Flowers in full bloom

It was still a bit hot outside during this period, so Hualei didn't go out during this period. After lunch, she would take a nap every day, and reduced her workload in the afternoon, editing books for a maximum of one hour. Maybe the doctor's medicine started to take effect, Hualei's appetite has improved a lot recently, and she sleeps well at night, and her face has started to become rosy.

Xiaoyuan's studies have improved a lot recently, and he is often praised by the teacher. Although he was transferred to the intermediate class, his grades have kept up with the progress of the intermediate class. Recently, he has been doing better and better in running exercises and squatting, and has been praised by the martial arts teacher. Although he has to practice every day, it is quite hard, but his appetite is getting bigger and bigger, and he is almost catching up with Hualei's appetite. His face has become rosy, and his little face is chubby. Hualei is very happy. But something happier is coming.

That day, the maid at the back door came in and said that Uncle Fu from Qingyun Lane was at the back door and wanted to see Hua Lei. Upon hearing the message, Hua Lei hurried over. In the back door room, Uncle Fu smiled and told Hua Lei that Brother Fang Youdi from Sifangyuan had sent a message saying that there was a shop for sale at the junction of Dongxiao Street and Dongda Street. The area was not big, probably more than 50 square meters, and the price was about 550 taels. If you have any ideas, you can go directly to see the shop. The pawnshop only received the confirmation of the seller's sale in the morning. The shop is still in great demand, so you should make a decision as soon as possible.

When Hualei heard this, she immediately decided to go and check out the store. She asked Uncle Fu to wait at the gatehouse, and asked Qingying to report to Old Madam Pei. She went back to Qihuayuan to change her clothes, and then hurried to the back door. Zhenzhu, who had been staying in Qihuayuan, immediately followed her with great energy. She was very sensitive to the store. When she heard that Hualei was going to check out the store, she followed without hesitation.

Hualei and Zhenzhu quickly got on Uncle Fu's mule cart and rushed to Sifang Edge Yahang, and then followed Manager Chen and Brother Youdi to the shop. The shop was at the junction of East Street and East Small Street, facing south, about 50 square meters, with a small yard of more than 10 square meters behind it, where a simple kitchen was built. It was now rented out to others to sell rouge and powder, and there were more than two months left on the lease.

There are regulations here that if a shop is rented out to someone else, the landlord can transfer it during the lease period, but the new landlord cannot evict the tenant during the lease period, even if the lease period is three years or even longer. The rent cannot be increased without authorization, and everything must be done according to the original lease contract. When the lease expires, the new landlord can decide whether to continue renting out or take back the house. There is nothing wrong with this bud.

I looked around the shop and found that it was located at the beginning of East Street. There was a river on the west side of the shop and the shop on the other side of the river was the shop on East Street. There was a flat bridge on the river connecting this side, so this location was very good. Although the price was a bit high, it was within Hualei's acceptable range. Zhenzhu also thought the shop was good after looking at it and whispered to Hualei that it was okay to buy.

After getting three hundred taels of silver from selling the grid-shaped carved blocks, Hua Lei asked Uncle Fu and Brother Fang Youdi to let anyone with a good shop or small farm for sale pass on the message. Hua Lei's budget was about five hundred taels, although it was fifty taels more than the original budget, but the location of the shop was good. After a brief discussion with Manager Chen, they agreed that the tax of one point should still be borne by the pawnshop. Hua Lei immediately handed over a silver note of five hundred and fifty taels to Manager Chen, and went to the government office with Manager Chen to handle the land deed and house deed to handle the house deed for the shop. The whole process took less than two hours, which made Manager Chen look at Hua Lei's straightforwardness with new eyes again.

Manager Chen's monthly salary in the pawnshop is partly fixed, and partly commission. For the shop sold to Hua Lei today, he and his two assistants can get 0.2% of it. After deducting the tax, he can get about 620 coins, and the guy with land can get 190 coins. 620 coins can be earned in two hours. Compared with the coolies who can only earn 600 coins a month by carrying bags at the dock, Manager Chen is very satisfied, but there are not many such straightforward buyers, and the competition in the pawnshop is also very fierce.

Manager Zhao from another group had brought a customer to see the product before them, but the customer didn't buy it, so Hualei was allowed to buy it, and Manager Chen got the commission. So he was very supportive of Brother Fang Youdi's initiative to pass the message to Hualei, and was even more satisfied with Hualei's straightforwardness. If Hualei didn't buy it today, and another group brought a customer to buy it tomorrow, he would lose the commission of more than 600 Wen.

Both parties were very satisfied. Hua Lei saw off Manager Chen and Brother Fang Youdi, then went around the shop, informed the tenants, and returned to the Marquis' Mansion with Zhenzhu.

Mrs. Pei was impressed by Hua Lei's decisiveness. She was impressed by her buying a house and a shop as soon as she arrived in the capital. When other girls of her age were still asking their parents for money to buy clothes and jewelry, Hua Lei had already become a parent.

Moreover, she was able to get the first-hand information from the brokerage firm in such a short time and buy the residential maps of the capital city that were not available outside. This was obviously due to her generosity and straightforwardness. Otherwise, it would be impossible for a little girl like her to get the residential maps that were equivalent to the absolute internal information of the government.

At this time, Hualei was already planning her own shop. Should she continue to rent it out and collect rent when the lease expires, or open a shop on her own? If she opened a shop on her own, what should she open? She took out the residential map of Dongcheng District and began to look at it slowly.

The shops on East Street, whether they are jewelry shops, restaurants, clothes, rouge and powder, all follow the high-end boutique route. And there are many of the same type. I saw five or six jewelry shops in Hualei alone. The competition must be quite fierce. My own shop, which is separated from East Street by a river, is definitely not as good as such a boutique route. My own strength is definitely not good enough. I originally had 450 taels of silver notes in my pocket, but Uncle Fu secretly gave her 150 taels of silver notes before leaving. It was the payment for the goods when he delivered them to the private school at the beginning of this month. But it is still not enough to be a boutique.

The types of shops on Dongxiao Street are almost the low-end version of Dongda Street. Restaurants, jewelry, clothing, rouge and powder are the main ones, with occasional grocery stores and rice shops in between. If I continue to open a bookstore, it probably won’t work. The "Zhiyuan" bookstore on Dongda Street is near the end of Dongda Street, and is at most 250 meters away from the shop that Hualei bought. Opening a bookstore is like showing off one's skills in front of Guan Gong - overestimating one's own abilities.

If I open a steamed bun shop like my own, it will be difficult. Not to mention that Auntie Song is short of staff, there are already several breakfast shops on Dongxiao Street, selling Hu Bing, Roujiamo, noodles, etc., and there is also a steamed bun shop. Opening a breakfast shop is just trying to survive in the cracks, and my wonton and siu mai are easy to be imitated, so I don’t have an advantage. If I don’t open these two, what should I open?

Hualei thought hard but couldn't come up with a solution. She thought that there were still more than two months before the expiration date, so she would think about it slowly during this period. Anyway, it was a good thing to buy the shop.