Take the farm down to earth

Chapter 123 Impatient

Mother Jia sighed, "Lian'er, go and tell my uncle that if he is really short of money, the old woman is willing to use her own money to lend him 5000 taels for emergency.

Forget about the restaurant. "

Jia Lian's eyes lit up. If the Jia family did this, Shi Zhongkui would only be grateful.

But within a few seconds, he thought again that Shi Zhongkui was not really short of money to sell restaurants.

"Old lady, it is said that Boqian has the 4 taels of silver for selling peach trees in his hand, so he is not short of money. If it is not for the money for selling peaches, it is difficult to explain clearly, and Brother Zhen used words to hold him back.

In addition, Boqian himself didn't want to be distracted in the palace exam, so he definitely didn't want to sell it.

After all, if you keep it in your hands, you can earn 10,000 taels a year. "

Jiamu reacted immediately, and patted her forehead, "I'm so confused."

After thinking for a while, Mother Jia said, "You go to your elder brother Zhen and just talk about his and uncle's affairs, and I agree. If your father asks you, you can say that I made the decision.

If he has an opinion, let him ask and talk. "

Jia Lian breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly bowed and said, "Yes, old ancestor."

"Wait," Jia Mu called Jia Lian to a stop.

Frowning and thinking for a moment, he suddenly reacted.

If you really follow the method just now, the custodian Jia She will hate Jia Zhen in the future.

And after Jia Zhen knew the whole story, she would definitely have opinions on Jia Amnesty and even the Rongguo Mansion.

"Hey, this scholar just has a lot of thoughts. Before he became an official, he learned those tricks in the court. And he used them so lightly. If he didn't pay attention, he suffered a lot."

Jia Lian heard Jia Mu's complaint, although he didn't know the specific meaning of Jia Mu's words.

But I couldn't help muttering in my heart, after all, it's not because I have greed.

Otherwise, if he sold it to Jia Zhen from the beginning, there would be so much trouble.

And it seems that the old lady is not very reliable.

Left one idea, right one idea, but can't get the point.

After Jia's mother sighed, she wanted to buy the restaurant with her own money, but Jia Amnesty and Jia Zhen didn't dare to complain.

Afterwards, the restaurant was divided into three, and Jia Amnesty, Jia Zheng, and Jia Zhen would only be grateful to themselves as elders.

But then it occurred to him that if they did that, Jia Amnesty and Jia Zhen would inevitably have opinions on Jia Zheng.

Even based on my own understanding of Zheng's daughter-in-law, the second daughter-in-law must have only resentment in her heart, but no gratitude.

Because in her opinion, everything in Rongguo Mansion belongs to the second bedroom.

Why give it to Dafang and Ningguo Mansion?
Thinking of this, Jia's mother suddenly felt a deep sense of powerlessness.

He said to Jia Lian with a tired face, "Go and tell your sister-in-law, since he is filial, he knows how not to lose the love between relatives for money.

Then my Jia family can't pretend to be confused.

In this way, Shei'er and Zhen'er each bought half of it. The price, I decide, is 8 taels of silver. "

Hearing Jiamu say that Jia Amnesty and Jia Zhen are half of each other, Jia Lian immediately frowned.

It seems that the old lady is still close to her family, but if this matter is on her own head, she should only think about how to benefit her family.

And thinking of the net income of 4000 or [-] taels a year, I should be reluctant to replace it with myself.

Cautiously reminded, "Old lady, brother Zhen should be fine, the grandson only needs to use Boqian to thank the old lady for her kindness, and brother Zhen has nothing to say.

But where is the old man,,? "

Jia's mother was furious. If Jia Amnesty hadn't become greedy, the owner of the restaurant would have sold it to Jia Zhen long ago.

But Jia Zhen is still a grandnephew after all, so it's not justified to not think about her eldest son.

But Mother Jia still insisted, "If he disagrees, let him talk to Zhen'er himself, and if he still wants to show face, he should accept it as soon as he sees it."

After Jia Amnesty heard Jia Lian's retelling of Jia's mother's words, she almost went mad with anger.

Why did you give up your son-in-law's things to Jia Zhen?
But with Jia Mu pressing down on it, Jia Amnesty didn't dare to mess around.

And if it continues, it will offend Jia's mother, Jia Zhen and her son-in-law.

Although Jia Zhen was upset, thinking about this matter, she really wanted to take advantage of the fire

Besides, Jia Amnesty is Shi Zhongkui's future father-in-law no matter what, if he really plays tricks, he can really mess up the deal.

But after all, 8 taels of silver were involved, so of course Jia Amnesty and Jia Zhen would become cautious.

The next morning, after breakfast, Shi Zhongkui heard Shun'er report that Jia Lian, Jia Zhen and Xue Pan had all come.

When he came to the main entrance, he personally welcomed the three of them into the main hall of the second entrance.

After the host and guest were done, and the tea and snacks were served, Shi Zhongkui waved Shun'er and the others to go out.

