Baozi Xishi's Struggle

Chapter 504 Sending money to the door is of course necessary

One of the mothers insisted on embroidering the wedding dress herself, while the other insisted on buying it from a ready-made clothing store.

Finally, Shen Yu said firmly that if she was asked to embroider a wedding dress, she would not get married and would go to the county government office immediately to ask the county magistrate to cancel the engagement.

Fortunately, the threat was effective. After struggling hard between sewing the wedding dress and marrying into the Lu family, Li finally gave up the idea of ​​letting Shen Yu pick up the embroidery needle. She faced the reality and chose the latter.

Lu Lang, who was waiting for an official position far away in the capital, would never have imagined in his dreams that he was almost defeated by an embroidery needle.

The result of the compromise was that the wedding dresses were to be sewn by Li, Jiang and Zheng Sanniang, and the rest were all sewn by the ladies in the neighborhood, just like sewing sheets and quilts in the inn.

Sewing clothes, shoes and socks is the women's specialty, so they can do it quickly and well.

They were naturally happy to take this job as they could kill their free time and earn some extra income. They even happily told Li that if there was any sewing work like this in the future at Fengnian Inn, she should think of them first.

As for Shen Yu, she has more important things to do.

Since the inn opened in February, Fengnian Restaurant has been much better than other inns because of its clean and comfortable accommodation, delicious and convenient meals, and the service of the waiters.

In addition, the price is reasonable, so merchants always choose Fengnian Inn as their first choice for accommodation.

As a result, the business of the other two large inns on this side of the market continued to decline.

The worse the business is, the less motivation there is to run it well and improve it.

Only a few months had passed, and the two inns were almost deserted.

Just two days ago, one of the inn owners sent a message to Shen Yu through a middleman.

He asked her if she wanted to take over his own inn, saying that he was planning to sell the inn for some money and do other business, and he didn't want to compete with Shen Yu.

Shen Yu was a little surprised when he heard this. He didn't expect that his own inn would have such a big impact.

Although the inn was full every day and there were no rooms available if you arrived late, she did not expect that this would cause other inns to go out of business.

One day, Shen Yu followed the broker to see this inn.

The inn is called Xinglong Inn. It has a great location, just to the west of the market, close to the street market behind the market.

If merchants want to stay overnight, they only have to walk a few steps. There is a night market on the street over there, which is even more lively at night than at Fengnian Inn.

The gate of Xinglong Inn is very grand. The hall at the entrance is tall. Through the hall are three courtyards with common beds and upper rooms.

There are quite a few rooms in the three courtyards, and they don’t look very old and are well maintained. However, the hygiene is much worse than that of Fengnian Inn.

There were only a few guests staying in the inn, which clearly showed that business was not good.

The owner of Xinglong Inn offered a very low price. For such a large three-courtyard house, the asking price was no more than 1,500 taels.

The price is really not high, which shows that the innkeeper really wants to sell it and seems to want to get rid of this burden as soon as possible.

Shen Yu looked at the yard and thought about the offer, which was really tempting, so he replied that he would go back and discuss it before giving a reply.

When the innkeeper saw that Shen Yu was going home to discuss the matter, he thought that his offer was too high.

Afraid that she would not want it, he immediately lowered the price by two hundred taels, and he also paid the transfer tax and the broker's commission.

He just kept pestering Shen Yu with a bitter face and wouldn't let her leave. He insisted that she express her stance in person and agree to buy her own inn.

Shen Yu was a little confused when he saw the innkeeper's attitude. How could there be such a seller? Even if he wanted to sell, he would have to put on airs when seeing the buyer coming to the door.

I couldn't help but wonder if there was something wrong with the inn, as the owner was in such a hurry to sell it.

Although the price offered by the innkeeper was very tempting, Shen Yu still looked like he was willing to buy it or not, and he resisted the urge to say anything.

After practicing Tai Chi with the innkeeper for half a day, he still said he wanted to go back to discuss it. Facing the innkeeper's disappointed look, he walked steadily step by step.

After parting ways with the broker, Shen Yu walked slowly home under the shade of the trees, wondering whether he could buy the inn.

After returning home and finishing the work at hand, Shen Yu talked about this matter with Li and others at the dinner table and asked for their opinions.

Everyone was very surprised when they heard this. They didn't expect that the owner of the inn would come to them on his own initiative and offer such an unexpected price. It was like he was giving money to them.

Shen Yu first talked about the benefits of buying the inn, and then expressed his concerns.

He suspected that there was some kind of trick going on in this inn, so he was in a hurry to sell it, fearing that if he agreed to it, there would be some trap waiting for him.

After hearing this, everyone felt that the price was 10% lower than the normal price of houses nearby, and the innkeeper was in a hurry to sell it, which seemed a little abnormal.

Doctor Sun said, "This is a simple matter. I know that inn. I have a chess friend who often plays chess with me. He lives on that street."

"Whether there is something fishy going on, we'll know tomorrow if we go and find out."

Li also said, "I will go ask Madam Lin tomorrow."

"I vaguely remember that her cousin's nephew works as a clerk in a shop nearby. I asked Madam Lin to ask around and see if he knows about this."

After waiting for a day, both sides found out the results.

The result was quite unexpected and a bit laughable.

It turned out that there was nothing wrong with the inn itself, it was just that the number of guests decreased and business became worse because of the Fengnian Inn.

As for why the innkeeper was so anxious to sell, the reason was that he had recently gone to a temple and drew a bad fortune.

I asked a fortune teller to interpret the fortune, and he said that this year would be unlucky and that wealth would come from water. It would be best to change to a water-related business to make money.

The innkeeper wondered where the water came from with the man guarding the inn all day long. No wonder the business was getting worse and worse.

He couldn't wait even a moment and wanted to sell the inn immediately.

He recovered his capital and took a boat to the south to live with a distant relative of his and start a business selling fish and shrimps. This must be related to water.

Although the inn is large, the three courtyards were originally built in the style of an inn. It is not suitable to use it for any other business except as an inn.

The nearby Fengnian Inn is doing so well, so of course no one else is willing to take over the inn and compete with Shen Yu's Fengnian Inn.

Therefore, although the price was not high, it was put on the market for seven or eight days but no one was interested in buying it.

Finally, it was the broker who suggested that he sell the inn to Shen Yu as a branch of Fengnian Inn. Only in this way could he get rid of the inn as soon as possible.

After hearing the inside story, Shen Yu felt that God was really giving her money, so she immediately decided to buy the inn.