"Alas," Jia Lian sighed heavily, "Brother Zhen doesn't have an uncle to support him, so of course he doesn't care, but the younger brother can't."

Jia Zhen burst out laughing after hearing this, "Do you think what Bo Qian said about Hot Spring Valley is reliable?"

Jia Lian showed the contract in his hand and said, "It's written in black and white, and even my relatives don't believe it, then Brother Zhen should stop doing business."

Jia Zhen nodded, "It's just a pity that I came late this year. Otherwise, after deducting the peaches that Bo Qian sent to my Jia family, the remaining 200 kilograms would be worth ten thousand taels of silver."

"What's the use of those now? I just hope that this year's fresh peaches will bear fruit before the end of the year."

"That's true," Jia Zhen sighed, and suddenly thought that her family seemed to have given away 20,000 taels of silver after just eating a few peaches.

And if you want to get a new batch of peaches, you have to wait until this winter, or tomorrow in January or February.

What if you are cheated?,,,.

No, no, Jia Zhen shook her head hastily.

Bo Qian won five yuan in a row and had a chance to become the number one scholar. He was also a relative of his own. How could he lie to himself?

Then Jia Zhen thought that if something went wrong in the Hot Spring Valley, all the peach trees would die.

Even though Boqian promised to return the 40,000 taels of silver at that time, he spent the money on his wedding.

If I can't get it out at the moment, I can't force it. If I don't say it, it's equivalent to borrowing 40,000 taels of silver for my uncle to marry two girls from his own family and his cousin's family?

After telling Jia Lian this, Jia Lian said angrily, "Don't worry, don't forget that Bo Qian still has a spice business.

To put it another way, he invested 10,000 taels of silver in Huixian Building, and the pastries Bo Qian came up with were selling very well.

Huixianlou's business these days is two or three times better than before. Not only does it earn 30,000 to 50,000 taels of silver every year, it still makes a net profit of 20,000 taels.

Just because Boqian occupies half of Huixian Building, if he is willing to sell it now, even if he offers fifty thousand taels of silver, my brother will be willing to take it over."

"That's good, that's good."

Jia Zhen breathed a sigh of relief, and then thought that Jia Lian had a role in Huixian Tower.

Doesn't that mean that he and Xue Pan can also share 10,000 taels of silver every year?

However, relying on the farm passed down by her ancestors, she could not receive 10,000 taels of silver every year, and Jia Zhen suddenly became jealous.

Then he thought about what Jia Lian said about buying half of Shi Zhongkui's shares for 50,000 taels, and his heart moved. After returning to Ningrong Street with Jia Lian, he turned around and returned to Shi Mansion.

After hearing this, Shi Zhongkui almost laughed. The restaurant was originally intended to trick Jia She, but he didn't expect Jia Zhen to jump in earlier.

"Brother Zhen, does he know how much money my restaurant can make in a year?"

Jia Zhen immediately knew that Shi Zhongkui thought her bid was too low, "How about 70,000 taels of silver?"

The price of recovering the cost in 7 or 8 years has almost reached Jia Zhen’s bottom line.

And this is also a comparison based on the income from farmland.

Seeing that Shi Zhongkui was still shaking his head, Jia Zhen had a flash of inspiration and said with a smile, "My dear brother is a literary star who has come to earth, and his future is destined to be bright.

But if you want to make a big deal out of your wedding, there must be a valid reason for the money.

Otherwise, the officials at Yushitai will refer to your book for no reason."

These words reminded Shi Zhongkui.

Seeing his thoughtful expression, Jia Zhen hurriedly continued, "Besides, my dear brother, you also need to pay attention to the opinions from the outside world. You can't really let outsiders make nonsense about your brother-in-law's marriage. You have to rely on your father-in-law's family to support you.

This is not good for my good brother’s official reputation.”

Shi Zhongkui almost laughed after hearing this.

Upon hearing this, it is indeed true.

Being a soft-boiled person is not a good reputation in any era, but in ancient times, there were really not too many cases of the rich and powerful families in ancient times paying their dues when marrying their daughters.

As long as your career is prosperous, your future children will still have the surname Shi, and when they worship their ancestors every year, their ancestors will still be the ancestors of the Shi family. This is not called soft food, but complementary interests.

Previously, Xue Pan bought his three-story house, and no one in Shilin used it to ridicule him.

On the contrary, more people are envious.

But there is also a trouble here. I didn't have an official status before, but I really should pay more attention to it in the future.

He pretended to think for a while and then said, "I still have to discuss this matter with Brother Xue Pan and Brother Lian."

"It should, it should."

Jia Zhen was overjoyed, but when everything was almost settled, he suddenly had the thought of regret.

I just bought a peach tree. Why didn’t I eat a few peaches? I spent 20,000 taels of silver first and then another 70,000 taels of silver?

But the words were all spoken, and Jia Zhen could only say goodbye worried about gain and loss.

After sending Jia Zhen away, Shi Zhongkui immediately asked Shun'er to find Xue Pan and Jia Lian.