Then he smiled and said, "Brother Zhen is so lucky, my brother-in-law's family didn't get much profit from the money-making business in my brother's hands, but it was all for you."

Seeing that there was obvious resentment in his tone, Jia Zhen felt that this matter was reliable.

Haha laughed a few times, "Brother thought about it, but whoever made the old lady feel sorry for her grandson-in-law, not only personally decided to raise the price to 8.

I was also worried that my elder brother would make you suffer, so I put half of those people in your hand under the name of Mr. Xi temporarily.

From now on, when brothers are more relaxed, as long as you come to the door, will Mr. She still return the two and a half layers to you? "

Shi Zhongkui was taken aback for a moment, what he said was interesting.

In this case, one is willing to sell and the other is willing to buy, which is just a transaction.

But with Mother Jia taking the initiative to increase the price, everyone has to be grateful.

And normally speaking, if the restaurant is well managed, the Jia family will not suffer a loss, after all, it is more profitable than the farm.

But Shi Zhongkui is sure that no matter what kind of good business it is, as long as the Jia family is in charge, it will definitely not be as good as it is every year.

The reason is very simple, Rongguo Mansion's infighting and corruption are like that, and Jia Amnesty and Jia Zhen are people who don't care much.

If those housekeepers and family sons are in charge, Huixian Building will inevitably decline in income within a year or two, and even lose money.

And the biggest reason is that there are no secrecy measures in this era, and the secret recipe of pastry may be leaked out at any time.

And you haven't been able to find out yet.

Of course, the Jia family is not stupid, and even Xue Pan uses old people who have been slaves for generations in the family.

But people die for money, birds die for food, there are people who are not afraid of death, no matter how prepared you are, it will be useless.

In this case, it is necessary to prevent the Jia family from going back on their word.

After thinking about it, Shi Zhongkui took the initiative to say, "Since the old lady values ​​me as a grandson-in-law so much, then the younger brother can't just care about himself.

In this way, after you take over the restaurant, you will manage it for one month.

After one month passed, Brother Zhen and Master Xi felt that they couldn't handle it, so they returned the 1 taels of silver in full.

If the two of you still think it's feasible, then formalize the contract, okay? "

"That's a good idea," Jia Zhen agreed without thinking about it.

And one month later, it happened to be just a few days after the end of the palace test.

At that time, if Shi Zhongkui hadn't been one of the top three, he would have been a Jinshi at worst, so he had no reason to dare to go back on his word.

After receiving the money, they made a contract according to what Shi Zhongkui said, and the matter was considered completed.

Jia Zhen and Jia She were satisfied, and Shi Zhongkui was even more satisfied.

The restaurant was originally a pit dug for Jia Amnesty, although Jia Zhen was also dug in now, but with the peach tree incident, Jia Amnesty was dug for 5 taels of silver, which is not bad.

Not to mention being able to take away 12 taels of silver from the Jia family, this was something I never expected before.

And counting the matter of Jia Yucun, the Jia family and the Wang family prepared a dowry of 10 taels of silver for Xue Baochai.

In this way, it is 22 taels.

In the next few days, the Chinchilla who got the order was in various restaurants, hiding in the next room, muttering about Shi Zhongkui selling half of the shares in Huixian Building in exchange for 8 taels of silver.

The diners who heard this were shocked at first.

Going back to inquire about it, I quickly learned that the new style of the Huixian Building was created by Shi Zhongkui himself.

Some people even refer to egg tarts as Jieyuan cakes and pineapple buns as Huiyuan cakes.

As for cream ice cream and ice cream cake, wait for Shi Zhongkui to win the first prize, and then say it is the first prize sorbet.

As soon as this incident happened, more people were attracted to Huixian Tower to try these three kinds of sweets.

For a while, Huixian Building was more like a shop than a restaurant.

The income also increased by 60 taels every day, and even just selling four kinds of pastries, the net income was almost 60 taels.

After it was passed to Jia's mansion, everyone envied it.

Looking for Wang Xifeng's mother-in-law, and even the relatives of Jia's house several times at once, begging her to help transfer their son to Huixian Building to work.

And Wang Xifeng, who gained face, also changed her attitude towards Jia Lian a lot, and Aunt Xue praised Xue Pan again and again.

Jia Lian and Xue Pan suddenly felt a sense of exhilaration as a salted fish turned over.

The business of the restaurant is getting better, but Jia Amnesty and Jia Zhen become worried.

Jia Amnesty asked Jia Zhen to be called to the East Courtyard of Rongguo Mansion, and immediately complained that the so-called one-month deadline should not be set.

At that time, Shi Zhongkui will regret it, or think that he has sold himself cheaply, so he will not hand over the handover, which will be troublesome.

And by that time, he will already be a Jinshi. Could it be that he is going to court because of a restaurant?

Jia Zhen herself regretted it at this time, "Why don't you discuss it with the old lady and hand it over in advance?"

Jia Amnesty shook his head, "It's useless, the old lady is a righteous person, how could she use her status as an elder to suppress her grandson-in-law for something that happened a few days earlier or a few days later?"

