"I told the two ladies to wait for a long time, and my father happened to be on business, so I delayed for a while." He bowed his hand and said sorry, and his humble and polite attitude really made people angry.

Chu Yao smiled gently: "It's okay, you don't have to be so polite." Speaking of which, he is the son of the general judge of Suizhou, but he does not see the domineering of those official children at all.

Jiang Qingci turned over and sent them to the teahouse where they had met before, and asked Chu Yao's residence before parting, and after Chu Yao told him truthfully, he separated from him.

She was not in a hurry to go home, and went to the tile with Zhiye for a walk. In the past few years, the court has been unstable, there have been frequent turmoil, and business has been very difficult. This year, the king of Jinyang made a comeback with his troops, and now that the soldiers have arrived in Suizhou, many shops have closed their doors and hung signs for leasing or selling.

Chu Yao asked a few, and their asking price was not high, and even took the initiative to lower the price, saying that as long as she was willing to buy it immediately, the price was still negotiable.

Although Chu Yao was moved, after all, she had no previous experience in business, and she had no idea about the location of the shop and the livelihood she would operate in the future, so she did not make a decision immediately, but only said that she would go back to discuss it with her family and make a decision.

She was thinking, the five hundred taels that Pei Zhan gave herself did not move for the time being to keep it safe, the fifty taels from selling paintings today are really a windfall, and those antique calligraphy and paintings in her hand in the future can probably be sold at a good price, if you use these silver coins to lease or buy a shop, do some business with little capital, if you make money, you can make a living from it, even if you lose it, you still have a lot of silver taels in your hands, so you will not be forced by life.

She and Zhiye thought all the way, planning to discuss with her mother what business to do when she returned home, and then went to the city to rent a shop another day.

When Fang arrived at the door of his house, he got out of the carriage and heard the sound of noisy chatting from home.

It was the voice of my aunt and my two aunts.

Chu Yao's mother, Zhou, was the eldest lady in her mother's family when she was not married, and she had two younger sisters and a younger brother. As the eldest sister of the Zhou family, her mother always takes some unnecessary responsibilities for herself, even if her family is not rich, she must first subsidize her younger brothers and sisters.

Chu Yao didn't like her mother's temperament very much, when her father died unexpectedly while working long hours in a wealthy household, the other party was kind and compensated a lot of money, who knew that her mother secretly took it to help her two aunts and uncles. Later, the government forcibly recruited soldiers, and the aunt and uncle's family were able to take out some silver to protect one or two sons, but Chu Yao's two brothers were all requisitioned because they couldn't even take out three taels of silver at home.

At that time, Chu Yao went to the three families to ask for money, and the two aunts reluctantly gave it to her, but the aunt said that she couldn't take out a single copper, and she didn't even let Chu Yao go in.

My aunt's two sons hid behind the door of the hall and watched her kneel on the ground and beg her aunt to pay her back.

Since then, Chu Yao no longer wants to treat them as relatives, and they have never mentioned the matter of repaying the money, and several families have not had contact since then, until Chu Yao married into the Lu family, they filled her mother's family again, and went to the Lu family to try to get a relationship with her, but Chu Yao didn't see her.

I didn't expect them to have the face to wait for the door of the Chu family.

Chu Yao's face sank, and she walked into the house with a happy face.

The aunt and the two aunts who were sitting in the courtyard to enjoy the shade saw her come back, shaking their fans and turning their heads to look at her, and the second aunt smiled loudly: "Yao'er is back, what is the purpose of entering the city on this hot day?" Did you go to see that Lu Erlang? ”

Chu Yao didn't squint, but when she couldn't see them, she went into the house to see Brother Ming.

The second aunt's embarrassed laughter came from behind him: "Look at this child, do you still hold grudges?" ”

The third aunt and aunt echoed: "This childish temperament is really big, it wasn't that we didn't pay back the money back then, it was really impossible to get it, but if there are still a few taels of broken silver at home, you can make up for anything, Chu Yan and Chu Chen, two children, it's good to leave one......"

Chu Yan and Chu Chen are Chu Yao's two elder brothers.

When they were taken away, the eldest brother was close to the age of a weak crown and was about to marry a wife, and the second brother was seventeen, working and studying at the same time, and was very well educated.

My father died earlier, and as soon as my two brothers left, the sky at home was about to fall.

Now the girl who has been married to the eldest brother has already married and had children, and the classmate who studied with the second brother has become a teacher in the village and is respected, but they have not heard from them so far, so how can Chu Yao not dislike these so-called "relatives"?

She went straight into the house and went to the bedroom to see Brother Ming.

Brother Ming was sleeping at dusk, and the nurse was helping him play a fan on the side, guarding the things she moved back from the Lu family by the way.

The nurse whispered to her: "Lady, the three people outside came in to see Brother Ming, but their eyes kept glancing at this pile of luggage, maybe they saw that the lady brought back a lot of good things, before you came back, they were crying poor in the yard, I'm afraid they want to borrow money?" ”

Chu Yao's eyes froze: "They don't think about it!" ”

It's only been a few days since they left, and they came over smelling it, a group of snobbish eyes who saw wealth.

