Rebirth of the pastoral landlady

Chapter 70 come to the door
Chapter 69 Come to the door
For a man who started as a peddler, the shop is his second life, how could he not hold on to it firmly?

Shopkeeper Zhang was very satisfied with Jinxi and the others' straightforwardness, and was grateful for the convenience they provided. Shopkeeper Zhang's heart really moved.

Immediately, he took Jinxi and the others to check the last stock in the shop.Jin Xi looked at those stocks and shook her head, even if such stocks were not sold at a discount, they would not be worth two taels of silver.What's more, Lao Zhang hasn't taken care of it for a long time, and some of the stocks are no longer usable.

Shopkeeper Zhang was also a little ashamed at this time, so on the basis of Jinxi's 80 taels a year, he took the initiative to give up another ten taels of silver.After some verbal negotiations, the two parties decided to come over in five days for the handover. At that time, they will pay 30 taels of silver in advance.The remaining 40 taels of silver will be paid in full at the end of the year. In the past few days, let the shopkeeper Zhang sweep the shop, open the doors and windows to ventilate the wind for a few days, and drive away the mold and moisture.

He sent the four of Jinxi out of the Qingqiao alleyway, until he saw the four of Jinxi getting into the carriage, and shopkeeper Zhang turned around.

On the carriage, Liang Yuzhong and Sun Yubao couldn't wait to ask Jin Xi.

"Xi'er, how can we have 30 taels of silver on hand?" Sun Yubao asked urgently.

"We still lack some for the time being, but we have five days to think about it." Jin Xi said.

It's not that Jin Xi hasn't thought about Yinzi.All the belongings in her hands now, including the sterling silver longevity lock, will not exceed 20 taels of silver.

There is still a vacancy of ten taels of silver, Jin Xi has to think of a way, no matter what, she is determined to sell this shop.

"I don't know if there are any workers in the county town? If so, I'll sell hard labor for a few months, but we need money right now. What can we do!" Liang Yuzhong looked at the street in the afternoon with a sad face. On the road, the flow of people and vehicles gradually increased, and he murmured to himself in a dazed and guilty manner.

"Father, you can't go to the county to work. As for the money, that's what I planned in my heart..." Jin Xi just said her plan, when Sun Erhu, who had been silently watching her, suddenly interrupted Jin Xi if.

"It's not going to work!" he said, his thick eyebrows furrowed together.

"Why not?" Jin Xi asked back: "We have already signed a contract with Chaxiangxuan, and we will supply them with two batches of tea after the winter comes. I have paid them in advance for the winter tea, thinking about the shopkeeper Yan. It shouldn’t be unaccommodating. No matter how bad it is, let’s make up for it, as long as we open the grocery store first, we can make up for the shortfall.”

"Xi'er, that shopkeeper Yan is as shrewd as an old fox. When we do business with him, we are all equal. Now that we have something to ask for from him, I'm worried that he will take advantage of us. Our tea leaves were never sold. What a high price!" Sun Erhu said, he would not let Jinxi beg for help in a low voice, and he would not let her be looked down upon by others, but he could only keep these words in his heart.

Jin Xi was stunned for a moment, she had also thought about what Sun Erhu said.Be sure to lower your posture when asking for help, not to mention that shopkeeper Yan is shrewd and snobbish, and most of the tea business with them is for Uncle Fu's face.

However, in order for the shop to open, Jin Xi is not afraid of being looked down upon by others, she is even better if a man can bend and stretch.However, Sun Erhu's firm attitude also made her hesitate.

"How about, let's go ask Wending? Maybe he can help us? When we open the shop and make money, we can return it to him immediately?" Sun Yubao suggested.

"I don't agree. He is also living with his uncle. Our shop is far behind, and we have to spend money to paint things later. They may not be able to get them out. It's better not to embarrass him." Jin Jin Xi thought for a while and rejected Sun Yubao's proposal.

Liang Yuzhong sighed sadly, looking around the side of the street as he walked, trying to find a drugstore.If selling blood could bring him money quickly, he would not hesitate.

"Brother-in-law, Yubao, Xi'er, don't make trouble, I sold all the cattle and horses in the family, and I will definitely make Xi'er's shop open sooner!"

"Er Hu, this is absolutely unacceptable. The farmer's livestock are indispensable! Besides, you have contributed money and effort, how can you let you add all your belongings? There is nothing to say about this matter!" Liang Yuzhong was anxious road.

"That's right, Erhu, after you sold all the livestock, how will we transport our goods out of the mountains? We still count on you!" Sun Yubao said.

