Poor Family 1

  Chapter 839 Five girls share

  It was the first time Li Yanqing heard his wife ask him for help, so he asked with a smile, "Tell me, what do you need my help for?"

   "It's like this. Tang Yuaner came to me this morning. She wanted to buy a few houses, but there were too many people queuing up. She was afraid that she wouldn't be able to get a good land. Let's see if she can make a decision from the inside first."

   "Wait a minute!"

  Li Yanqing quickly called Cao Yun to stop, "Who is Tangyuan buying land for? The Wang family also bought hundreds of acres of good land in Qiantang County. They don't lack land!"

   "It seems that Ah Luo's parents wanted to buy it. She asked Tangyuaner, and Tangyuaner found it on my head."

A Luo is Wang Gui's concubine, a native of Taiyuan Mansion, who gave birth to a daughter for Wang Gui. Li Yanqing immediately understood that it must be that Tang Yuan'er was narrow-minded again, and she didn't want to sell the land of the Wang family to A Luo's parents, so she marked it He came up with the idea of ​​Beicheng.

  At this time, Zhao Jinluo who was drinking tea suddenly asked, "Is there any land for sale in the city now?"

  In the past few days, Zhao Jinluo has been inquiring about land everywhere in the city. Although the imperial court will build a son-in-law house for them, Zhao Jinluo still wants to build a ten-acre private house.

Li Yanqing waved his hand, "This is the land where the government is selling common houses. In Huantang River in the far north, each family can only buy three acres at most. It has nothing to do with you. I have promised to help you with your land. You Don't worry!"

   "How can I not be in a hurry! It's been a few days, and you don't care about it at all. Are you my brother-in-law?"

Everyone is used to Zhao Jinluo's big mouth. Everyone looked at Li Yanqing and smiled without saying a word. Li Yanqing had no choice but to smile bitterly and said: "Xiang's family has a separate house, which covers an area of ​​exactly ten mu, and is also close to the West Lake. By the way, the official price is five thousand taels of silver, it was originally given to me as an official house, so I will give it to you!"

  Zhao Jinluo was overjoyed, "The ten-acre official house is too small for you to live in. It's just right to sell it to me. I'll go and hang up the plaque first, and I'll give you money later."

   "You can go whenever you want, I have already taken the house."

  Beside Cao Yun asked again: "Officer, is the matter you asked just now okay? If it is a favor, please help her. If it is troublesome, forget it."

   "Of course it's not troublesome, but how many acres do they want to buy?"

   "It seems that I want to buy three acres!"

  Li Yanqing nodded, "I'll say hello to the magistrate of Wei County, just ask Tang Yuaner to go directly to the county government to report my name."

   "Will this affect the reputation of officials?"

   "This kind of small thing can't talk about affecting the reputation, and it's not giving her for free, it's just a queue."

  At this time, Hu Qinger smiled and said: "Since it is profitable, let's buy some land and build a house to rent out to make money!"

Before Li Yanqing could speak, Cao Yun hurriedly interrupted Hu Qinger, "Everyone else can buy it, but we are the only ones who can't. If people use power for personal gain, even if they are not punished, their reputation will be damaged.”

  At this moment, Li Yanqing wished he could hug his wife and kiss her hard. What more could a husband ask for if he got a wife like this! A thought suddenly came to Li Yanqing's mind, since his wife had nothing to do at home, he could find a small job for them to earn some money for makeup.

  Thinking of this, Li Yanqing smiled and said: "These properties that are sold at home, there is a teahouse that no one wants, are you interested in buying it and starting a small business?

  Cao Yun and Shishi smiled and did not speak, but Hu Qinger asked anxiously, "What kind of teahouse is it, and how much does it cost?"

   "It's called Huangjianzui Teahouse, it's opposite Fengle Building, it covers an area of ​​about five acres, and it only costs five thousand taels of silver."

   "Five thousand taels!"

