Becoming the Villain's Discarded Wife
Chapter 227: Baiweizhai

Chapter 227: Chapter 227: Baiweizhai

If someone really wanted to establish private property, there should be some traces of it, but these few didn’t look like clandestine confidants of wealthy families. But if they truly weren’t confident, how would they think of taking over Baiweizhai?

Thinking like this, Manager Lei started to become unsure, wondering whether or not to sell to this apparent nobleman.

Seeing his hesitation, both Nanzhi and Shen Miaomiao started to feel anxious.

Could it be that they were too obvious in showing their satisfaction?

So Manager Lei wants to raise the price now?

"You folks caught my attention, so I’ll cut the nonsense. Everything in Baiweizhai stays the same; I’ll take a total of one thousand taels from you."

When she received an offer of one thousand taels, Nanzhi finally took a slight breath of relief.

Although expensive, it was still in her budget. After all, Baiweizhai occupied a large area with an extremely well thought out layout. There would be very little need for renovations once it was taken over, which would save quite a bit of silver.

"Feel free to look around more. I’ll head downstairs first."

Having said that, Lei Zhong excused himself by smiling at them, and took leave for downstairs.

Once he was out of sight, Lin Yicheng stuttered as he turned to Nanzhi, "N-nanzhi, you’re planning on taking over this restaurant?"

"Nanzhi, where did you get this silver from?"

The two brothers inquired in unison, with Shen Miaomiao staring at Nanzhi from the sidelines as well.

At first, Miaomiao thought she could manage to contribute ten taels of silver to the little business with Sister Nanzhi, but if they were thinking of taking over Baiweizhai, her contribution would be considered negligible.

"I didn’t plan on spending so much, I just came to look around. But after seeing it, I am quite interested." Nanzhi said leisurely. But in her mind, she had already started planning to find Shen Wenchen.

The residence is not far from here, and she could go directly to see him after having a look.

After all, the festival had started yesterday and was scheduled to continue for three days. He should still be in Yan City.

"This big restaurant, for a thousand taels..." Lin Yicheng looked around, expressing his astonishment.

It would take several years of saving every penny for their entire family to afford it but the restaurant did indeed look remarkable.

"Sister Nanzhi, what do you think?" The young girl looked at Nanzhi with questioning eyes.

"I think Baiweizhai is good, but there might be some difficulties if we take it over."

"What difficulties?" Lin Ercheng could tell that his sister was satisfied with the restaurant and he figured that she planned to use the dowry from her husband’s marriage proposal.

"I like this place a lot, but I haven’t managed a restaurant before. Running a big restaurant like this might be troublesome."

Nanzhi spoke candidly. In her previous life, she had only sold items in her own stall at most. Being asked to manage a large restaurant like this would indeed be quite difficult.

Speaking of which, Su Tao did have decent skills to live such a good life.

"That’s true..."

Lin Ercheng nodded. Although their mother and their wives started a small food stall together, and their two old father opened a carpentry shop, it was mostly the three of them discussing matters together. If even Nanzhi who was always resourceful mentioned she had no experience, who else in the family could offer an opinion?

Shen Miaomiao stood on the side, feeling a bit helpless. She could hardly contribute much silver and now it seemed that she was unable to help in other areas either.

"But every new venture is difficult at first, we will find a way." Seeing that everyone’s spirits were a bit low, Nanzhi quickly spoke up.

"So you’re planning on acquiring it?" Lin Yicheng’s eyes widened, seemingly finding it hard to believe.

"That’s the plan, but first, let’s go upstairs and take a look." Nanzhi pointed at the staircase. Without bothering to use her wheelchair, she slowly stood up and limped up the stairs.

During her first journey to the second floor, her brother had to carry her, which was somewhat embarrassing. So, this time, she decided to get there by herself first.

"Sister Nanzhi, is your leg really okay?" The young girl looked worried as she saw Nanzhi’s staggering steps, fearing that Nanzhi might fall if she wasn’t stable.

"I’m fine, I’m just not used to it." Nanzhi laughed and continued up the stairs. Only after she’d turned a corner did she let out a gasp of pain.

"What happened?"

Hearing her gasp, the Lin brothers quickly rushed upstairs, alarmed that something might have happened to Nanzhi.

Seeing whatever was on the third floor, the brothers seemed to have forgotten their reason for rushing upstairs, thus blocking Shen Miaomiao’s view.

"Sister Nanzhi, Sister Nanzhi! Are you all right?"

The young girl was blocked by two human walls and couldn’t see what was happening on the third floor, but she was on the verge of tears.

"I’m fine, I’m fine, Miaomiao, come up here and see..." Nanzhi spoke and realized that the entrance to the staircase was blocked by her brothers. She thought it was quite funny.

After moving her brothers aside, she pulled Shen Miaomiao up to the third floor.

The third floor was a bit smaller than the second floor. The entire floor was freshly painted, and the floor was newly laid but no furniture had been placed. The large windows were open, which made the space look bright.

After seeing this, Nanzhi understood why Manager Lei was willing to sell Baiweizhai for one thousand taels of silver.

Judging by its decoration and location, the price should be at least two hundred taels more.

It probably had something to do with the third floor.

"Why is the third floor empty?"

After exploring the third floor for a while, the two brothers found that not even a single chair was placed. Shen Miaomiao was quite puzzled too.

If the first and second floors were well-furnished, why did the third floor seem unused?

But Nanzhi was even more pleased. The Baiweizhai was a three-story building, one of the tallest architectural structures in Yan City. The view from the third floor covered more than half of Yan City, offering an extremely broad view. Especially since Baiweizhai was some distance from Zuitingxuan, further away than she originally thought.

The restaurant could be arranged so that the first floor lobby could accommodate ordinary customers, the second floor private rooms could serve upscale clients, and the third floor would definitely serve a better purpose.

Manager Lei waited downstairs for their return while wondering about their identity.

Initially, he thought of selling it for one thousand five hundred taels, but he hadn’t found a suitable buyer in almost half a month.

Some people came to check but they were all worried about offending Zuitingxuan, causing the price drop again and again.

In the past, Baiweizhai could earn him over two hundred taels a month, but now, expenditure was greater than income.

Thinking of those staff who had left, Manager Lei sighed deeply.