Chapter 1571 Su Qingyue is a big sucker1
Jia Baoyu set this price, but he also felt it was expensive. The surrounding mountain tops were only a few thousand taels, and he just wanted to slaughter him fiercely, but he was afraid the other party would not buy, so he said, "Twenty-nine thousand taels then."
"Only one thousand taels less per mountain, that won’t do," Su Qingyue said, "I also inquired about the mountain owned by the Liao Residence next door, and they are willing to sell for just five thousand taels, with room for negotiation. I just hope my ancestors bless me to be more prosperous. How about this, you give me the same price as the Liao Residence, five thousand taels per mountain. I’ll buy both at the same time."
"Feng Shui Masters have said that my two mountains have better Feng Shui, of course, they should be more expensive. The mountain from the Liao Residence can’t compare to mine. Twenty thousand taels per mountain, for the sake of your ancestors, it’s only right to spend a little more, it can’t get any lower..."
"That’s too expensive, I might as well look elsewhere..."
"We can negotiate, we can negotiate..." Jia Baoyu hurriedly asked him to sit down.
After some haggling, they finally agreed on a total of twenty thousand taels for both mountain tops.
Jia Baoyu, fearing that Su Qingyue would change his mind, went to the government office that day and processed the transfer paperwork, selling him five shopfronts as well.
When Jia Baoyu returned to the Mansion from the government office, Lady Jia saw his face was full of joy and asked, "Master, you looked worried this morning, why are you so happy suddenly?"
"I sold the two mountain tops in the suburbs of the capital."
"Oh, those two mountains, eh? Planting fruit trees that never bear fruit every year, we’ve been losing money to death. You bought them for three thousand taels, and nobody wanted them even for one thousand taels," Lady Jia complained, "How could you have had such poor judgment to buy those mountains, almost got stuck with them."