On this day, Mrs. Qin came to Lin Fufu again to ask for jasmine powder. Recently, many shopkeepers from the powder shop have come to pick up the goods one after another. They asked for Lin Fufu's opinion. Madam Qin asked for 25 taels of silver for each box of jasmine powder. .
Even if it is so expensive, there are not a few shopkeepers or bosses of cosmetic shops who come here to buy the goods.
"By the way, Gospel, you said last time to help me find out about buying a shop and a house in Qinglian County. Is there any news now?" Mrs. Qin and Lin Fushun asked about it after they settled their money.
When Lin Fufu heard this, he patted his forehead, "Look at me, I forgot about it. I asked you, yes, but the shop and the house are very big, I'm afraid..."
Lady Qin smiled heartily, "What are you afraid of? I'm eating with you now, am I afraid that I won't have any money?"
Seeing that she didn't seem to be joking, Lin Fufu leaned over and looked at Mrs. Qin seriously, and said, "I asked, that house is also a five-entry mansion, much bigger than my house. Because of the good location, the seller It costs eight thousand taels of silver. As for the shop, it is about the same size as my two shops, and it is close to the five-entry mansion, so the asking price is also eight thousand taels of silver."
Lin Fufu forgot to tell Mrs. Qin at the time, because she was afraid that the price would be too high and Mrs. Qin would not be able to bear it all at once, so she forgot to mention this delay.
After hearing the offer, Mrs. Qin also felt that it was a bit expensive.
She hesitated for a moment, and said: "I can buy all the money I have for the pension. But you... I am in this situation, and I don't have some money on me, so I am really afraid."
Lin Fufu asked, "Then Lady Qin, is she planning to buy it?"
"Buy it! How can you not buy it? This is a rare good opportunity." To Lin Fufu's surprise, Mrs. Qin gritted her teeth and planned to buy it. "But, can it be cheaper?"
"I also asked about this for you. The seller will allow at most five hundred taels of silver." Lin Fufu said.
Mrs. Qin asked, "Did you only give five hundred taels of silver together?"
Lin Fufu nodded and sighed, "Actually, if the owner's family sold it alone, they would have sold it long ago. It's because the owner's family has a habit of selling all their properties together."
Only then did Mrs. Qin understand that although she didn't know much, she also knew that in places like Qinglian County, if someone wanted to sell the house and shop, and it was a place with a good location, they should have sold it long ago.
But the owner asked to sell the house and the shop together, which filtered out many buyers.
For example, some buyers who only want to buy houses, some buyers who only want to buy shops, and those who want to buy both shops and houses can’t afford more than 10,000 taels of silver at a time... So, until now It didn't sell.
But for Mrs. Qin, this is an opportunity, and she must seize it.
"When I meet the seller, I'll see if I can lower the price." Lady Qin said, then raised her eyebrows and said angrily, "I really can't live in this town anymore."
Lin Fufu knew that Mrs. Qin's uncle's family hadn't given up on her, so he asked, "Is that uncle of yours here to trouble you again?"
Mrs. Qin spat in disgust, and the hermit said angrily: "Isn't it? Now that my makeup shop is booming again, a few days ago I came to my shop every day to make trouble, and I insisted on killing some of his daughters. The boys are all stuffed into my shop, saying they are helping me with my business, what do you think those half-grown children can do? You don’t have to throw away my makeup powder!”
Lin Fufu nodded, even she was very helpless for such a creature as the best relative.
"That's not enough. Seeing that I didn't agree, she stuffed his wife into my shop again. The mother-in-law came for a while, and while I wasn't paying attention, she stole a few boxes of jasmine powder from me... It's really valuable You steal, I'm really mad!" Mrs. Qin poured bitter water on Lin Fufu.
Lin Fufu hated people who stole things the most in his life. Hearing this, he frowned and said, "Then you are too good-natured. Someone like this will be taken directly to your ex-husband's clan, so that the patriarchs and elders It's been dealt with. I don't believe that their family is shameless?"
Mrs. Qin nodded, "If there is another time, I won't save face for them. I will do this. Actually, I didn't do that this time, but it was for my ex-husband's sake, and also for his sake. From the perspective of my nephew and niece, don’t look at them like this, those children are still good.”
Lin Fufu heard what Mrs. Qin said, and felt that this was an unsolvable situation.
