Traveling through the starry sky just for you, I was a koi in ancient times

Chapter 83 Store Yuanfengmao

Standing in front of the Yuanfengmao store, the entire hall is 3 rooms wide and 4 rooms deep. From the outside, it looks like a single-layer porch with flying eaves, double jumps and double curled porches. It is the same height as most of the pure wooden shops on this street, but the facade is obviously more gorgeous.

The store has two floors as you enter, and there is a small spiral staircase going up straight into the door.

Directly opposite the store door is a half-person-high counter made of pure wood. On the counter, there are all kinds of tools for doing business, such as wooden rulers, tape measures, scissors, etc.

The manger paper used for packaging, the string for bundling, and the hemp rope are wrapped into balls and placed neatly.

Behind the four busy shop assistants, the shelves were neatly stacked with the following items: silk, gauze, damask, gauze, satin and moreover, each type of fabric was placed upright according to its color, from plain to bright colors, making it easy to see at a glance.

You can tell at a glance how large the store's business is.

A quick thought would reveal that these goods alone cost a lot of money, which shows that the store has a strong financial foundation, not to mention that with so many kinds of silk, a warehouse is needed to carefully store the goods.

The large amount of goods piled up in the warehouse would cost a huge amount of money.

Based on these alone, we can conclude that it is impossible for the shop owner to not be able to afford this shop. However, the owner of this shop has been promoting the shop as an emergency measure and estimating the price at a low price, which seems to have ulterior motives.

You have to know that the Wang family is a family of pure literati, but they are not rich. The only thing that makes people interested in them is that their mother is from a family of pure literati!

Could this be a setup by the Zhao family?!

If someone deliberately deceives people by selling the store to atone for their sins, then this store is a trap!

What should I do after I buy a store?

We can only take one step at a time.

First of all, you should not be led by the nose by others and get involved in them without knowing what is going on.

Thinking of this, Wang Jinyi couldn't help but look at the store more carefully.

There is a small room on the right side of the door, with a curtain hanging on the door, and a big "received" printed on the curtain in a red circle. This is the account office, a room dedicated to collecting money. The people who come in and out to pay are all servants, most of them are wearing silk, while the people who choose at the counter are all wearing embroidered brocade, not too gorgeous, and various fabrics are shining.

Wang Jinyi suddenly discovered that this store did not sell cloth. Even though her family members wore fine cloth for the longest time, the cotton cloth was not high-grade enough in this store!

Wang Jinyi suddenly felt that there seemed to be a deeper meaning behind buying this shop.

This doesn't seem like my mother bought a store at a bargain price, but more like she stepped on a piece of chewing gum with spit. It's speechless and disgusting!

The feeling of being calculated became more and more obvious. Realizing this, Wang Jinyi no longer wanted to bother observing customers.

Gesturing to turn around, Wang Jinlai led the way and separated the crowd. The three of them, master and servant, went out, crossed the street, and met their mother under a poplar tree on the roadside.

Without waiting for everyone to move away, Wang Jinyi asked hastily,

"Mother, who came to check this shop at that time?"

The mother quickly squatted down, looked at her daughter and asked,

"Jin'er, let's talk about this when we get home. What happened just now?"

"Mother."

Wang Jinyi suppressed the emotions in her heart and spoke calmly.

"Mother, this shop needs to be checked again. Who checked it at that time?"

The mother was slightly stunned. She didn't expect her daughter, who was so young, to find out the problem after just walking around the store. Half believing and half doubting, she still asked Qing'er. Wang Jinlai and the manager Wang Ping'an came over.

The manager of No. 9 Yongxing Lane was nominated by my father. He was originally a servant with a contract in the second courtyard. He was a very upright person and had a death contract. He was named Wang Ping'an by his master.

At this time, both of them were a little suspicious.

"Mother."

Wang Jinyi waved,

"Let them come."

The two men walked up to the young lady and looked down at the little girl in front of them, who was just as tall as their waist.

Wang Jinyi was not polite at all. Without raising his head, he said:

"Squat down."

After a moment's reaction, the two men squatted down and looked at their young lady.

Wang Jinlai and Wang Jinyi had met twice before, and they admired this young lady from the bottom of their hearts. So they guessed that the young lady must have discovered something wrong, so they asked:

"Miss, is there something wrong?"

Although Wang Ping'an always heard the servants say that their young lady studied hard in the morning and the family took it seriously, and he also heard many servants praising the young lady, after all, he had never met her. Now, his face was full of question marks.

However, Wang Jinyi did not have time to explain in detail and asked:

"Did you two check the shop?"

"Ah."

"Yes, miss."

They both replied in unison.

"Let me ask you, has this shop ever been owned by someone before? How much was it sold for then? How much are the shops around here sold for roughly?"

Wang Jinlai replied:

"Miss, the last time this shop was sold, we checked the government register and found that it was a merchant. It was sold to the wife of Zhao Tongpan two years ago. The transaction price was 1,800 taels. I saw the tax receipt at that time, and it was indeed this price, no doubt."

"Who checked among you? The businesses around here?"

Wang Pingan answered:

"Miss, it's me!"

No matter how many strange guesses he had in his mind, he still answered respectfully because the young lady, who was so young, could give orders so orderly.

Wang Jinyi then asked:

"How much do shops similar to this one sell for now? Have you checked?"

"Yes, Miss. We checked at the pawnshop. The three-room shops on this street are basically around three thousand taels. It depends on the location. The better ones will be more expensive."

Something exploded in Wang Jinyi's head and her heart sank.

It's over. It seems that I was not just suspicious. I really estimated the price at a low price on purpose to lure my mother to buy it.

Fortunately, it will only take a day or two, maybe it can be saved.

So he said calmly:

"You can let the rest of the people go back home on their own."

"Wang Jinlai, drive to the Wang residence first to report, my mother and I will be there soon. Don't say anything else, and wait for us to come back together."

"Butler Wang, please assign the personnel first, and then we will return to the Wang residence."

The two stood up and looked at the lady who had been silent all the time.

After listening to Wang Jinyi's question, the mother was still thinking intently. Wang Jinyi spoke again.

"Go and do it quickly. We'll talk about it later if there's anything else."

This time, the two received the instructions and went about their business.

After the two left, Wang Jinyi called out again:

"Mother."

The mother squatted down solemnly and asked,

"Jin'er, what happened? What did you see?"

. “Mother, you told me at home that you bought this store at a low price?”

Wang Jinyi whispered in her mother's ear,

"Tell me, how much is it?"