life in ancient gods

Chapter 48 Happy New Year's Day
In the private room on the second floor of Fuhai Restaurant, there is a roasted whole lamb in the center of a large white jade table, which is full of color and fragrance.

In the elegant room, the rich aroma of roasted whole lamb makes people couldn't help but move their index fingers.

Su Ping'an, his younger sister Su Pingyue, and Li Shishi's master and servant sat around the white jade round table to eat and chat, talking and laughing.

Su Pingan ate a piece of roast mutton that Li Shishi put on a small plate in front of him, drank a glass of sake, glanced at Li Shishi and asked, "Miss Shishi, how much do you think this restaurant is worth?"

Li Shishi chewed a piece of cold lotus root in his mouth, glanced at Su Ping'an, and a thoughtful look appeared in his beautiful eyes, "I think this restaurant should be worth 8 to [-] taels of silver... Mr. Su, you Do you want to buy this restaurant?"

Hearing this, Su Pingyue and Su Jin'er, who were feasting on a big meal, turned their eyes to Su Ping'an.

Su Ping'an paused slightly and said, "Miss Shishi, do you think I have the financial resources?"

Li Shishi picked up the jug and filled the empty glass in front of Su Ping'an's table with wine, and smiled softly, "I feel that Mr. Su spends a lot of money in Piaoxianglou, but he doesn't care at all. I think he must have the financial resources."

What she said was carefully considered, and it was definitely not a cliché deliberately made to please Su Ping'an.

"Wow, big brother, you are so rich... But where is Piaoxianglou, Yue'er wants to go eat delicious food with big brother."

Her younger sister Su Pingyue said in surprise that she thought Piaoxianglou had the word Piaoxiang. When she heard the fragrance of osmanthus, she thought it was a place selling osmanthus cakes.

Both Li Shishi and Su Jin'er couldn't help but smile with their mouths pursed.

Su Pingan rolled his eyes, glanced at his sister Su Pingyue, picked up a piece of roast lamb, and put it on a small plate in front of his sister Su Pingyue, "Eat well, children, don't talk nonsense."

Younger sister Su Pingyue raised her head and said, "Hmph, big brother, why is Yue'er so young?"

"..." Su Ping'an had a black line on his forehead. His sister Su Pingyue was almost 14 years old. She was in the prime of puberty, but she was not young yet.

Master Li pursed his lips and smiled, "Sister Pingyue, she is indeed not small, and she has a good figure. She will definitely be a beauty in the future."

Su Jin'er quickly echoed, "Yes, Sister Pingyue is a beauty at first sight."

Su Pingyue was a little embarrassed by the praise, her cheeks were flushed.

"Eat slowly, I'll go downstairs." Su Pingan said to Li Shishi, and then walked down the first floor.

When I went downstairs, there were already three or five tables of guests on the first floor, and Xiaoer and the bartender were serving food and wine to the guests.

The shopkeeper of the restaurant is a middle-aged fat man, wearing a round cap with ingots on his head, and wearing a black robe. He eats white and fat, and looks wealthy.

He was looking down at the ledger.

Su Pingan came over and cupped his hands, "Your Excellency is the shopkeeper of this restaurant?"

"...Yes, I am the shopkeeper of the restaurant. What are your orders?" The shopkeeper also cupped his hands and said with a smile on his face.

Su Pingan took out a silver note of 5 taels, put it in front of the counter table, and said straight to the point: "Boss, I wonder if your restaurant is for sale?"

The shopkeeper glanced at the bank note on the table, and was stunned for a moment, "...Guest officer, please speak inside."

The shopkeeper invited Su Pingan into a room in an elegant restaurant. He first asked Su Pingan to sit down at the table, and then he sat across the table.

He had a look of embarrassment on his face. At first he wanted to reject it outright, but a person who can take out a 5 taels of silver bill is either rich or expensive. He who runs a restaurant is too afraid to offend easily.

The shopkeeper and Su Ping'an exchanged some polite words and informed each other of their names.

The shopkeeper's surname is Xue, and the shopkeeper Xue cupped his hands to Su Ping'an and said, "...Mr. Su, it's really a hug."

Su Ping'an is not afraid of spending money, as long as he has the wealth to buy, even the shopkeeper's lion will open his mouth, "Oh, that's my son's abruptness, if you add another 5 taels of silver bills, will shopkeeper Xue think about it? "

As he spoke, he took out another 5 taels of silver notes from his arms.

"..." Shopkeeper Xue is also a person who has seen the world, but the only one who took out 10 taels of silver bills was the mysterious young man in front of him.

Shopkeeper Xue said sincerely: "Master Su, to be honest, 10 taels of silver is indeed enough to buy this restaurant, but I have opened a restaurant for more than [-] years, and I have feelings for this restaurant. This restaurant is sold, and it is really hard to give up in my heart."

Su Pingan smiled lightly, "So that's the case. If I buy the restaurant, I still invite you to be the shopkeeper? That is to say, if I am the owner and you are in charge of managing the restaurant, what does the shopkeeper Xue think?"

"...In this way..." Shopkeeper Xue's eyes showed a thoughtful look, "To be honest, my restaurant can earn at least 8000 taels of silver per month, and I really don't want to sell it..."

"Seven 8000 taels?" Su Pingan didn't know whether the shopkeeper's words were true, but seeing shopkeeper Xue's resolute expression, it seemed that he really didn't want to sell the restaurant.

He had no choice but to give up. In fact, this was normal. He bought the Yunxuan Inn in Huxi Town because the inn might face continuous losses at that time.

Now that there are no thieves from Feiyun Mountain robbing passing merchants, the business of the inn has gradually improved a lot, and it can also make a net profit of several hundred taels of silver every month.

Zhao Buzhu still has some regrets. At that time, he sold it to Su Ping'an at a loss because he couldn't make any money, but it was useless to regret.

The Yunxuan Inn was worth at least 5000 taels of silver. He sold the inn at the time and got money from Su Ping'an, but he could no longer buy Yunxuan Inn.

However, he is also old and doesn't have such thoughts anymore. He thinks it's good to be the shopkeeper of Su Ping'an, and he admires Su Ping'an's ability to eliminate harm for the people and get rid of the thieves in Feiyun Mountain.

Su Ping'an came to try the Fuhai Restaurant in Jinling City, but he didn't realize that the shopkeeper might not sell it.

With such a good business, no one would sell it easily.

He went up to the second floor and continued drinking and eating with Li Shishi and the others.

Master Li glanced at Su Ping'an, "...Mr. Su, did you go to the shopkeeper?"

Su Ping'an sighed: "...Yes."

After he finished speaking, he picked up the glass of wine on the table and drank it down.

Master Li picked up the wine pot and poured wine into Su Pingan's glass. "Looking at Mr. Su's disappointed look, it must be that the shopkeeper of this restaurant refuses to sell it."

Su Pingan nodded, and smiled indifferently, "Ms. Shi Shi is really smart, that's exactly what happened. In fact, I never thought that I could really buy this restaurant."

Li Shishi held chopsticks in his hand and turned his bright eyes slightly, "Then Mr. Su, have you ever considered buying a pawn shop?"

(End of this chapter)