Chapter 78 — Business
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He smiled and said, "Fan Wenshu came to see me. He has his eye on a shop front on Hanlin Lane, South Street, in the capital, and Shouyuan is thinking of buying it. It happens that we have a two-bay silk shop there; the space is a bit cramped and the business has been neither good nor bad. I think we may as well sell it to Shouyuan. It would suit them well for a brush-and-ink shop."
"You may decide it yourself," the Second Madam said with a smile, then changed the subject and asked about the New Year: "How are the preparations coming along?"
"All prepared," Dou Zhen said with a smile. "The estate did very well this year—four thousand catties more grain than in past years."
The Second Madam nodded, beaming, and a young maid came in to announce, "The Fourth Miss is here."
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