It was supposed to cost four taels of silver, but the shopkeeper saw that she was a regular customer and was planning to close out the store, so he decided to sell it at a low price.

"If you want to sell this shop, how much money will it cost?" Chu Wanying asked as she looked at the nearly 100 square meters shop.

"If I hadn't really been unable to buy goods, I wouldn't have thought of selling them out at a low price. Well, you girl is also a quickie. If you really want it, just sell this shop to me for twenty taels of silver.

You're fine."

The price of twenty taels is reasonable, plus the store is in a good location and has a fixed flow of customers, so I might consider it.

But now she only has seventeen taels of silver in her hand, and she and Rong Zhan are about to get married, so she really can't afford any extra money.

"Shopkeeper, let's do this. I'll go back and discuss it with my family first, and I'll give you an answer in two days. After all, this is a lot of money, so I have to talk to them."

"Okay! But you have to hurry up! The Huo family has been keeping an eye on my shop! If I hadn't looked down on their character and refused to sell it, this shop would have fallen into their hands!

"

"Okay, I will reply to you as soon as possible." Chu Wanying replied immediately.

Pushing the wooden cart away, she waved her sleeves at a corner where no one was paying attention, and all the items immediately entered the space.

Go to the town entrance to meet Rong Zhan, and she will tell the truth about the store.

"Twenty taels is indeed a bit difficult, and it is not very cost-effective to spend all the money on buying a shop at once." Chu Wanying analyzed.

During the famine period, the only way to survive is to stay alive. As for shops and other items, they are all external possessions and fixed assets, so they are of no use when escaping from famine.

But the price was really attractive, so she couldn't help but mention it to him.

Rong Zhan lowered his eyes and seemed to be seriously considering this matter.

After a long while, he said, "I'll discuss it with my parents when I get back and see if we can squeeze out some more money."

"You don't really want to take it down, do you?"

"Well, the famine will last for three years, and the worst period is the third year. It has just begun. In other words, we still have at least two years to earn back the money."

"That being said, if this is the case..."

The man interrupted her categorically, "There is a small warehouse behind the rice noodle shop, which is most suitable for storing goods. You don't have to worry about the food storage problem mentioned before."

"In addition, I see that the clothes you drew today are of novel style. It would be good to set up a space in the middle of the rice noodle shop to sell ready-made clothes."

If you put it that way, wouldn't it be like a small shopping mall, where everything can be sold?

Chu Wanying cursed in her heart.

The man continued, "According to what we said last time, if you want to exchange things for things, you still need a larger place for the most convenience."

"But if we open a store here, where will we live in the future? Will we go to the town and the village?"

Rong Zhan thought about this seriously and said, "That's all we can do. I'll discuss it with dad tonight."

"Okay, let's discuss this matter for now. Let's go to Yunxi Village to find Xu Zhengqing first!"

After the man finished speaking, he strode away first.

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By the time the two of them arrived at the entrance of Yunxi Village, it was already noon.

The sun was shining brightly, making Chu Wanying dizzy for a while.

She only ate half a steamed bun in the morning, walked all the time at noon, and hasn't eaten yet. At this moment, Chu Wanying only felt hungry and dizzy, as if she was about to faint the next moment.

Rong Zhan reached out to help the swaying girl and frowned, "Why are you still so weak? Come up."

After saying that, he squatted down.

"This is not good!" Chu Wanying said nervously, seeing that he was clearly trying to carry her behind.

"Stop talking nonsense." He said, grabbing her knees and leaning them against his back.

The girl couldn't twist him, so she had to lie on his back.

Even though the man is thin, his back is broad and gives him a sense of security.

During the rest of the time, Chu Wanying kept talking to the man to relieve the embarrassment.

Rong Zhan guessed what she was thinking and did not reveal it. He only said a few words to deal with her along the way.

As we approached the entrance of Xujia Hutong, we saw a group of people gathered there.

The villagers gathered together, either to watch the fun or something strange happened.

"Rong Zhan, put me down quickly! Go over and see what's going on!"

She suddenly had an ominous premonition in her heart.

The man put her down as he was told and quickly rushed into the crowd. After a while, he came out, with a feeling of decline surrounding him.

