The Story of a Plane Merchant Selling a House

He still remembers that when Niu Niu was just born a few years ago, she and her parents wandered around to avoid the war and were dizzy with hunger.

My father went out to look for food, but was injured by a stray bullet and died within half a month.

At that time, he felt that he had suddenly grown up. Although he was less than ten years old at that time, he was always full of energy and felt that he would be the pillar of the family in the future.

So later, when things settled down and the war ended, he studied hard, and during holidays he took care of his sister, did laundry, cooked, and worked in the fields.

Xiaopeng pinched Niuniu's little face, found a softer snack from the box and handed it to her, then took the snack that Niuniu couldn't bite and ate it in one bite.

Xiao Kai followed suit and picked out a piece of cake and handed it to Xiao Nana.

I came to see the New Year's Eve dinner marked for myself on the shelf of Tutu, which has 20 dishes.

She picked out pork elbows, roast duck, braised chicken, seafood soup and stir-fried shrimp for the children to eat.

The remaining dozen or so dishes were returned to Tutu along with the wooden house for temporary storage. She planned to save them for the children's next meal.

Seeing the children eating happily, I felt that I should get more delicious food from Tutu for the children.

Tutu stayed in the hotel for several more days, and they planned to stay until the eighth day of the New Year.

After the Chinese New Year, on the second day of the Lunar New Year, there were not many guests staying in the hotel, but there were still many people in the hotel restaurant.

Tutu called the hotel restaurant and asked them to send up fifty packed dishes.

Qiwu's stock of delicacies was all used up during her last trip to Qi State. She urgently needed Tutu to replenish her stock.

Tutu ordered all the main dishes. Today the hotel restaurant could order roast suckling pig, and Qiwu asked for two.

Tutu also left one, and her whole family didn’t even finish half of the roasted suckling pig.

Qiwu and Xing'er each held half of the roasted suckling pig and finished it in noisy mouths.

After spending more than ten days at Qiwu's place, she felt that she had gained a little weight. After her marrow cleansing, she looked so thin that she would fall down in the wind. Even though she has gained a little weight now, she is still much thinner than an ordinary person.

Especially with the fat Xing Er next to her for comparison.

Qiwu planned to take Xing'er with him on a secret trip to Qi State.

After they finished eating the roast suckling pig, it was still dark before they packed up, got on the flying car and rushed to the academy.

Now I don't have to avoid Xing'er when using the hovercraft. Xing'er was surprised and kept touching and looking around.

When the flying car took off, Xing'er looked down from the window and saw the capital city gradually becoming smaller. She was so shocked that she didn't come back to her senses for a long time.

I have to inspect the shop at the academy today, so I'm quite busy.

When they arrived at the place, Qiwu got off the car directly in a secluded place and took Xing'er to the third house first.

My parents and brothers were having breakfast, and when they saw Qiwu coming, they quickly ended their meal.

There were only four or five side dishes and porridge on the table.

"Mom and Dad, this is all you eat this morning. There's not a single good dish on the table."

My parents said that they had no appetite in the morning and there was no need to spend too much.

Qiwu looked around and saw that there was only one maid, two servant girls, a cook, and two boys who followed their brothers and sisters to run errands. There was not even a coachman.

Qiwu was afraid that the old man would be reluctant to spend money, so he planned to find a middleman before buying a few servants.

The younger brother went to the academy and asked for leave for his elder brother. Today his elder brother had to accompany Qiwu to clean up the shop, and the two boys also went to the shop with him.

The two courtyards of the shop have been connected, and a moon gate has been built in the middle.

The courtyard facing the street has been transformed into a place similar to a bookstore. The original small pavilion in the courtyard was rather dilapidated, so it was demolished and replaced with some landscape trees. The screen wall has also been renovated, making it look much more elegant.

The middleman and the foreman accompanied Qiwu along the way.

"Madam, if you are not satisfied with anything, you can continue to make changes."

Qiwu said with satisfaction that this was enough and paid him the balance for the renovation.

The middleman hadn't left yet. "You're going to open a shop. You've already informed the neighbors when you were renovating. It's best to visit them again when you open the shop."

Qiwu felt that the middleman was very responsible. "Would you like to come and be the shopkeeper in my shop? The wages will be determined by the market."

The middleman was overjoyed, "Don't worry, Boss, I will do my best."

Qiwu asked Xing'er to take him to get the goods prepared in the carriage.

The flying carriage was in the shape of a vintage horse-drawn carriage. When the curtains were lifted, a foreign noble lady was sitting in the carriage.

The newly appointed shopkeeper took one look and quickly lowered his head.

Xing'er carried the boxes down from the car by herself. She was much stronger now, and after carrying six boxes, she was only sweating slightly.

After moving the boxes, Qiwu got in the car and left together, leaving only his brother and Xing'er to set up the shop together.

The shopkeeper was shocked when he opened the box.

A complete set of red agate pen holders carved with plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum, and a dozen agate paperweights carved with auspicious animals and rare birds.

Agate Qilin brush washer, agate pen holder, red agate pen holder, and agate riding and shooting ring.

There is a pair of colorless glass lamps, and two sets of glass teapots and teacups.

There are also diamond pen holders, small diamond-encrusted ink boxes, diamond-encrusted handbags, a small diamond landscape painting, and even a shawl with diamonds hanging on it.

The shopkeeper carefully arranged the various items in the shop.

After a while, Qiwu came again driving the family carriage, and the boys unloaded a huge wooden box that was as tall as a person.

The shopkeeper opened the box himself and felt like his heart was about to stop.

In the box was a diamond peacock as tall as a person. It was made of silver-white metal all over. Its huge tail feathers and peacock crest were inlaid with small diamonds. Its eyes were inlaid with some large pink diamonds. The peacock stood tall and looked very proud.

The shopkeeper placed the peacock right in front of the store door. This peacock would definitely be shocking if placed there.

Qiwu checked the date and found that today was a good day for opening the business, so the sooner the better. The shopkeeper went to visit the neighbors with gifts in the morning. The neighbors also showed respect and said they would come to show their support.

As the flow of people on the street grew, the shopkeeper opened the door directly, and the sun shone on the diamond peacock at the door.

For a while, most of the people entering and leaving the academy from this road were attracted by the huge, shining peacock.

There are more people asking for prices, the shopkeeper stands up

"Today is the opening of our store. We are offering a big sale. All products are 30% off. Our store mainly sells elegant study items. Only 20 people are allowed in at a time."

Most of the customers are students and teachers of the academy. The students consciously queue up behind their teachers, so the first group of people entering the store are mostly teachers of the academy.

There were many people gathered around the peacock to watch, but the price was 80,000 taels of silver. Even with a 30% discount today, it would still cost 56,000 taels of silver.

However, the glass lamps, two sets of glass teapots, four agate pen holders, several agate paperweights, and agate unicorns were all sold.

Just when the first batch of people came in, they received tens of thousands of silver coins, and half of the goods in the store were sold out. There are so many rich people in the academy. The first batch of people did not leave after buying things, but gathered around the peacock to appreciate it.

The second group of people waited anxiously at the door and watched the people in the store buy out half of the items in an instant.