Crossing the Unknown Country

Chapter 422 The House and the Shop Are Already Decided

When they returned to Yuelai Inn, Su He's father and the others had already returned and were sitting in their room talking. When they saw them coming back, they asked Su He to come over and sit down and rest together.

Su He's father poured a glass of water for his daughter and asked her kindly, "Daughter, did you have a good time outside today? Is it lively over there?"

Su He took the cup with a smile, took a sip of water and said, "It's great! There are a lot of people and it's very lively. The scenery is also great. When Dad is done with his work, let's all go and take a boat ride on the lake. Everyone go and have a look. It's a picturesque place."

Su He's father smiled and nodded in agreement. As long as his daughter is happy, she will behave like a little girl. Because he has no ability, his daughter has to shoulder the burden of the family early on. Every day, she is like a little adult, busy with business. Others don't feel sorry for her, but he often feels sorry for her.

Now he could run his own business without his daughter's help, and she didn't have to follow him in everything. Her brothers also learned a lot and passed the examination to become students. If they could pass the provincial examination, they would become scholars, and they would have many benefits, such as being exempt from official duties, labor service, grain tax, and punishment, and they could open their own schools.

As my family gets better and better, my daughter gradually grows up, and it is not suitable for her to run around outside every day. It is good like now, she can come with me, give me some advice, and take people to do things.

After asking, Su He's father said that they went to the brokerage today to look for houses and shops separately. They found them all within a day, and all they needed to do was go to the government office tomorrow to get the house deed. Su He didn't have to worry now, as long as everything was done, he could move into the new house directly.

Master Su He roughly described the location of the house, which was probably on Chunshi Street. It was mainly inhabited by scholarly families. Many scholars lived there, and they taught in several academies there.

Most of the academies in Anqing Prefecture are located in that area, which is relatively close to the other side of Jingbo Lake. There is a small river there, and the academy is built next to the river. It has a beautiful scenery and is a relatively quiet place.

The courtyard that Su He's family had their eyes on was on that street, but it was not across the street from the river. The courtyard was not big, with five main rooms and four auxiliary rooms, a standard quadrangle. There was a barn, a firewood shed, a few small houses, and a well in the back. Those houses could also be used for living. Originally, the master lived in the front and the servants lived in the back.

They will not live here for long, so a few servants will be enough to serve the brothers. They will have their own servants, people to cook and sweep, and a few masters to follow them, so there should be no problem.

Su He's father also told everyone about his plan, and everyone agreed. They came here for Su He's four brothers, so that even if some of them failed the exam, they could study here together.

They were not very interested in entering the academy, but here they were required to pass the provincial examination and enter the academy to study for a period of time. After all, the academy needed scholars who passed the imperial examination to make them famous, and the power behind them was self-evident.

Su He and the others also wanted to study in the academy. After all, it was a local exam, and each place had its own characteristics. Sometimes Master Ye could not replace them. Master Ye used to be in the capital, and he made the same arrangements for his students.

He came with them and helped them solve some problems they didn't understand at home. During the day, they could go to the academy to study some past exam papers and learn from them what they didn't understand. It's not a bad thing to have more teachers to teach and learn from others.

Brother Su He had made the general arrangements, and then there was the choice of a shop. Master Feng Dayuan went to see it. It had two large rooms outside and a small courtyard with three rooms in the back, which could be used as a place for the waiters and the owner to rest.

The shops here don't have wells, so they have to go to the public well on the corner to fetch water, so it's not very convenient to do food business. But the shop is very clean, it used to be a incense shop. Maybe the business here is not good, or the location is wrong, so it's closed.

Shops in the city are in short supply, and once one is sold, they will be gone. When they arrived at the brokerage, the seller happened to be selling his shop. After the broker introduced them, they immediately booked the shop, otherwise it would have been snatched away by someone else.

Nowadays, regardless of the location, people are buying properties in all places in Fucheng, no matter if they are good or bad. This also shows that business in Fucheng is easy to do, and you can try anything, and not many people lose money.

Su He became more confident after hearing this. She would go check out the store location tomorrow and carefully plan what kind of business to start. She believed in her own ability and had seen so many businesses, so there were too many options to choose from.