[Red Chamber] The imperial examination life of the great master

Living in the capital is not easy.

It is not unreasonable for Chen Ronggui to be distressed about this matter. Shops in the capital cost a lot of money, and it would cost at least a few thousand taels to buy a shop, and you need to have contacts. It is not an easy task.

What's more, Chen Xusheng also requested that the shop should have a front shop and a backyard, which is spacious enough, and the budget is only 5000 taels.

When Chen Ronggui heard this, he almost refused in front of his father, and after he bit the bullet and followed up, he worried about this matter every day.

"Okay, sir gave us half a day off this afternoon, so let's use this afternoon to settle the matter." Jia Amnesty thought for a while and said.

Chen Ronggui's face was filled with joy immediately, but he hesitated and said: "Enhou, can you finish this matter in half a day and afternoon? I mean, don't worry, my father won't call me for this matter anytime soon." Get it done right away."

Jia She smiled and waved his hands, "Do you still want to procrastinate? If you procrastinate any longer, Uncle Shi will probably be annoyed."

Chen Ronggui touched his nose, and said with a chuckle, "My father is annoyed as long as he is annoyed, anyway, there is still my mother."

Jia Amnesty couldn't help laughing. Chen Xusheng is famous for being a strict wife. It is said that if a businessman doesn't have three wives and four concubines, there will be some Yangzhou skinny horses waiting for him. Yangzhou thin horse was also politely declined by him, so people in the business circle secretly said that he was a poor man, but no one would envy Mrs. Chen for having such a good man.

After making a decision, Chen Ronggui heaved a sigh of relief, and buried his head to study.

At noon, Chen Ronggui invited Jia Amnesty to the Zhuangyuan Building for lunch. During the meeting, they talked about business. Chen Ronggui studied with his father at night, and now he can tell a lot.

"My father said, after the store is bought, ask someone to clean the store, and then ask someone to count the days, and the business will be opened." Speaking of this, Chen Ronggui was surprisingly excited, after all, this transaction can be regarded as He facilitated it, and he also watched the whole process. Compared with other businesses in the family, the relationship is different.

"So fast?" This time it was Jia She's turn to be surprised. He thought it would take at least a few months to get things done.

"What is this?" Chen Ronggui said proudly: "Our family has already done these businesses, with complete manpower, equipment, materials and relationships. If it weren't for the good things from Wenmo Pavilion, our family would have suppressed them a long time ago. It's down there."

Jia She nods his head, so that's what happened.

However, this is also good, the sooner the business starts, the sooner he can start making money.

After eating, the two went directly to the Imperial Academy to find a shop.

This kind of business has to be done next to the Imperial College. First, the Imperial College is connected to several nearby private schools, which are all places for scholars to come and go. Second, this place is so expensive that no local hooligans dare to make trouble in this place.

After searching for half an hour, Chen Ronggui saw that Jia Amnesty was in the carriage, but he just asked the coachman to drive around, but he didn't get out of the carriage, so he couldn't help feeling strange.

But he knew that Jia She should have his own plans, so he kept silent and just let him make up his mind.

This is where Chen Ronggui's intelligence lies.

"Stop here." Jia Amnesty suddenly stopped the coachman.

The carriage stopped in front of a dry goods store. This dry goods store sold cinnamon, bacon and other things. The two of them got out of the carriage. Working in various colors, the air is filled with the smell of abalone, which makes people can't help but cover their noses.

There was a man who looked like a shopkeeper sitting behind the counter. When he saw someone coming, he didn't come up to say hello. Instead, he raised his eyelids and said lazily, "Just take a look."

Chen Ronggui walked in, and couldn't help frowning and covering his nose as soon as he came in.

"Brother Jia, don't you think this place is your favorite?" Chen Ronggui walked to Jia Amnesty and asked in a low voice. Objects like this also have an old-fashioned atmosphere.

Jia She smiled and said nothing. He took some dry goods and asked about the price. The shopkeeper also knew that his goods were not good, so the price he gave was three cents lower than the market price.

"Thank you shopkeeper, then wrap these up for me." Jia Amnesty picked out a few not-so-good items on purpose.

The shopkeeper glanced at the items Jia She picked, and frowned subconsciously. He coughed and said, "My lord, the goods you picked are not very good. How about I pick some for you?"

When Chen Ronggui saw that Jia Amnesty was kind and honest, he said hello, and asked the shopkeeper to help him pick things out.

He was a little anxious, and pulled Rajashe's sleeve, "Brother Jia, if you want these things, our family has a lot of them. I'll send you some later. The things here are not very good."

Chen Ronggui was in a hurry and couldn't control his volume.

Hearing this, the shopkeeper paused the movements of his hands, showing embarrassment.

Jia She patted the back of his hand, smiled and said to the shopkeeper: "It's okay, you continue to choose, I will buy these."

The shopkeeper lowered his head and continued to pick.

Chen Ronggui was so anxious that he kept winking at Jia She.

Jia Amnesty had no choice but to give him a look, implying that he had other plans.

"It's five taels of silver in total." The shopkeeper didn't have a bad heart, he only picked out some relatively good items, and the scales were enough.

After Jia Amnesty paid the money readily, he took the things and dragged Chen Ronggui out.

After getting into the carriage, before Chen Ronggui had time to ask Jia Amnesty, he heard Jia Amnesty order the driver to turn around and go to the shop next door.

Chen Ronggui was confused by Jia Amnesty's words.

What the hell is Jia Amnesty doing?

"Wait a minute, you will know." Jia Amnesty said with a smile, he put aside the dry goods he just bought, opened the curtain and glanced at the silk store next to the dry goods store.

The coachman turned his head skillfully, walked around the street, and stopped not far from the silk shop according to Jia Amnesty's instructions.

Jia Amnesty and Chen Ronggui got out of the carriage and went to the silk shop.

The business of the silk shop was not very good. The shopkeeper was a man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks. When he saw the two people coming in, he came up to say hello, "You two guests, what kind of material do you want to buy? We have all kinds of goods in our shop, Yun Jin Shu Embroidery, Burlap and burlap, you can find it in our shop.”

Chen Ronggui felt that the shopkeeper's attitude was much better than that of the previous one, at least he could talk, so he said casually: "If you have any good material, take it out and have a look."

"Okay, you two wait a moment." The shopkeeper turned around and took out a piece of silk from the cabinet behind him. You two feel it, how is this material?"