Jia Zhen sighed in her heart, saying that Jia's mother is righteous, it would be better to say that the old lady in the Jia family is the most shrewd.

Unless Shi Zhongkui really regretted it, it is really impossible for the old lady to intervene in this matter at this time.

"It's better to call Lian'er here," Jia Zhen suggested, "Lian'er and uncle are brothers in law after all, going to Shi's house is the same as going to your own house.

He must know Uncle better than we do. "

When Jia Amnesty heard this, he hesitated.

If it wasn't too obvious that it wasn't easy to do, he would have forced Jia Lian and Yingchun to take 2% of the shares in the name of his father's authority and Jia Lian's unseparated family.

So the last thing Jia Amnesty wanted at this time was for Jia Lian to go see Shi Zhongkui, fearing that Shi Zhongkui would raise the half of the shares that belonged to Yingchun.

However, Jia Lian is not a good guy, Jia Amnesty really knows this son too well, this kid will definitely embezzle the restaurant's money.

After thinking about it, Jia Amnesty said with some heartache, "Zhen'er, since my uncle likes calligraphy and painting, why don't you come to the door with a gift and ask yourself?"

As expected, Jia Zhen was unwilling, and after looking for reasons to refuse, Jia Amnesty finally had to find two antiques that she didn't like so much, and asked Jia Zhen to take out two of them, and together they brought them to find Shi Zhongkui.

Shi Zhongkui naturally put away the gift.

But he said yes, but Jia Mu, Jia Zheng, and several generations of Jia's elders were required to be witnesses.

Once the handover is completed, money and goods are in love.

In the future, whether the restaurant earns or loses has nothing to do with me, and it is even more impossible to refund money or return goods.

It was not difficult for Jia She and Jia Zhen who were eager to get the restaurant.

Three days later, Shi Zhongkui read the contract carefully, under the witness of Jia Zheng, the elders of the two generations of the family, Yu Honggao, and Shi Guangzhu who came here specially from Shan Guogong's mansion.

Sign and pledge on the contract that Jia Zhen and Jia Amnesty have already signed and pledged.

It's a happy thing for everyone to collect their own share.

After seeing off the Jia family, Yu Honggao said happily, "The best way is to sell the restaurant, and prepare for the imperial examination with peace of mind.

Your senior brother has been preparing for the exam honestly at home these few days. "

Shi Zhongkui nodded, and then remembered that he still owed Xia Shouzhong 4500 taels of silver.

Yu Honggao and Shi Guangzhu were kept for a meal, and Shun'er was asked to prepare a gift before sending them away.

Of course, fresh peaches are definitely indispensable.

A family of 20, a total of 20 catties, Yu Honggao and Shi Guangzhu left satisfied.

He gave him the silver that he promised to Xia Shouzhong, and Xia Shouzhong really went on the road.

After hinting at the price, Shi Zhongkui acquiesced to the price of 5000 taels, and then he really planned to prepare for the palace examination with peace of mind.

But within half a month, Xue Pan angrily came to the door and said, "Brother, brother is going to sell the restaurant owner for 5 taels of silver."

Shi Zhongkui was taken aback for a moment, he thought that even if Xue Pan would be angry about the restaurant, it would take two to three months, or even more than half a year.

At that time, I would suggest that he sell it.

Unexpectedly, he came to the door within half a month.

"Who's going to buy from you?"

"Who else can it be?" Xue Pan sat down on the chair with a flushed face, and said angrily, "It's not my good cousin Wang Ren, who was angry with me for asking for a dowry of 5 taels of silver from his Wang family for my sister.

Now, on the pretext that my younger brother is not successful in literature and martial arts, I instigate my uncle to force me to study.

Don't think I don't know that this is a jealous brother. I am in a restaurant and can earn more than 10,000 taels of silver a year. "

After hearing this, Shi Zhongkui shook his head. If Wang Ren was looking for Wang Ziteng's wife, or Aunt Xue, that would be credible.

But how dare Wang Ren take advantage of his own father, Prince Teng.

This matter must have been rumored, but Wang Ziteng must have known about it and acquiesced.

"Go and tell Lian Er, if the Wang family's bid is right, you might as well sell it to his family together."

Xue Pan didn't think Jia Lian could keep his shares, "How much is the price?"

Shi Zhongkui smiled and said, "9, when the time comes you will get 6, and Lian Er will get 3, but it's hard to say whether he will agree."

It has doubled in less than a month, Xue Pan is willing, as for whether Jia Lian is willing, that is his business, "But where is the second sister of the Jia family?"

Shi Zhongkui immediately shouted, "This is my business, what are you talking about so much?"

Xue Pan laughed, everyone is yours, and it is indeed your business.

A few days later, March 26th, only five days away from the palace examination.

Xue Pan came to the door again and said that the sale was completed, but because Jia Lian really didn't want to sell, he only got 5 taels of silver.

After Shi Zhongkui nodded, he frowned again.

Faintly felt that it was abnormal for the Wang family to do so.

(End of this chapter)