Apparently as she expected, something happened to the Xu family.

An aunt looked at them, and withdrew from the crowd. She came over and said, "Aren't you two from Yunxi Village? What are you doing here?"

The man didn't say a word. Chu Wanying stepped forward and explained with a smile, "Auntie, my husband-in-law is a classmate and good friend of Xu Zhengqing. Since he hasn't been to the private school in town for several days, I thought of coming over to see what happened to him.

.”

According to the memory of the original owner, Xu Zhengqing was twenty-two years old and had just passed the first examination this year and became a child student.

Therefore, it should not be a big problem if he and Rong Zhan, who is close in age, are classmates.

"Oh! Don't you know? The Xu family was robbed two days ago. They encountered robbers and everyone was in trouble! It is said that the bodies were thrown off the cliff, and not even a whole body was left!"

"All the family died?"

When Chu Wanying heard this, her eyes widened in surprise.

My head hurts more and more. What on earth is going on?

"Yes! All five members of the family are dead! I don't know what evil the Xu family has done. A few days ago, they suddenly made a noise about selling off their property and saying that they were going to the capital to join relatives. You can leave as you say. In

We encountered something like this on the way, hey!"

The aunt left with a sigh. Chu Wanying saw Rong Zhan standing there in a daze, with no intention of leaving, and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong? Did you find something?"

Rong Zhan was brought back to his senses by her and shook his head, "I just feel that everything is too coincidental. But one thing is certain, that is, Xu Zhengqing and the Xing sisters must have discovered something and were silenced.

.”

Chu Wanying thought so too.

But now that the clues were broken again, she felt a little irritated for no reason.

"But just now the aunt said that their whole family was thrown into the cliff, so why are these people surrounding the door of Xu's house?

Rong Zhan, "It was the relatives of the Xu family in the village who heard the news and came here to fight for the house."

It is true that the Xu family originally had a small amount of assets, but now that they are gone, the assets have become a piece of cake.

Thinking of this, Chu Wanying's eyes lit up, and an unrealistic idea suddenly came to her mind.

"Rong Zhan, should we look for Xu Zhengqing's body? Maybe we can find something from him!"

In addition, if she can find some scattered silver coins, she can also pocket them.

Although this was indeed a bit unkind, in order to survive in her previous life, she often went to the piles of dead people to find relics and sell them to make a living.

Therefore, she is quite familiar with doing this kind of thing.

Rong Zhan didn't think too much. After hearing her suggestion, he nodded, "That's all."

Then, under the pretext of going to pay homage, the man asked others about the location of the cliff where the bodies of the Xu family were abandoned.

"It turns out it's on another hill. It's not too close to here. If we walk, I'm afraid it will take us a long time. It's not easy to explain to my parents."

Rong Zhan thought for a moment and then said, "It's better to do this. Anyway, the mountain we are going to has to pass through the town. We will have someone there to take us home and send a message before we go."

Chu Wanying was originally worried that the man would think the journey was too far and was going to give up, but she didn't expect that he didn't mean it at all and hurriedly agreed.

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When the two returned to the town, it was already late.

After not eating much for a day, her appetite had begun to protest against her. Rong Zhan asked her to buy some food to cushion her stomach, while he went to a meat shop alone. He said that the boss's clerk was also from Yunluo Village.

, drag him back to send a message, so that Old Rongtou and the others can rest assured.

Fortunately, I had just asked Rong Zhan to buy pen, ink, paper and inkstone, otherwise the old couple might not believe it if he had told me verbally!

Chu Wanying went to a steamed bun shop and bought 10 plain steamed buns for ten cents.

While I was eating vigorously, a horse-drawn carriage sped past, sending dust flying around me.

She choked and coughed for a long time, and suddenly an idea came to her mind, yes! Why not buy a carriage!

Or think of a way to make a modern car!

In this way, if you run for your life in the future, you will have a place to shelter from the wind and rain, right?

She was thinking about the feasibility of this matter, and when she raised her eyes, she saw the man standing at a stall selling pony.

The tacit understanding between the two of them is unrivaled!
To be continued...