boyutpedia Chapter 176 Buying the Study
Chapter 176 Buying the Study
“Look, that’s the one.” Zou Pingyong gestured to Liu Xiaoyu, who was looking around the study.
The shopkeeper followed Zou Ping's gaze and looked over, immediately becoming somewhat suspicious.
"You're not kidding me, are you? A young girl like you wants to buy my study?" Looking at Liu Xiaoyu's attire, she doesn't seem like someone who wants to buy a study.
Although a study room isn't worth much money these days, it's not something everyone can afford!
"Oh, shopkeeper, how could I possibly trick you? Although this girl can't afford it, her master can!" Zou Ping chuckled, blaming him for not explaining things clearly.
"Oh, I see!" The shopkeeper immediately understood and left Zou Ping behind, heading towards Liu Xiaoyu.
Zou Ping was somewhat helpless. Was the shopkeeper in such a hurry? He hadn't even finished speaking when he followed him.
"May I ask your name, young lady?" the shopkeeper asked Liu Xiaoyu with great enthusiasm.
"Hello, shopkeeper, my name is Liu Xiaoyu." As Liu Xiaoyu answered the shopkeeper, she glanced at Zou Ping, who nodded. Liu Xiaoping knew then that the matter was settled.
"Miss Liu, Zou Ping just said that you are interested in buying my study." The shopkeeper asked impatiently.
"That's right, but it's not me who wants to buy it, it's my young lady."
"What about your young lady?" The shopkeeper looked outside but didn't see her.
"My young lady didn't come. She's entrusted this matter to me. Don't worry, I can make the decision." Liu Xiaoyu naturally knew what the shopkeeper was asking.
"Oh, that's good. Miss Liu, let's sit down and talk." Hearing Liu Xiaoyu say this, the shopkeeper didn't ask any more questions. He also thought that this girl was indecisive.
Since he could make the decision, it didn't matter who he talked to; he invited the person to sit down at the table and chairs in the study.
There are several tables and chairs in the study because people used to come to the study to read, or poor students would come to the study to copy books to earn money. These tables and chairs were prepared for this purpose.
"Shopkeeper, I just looked around and thought your study was quite nice. How much are you planning to sell it for?" Liu Xiaoyu asked directly without wasting any words.
The layout of this study is excellent. After they buy it, they just need to tidy it up a bit before opening.
"This..." The shopkeeper was speechless for a moment, not expecting the young lady to be so direct. He had been thinking of talking to her more and finding out how much she was planning to charge, but she hadn't expected her to ask him the price directly.
“Miss Liu, although there are hardly any people in my study now, the furniture and other items inside are well-preserved and still usable. However, I don’t know what your young lady plans to do with the study.” The shopkeeper thought that if her young lady wanted to do some other business, then this place would need to be rearranged, and the things in the study would be basically useless. In that case, he would not have any advantage, and the price would probably not be too high.
"Shopkeeper, to be honest, our young lady is also planning to open a bookstore. She was thinking that if she could buy this place, she wouldn't have to make too many changes and could open as soon as possible." Liu Xiaoyu didn't hide it; she knew she would find out sooner or later.
Their daughter isn't the type to take advantage of others.
Upon hearing Liu Xiayu's words, the shopkeeper was overjoyed and began to make some plans.
“Miss Liu, look at my study, it’s not small. There are many bookshelves and tables and chairs inside. I can’t take them with me, so I’ll give them to you as well. But in that case, I won’t give you a discount on the price of the study. How about this price?” The shopkeeper gestured.
Liu Xiaoyu and Zou Ping exchanged a glance, understanding each other perfectly.
Liu Xiaoyu thought to herself, four thousand taels, this price is indeed a bit higher than she expected, but this study is worth it, although there are not many books left, these are still very valuable.
Seeing Liu Xiaoyu lower her head, the shopkeeper wondered if he had overcharged her and glanced anxiously at Zou Ping.
Zou Ping gave him a reassuring look.
The shopkeeper was finally relieved.
"Okay, this price is acceptable." Liu Xiaoyu's words completely delighted the shopkeeper.
"You agreed?"
"Yes, when can we take over this place? If possible, I hope it can be done as soon as possible," Liu Xiaoyu said with a smile.
"Yes, yes, anytime is fine, even now," the shopkeeper quickly said, afraid that Liu Xiaoyu might change her mind.
"Okay, let's do it now."
Afterwards, Liu Xiaoyu gave the silver to the shopkeeper and completed the handover procedures. From then on, the study belonged to Xiao Siyue.
After leaving the study, it was still early.
"We owe you so much for today, otherwise we wouldn't have been able to buy the shop so quickly," Liu Xiaoyu said to Zou Ping with satisfaction.
"What are you saying, Miss Xiaoyu? I didn't do anything; it was just a coincidence," Zou Ping said modestly.
"Alright, you can go back now. I should also go back to report to Miss."
She had to hurry back and tell her mistress this good news; her mistress would surely be very happy.
"Alright, then take care, Miss Xiaoyu." After saying that, Zou Ping headed towards the paper mill.
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"Miss," Liu Xiaoyu said happily as she hurried toward Xiao Siyue's room.
Xiao Siyue got up and finished washing up, and was somewhat surprised to see Liu Xiaoyu.
"Xiaoyu, you came back so soon?"
"Yes, Miss, I've already bought the shop." Liu Xiaoyu couldn't help but share the good news with Xiao Siyu.
"Wow, so fast!" Xiao Siyue was shocked. Was Liu Xiaoyu's efficiency a little too fast?
"Yes, this is what happened..." Liu Xiaoyu recounted everything that had happened that day to Xiao Siyue.
Xiao Siyue heard this.
"It seems that bringing Zou Ping along today was a really good idea," Xiao Siyue couldn't help but sigh.
"Yes, we owe a lot to Zou Ping today. I didn't know he had worked at Shumozhai before," Liu Xiaoyu couldn't help but exclaim.
"Alright, this Zou Ping is indeed quite good. You should mentor him properly from now on."
"Yes, ma'am."
"Now that we have a shop, let's open it as soon as possible." Xiao Siyue knew about Shumozhai; she had visited it before and even bought books there.
Therefore, I was very clear about the layout inside, and I thought that I didn't need to make many changes, just a little arrangement would suffice.
With this in mind, Xiao Siyue told Liu Xiaoyu about her thoughts.
Liu Xiaoyu wrote them down one by one.
"Then you go and get things done first. If you're too busy, bring Zou Ping with you."
"Yes, Miss." Liu Xiaoyu actually wanted to bring Zou Ping along. Zou Ping was quick-witted, and bringing him along would save a lot of trouble.