Rebirth Farmer Yaomei

Chapter 143 The Truth
Ning Wan was dumbfounded when shopkeeper Bi told the story of why the Zhao family sold the shop.

No, that's not the case.The shop that Mrs. Zhao gave her daughter as a dowry was the best and largest shop on the street, with a net income of 200 taels a year. Even if her daughter married in Anpingwei, she would not be able to sell it!
The reason why Mrs. Zhao sold the shop was actually something happened to the Zhao family——Ning Wan recalled hearing Mrs. Zhao tell her about the difficulty of keeping the job of the Zhao family's Dian Shi. The money and food were sent out by mistake. In order to hide it from the magistrate Qian, she had to pay all the money and used all the remaining money of the family.Fearing that the few families who wanted to compete for the history would find out, they didn't dare to reveal the slightest mistake, and they wanted to spend more money on the surface, but they made excuses behind their backs that their daughter was going to sell the shop, the most inconspicuous shop in the family. Go out to make things round.

At that time, Mrs. Zhao was so worried that her hair turned gray, and she put a lot of thought into taking care of it later.Thinking of this, Ning Wan changed her mind, then when Mrs. Zhao celebrated Sister Xi's birthday some time ago, it was the most difficult time for her!
And celebrating sister Xi's birthday with great fanfare is exactly what Mrs. Zhao specially made to show everyone the embarrassment of the family. She sprinkled a lot of money and made it very lively and festive. Ning Wan and her have been mother-in-law and daughter-in-law for many years. I didn't even see it!
Ning Wan also remembered that Mrs. Zhao had mentioned by the way that when the Zhao family was in the most difficult time, the wife of the old magistrate Xu asked her to give her the powder shop next to Ruihongfeng, but she had no money in her hand, but she couldn't. To be honest, I had no choice but to agree, but then secretly resold it to a businessman from the south.Later, when the Zhao family wanted to have this shop again, they just added more money, but the businessman from the south refused to sell it...

Little by little, these forgotten things came back to mind, and Ning Wan hurriedly said to shopkeeper Bi: "There is a sudden emergency at home, we will look at this shop later." Then she dragged her father and left.

A few steps to the East Street, Ning Wan went straight to Ruihongfeng, and then went into "Jushutai" which sells rouge and gouache - this should be the one that Mrs. Xu's old magistrate married as a dowry, and now she is going to sell it shop!
Ning Wan saw that Ju Shutai had closed the door, and there was a sign of "Inventory" hanging on the door, but she just pretended not to see it, pushed the door and broke in, and first smelled the strong smell of a lot of incense powder mixed together, she couldn't help it I sneezed, and then I saw chaos in the shop. White powder, red rouge, and blue and black snails were scattered all over the wall and all over the counter; Broken porcelain boxes, broken wooden combs, messed up wigs... The most terrifying thing is that there is a half-cut ax on the counter.

Several people in the shop looked up at her in astonishment, and one of them, a woman in her 40s, said, "Little girl, our shop is taking inventory and is closed now. If you want to buy makeup, go to another shop to have a look."

Ning Wan already understood that what Mrs. Zhao said was true at all, and the truth may be worse than what Mrs. Zhao knew. Mrs. Xu may not have told Mrs. Zhao all the truth.After all, which family has no face?Mrs. Xu still wanted to hide it for her son.It's just that she kept it a secret for a few more years. After all, her youngest son climbed over the wall to gamble at night and fell and froze to death outside the wall of Xu's house. Of course, Mrs. Xu had passed away at that time.

Therefore, Ning Wan turned her attention to a woman in her thirties in the room. This person was Mrs. Xu's youngest daughter-in-law. When she went to offer her condolences, she saw her kneeling on the ground with her children, but she didn't shed a tear.At that time, I thought her heart was too cruel, but now that I saw this scene, I understood her wish that her husband would die sooner.

"Your shop is for sale, right? I want to buy it." Ning Wan couldn't explain why she came here, why she knew that the Xu family was going to sell the shop, so she had to ask directly, and then added, "I can pay 600 taels." Money to buy this shop!"

At that time, Mrs. Zhao told her that Mrs. Xu only needed 550 taels, but she couldn't get it out, so she had to sell the shop to a merchant in the south. Needless to say, the price of the shop increased later, which made her most worried What's worse is that this shop can no longer be bought, and it cannot be connected with a shop acquired by the Zhao family later.

Miss Xu Fourth did not ask Ning Wan why she came to buy a shop, but said: "Can you take out 600 taels of silver now?"

Ning Wan and her father came to visit the shop, so naturally they would not take 600 taels of silver with them.They took 100 taels when they went out today and thought it was enough.After all, the average shop is only two or three hundred taels, and even if you like it at first glance, you have to write a deed to register with the government and county government to buy a house and land in Hutai County, which will take several days. Paying a deposit and then doing some chores is just a lot more.

But the most important thing for the Xu family right now is to spend money in a hurry. Ju Shutai looks like he has been forced into the door by a gambling debt collector.

Ning Wan said categorically: "I will bring back 600 taels of silver in an hour. You prepare the house deed, and we will meet here again. We will ask a middleman to write the deed, and then go to the county government to register it in the register. After everything is over , then pay 600 taels of silver."

