Traveling to ancient times with a sign-in system

Chapter 69 Who are you looking at with those two holey eyes?

Gu Tang ignored this and asked again, "How much is this yard worth?"

Shopkeeper Qian held up two fingers: "Two hundred taels!"

"Two hundred taels?" Gu Tang curled his lips. He didn't say whether it was okay or not. He just said, "Let's go look at other places. We can discuss it after we've looked around."

Gu Lianshan had no objection and walked out with his son.

Shopkeeper Qian was a little anxious, afraid that the business would fail, but he didn't dare to rush. He smiled and nodded: "Yes, yes, yes, compare three stores. When buying a yard, it's a big deal, so of course you have to look at several stores..."

Soon, several people got on the donkey cart and headed to the next place.

The next location is a single storefront located in a small alley, not on the street.

There are a few shops around here, all doing business with neighbors. It is impossible to make a lot of money, and I can only make a living.

Gu Tang got out of the car and took a look. There were many people living in the alley, and most of them lived in the same yard.

Shopkeeper Qian said that most of the residents here are from outside who come to make a living. In order to save money, several families rent one yard together. The population is large and diverse, and it is not very stable.

Before Gu Tang could speak, Gu Lianshan was the first to shake his head: "We can't be restless! Let's go, let's go to another place and take a look!"

Gu Tang didn't think much of this place, so he got on the donkey cart and continued to the next place.

The next place was still a separate shop, located on a small street. Gu Tang did not get out of the car, but just sat in the car and took a few casual glances. He was not satisfied at all and just let it go.

Shopkeeper Qian was very patient and always had a smile on his face. He would go to the next house as soon as he was told to, without any hesitation.

After visiting two separate shops in succession, Manager Qian took them to see another courtyard.

This courtyard is not facing the street, but is in an alley.

Of course, the alley in front of me is much better than the previous one. There is a house in each courtyard, and the people coming in and out are dressed like they are from wealthy families.

The yard is also nice, it is a two-courtyard house with a layout similar to the previous three-courtyard house, but there are people living in it now.

When I arrived, I heard from the shopkeeper Qian that the family's surname was Ma, and there were more than a dozen people in the family, all living in this courtyard. In addition, the family also supported a scholar.

Last year, Mr. Ma fell seriously ill. In order to treat the illness, the Ma family borrowed dozens of taels of silver from people inside and outside the family.

Among these dozens of taels of silver owed, twenty taels were borrowed at usury, and now with the interest compounded, the amount has risen to eighty taels!

The Ma family was afraid that the debt would continue to grow, so they thought about selling the house to pay off the debt.

So, the Ma family was reluctant to sell their house.

Therefore, when Gu Tang and others came in to see the house, the old lady of the Ma family had an extremely ugly face.

Those slanted triangular eyes looked at them with obvious malice, especially Gu Tang. Most of Old Madam Ma's gaze stayed on her, as if she was looking at something shameful.

The disgust and disdain in his eyes were not concealed at all.

Gu Tang exploded on the spot. It would be disrespectful to himself to endure it for a moment!

Pointing at Old Madam Ma, he started to curse: "Who are you looking at with those two eyes? You are old and you have no respect or decency! We are here to look at the yard and buy it, not to be bullied by you!"

If you don't want to sell it, then don't put it up for people to see! You'll just sit here in this yard, waiting for the profits to compound, until your family is ruined and you have to sell your children!"

Old Mrs. Ma was stunned by the scolding and didn't react for a while.

She had always been domineering in the Ma family, and she was the one who scolded others, and no one dared to scold her! Unexpectedly, today, she was scolded by a yellow-haired girl!
Old Mrs. Ma also got angry.

But before she could retaliate, Gu Tang scolded her again, "Just looking at you, I can tell. No wonder you're selling your yard at such an old age! You must have done too many evil things in your life, and God couldn't bear it, so he made you lose your house in your old age and live a life of wandering and hardship! Bah! What a waste of my time!"

After cursing, Gu Tang turned around and left.

Gu Lianshan and Gu Ping'an followed instantly, not daring to stop at all.

Who knows if the whole family will come over!

Old Madam Ma was so pissed off by Gu Tang that she turned around and pointed at her daughters-in-law and cursed, "Are they all dead?! Can't you see that they're pointing their fingers at me and cursing me? Are you dumb, or have your hands broken? You can't just go up and scold or hit them?!"

The three daughters-in-law of the Ma family all lowered their heads, neither speaking nor moving, with wooden faces, as if the old lady Ma was not scolding them.

Old Madam Ma was even more furious. Just as she was about to scold her daughter-in-law in front of everyone, the shopkeeper Qian, who had not yet left, immediately shouted with a stern face: "Have you had enough of this?"

The hand she stretched out froze in mid-air for an instant, and it took a while before she retracted it. Old Mrs. Ma looked embarrassed.

She was just an old lady who was domineering at home and had never seen the world. She was afraid of the shopkeeper Qian who often came into contact with rich people.

Shopkeeper Qian ignored her and glared at the men of the Ma family: "Are all the men in your family spineless? Not a single man in your family is willing to stand up. Now let your unreasonable old lady come forward. Do you still want to sell this yard?!"

The men of the Ma family who were scolded looked embarrassed.

Mr. Ma cleared his throat and was about to say something softly, but he heard Manager Qian reminding them impatiently.

"If you don't pay back the loan by the end of next month, the eighty taels will become one hundred taels! By then, even if you sell all the boys and girls in this house, you still won't be able to pay it back!"

After saying this, Shopkeeper Qian walked away.

The Ma family members behind him suddenly panicked.

Yeah, how could I forget that the interest rate on loan will go up again at the end of next month?!

After leaving the Ma family, the shopkeeper Qian apologized to Gu Tang as soon as he saw him.

Gu Tang didn't care. After all, she had already vented her anger on the spot, so her mood was not affected at all. She asked Manager Qian to take them to the next place.

Shopkeeper Qian breathed a sigh of relief. Although this girl had a bad temper, she was a reasonable person.

It's good to be reasonable. As long as people are reasonable, things will be easy to handle.

After setting up the donkey cart, Manager Qian took the four people and continued to wander around.

I walked and stopped along the way, and it took me two hours to look at all the courtyards and shops.

Except for the first family, the rest of the families had their yards separate and their shops separate, and there was no other family with a yard and a shop connected together.

Locations can be both good and bad.

The yards and shops in good locations are not very big, and if you want something bigger, the location is not good enough.

After looking around, I think the first one is the best. It has a good location and a good area. Business can be done in the front and people live in the back, making it very convenient to travel back and forth.

But the price is not cheap, two hundred taels of silver!

Gu Tang didn't beat around the bush and said bluntly, "I won't hide it from you. After looking at so many houses, I'm most satisfied with the first one, but it also has the highest asking price."

Shopkeeper Qian nodded. This was the truth. If the price wasn't so high, the yard would have been sold long ago!
"Look? Can it be a little less? If it's a little less, I'll take the yard!"