Sure enough, after a while, her mother walked in hesitantly, and said to Ai Ai: "Daughter, your third aunt's cousin is about to get married, and he said that the bride price is still a little worse, and he wants to borrow it from us for emergency, saying that he can pay it back at the end ......of the year."

Chu Yao stared at her mother with heavy eyes and didn't say a word.

Zhou didn't dare to look at her eyes, and he also felt empty-hearted: "Your second aunt's house is in disrepair, and you want to borrow some money to make up for it, and your aunt said that your uncle is sick......

Chu Yao patiently listened to her mother's words, and roughly calculated that the three of them would come to borrow more than two hundred taels of silver.

That's a big appetite.

A few days ago, I told my mother that the Lu family had given three hundred taels, and they were going to borrow more than two hundred taels immediately, and the covetous intentions were too obvious.

Fortunately, she said two hundred taels less, otherwise the money they would have to borrow would have doubled.

"Mother......" Chu Yao was already quite hesitant, but she knew that now was not the time to get angry, "You tell them, tomorrow I will go into the city to get money from the bank......"

"You promised?" Zhou looked at it happily, and was surprised that she agreed so happily.

"If necessary, I will take out all three hundred taels tomorrow." Chu Yao said vaguely.

"You don't have to take it all out, we have to keep some for ourselves, don't we?" Zhou was very relieved to see her so obedient, "Mother knows that you are filial, don't be angry with your aunt and uncle in the future......"

Zhou went out contentedly shaking her fan, and when she went to the courtyard to talk to them, there was a burst of joyful laughter.

Zhiye asked in a low voice: "Sister, don't you really want to borrow money?" ”

"Of course I don't borrow it," it was after a while, Chu Yao made a decision, "Tomorrow we will take the money to buy a shop!" ”

If they don't borrow money from scratch today, they will surely study other reasons another day, in case they can't stand it......

Therefore, it is better to spend it all happily, so as not to regenerate other incidents one day.

On the second day, after Zhou's careful advice to pay attention to safety, Chu Yao took Zhiye out of the door, hired a carriage to find a dental insurance store in the city, and hired a dental insurance person to help trade and buy a shop.

In recent years, the tile shop business has been declining, and there are many shops to resell or lease, but there are very few buyers.

Chu Yao wants to pay three hundred taels to buy a shop, which is a big business in Yabao, so Yabao is also very hard-working, taking Chu Yao and Zhiye to look at the shop, from this end of the tile shop, to the other end of the tile shop.

When passing by a shop, he suddenly heard a noise inside, Chu Yao stopped and couldn't help but look at it curiously.

Yabao took a look at it and knew what the situation was, and said to Chu Yao: "This family sells Sichuan and Shu snacks, and I can't pay the rent this year, and now the shop is going to be taken back by the owner, so I don't want to make up the land and make trouble here?" ”

"Oh." Chu Yao didn't have the leisure time to watch people quarrel, but she felt that the shouting woman inside had a loud and spicy voice, and she had the potential to smash and drive people away with the dishes, so she didn't dare to stay.

When he withdrew his gaze, he caught a glimpse of a familiar face.

It turned out to be Jiang Qingci.

He was sheltered by the people on the right and left, and sat on a stool, his clear face was uncertain, and he frowned at the scolding woman.

The other party also seemed to notice her gaze, turned his head to look, saw that it was her, was slightly stunned for a moment, and then got up and walked towards her.

Chu Yao, who originally wanted to leave, had to stay where he was at this time and wait for him to come over.

"Mrs. Chu," Jiang Qingci was a little embarrassed, as the young owner of this shop, although the □□ people vacated the shop by themselves, but the shopkeeper lady was crying and making trouble, as if he was some kind of heinous bad person, but Chu Yao, who had known him for a few days, saw it, making him feel a little weak inexplicably, and said with a smile, "The shop dispute must have disturbed the lady Yaxing......"

Chu Yao smiled: "Not really, I'm not here to hang out today." ”

"It's not hanging out, don't you want to rent a shop to do business?"

"yes, so let's see if there's a suitable one."

Hearing her say that she really wanted to rent a shop, Jiang Qingci persuaded her without thinking: "Chu Niangzi, you have also seen the scene inside, business has not been easy to do in recent years, if you don't have enough experience, you should be cautious." ”

Chu Yao politely thanked him: "Thank you for reminding me, I really haven't done business before, but I still want to try it, and if I lose money, I will admit it." ”

"Since Mrs. Chu has made up her mind, she won't say anything more." He has only met her twice, so he is not very familiar with her, so he is not very familiar with her, so he is not good at talking to her too much, so he only mentioned it in passing, "Mrs. Chu should take a look at my shop, I am also planning to find a new shopkeeper." ”

Yabao on the side also chimed in: "The location of this shop in Jiang Ya is good, if the disputes inside are properly handled, it is really a good choice." ”

When he said this, Chu Yao was a little moved, so he took a few more glances inside.

The woman inside seemed to hear them, and her voice was much higher: "We haven't moved out yet, see who dares to buy this shop!" ”

As he spoke, he turned around and went to the back kitchen, and after a while, he came out with a wooden basin, knocked into the people who blocked the way, and threw it straight outside.

Chu Yao saw the red curtain covering the sky, and immediately his eyes went black, and he fainted cleanly.