In ancient times, she gave birth to seven daughters and was divorced by her husband's family.

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After Gu Liang and Bai Lu bought clothes and cotton, he immediately took Bai Lu to the shop in Changyi Lane.

Changyi Lane is basically inhabited by ordinary people, so there is basically nothing to sell if you open a shop here.

But Bai Lu knew that as long as her milk tea shop opened, the fragrant milk tea would definitely attract tourists from every alley, no matter where it was.

If business is slow in the early stages, the most we can do is to have people do some promotion on the streets and distribute flyers.

As soon as she entered, Bai Lu saw a large shop of 300 square meters. The interior was simply decorated with yellow logs, two large shelves and a counter.

“This is originally for selling fur goods.”

Gu Liang introduced Bai Lu, "Later, furs were not popular here, and few people here could afford them...so the company went bankrupt."

"The shopkeeper was also very anxious. He said that if you want to buy it and can pay immediately, then just give him about 1,000 taels."

"One thousand taels?"

"One thousand taels for such a big place is really a good deal."

Bai Lu smiled and nodded.

The two of them were waiting for the shopkeeper to arrive at the door. After a while, they saw an old shopkeeper in his 50s with gray hair coming over.

When he saw Gu Liang and Bai Lu, he bowed to them.

"I guess this young lady wants to buy my shop."

"One thousand taels! I can sell it to you for one thousand taels."

"If you can give me another 50 taels, I can give you all the cabinets and shelves in this shop."

Bai Lu smiled and shook her head.

“That’s not necessary.

I don’t want any of these things.”

"One thousand taels, I think it's a bit expensive."

"How about this, nine hundred taels of silver."

"If your family has any other shops in the future, I can give them priority."

"Nine hundred taels?!"

The old shopkeeper deliberately puffed his beard and glared, "My God, young lady, I'm afraid you don't know the prices in this town."

"If it were any other place in this town, you could only buy a shop half the size of this one with one thousand taels of silver!"

"It's just that the geographical location of this place is not good. If it was better, why couldn't you pick up this thousand taels?!"

"Normally, this place can be sold for 1,200 taels or 1,300 taels."

Bai Lu was smiling.

"What you said does make sense, but if we open a shop here, there won't be much business to do."

"..."

The old shopkeeper was deflated, "...You are right, but since you came to buy it, it proves that you must have some ideas."

"Young lady, let's be honest in business! Your nine hundred taels is definitely not enough."

"How about this, you can give me 950 taels."

"Then it's a deal."

"You are a sincere businessman, so I won't say more to you."

Bai Lu directly paid 950 taels of silver to the old shopkeeper.

The old shopkeeper was very happy. He nodded with a smile and said, "Okay, okay, you are so honest. If you have a shop in the future, let's keep in touch."

"My last name is Li. If you have any business ideas in the future, just come to the first house on Jinkui Street in Lianhua Town to find me."

"I have many shops in Lianhua Town, and in other towns, too. Including in various counties... I have land and shops in all of them."

Bai Lu nodded, "Thank you very much, boss."

Seeing Bai Lu take out more than 900 taels of silver so easily, Gu Liang was full of envy.

He thought about it, then mustered up the courage to speak to Bai Lu.

"By the way... White Lady, how can I help you later?"

"Well... to be honest, I won't hide it from you at all. Although I can go to school now, I was always painting and writing calligraphy, selling calligraphy, and helping my classmates with their homework. The money I earned was probably enough to support my own studies."

"But if I take an exam and become a scholar, I'm afraid it won't be enough all at once."

"And my mother is still sick..."

Gu Liang was a little embarrassed: "I wonder if you can ask me to come and help after you open this shop?"

His eyes sparkled. "I studied in the academy. The teachers there valued my talent, so they waived my tuition. But I still had to find the money for the other books myself."

"I can't help you much every day. Just give me two cents an hour..."

These two cents were enough for him to buy some books and some medicine for his mother.

At worst, he can come back from the academy and help Bai Lu overnight. If he helps until midnight, he might even get ten cents.

Bai Lu was stunned for a moment, then nodded with a smile.

"Okay, okay, come and help."

"That's fine, but these two cents are a little too little. We'll decide on the salary and other things later. Anyway, you won't lose out."

"You are a scholar, and there are many things where we need your help!"