Su Yanqu tapped the counter twice, and the shopkeeper frowned and raised his head.
"Have you two chosen yet?"
"How do you sell your shop?"
The shopkeeper's eyes suddenly lit up.
"If you are here to buy a shop, please tell me earlier. You have also seen that the decoration of my shop is all new. I don't want more from you. The fixed price is two thousand taels of silver."
The brother and sister looked at each other.
"Shopkeeper, although the decoration of your shop is all new, we don't plan to open a study in the future. All these decorations will be demolished. Do you think this will work? Let's each take a step back. One thousand five hundred taels of silver, you What do you think?"
"Sir, your counteroffer is too harsh. You've shorted me five hundred taels in one fell swoop. How do you want me to sell it?"
"Then we have no choice but to go look elsewhere."
The shopkeeper left without thinking that the two people in front of him had a disagreement and stopped bargaining or anything.
"Don't leave, let's discuss it later."
Su Yu turned around and smiled at the shopkeeper. Before the shopkeeper had time to be happy, he saw the little girl said not to buy and left the shop without looking back.
"Brother, I think two thousand taels of silver are about the same in this shop. Why are you counter-offering one thousand five hundred taels?"
"This shop has had several buyers, but somehow the business has never been successful. In my opinion, there are two reasons for this. One is that someone is causing trouble behind the scenes. If we open a shop here in the future, we will definitely have to pay for it. Be careful. Another thing is that this shop has bad luck, but I am optimistic about the facial balm you make. No matter where you open it, the business will be excellent. If you think it’s suitable, you can’t take it no matter how expensive it is. Otherwise, why would you think no one would rent such a big shop in such a good location?”
Su Yu rarely comes to Kyoto City, so naturally he doesn't know the inside story. Su Yan used to be in charge of the Bai family's business, and there are no shops on the main streets in Kyoto City that he doesn't know.
Both of them had already walked out for a while, but they didn't expect the shopkeeper's shout to come from behind.
"Wait a minute, you two!"
The two stopped and waited for the shopkeeper to come forward.
"I sold the shop for 1,500 taels, do you still want it?"
"Yes, why not?"
The two followed the shopkeeper back to the store.
"Since you plan to buy it, I will give you the house deed and land deed of the shop now. You pay the money, and we can go directly to the Yamen to get the matter done. But you have to give me three days' grace, and I have to have someone buy it. The things in the shop have been moved out, as you can see, there are quite a lot of books in this shop."
"Okay, here is the banknote of one thousand five hundred taels. Please keep it. Let's go to the government office now."
This time, the three of them did not walk. They took a carriage and went directly to the Kyoto government office. As soon as the three of them arrived at the gate of the government office, the two government officials guarding the gate saw Su Yu and hurriedly said hello to Su Yu.
"Miss Su, Master Su."
The shopkeepers on the side were shocked. Who are these two brothers and sisters? The people in the government office usually look at people with their nostrils turned to the sky, but today they were polite to the two of them. If not for both of them, he would I knew him, and I thought there was a new person coming to the government office.
"I bought a shop and came to the government office to register."
"I'll take you over here, lest some blind person bumps into Miss Su."
Su Yu was not polite either.
"Thank you, brother."
"I don't dare. My name is Chen Sheng. Miss Su can just call me by my name."
The Yamen led the way and talked to Su Yu.
"I wonder which store Miss Su bought from?"
"It's the Banyue Study on East Street."
As soon as the Yamen heard that it was Banyue Study on East Street, and then looked at the evasive look in the shopkeeper's eyes behind him, he didn't understand anything.
"Miss Su, that shop has changed owners several times, and it won't last long in anyone's hands. Miss Su, should you think about it again?"
The following shopkeeper's eyes widened. This man actually didn't play according to the routine. He usually didn't lack their filial piety, but this time it was good. His good business seemed to be going bad.
"It doesn't matter, we all know this."
Seeing that Miss Su knew that she wanted to buy this shop, she must have already made a plan in her heart. They couldn't guess what people like Miss Su were thinking, so they didn't say anything more.
As soon as the shopkeeper heard Su Yu's words, he knew that they knew the details of the shop. Even if they knew it, they still dared to buy. His heart suddenly fell back into his stomach. He was so frightened that his old heart could hardly bear it. .
The Yamen took the three of them to a room where the clerk usually worked. He didn't see Su Yu the last few times he came over, but the Yamen who led the way whispered a few words into the clerk's ear. I saw that the little official looked like he was ignoring me, but his expression immediately changed several times.
"It turns out it's Miss Su. I've admired her name for a long time and wanted to meet her for a long time, but I never had the chance."
"You're welcome, Your Excellency."
The clerk said that he did not dare to sit back in his chair. He took the house deed and land deed handed over by Su Yan, took out the booklet recording the shops on East Street, and changed the original shopkeeper's name to Su Yu's. This wasn't Su Yu's first time buying a shop. He knew the rules of the government office, so he took out fifteen taels of silver from his wallet, but he didn't expect to be rejected by the clerk.
"Miss Su, I don't need this money anymore, you can take it back."
The shopkeeper of Yipan was even more surprised. What is the background of these two people? They can actually make people in the government office refuse to collect cash. It could be that everyone in the government has a rich family, but it doesn't look like it by looking at their clothes.
"Rules are rules. You can't break them here. Sir, you should just accept them."
The clerk declined twice and saw that he couldn't refuse, so he had to accept the money, thinking that he would talk to the adults about it later.
After finishing the arrangement and leaving the government office, the shopkeeper's attitude towards the two people had completely changed from before. No matter what the identities of the two people in front of him were, he was firmly committed to this deal.
"Master Su, do you need a shopkeeper when you open a shop in the future? If so, what do you think of me? Although I am not very good-looking, I have been a shopkeeper for more than ten years. If you ask me to be a shopkeeper, I will definitely do a good job. Help you take care of the shop."
The brother and sister were quite surprised. The shop in front of them sold for 1,500 taels of silver. It was not good for the shopkeeper in front of him to do some small business, but he actually wanted to be the shopkeeper in their shop.
The shopkeeper naturally saw the confusion in the eyes of the brother and sister.
"To tell you the truth, I am fine as a shopkeeper. I don't know if I am destined to be the boss. Anyway, if I go out to work alone, this business will not be able to continue."
Seeing that the two of them believed or not believed what he said, the shopkeeper became a little anxious.
"It's not that we don't want to invite you, it's just that I plan to use that shop to sell rouge, and you are really not suitable."
When he heard that the shop he bought was used to sell rouge, the shopkeeper was immediately discouraged. The rouge shop was only filled with female customers, and the shopkeepers who usually used it were female shopkeepers.
