Yoshida Mii

Chapter 141 Buying a Shop

In the past few days of the Dragon Boat Festival, the sales of bean sprouts are getting better and better, faintly surpassing the momentum of tofu. Dongbao asked a carpenter in the town to order five wooden shelves, and bought twenty bamboo baskets with a diameter of one meter. On a wooden shelf, for bean sprouts.

Seeing that the bean sprouts were selling well, Mrs. Li was also happy, but she felt a little uneasy when someone came to inquire how the bean sprouts were produced for several days.

"Growing bean sprouts is easier than making tofu, but there is no secret, and sooner or later people will have to find out." Li sighed.

Dong Bao smiled and persuaded her, "What are you afraid of? Even if someone finds out, it will not be good for our family's business." Now Baoji Tofu has established a brand in Yuanshui and its surrounding areas, not only their stalls have Baoji's signboard , when Lin Fu and others picked tofu to sell, everyone had a small flag of Baoji on their burdens.

Dong Bao was afraid that someone would pretend to be their tofu like Er Gou, so he told Lin Fu and others that when they went out to sell tofu in the streets, they should hang Baoji tofu on their lips and explain to others. If someone counterfeit their brand, you can get a reward for providing clues.

But to this day, Dongbao has never heard of anyone who counterfeit their tofu. Originally, making tofu is hard work, and most people who can endure hard work are not cunning.

"A lot of people asked us how to buy and make tofu. The day before yesterday, someone offered a price of 100 taels, so I got confused." Li Hongqin said.

Zhang Xiuyu immediately said: "This can't be sold, we are still relying on this secret recipe to make money!"

Following Dong Bao into Anzhou City, and earning 160 taels of silver, Zhang Xiuyu's vision also became far-sighted. A dish can be sold for 160 taels of silver, not to mention the way to make tofu? I want to buy it for 100 taels, it’s beautiful!
Dong Bao just smiled. In her opinion, this method can't last long. The reason why not many people are interested in selling tofu is because in the eyes of those who really do big business, selling tofu is just a small business. Making small troubles and earning a dime is a painstaking and laborious business. This is also her original intention of positioning tofu as a low-end commodity from the beginning.

If her family is rich and powerful, Dongbao would also want to set the price of tofu high from the beginning. After all, rare things are more expensive, even if they sell less, they can earn more.But who made this happen in her family?I can only take the low-end route that is not eye-catching.

Even if you want to sell tofu recipes, you have to find the best way.

Every man is innocent and he is guilty of carrying a jade. In ancient times, many families were ruined because of a rare thing in their home that was favored by powerful people.

One day, when Liangzi came over to eat Douhua, he told Dongbao that there was a family on this street who wanted to sell a shop. It was not far from Dongbao’s stall. It's a bit old, but the yard is big enough and there is a well. If you want to make tofu, the space is enough.

Dong Bao was excited right away. Just as he wanted Liang Zi to take her to see it, he thought of something and asked Liang Zi, "Isn't the shop on this street cheap? How much does it cost?"

She had to see if the money saved at home was enough to buy a shop.

"I asked tentatively, and the man offered 120 taels of silver." Liang Zi smiled, "It turns out that the shop is in the business of incense candles, and the owner's uncle found a job in the county, so he asked them to go to the county to do business. Well, the business in the county is better than our Yuanshui, so the family wants to sell the shop."

Dong Bao asked: "What about the remaining goods in the shop? We don't do incense candle business, as long as the shop doesn't take inventory."

"Don't worry about this. The rented car from Yuhuo's shopkeeper will be taken to the county town. They will go to the county town to buy and sell incense candles. Those goods can't be blinded, and they don't want to sell them to others. They will lose money if the price is lowered. Just buy it as soon as possible. When I went, there were still many people looking at the shop." Liang Zi said.

Only then did Dong Bao feel relieved, and felt that 120 taels of silver was acceptable. The location of this street was good, and it was the busiest street in Yuanshui. Moreover, the owner of the shop offered 120 taels of silver, which must be for Liang Zi's sake. "Brother Liang Zi will take us to see the shop at noon." Dong Bao said.

"Success!" Liang Zi smiled, and before leaving, he took a peek at Zhang Xiuyu, but only saw Zhang Xiuyu's reddish ears and neck, felt a little disappointed, and walked away smiling.

"We really want to buy a shop?" Li Shi asked with a smile, still a little unbelievable.When she first started doing business, Dongbao told them that she would buy a shop and land in the future, but she still thought it was a kid talking big, but now that it was time to buy a shop, she was both happy and panicked.

Dong Bao nodded, "I must buy it. We also need to buy a donkey to push the mill." He didn't say much like before. The family's dilapidated house is uncomfortable, and setting up a stall is not a long-term solution. .

After a while, the two went to Li Changfeng's place with their burdens. When they borrowed the stove, they found that the stove had already been lit.

"That's good, it saves us a lot of trouble!" Zhang Xiuyu smiled and whispered to Dongbao.

