Jia's mother sighed and said, "Lian'er, go and tell my uncle that if he is really short of money, I am willing to use her own money to lend him five thousand taels for emergencies."

Forget it about the restaurant."

Jia Lian's eyes lit up. If the Jia family did this, Shi Zhongkui would definitely feel grateful in his heart.

But within a few seconds, he thought again that Shi Zhongkui was not really short of money by selling a restaurant.

"Old lady, it is said that Bo Qian has the 40,000 taels of silver from selling peach trees, so he is not short of money. If it weren't for the money from selling peaches and it was difficult to explain clearly, Brother Zhen used words to control him.

In addition, Boqian himself was unwilling to be distracted during the palace examination, so he was definitely unwilling to sell it.

After all, if you keep it in your hands, you can earn ten thousand taels of silver a year."

Jia Mu reacted immediately and slapped her forehead, "I am so anxious and confused."

Jia Mu thought for a while and then said, "You go to your brother Zhen and talk about him and your uncle. I agree. If your father asks you, you say it was my decision."

If he has any opinions, let him come and ask."

Jia Lian breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly bowed and said, "Yes, ancestor."

"Wait a minute," Jia Mu called out to Jia Lian.

After frowning and thinking for a moment, he suddenly reacted.

If you really follow the method just now, Jia She will hate Jia Zhen to death in the future.

After Jia Zhen knew the whole story, she would definitely have opinions about Jia She and even Rong Guofu.

"Hey, this scholar has a lot of thoughts. He has learned the tricks in the court before he became an official. And he uses them so easily that he will suffer his consequences if he doesn't pay attention."

Jia Lian heard Jia Mu's complaint, although he didn't know the specific meaning of Jia Mu's words.

But I couldn't help but murmur in my heart, "After all, it's not just that I'm greedy."

Otherwise, if it had been sold to Jia Zhen from the beginning, there would have been so much trouble.

And it seems that the old lady is not very reliable.

They have one idea on the left and another on the right, but they can't grasp the main point.

After Jia Mu sighed, she originally wanted to use her own money to buy the members of the restaurant. When the time came, neither Jia She nor Jia Zhen would dare to complain.

Then the restaurant was divided into three. Jia She, Jia Zheng and Jia Zhen would only be grateful to themselves as their elders.

But then I thought that if they really did that, Jia She and Jia Zhen would inevitably have objections to Jia Zheng.

Even based on my understanding of the political daughter-in-law, these two daughters-in-law must only have resentment in their hearts and no gratitude.

Because in her opinion, everything in Rongguo Mansion belongs to the second bedroom.

Why should it be given to Dafang and Ningguofu?

Thinking of this, Jia Mu suddenly felt a deep sense of powerlessness.

With a tired look on his face, he said to Jia Lian, "Go and tell your sister-in-law, since he is filial and knows how not to lose the love between relatives for money.

Then my Jia family can't pretend to be confused.

In this way, She'er and Zhen'er each buy half of it. The price is 80,000 taels of silver. I decide."

When Jia Mu said, "Jia She, Jia Zhen is half the person," Jia Lian suddenly frowned.

It seems that the old lady is still close to her family, but when this matter comes to her, she should only think about how to be more beneficial to her family.

And when I think about the net income of 13,000 and 4,000 taels of silver a year, I would be reluctant to part with it.

Carefully reminded him, "Old lady, Brother Zhen should be fine. The grandson only needs to use Bo Qian to thank the old lady for her kindness, and Brother Zhen will have nothing to say."

But where is the great master?"

Jia's mother was furious. If Jia She hadn't been greedy, the members of the restaurant would have been sold to Jia Zhen.

But after all, Jia Zhen is still a grandnephew, so it doesn't make sense for her to not think about her eldest son.

But Jia Mu still said forcefully, "If he doesn't agree, let him go and talk to Zhen'er himself. And if he wants to show off, he should just stop it."

After Jia She listened to Jia Lian's retelling of Jia Mu's words, he almost went crazy.

Why should he give up his son-in-law's things to Jia Zhen?

But with Jia's mother pressing down from above, Jia She didn't dare to mess around.

And if the quarrel continues, Jia's mother, Jia Zhen and son-in-law will all be offended.

Although Jia Zhen felt unhappy, thinking about this matter, she did have the intention to take advantage of the situation.

Moreover, Jia She is still Shi Zhongkui's future father-in-law. If he really resorts to tricks, he can indeed mess up this deal.

