Koi baby helps his mother farm and becomes the richest man

Qin Ying had indeed taken a fancy to a few shops, but she hadn't made up her mind yet: "Let's go to the pawnshop first, as the adults said."

"Well," Zhou Yu nodded, "but those who work in the pawnbroking business are all very eloquent. If there is one good point, they can exaggerate it to the extreme, and if there is one bad point, they can also reduce it to insignificant.

"When dealing with them, you have to be alert and extremely cautious."

Qin Ying quickly agreed: "Yes, I understand."

Zhou Yu turned to look at Xu Xia, who said hurriedly, "Master Ding and I have already agreed that he will come at noon tomorrow."

Zhou Yu was very satisfied and lowered his head to continue eating.

An An had someone to take care of her, so she finished eating first. She swung her legs in the chair, tilted her head and said to Qin Ying, "Mom, just listen to me. Just buy up the whole East Street. I guarantee you'll get rich!"

Everyone laughed.

Qin Ying took out a handkerchief and wiped her mouth, then smiled and said, "You are quite arrogant, but you didn't consider whether your mother's purse is full enough!"

"What's the matter? It's not enough?" An An pouted and looked at Zhou Yu. "Uncle Zhou said that houses are very cheap now!"

Zhou Yu said, "That's exactly what I said. I don't know how much money you have, but I have a rough idea. Buying a street is not a problem, but forget about East Street."

"The smaller street next to East Street is called East Third Street, also known as Grain and Oil Street. There are many shops here, and most of them originally dealt in grain and oil.

“There is also a silver shop, two small restaurants, a teahouse, a cloth shop, and two grocery stores, but the stores are not very big.

"I personally think it would be more appropriate to buy this place, which is to connect the two smaller shops into one larger shop, and the cost will not be too high.

“In addition, South Second Street is also good, and the situation is similar to East Third Street. Moreover, these two streets are not far from the county government office.

"Of course, the choice is up to you. You don't have to be so generous as to buy up an entire street."

Xu Xia suddenly interrupted, "Old Doctor Sun is now staying at the Laifu Inn on East Third Street. His family has taken a fancy to an old clinic on East Third Street."

Qin Ying smiled bitterly and said, "You think too highly of us. How could we possibly be so generous?"

After dinner, it was getting late, so everyone went back to rest. They were all tired after walking around for so long.

After Master Ding arrived, everyone went to the pawnshop together.

There are only two brokerage firms in the county town. One focuses on the sale and rental of houses, while the other focuses on the sale and rental of slaves and laborers. Due to the famine in recent years, business is particularly bad.

Seeing so many people coming, both the shopkeeper and the waiters were extremely enthusiastic.

Mr. Ding was a smart, capable, and eloquent man. After a few rounds, he had gathered all the information about properties in the brokerage firm.

After lunch outside, Mr. Ding returned to the house and took out a ledger. "Everyone, this is the county government's inventory of houses in the county. Many of them are not registered with the real estate agency."

Qin Ying looked carefully and found that the records showed that there were indeed more shops on the two streets that Zhou Yu mentioned.

Mr. Ding said, "If you want to buy a shop, my suggestion is to choose from East Third Street and South Second Street. Most of the shops on these two streets are already ownerless, and even if they are owned, the asking price is not high."

An An jumped up and asked, "Grandpa Ding, how much would it cost to buy out an entire street?"

"Ah?" Master Ding was stunned, then looked at the adults present, "Is... is it true?"

Qin Ying wanted to stop him, so she smiled and said, "This kid is so outspoken..."

An An dodged nimbly and shouted, "It's true! It's true! Grandpa Ding, tell me how much one street costs!"

Zhao Hu reached out and pulled her into his arms, wanting to cover her mouth: "Little ancestor! How dare you say anything!"

Aunt Zhao also hurried to make amends: "Yes, yes, Master Ding, we spoiled this kid..."

"Master Ding," Zhou Yu clenched his fist and placed it against his lips, coughing softly, "Tell the truth."

"Oh," Mr. Ding turned his stiff neck, flexed his eyes, and swallowed before continuing, "East Third Street will cost 3,600 taels. South Second Street is a little cheaper, 3,400 taels."

Aunt Zhao and Zhao Hu both gasped, "Oh my God! What a huge number!"

Zhou Yu looked at Qin Ying and asked her, "Miss Qin, what do you think? Before the drought, you couldn't buy it even if you doubled the price."

Qin Ying lowered her head and thought for a while, then made up her mind and looked up and said, "Okay, I'll buy it!"

"Eiko!"

"sister!"

Aunt Zhao and her son uttered in disbelief at the same time.

An An clapped her hands and cheered: "Mom is so awesome!"

Qin Ying nodded to Zhou Yu and Master Ding first, and said apologetically, "Please wait a moment." She stood up and took Aunt Zhao and Zhao Hu to another room.

Aunt Zhao was so anxious that she was sweating all over her forehead: "Yingzi, why... why are you so greedy! More than three thousand taels! That's not a small amount!

"It's because we suddenly got rich. Otherwise, we wouldn't be able to save up enough money even if we saved for several lifetimes!"

Zhao Hu also nodded: "Yes, sister, it's a street! Why should we buy it? We don't know how to do business!"

Qin Ying hurriedly comforted them: "Don't worry, listen to me slowly. First, didn't Mr. Zhou say it once? Now is a very suitable time to buy a house.

"Secondly, we do have the money. Even if we buy an entire street, we'll still have a lot left.

"Third, even if we don't know how to run the business ourselves, it doesn't matter. We can still make a lot of money renting it out. And we can learn if we don't know how. We'll eventually leave the village.

"The county town will only be our first step out of the mountains. We will go to farther and better places in the future!"

"Wow!" Aunt Zhao was shocked. "Yingzi, you are so bold! You said to rent it out, but to whom? Although we have not been in the county town for a long time, we can see that there are not that many people in the county town.

"They don't look particularly wealthy. Why would they rent a shop? Businesses must be done in crowded places. If no one is walking around the streets, who would go shopping?"

Zhao Hu agreed repeatedly.

Qin Ying said patiently: "Mother, Huzi, this is only temporary. With Lord Zhou here, Qin County will recover sooner or later.

"Let's buy the shop first and renovate it slowly. After a year or so, when it's finished, Mr. Zhou will have attracted people who can rent the house.

"I heard from Mr. Zhang that the war outside is about to end and peaceful days will soon arrive.

"You see people on the street have no money, but the seven necessities of life—firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, and tea—which one doesn't cost money? Even if you have no money, you still have to find a way to buy it!

"If we open a grocery store, will no one come?"