The next morning, after selling the breakfast they had prepared, Hu Mao and his wife found Lin Cheng, bringing their bank card.

“We’ve been working here for a few years and have saved some money, but we have two children to raise and we have to send money back home, so we don’t have much saved. Here is 50,000 yuan. Do you think it’s enough?” Yang Fang asked uncertainly, holding out the bank card.

Lin Cheng thought about it and nodded.

“It should be okay,” Lin Cheng paused and said, “You only need to pay 40,000.”

Hearing this, Hu Mao and his wife were stunned. He asked, “Don’t you need 50,000?”

“You don’t need to invest too much upfront, and you still have to leave some money for your children’s tuition and books, as well as rent, right?

“Take out 40,000 first. I will try my best to make up for any shortfall during the process,” Lin Cheng said.

“This, this is so embarrassing,” Hu Mao and Yang Fang said in unison.

They knew that Lin Cheng and Lin Momo would leave after filming the show and proposing to open a store was actually just to help them. And this week, due to the restrictions of the show, it was not easy for Lin Cheng and his daughter to make money.

Thinking of this, the couple felt embarrassed to accept money from Lin Cheng’s family again.

It was not until they heard Lin Cheng say that they could not take the money they earned from the show with them that the couple nodded. They looked at Lin Cheng and Lin Momo with gratitude in their eyes.

After some discussion, Hu Mao, Lin Cheng, and Lin Momo went out to the street.

The streets in the old town were not wide and were actually relatively complex.

“There are three main busy streets around here, one here, one here, and one over there,” Hu Mao pointed in the direction of several streets and introduced them to Lin Cheng.

The three walked together along several streets.

The first street was behind the main road. Although there were many shops on both sides of the street, most of them were late-night snack shops, and the peak time for traffic was mainly after 9 pm.

The second street was relatively narrow, with many unlicensed snack stalls on both sides. It was here that Hu Mao’s family sold steamed dumplings in the morning.

… … translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

After seeing the situation, Lin Cheng finally chose another street that ran adjacent to this one.

On one side of the street were old residential areas, while on the other side were newly built residential buildings. The first floors of the housing buildings were all shops.

There was a vegetable market and a school nearby.

The key point was that there were many small restaurants and eateries on both sides of the road. According to Hu Mao, many of them have been in business for more than 10, 20, or even 30 years.

Meeting Lin Momo’s curious eyes, Lin Cheng patiently explained to her the reasons for choosing this place.

“It is close to residential areas and has many old shops, which proves that there is a stable source of repeat customers. It is close to the vegetable market, which can guarantee the sales of the primary processed soy products. And there is a school nearby, so there is no need to worry about not being able to sell soya dregs snacks.”

Another point: this was not a main road, so the shop rent would be relatively lower.

After listening to Lin Cheng’s explanation, not only did Lin Momo show an expression of ‘Oh, I see’, but even Hu Mao beside her couldn’t help but nod.

The three of them walked back and forth along the street a few more times.

Along the entire street, in addition to restaurants, there were other hardware stores, grocery stores, pharmacies, fruit stores, small clothing stores… almost everything possible. In addition, there were also some two-yuan stores, and stores that have temporarily opened to do clearance sales.

“The size and location of this store are pretty good,” Lin Cheng said, pointing to one of the stores that was selling clearance goods.

The shop was not big, only about 15 or 16 square meters. Various handicrafts and decors were scattered all over the floor. The front of the shop was covered with signs saying ‘Last Day’, “Direct Sale from the Manufacturer’ and ‘Big Sale’.

Lin Cheng and his companions went to a small food store not far from this shop to inquire about the situation.

After chatting with the food store owner for a while, Lin Cheng got to the point, “If I may ask, how many days has that store over there been open?”

“That clearance store has been open for a few days now. I can’t remember exactly how long, but it should be about five or six, maybe seven or eight days,” the store owner recalled.

“Do you know how much the rent is?”

“Those are rented on a daily basis. I don’t really know how much it costs per day. If you are interested in renting them, you should ask the store owner for details.”

Lin Cheng nodded.

They found the store owner’s information on a rental notice posted next to the store. They then borrowed a phone from the owner of the small food store and called the other party.

The call was connected quickly.

“Who is this?”

“Hello, I saw the rental information you left next to the store.”

“Yes, yes, do you want to rent the shop?” asked the person on the other end of the phone.

“I am interested in this, how much is the rent for your shop?” Lin Cheng asked straight to the point.

“For the rental cost—you’ve seen the shop, right? I am the landlord of this shop, so there’s no other fees. It’s a shop on a popular street…” 

The other party explained things for a while, and finally said, “If you rent it yourself, it is 200 a day, but it has to be rented for a minimum of 3 days. It depends on how long you intend to rent it. If you rent it for a long time, I can give you a discount on the price.

“So how about it? Do you want to rent?” the landlord asked.

“Let me think about it.” After saying that, Lin Cheng hung up the phone.

Hu Mao at the side calculated, “200 a day. A store that’s doing a clearance sale would only have rental cost of 600 for three days. This is not expensive.”

Actually, it’s even cheaper than this, Lin Cheng thought to himself.

Serve as Contrast Team in a ‘Dad with Baby’ Show translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

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