Fourth Mrs. Xu nodded, "Well, I'll wait for you here."

Ning Wan turned around and went out, and saw her father was still standing in front of the door, it turned out that he saw that it was a shop selling women's makeup, so it was not easy for him to go in, so he just waited here, and immediately asked: "What's wrong with you? , don't even speak clearly?"

"Father, let's go home quickly!" Ning Wan still didn't bother to explain, she dragged her father back to the door of the tooth shop, the family's carriage was tied here, and when she got off the car, she urged, "Hurry up, let's talk on the way! "

Ning Liang drove the car out of the city, but Ning Wan thought it was slow, so she replaced her father, waved the whip to urge the mule to leave, and told her father, "I've already checked the shop, it's the one I just went to, but if you want 600 taels of silver."

"600 taels of silver!" Ning Liang exclaimed, but he didn't say anything against it. The price is certainly high, but it's very strange to be able to buy it.Facing the wind, he asked loudly again: "Wan'er, how do you know about this shop?"

Sitting on the galloping carriage, she could only yell loudly, and Ning Wan also yelled: "It's a long story, I'll tell dad when the shop is bought!"

The two hurriedly drove the mule cart to the door of the house. After getting out of the car, Ning Wan went back to the room and opened the cabinet. She took out the money box and took out a 200 tael banknote and two 100 tael banknotes. Four silver ingots of 50 taels, and took back the rest of the small silver ingots, and only said to the mother who followed, "Daddy and I may not be able to make it back tonight, don't worry." Lock it and run out the door.

Just as the mule cart was about to leave, Mrs. Yu rushed up and threw a few steamed buns wrapped in handkerchiefs into Ning Liang's arms, "You haven't eaten lunch yet, take two steamed buns and eat on the way!"

Ning Liang caught the steamed bun, but his body shook violently as the car started, but he said to Yu Shi: "It's okay, we'll be back tomorrow, and the shop will be bought by then." Then he was pulled by the car away.

Ning Wan drove the carriage and galloped on the road, the early winter sun shone on her body, but there was a bit of heat on her body, but gusts of cool wind were generated on the galloping car, brushing past her face and ears, blowing the blowing her hair, and blowing her heart so that it seemed to be jumping - De Jufeng is about to have a good shop!So instead of feeling cold at all, she felt her blood boiling.

Ning Liang saw that there were a few beads of sweat on Yaonu's forehead, which shone brightly under the sunlight, her hair was blown loose and drifted behind her head with the wind, but her face was full of smiles. Like a flower, the whip in his hand flicked in the air, making a crisp sound, and then he became happy and took out a steamed bun and handed it to Yaonu, "Eat one! I'll catch the car first."

Father and daughter took turns driving the car and ate steamed buns instead. Shen Shi returned to Hutai County, exactly an hour later.

When Ning Wan entered Jushutai again, she saw that the shop had changed again. The counter with the ax was gone, and the things scattered on the floor had been cleaned up. Of course, the shelves were also empty, only a few colors remained in the shop. And the faint fragrance shows that what she saw just now is true.But Ning Wan was the same as when she just entered the door, as if she didn't see anything, didn't find anything, she only said to Mrs. Xu: "I brought the money, is your house deed ready?"

Madam Xu Shao also nodded very calmly, "The house deed is ready, I will send someone to go with you to find a middleman to make a document, and then go to the government to register." She nodded to the middle-aged woman who just let Ning Wan out of the shop. Nodding, "Xu Ma, you follow."

Ning Wan understood and nodded immediately.The Xu family used to be an official. Although the old magistrate Xu has retired and returned to his hometown, as the Fourth Mrs. Xu, he still will not sign a contract with him in person, but will leave it to Madam Xu to do it—according to Mrs. Zhao’s evaluation , that is, these officials and scholars are too concerned about face.

Shopkeeper Bi was the one who was looking for a middleman to write the deed. He had been practicing for a long time, and his reputation was very reliable.Shopkeeper Bi said: "I will go to the county government to register tomorrow, and Zhao Dianshi, who is in charge, may have gone home early."

Ning Wan knew that he was talking about Mrs. Zhao's eldest son, Zhao Guofan. Compared with the previous Zhao Dianshi, Zhao Guofan only learned his father's faults, and was not as capable as his father. Mrs. Zhao lost a lot of money for him. The Zhao family lived a very tight life for several years, and of course they had to pretend to be the same on the surface.

With Zhao Guofan's temperament, there is no need to mention Shen Shi, I am afraid that he will not go to the Yali again after noon, and sometimes he even drinks with his concubines in the room from the very beginning of the morning. Once, and how many times he scolded harshly, but it was just useless.

Mama Xu who didn't want to be on the side said, "It's okay, we have already said hello, Zhao Dianshi is waiting for us."

Mrs. Zhao will definitely give the Xu family face. Although the Xu family has only one glamorous reputation as a magistrate who has retired and returned home, they are still officials after all. Although the Zhao family has a lot of power in Hutai County, they can only barely To be a low-level official is closer to an official.As long as Fourth Mrs. Xu sends someone to invite Zhao Guofan, he will always be reluctant to go - of course, even if he doesn't want to go, Mrs. Zhao will beat him even if she beats her.

(End of this chapter)