Xiao Yu, in the end, couldn’t "restrain her impatient heart" and, like a child, slapped 2,000 taels onto the table in a single turn.
"You said so, 2,000 taels, no haggling, this is the money, now go with me to transfer the property!"
The Shopkeeper was then stupefied. What was this situation? A second ago, she had stormed out, thinking I was a big fraud, but why did she suddenly slap the money down here with such eagerness?
Little did he know that Xiao Yu was urging him, "Hurry up, I’m hesitating too. Let’s go and transfer the property right now. That way, even if I regret purchasing a problematic house, it’ll be too late. It’s just 2,000 taels, right? If I lose out, then I lose out; I’ll just start over again. Come on, quick!"
It was then that the Shopkeeper realized, this wasn’t willing acquiescence at all; she was compelled by the idea of owning a property for just 2,000 taels, and was actually resistant because it was too cheap to feel secure. What kind of person was this, receiving a windfall and playing coy, right? It was maddening! If not for...
Those 2,000 taels, such a pain to let go.
That very afternoon, Xiao Yu went to the government office to successfully transfer the property. She remembered clearly, the last time the steward saw the Shopkeeper, he was quite respectful and obviously a bit wary of him, so did this Shopkeeper have some power after all? Then why, after he had been imprisoned, had these people not kicked him while he was down?
But she couldn’t afford to think too much about it, because the Shopkeeper had already handed her the keys, and even said that the furniture in the house was all hers now. He turned around and walked away, his back looking somewhat provocatively annoyed. What was he upset about?
Xiao Yu snorted coldly, looked down at her property deed, and as she did, the corners of her mouth curled bigger and bigger. She even happily gave the broker two taels of silver. Follow current novᴇls on novel[f]ire.net
"I’ve just bought a house and money isn’t plentiful. Please be understanding."
The broker didn’t mind at all; after all, this deal had come to him out of the blue, and he hadn’t really exerted much effort. Receiving two taels was already satisfying.
With keys in hand, Xiao Yu then visited her shop, carefully taking out blueprints and making marks, feeling that the renovations were already good enough and didn’t need any adding to.
Such good renovations would be wasted on just selling noodles, but she loved cooking; she’d have to make use of it even if it meant wasting, otherwise what was the point of having the farm?
As for the upstairs area, there was a counter that hadn’t been taken away; it could definitely be used to display her homemade toiletries. No matter how she looked at it, the shop seemed like it was custom-made for her.
Excited, she immediately went to the back yard and arranged her room with the bedding from her space.
The back yard wasn’t small. In addition to her study and bedroom, there were two storage rooms, a large kitchen, a toilet, and four bedrooms. She lived in what was similar to a hall, with a living room in the middle besides the bedroom and study.
She hadn’t looked closely just then, but now, looking over it, it made her spine chill even more because a shop , let alone 2,000 taels, even 20,000 taels would depend on whether the owner was willing to sell it, right?
Yet, the property deed, still hot to the touch, clearly told her that it belonged to her, everything was so incredible.
Maybe, she was really lucky, struck it rich?
While she was happy, the Shopkeeper, who had reached Xinglong Inn’s backyard, had a gloomy face, distinctly unhappy.
Even when passing over the 2,000 taels, he was met with disdain: "It was clearly three thousand taels. Why did you settle for 2,000 taels? Where’s the missing thousand? Did you swallow it?"