Parents are shameless, but the children are well-raised. As an elder, you always have to look at the face of your children. The crime of stealing children is very shameless. If they really take action to make them lose face, it will still have a great impact on the children.
Lin Fufu thought for a while and said: "It's okay to keep them making trouble like this. There is really no other way. You should give some money to their clan and ask the clan leader and elders to watch them. If the children in the family are promising , Mrs. Qin, see if you are willing to subsidize their studies or something, even as an apprentice."
Lady Qin's eyes lit up when she heard what Lin Fufu said.
She was busy doing business to earn money for retirement, but she didn't expect this.
Lin Fufu did this himself, such as supporting Lin Sanlang to study, and giving money to the Lizhenghe elders in the village to watch or to suppress the gang in the old house.
After thinking about it, Mrs. Qin said to Lin Fufu: "Thank you so much for today, I will go back there when I have time."
Lin Fufu waved his hand, and Mrs. Qin went back to her shop with two large porcelain bottles of jasmine powder.
Lin Fufu sent Mrs. Qin away, and just as he was overjoyed because he had won another two thousand eight hundred taels of silver, he heard another hasty knock on the door.
It's been a long time since she heard such a hasty knock on the door, which reminded her of the people in the old house.
She frowned and went to open the door, only to see Lin Xiaotao and Lin Xiaohe tremblingly standing by her door.
Lin Fufu was stunned, and then his eyes turned cold, because as soon as the door opened, Lin Xiaohe and Lin Xiaotao looked at her yard with greed in their eyes.
Lin Fufu sighed inwardly. There was a bad sentence, but it still described Lin Xiaohe and Lin Xiaotao very well.
It's called a dog that can't change eating shit!
"Sister Gospel, is this your big house in the town?" Lin Xiaohe finally couldn't help exclaiming after seeing enough, and Lin Xiaotao also looked at Lin Fuspel eagerly.
Lin Fufu was very annoyed by their eager and greedy eyes, and he didn't know why the two of them would find her home, so he looked at them and said, "Why are you here?"
"Well, the Lord asked us to come." Lin Xiaotao snorted, and then told Lin Fufu that it was Xiao He who mentioned Liu Qin in front of Mr. Lin and owed her a meal, and then Mr. Lin asked them to come to the town to find Liu diligent.
After hearing this, Lin Fufu frowned even tighter, but seeing Lin Xiaotao speak softly, as if she was a different person than before, Lin Fufu finally had a slight liking for her.
She took a slight look at Lin Xiaotao, and saw that although she had recovered, her face was still pale, and she had lost a lot of weight, so she asked, "How is your health, Xiaotao?"
When Lin Xiaotao saw that Lin Fufu remembered caring about her, her heart felt hot, her eyes felt hot, and she almost shed tears.
"I'm fine. My second aunt took me back and helped me recover from my injury." Lin Xiaotao choked up, then looked at Lin Fufu with gratitude in her eyes, "I've heard what Xiaohe said, I My life was saved by Sister Gospel, thank you!"
For Lin Xiaotao's thanks, Lin Fufu finally felt that he hadn't saved a white-eyed wolf. He sighed slightly, looked at Lin Xiaotao and said, "It's fine as long as you are well, and live a good life from now on."
This is also her advice to Lin Xiaotao.
Lin Xiaotao nodded persuadingly.
Lin Xiaohe sneered, looked at Lin Xiaotao and said, "Lin Xiaotao, do you really think you can live a good life? You forgot that you were dragged back from your second aunt's house by Grandma and Brother Dalang to do something before you recovered?"
Lin Xiaotao's face turned pale, Lin Fufu watched her clenched her hands, and slowly lowered her head, apparently not wanting to think about it.
"Sister Gospel, Xiaotao and I can't live in the old house anymore." Lin Xiaohe looked at Lin Fuspel and said.
Lin Fufu also glanced at her, with a half-smile, "You enjoyed the blessings when the second uncle's family was still in the Lin family's old house, but now that your grandparents and uncles and aunts ask you to do some work, you can't do anything about it. Some things are just a struggle, you see, Sister Fen and Sister Fang haven't even made it through, and Sister Fen was almost betrayed by your elder brother. That's when I came to me."
Lin Fufu knew what Lin Xiaohe meant, and also knew that she had never given up trying to use her to get her out, and now she even drew Lin Xiaotao as an ally.
