manynovel Chapter 171 Encounter in the bookstore
Chapter 171 Encounter in the bookstore
The three of them went to a private room, bought a pot of tea, and Chen Yazi began to talk about the price.
"The one with two doors is 210 taels, and the one with the yard is 190 taels."
Jiang Youzhen frowned slightly, very dissatisfied, "Your price is not good!"
"Master Jiang, you don't know that this is a shop. Unlike a field, the profit margin is not much. The price we listed is not too high. The location of these two shops is good, and many people want to buy them."
Jiang Youzhen stretched out his hand to interrupt Chen Yazi's words, "Brother Chen, let's be frank. After all, we are also your old customers."
She reached out, picked up a cup of tea and brought it to her mouth, a sneer appearing at the corner of her mouth.
"It costs a lot of money to buy two shops at once. As far as I know, the shop with two doors was originally a cosmetics shop. The owner couldn't make it anymore, so he was eager to sell it to support his extravagant life, right?"
Chen Yazi's expression changed slightly, and then he sighed and smiled bitterly.
"It seems that I can't hide it from Mr. Jiang. You have already found out the information. The store over there did give me the lowest price. To be honest, because I have some friendship with that person, I can't lower the price too much, and I also have some selfish motives."
He glanced at Jiang Youzhen, but found that Jiang Youzhen was looking at him with a smile. He suddenly felt a little flustered. He always felt that this expression made him feel very oppressive, so his eyes began to dodge.
He always felt that Jiang Youzhen saw through his inner thoughts and knew that he wanted to reap the benefits from both sides.
After a moment, he said, "The one with the courtyard is not much different, and the price is one hundred and eighty taels, which is the lowest. The one with two doors is one hundred and ninety taels."
As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Youzhen smiled.
"I knew Brother Chen wouldn't let me down. I'll keep this price. The benefits we agreed on before won't change. In addition, I'll give Brother Chen another five taels of silver as a reward."
Chen Yazi was immediately overjoyed. "Thank you very much, Mr. Jiang. Mr. Jiang is really generous."
After agreeing to come back tomorrow to get the red deed, Jiang Youzhen and Jiang Fugui went to a bookstore.
"Look at me, I really neglected it. I haven't bought you pen, ink, paper and inkstone yet!" When Jiang Fugui saw the four treasures of the study, he remembered that he hadn't bought any for Erlang.
"I don't need it. I bought a lot before. But the brush I used to look after Jiawang today is a little old. The clan leader is very kind to our family. He let me study in a private school out of kindness. He also prepared six gifts for us. We should return the favor."
Jiang Youzhen did have plenty of study treasures, including many good things, but they seemed a bit extravagant for Jiang Jiawang, so he decided to buy one for him.
"Oh! You are really considerate and polite. This is exactly how it should be done! I don't understand these things. You choose them and pick some for yourself. Dad will pay."
Jiang Fugui felt sad when he thought that he seemed to have never spent any money on Jiang Youzhen and that it was always his daughter who supported the family.
Jiang Youzhen immediately laughed, "Since Dad said so, I will buy the expensive ones later."
"Buy! Buy whatever you like!" Jiang Fugui was in a good mood, and the sense of satisfaction in his heart was indescribable.
"Boss, pick out a set of four treasures for me, a complete set, plus a piece of rough-edged paper, a piece of Yuanshu paper, and a piece of Xuan paper."
Jiang Youzhen and the others entered the shop. She was too lazy to choose and just asked the shopkeeper to bring out the items for her to choose.
"Okay! Please wait a moment, sir. I will bring out two of the best pairs in the shop for you to choose from." The shopkeeper knew that Jiang Youzhen was a wealthy man as soon as he saw his clothes. So what was there to hesitate about?
While the shopkeeper was taking out the four treasures of the study, Jiang Youzhen looked around the shop. The bookshelves were crowded together in the small shop, and there was not much remaining space.
"Huh? Junior Brother Jiang? You're here too?" Suddenly a familiar voice came from behind.
Jiang Youzhen turned around and saw Wen Ruyu. He was walking out of a bookshelf with a book in his hand. He seemed a little surprised to see Jiang Youzhen here.
"Senior Brother Wen! What a coincidence!" Jiang Youzhen bowed to him.
"Yeah!" He glanced at Jiang Fugui who was next to Jiang Youzhen, and then ignored him.
"Are you here to buy books? Or are you here to buy the four treasures of the study?" He walked over.
"Buying the four treasures of the study, where is senior brother? Are you here to buy books?" Jiang Youzhen said casually, and then pointed at Jiang Fugui beside him and said: "This is my father!"
Wen Ruyu was a little surprised because Jiang Fugui was wearing a fine cotton cross-collared outer garment, and from his dress to his demeanor and behavior, he looked like he came from a humble background.
He originally thought that a young man like Jiang Youzhen should be from a wealthy family. He always traveled in a horse-drawn carriage, and from his attire to the four treasures of the study and his temperament, he should be from an extraordinary family.
It's not that he was looking down on people. He just thought that the man was a servant of Jiang Youzhen's family. After all, the two of them didn't look much alike.
"It's Uncle Jiang. I, Wen Ruyu, am honored to meet you." Wen Ruyu hurriedly saluted.
Jiang Fugui was a little confused when he saw a scholar bowing to him. "No need to be polite! Are you my Erlang's classmate? Please take good care of my Erlang in the future."
"You are too kind. Junior Brother Jiang is very intelligent and highly regarded by the teacher. He is also very popular among his classmates in the private school."
Seeing Wen Ruyu telling lies in all seriousness, Jiang Youzhen almost rolled his eyes. How could this guy lie without blinking?
The teacher might be kind to her, but all her classmates liked her? She was sure she was right.
However, Jiang Youzhen was really blind this time. She herself did not pay attention to the looks of her classmates.
When she and Jiang Jiawang had dinner and hadn't returned to the study, people in the study had already started talking about her. Wen Ruyu listened carefully, and most of the people were praising Jiang Youzhen for his extraordinary demeanor, and that he looked like a son of a wealthy family. He was also good-looking and intelligent.
Of course, there were some sour comments, but most of the classmates had a good first impression of Jiang Youzhen, except that she was dressed too elegantly, so they didn't dare to talk to her!
"Really? My daughter has a good personality, and I knew that her classmates would like her." Jiang Fugui was very happy, with pride on his face.
Jiang Youzhen coughed lightly, "Dad! He was just being polite and saying something nice, why did you take it so seriously?"
"No way! Senior Brother Wen has been known as a child prodigy since he was young, and that's why the master values him the most!" Jiang Youzhen was polite, and when he saw the shopkeeper coming over, he focused his attention on the box in his hand.
"Huh? Do you two know each other? Master Wen is a frequent customer of our bookstore. Are you two classmates?" The shopkeeper asked casually when he saw that the two men were familiar with each other.
"Yes! We are both disciples of Master Jiang." Wen Ruyu said as he put the book in his hand on the table.
"Shopkeeper, I plan to copy this book and bring it back in two days."
Copying books? Jiang Youzhen then remembered that there seemed to be a business of making money by copying books in ancient times. The cost of printing books is not small. Asking students to copy books, as long as the writing is neat and the handwriting is beautiful, the labor fee is much lower than the cost of printing.