"Let people look at your paintings and spend money to buy a shop?" Bafang also knew who Meng Changqing was. He knew her intentions without asking any more questions. He couldn't help but worry: "Can it be sold like this?"
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Meng Changqing was unsure, "I don't know, but give it a try. If you can't sell it, then think of other ways."
In this way, Meng Changqing and Bafang were drawing pictures in the study until the afternoon, until Laicai knocked on the door, "What are you two so busy doing now? You haven't even eaten?"
They were concentrating on their work, but they were not so focused that they forgot about their hunger. There were three plates of snacks in the main study room. They just grabbed them and ate them when they were hungry, not noticing how fast time passed.
Now it's good, as soon as Laicai comes in, there are many helpers.
The three of them worked until the evening, drawing all the required drawings and writing all the notices for selling the house and recruiting workers.
Meng Changqing asked Bafang and Laicai to post the notices outside, and then go to town to find children to read the notices.
Bafang immediately went to the kitchen to find paste, but Laicai was holding a handful of paper with a worried expression.
Meng Changqing asked him to speak directly.
"Master, I always feel that this is not right." Lai Cai said, "It's okay if I can't sell it. If I sell it, I'm afraid I'll be in big trouble."
"There is indeed trouble." Meng Changqing also had concerns before making this decision. "Now I can force myself to build it, and the shop can be given to the buyers as shown. But in the future, the magistrate of Beishan County will always have to be replaced. Can he be like It’s hard to say that I have a conscience like this.
Then I will be the one who harms the people. After all, I was the one who started it. ”
Laicai nodded, "That's right."
"So just this once."
"What once or twice?" Bafang stood at the door holding the paste, "Hurry up and post it. If you wait any longer, the students will go home for dinner."
The notice posted in the evening spread throughout Beishan County that night.
Many people held lanterns and gathered in front of the notice wall to look at the paintings.
"This street is amazing, even more beautiful than the street in Liangzhou Prefecture."
"More than that!"
“It looks good, but I don’t know how to look at a whole wall of paintings.”
Those who came early and had already studied and understood it explained for the people who came after, "First look at this street scene. If you want to see which house on the street, just look at the number on the house." He found an example to show to everyone. Listen, "For example, this is twenty-eight in the center of the street. After you have memorized the number, and look here again, twenty-eight faces three, which refers to the third painting.
It means that house No. 28 looks like the third picture if you look closely.
There are six paintings in total, and underneath each painting is marked how much space it occupies and how much it costs to buy it. ”
The man had a loud voice and spoke in detail. After he finished explaining, several people thanked him.
Someone hurriedly scanned the amount of money under the six paintings, and was so frightened that he wanted to withdraw from the crowd, "Oh my God! The cheapest one is only fifty taels. Where can I find so much money?"
Most people think it is expensive, but some people have seen the world and say, "This is a brick and tile house. The cost is already high. It is in Beishan County. You can't buy it at this price elsewhere."
"I heard from the boss earlier that this is the current price. If you buy the house in the future after it is built, it will be dozens of taels more expensive."
"What!"
"Who can afford this house?"
Sha Zhu squeezed in the front of the crowd and stared at the paintings for a long time. He took his fancy to the sixth one.
He really wanted the house in the picture, a two-story building with a small yard.
Unfortunately, the price is too high, one hundred and eighty taels.
I can't even get so much money out of my entire family.
"Who can afford this money?" "That's right, it looks good, but no one will buy it once it's built."
"Isn't the earth house also inhabited by people?"
Listening to those words, he slipped out of the crowd through the gap.
"How's it going? What paintings are you talking about?" Huaihua failed to squeeze in, thinking that Sha Zhu was inside anyway, and he would definitely tell her when he saw it, so he didn't waste his energy.
"The new shop." Sha Zhu said, "The painting is beautiful. When there are fewer people tomorrow, you can..."
Before he finished speaking, someone in the crowd behind him shouted loudly: "Isn't there a recruitment notice?"
"What recruitment?"
"Why didn't you tell me earlier when there was a job recruitment notice? Where are the workers recruited? How much does it cost per day?"
Huaihua and Shazhu both stopped.
As soon as they heard that there was a recruitment notice, the crowd became even tighter than before. It was impossible for Shazhu to squeeze in, so the two of them relied on the loud voices in the crowd to continue talking.
"New Street!" The loud voice lived up to his expectations, "The grades are still the same as before, and the wages are slightly lower than before."
"Hey, where do you register? Why don't you see the registration desk at the government office?"
"Isn't it written on the notice? Registration will not be until September 13th, until tomorrow."
"Hey, I don't recognize it even if it's written. Did you write down what time it is tomorrow?"
"I just wrote it in the morning. Come here early and wait. I said you are illiterate and you have a face. The literacy class doesn't know how to listen."
Sophora japonica smiled at Sha Zhu and said, "Get up early and come back tomorrow."
Sha Zhu nodded helplessly, "I can't squeeze in even if I want to join in the fun."
The two returned home, and Shazhu was still thinking about the house in the painting, "It would be great if I could buy one."
"Then buy fifty taels, our family can afford it." Although Huaihua did not see the content of the painting with her own eyes, she heard that it was a brick house and she also wanted to buy one.
Two members of his family have followed Mr. Meng from the very beginning, and have watched Beishan County grow from scratch with their own eyes.
During this period, the two of them never missed an opportunity to make money. Sophora japonica was also selected by the county government to raise seedlings because of its good farming skills, and earned another salary. In addition to the grocery store owned by Sha Zhu and Yu's father and daughter, they have saved a lot of money in the past two years.
It should be said that there are really few people in Beishan County who are richer than their family.
"I want to buy a big one." Sha Zhu said, "It's right in the center of Xin Street. Groceries are still sold on the first floor. We live on the second floor. The location is good. Anyone who goes to Xin Street in the future will definitely go there. .”
"But we can't afford it." Huaihua said honestly, "We won't borrow money to buy a shop. Besides, who has the money to lend it to us?"
Shazhu scratched his head, he couldn't think of a good way.
"Besides, you said you were going to open a grocery store in Xinjie, but what about this one now? Our family bought it together with the Youcai family, and the business has always been amicable. If you want to open a new store, how can you talk to his family? Say what?”
Shazhu scratched his head vigorously, "That's right! I'm worried too."
"It's useless for you to worry about this matter. It's just a difficult problem that you can't get around." Huaihua said, "There's no need to ask for trouble. We can do as much as we can.
There is no one in this world who can definitely do whatever they say they want to do. There is no need for you to be so discouraged. ”
"It's a pity for me." Sha Zhu said, "I liked that house when I saw it. It's still in the middle. It will definitely be of great use after buying it."
"What are you looking at? That house doesn't even have a foundation, you just see a pattern. The big market is right in front of you. Look at the people doing business inside. Who has made a fortune? There are not even a single person inside." (End of chapter)