After hearing Lin Fufu's words, Lin Xiaotao took Lin Xiaohe's hand and signaled her not to speak.
"I've said it all, don't come to the town to look for Mr. Liu, you insist on coming, and it's not for a meal, you don't have to make people laugh." Lin Xiaotao complained about Lin Xiaohe, even though Mr. Lin allowed it. Yes, but it was Lin Xiaohe who started it.
That's all she wanted to do, but she just pulled herself together.
Lin Xiaotao has also figured out a lot of things since she walked through the gate of ghosts. Now she is really like what Lin Fufu thinks, and she will work hard for a few years, and when she gets older, she will be married.
On the other hand, Lin Xiaohe looked at the complaints in Lin Xiaotao's eyes and mouth, and sneered even louder. She didn't want to target Lin Fufu, and she didn't want to offend her, so she watched Lin Xiaotao explode, "Sister Fufu just said that Sister Fen almost After being sold by Lin Dalang, don’t you think about us? I’m telling you the truth, you and I will be sold by Lin Dalang sooner or later!”
Lin Fufu listened to Lin Xiaohe's words, but he looked at Lin Xiaohe with admiration. This little girl still has some points in her heart.
"Come on, stop arguing with me. Speaking of which, Mr. Liu really owes you a meal. Well, I happen to have an account to settle with him, so I will take you to him and ask him to treat you to dinner. Go." Lin Fufu looked at the sky, and it was time for lunch later on.
Lin Xiaohe heard what Lin Fufu said, and said hello again and again, her eyes became dreamy.
Lin Fufu was a little stunned, knowing that Lin Xiaohe was about to meet Liu Qin, so the light in his eyes radiated like that.
This little girl who is only a little older... Is she so precocious
She is a little worried now, will it be bad to take them to see Liu Qin
But it's not good if you don't take it to let Liu Qin fulfill his promise...
"Let's go, Miss Gospel, why are you in a daze?" Lin Xiaohe said.
Lin Fufu thought about it, let's take it with him, even if he didn't take it this time, what about next time? It is also a good thing to settle this meal early.
"Xiaohe, you and Gospel Sister, I won't go. I'll go to Sister Fen and the others." Just as Lin Fushun led them to set off, Lin Xiaotao refused.
Lin Fufu glanced at Lin Xiaotao in surprise, could it be that he walked through the gate of hell, would he be sensible
However, Lin Xiaohe felt that it would be better if Lin Xiaotao wasn't here. Seeing that she didn't want to see the eldest son of the Liu family, she was even happier, and immediately took Lin Fufu's hand and said, "Sister Fufu, it's fine if she doesn't go. Since she recovered from her illness, Your courage will become smaller, and you will be timid in everything you do. Just take me there!"
Lin Fufu frowned, and said lightly: "This is not possible, since Mr. Liu agreed to both of you, both of you will go." Then he took another look at Lin Xiaotao, "Don't worry, I will accompany you. "
Seeing that Lin Fufu wanted to be together, Lin Xiaohe immediately became unhappy, "That won't work, Miss Fufu, Mr. Liu invited me and Xiaotao, isn't it suitable for you to go?"
This Lin Xiaohe, at such a young age, is really out of her mind.
Lin Fufu gave her a cold look, and then said, "Very well, I won't go."
Lin Xiaohe was now happy.
After Lin Xiaotao heard Lin Fufu's words, she thought that if she didn't go, she would let the good-looking and fair Mr. Liu make a fool of him, which would not be good...
She finally nodded and followed along.
Lin Fufu took the two sisters to Liu Qin's workshop to find Liu Qin, and told Liu Qin about the matter.
Liu Qin said in pain: "That's easy." Then he called a big girl who was working in a ruffian, and said to her: "Yingzi, you take these two little sisters to Liuji Restaurant for dinner, why don't you give me a meal?" The big shopkeeper said, this is what I promised to invite, so that a table of good food will be served in the big kitchen."
The big girl named Yingzi agreed with a smile, and she was going to take Lin Xiaohe and Lin Xiaotao there.
Seeing that Liu Qin was not going, Lin Xiaohe became anxious immediately, "Eldest son, you... won't you go and eat with us?"
Liu Qin coaxed with a smile: "I still have something to do, you guys go eat first, I'll go back to eat later, good little sisters."
