wind and rain scissors shop

Chapter 149 II 14. Insatiable Greed
Old man Tian jumped three feet high angrily, "I am your father, how dare you count money with me?"

Tian Erya frankly: "When using the shop, we don't care about the relationship between father and daughter, only the rent. Father, I will rent the shop here to you for three years, and you only need five taels of silver. Of course, if you don't rent it, I will rent it to you." Rent it to someone else."

"Do you dare? Your shop is connected to your brother's shop, and it is part of our shop."

"Father, we agreed before that the three-foot shop here is only under my control. If you don't give me money, I will rent it to someone else." Tian Erya turned her head and pointed to a middle-aged man outside the door, " He is a bamboo craftsman and mainly sells bamboo baskets. My three-foot storefront is the most suitable place to store things. He is willing to pay eight taels of silver to rent for three years. I will ask you for five taels of silver, which is already very favorable."

Old man Tian insisted: "You are my daughter, it's only natural that my father uses my daughter, so why should I pay for it?"

"If you don't give me money, I'll sign a contract with him and rent this place to him. I can get three taels of silver more." Tian Erya turned to discuss the rent with the middle-aged man.

Seeing that she was serious, Old Man Tian ran over to stop her: "Why do you want to rent it to him for three years? During these three years, if you don't sell scissors, what are you going to do?"

"That's my business. Will you give me the rent now?"

Angrily, Old Man Tian sat down on the chopping board on the storefront: "I don't have any money, and I won't let you rent it to others."

Tian Erya already had an idea: "It's easy to do if you don't have money. Mortgage all the hoes, sickles and scissors in this shop to me. I will sell them all, and I can exchange them for money, which is far more than five taels of silver."

"Are you so cruel? Do you have to ask your father for so much money?"

"For the sake of you being my father, I have already given you the lowest price." Tian Erya glanced at the middle-aged man outside the door.

The other party said: "Girl, it would be great if you could rent the shop to me, and I'll give you cash."

"Brother, don't worry, we agreed on the way, if my father wants to rent this place, he will give it to him first."

"But your father doesn't rent it! You might as well give it to me."

Tian Erya glanced at Old Man Tian: "Brother, such a cheap place costs only five taels of silver in three years. The total is only more than one tael a year. Where can I find such a suitable place? My father is a sensible person, and he will definitely rent it." .”

"Your father doesn't pay for it, so you can just rent it to me, and you can earn three taels of silver! I'll give you the silver right away."

"Alright."

Old man Tian anxiously said: "You stinky girl, you really don't think about your brother and me. You recruit a stranger, what if we lose our things in this store?"

Tian Erya snorted coldly: "You usually earn a lot of money, but you don't give me any cents. What does it matter to me whether you will lose money in the future?"

"Stinky girl with no conscience." Old man Tian was annoyed. Seeing the middle-aged man handing Tian Erya the money, he realized that they were serious, so he quickly took out two taels of silver from his arms and threw it to Tian Erya: "There is only so much, you Love or not."

Tian Erya put two taels of silver in her bosom, and restrained some sickles and scissors: "It's about the same with these."

"You are really greedy now. When your wings grow hard, your elbows will turn outward." Old man Tian was furious, and stubbornly arranged the remaining scissors and hoes carefully.

Tian Erya gave the middle-aged man a wink, and the two walked to the corner outside.

The middle-aged man was triumphant: "I'm cooperating, okay? Otherwise, you wouldn't be able to get five taels of silver from your father."

"Not bad." Tian Erya handed him fifty Wen.

"This is too little, give me another tael of silver."

"The price we agreed in advance, if you cooperate with me, I will pay you 50 Wen."

The middle-aged man stared at him: "Fifty taels of silver is too little. You got five taels of silver from your father. It stands to reason that you should share half of it with me. Now I only need one tael of silver, which is cheap enough for you."

Tian Erya put away the 50 Wen money: "Don't push it down, I won't give you a cent."

"Are you a rascal? Are you afraid that I will tell your father?"

"It was you who played the rogue first. You are now a temporary increase in money and you are not keeping promises. If this matter becomes a big deal, I don't care. At most, I will be scolded by my father. But you will be greatly affected. Things spread , what is ruined is your reputation, who will find you to work in the future?"

The man was speechless, licked his lips, and stretched out his hand: "Just do as we said before, and give me the money."

Tian Erya took out the money and gave him the money: "Look how good this is. Both of us keep our promises, and the cooperation is very pleasant."

"I didn't expect you, a little girl, to have a lot of crooked ideas, and it's quite difficult to deal with."

"It's all forced by life." Tian Erya returned to the backyard after settling accounts.

Cui Cui had been waiting for a long time and saw her standing up: "Erya, I heard that you want two taels of silver and some scissors from your father. Didn't the Zheng family give you enough money?"

Tian Erya smiled wryly: "The money they gave me is only enough for me to live frugally and walk to Ninggu Pagoda. I want to buy some delicious food for Zheng Yuansheng, but I am very tight."

"Even so, are you still going?"

"Yes."

Cui Cui sighed helplessly, and took out the package that was put on the side: "I already guessed that you must go, and I specially prepared fried rice for you. You can eat a small handful on the way to satisfy your hunger. Also, these clothes are I took your brother's clothes and made them smaller according to your size, so you can dress up as a man outside, saving you a lot of trouble."

Tian Erya was moved: "Thank you sister-in-law.

"I intend to persuade you not to go, but I think you won't listen to my opinion. I can't stop me, I can only do what I can to help you." Cui Cui took out ten taels of silver from her pocket : "This is the travel expenses that your brother and I gave you, we only have so much."

"No need, sister-in-law."

"Be obedient, a poor family has a rich road. No matter how rich your brother and I are, we can also rely on this shop to do blacksmithing business. We won't be hungry. It's just pity that you have to travel thousands of miles. If you don't have enough money, what will you do this way?" ?”

"There will be a way. I can forge iron, and I can work for others no matter how bad I am. It's no problem to make a few meals."

Cui Cui sighed: "You are really optimistic."

"When are you going to leave?"

"Tomorrow morning."

"Okay." Cui Cui nodded, "You clean up first, I'll cook."

Tian Erya suddenly began to feel reluctance in her heart: "Sister-in-law, my father will trouble you to take care of me in the future."

"Don't be polite to me. I'm the daughter-in-law of this family, so I'm naturally obliged to take good care of my father-in-law. Erya is going out, so you should be considerate and think about what you want to bring. It's all ready today."

"Yes." Tian Erya repeatedly checked the things to bring, and before going to bed, he also put these things next to the pillow, and went out in a hurry early the next morning before dawn.She found out that there was a boat going to the capital, but the boat ticket cost 30 taels of silver, so she was very reluctant and hesitated.Seeing that the boat was about to start, she decided to reluctantly buy a ticket.

Wu Xiangrong's voice sounded: "Tian Erya, what are you doing here?"

(End of this chapter)