Zhou Xiang looked at Ling Ran and then at Xiao Bai. "I noticed you two look a bit alike! If you had a few whiskers at the corners of your mouths, you'd look exactly like me."

Ling Ran pinched the tip of her nose and said, "You're wrong. If you had a few whiskers at the corners of your mouth, it would be exactly the same as it!"

Xiaobai meowed at the two of them and walked away proudly with a cat-like gait.

The two of them left the space and went downstairs. Lu Jin was still waiting. "Boss, Guan Zanfu's home appliances are being squeezed out by their competitors. They're genuine brands, and they're even lowering their prices to attract consumers. Their appliance business is bleak. In my opinion, they probably won't last two months."

“Did they also lower the price?”

"Yes, even if the price is lowered, no one will buy it. I heard that the electric fans and rice cookers they imported a while ago kept breaking down, and they couldn't repair them when they returned, so they had to replace them. The new ones also broke, so customers accused them of selling fakes and stopped buying from them."

Zhou Xiang didn't believe it. "I don't know who tricked them into buying fake goods. How could they be cheated when they are two experienced businessmen?"

After hearing this, Lu Jin hesitated. Ling Ran raised his leg, and he quickly stepped back, speaking very quickly, "Sister-in-law, I suspect something is wrong with Liu Hui. I saw him enter a yard, and there was a woman's voice in the yard.

They have always lived in the yard behind the store. Guan Zanfu and Liu Hui both lived in the yard behind the store."

Zhou Xiang sat up straight. "Lu Jin, quickly send someone to keep an eye on Liu Hui and find out who took these electric fans and rice cookers, and where the money Guan Zanqiang invested went. We can't let an outsider deceive Guan Zanfu and the others. If it's Liu Hui's fault, the housekeeper has no money left now, and I'm afraid he'll run away. If it's really him, we can't let him get away."

"Yes, I'll arrange it right away."

After Lu Jin left, Ling Ran comforted Zhou Xiang, "Don't take it all on yourself if it has nothing to do with you. In their past lives, the four of them didn't leave the town and didn't have a good life. It's just their nature. At least they were rich once."

"Yeah! I know. I was just wondering what Liu Hui was doing?"

"What are your plans?"

"Let's wait for the outcome before making a decision. And who knows what that idiot Guan Zanli will do! She was actually controlled by a foreigner."

The next morning, someone from the north end came to Zhou's house and said that they had found a house and they could move in after paying the money.

Zhou wanted to ask Grandpa Xiao to accompany his granddaughter to get acupuncture so that his granddaughter would recognize him.

Old Master Xiao waved his hand and said, "Got it, you guys go and get busy! I'll just take care of Xiaoxiao here."

Zhou Xiang handed the kettle to Mr. Xiao, "This is the kettle she uses. I filled it with water."

"Yes! Okay! Thank you!"

Zhou Xiang and Ling Ran went to the north end. Ling Ran was a little worried about the kettle. Zhou Xiang chuckled and said, "That kettle contains boiled water. I don't plan to give Xiao Xiaoxiao that water anymore. I'm afraid she'll understand after she recovers. I'm taking advantage of her confusion now and using boiled water to fool her. It's all just her illusion."

Ling Ran was relieved. Mr. Xiao was an old and experienced man, so the secret couldn't be leaked.

Seeing that only the three companies in the east were willing to sell, Zhou Xiang and Ling Ran had no objection.

After the agreement is written and signed with fingerprints, the two people in charge of each family are asked to go to the Judicial Bureau to notarize it.

The people who went there were only the father and son from each family. The notary office of the Justice Bureau was also seeing something new. In the entire town, only those related to Zhou Xiang came to notarize. It seemed as if they were serving Zhou Xiang specifically.

The three families didn't understand this either, and only nodded in agreement after the notary explained it to them.

After the notary confirmed several times that they all agreed to the price and terms of the agreement, he notarized the agreement for them.

Alas! Several steps of the process have been simplified by Zhou Xiang.

The three families each took ten stacks of money and asked the notary to help them count the authenticity. Then they thanked the notary and Zhou Xianglingran and left quickly.

Zhou Xiang and Ling Ran thanked the notary and left, and met the mayor at the gate.

The mayor saw the two of them and said with a smile, "Oh! What a coincidence! I'm going to say goodbye to you here. I'm going to be transferred elsewhere. There's a new mayor here. Would you like me to take you to meet him?"

Ling Ran shook his head. "No thanks, Mayor. Come to my house for tea next time you come to the market town!"

"Okay, okay! If I come, I will definitely go to the Zhou family to disturb them."

On the way, Zhou wanted to ask Ling Ran where he had taken the mayor. He seemed to be in a good mood.

"He was appointed mayor of a town on the outskirts of the city. It was a lateral transfer, but it's closer to the city! The reason for the transfer was this tunnel. Of course he was happy, and he still remembered our kindness."

"You're so insidious. You got rid of people, and they're still grateful to you."

"I'm doing this for his own good! Even if he knew I was the one who did it, he would still be grateful to me. I didn't demote him."

"Yes, he should be grateful to you and your ancestors for eighteen generations."

"That will also be your ancestors for eighteen generations."

…

After returning home, Zhou wanted to open the land deeds and house deeds. "These can be considered antiques. After they are all replaced with red books, they will be displayed."

"Well! Put it away! I wonder what those two families are planning to do!"

After Zhou Xiang folded these thin papers, he put them on the bookshelf in the space.

"It's nothing more than raising the price!"

"Starting price? Haha, I'll lower the price every time he comes. I'll see how many times he comes and whether he'll sell it or not."

"You hold it down, what if he tears it down?"

"Tear it down! If he destroys our wall, I'll sue him and bankrupt him."

After saying that, he called the front yard and asked the security guards to spread the word on the street and advertise the two adobe houses worth 100,000 yuan.

After he hung up the phone, Zhou thought, "If you do this, I don't know where the money of those three families will be hidden. Besides, anyone who wants to sell their adobe houses will definitely come to us."

"Go ahead and look for them! Come to me and I'll go check them out. There are two more at the corner of the street! If you're willing to sell, buy them. We'll tear them down later and build a wall around them. This side of the street will be the gate."

"That's fine! Your smoke bomb is making people dizzy."

"Of course we have to make them nervous. Don't think that it has to be their family. Even if it has to be their family, we can't let them know and let them control us!"

The town suddenly became lively. Is it true that the Zhou family spent 100,000 yuan to buy two adobe houses on the east and west streets in the north end?

The three families who had sold their houses were in the process of moving when they were approached by curious people.

These three families thought it was the two families unwilling to sell who had spread the news. In response to the inquiries, they angrily replied, "Ling Ran agreed to buy the house for 100,000 yuan with conditions... After adding the conditions, he refused to lower the price by a penny. But, someone is so bold! He still wants 150,000 yuan. Do they really think the Zhou family's money just came from the wind?"

"He's so ambitious! We feel a little uneasy holding this 100,000 yuan. We didn't expect him not to lower the price. Oh! No more talking. Let's vacate the house and give it to him!"

The gossipers were extremely envious, saying, "With this much money, not only can you build a new house, but you will also have no worries about your sons and daughters."

"That's right, that's right. We are lucky to have met the Zhou family who are willing to buy our shabby house."