  Hu Qinger exclaimed, she quickly calculated in her heart, her eyes widened, "That's 25,000 guan, brother, this is too expensive!"

  Zhao Jinluo'Pfft! ’ He took a sip of tea, quickly wiped the corner of his mouth and said with a smile, “If you don’t want it, just give it to me!”

  Zhao Jinfu hurriedly pulled the second sister, "Second sister, don't be so greedy, okay, you want everything!"

  Cao Yun smiled slightly, "Second sister has been buying land for the past few days, so she must know the land price, tell us about it!"

  Hu Qinger also reacted, "I didn't say no, I just don't understand the market."

   "Okay! I'll tell you about it."

Zhao Jinluo rolled up his sleeves, and started talking like a storyteller, "It is said that the land price in Qiantang County is more expensive in the west and south, the closer to the West Lake, the higher the price, and the closer to the south of the city, the price also skyrocketed, take Fengle Building As far as the land price is concerned, five thousand taels of silver per mu is the land price a few months ago. Now even if you pay ten thousand taels per mu, no one will sell it to you. You can’t buy it at all. Opposite Fengle Building, the land price is the same, and the teahouse on five acres of land only sells for five thousand taels of silver, do you think it’s a good deal?”

  Hu Qinger made the final calculation in his mind, and his almond eyes widened again, "My mother, the land price alone is five times the profit, big brother, why is it so cheap that no one wants it?"

  Li Yanqing smiled, it was because other industries made more money, a shop with more than 20,000 taels of silver was looked down upon by ordinary dignitaries, so of course they didn't want to waste their precious quota on it.

   "How about this! There are exactly five of you, and each of you pays 1,000 taels of silver to buy it. Afterwards, the profit will be divided into five. Everyone has money for makeup."

This was a good idea, and everyone happily ran back to the room to get the money. Even Cao Yun, a prudent old woman, felt that it was harmless to do a small business, so she went back to get the money. I have to temporarily owe the five thousand taels of silver to buy the house.

  She didn't want to give up such a good opportunity to make money, so she hurriedly whispered to her younger sister Zhao Fujin: "Fourth sister, please help me to cushion it first, and I will return it to you later."

   "Second sister, why don't I do it for you!"

   "This is not allowed, my sisters will settle the accounts clearly, this is my makeup money, of course I will pay for it myself!"

  Zhao Jinfu didn't insist anymore, and hurried back to the yard to get the money.

  Emperor Concubine needless to say, everyone has their own generous dowry, and the monthly money is also very considerable, accumulating over time, of course they are worth a lot, but the money is all their own, so it is difficult for even a son-in-law to take advantage of it.

Of course, Li Yanqing is not short of money, his salary is not much, and his income mainly comes from Baoyanzhai. He has 30% members of Baoyanzhai, and the dividends alone are hundreds of thousands of taels of silver every year, but Li Yanqing doesn't want that much. Every year, his father Li Daqi would give him 50,000 taels of silver for living expenses. After having a son, the living expenses rose to 80,000 taels of silver every year.

Cao Yun set the rules. In addition to family expenses, each person also has a set amount of money. Cao Yun set five hundred taels of silver per month for older women, four hundred taels of silver for younger women, and even Hu Qinger had four hundred taels of silver, which included For personal expenses such as makeup, clothes, jewelry, etc., there are five or six thousand taels of silver in a year. Although the expenses are large, the savings are not small. Investing two silver coins is of course a breeze.

Not long after, everyone came back with money. Of course, one thousand taels of silver weighed sixty-three catties, and they couldn't move such a heavy silver ingot. Zhang, soon Li Yanqing received fifty silver tickets. He said with a smile, "I'll take care of this in the afternoon. You can go to the teahouse if you have time. If you want to change the business, you are welcome."

   Several women discussed it and decided to go to the teahouse in the afternoon.

   "The name Huang Jianzui doesn't sound good, can you change it?" At the entrance of the teahouse, Cao Yun looked up at the plaque on the shop and frowned slightly.

