pampering wife

Chapter 96

The shop that Qingmei chose was at the corner of the street, a small two-story attic, and compared to other shops, the front was quite small.There used to be a restaurant here, because the owner of the restaurant wanted to move his family to the south, and the house was going to be vacant, so the owner was naturally willing to rent him to Qingmei.But the restaurant hasn't moved out yet, and it won't be transferred to Ome until March, with a monthly rent of 25 taels.

25 taels is not a small amount for Ome.When I was in Wancheng, the Meizi Tavern only earned 30 taels of silver for more than half a month. Now the rent is so much, isn’t it painful?However, if it is too expensive, Qingmei is still willing to rent it, probably because of the excellent location, if the tavern is properly run, the daily income may not exceed this amount.

She gritted the document under the toothpick, looked at the attic carefully, and was also happy in her heart——

This place was originally a restaurant, so it was built naturally and spaciously, with all the tents, tables and chairs, and the original kitchen can also be converted into a small warehouse to store wine jars.She probably thought about it, and the four or five rooms at the bottom are connected, and they can be equipped with wooden shelves, wine jars and other things for people to choose from, and the second floor can be converted into several small private rooms. After all, most of her customers are rich ladies. It's not appropriate to have a distinguished guest without a place to rest and talk.

As for her winemaking and living place, she chose a small courtyard with two entrances in the back alley of the restaurant.The house in the inner courtyard is used for living, and the rest of the place can be used as several wine cellars.Her pavement wasn't too big, and the yard was enough for wine making, and it was easy to move back and forth.

The yard rent was 15 taels a month, which made Qingmei feel distressed again.

Beside him, Chu Hongxiu watched her frowning with joy and distress, and couldn't help laughing: "Why, you planned well, and now your heart hurts?"

"How can I not feel distressed." Qingmei sighed, "I saved up this little money little by little."

"Or should I help you?"

"That's not necessary." Qingmei smiled and waved her hands, "Everything is difficult at the beginning, but after this time, it will be fine later." After all, this is her own expectation and obsession, although it can be used by Princess Yongle and Marquis Wu'an The government came to silence Mrs. Gu. When she really opened a tavern, she still wanted to support herself.

If it doesn't work, why don't you take the reward from Princess Yongle and secretly pawn it?She comforted herself like this.

With the shop and residence settled, the next step is naturally to move out of Gu's mansion and prepare to open a tavern.Qingmei had been looking forward to this day for a long time, so naturally she couldn't wait now, but it was not easy to convince Mrs. Gu to allow her to move out... She bit her lip and thought for a while, then asked Chu Xiuming: "Brother Chu, can you do it tomorrow?" Do you want to come to Gu Mansion again?"

"Of course." Chu Xiuming looked at him with a smile, "What do you want me to do?" Chu Hongxiu who was beside her also looked over with great interest—she had felt that there was a relationship between Mrs. Gu and Qingmei since Yuan Xiye got Qingmei's order. It's very interesting, seeing Mrs. Gu's different attitude that day today, I'm also moved with emotion, so I'm naturally curious at this moment.

Qingmei bit her lips, and smiled a little embarrassedly: "This matter shouldn't bother you, but my aunt's side is useless. If you can go, she will definitely not refuse. This tavern is open. There are a lot of things to do, it would be very inconvenient for me to live in the Gu Mansion, so I decided to move to this courtyard. But my aunt..."

Chu Xiu said clearly: "Madam Gu still wants to raise you in a deep boudoir to study as a female worker?"

"That's right." Qingmei was in a dilemma, "I'm a junior after all, so I can't bring myself to force myself out. If it were you guys who brought this up, Auntie would probably still consider it."

Chu Xiu said clearly: "It happens to be free these two days, let's go there again tomorrow." Chu Hongxiu raised his eyebrows next to him and said: "You want to move out for a day or two, right? Miss Gu, that's the way to go , it is quite difficult to get along day and night."

In front of the brothers and sisters of the Chu family, Qingmei didn't pretend to be affectionate, let alone begged to this extent, it would be embarrassing to cover up.Therefore, he didn't deny it, but said: "I'm used to opening taverns and wandering around outside, and I'm going to die of discomfort when I'm stuck in the mansion every day."

Chu Hongxiu raised his arms boldly, and said, "When you move out, I'll take you around the capital!"

When the three of them left the small courtyard, Chu Xiuming arranged for people to clean it up, and Chu Hongxiu and Qingmei were more and more able to talk about it.The two walked on the street for a while, when Chu Hongxiu suddenly pointed to the restaurant diagonally opposite and said, "Is that Gu Ronghua?"

Qingmei followed her words and saw that the window on the second floor was open, and she could see half of Gu Ronghua's profile while standing underneath.Didn't she go to Wei Mansion, why is she here again?

(End of this chapter)