"Then I'll sell the horse and keep the cow." Sun Erhu insisted: "Xi'er will spend a fortune to build the shop, and it will cost money to paint the shop after the shop is completed. If you don't sell the horse, you can't succeed." No problem! Anyway, that horse wasn’t ours in the first place!”

"That's the deal, no one should back down!" Sun Erhu said.

Liang Yuzhong wailed. As a father, he felt more and more ashamed and incompetent.Sun Yubao thought for a while, and said: "It's the most urgent thing, so we have to do this, Erhu, you are doing this for us..." Sun Yubao's voice was a little rough, and he couldn't speak.

"Yubao, it's my brother's, so don't talk to me like that." Sun Yubao thumped Sun Yubao's shoulder and grinned.

The corners of Jin Xi's eyes were also moist, she turned her face away, not wanting them to see the emotion and fragility in her eyes.

In her previous life, she was an orphan who was dependent on others and could not get any love. In this life, she has so many people around her who really love her.At first, she still complained about the fate that allowed her to be reborn into a poor farmer's family, but after so many things, Jin Xi's heart was already filled with satisfaction and gratitude.

At this time, it is not the time to cry and express gratitude. Words are the most feeble. Only by truly doing what should be done and making the shop prosperous can Sun Erhu's hard work today be worthwhile.

Jin Xi took a breath to calm herself down, lowered her eyes slightly, and gently pulled a strand of hair that fell to her forehead behind her ears.Out of the corner of Sun Erhu's eyes, he caught a glimpse of Jinxi's little daughter-like movements, her delicate face, but her nose was slightly red, and Sun Erhu knew in his heart that the little girl was grateful.

He also felt warm in his heart, and felt proud that he could share some things for her.

Because Jinxi was going to bring some needles and thread to Sun Yuxia, but Sun Erhu was in a hurry to go to the cattle market to ask about the prices, so the four of them separated for the time being at an intersection, Liang Yuzhong accompanied Sun Erhu, and drove the carriage to the cattle market. At the market, Sun Yubao accompanied Jin Xi.

About an hour later, the four of them gathered under the old maple tree at the west end of the town. It should be that the market for the question was not bad. Sun Erhu and Liang Yuzhong seemed to be in a high mood. They were sitting in the carriage going back to the mountain. Talk about cattle.

From the conversation between Liang Yuzhong and Sun Erhu, Jin Xi learned that people in this era, compared to modern times, have fewer rich people.Ordinary people mostly walk, otherwise they use ox carts and mule carts, and there are not many people who can use carriages.

Therefore, the sale of horses is not as common as that of pigs and cattle.But it is still possible to go there to find out the market. If you really decide to sell the horse, you have to drive the horse to Wanghai County.

Jin Xi sits in the back compartment with her knees hugged, the curtains raised high, looking at the sun outside, it seems to be chasing them all the way to the west.

The setting sun melted gold, father and uncle talked and laughed all the way, Jin Xi pursed her lips, quietly thinking about her own thoughts.There are many things on her mind, about the simple decoration of the shop, about the goods she buys and sells, about other daily necessities she will make next, about the shopkeeper, about the account room...

"Xi'er, who do you think your father and I met at the livestock market?" At some point, Sun Erhu's excited voice came from ahead.

"Ah? Who is it?" Jin Xi regained her composure for a moment.

"It's Wending, we met at the animal market, he just came back from Wanghai County!" Sun Erhu said excitedly without waiting for Jinxi's response.

Jin Xi unconsciously pricked up her ears.

"I told Wending that I planned to sell the horse and ask him to estimate the price. Wending said, our horse is probably worth about 30 taels of silver. I know he often runs to look at the sea. In the county seat, I entrust him to help you find a buyer!"

"If it's true as Wending said, if our horse sells for 30 taels, we can not only sell the shop, but also have money to paint the shop and buy some goods!" Sun Yubao said happily.

"Well, then did he ask Uncle Erhu why he wanted to sell the horse?" Jin Xi asked casually.

"He didn't ask too much, and I didn't say too much." Sun Erhu said, Jin Xi felt relieved, subconsciously, she was willing to present her vulnerable side to Sun Erhu and Sun Yubao in front of Sun Erhu and Sun Yubao. , because they are both her uncles, although there is no blood relationship between Sun Erhu and her.

As for Wending, she was unwilling to show her fragility in front of him.Maybe it's just that I haven't gotten to that point yet!