Moreover, I had to call Xue Pan first, and then go to Jia Lian.

When Xue Datou heard that he wanted to sell Huixian Building, he was not willing to agree.

But when I heard that he wanted to marry Baochai, I tried my best to make the wedding as lively as possible, but I was too embarrassed to say anything more.

After a while, he persuaded me, "Brother, even if you are getting married in a prince's family, two or thirty thousand taels of silver is already extravagant enough. If you are not convenient, you can ask your brothers for support.

In the future, I will use the profits from the restaurant to pay it back, so there is no need to sell it directly."

"This is the truth." Shi Zhongkui was a little touched that Xue Pan could say this.

He sighed and said, "But Brother Zhen's words reminded me that in the past, I only wanted to keep a low profile and avoid trouble, so in the eyes of outsiders, my brother was just a poor scholar.

This sudden wedding costs tens of thousands of taels, or even more money. It can't be supported by your Xue family and Jia family.

If that's the case, my reputation will be ruined for the rest of my life."

"This...", Xue Pan wanted to say that there was nothing wrong with it, but after thinking about it carefully, if he was to be an official in the future, he probably wouldn't want to be said to be a freeloader.

Then Jia Lian came to the door and became silent after hearing these words.

Seeing this, Xue Pan muttered, "70,000 taels is less, why don't Brother Lian and I go to Brother Zhen to discuss it again?"

Shi Zhongkui pretended to sigh and said, "I really can't talk about this anymore. After all, we are all relatives. It's really not good to get into trouble just for some money."

But this matter must be told to the old lady and my father-in-law, Master Zheng first.

If the three elders agree, I will sell it, otherwise I'll forget it.

To avoid causing trouble in the future, even relatives will not have to do anything."

Jia Lian and Xue Pan looked at each other and immediately sided with Shi Zhongkui.

Jia Zhen came back quietly to mention the restaurant, and she really meant to get a bargain.

But Shi Zhongkui's idea was very simple. If Jia She heard this, he would definitely get involved.

Even if the old guy doesn't accept the move, it would be good to sell it to Jia Zhen.

That afternoon, the ladies and daughters-in-law in Jia Mu's house were invited out again.

Jia She and Jia Zheng hurriedly walked in under everyone's doubtful eyes.

Jia Zheng looked at Jia Lian angrily, and Xue Pan asked, "We have just finished talking about the peach tree, why is it involving the restaurant again?"

After listening to Jia Lian and Xue Pan's explanations, Jia Mu and the other three breathed a sigh of relief.

Then he asked doubtfully, "Is the restaurant really that profitable?"

“This thing can still be false,” Xue Pan muttered. “It has only been five days since the opening. The daily income of three to four hundred taels of silver, after deducting the capital, the net profit is no less than 200 taels.

According to the old shopkeeper, even if the future business is half as good, there will still be 20,000 to 30,000 taels per year, and the second sister-in-law must know about this."

Jia Mu and the other three immediately looked at Jia Lian, who nodded in embarrassment.

He revealed everything in detail to avoid being discovered that he had concealed anything. In the end, not only were the members of the restaurant gone, but he also had to be beaten.

Jia Mu calculated carefully and exclaimed, "Doesn't that mean that you and the second girl combined have an income of four or five thousand taels of silver every year, and you only invested fifteen thousand taels of silver?"

Jia Lian glanced at Jia She, whose eyes were shining, and her heart tightened. She quickly looked at Jia Zheng, wanting to ask him for help in speaking.

But at this time, Jia Zheng was also shocked by Shi Zhongkui's gift of Yingchun members and more than a thousand taels of silver a year.

It wasn't that Jia Zheng thought the money was a lot, but that in the past, a girl's share at home was only 2 taels of silver. He couldn't understand that someone suddenly gave such a large sum of money to his niece.

Jia Mu hurriedly asked Jia Lian to call Wang Xifeng.

Wang Xifeng looked at the room full of relatives and could only say that it was indeed similar to what Xue Pan said, based on whether it was full every day or only half full.

Moreover, even if Huixianlou does not cook dishes and only makes pineapple buns, egg tarts and two kinds of ice cream, it still has an income of 70 to 80 silver per day.

Even if he only earns 40 taels a day, these pastries alone will make a net profit of 13,000 to 4,000 taels a year.

Even according to Wang Xifeng's idea, he simply sold the restaurant and found a bigger shop. Maybe he could make more money by just making pastries.

Now even Jia Zheng began to make calculations in his heart. After all, Shi Zhongkui was the son-in-law, and Jia Zhen was a real descendant of the Jia family, and even the patriarch.

There are benefits to this. Of course, you should think of your own family first.

Jia Mu nodded quickly, "I make the decision on this matter, and I will follow..."

"Wait a minute," Jia She stood up eagerly and said, "Boqian is my son-in-law in the Rongguo Mansion. He is short of money. If he doesn't tell my father-in-law, he is already a stranger. It is even more inappropriate to sell property."
To be continued...