novelaction Chapter 291 Buying a Shop
Chapter 291 Buying a Shop
After Jiang Qing finished speaking, he said with a gloomy face: "If she is paving the way for Jiang Dichen, don't be polite to her!"
"Yes," Du Fang said, and after he waited for his master to go to bed, he went to do what his master had asked him to do.
In Shen Ruolan's inn, Ji Han came back and reported to her: "Master, I have already inquired about these shops. The one with the best location is Liu's Restaurant, but the price is higher than other restaurants."
Shen Ruolan looked at the booklet and asked Ji Han, "How big is his shop? And why does he sell his products at a higher price than the restaurant?"
Ji Han said: "The restaurant is not very big, but there is a large courtyard with two entrances behind the restaurant, which is quite convenient."
Shen Ruolan thought for a moment and said, "Come on, take me over to have a look."
"Yes," Ji Han replied.
Soon the master and servant arrived opposite the shop that Ji Han mentioned. Shen Ruolan did not rush in, but found a secluded place to stop and silently observed every move in the restaurant.
It is lunchtime now and there are quite a lot of people at the restaurant entrance, but no one seems to stop to eat. Occasionally two people go in, but they shake their heads and leave.
Shen Ruolan's eyes moved, and she suddenly stopped a person coming out of the restaurant and asked, "Uncle, is the food in this restaurant not tasty? Why did you go in and come out again?"
The middle-aged man who was stopped looked Shen Ruolan up and down and told her truthfully: "Not only is the food expensive, but it's also some unpalatable vegetarian dishes. I have no appetite."
After saying this, he spared Shen Ruolan and left.
Shen Ruolan asked a few more questions, and the answers she got were all "expensive" and "unpalatable". After knowing the reason, Shen Ruolan had an idea in her mind. She said to Ji Han, "Ji Han, let's go, take me to meet the owner of the restaurant."
"Yes, Master." Ji Han finished speaking, and he brought Shen Ruolan to the door of the restaurant and called out to the middle-aged man in the restaurant, "Boss Liu."
Boss Liu, who was feeling sleepy, was startled when he heard someone calling him. He quickly stood up and asked Ji Han, "Sir, what do you need to eat?"
Ji Han said: "Boss Liu, we are not here to eat, we are here to discuss business with you."
After listening to Ji Han's words, Boss Liu looked at him seriously. Seeing that he was the man who had come to see him in the morning, he was silent for a moment and asked Ji Han, "Sir, have you made up your mind?"
Ji Han looked at his master and said to him, "I think I've made up my mind, but Boss Liu, your price is a bit high. If it can be lower, we can buy it today."
When the restaurant owner heard Ji Han complain about the high prices, he hurriedly urged him out and said, "I don't think you guys are sincere in coming to the shop. Please leave now. You are not welcome here."
Not to mention the good location of his shop, the large courtyard with two entrances alone is worth a lot of money. The reason why he is selling it at a low price now is entirely because of the unstable situation on the border and the fact that business has been bad in recent years, so he has no choice but to return home.
Otherwise, he would not be willing to sell such a nice shop and yard.
Seeing this, Shen Ruolan quickly said, "Boss Liu, don't get excited. Let's talk it over nicely."
Boss Liu looked at Shen Ruolan with an unhappy face and said, "I have already told this gentleman this morning that this shop and the yard are worth five hundred taels of silver, and I won't sell it for a penny less. Now he is bargaining again. Isn't this deliberately trying to make fun of me?"
Shen Ruolan said, "Boss Liu, the money is easy to talk about, but can you also tell me a little bit about how you purchase grain and oil?"
There is a food shortage everywhere right now. People who can afford to open restaurants have special channels to purchase food, otherwise it would be difficult for them to survive until now.
Shen Ruolan's words made Boss Liu stunned for a moment, but he quickly came back to his senses, smiled at Shen Ruolan and said, "Young lady, you really know how to grasp the key points."
After he finished speaking, he sighed and said, "To be honest, young lady, the situation in several countries is unstable now, and the food suppliers have reduced their food supply from 2,000 kilograms per month to 500 kilograms per month."
Boss Liu said this, he looked at Shen Ruolan and said: "Nowadays, no matter if they are running a restaurant or a restaurant, unless they have their own food, a restaurant like mine can no longer operate. Because of the shortage of food, I added coarse grains and vegetarian dishes to the rice, and the taste is very bad. No customers come anymore."
Boss Liu's words made Shen Ruolan silent. She didn't expect that the poor business of the restaurant was actually related to food.
After a brief silence, Shen Ruolan asked Boss Liu, "Boss Liu, can you take me into the yard to have a look?"
The location of this shop is indeed very good. If the inner courtyard is also good, Shen Ruolan would like to buy it even if she doesn't open a restaurant. This way, she won't have to stay in an inn when she comes to Cangling City in the future.
Boss Liu nodded to her and said, "Of course."
After he finished speaking, he asked the maid who was helping out in the restaurant to go to the backyard to inform his wife and children to step aside, and then he took Shen Ruolan in.
After Shen Ruolan and Boss Liu entered the first courtyard, he introduced to Shen Ruolan: "Young lady, this is the outer courtyard, with the kitchen, there are seven rooms in total, big and small, specially for the servants and maids to live in."
Shen Ruolan listened to the boss's explanation. She opened the door of each room and took a look. She found that each room had a large space, which made her very satisfied with the house.
More importantly, there is a large open space in the middle of the yard, which is planted with various vegetables, which are growing very well, which makes Shen Ruolan like it even more.
She didn't even bother to look at the second entrance, and went straight to Boss Liu and said, "Boss Liu, I've bought your shop and yard. Excuse me, is it convenient for you to handle the title deed and move in now?"
Her time in Cang Ling City is limited, so she tries to do everything as early as possible.
Boss Liu didn't expect Shen Ruolan to be so quick. He was silent for a moment, and said to Shen Ruolan with reluctance: "Of course you can."
After he finished speaking, he paused and continued, "It will probably take three days to completely clean up the house."
"Okay, then let's go exchange the land deed now. I'll come to take possession of the house in three days." After Shen Ruolan finished speaking, she took out five silver bills from her bosom and handed them to Boss Liu.
Boss Liu hesitated for a moment, but still accepted the banknote, went back to the house, took the land deed and followed Shen Ruolan.
Inside the yamen, when the county magistrate learned that it was Shen Ruolan who bought the yard and exchanged the land deeds, he helped her to handle it quickly and it was done in no time.
Shen Ruolan came out of the government office, holding the hot land deed, and said in a good mood: "Haha, I am now in Cangling City, and I can be considered to have a home."
Seeing that his master was in a good mood, Ji Han was happy for her and said, "Congratulations, master. Congratulations, master."
Shen Ruolan smiled at Ji Han and said to Boss Liu, "Boss Liu, please move faster. I need this house urgently."