Otoharu

Chapter 331 Buying a Shop

Jiang Shanqing smiled indifferently and said: "We are doing business seriously, what are we afraid of, that person is a relative of Shanchang who has turned a corner. The restaurants are all small businesses. After all, those who run big restaurants don’t care about them. Those who run small businesses naturally have no background and are easy to be threatened by others, but our family is different, let’s not talk about me The adoptive father is a student of Xu Daru, and now he is an official in the Imperial Academy in the capital, as long as you tell about this relationship, no one will dare to trouble us."

Only then did Li Meier feel relieved, and she began to think about the beautiful scene after opening the store.

"Is the rent of the shop outside the academy expensive?" Li Meier asked Jiang Shanqing while thinking about how many private houses she still had.

"Except for the students and their parents, there are basically no people going there on weekdays. The rent is naturally not expensive, but I don't think it's worth renting a shop. It's better to just buy a shop. Even if you don't want to continue to open a shop, you can keep it. Rent collection."

"Buy a shop..." Li Meier hesitated a bit, then her private house must definitely not have enough money, and a small shop in the state capital would cost at least 100 taels, even if it was on a relatively remote mountain like Bailu Academy, no matter what. Get seven 80 taels.

"If you don't have enough money, I can borrow you first and buy the shop later." Jiang Shanqing has always regarded the Li family as his own, and said very generously.

Li Meier shook her head and declined, "No, I want to buy a shop myself, how can I use your money, I will talk to my mother about it tomorrow, if she agrees, I will go to the academy with you tomorrow, By the way, go outside the academy to investigate."

Jiang Shanqing nodded, thinking that this matter should be possible in all likelihood, so that when his own shop opened in the future, he would no longer have to eat such unpalatable food in the cafeteria every day.Well, his original intention was so simple and unpretentious. After eating the good food at home, it was really hard to eat those bland meals. Thanks to my uncle's patience, he actually had such unpalatable meals in the academy for so long .

"By the way, have you met Xu Daru in the past few days when you went to the academy?" Li Meier was still very curious about this great scholar in Bailu Academy, and couldn't help asking.

Jiang Shanqing shook his head and replied: "Uncle originally wanted to take me to visit Xu Daru, but recently Xu Daru returned to the capital due to family affairs, and he will not be back until next month."

"Ah? Is Xu Daru from the capital? Then why did he come to Ningzhou?" Li Meier asked in surprise.

"I don't know. Xu Daru seems to have been in Ningzhou for many years. With his knowledge, even in the capital, he can become a guest of the major academies. I heard some seniors in the academies say something. , Xu Daru seems to be born in a family in the capital, and the Xu family is also a wealthy family in the capital, and it seems that there was a favorite concubine, but the talents have withered a bit in recent years, not as good as before."

"So amazing..." Li Mei'er didn't expect Xu Daru's family background to be so good, but it made her even more puzzled why he went to a small place like Ningzhou.

Li Meier asked Jiang Shanqing some things about the academy, and she didn't pack up the dishes and leave until the hour passed.Because of being too tired that day, Li Meier slept very soundly, if Granny Lin hadn't come to ask her to have breakfast the next day, she might not be able to wake up.

Mrs. Li slept well that night. She seemed to be in good spirits when eating in the morning. He said to Li Yan and Jiang Shanqing who were on the table, "Why don't you sleep a little longer? You drank so much wine yesterday?"

"I rested for one night, and I'm fine. Shan Qing and I took a day off at the academy. We'll prepare after breakfast later. It's better to go back earlier." Li Yan replied with a smile.

When Mrs. Li heard that her son was about to leave in such a hurry, she felt very sad, but she couldn't say anything about her son's hard work, so she just asked: "Let your wife bring you more food, don't you always complain about the academy?" Is the food not good, our family made some cured meat, cured fish and pickled vegetables a few days ago, and brought them with us."

"Mother, don't worry, I prepared it yesterday, each of Xianggong and Shanqing." Jiang said with a smile on the side.

Li Meier took this opportunity and hurriedly said: "Grandmother, I want to go to the academy with my father and brother Shanqing, and send them off by the way."

Mrs. Li got serious when she heard the words, "Your father and Shan Qing are going to study, why don't you go and make a fuss, stay at home."

Li Meier seemed to guess that Mrs. Li would disagree, so she hurriedly asked her father and Jiang Shanqing for help.

Li Yan has always doted on his daughter, so he thought it would be okay to take his daughter with him, so he said, "Mei Meier wants to go, so let her go with her. It's true that she hasn't gone out to play for a long time, and she is always bored at home. panic."

Jiang Shanqing naturally nodded, "Don't worry, grandma, I will take good care of my sister."

"No! It's okay for the girl to go with you, but she will be alone when she comes back. It's not safe for every girl." Mrs. Li still disagreed, and she didn't let go.

"Then let mother go with me. Father has studied in the academy for so long, and mother has never been to the academy." Li Mei'er had already made up her mind, and looked at Mrs. Jiang as she spoke.

Mrs. Jiang was a little hesitant. In fact, she wanted to send her husband to the academy, but she was afraid that her mother-in-law would not like it. Now that her daughter brought it up, she took advantage of the situation and said, "Mom, why don't we all go with the whole family? You come to the state capital for a while." I haven't had a good time to go around yet, this Siming Mountain can be regarded as a famous scenic spot in the state capital, taking advantage of this opportunity, our family will go to the mountain to enjoy the scenery together."

Mrs. Li made some moves, but when she thought of her old arms and legs, she hurriedly waved her hands and said, "My arms and legs are no longer good. Where can I climb mountains? If you want to go, go, I will take Brother Jian at home."

"Are you really going to climb the mountain? That's great! You can go out and play!" Kang Geer was so excited when he heard that he was going to go out to play, and he jumped off the stool and cheered without thinking about breakfast.

Seeing his son's playful appearance, Li Yan raised his eyebrows, and couldn't help admonishing him: "Stinky boy, who said that I will take you with me, you still have to go to a private school, and you can't miss classes."

When Brother Kang heard this, his face collapsed immediately, and he said very aggrieved: "Father, you are too biased, you only take my sister out to play, and my sister has already been to Siming Mountain once before, but I haven't gone there yet!"

"Go! Of course I will take my precious grandson there. If your father doesn't take you there, grandma will take you there!" Mrs. Li didn't want her grandson to be wronged the most, so she agreed without thinking.

(End of this chapter)