CHAPTER 212: CHAPTER 212: BOUGHT THE RESTAURANT

Lin Sanshui finally felt a bit relieved.

This child has always had big ideas, and he was really afraid she would be dead set on buying it.

The restaurant has been open for so many years and couldn’t make it, and if their family were to take over, they’d be clueless and might end up losing everything.

Most importantly, the family really couldn’t come up with the silver needed to buy such a two-story shop.

Actually, when Lin Sanshui urgently pulled Gu Nian aside, the man had already felt disappointed.

The restaurant was originally a family legacy that prospered even more than Qinglin Restaurant in those days, but his father neglected it, leading to the restaurant’s decline and his grandfather’s death from anger.

He had studied since childhood and didn’t understand business, so he reluctantly sold the restaurant to return to his hometown to focus on examinations.

Once Gu Nian finished talking, she approached him to continue their discussion.

The man had already decided they wouldn’t buy it, and even though he didn’t speak harshly, his initial enthusiasm was gone. He casually mentioned the price and straightforwardly suggested they leave.

However, Gu Nian surprised everyone by saying, "Boss, if you can lower the price a bit more, we’ll buy it!"

This statement not only shocked the man but also terrified Lin Sanshui.

He reached out to pull Gu Nian back, but she raised her head and gave him a reassuring smile.

"Do you really want to buy it?" The man looked at Lin Sanshui and Gu Nian, both clad in ordinary cotton clothes, and couldn’t believe they could afford a thousand taels of silver. Even if he gave them a discount, he doubted it would help. "Young girl, do you have such an amount of silver?"

He had seen her father, whose frightened expression told him that this middle-aged man definitely couldn’t come up with that much silver.

Gu Nian nodded, "As long as the price is right, I’ll handle the silver myself."

Lin Sanshui didn’t know that Gu Nian had already contacted Gu Bei, who had given her five hundred taels of silver.

Upon leaving the restaurant, Lin Sanshui’s expression was very grim, "Niannian, even if it’s discounted by fifty taels, that’s still nine hundred and fifty taels. Our family might be able to scrape together five or six hundred taels at most, there’s still a huge gap!"

Yet this stubborn kid decided without even discussing it with him, planning to register at the yamen tomorrow, afraid that they’d have second thoughts. She had already paid the deposit and written the contract today, so if they back out, the fifty taels deposit would be lost.

"Dad, don’t worry. Leave the silver to me, you just focus on being a great shopkeeper!" Gu Nian said.

Lin Sanshui’s face truly looked grievously troubled, "Me, who doesn’t even know a single word, being a shopkeeper is something I don’t dare to imagine, I just want to live peacefully."

Upon returning home, Mrs. Jiang was just as worried as Lin Sanshui upon hearing this.

Initially, sending Gu Nian along was to let her relax, since she hadn’t left the house for a while. If they had known this would happen, it would have been better to keep her at home.

While Lin Sanshui and his wife were discussing what to do, Gu Nian was already in the space.

Looking at the silver in front of her, along with the eight hundred taels from Gu Bei, the family would need at least three hundred more taels. They’d definitely be able to gather enough silver to buy the restaurant.

However, the restaurant is quite old, and buying it meant it couldn’t be reopened immediately. Renovations and new tables, chairs, benches, and dining utensils would also require silver, so they still need to come up with a plan to find more money.