Ci Jinzhi

  Chapter 38 Both

  After the three of Xin You left, the shopkeeper was still dumbfounded.

   "The shopkeeper." The man tugged on the shopkeeper's sleeve.

  The shopkeeper came back to his senses, pulled the clerk away, and asked the young man in shock: "Boss, did you really sell the bookstore, twenty thousand taels?"

  The young man said unhappily: "I have written all the documents, how can there be fake ones?"

   "But that's 20,000 taels!" The shopkeeper still felt like a dream.

   "Why are you excited, the 20,000 taels is not for you. You just need to work hard with the new owner in the future." The young man walked away with his hands behind his back.

  The shopkeeper sighed: "My boss is really calm."

  The clerk at the side hesitated to speak, trying not to tell the truth.

  The old boss told me to keep it secret.

  Oh, by the way, the new owner told him to do something, and he had to do it quickly.

  In the carriage, Xiao Lian also felt that she was dreaming: "Girl, Steward Duan really didn't stop you!"

  Xin You was very calm: "It's not surprising, it's just weighing the pros and cons."

   It didn't stop her from buying a shop at a high price, but she could still push it on her. It was the cousin girl who was willful and ignorant. But if there are rumors that the old lady is holding on to her granddaughter's dowry, she will bear the anger of the old lady.

  In contrast, Butler Duan would naturally choose the latter.

   "But what if the old lady refuses to agree? Although the deposit has been paid, what if the old lady would rather lose the deposit than pay 20,000 taels of silver?" Xiao Lian was worried about gains and losses again.

  Xin You bent her lips: "Grandma loves me, how could she not agree?"

  Xiao Lian looked at Xinyou's confident appearance, and her uneasy heart was at ease again.

  Backing to the Shaoqing Mansion, Xin You walked briskly towards the Ruyi Hall, while the housekeeper walked heavily, thinking about how to explain to the old lady.

   "Old lady, the cousin girl is here."

   Following the maid's report, the old lady who was in a bad mood saw the happy granddaughter, and immediately became even worse.

  Look at this, the money has been spent.

   "How did the talk go?" the old lady asked calmly.

  Xin You smiled and said, "The talk went well, and the deposit has already been paid."

  The old lady twitched her brows and asked, "How much did you pay for it?"

  The housekeeper lowered his head when he heard what the old lady said. He thought that the cousin girl would say the astonishing amount carefully, but he didn't expect to hear the girl talking endlessly with excitement.

   "I bought it for 20,000 taels. Didn't you see, grandma, there is not only a printing shop behind the bookstore, but also a large residential area, and even the shopkeeper is ready..."

   "How much?" The old lady didn't hear a single word of the following words, only three words in her mind.

  Twenty thousand taels, twenty thousand taels, twenty thousand taels...

   "Grandmother, what's the matter with you?" The girl who was beaming with joy realized that the old lady's expression was wrong.

  The old lady slowed down, and fixedly looked at the steward: "You bought a bookstore for 20,000 taels?"

  Compared with her granddaughter’s million-dollar fortune, 20,000 taels doesn’t seem like much, but her eldest son’s annual salary is less than 300 taels!

  The steward knelt down in fright: "Yes, it's the cousin—"

Xin You took the words without changing his face: "I like this bookstore very much. From the location to the layout, I am satisfied with every aspect of the bookstore. Although Manager Duan reminded that it is expensive, I still bought it. After all, money can't buy a good heart." , grandma, don’t you think so?”

  The steward couldn't help but gave Xin You a grateful look.

  Biao girl is really considerate—ah, if it wasn’t for Biao girl being taken advantage of by her naivety and ignorance, why would the old lady be dissatisfied.

   After reacting, the steward buried his head lower.

"Thousands of money can't buy a good heart, and you can't spend money all over the sky!" The old lady couldn't accept this kind of rhetoric at all, "A bookstore that is not well run, even if you have a printing shop and a house, you can buy it for only ten thousand taels at most. Isn't it stupid to buy two?"

   "But they won't sell it if it's cheap. Their owner asked for 22,000 taels, and I bargained for 20,000 taels."

