Lu Ping lowered his head and blushed with embarrassment. Jiang Ning's words reminded him of Jiang Ning's renting half of the shop in the first place.
"Mom, I was ignorant at that time, but now that I am sensible, I will listen to you."
"Mom, I have listened to you a long time ago." Lu Sheng added.
Jiang Ning took her three children for a walk around the restaurant. The three children were so curious that they looked at every place as if they were running through a maze.
The three boys returned to Jiang Ning panting.
"After shopping around, what do you think of this shop?"
"It's so big." Lu Sheng said excitedly, gesturing with his hands.
“Mom, it’s so big, should we sell meat pies?”
Jiang Ning stepped aside and took her three children to explain her thoughts on choosing this shop.
"It's definitely not about making meat pies. How long will it take for such a big shop to make back its money by making meat pies?"
"This shop is located in the wealthy area of our county to the west, and in other directions is where ordinary people live. This shop is right at the junction of the two places, so it is suitable for both sides."
Jiang Ning took them to the backyard and asked the three boys to go down to the cellar to take a look.
"Wow, it's so big in here."
"Yes, this is the second reason why I am satisfied with this shop," Jiang Ning waited for them all to come up before continuing.
"The house in the backyard of this shop can be used as a warehouse, and the cellar can store more food. It will be convenient for us to stock up on more vegetables and meat in the future."
Jiang Ning took them to the largest house in the backyard, opened the door and said to them.
"The third reason is that the house in the backyard is not small. I plan to live directly in this store in the future without having to run back and forth."
"Live in the city?" the three boys said in unison.
"We are going to live in the city soon." Lu Yuan asked a little surprised.
"Yes, if we do dine-in in the future, we will definitely not be able to go out before the city gate closes like this shop does now. Many people come back to eat at night before the curfew."
"Mom, we all think you are right, and we all listen to you." Lu Ping said on behalf of the other two.
"Okay, I'll go tell Mr. Shen Ya, by the way, I forgot to tell you, this shop has eight taels a month, and you have to deposit one to pay three, so you get 32 taels."
"32 taels!" Lu Ping said in surprise.
"Our family has so much money!" Lu Yuan followed.
"Our family is bankrupt again!" Lu Sheng hit on Jiang Ning's embarrassment.
Jiang Ning answered one by one.
"Our family still has some money after working for so long. Why don't we ask you to help count the money every day? I thought you all knew it." Jiang Ning touched her nose.
"By the way, there is also the money I mentioned earlier for you, so I'll treat it as a shareholding."
After Jiang Ning said that, he took the three cubs to find Shen Yaren.
"Shen Ya, I'm sure I want to rent this shop. When can we make the appointment?"
"I have to go to the boss and ask about this. If he believes me, set a time, and then I'll go to shopkeeper Jiang."
"Okay, then I'll take the kids and leave first. There's still something busy in the shop."
After saying goodbye to Shen Yaren, Jiang Ning took the child back to the shop.
When the three boys saw Aunt Zhao's children, they excitedly shared with them the shop they saw today.
Not long after they returned to the shop, Shen Yaren also arrived.
"Shopkeeper Jiang, congratulations. The owner of the shop will be free tomorrow afternoon, so let's decide what to do next."
Jiang Ning calculated the time and found that it was probably around two o'clock in the afternoon, so he wouldn't be busy at that time.
"No problem, then we are not in the right time."
The next day, after finishing her work, Jiang Ning handed over the shop to Aunt Zhao and her two children. She took the three children to sign the contract together.
Originally Lu Ping didn't want to go, but Jiang Ning took all three of them with him on the grounds that he would know what was going on after seeing the big scene.
Jiang Ning saw Shen Yaren from a distance.
"Shen Ya has been waiting for a long time. I am not too late."
"You're welcome, Shopkeeper Jiang. I'm not late. I was waiting in advance. My boss is here too. His surname is Meng. Let's go in."
When Jiang Ning entered the door, he saw a man wearing a dark green satin gown standing in the middle of the hall. The man turned his head when he heard the voice.
Jiang Ning exclaimed in her heart, what a handsome young man.
This Meng Dongjia is the most handsome person Jiang Ning has seen since he came here.
"This must be Shopkeeper Jiang."
Meng Jingxiu saw Shen Yaren coming in with someone, and then contacted the rumors and guessed Jiang Ning himself.
"Meng Dongjia has a keen eye, this is shopkeeper Jiang."
Jiang Ning nodded to the other party and squatted slightly as a salute.
Shen Yaren brought the two of them to the table and gave both parties the drafted deed.
"Both of you, let's see if you have any questions. If not, we'll take stock of the things in the shop and write them all down to avoid anything going wrong in the future."
Both of them said there was no problem, so Jiang Ning took his three sons, plus his own apprentice brought by Shen Yaren, and together they counted the tables, chairs, and dishes left in the store, and wrote them all on the deed. .
"Since both of you are fine, let's just sign or fingerprint it."
Shen Yaren helped Jiang Ning write his name, and Jiang Ning pressed his fingerprint.
The two handed over the money with one hand and the keys with the other.
Jiang Ning officially became the owner of this restaurant.
"Congratulations to Shopkeeper Jiang. I wish Shopkeeper Jiang a prosperous business. I'll leave if I have anything else to do." Meng Jingxiu said goodbye and left.
After Shen Yaren congratulated Jiang Ning, he also took the people away.
"Children, we only have six taels of silver left in total." Jiang Ning wailed. When she didn't give any money, she felt confident, but now she only has six taels left, and she still feels a little bit sick.
Lu Ping walked to the door to urge Jiang Ning.
"Then let's go quickly, mother. If we sell a few more cakes, we'll make money."
