Li Xianyun led her entourage back.
"Fifty-five silver taels a month, I can't go any lower," said the landlord.
"Fifty taels," Li Xianyun insisted.
With a clench of his teeth, the landlord said, "Fifty taels it is, then."
He paused before adding, "I didn't expect someone as young as you to be so skilled at bargaining."
Li Xianyun smiled and responded, "It's not that I'm particularly good at bargaining, it's just that the price you're asking is too high for my budget."
She always followed one principle in handling affairs: be flexible and adaptable, show humility when it's called for, and display weakness when necessary.
These words gave the landlord quite a bit of comfort.
Li Xianyun and the landlord signed a lease agreement in front of witnesses.
There were two copies, with the monthly rent set at fifty taels for a term of three years, to be paid annually.
Li Xianyun also specifically added a clause that the rent could not be raised within three years.