  Shishi quickly laughed and said, "Sister, Huang Jianzui is a big brand in Tokyo, and it ranks seventh among the top ten teahouses in Tokyo."

Ever since the Supreme Emperor Zhao Ji was taken captive to the north, Shishi’s biggest worry has disappeared, and her personality has become much more cheerful. At least she no longer has to worry about recognizing her. Even if anyone recognizes her as Li Shishi back then, no one dares to treat her What can happen, besides, she will also enshrine Shuren's third-class imperial order, and with the imperial order, she has completely got rid of Le Ji's background.

A few beautiful ladies came to the teahouse in a few gorgeous carriages, followed by a large group of maids and maids. Of course, the shopkeeper wanted to greet them personally. He stood aside and heard what the ladies said, and he suddenly understood in his heart Yes, these must be the new proprietors.

   Just now, someone from the county government told him that the teahouse had already been bought by five noble ladies. Isn’t this comparison the same as them?

  Although the people from the county government didn't tell him the identity of the new owner, the shopkeeper's heart is bright, and the person who can buy Xiang's property will definitely not be an ordinary person.

  He hurriedly stepped forward with a smile and said, "Guests, please sit upstairs!"

  Zhao Jinluo asked with a smile: "The teahouse covers an area of ​​five acres. Is this the only building?"

"My lady doesn't know that apart from this building, there are four small courtyards in the teahouse. However, due to an accident with the previous proprietor, the backyard has not been opened for the past few days, only the front building has been opened. However, it has been unsealed this afternoon and has to be reopened. Clean up, the Fourth Small Courtyard will be open for normal business starting tomorrow, so I would like to ask the ladies to go to the second floor for tea first."

  Cao Yun nodded, "Then go to the second floor!"

   "There are distinguished guests, go to Furong Hall!" The shopkeeper shouted, and several beautiful tea prostitutes came down and greeted them with smiles.

  Furong Hall is the largest and most luxurious elegant room in the teahouse. It is divided into two rooms, inside and outside. Five maids and five female guards sat in the outer room drinking tea and resting, while five hostesses sat in the inner room drinking tea and chatting.

  The shopkeeper personally arranged for two of the best tea prostitutes to order tea for them. He smiled and asked, "May I ask which noble mansion the five ladies come from?"

  Hu Qing'er spoke bluntly, turned his hands around and said: "The four of us are members of Li Taiwei's family, and this lady is Cao Consort's wife."

  The shopkeeper trembled in fright. It turned out to be Li Yanqing's family. Isn't Cao Consort's wife the Empress Dowager?

   "The villain is disrespectful! Disrespect!" The shopkeeper hurriedly bowed and saluted.

  Cao Yun smiled slightly and said, "May I ask the shopkeeper's name? Where is the name?"

   "Don't dare to be a villain. Your surname is Xu, from Kaifeng Prefecture. Are you Mrs. Cao?"

   Shopkeeper Xu has good eyesight and sees that Cao Yun is the wife, so she should be the daughter of the Cao family.

  Cao Yun nodded with a smile, "The shopkeeper has good eyesight. We five sisters bought this teahouse today, and we just bought it for fun. We don't care about the business, so we will trouble the shopkeeper Xu a lot in the future."

   "It turns out that there are five new proprietors. The villain will definitely manage it with all his heart. Please take care of the five proprietors in the future."

   "We will take care of it. From now on, we won't go to Fengle Building for tea at noon. Come here and leave us a small courtyard."

   "Then stay in Meiyuan, quiet and quiet, and the most comfortable. Come tomorrow, and it will be cleaned up there."

  Cao Yun asked everyone, and then readily agreed, "Then come at noon tomorrow, and bring my officials along with you, and you keep the yard."

  At this moment, there was a commotion outside, and someone shouted viciously: "I don't care, Furong Hall was reserved by me first, tell the people inside to get out of me immediately!"

  (end of this chapter)