But after all, 80,000 taels of silver were involved, so Jia She and Jia Zhen would certainly be cautious.

The next morning, after breakfast, Shi Zhongkui heard Shun'er report that Jia Lian, Jia Zhen and Xue Pan were all here.

Arriving at the main entrance, he personally welcomed the three of them into the main hall at the second entrance.

After the hosts and guests were divided and tea and snacks were served, Shi Zhongkui waved Shun'er and others out.

Then he said with a smile, "Brother Zhen is so lucky. My father-in-law's family didn't get much of the money-making business my brother held, but it all benefited you."

Seeing the obvious resentment in his tone, Jia Zhen felt that this was credible.

He laughed a few times and said, "Brother, I think so, but who made the old lady feel heartbroken for her grandson-in-law? Not only did she personally raise the price to 80,000.

You are also worried that I, as your elder brother, will cause you to suffer a loss, so I temporarily put half of the shares in your hands under the name of Mr. She.

From now on, when my brother's money becomes more relaxed, as long as you come to visit, won't Mr. Pardon give you back those two and a half layers of money?"

Shi Zhongkui was stunned, what he said was interesting.

One person is willing to sell and the other is willing to buy. It is just a transaction.

But with Jia Mu taking the initiative to increase the price, everyone has to be grateful.

And normally speaking, if the restaurant is well run, the Jia family will not suffer any loss. After all, it is more profitable than the farm.

But Shi Zhongkui is determined that no matter what kind of good business it is, as long as the Jia family takes the initiative, it will inevitably become worse than the previous year.

The reason is very simple. The Rongguo government is full of internal strife and corruption, and Jia She and Jia Zhen are not very responsible people.

If we let those housekeepers and family members take care of it, Huixian Building will not last for a year or two, and the income will inevitably decline, or even lose money.

And the biggest reason is that there are no confidentiality measures in this era, and the secret recipe of the pastry may be leaked out at some point.

And you haven't been able to find out yet.

Of course, the Jia family is not stupid, even Xue Pan used old people in the family who have been slaves for several generations.

But people die for money, and birds die for food. There are really people who are not afraid of death. No matter how much you take precautions, it will be useless.

In this case, we have to prevent the Jia family from going back on their word.

After thinking about it, Shi Zhongkui took the initiative and said, "Since the old lady values ​​me as her grandson-in-law so much, then I can't just care about myself.

In this way, you will be in charge of the restaurant for one month after taking over it.

After a month passed, Brother Zhen and Master She felt that they couldn't handle it anymore, so the 80,000 taels of silver were returned in full.

If you two still think it's feasible, how about we make a formal contract?"

"That's a good idea." Jia Zhen agreed without thinking.

And one month later, it happened to be just a few days after the imperial examination ended.

At that time, if Shi Zhongkui was not in the top three, he would be a Jinshi at the worst, so he had no reason to dare to go back on his word.

After collecting the money and making a contract according to Shi Zhongkui's instructions, the matter was completed.

Jia Zhen and Jia She were satisfied, and Shi Zhongkui was even more satisfied.

The restaurant was originally a trap dug for Jia She. Although Jia Zhen has been trapped into it now, plus the peach tree incident, Jia She was robbed of 50,000 taels of silver, which is not bad.

Not to mention being able to take away 120,000 taels of silver from the Jia family, which I had never expected before.

Including the incident in Jiayu Village, the Jia family and the Wang family prepared a total dowry of 100,000 taels of silver for Xue Baochai.

In this calculation, it is 220,000 taels.

In the next few days, the Golden Rat, who had received the order, hid in the next room in various restaurants, muttering about Shi Zhongkui selling half of the shares in Huixian Tower in exchange for 80,000 taels of silver.

The diners who heard this were shocked at first.

I went back to inquire about it and soon found out that the new tricks created by Huixian House were thought up by Shi Zhongkui himself.

Some people even call egg tarts Jieyuan cake and pineapple buns Huiyuan cake.

As for the cream ice cream and ice cream cake, just wait until Shi Zhongkui wins the first prize, and then it will be the first prize sorbet.

As soon as this incident came out, more people were attracted to Huixianlou to try these three kinds of sweets.

For a while, Huixian Building was more like a shop than a restaurant.

The income also increased by fifty or sixty taels of silver every day. Even just from selling four kinds of pastries, the net income was almost 60 taels of silver.

After it spread to the Jia family, everyone envied it.
To be continued...