Pastoral Bamboo Fragrance

Chapter 199: Prosperous Life (1)
Li Zhu has been paying attention to inquiring about the matter of Hu's Village, but he has no other news except that a family in Hu's family caught fire, burned down the house and burned two people to death.

I hope that Hu Rong didn't find any traces on that mute.Li Zhu thought silently.

Hu Rong's matter, but nothing more.It's impossible for the families of those children not to know what Hu Rong did, so no one reported it to the officials?And as far as she knew, Hu Rong was just a small landlord. Although the family had some money, it wasn't enough to cover the sky with one hand.what is the reason behind the scene?But Li Zhu didn't dare to act rashly this time in view of the lessons learned last time, but chose to wait and see what happened.

After the Bai family's marriage proposal was rejected, there was no follow-up action.They probably didn't know that the Yang family already knew Bai Shijie's secret.In order to remove the suspicion, the Yang family kept the matter tight-lipped.Li Zhu also planned that if the Bai family wanted to marry a girl from another family, she would find a way to disclose it anonymously to that family.The others are just waiting to see what happens.

Yang Yun's marriage failed, so the Yang family put the matter aside for the time being, and began to focus on finding a suitable shop to expand their business.Seeing that the weather is getting colder and colder, it is not appropriate to set up a stall outside.

Li Zhu still had some doubts about doing business, so he asked Aunt Li while she was free that day.

"Auntie, do we become merchants if we do business like this? Will it have a bad influence on my cousin in the future?"

Aunt Li smiled, and patiently explained: "Our family is not a merchant. We have a house and land, but we just do some small business during the slack season. Aren't many people like this?"

Aunt Li chattered a lot, Li Zhu heard what she meant, this dynasty didn't seem to be contemptuous of business, it emphasized agriculture but did not suppress business.There is also no restriction on the scientific examination of the children of merchants.

When Aunt Li had spare money, she returned the 20 taels that Li Zhu gave to Chen Guanzhima earlier.

"Our relatives are relatives, but we have to make it clear on the account. I know you don't care, but my aunt can't be talked about. You still accept the money."

Li Zhu declined first, Aunt Li pretended to be annoyed, Li Zhu thought about it and accepted it first.

A few days later, Cai Qing helped to find two shops. The first one was located behind Longfu Street. The room was small, long and narrow, and the location was average. The second one is in the middle of Longfu Street, two houses away from Nanyu's rouge shop, so the location is very good.The room is spacious and bright, and there is a small yard behind it. There are two main rooms, a small side room and a kitchen. There is a well in the yard.The owner of this shop used to run a restaurant, and his business was slow, so he was planning to sell it.

In comparison, Aunt Li is the second one she likes, but the price of this one is a bit expensive, and the monthly rent alone costs five taels.Homeowners have to pay every six months.Aunt Li was a little undecided.When I went back to discuss with my family, Yang Laoshi was the first to object: "Five taels a month, and half a year to pay, what should we do if we lose money? In my opinion, let's not be greedy, just earn as much as we can."

Aunt Li rolled his eyes at him and said: "What do you mean earning a little? Our family, Mo, will go to the final exam next spring, and the money will be spent like running water by then, and Ah Yun will also have to prepare a dowry. Don't spend money?"

Yang Laoshi said sullenly: "Then you can figure it out, I don't think so."

Aunt Li counted the money and felt worried again. Her house had just been built, and she couldn't get 30 taels at once. She thought it would be enough to pay the rent once a month.

Li Zhu thought for a while, then took out the 20 taels of silver, put it in front of Aunt Li and Laoshi Yang, and said, "Auntie, Uncle, don't pay back the money yet."

Just when Aunt Li was about to speak, Li Zhu said again: "Auntie, I haven't finished yet. Do you think this is okay?"

(End of this chapter)