PWDLAW Chapter 429: Grand Opening

 Chapter 429: Grand Opening

"A book is worth several taels of silver at least, and how many books are in a bookstore? If there are a hundred books, wouldn't that be several hundred taels of silver?"


"Goodness gracious, I've never seen so much silver in my whole life." Kong Shi was astonished. She had only seen ten taels of silver at most before and she had never seen a silver note.


Beside her, Sun Shi from the Second Branch and Yuni, the third daughter-in-law who had come this time, were equally shocked.


Especially Yuni. Before her family fell into ruin, she had seen hundred-tael silver notes. Therefore, she knew even better how much it would cost to open a bookstore. Not to mention that the shops in town would cost at least fifty to sixty taels.


And those books would cost over three hundred taels.


So much silver.


Even when her family was at its peak, they only had over two hundred taels in savings.


As a result, when she married into the Chu family's Second Branch with a dowry of twenty taels, she had the highest status among the three sisters-in-law. If her family hadn't fallen into ruin, she would never have married to the countryside.


As it turned out, her choice was ultimately correct. At least, someone from the Chu family was going to make it big.


As long as Chu Heng continued to take the exams and passed the provincial examination, the entire Chu family would be able to turn things around.


A sense of relief flashed in her eyes and even the lingering resentment hidden deep in her heart dissipated. What followed was her plan for the future.


"Fourth Aunt, what you said is true. The more successful Ah Heng is, the more face we have." Yuni smiled faintly, praising Chu Heng implicitly.


Sun Shi looked at her daughter-in-law in surprise. She had never heard her say such flattering words before.


However, when she thought about how her family hadn't been bullied because of Chu Heng's status as a scholar in recent years, she naturally appreciated this nephew. But she had no intention of taking advantage of the situation.


You have to rely on yourself to get through life. Relying on others won't last long.


Hearing this, Kong Shi felt somewhat intrigued. "Yuni, your family used to live quite well. Do you know how much it costs to open a bookstore? It must be a lot, right?"


Kong Shi deliberately asked like this, with a hint of boasting in her voice.


Yuni glanced at her with some surprise.


She had always known that Fourth Aunt was talkative, a typical rural woman. She thought she was envious and jealous just now, but now she seemed to be boasting? Yuni didn't like this woman's character but she wouldn't embarrass the elders in front of the Chu family members.


If a real conflict broke out, she would be the one at a loss. She wasn't that foolish.


With a smile, she said, "Fourth Aunt, you're asking the wrong person. My maternal family trades in tea and doesn't know about reading books. Those who understand bookstores are probably wealthy families."


She didn't belittle her maternal family with her words and also praised Chu Heng.


Kong Shi felt comfortable and didn't continue to press her. She went to talk to other people. After all, she was just a rural woman with a talkative mouth. Although she was talkative, she didn't have any bad intentions.


Ye Muyu saw that three rounds of tea had been served.


It was getting late, so Chu Heng had already arranged for Luchuan to go to the county early to bring all the books from the bookstore and prepare the firecrackers and red cloth.


Otherwise, if they went later, they might miss the auspicious time.


"Uncles, aunts, let's go to the county Fragrant Tower Restaurant for lunch later. It's almost time for the auspicious hour now. Let's go to the county together and see the grand opening of the bookstore." Chu Heng announced.


The relatives in the room all congratulated him.


"Ah Heng, you go ahead, we'll follow later." Qian said with a smile.


"Okay." Chu Heng nodded.

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