Chapter 10: The Landlady (Part 2)

  Before Wan Niang could speak, Wei Hong stood up, clasped his fists and bowed to the couple: "Wei certain, has seen Sister Luo!" As soon as he said "Sister Luo", Wei Hong felt goosebumps all over his body.

  Luo Tiao's gaze suddenly focused on Wei Hong, who had been neglected by him earlier. His face broke into a smile, his eyes sparkled, and with a small mouth like a chrysanthemum, he swallowed the mixed saliva that had accumulated in his smooth oral cavity. The flesh on his entire face rippled like waves along his neck: "Wow, this is Wei Gongzi? So handsome! I heard you beat up Zhang Youhai the other day? How impressive! Who would have thought that beneath your gentle appearance, you're so wild and untamed!"

  Wei Hong felt a wave of disgust in his heart as he watched the scene unfold: "Zhang Youhai's behavior is unscrupulous, and I, Wei, was also too rough. But Sister Luo was right, with the current price of rice rising to such an extent, it's time for this house price to be adjusted accordingly."

  Lu Tao heard this and suddenly smiled: "It's still Wei Gongzi who is generous!"

  Wei Hong was indeed a person who had experienced great storms, and after a brief shock, he had a plan: "Please tell me, Sister Luo, how to adjust?"

  Lu Tao furrowed his brow, thinking for a moment: "Since Master Wei is so generous, I won't beat around the bush either. Raise it by one-third, 300 wen per month! What does Master Wei think?"

  Wan Niang couldn't suppress the shock in her heart and blurted out in surprise: "Three hundred taels!?"

  "Impossible!" Wei Hong flatly rejected Luo Tao's request.

  It's not just Wan Niang, Luo Tao was also caught off guard by Wei Hong's sudden change in attitude: "Does Young Master Wei think he's superior now?"

  "Eldest Sister Luo misunderstood!" Wei Hong smiled and shook his head: "This place is where I, Wei, was inspired to create the sewing machine on a healthy day, it's indeed my lucky place, how could it be just 300 wen monthly rent?"

  Luo Tao never thought Wei Hong would say that, and his eyes widened in surprise: "Is the young master Wei saying it's too cheap?"

  Wei Hongyi nodded solemnly: "Exactly!"

  Having obtained Wei Hong's confirmation, Luo Tao was secretly thinking to himself: Could it be that this young master Wei has been paralyzed for so many years and his brain has also become paralyzed? Putting aside the various evil speculations in his mind, he politely asked: "In that case, how much do you think is suitable, Young Master Wei?"

  "Wei Hong stretched out his hand and pointed at the house behind him: 'If Sister Luo is willing, I am willing to pay 50 taels of silver to buy this land!'"

  "Fifty taels!?" Luo Tuo could hardly believe his ears. For this broken house, let alone a hundred taels, if someone offered thirty taels, Luo Tuo would have sold it immediately.

  "Not bad!"

  Wei Hong's generosity apparently failed to win Luo Tao's trust: "Young Master Wei, are you kidding your sister? If you don't have the money, just say so. My sister can take back the house and rent it out to someone else."

  Wei Hong's mouth corners slightly raised, looking at Luo Tao who was in shock: "Doesn't Sister Luo believe?"

  Luo Tao hummed softly: "Young Master Wei, don't bully my sister, she's a housewife. A few taels of silver are still accounted for. Your family's Yuanniang makes clothes that cost no more than ten cents to account for, and even if you count the sewing machine, it can really make fifty finished garments in one day, but it takes two days to earn one or two taels of silver."

  Wei Hong smiled and put his hands behind his back: "Hehe... Luo sister is indeed meticulous!"

  Luo Tiao shook his head, looking at Wei Hong with great satisfaction: "Even if the few people you recently invited to help you do it together, you can only earn two taels of silver and five hundred coins per day. After deducting the labor costs given to others in between, you can earn at most one tael of silver per day. Moreover, can you get such a good job every day?"

  "Hehe... it seems like Luo sister knows quite a lot."

  "That's natural, otherwise..."

  "Or what?"

  Facing Wei Hong's relentless pursuit, Luo Tao couldn't help but stutter: "N-nothing..."

  Wei Hong remained calm and composed: "Sister Luo, you must have something to say, otherwise Master Sun wouldn't have asked you to come personally."

  Luo Tiao saw that the situation was already clear, so he didn't hide it anymore. Moreover, it's not like selling the news to Wei Hong would be a bad idea. Who knows, maybe Wei Hong will appreciate this kindness and bring the two closer together: "Since you already know, sister, I don't have anything to hide either. But, Young Master Wei, one must know when to yield. Is that Sun young master someone you can afford to offend?"

  Wei Hong clasped his fists together and bowed: "Hehe... so it seems that I, Wei, should thank Sister Luo for her kind reminder."

  Wei Hong didn't take the bait, and Luo Tao's single-minded anger flared up: "No need to beat around the bush, just say it, are you paying the rent today or not?"

  Wei Hong carelessly glanced at the house behind him: "Just now, I, Wei, said that I would buy this house for fifty taels of silver. I wonder if Sister Luo can bear to part with it?"

  He had already made it clear, but Wei Hong still remembered the matter of buying a house. Listening to the other's nonsense, Luo Tao couldn't help but laugh: "Haha...Young Master Wei, aren't you suffering from a cold and having your brain burned?"

  Wei Hong's mouth curled up with a faint smile, very mysterious: "Hehe... Let's just say that Wei has burned his brain. There are too many memories of Wei and Wan Niang here, Wei really doesn't want to leave this place. This house, Wei must have it!"

  The other party talked for half a day without directly answering his question, and Luo Tao, who was already annoyed, couldn't think of so many things. His liver fire became even more vigorous: "Wei Gongzi, it's not that I'm saying you're wrong, young people having ideals is good, but you must be down-to-earth. Don't mention 50 taels of silver, even if you can take out 30 taels today, sister will sell this house to you!"

  "These words must be true!" Wei Hong said with increasing seriousness.

  Luo Tao gave Wei Hong a disdainful glance, cursing in her heart that he didn't know how to behave! Her mouth also shouted loudly: "Sister, I may be a woman, but I also know that once words are spoken, they're like spilled water!"

  "Wei Hong nodded: "Alright, sister, you go back first. Three days later, bring the deed and Wei will give you 30 taels of silver!"