  The old lady felt a pain in her heart.

  Do you want to praise the co-author?

   "If you act like you insist on buying, the other party will naturally not let go. Besides, if you really can't negotiate a lower price, wouldn't you buy something else?"

   "I don't like any other Qingqing." Xin You's tone faded.

The old lady had no intention of compromising, and said with a straight face: "Qingqing, it's not that grandma is reluctant. If the bookstore is worth 20,000 taels, grandma will definitely buy it for you. But things that are obviously only worth 10,000 taels have to be bought at twice the price. Come on, isn't that a waste of money?"

   "Qingqing likes it, no matter how much money is spent, it doesn't feel like a waste, and the deposit has been paid—"

  The old lady interrupted Xin You: "The deposit is at most two thousand taels, I'd rather not have it, than spend twenty thousand to buy a bookstore!"

   Seeing the old lady's firm tone, Xin You fell silent.

  The kneeling butler curled his lips secretly.

  I knew it would be like this, so why bother Miss Cousin.

   "Guan Duan, you should go to the bookstore again and tell their owner that you either have to lower the price or forget about the deal."

   "Yes." The steward hurriedly got up, and hurried away with the papers that hadn't been warmed up yet.

Seeing that Xinyou pursed her lips without saying a word, the old lady decided to comfort Tianzao: "You can go out for a stroll tomorrow, and if there is a store that you like at a reasonable price, you can buy it. Yuzhu, go get the new red set. Bring the jewelry."

  The maid who called Yuzhu agreed, and quickly brought a box, and the old lady motioned her to open it.

  The box is flat and wide, with a plain brocade cushion inside, and a set of jewels inlaid with rubies is gorgeous and bright, which makes people unable to take their eyes off.

  The old lady smiled and said: "Once this set of red treasure jewelry is finished, grandma will think it suits you best, so go ahead and wear it."

  Xin You glanced around and guessed that this set of jewelry was probably prepared by the old lady for a granddaughter who would come out of the cabinet, and of course her granddaughter Kou Qingqing was also included. Now in order to appease her, I took it out in advance.

   "Qingqing likes it very much, thank you grandma." Xin You accepted it without hesitation.

   Seeing that Xin You hadn't made a fuss, the old lady showed a relieved smile.

  On the way back to Wanqingju, Xiao Lian was worried: "Although this set of red treasure jewelry is decent, it is far from ten thousand taels of silver..."

  It is so difficult to get back 20,000 taels of silver from the old lady, she really can't figure out how to get 60% back.

  60%, that is at least 600,000 taels!

  Xin You smiled and patted Xiaolian's hand: "Don't worry, we both want Hongbao Jewelry and Qingsong Bookstore."

  Xiao Lian waited to ask again, and found Duan Yunling, the third girl, waiting not far away.

  Xin You walked over and asked, "Is Cousin Ling waiting for me?"

  Duan Yunling nodded slightly, glanced around subconsciously, and said in a low voice: "Cousin Qing, guess how grandma punished Second Sister?"

  Xin You waited for her to continue.

  Duan Yunling couldn't help but bend the corners of her lips: "Second sister was fined to kneel in the ancestral hall."

  Xin You was not interested in talking about Duan Yunhua's punishment, and said seriously: "Cousin Ling helped me, and I will remember it in my heart. If Cousin Ling needs help in the future, you can come to me at any time."

  Duan Yunling nodded hurriedly, and asked curiously: "What did cousin go out for?"

   "Buy a bookstore."

   "Buy a bookstore? Does that cost a lot of money? Have you bought it yet?"

  Xin You glanced at the northeast direction and said with a smile, "Probably."

   At this time, the steward felt windy on his feet and rushed to Qingsong Bookstore, but what he saw made him dumbfounded.

   It will be on the shelves tomorrow. The first order of a new book and the monthly pass are very important. We will decide on a series of follow-up recommendations. I hope everyone can support it. In addition, there will be an event on the shelves on the 3rd. If you want to give a reward to Xiaoyouzi, please put it on the day of the event, thank you.

  (end of this chapter)