Lin Xiaotao was fine, Lin Xiaohe followed the girl named Yingzi with a disappointed face.
"Hey, Gospel, what's the matter with that cousin of yours? At such a young age, those eyes are so seductive." Liu Qin was a little speechless, that girl is only about ten years old...
Lin Fufu was even more speechless, her face flushed slightly, Lin Xiaohe was really ashamed, and it was the old Lin family who lost her.
"Just treat her as an ignorant little sister, what's the point?" Lin Fufu glared at him.
Liu Qin hurriedly waved his hands and sincerely apologized: "I was wrong."
"Come on, I came to you to ask you, have the accounts of the business been divided?" Lin Fufu asked.
Knowing what she was asking, Liu Qin straightened his expression, took out an account book from the counter, and said seriously: "The account has been divided before, please take a look."
Lin Fufu nodded, took out the ledger and looked through it. At the end of the day, he found that the total amount on the book was more than 49,000 taels. After excluding capital, labor and other miscellaneous items, the net profit was more than 42,580 taels. two silver.
"Not bad." Lin Fufu nodded with a smile.
"Your 30% profit, I have already prepared it for you." Liu Qin said, He turned around and took out a small key, opened a small drawer, and took out a stack of bank notes from it, "This is yours. Twelve thousand seven hundred taels of silver, this is the bank note, please keep it."
Lin Fufu took it, and now he finally had enough money to buy a shop, and there was still more!
"Hey, this is seventy-four taels of silver." Seeing that Lin Fufu received the bank note, Liu Qin knelt down and picked out a large fifty taels of silver and a twenty taels of silver ingot from the drawer. Four silver ingots of one tael.
Lin Fufu saw it funny, and teased him: "When did you calculate so clearly?"
Liu Qin straightened his face and said: "This must be settled clearly. This is what you said. Brothers also have to settle accounts clearly. Since we are doing business together, I have to settle with you even if it is a penny!"
"Well, you are right, I appreciate it." Lin Fufu smiled.
"Haha, then you have distributed so much money today, do you want to treat me to dinner?" Liu Qin salivated and leaned in front of Lin Fufu.
Lin Fufu glanced at him indifferently, "Then your money is more than twice as much as mine, why don't you invite me to dinner?"
Liu Qin knew that this was a dead end, curled his mouth, and muttered in a low voice: "Sure enough, the richer people are, the more stingy they are!"
Lin Fufu heard it as if he didn't hear it, and ignored him.
Liu Qin asked again: "Gospel, with this money, how much is it short of buying a shop in the county?"
"It's not bad, I'm going to find Shangmeng Zhongren to find Mrs. Jiang's old housekeeper in Zhuangzi today, and hand over all the money to him." Lin Fufu squinted his eyes and said quite proudly.
She did have capital to be proud of. To be able to save forty to fifty thousand taels of silver in such a short time was not something that ordinary people could do.
Sure enough, Liu Qin stood stunned on the spot, looking at Lin Fufu in disbelief, and only after a while did he say, "You got it together so quickly?"
"What do you think? I've said it all, I can do it." Lin Fufu put the more than seventy taels of silver into his purse, and it was not good to hang it heavily on his waist. He still thought that the silver bill would be useful, "Next time , can you give me the banknotes, give me all the banknotes, I don’t like to carry silver, it’s too heavy.”
Liu Qin let out a dumbfounded "Oh".
Immediately, he reacted and said happily: "Ah, that means, we can open the restaurant by the end of the year?"
Chinese New Year will be on the twenty-ninth day of the first lunar month in the Gregorian calendar. If we buy and decorate the eight big shops now, we can indeed open them before the end of the year.
Lin Fufu thought for a while, and then said: "It is reasonable to say that it is possible, but I think it is the end of the year, and all the merchants have gone back to celebrate the New Year. Is it appropriate for us to open a restaurant at the end of the year?"
This is also the result of her deliberation, but since she is partnering with Liu Qin to open a restaurant, she also needs to ask his opinion.
After Liu Qin heard her doubts, he also thought carefully.
Then his eyes lit up, and he said to Lin Fufu: "You don't have to worry about this, I also went to the county to visit Chang Ning at the end of the year, and I saw that the business in their restaurant is very good."
Lin Fufu just looked at him, waiting for him to say the reason.