The Lucky Farmgirl
Chapter 967 - 946 Decision (Extra update for the reward from book friend "Kz")

Chapter 967: Chapter 946 Decision (Extra update for the reward from book friend "Kz")

Manbao felt that there was no skill in the world that couldn’t be learned after reading a book, and since the encyclopedia had all sorts of books, there should be ones on brewing as well.

Thus, she was brimming with confidence and said to her two brothers with a slap on her chest, "Leave the brewing to me. Have you decided on this store?"

Zhou Wulang looked over the information on the paper and, finding a pen, crossed off several shops. He then handed the paper to Zhou Liulang, with only three options left uncrossed now.

"You choose one."

Zhou Liulang’s gaze couldn’t resist falling on the largest shop, as, being a cook, he naturally liked spacious places.

Seeing this, Zhou Lijun said, "Since Sixth Uncle likes it, let’s buy this one."

Zhou Lichong and Zhou Liwei also nodded, "Let’s buy it, buy it. It’s spacious, and if we get busy at night and the guildhalls close early, we won’t be able to come back, we could stay there."

Zhou Wulang then looked at Manbao and said, "Before coming here, mom managed to collect fifteen hundred taels of silver for us."

Manbao said grandly, "I’ll pay the rest. I’ll add another two hundred taels to the account."

Zhou Wulang hadn’t been with Manbao to Yizhou City before and didn’t know she had made a lot of money selling flowers. He blinked and asked, "How much money do you actually have in hand?"

Manbao chuckled and didn’t tell him.

Zhou Wulang then looked towards Zhou Lijun.

Zhou Lijun shook his head and said, "I can’t figure it out. The little niece always keeps her own money."

She could figure out how much money Fourth Uncle had, how much private money big brother and Second Brother had saved, but she really couldn’t figure out the little niece’s private stash because she had always managed her own accounts.

Moreover, the little niece had many ways to make money when she was outside. Of course, she knew about the big sum she made from selling flowers. But besides that, there were many more channels through which the little niece earned money.

For example, the gifts of thanks from the Ji Family through her journey back and forth, she didn’t entirely know how much there was.

Also, when she went on medical visits with Doctor Ji, she always managed to get a share of the medical fees. If they visited some rich and noble families, seeing the little niece’s lovable appearance, they would give her an additional gift of meeting.

Besides these, there were also profits from their own estate. In the past two years, Old Zhou and Ms. Qian, under the pretext of Manbao studying outside, stopped asking her to contribute money to the communal fund. They would take it from her, and Old Zhou would immediately pocket it, claiming it was to be returned to Manbao.

However, everyone in the Zhou family agreed it was just Old Zhou saving up for himself; even if it was for Manbao, they guessed it would only be given when Manbao was about to marry.

But before leaving, Old Zhou and Ms. Qian pulled Manbao aside for a lengthy whisper, so that money might have really been given to Manbao.

So she truly couldn’t figure it out.

Zhou Wulang, though very curious about how much money the youngest sister had saved, saw her happily refusing to speak up, so he stopped asking. It was good enough that she could afford it.

"Alright, I’ll find an intermediary tomorrow to discuss the price."

Manbao asked, "Do we need to ask Shopkeeper Zheng to help and act as a go-between?"

After thinking for a moment, Zhou Wulang shook his head and said, "There’s no need for now. I will go negotiate first. If we can settle on a price, we’ll sign it ourselves, if not, then we’ll ask Shopkeeper Zheng to step in."

Zhou Lichong said, "We all know how to appraise the value. Why waste money hiring an intermediary?"

Zhou Wulang answered, "What do you know? Buying a shop is complicated, and nobody knows if there might be other issues involved. Those intermediaries have connections and experience, and they know how to handle these things. I’d rather spend a few extra taels to have security than to get swindled later on."

Manbao nodded vehemently, "That’s true."

Zhou Wulang stood up and said, "Alright, when will you give me the money?"

Manbao replied, "I’ll give it to you tonight. I’ll go back and count the money first."

Zhou Lijun was especially curious as he followed her back, "Cousin, where on earth do you hide your money? There’s so much of it."

Manbao, unfazed, said, "Did you see how many chests are in my room?"

"Aren’t those for books and clothes?"

Manbao replied with a meaningful tone, "That’s why I’m not telling you."

However, Manbao had decided that she would take some time to exchange the silver in her system space for gold since gold was much easier to carry than silver.

Manbao counted her silver and drew out fifteen hundred taels. After thinking it over, she found her gold pieces, exchanged a portion for silver, and then placed it in an empty rattan chest before taking it out of her space.

In the evening, Zhou Wulang led his brothers and nephews over to carry the money.

When they saw Manbao dragging a rattan chest out from under the bed and opening it to reveal all silver,

He looked seriously under the bed and asked with suspicion, "You hide your money under the bed?"

"No, I put it there this afternoon. Fifth Brother, don’t always think about where I hide my money. Otherwise, next time I’ll go straight to find your secret stash and hand it to Fifth Sister-in-law."

Zhou Wulang’s face turned red, and he said in a low voice, "Nonsense, I don’t keep secret money."

Zhou Liulang took the lead in teasing, "Eh—" with a look of disbelief.

Zhou Wulang then kicked Zhou Liulang in the backside, "Eh what? I’ve got a wife; why would I hide secret money? Only Fourth Uncle and you think about hiding secret money."

Zhou Liulang egged on Manbao, "Manbao, go quickly and find Fifth Brother’s secret stash."

Manbao waved her hand and said, "Alright, alright, just carry the money away quickly. Lijun, you have to record it for me. Once the shop makes a profit, I expect to get half of the earnings."

"I got it, Cousin. I’ll record it."

Zhou Liulang, while carrying the money, said, "Manbao, isn’t it too much for you to get half of the earnings? At most, you should get forty percent."

Zhou Lichong nodded in agreement, "Yeah, Cousin, you’re only putting in half the money. But we’re also contributing labor. We’re not getting paid for this work; it’s like working for nothing."

Manbao thought for a moment, "Alright then, forty percent it is."

Zhou Liwei interjected, "Cousin, wouldn’t you consider thirty percent?"

Manbao humphed, "No way. I’m providing the brewing recipe too, you know. We can make quite a bit from the liquor. Lijun, remember to record this too."

Zhou Lijun nodded and called out loudly, "Okay!"

Manbao, wielding the authority of an aunt, settled for forty percent of the profit. She confided in her heart and to Keke, "Before long, we’ll be able to splurge without restraint."

Keke gave Manbao a smiley face as encouragement, although it wasn’t very confident in their money-making abilities.

Because it had searched in the encyclopedia for a brewing recipe suitable for ancient times and hadn’t found any developed by modern research. As for records, it had carefully looked and found no specific formulas, just some descriptions of techniques.

After Manbao sent the money carriers away, Keke then told her this conclusion.

Manbao sat cross-legged on the bed, still very confident, "Let me see it. Since there are records, it shouldn’t be hard to figure out. Didn’t we work out how to make all sorts of tofu products in the same way before?"

Keke then searched out those few books and showed them to her.

Manbao boldly bought them and then spent the points to have them printed into book form.

Manbao took out the books to look through them and asked, "Which page is it on?"

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