boyutpedia Chapter 181 Who Owns the Shop?
Chapter 181 Who Owns the Shop?
"I did go, but it was only for about half an hour, and I didn't even have a meal."
At this point, Huan Yun whispered, "The most anxious thing for the people in the East Warm Pavilion every day is to find a way to keep His Highness and consummate his marriage with the concubine. Unlike the princess, who doesn't have to do anything, His Highness will... I spoke out of turn."
Lu Mingyang glanced over and Huan Yun kowtowed in fear.
"Get up!"
Although Lu Mingyang didn't like people gossiping behind people's backs, he felt a burning itch in his heart when he heard these words, so he just gave a few simple reprimands.
All I can think about is that bad man.
Unexpectedly, he hasn't consummated his marriage with Qin Miao yet. Does this mean that he only likes me?
Could it be that the guy was still a virgin before he met me?
Oh, what are you thinking about!
Lu Mingyang looked at his face, which looked almost burnt, in the bronze mirror. He hurriedly chased away the yellow bubbles in his mind and selected jewelry. His hand naturally fell on the necklace given by Concubine Jin.
"Wear this!" Nian'er's beverage shop opened today, and she went to show her support, so she had to dress up nicely.
"Yes!" Huanyun combed her hair and put the necklace on the princess's head. A faint fragrance wafted from the necklace, and she couldn't help but praise it, "Princess, your necklace is so beautiful and unique. I've never seen a necklace with a fragrance before."
"Does Yingluo have no fragrance?"
Lu Mingyang hadn't noticed the faint fragrance on Yingluo before, but when she heard Huanyun say that, she suddenly remembered that when Concubine Jin gave it to her, she asked her to put it on the bedside when she wasn't wearing it to bring good luck, and a sense of fear arose in her heart - musk.
Chu Mingzheng was so smart, and Concubine Jin was naturally not much worse. Knowing that her son refused to go back, she must have been able to predict what he was going to do.
Now he has no support from his natal family, and Duke Qin is as rich as a country. If the wife has no children, if Qin Miao gives birth to the eldest son, Duke Qin will certainly help Chu Mingzheng with all his strength.
No wonder Concubine Jin said that to me when she left!
"Second sister, what do you think of the name of this shop, Nianluo Xiangyin?"
Inside the beverage shop, Yang Nian'er finished opening the shop and brought a glass of perilla beverage to sit across from Lu Mingyang. Seeing her second sister distracted, she knocked on the table in dissatisfaction.
There were ten square tables in the shop, and customers were sitting at them chatting and making a lot of noise. Lu Mingyang took a look and pulled his sister out the back door, hiding behind the screen wall.
"Nian'er, do me a favor!" She took off the necklace from her neck and placed it in Nian'er's hand, and urged: "Please help me find a doctor, ask a few doctors, to see if there is any problem with this necklace."
"Why didn't you tell me earlier? Leng Lingfeng just left."
"We can't look for him!" However, if it was made by a master hired by Concubine Jin, such as Leng Lingfeng's master, how could an ordinary doctor find out.
Lu Mingyang thought for a moment and said, "If the doctor can't find any problems, go ask Leng Lingfeng, but don't tell him it's mine."
"What? It's so mysterious." Although Yang Nian'er didn't want to go, seeing her second sister was so nervous, she immediately took the necklace and went to find a doctor.
Lu Mingyang calmed himself down and went out to help.
Wei Luo was wearing coarse clothes and acting as a servant, running around, his movements a little clumsy.
"Cousin, you bought the shop, right?" Nian'er had money, but she couldn't trade in the shop. Lu Mingyang asked confidently, "How much silver? I'll give it to you."
Wei Luo said: "No need! Besides, Nian'er has already given it to me."
Lu Mingyang was surprised by his sister's wealth: "How much did she give you?"
“Not expensive!”
"If you don't tell me, I'll go ask Nian'er."
"Don't!" Wei Luo stopped Lu Mingyang and said with a smile, "One hundred taels of silver."
This shop had two courtyards, one in front and one in the back. Not counting the large shop facing the street, there were ten large tiled houses in the back. It was only one street away from the Ningyuan Palace, a prime location. How could it be possible that there was only one hundred taels of silver?
"cousin!"
"cousin!"
Wei Luo interrupted Lu Mingyang and said awkwardly, "That's all I told Nian'er. Just don't say anything else."
"Cousin!" Lu Mingyang said seriously, "Nian'er is young now and doesn't understand anything. But she will grow up one day."
"Cousin!" Wei Luo said in panic, "I didn't mean that."
Lu Mingyang said, "It won't work without it."
Wei Luo lowered his head and said nothing. He knew that some of his actions had indeed crossed the line, but he just couldn't help but want to be nice to her. Seeing her happy made him happy.
"This is it!" Lu Mingyang said, "Give me the deed and I'll transfer the property to Uncle Zhong's name."
"Second sister, why do you want to live under Uncle Zhong's name?"
Yang Nian'er walked into the fragrant beverage shop and happened to hear this. She hurriedly pulled her second sister behind the screen wall and said, "Do you really think I can't afford the one hundred taels of rent?"
"You haven't given it to me yet?" Lu Mingyang widened his eyes.
"Of course not." Yang Nian'er explained: "I agreed with Brother Wei that he would use the shop as a share and we would split the profits 20-80, with me taking 80 and him taking 20. But I won't let him suffer any loss. If he loses, I will make up for it."
Lu Mingyang pressed on, "Then who owns this shop?"
"Of course it's mine." Yang Nian'er was happy when she thought about it. "Although I can't have the title deed, Brother Wei and I signed a contract privately. He holds the title deed, and the house belongs to me."
Lu Mingyang smiled and reminded, "Nian'er, according to our Dasheng laws, a contract signed by a woman is invalid. So this house is still his."
"We have a gentleman's agreement." Yang Nian'er was not worried at all: "Brother Wei is the son of the Duke's Mansion, how can he cheat me out of a hundred taels of silver?"
Lu Mingyang didn't know what to say now, and chuckled, "He's quite stupid."
"How can you be sure I'll lose money?" Yang Nian'er slapped her second sister in dissatisfaction: "I've calculated it all. My shop can make five or six taels of silver every day. In a year, he can make an extra two or three hundred taels of silver."
"Then why did you recruit him into the group?"
Yang Nian'er smiled sheepishly: "This is my first time doing business, so I'm a little scared. I feel more at ease with Brother Wei's help. He bought all the things in the store, not bad, isn't he!"
At this point, she sternly warned her second sister: "Don't ruin my plans! If you buy out the deed, he won't make any profit. How can he help me wholeheartedly?"
Lu Mingyang turned his head and looked at the large house in the back yard, trying to remind him: "You bought such a big yard just to sell fragrant drinks?"
Yang Nian'er didn't notice anything wrong. "Brother Wei said there's no smaller shop near you, and he also said it's not convenient for me to live there all the time. The mansion is a bit far away, and there's a yard in the back that would be convenient if I'm busy late. I think it's not expensive anyway, so I'll just buy it."
Isn’t this just giving away houses in a different way?
Lu Mingyang held his forehead, unable to continue: "Where is my Yingluo?"
Yang Nian'er took out the necklace and put it on her second sister, saying, "I asked three doctors, and they all said there was nothing wrong. I also asked Leng Lingfeng, and he said the fragrance was a mixture of sandalwood and agarwood from the temple. It must have been left in the temple for too long, and the smell must have been contaminated. Wear it more often and the smell will go away."