General, Madam Called You To Farm - Chapter 602

General, Madam Called You To Farm
Chapter 602 – Xiaoxiao’s boldness (2) 

Translator : Moon Lee
Editor : Tea
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Doctor Fu, who had just pulled open a medicine cabinet, abruptly shoved it back shut.

He turned to Broker Li and said, “What kind of shop costs eight thousand taels? That’s too expensive! No, no, we’re not buying!”  

Broker Li smiled. 

“If you’re really interested, the price can be negotiated.”  

“What about the rent?” Su Xiaoxiao asked.  

Ah, she doesn’t want to buy it anymore? 

Broker Li paused for a moment before answering, “If you’re renting, it’s one hundred taels per month, with a two-month deposit and three months paid in advance.”  

Su Xiaoxiao said, “One hundred taels isn’t cheap either. Are other shops around here priced similarly?”  

Broker Li replied, “Shops on Zhuangyuan Street are roughly around this price. Those on Changliu Street may be twenty or thirty taels cheaper, but the location isn’t as good, and they’re not as spacious.”  

Su Xiaoxiao looked at him. “Are you trying to say you get what you pay for?”  

Broker Li laughed. “That’s exactly it.”  

Doctor Fu walked over, pulled Su Xiaoxiao aside, and whispered, 

“I think it’s too expensive. This shop has had issues but yet charges such a high price, how much would it cost if nothing had happened? Perhaps we should look elsewhere. If necessary, we can even switch brokers.”  

Su Xiaoxiao, however, felt that Broker Li was quite a decent person. He was shrewd as a businessman but not outright deceitful. 

The prices he quoted weren’t far from what she had learned about the market over the past few days.  

“Alright, let’s check out other places.”  

Su Xiaoxiao agreed and called out to the three little ones, “Dahu, Erhu, Xiaohu, let’s go.”  

The group exited the shop, and Broker Li locked the door.  

Su Xiaoxiao glanced sideways at the neighboring Renxin Hall. 

“Is this the medical clinic with booming business?”  

“Exactly,” Broker Li said, pocketing the keys. 

“Renxin Hall has several branches in the capital. The earliest one opened thirty years ago, it’s a long-established brand.”

Su Xiaoxiao: “Oh.”  

The group headed toward another shop on Zhuangyuan Street.  

Neither the size nor the layout of the tavern satisfied Su Xiaoxiao.  

“Can you still walk?” 

Su Xiaoxiao asked the three little ones.  

The three nodded vigorously: “We can walk!”  

So, the group made their way to Changliu Street.  

They first visited the winery. 

As soon as the door opened, a strong smell of liquor rushed out.  

Xiaohu dramatically covered his little nose, “So stinky!”  

Erhu stuck out his tongue, “I’m gonna faint!”  

Broker Li was amused by the children’s reactions.  

He wasn’t worried that their responses would affect today’s business, the winery simply wasn’t suitable, and he was willing to bet that the young lady wouldn’t choose it.  

Su Xiaoxiao turned to Doctor Fu: “What do you think?”  

Doctor Fu cleared his throat, “Ahem, let’s just move on to the next one.”  

The remaining two shops were still in operation, one selling tea and the other selling fabrics. 

The prices were indeed cheaper than the pharmacy’s, but they were a bit far from home. 

Furthermore, it was cramped without sufficient north-south ventilation, and the lighting was poor.  

Su Xiaoxiao asked Doctor Fu, “Which shop do you like the most?”  

Doctor Fu glanced at Broker Li, who was happily playing with the three little ones not far away, and whispered, “The tea shop has the most reasonable price.”  

Su Xiaoxiao said, “Setting price aside.”  

Doctor Fu: Are we really being this extravagant now? 

“The first one.”  

He answered truthfully.  

Su Xiaoxiao nodded. 

“Alright, then the first one it is.”  

Wait, just like that? 

Is… is this decided?  

A hundred taels a month for rent! 

How many patients would we need to take care to cover that?   

Back in town, Doctor Fu often treated the poor and frequently struggled to make ends meet. 

Even if he only earned seven or eight taels per month, it was considered a blessing.

Even if consultation fees and pharmaceutical prices were higher in the capital than in town, he believed they wouldn’t be able to earn a hundred taels.

“Wouldn’t this be inappropriate? There is already a medical clinic next door. Won’t we be snatching their business?”  

“Didn’t Renxin Hall also take business from the pharmacy when they opened their clinic?”  

Doctor Fu was left speechless.  

Su Xiaoxiao walked over to Broker Li. “Please arrange a meeting with the pharmacy owner. We would like to negotiate the price.”  

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