Chapter 279: The Peasant Girl’s Splendid Manor
Chapter 279: Securing the Shop, Trapping the Zhang Family (Part 1)
However, although the Zhang family's shop was good, four thousand taels was a bit expensive. If she could negotiate the price down, she should be able to get it for three thousand five hundred taels.
The trouble was the people trying to buy the shop at a low price. If they were determined, she might not be able to secure it for three thousand five hundred taels. Moreover, she didn't want to take advantage of the Zhang family.
After thanking Xiao Zhu, Mo Yan asked the person he arranged to continue monitoring the Zhang family's movements. She needed to discuss with Li Zhong to see if they could come up with a good plan to secure the shop for three thousand five hundred taels.
That night, when Li Zhong returned from the fields, he listened to Mo Yan's plan and said, "The location of the Zhang family's shop is good, and there must be many people interested in buying it. Zhang Fugui is reaching out to his business acquaintances, hoping they'll offer a good price out of past friendships. But those people are driving a hard bargain, and the Zhang family won't sell cheap. If my guess is correct, Zhang family will soon post a notice to sell the shop. Even if we go with money now, he won't sell it to us."
Mo Yan thought his analysis made sense and decided to wait for the Zhang family's next move.
Sure enough, seeing that their so-called friends weren't offering a higher price, Zhang Fugui, in anger, posted a notice on the shop's door for sale. There was no fixed price listed, and anyone interested had to negotiate with the Zhang family.
Upon receiving this news, Mo Yan instructed the person arranged by Xiao Zhu to continue monitoring. It would be even better if they could find out the prices offered by those people.
Indeed, many people were interested in acquiring the Zhang family's shop. After the notice was posted, many people came in and out of the Zhang family's shop, but they all wanted to take advantage of the Zhang family's troubles and lower the price.
Although the Zhang family was eager to sell, they were not willing to sell for just three thousand taels.
Knowing that those people were offering at most three thousand taels, Mo Yan felt confident. After discussing with Li Zhong, she decided to ask Shopkeeper Xing for help in buying the Zhang family's shop.
As a fourteen-year-old girl, she couldn't handle someone as experienced as Zhang Fugui. Li Zhong had conflicts with the Zhang family, so it wasn't appropriate for him to go. Shopkeeper Xing was in business and could easily deal with Zhang Fugui. It would be much easier if he took the lead.
With her decision made, Mo Yan initially wanted to prepare some gifts to give to Shopkeeper Xing. Their initial interaction was based on her collaboration with Yan Junyu. Later, as they interacted more, they developed some rapport. Before, she would just give some vegetables and game meat, but now, preparing a generous gift for a favor seemed a bit mercenary. It would be more appropriate to give a substantial gift once the matter was settled.
Thinking of this, Mo Yan took out a small jar of white fruit wine from her space and had Li Zhong take it to Huixian Residence.
When she arrived, Shopkeeper Xing was entertaining distinguished guests on the third floor. When he came down, Mo Yan quickly handed him the white fruit wine and explained her purpose.
"Um... Miss Mo, please wait a moment. Let me inform my master upstairs," Shopkeeper Xing said with a smile, taking the jar of wine and heading upstairs.
Mo Yan was taken aback. So, the so-called distinguished guest was Yan Junyu!
Not long after, Shopkeeper Xing came down and whispered to Mo Yan, "Master knows Miss Mo is here and would like to invite her upstairs to catch up. As for the matter of the shop, I will go to Zhang's house now and ensure everything is settled for Miss Mo."
Mo Yan realized that refusing was not an option. She thanked him repeatedly and then followed him upstairs.
The third floor was very quiet as Mo Yan followed Shopkeeper Xing. She could only hear the faint sound of their footsteps.
When Shopkeeper Xing stopped at the door of a elegant room, he gently tapped the door with his index finger. From inside came Yan Junyu's lazy voice, as if he had just woken up.
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