"It's all good cakes from last time!" Dong Bao laughed.

The job of making the stove was given to Gao by Li Changfeng. Anyway, there were no customers in the shop before the students finished class, and Gao was idle when he was idle. I quarreled with my wife because of this trivial matter.

Moreover, Mrs. Gao was not willing to borrow the stove, and whenever she had the opportunity, she would babble in front of Zhang Xiuyu and Dong Bao that it would be inconvenient for them to occupy the stove, and that Zhang Xiuyu and Dong Bao would look better when they came to deliver the food. Some.

The last time Dong Bao brought a large bag of cakes from Anzhou to Gao Shi, but Gao Shi was so happy that without Li Changfeng's order, the stove was built for them in a few days.

Later, when Dongbao asked Li Changfeng to buy a donkey, I heard from Li Changfeng that the family shop has income every day, and the two cousins ​​have also started to go home to earn money. Gao's life is getting more and more comfortable, and his mouth has begun to develop in a high-end and picky direction. Yes, Li Changfeng brought her pastries from Zhenbaozhai once, and Gao never forgot it, but the items from Zhenbaozhai were expensive, and Li Changfeng only brought her one time, and never again.

In fact, Mrs. Gao is also quite nice.Dong Bao privately thought that Mrs. Gao was not a bad person, but she was a little stingy, and she was very happy and satisfied with some small favors, which was different from Song Ershu and Aunt Song who were so eager to look forward to Shu.

Buying a shop is a big deal, so Lin Shi and Zhang Qian accompanied Dong Bao and the others to visit the shop.As Liang Zi said, the tile-roofed house is a bit old, but it doesn't leak rain or wind. It's much better than the house Dongbao lives in now. The key is that there is a well in the yard for water convenience.

"Shall we buy it or not?" Naturally, Mrs. Li asked Dong Bao to make a decision on such a big deal.

"Buy!" Dong Bao's attitude was very firm, and he had to stay far away from the Song family, who could bother them all day long.

Mrs. Li and Li Hongqin went home first to get the money, Liang Zi called Mr. Yan, and the two acted as middlemen. Dong Bao signed a contract with the owner of the original shop and passed the lease of the shop.

When writing the owner's name, before Dong Bao could speak, Li said, "Write Song Dongning." Seeing that Lord Yan looked at her, Li explained embarrassedly: "It's my daughter, Dong Bao, whose name is Dong Bao. Dong Ning."

Mr. Yan was a little surprised. Very few people directly write their children's names, especially their daughters' names, when purchasing properties. However, Li's situation is understandable, and he probably intends to recruit a wife.

After Liang Zi took them to the town office to file the contract, Dong Bao got the contract with the red seal of the government. It was clearly written in black and white that the house with the first three spacious tile-roofed houses behind the front pavement was hers. !

"Brother Liang Zi, Lord Yan, I have to ask you one more thing!" Dong Bao carefully folded the house deed and put it in his chest, stopping Liang Zi and Lord Yan, "Please keep the matter of our shop a secret for us. If anyone asks, just say that brother Liang Zi came forward to help us rent this shop, and the rent is two taels of silver a month."

Mrs. Li also hurriedly said: "Yes, this...it's not easy for others to know."

Liang Zi and Master Yan nodded together, this must be no problem, neither of them like to gossip, Master Yan needless to say, Liang Zi, as Li Hongqin's prospective son-in-law, would not even say a word.

"When do you and your aunt plan to move to the town? There is nothing in the new house, and it will take some time to buy furniture." Lin Shi asked.

Dong Bao nodded, and said with a smile, "I can't move for the time being. My mother just discussed with me, and I will add things slowly, and I will be able to move when autumn comes."

In fact, she was a little reluctant to leave Tagouji. Although there were a few excellent relatives of the Song family, most of the villagers were very kind and caring to them.

Ever since Dong Bao established a relationship with Lao Cheng and Gui Zhi, whenever Huang or Song Second Aunt came to make a fuss, everyone in the village would know about it the next day. Not too noisy.

But now Dashi spends most of her time studying in the town. If she moves to the town, the distance between her and Dashi will be shortened, which is also a benefit.

A few people returned to Tagouji with the excitement and joy after buying the property. Mrs. Li felt that she was floating when she walked, and her face was full of smiles. After going to the Song family to be poor for half her life, she never expected to be able to buy a house in the town. Shop day!
As soon as he reached the entrance of the village, he saw a group of people from the village gathered together, several women shouted and cursed sharply one after another, but there were too many people around, Dongbao couldn't see what was going on inside.

"What's going on?" Li asked.

Lao Cheng, who was watching the excitement, came over and said, "Didn't Guizhi's family split up a few days ago? It was so violent that day that many people saw it. Later, for some reason, her sister-in-law was fierce and unreasonable and bullied her sister-in-law. It was spread out, no, the in-law’s family who made an appointment knows, and they want to come to withdraw the marriage, look, they are about to fight!"

(End of this chapter)