He stepped ahead of the two, leading the way.

Gu Yanzhu and Jiang Anxia followed behind him. After several twists and turns, they arrived at the front of a lacquered red courtyard gate.

Niu Quan stepped forward and gently patted the cow.

“That house belongs to an elderly couple. They thought it would just gather dust and decide to sell it. The structure of that house is similar to mine,” Niu Quan explained to the two of them while knocking on the door.

Niu Quan had said quite a bit along the way, and Jiang Anxia and Niu Quan had already learned pretty much about the situation.

Soon, someone came to open the door.

He was a kind-looking old man, bent over with his eyes slightly squinted.

“Uncle Zhang, these two are here to ask you about your house.” Niu Quan stretched out his hand and pointed at the two men.

Zhang Hongbo looked in the direction Niu Quan pointed and saw two young men.

"Come in! Come in and talk." The voice was neither too loud nor too soft, just loud enough for everyone to hear.

Niu Quan watched Zhang Hongbo turn around and quickly waved to the two of them, signaling them to follow.

Jiang Anxia and Gu Yanzhu exchanged a glance and followed.

"You two want to buy it? That house isn't cheap." Zhang Hongbo sat in the main room, a tea set neatly placed to his right.

When Jiang Anxia came in, she immediately noticed the tea set.

She took a closer look and realized that the tea set must have been expensive.

"Hmm. Grandpa, name your price!" Gu Yanzhu stared intently at Zhang Hongbo.

He felt that the old man in front of him looked very familiar, but he couldn't remember him no matter what.

"Five hundred." Zhang Hongbo picked up his teacup, took a sip, and looked quite relaxed.

"Okay." Gu Yanzhu agreed without hesitation. This brought tears to Niu Quan's eyes, who was sitting to the side.

If he had known these two would be so agreeable, he wouldn't have offered such a low price.

*crying emoji*

Zhang Hongbo was also taken aback. It was rare to see someone in this town able to produce so much at once.

"In that case, could you, young calf, run this errand for me?"

"Of course, don't worry! Uncle Zhang, I'll definitely handle it perfectly for you," Niu Quan promised, patting his chest.

"Okay, then I'll trouble you." Zhang Hongbo smiled slightly, looking very kind.

It seems this kid isn't without his merits!

"Alright, Uncle Zhang, we'll get back to work now. I'll come find you when I'm done." In his excitement, Niu Quan stood up abruptly.

"What's the rush? We haven't delivered the goods yet. Do you want to make more trips?" Zhang Hongbo wanted to take back what he had just said.

This kid is still the same as before. He has such a terrible memory.

"Ah! Right, right, Uncle Zhang, could you please go get it?" Niu Quan looked confused when he was called, but he quickly realized what was going on.

"Sit down and wait a moment!" Zhang Hongbo stood up steadily, his hands and feet moving with remarkable steadiness.

Jiang Anxia looked at Zhang Hongbo, whose steps were extremely steady and who showed no signs of being an elderly person.

"Judging from your expressions, you seem quite curious about who he is, right?" Niu Quan's mind raced, as if he had figured out their attitude.

Jiang Anxia was taken aback; she really hadn't thought of that.

She had absolutely no interest in who the other person was. In her mind, the other person was simply an elder who deserved respect.

"No matter who he is, he's just an elder," Gu Yanzhu said coldly.

Although he felt the face looked familiar, he wasn't interested in it at all.

"Huh?" Niu Quan was stunned, clearly not expecting this answer from the two.

These two aren't interested, which means his screen time will be reduced, right? That won't do; he wants more screen time.

"No, I have to tell you." Niu Quan paused for a moment, and seeing that the two men's expressions had not changed at all, he continued.

"Uncle Zhang's full name is Zhang Hongbo. He used to be a professor at Kyoto University, but he returned to this town because of his age. (To explain: Zhang Hongbo had some connections, and during that chaotic time, he used those connections to escape the chaos, returned to his hometown, and acquired three houses. Now he's selling them, and as mentioned before, the reason is that he felt they were just gathering dust.)"

Jiang Anxia lowered her head and thought for a moment, then smiled.

It seems he's no ordinary person.

Gu Yanzhu looked as if she had just realized something.

No wonder it felt familiar; he had seen the photo in his father's study before, but hadn't remembered it at the moment.

Now it seems that the person Gu's father helped back then was him.

"What? You don't believe me?" Seeing that the two didn't speak, Niu Quan quickly spoke up.

"You little rascal, you're just spouting nonsense. That's all in the past," Zhang Hongbo said with a laugh, holding a piece of paper in his hand.

“How can this be useless? This is a great honor,” Niu Quan retorted defiantly.

"Here, take it." Zhang Hongbo shook his head helplessly and said nothing more.

"Young man, your surname is Gu?" Zhang Hongbo's scrutinizing gaze fell on Gu Yanzhu.

From the moment he saw Gu Yanzhu, he felt that she looked very familiar, especially like someone he knew.

"Yes." Gu Yanzhu nodded gently. "My father is Gu Xiangjin."

"No wonder, no wonder. You've grown so much! I used to hold you when you were little!" Zhang Hongbo laughed.

The little white ball of a child back then has grown taller than him now.

"I'm sorry, Grandpa Zhang, I don't remember." Gu Yanzhu tried hard to recall, and he was certain that he had no memory of this incident.

It must have been shortly after he was born that Zhang Hongbo held him!

“What do you remember! You weren’t even a year old back then, just a two-month-old baby,” Zhang Hongbo laughed.

"Uncle Zhang, we have other things to do!" Niu Quan interrupted the conversation despite the pressure.

"Alright! I've kept you all waiting. Come over for dinner when you're done. Your Grandma Zhang just went out to buy groceries." Zhang Hongbo thought about it and realized it was getting late.

"Grandpa Zhang, I'm afraid it's not possible today. We have other things to do," Gu Yanzhu politely declined.

They did have other things to do today. The little girl's house needed to be cleaned, otherwise where would she sleep tonight?

"Alright, alright! Let's do it another day then." Hearing that he had something to do, Zhang Hongbo didn't insist.

"Uncle Zhang, we'll be going now." Niu Quan immediately spoke up when he saw Zhang Hongbo say that, fearing that they might chat for a while longer.

"Mm." Zhang Hongbo nodded and moved to the side.

"Uncle Zhang, I'll come again this afternoon!" Niu Quan said before leaving.

"Okay. Hurry up and go." Zhang Hongbo replied impatiently, but he had a big smile on his face.

Niu Quan didn't care about what Zhang Hongbo said, and simply walked away.

Gu Yanzhu and Jiang Anxia nodded to Zhang Hongbo and followed behind Niu Quan.

Zhang Hongbo, however, was stunned when he saw Jiang Anxia.

How can this little girl look so much like that person?

That's impossible! That person has been dead for a long time. Could it be her descendant? No, he has to write to her and ask.