!"

He led Mo Jingchun around the courtyard, these houses were basically idle except for the room where the guy slept, except for some dust, the furniture in them should be new.

Shopkeeper Zheng said: "If you think it's not good, I'll find someone to move out, and if you can use it, use it." ”

"Thanks, then stay." She was still able to settle down when she lived in the shop.

The rest of the kitchen is decent, the place is a little small, if it is a food shop, Mo Jingchun plans to open up the utility room next door with this one, together as a kitchen.

Shopkeeper Zheng also agreed, anyway, it's a matter of one wall.

The second floor is empty, and the tables, chairs, and benches need to be newly bought.

Mo Jingchun actually took a fancy to the big iron pot that the guy used to cook peanuts in the shop.

She went to ask Shopkeeper Zheng, and Shopkeeper Zheng smiled and said, "No problem!" I'm too heavy for you to let me move, so keep it for you. ”

After looking around, it is basically a small shop with two floors in front, the yard is not big, there is a well, three rooms, enough.

Mo Jingchun is very satisfied, and there are many customers in those shops around, and the opening of four or five restaurants is enough to prove that there is business to do.

The deposit is one and a half, the monthly rent is 280 yuan, and she didn't find a tooth shop as a middleman, so the shopkeeper Zheng signed a note with her.

handed over more than three taels of silver at once, and the purse was empty, but Mo Jingchun's heart was steady: she finally achieved this step!

On the way back, she was so happy that she even hummed a little song.

Walked back and found Mo He who was still setting up a stall, Mo He also sold almost a lot, and there was only some soup left in the bowl.

"Yo, stall owner, I haven't seen you in a long time."

Mo Jingchun recognized this person as the original repeat customer: "Ah, it's you, Yin Gongzi." ”

"Don't don't, don't be a son, what a son is not a son, everyone is a flat-headed common man, don't call me that!" He rubbed his skin as if he couldn't stand it, "Seeing that you are so happy, why did you go just now?" (End of chapter)