Chapter 659: Chapter 659: The First Shop Chapter 659: Chapter 659: The First Shop Su Yunjin hit the nail on the head, directly pointing out the downsides of the shop.
Indeed, the shop’s disadvantage was its small frontage; people had come to look at the shop before.
But they were put off by the small storefront and didn’t want it. Su Yunjin spoke , and the man agreed to reduce the price for her a little more.
After some haggling, Su Yunjin didn’t agree to pay a single copper coin more.
Gu Yan felt the same way.
“Brother Zhuang, Yunjin’s offered price is fair,” he said. “Thirty-five taels, if you want to sell, my wife and I will buy. If you don’t, my wife and I won’t buy.”
Seeing that Su Yunjin and her husband were firm in their attitude, and that the price offered by Su Yunjin was neither high nor low, the man thought it over and finally agreed to sell the shop to them.
“Fine, thirty-five taels it is,” he said. “I’ve been trying to sell this shop for a month without success. Selling it to you today, I can save myself some trouble.”
With the man’s agreement to sell the shop, Su Yunjin was overjoyed. Purchasing the shop was a good thing for her, and at the same time, Gu Yan let go of the big hand that had been ready to lead his little wife away.
Today, Su Yunjin carried fifty taels of silver with her, having negotiated the price, she planned to give the silver to the man there and then and buy the shop outright.
Su Yunjin pulled out the silver, and the man took out the property deed. Money in one hand and goods in the other, Su Yunjin handed the silver to the man.
The man then gave the property deed to Su Yunjin.
In addition to the sale of the shop, signatures and fingerprints had to be placed on a separate voucher.
After confirming each other’s signatures,
this shop now belonged to Su Yunjin and her group. With Gu Yan taking care of other matters, Su Yunjin didn’t need to ask further. Holding the property deed for the shop, Su Yunjin stared at it, unable to suppress a surge of joy.
She finally had a shop of her own.
Su Yunjin looked at the property deed in her hands over and over, elated. Gu Yan also signed his name and completed the voucher. Turning his head, he saw his little wife’s joyous expression. Gu Yan smiled and handed the voucher to his little wife.
“Yunjin, it’s done,” he said. “Now, we have bought this shop.” Su Yunjin took the voucher from Gu Yan and glanced over it. She thought that buying a shop was just about paying the money and having the property deed, not realizing that such a document was needed as well.
Su Yunjin found it interesting and looked at Gu Yan again.
She saw Gu Yan already walking out with the man.
Su Yunjin followed and walked out as well.
When Su Yunjin got outside, the man was nowhere to be seen, but Gu Yan was still there, peering toward the market. Su Yunjin casually asked Gu Yan, “Husband, where is Brother Zhuang?” There were still things in the shop that belonged to the man. Was he not taking them?
Su Yunjin was puzzled.
Gu Yan turned to the approaching little wife and explained.
“Yunjin, Brother Zhuang went to call an ox cart,” he said. “There’s not much in the shop. He should be able to take everything away once the ox cart arrives.” It became clear that Brother Zhuang had gone to find an ox cart.
Su Yunjin, pleased with herself, showed the property deed to Gu Yan. “Husband, look, we have our own shop now,” she said with uncontainable joy. Gu Yan watched his little wife’s happiness, as if it meant everything to her.
“Yunjin, just owning a shop makes you this happy?”
Of course, she was happy.
This was her first shop.
How could she not be thrilled?
Accepting the property deed, Su Yunjin smiled and teased Gu Yan in return, “Husband, we have a shop now. Aren’t you happy?”