"Hey, look at my brain, I really don't know how to use it. I heard you say Young Master Wen, and I don't know who it is. I only know that he is a righteous person who is kind enough to help us build a bridge for tea business, but I don't know that Young Master Wen is still Mingshan Pavilion. Shopkeeper Fang's nephew!" Liang Yuzhong interrupted with a smile.

"Huh? Daddy said Master Wen's uncle, Shopkeeper Fang, is the one from Mingshan Pavilion?" Jin Xi grasped this information, and these days she was so focused on getting rich, she didn't think too deeply about it, after all. There are also many people with the surname Fang.

"Isn't that true? When I went to Fenglin Town with your second uncle and fourth uncle, we rode in this carriage of Young Master Wen. Young Master Wen is a nice person and has no airs." Liang Yuzhong turned to Jin Xi while driving the carriage. road.

"Oh? So that's how it is." Jin Xi murmured, thinking for a while. In this way, there is still a usury relationship between herself and Wending. It is estimated that Wending only knew that she was Sun Yubao's niece. He didn't necessarily know that she belonged to the old Liang's family, but now that he met Liang Yuzhong, he must have known it all.

Jin Xi frowned unknowingly, originally she was too self-esteem, and didn't want Wending to see too much of her shortcomings, but now it's all right, the boss has come out.

Hey, the old Liang's family still owes money to shopkeeper Fang. Fortunately, he didn't go to Wending to borrow money like Sun Yubao said, otherwise, this matter would be really embarrassing and complicated.

"Did dad and Master Wen say anything?" Although she didn't want to ask, Jin Xi couldn't help asking.

"Everyone was too busy watching the animals, so he didn't bother to say anything, so he asked us what we were doing in town." Liang Yuzhong said.

"Did dad say it?" Jin Xi asked again.

"I've said it, there's nothing I can't say about it, I just said that my daughter wants to set up a shop, and we will accompany her to look at the shop." Liang Yuzhong said.

"Didn't you say anything else?" Jin Xi asked.

"Xi'er, what's wrong?" Sun Yubao was a little surprised by Jin Xi's reaction. She was usually quiet and composed, but now she was a little strange.

Sun Erhu couldn't help turning his head to look at Jin Xi, his big eyes under his thick eyebrows were somewhat puzzled.

Jin Xi lowered her eyes, annoyed in her heart, what's wrong with her, she was nervous, didn't it mean that Uncle Fang owed money to Shopkeeper Fang?She doesn't need to be guilty.

"Oh, Wending also said that he has free time these two days, so he might go to the mountains and go to trap wild rabbits with me!" Sun Erhu took over the conversation and said.

"Oh, that's good!" Jin Xi casually said something perfunctory, shifted her gaze, and looked at the scenery flashing by outside the car window, feeling some inexplicable boredom in her heart.

She admired Wending's character and wanted to be friends with him, and Wending seemed to have this intention, otherwise, he wouldn't have told her and asked her to call him Brother Wen in private.

Jin Xi thought, the relationship between her former self and him was that kind of pure friendship, just like that between Sun Erhu and Wending. Although he seems to be richer than Jin Xi and Sun Erhu, his spirit is On the surface, they seemed to be equal, and Wending never showed even the slightest sense of superiority in front of them.

But now the relationship between her and him has an additional layer of relationship between the usury creditor and the debtor's relatives. Although Liang Yuzhong's house is not the one who owes the debt, if Liang Yuju and the others repay the debt when it is due, it will be easy. The shopkeeper has the right to take away the house and land of the Liang family.

As for Wending, who lives in Fang's house and has been doing business for Fang, when the time comes to collect debts, Jin Xi feels that his friendship with him will be in a very awkward situation.

Thinking of the debts that Liang Yuju owed, and remembering that her house has not yet left the old Liang's family, Jin Xi can't wait to separate the family and leave the old Liang's family far away.

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After Jin Xi and the others returned to Sunjiagou, they told the general situation of the day, including Sun Erhu's decision to sell the horse.With the opening of the new shop, the first daily necessities that Jinxi plans to put on the shelves are soap and fragrant soap.Therefore, if she has time in the past few days, she will pick more soap leaves to dry and grind, and make more pancreas for preparation.

The next day, just after breakfast, Jinxi found a basket, and was about to go with Sun Yuxia to pick soap leaves on the mountain behind. Qinya, who was stalking pigs at the entrance of the village, excitedly led a person to Sun Yubao's house.

As soon as Jin Xi walked to the gate of the courtyard, she met Qin Ya and that person stepping into the gate of the courtyard, seeing clearly the appearance of the visitor, Jin Xi was taken aback!
(End of this chapter)