Seeing the pale face of the fat man in front of him, with cold sweat breaking out from his frightened forehead, when it was obvious that he was not very courageous, Li Yi almost understood in his heart.
This shop must not have been haunted, otherwise, the fat man would have moved away long ago.
That being the case, it is still necessary to take advantage of it.
For two hundred and fifty taels of silver, renting such a shop plus a small villa with a courtyard in the first ring of Qing'anfu City is really a bargain.
Immediately, he signed a contract with the Yaman, with a one-year lease term, and readily took out three bank notes, each one hundred taels, and the guy who looked directly at him was ecstatic. I have gone to cloud nine.
Two hundred and fifty taels of silver, the commission alone is enough for his wages for several months...
However, when it came time to pay, the young master insisted on giving him two hundred and fifty-two and one pennies, which made the guy puzzled for a long time.
Of course, maybe this is some kind of hobby of this rich man, and these are not important to him.
Paying with one hand and delivering with the other, after half an hour, Li Yi held the contract with the official red seal in his hand, and looked at the shop in front of him with satisfaction. Within one year, the right to use this place will belong to him.
It's just one small step in the gold rush. But it was a big step to step out of Liuyezhai and formally enter Fucheng.
"Small, little brother, what you said just now... this shop is haunted, is it true?"
Next door to Buzhuang, the fat boss leaned against the door, looked at Li Yi with a pale face and asked.
"It's just a joke, Shopkeeper Xu doesn't have to take it seriously."
Li Yi showed him a kind smile, turned and walked into the shop.
"Hoo..."
The fat shopkeeper let out a long sigh of relief, his body slowly slid down from the door of the shop, and he lay limp on the ground, looking up at Li Yi with extremely resentful eyes...
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The matter of renting the shop was much smoother than Li Yi imagined, and he was very satisfied with this shop.
Of course, the lease is rented, and it cannot be put into use immediately, at least it needs to be carefully decorated.
As for how to decorate, Li Yi hasn't figured it out yet, and Lao Fang and the others are busy building a workshop recently, so they have to wait until they finish their work.
After the shop was rented, Li Yi was not in a hurry to go back. After closing the shop door and locking it, he walked around the streets around the shop to familiarize himself with the environment first.
To say that the Yaman just now is really reliable, this location is almost in the center of Qing'an Prefecture, it is extremely prosperous, there are rows of shops around, and you can see restaurants and brothels within a few steps, not far from the shop It's just a square market, people come and go, and it's very lively.
Li Yi also noticed that next door to the shop was actually a hook bar... To put it bluntly, it was a modern theater.
In this era without mobile phones, TVs, movies, and the Internet, literati visiting brothels, reciting poems and composing poems are the most common entertainment items.
Ordinary people can only listen to storytelling and operas, and Goulan Washe is the main venue for these entertainment programs.
In the future, if you are idle and bored, you can often go to sit here, have a cup of tea, order two ditties to listen to, and kill time. It is also a good idea.
Of course, the current him is not as elegant as this.
"Brother Liu, look, isn't that person the same day..." When Li Yi passed by a certain brothel, three young men happened to come out of it, and one of them looked up at the back in front of him, with a startled expression on his face, Then he immediately pointed at him and said to the other person beside him.
"That's right, Brother Liu, isn't that the person who insulted Fang Wentian and made Brother Liu lose face that day?" A person beside him looked in the direction he was pointing at, and also exclaimed.
"It's him!"
The man who was called Brother Liu looked at the young scholar who passed by them, his expression darkened involuntarily.
At the poetry meeting that day, he fell in love with the other party's maid, but the other party was unwilling to exchange it, and did not take him as the county magistrate in the eyes at all, although with his temperament of revenge, this matter would definitely not happen Let it go, but there were so many people present that day, no matter how angry he was, he couldn't do anything.
At the Mid-Autumn Poetry Conference, I heard that the man made some good words, and even Shen Zhao was willing to bow down. These days, the voice has faintly surpassed Yang Yanzhou and became the number one talented person in Qing'an Mansion. Naturally very upset.
Although I also investigated him later, but there was nothing to gain. I guessed that the other party should have no background, and I felt revenge, but I couldn't find him. After a few days, I almost forgot about this matter.
It never occurred to him that today he ran into him here.
"Follow!" The young man surnamed Liu said coldly, and followed quickly.
Opportunities are not easy, if you let the opponent run away this time, you don't know when you will meet again next time.
Although the safest way is to find some people first, but there is obviously no such time now, and there is only one person on the other side, and the three of them have an advantage in numbers, so they will not be afraid of him.
The two people beside him looked at each other, with a trace of hesitation in their eyes, but they still followed.
At the same time, Li Yi, who was walking on the street, suddenly frowned slightly, and his pace slowed down a lot.
It was difficult to do anything in the busy market, so the three of them hurriedly stopped and pretended to look around.
With a dude and two scholars, the level of follow-up is really poor, and the acting skills are also bad. No matter what, Li Yi was taught by the two heroines, and he soon felt that someone was following behind him.
Looking back, the exaggerated acting skills of the three were particularly conspicuous in the crowd.
A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, his steps quickened, and he strode forward.
Seeing this, the three hurried to catch up.
This time, he didn't choose a place with many people. After turning a few turns, he came to an alleyway that was rarely visited by people.
Seeing this, the young man surnamed Liu showed a gleam of joy on his face. He was worried about where to start, but he didn't expect the other party to come to such a place on his own initiative. He gave the two people around him a look, and they nodded. He rushed out suddenly and stood in front of Li Yi.
"What do you want to do?"
Hearing the panicked voice of the scholar, the young man surnamed Liu showed a gleam of joy on his face, and said, "What are you still doing in a daze, do it!"
"In broad daylight, the world is bright, how dare you hit someone?" The scholar's voice seemed even more panicked.
The young man surnamed Liu walked to the front, looked at Li Yi with a sneer, and said, "What's wrong with beating you, did anyone see it?"
When the young man surnamed Liu said this, all three of them were stunned when they saw the expression on the scholar's face. After looking around, a smile appeared on his face...