Eldest daughter

Chapter 216
Gulu... Gulu... Wang Yuan'er was woken up by a belly groan, and opened her eyes in a daze. She was still conscious, and only felt the carriage stop.

"Are you there?" She asked in a daze, her voice was lazy and blurred.

"Well, it's here." A gentle voice came from beside my ear.

Wang Yuan'er raised his eyes: "Ho!" Immediately sat up straight, touched his face, it was hot.

This time, all the drowsy people ran away, Wang Yuaner stared blankly at Cui Yuan, did she make a mistake, was he holding her head just now?
Cui Yuan withdrew his sore and stiff hand as if nothing had happened, and gently squeezed it with the other hand, it's so sore!
"I, fell asleep?" Wang Yuan'er asked cautiously.

Cui Yuan nodded and said, "It will only be a while."

Wang Yuan'er's face burned instantly, and she was still annoyed, why did she fall asleep in front of the grandma?What a shame!

Cui Yuan's peach blossom eyes were filled with a smile, and he said: "We have already arrived near those two shops, and I see that the time is almost noon, do you want to have lunch after visiting the shops, or eat first and then eat?" go?"

Wang Yuan'er was about to answer, but there was a grunt in his stomach.

Cui Yuan pursed his lips and smiled: "That is to eat first."

Wang Yuan'er was very uncomfortable, coughed twice, and said: "The guest does as he pleases."

"Go to Yunke." Cui Yuan ordered Chen Shu outside.

In an instant, a group of people sat in Yunkelai's hall on the second floor, leaning against the window, and could see people coming and going on the street.

Cui Yuan made a pot of Biluochun for main, and ordered a few side dishes.

"Yun Ke Lai is a relatively well-known restaurant in Xicheng. The side dishes here are delicious. You can try them later." Cui Yuan took the tea brought by Xiao Er and poured it for Wang Yuan'er.

Wang Yuan'er smiled and said, "That's really going to be a try. I see that the downstairs is full of people."

"The smell of wine is not afraid of deep alleys. Don't look at the shabby facade, but many dignitaries come to patronize it. This is like the fermented bean curd you developed, and the small condiments are now spread all over the country? I heard that the internal affairs I found Jinji." Cui Yuan looked at her with a smile: "Once you go to the palace, if you become a tribute, I'm afraid you won't be able to do the fermented bean curd business."

Wang Yuaner was overjoyed: "Is this true? No wonder Director Guan said that he would set up another workshop in the south of the Yangtze River. We really don't have enough supplies here."

"I was confused by Song San, why didn't I think of coming to you to cooperate?" Cui Yuan pretended to be annoyed.

Wang Yuan'er laughed angrily: "You are a high-ranking official, how can you smell of copper?"

"Officials also need to eat and spend money. I haven't married a wife yet, so I have to earn some dowry money!" Cui Yuan looked at him with a playful face.

Wang Yuaner's heart moved, she picked up the teacup and took a sip, hesitated for a moment, before asking: "Ms. Cui's favorite person is Ms. He?"

Cui Yuan was drinking tea when he heard the words, he almost spit out, frowned and asked, "What are you talking about?"

"Isn't it? You... well, you're very close."

Cui Yuan couldn't help laughing: "Xiuxian is my teacher's daughter, I always treat her like a younger sister, why do you think so?"

Hearing what he said, Wang Yuan'er felt a little happy for some reason, but thinking about what she saw before, she said, "I don't think Ms. He may be what you think."

Cui Yuan frowned and didn't speak.

Seeing his frown, Wang Yuan'er thought she had said something wrong, and hurriedly said, "I, I'm just talking nonsense, don't be angry!"

"Guest officer, your food is here."

At this time, Xiao Er put the food they ordered on the table, and returned it after saying "use it slowly".

"Silly girl, why am I so angry!" Through the hot steam, Cui Yuan smiled, and put another meatball in her bowl: "Be hungry, eat, this oil-soaked Sixi meatball is not bad."

Wang Yuan'er carefully looked at his expression, as if he was really lifeless, he breathed a sigh of relief, picked up the ball and took a bite, it was indeed very muscular.

At this time, Chen Shu also came immediately after feeding, and the three of them ate while talking, and quickly wiped out all the dishes on the table.

"Very supportive." Wang Yuaner looked satisfied.

Cui Yuan refilled her tea, and then asked Chen Shu to take out the documents from the two shops and tell Wang Yuan'er.

"One is on Dongyang Avenue, on the side of the main street, facing the street. The location is excellent, with a lot of traffic, and the price is only 200 a year, but there is only one shop and a loft to store goods. The other is in Bali. Hutong, with a pavement and a two-room courtyard, surrounded by richer families, but the location is not on the main street, and the price is due to the terrain and the small courtyard, so it costs 300 taels a year." Chen Shu told Wang Yuaner two Advantages and disadvantages of a shop.

"If you want to rent, most of the shops that are about the same size in Xicheng are like this. Of course, if the location is better and the shops are bigger, the rent will naturally be higher." Cui Yuan said.

Wang Yuan'er couldn't help being speechless when he heard the price, and said, "It really is the capital city, it's really quite expensive."

Thinking about their Changle Town, it is her grandpa’s carpenter’s shop, even if the shop is sold with goods, it doesn’t cost 200 taels, but in the capital city, it costs 300 taels to rent for a year, and the money earned can pay the rent ?

Wang Yuaner suddenly hesitated.

