The NO.1 Food Stall in the Wasteland novel Chapter 67

Chapter 67: Chapter 67: "You’re All Just Young and Reckless!

The blueprints were extensive. The day she went over, Shen Lu had only looked at the first floor and hadn’t gone up to see the rest.

However, the layout of each floor was more or less the same. After seeing the first floor, she knew what the upper floors would look like.

Old Xu said, "Boss Shen, if you have any ideas, we can discuss them."

"Here’s the situation." Shen Lu put down the blueprints. "As you know, renovating this building will cost a lot of money. My funds are limited right now, so I can only afford to renovate a portion of it for now."

"Understandable."

"I want to start by building a few rooms on the second floor to live in. The first floor doesn’t matter for now; I can just continue running my stall there. Once I have enough money, I’ll slowly renovate the storefront."

"No problem, but residential renovations are a bit more expensive." Old Xu was a little disappointed, but Shen Lu was dangling the carrot of future renovations, so he remained quite eager. "How about 150 Star Coins per square meter?"

The second floor was also 800 square meters. At 150 per square meter, that came out to around 120,000 Star Coins, which was still a big deal.

"No, Boss Xu, you misunderstood me. I just need a few rooms, enough for my daily life." Shen Lu drew on the blueprint. "It’s just my fiancé and me, so a two-bedroom, one-living-room, one-bathroom apartment with a balcony will be enough."

She didn’t even need a kitchen; she could just use the one in the downstairs shop.

"That won’t be enough space. You’ll have kids in the future, right? And what about your families? A bigger place would be more comfortable," Old Xu argued forcefully.

’Doesn’t everyone live with their whole family, young and old?’

"We can worry about all that later. For now, I’m only considering the two of us."

Shen Lu suddenly remembered that in all the time since she’d transmigrated, she had yet to meet the original owner’s parents.

’It feels like they don’t care about her. Otherwise, they would have come looking for her by now.’

The two went back and forth. Old Xu wanted Shen Lu to renovate a larger area, while Shen Lu was adamant about only doing 80 square meters, not a single bit more.

In the end, Shen Lu had to stand up and pretend to walk away from the deal before Old Xu finally agreed.

"You’re a sharp one, Boss Shen. I concede."

’A huge sucker was right in front of him, yet he could only take a tiny bit of advantage. This feeling of having something within reach but being unable to grab it was truly suffocating.’

"How many days will it take?"

"Three days will be enough."

Shen Lu knew the renovation speed would be fast, but she never expected it would only take a mere three days.

’The magic of technology, I guess.’

Old Xu used his Light Brain to generate a few mock-ups. Shen Lu pointed out a few areas that needed changes, paid the deposit, and the matter was settled.

The structural renovation was sorted out, but the furnishings were still up in the air.

Leaving the management office, Shen Lu glanced at the time. It was already past three-thirty.

Old Xu was such a talker; she had lost track of time and wasted so much of it.

Shen Lu went to check on her stall. It was empty. Wang Daguo and Cai Su must have packed everything up.

When she got back to her rental unit, Cai Su was sitting by the door holding Xiao Lang, guarding their things. Seeing Shen Lu return, she quickly stood up.

"Boss Shen, I’ve already paid Wang Daguo." Cai Su took a stack of Star Coins from her pocket. "Here’s the money we earned."

Shen Lu took the money and, without counting it, put it directly into the System Warehouse.

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