Chapter 941 The Figure Hiding Around the Corner

"Second Miss?" Ying Xi asked, puzzled.

Shu Yu then said towards the corner, "If we don't come out soon, we can forget about buying a house."

Just as those words were spoken, a shadow finally emerged slowly from around the corner.

Da Niu stared intently, "Third Uncle??"

Lu Sanzhu chuckled twice and walked up to the group.

"Third Uncle, what are you doing here? You... took leave again?"

Faced with Da Niu's questioning, Lu Sanzhu immediately retorted, "Da Niu, don't wrong me. I didn't ask for leave this time. Am I the kind of person who takes leave every few days and doesn't do my job properly?"

do not you?

Shu Yu and Da Niu looked at him with the same expression.

Lu Sanzhu choked for a moment, then straightened his back and said confidently, "I didn't ask for leave, it's just that it's my turn to rest today. I need to talk to my second brother, so I came here."

"Then why did you hide when you saw us?"

Lu Sanzhu glared at Da Niu. Why was this nephew so serious? Asking such pointed questions was not a good thing at all.

He grunted twice, then turned to Ayu and explained, "I didn't hide. I saw something flash by over there, looking rather suspicious, so I chased after it. But when I got there, I found it was just a stray cat, and I..."

Shu Yu and Da Niu both had expressions that said, "I'll just watch you make this up quietly."

Even Lu Sanzhu, with his thick skin, couldn't continue. He abruptly changed the subject, "You all seem quite busy. Go ahead and do your work. I'm going inside to talk to my second brother."

"What did you say? Borrow money?" Shu Yu raised an eyebrow. "My father doesn't have much money."

Lu Sanzhu's expression stiffened. "Look at what you're saying. How could I not know that Second Brother is short on money? I'm here to talk to him about something important. Isn't it that your family mansion needs renovations? As your third uncle and Second Brother's closest brother, I rarely get a day off, so of course I have to lend a hand. I'm here because..."

"Here are two hundred taels." Shu Yu took out several silver notes from his sleeve.

Lu Sanzhu's explanation came to an abrupt halt. He quickly grabbed the silver notes, flipped them over, counted them, and beamed with joy, as if he had won the lottery.

After he finished counting, he chuckled and said, "Ayu, I'm so sorry."

As soon as she finished speaking, Shu Yu reached out her hand.

Lu Sanzhu's expression changed slightly, and he quickly took two steps back while holding the silver note. He forgot that polite words and feigned retreat were useless to A Yu; she might actually comply with his wishes and take the silver note back.

He quickly coughed lightly, "Ayu, thank you."

Shu Yu then said, "Third Uncle, if you are really in trouble in the future, or if you need the money for a legitimate reason, you can just tell me. If I think it's feasible, I won't refuse to lend it to you. There's no need to go to such lengths and have my father relay the message."

Lu Sanzhu became unusually serious. "Ayu, do you think it's feasible for our family to buy a house in the county town?"

Buying a house?

Da Niu's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. His third uncle and aunt were planning to buy a house in the county town?

He glanced at Lu Sanzhu, then at Shu Yu.

Shu Yu nodded, "Jiangyuan County will become more and more prosperous in the future, so buying a house now is actually the most cost-effective. I didn't expect Uncle San to be so farsighted."

The one who truly wanted to buy a house and had foresight was Liang, but Lu Sanzhu wouldn't say it. He decided that starting today, he would stop calling his wife a spendthrift woman.

(End of this chapter)