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Chapter 1023: Chapter 1028: No Capital Business?
Over the next two days, Wang Yun hustled around, constantly using her father’s kindness to negotiate with Tan Zhenghong.
But once Tan Zhenghong had put forward his accumulated silver, he became impervious to persuasion, not only ignoring her points, but also walking away when she irritated him.
Just fifty taels, she was too embarrassed to offer that to Niu Fuquan!
By the third day, the Wang Clan could no longer sit still.
Because if they couldn’t raise more silver soon, the Silver Bank would use the shop as collateral for the Niu Family’s debts.
With Tan Zhenghong unyielding, she could only set her sights on Duo’er.
"Duo’er, I specially stewed some chicken soup for you, please rest for a bit," Wang Yun said solicitously.
Qiao Duo’er had already finished her confinement, but she still cooped up in her room all day.
Tan Zhenghong explained that Qiao Duo’er’s body hadn’t fully recovered yet, and she needed more time to recuperate.
But she knew it was just to avoid her.
As long as they didn’t meet, she wouldn’t have the chance to bring up borrowing silver.
Qiao Duo’er closed the ledger: "I’m really sorry, I just had my afternoon tea. You previously said Zi Jun was premature, you should take it back and use it to nourish him."
"That works too, you have no idea how scared I was when Zi Jun was born weighing just a little over four pounds. I watched over him day and night, fearing anything might discomfort him," Wang Yun took the opportunity to carry away the chicken soup.
She wouldn’t admit that she had intentionally instructed the maid not to add salt, just waiting for Duo’er to dislike it so she could take it back.
Qiao Duo’er silently admired Wang Yun; it really wasn’t easy to nourish a child from four pounds to over forty pounds in a year.
Considering a normal one-year-old boy only weighs about twenty pounds.
Wang Yun peered in and said, "Sister-in-law, you are working too hard, looking at ledgers right after confinement is bad for your eyes."
"I was just flipping through casually, it won’t harm my eyes, by the way, cousin, did you need something from the study?" Qiao Duo’er blinked her innocent eyes.
"I was talking to Ah Hong earlier, and the Niu Family’s business has run into some trouble, we thought of borrowing some silver to tide us over," Wang Yun said straightforwardly, eager to secure the silver sooner.
"How much do you need?"
Wang Yun pondered for a moment: "About thirty thousand taels."
"That’s no small sum. Since the plague, many shops have been struggling to turn over. We’re barely managing ourselves."
Qiao Duo’er braced her chin, frowning intently.
The Wang Clan pleaded, "Could you maybe piece together some for me first? Once the Niu Family recovers, we’ll immediately send the silver over."
Seeing Duo’er still looked distressed, she added, "If the Niu Family goes under, Zi Jun and I will have no good days ahead. Ah Hong and I grew up together, just like real siblings. You surely wouldn’t bear to see us mother and son thrown out on the streets."
"Ah Hong is the one your father raised. Now that you’re in trouble, we definitely can’t stand by idly, but our financial means are limited. We can only contribute five hundred taels, please don’t take offense, cousin," Qiao Duo’er continued, offering the five hundred taels on behalf of Uncle Ah Hong.
But it was much less than Wang Yun expected. 𝓃𝓸𝓿𝓹𝓾𝓫.𝓬ℴ𝓶
Together with the fifty taels Tan Zhenghong had given her, that was only five hundred fifty taels total—hardly enough to pay off debts.
Wang Yun took a deep breath, "Sister-in-law, please help me think of a solution."
"Times are hard for everyone now; I’m even planning to cut half of the Tan Family’s staff," Qiao Duo’er scratched her head.
Wang Yun asked outright for thirty thousand taels, but she really didn’t have it.
"Those who could afford to shop at Duo Meifang are wealthy families, hardly any have died; the estate granted from above is a business without costs, how could they possibly be unable to make ends meet?"
Wang Yun dropped her pretense, revealing her sharp and acerbic nature.