Cui Yuan seemed to see her hesitation, and said: "Don't worry, the rent is expensive, but in the capital, the price of the sold goods is relatively high, and the rent should be able to earn back. "

Seeing through her thoughts, Wang Yuan'er was a little embarrassed, and said, "The rent is so expensive, if you buy a shop, wouldn't it be more expensive?"

Cui Yuan smiled and said: "Buying a shop in the capital depends on the opportunity. Most of the shops here are in the hands of the rich and powerful. If there is nothing to do, they will not be sold. It doesn't matter whether it is used as a dowry gift or as a dowry. , and rarely sell it for silver, unless there is something urgent."

Wang Yuan'er stuck out her tongue, and said, "Then the shops in Dongcheng must go to heaven?"

"As far as I know, there is a shop that sells calligraphy and painting that charges 3000 taels a year, and another that sells antiques that charges [-] taels."

Wang Yuaner opened his mouth wide.

Omg, that, that's not astronomical!

Seeing her like this, Chen Shu lowered his head and pursed his lips.

"Calligraphy and painting shops are mostly bought by people who pretend to be elegant. If there are calligraphy and paintings of everyone, you can get back the rent for one piece. As for this antique shop, it's not like to say, antiques, how can there be cheap ones?" Cui Yuan lazily explained.

Wang Yuan'er was stunned, and then laughed and said: "Looks like learning to paint is also a way of earning a living. I can't live on. If I put up a painting and sell it, I don't have to worry about not being able to eat!"

Hearing this, Chen Shu looked up at Cui Yuan and secretly laughed.

Cui Yuan coughed twice, and said angrily: "How can such an elegant thing like painting have such a strong smell of copper in your mouth?"

"Well, I'm an ordinary person." Wang Yuan'er sneered, brought the topic back, and asked, "Then who are the owners of these two shops?"

Cui Yuan looked at Chen Shu, and the latter spoke again.

"The one on Dongyang Street is the private property of Zheng's, an outhouse that Luo Lingguang, the deputy lieutenant of the infantry, raised outside. This shop was secretly bought by Master Luo and placed under her name. The Luo family has no idea of ​​the existence of this outhouse. At the beginning of this year, Master Luo gave birth to a son in this outer room, and when Master Luo was happy, he bought her another house, which is at the Osmanthus Alley in Xicheng." Chen Shu was gossiping about Master Luo's family affairs. .

Cui Yuan and Wang Yuan'er's faces twitched a little when they heard that, Cui Yuan immediately stopped and looked at him sideways: "Why did I just find out that you are such a good gossip today?"

Chen Shu giggled, and then talked about the shop in Bali Hutong: "This is the dowry of Princess Yunyang. Princess Yunyang has been married to Chen Cheng's family for many years and only gave birth to a daughter. I heard that she loves Chen very much. Miss, the dowry under her name is most likely to be given to Miss Chen as a dowry, and the Secretary of the Ministry of Industry has a lot of bastards, but..."

"Key point, let's talk about the key point." Cui Yuan pinched his brows.

Chen Shu coughed twice, and said: "The servant heard that Yunyang County Master is very dissatisfied with Mr. Chen, and it seems that this shop will be sold as the bottom of the box before Miss Chen gets married."

"You have inquired thoroughly." Cui Yuan glanced at him with a half-smile.

"The young master ordered, I dare not fail to do it well." Chen Shu hurriedly flattered him.

Cui Yuan snorted and looked at Wang Yuan'er: "Did you hear that?"

Wang Yuan'er nodded, stood up and saluted Chen Shufu: "Thank you, Brother Chen, for running errands for me."

Chen Shu hurriedly avoided, bowed his head and said, "I dare not be polite."

Wang Yuan'er sat down again with a smile, and said, "I don't need to look at the one on Dongyang Street, just look at the one in Bali Hutong."

"Oh?" Cui Yuan looked suspicious.

"The location of Dongyang Street is good, and the flow of people is large, but unfortunately, there is only one shop. If I want to come to Jingpan account to stay overnight, it will be troublesome. What's more, its owner is a wife. According to Brother Chen, this lady It's the outer room that Mr. Luo secretly bought, and the Luo family didn't know about it at all, but there is no impenetrable wall in the world, once I know her existence, I'm afraid this shop will cause unnecessary trouble." Wang Yuan'er explained lightly. .

There is another point that she didn't say, she also despises this woman who is a concubine, who has no name, no role, no matchmaker, and nothing but trouble.

"As for the shop in Bali Hutong, although it is a bit more expensive and a bit out of the way, it has a small courtyard. If I come to the capital, I will have a place to stay. I don't have to go back to the inn or something. There is a place to entertain one or two. And if it is true, as Brother Chen inquired, this shop may be sold in the future, if I have more silver, I can also sell it." Wang Yuan'er continued.

Cui Yuan's eyes seemed to be shining brightly, and he said: "You are thoughtful, no wonder you can make something like fermented bean curd."

The location of the shop on Dongyang Avenue is good, and maybe the business will be good, but the owner behind it is a big trouble. I heard that the Luo family does not have a single concubine. I think Mrs. Luo runs the family rigorously, and Luo Lingguang has an outer room. Afraid of her?And Mrs. Luo "sees her husband like her life", what will happen if she knows that her husband has set up a shop for an outside room?Once smashed, looted and burned, wouldn't that be a big loss?
It's in Bali Hutong, which is a bit out of the way, but it's surrounded by wealthy families who don't worry about business. Compared with this, Bali Hutong is really better.

(End of this chapter)