"Didn't the elder brother pay for it themselves?"
"That's right, isn't it your mother and I who divided the money? The wool still belongs to me and your mother!" Old Zhou was not stupid, and said, "Your mother has already said, wait until the winter wheat harvest starts next year." Now, the food at home has been brought in and the money will be distributed again, where can I find you so much money to buy a shop?"
"Father, the shop can be bought for business or rented out for rent."
"What kind of business can our family do?"
Zhou Zhoulang immediately said: "Sister-in-law can sell food."
"Man Bao just said that she gave it to your sister-in-law, so we don't need to buy it from our house."
"..." Zhou Zhoulang: "Then our family can still sell groceries."
"Didn't you say it last year? Your second brother said that the vegetables and other things sold at home are better sold at a stall. You spent more than a hundred taels of money just to buy a shop to sell groceries. Don't you think it's a loss?" Panic." Old Zhou said: "Do you know how long our family used to save to save one hundred taels?"
"Then our house is not what it used to be. We can rent the shop even if we don't do it."
"Second brother, how much does a shop in the county cost a month?"
"Not necessarily, it depends on the location and size. Yes, there are two or two or three in January. If it's bad, you can rent it for about one or two."
"Look, Man Bao, do the math for your fourth brother, how much rent can a shop with two taels of silver make in a year?"
"Twenty-four taels."
Old Zhou Tou patted his thigh, "So let me tell you that you don't need to buy that shop. Isn't it expensive to buy it? Those meals don't make money, they earn a few pennies, and how many people eat a day to eat Earn more than a hundred taels?"
Zhou Zhoulang couldn't speak, he always felt that his father's calculation was not right, but he couldn't say it.
Man Bao also thought it was wrong, she thought for a while and said: "Father, the shop can also be passed down, just like the land, even if it is rented out, the rent will be returned in seven or eight years."
"But you have used the money, and our family is still poor. What if something happens and we need the money urgently?"
"Sell it again," Zhou Zhoulang said, "Shops in good locations will not worry about selling."
Old Zhou laughed, "Then is the location of Uncle Shi's shop good?"
"good!"
Old Zhou: "Okay, how much did you say his shop was worth?"
Zhou Zhoulang: "...One hundred and eighty taels is no problem, but if you meet a good seller, you may be able to sell it for two hundred taels."
"So you see, he is selling one hundred and twenty taels now, why?" Old Zhou Tou patted his thigh and said, "Because he needs money urgently, what is money urgently, the main point is urgent."
Old Zhou Tou said: "Our family is poor, and there are so many people in the family. To put it bluntly, if you buy a shop today and have an accident at home tomorrow, you need money urgently. If you spend it, you can still sell it. Is it the previous price?"
Thursday Lang was silent.
Old Zhou Tou said: "You can buy a shop if you want, and the land at home is enough now, enough for our family to grow, so we don't need to buy any more land. But that will have to wait until our family has saved enough money. When I spend one or two hundred and two hundred taels and won't touch my family's fortune, I will definitely buy it."
But old Zhou still couldn't help muttering, "Why did you buy that shop..."
Qian Shi glanced at him and said to Zhou Zhoulang: "Listen to your father."
Zhou Zhoulang could only sigh, and then asked: "Then Manbao can still buy his own shop?"
Old Zhou Tou wanted to object, but after thinking about it for a while, he retracted the conversation and asked Man Bao instead: "Why did you go to the city today?"
"It's delicious."
"how much did you spend?"
"It's not much, just over a hundred words."
These more than one hundred texts were spent by four people together.
Old Zhou was very heartbroken, and immediately said: "Buy, if you want to buy Manbao, you can buy it."
Buy it, anyway, the daughter's money will not reach my own hands, so I save it and spend it everywhere, it's better to buy a shop and land.
Old Zhou asked, "Did you buy it for home use?"
Man Bao shook his head, "No, this is for my sister-in-law. I want to open a restaurant for her in the county town. Dad, you are not allowed to rob my sister-in-law's shop."
"Don't grab it, don't grab it, I'm too lazy to grab it, and I don't know how to cook." Old Zhou stood up with his hands behind his back, and then said to Xiaoqian with red eyes: "Master, you don't know how to keep accounts, turn around Let the big heads and big girls keep the accounts for you, and the cost will be calculated every month, but 50% of the income will be paid to the public."
Xiaoqian quickly responded, "I know dad."
Satisfied, Lao Zhou went out swayingly, "Okay, I don't care about the rest, you can settle the matter between your children by yourself."
As soon as Lao Zhou left, Qian Shi also stood up and said with a smile: "Man Bao, let your second and fourth brothers go with you tomorrow. They know more about this outside than you."
After all, he went back to the house.
As soon as the two old people left, Xiao Qian immediately hugged Man Bao into his arms, crying and laughing on his face, and said in a low voice: "You little girl, why, why do you want to give such a thing to sister-in-law?"
Man Bao puffed out his chest and said, "Sister-in-law, I will give you more things in the future."
Feng couldn't help being jealous, "Sister-in-law, we treat you well, why don't you want to send us off?"
Man Bao became entangled, and said with heartache: "A shop is so expensive. If the second sister-in-law wants it, why don't you let the second wife buy it for you, or you will have to wait for me for a long time..."
Feng Shi was overjoyed, nodded her forehead and said: "It's really a little heartless, I made you so much egg water for nothing."
Man Bao's entire face turned bitter.
Ertou laughed loudly and said, "Mother, I don't like drinking egg water. What you cook is not as delicious as what my aunt makes. Maybe it's because of this that I don't want to buy it for you, hahaha..."
Tuesday Lang looked at his son sympathetically.
Feng was furious, rolled up his sleeves and beat him up, "You didn't eat less of my cooking, you didn't dislike it when you ate it, but now you do dislike it..."
Xiaoqian also smiled through tears, patted Manbao's head and said: "The shop is for sister-in-law, not for sister-in-law. Tomorrow you will take your family's household registration and record it in your name. When you get married, you can make it as a dowry. "
Man Bao shook his head and whispered: "I don't want it, sister-in-law. If I want a shop in the future, I can just buy it myself. This is for you. As I said before, I will buy you a big house to live in. I will buy it later. When I have money, I will buy it for you again, this time I will buy you a shop first."
Xiaoqian couldn't help whispering: "I'll buy it for my parents first."
Man Bao waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about the parents, anyway, the parents will live with me in the future, and I will buy it for myself in the future, so the parents will naturally have it."
Zhou Dalang: "... Man Bao, I am the eldest son, and my parents live with me."
Man Bao quickly said: "I know, I know, brother, you must live with us, otherwise how can I eat the meals cooked by my sister-in-law?"
Zhou Zhoulang immediately put his arm on Zhou Zhoulang's shoulder and said, "Third brother, let's go, Yaomei has already forgotten about us."
Zhou Zhoulang also stood up, and sighed, "Let's go, let's go, fourth, fifth, sixth, let's all go."
Saturday Lang: "I'm not going away, sister-in-law. When your shop opens, I'll help you. You can also make steamed buns and sell them. Then you'll sell braised pork at noon, and stuffed tofu for dinner..."
Talking and drooling.
Man Bao also swallowed, and quickly said: "There is also stewed chicken, and the newly made braised fish is also delicious."
Zhou Zhoulang turned to Feng and said, "Do you know why Manbao didn't buy you a shop?"
Feng: ...