Watching Ye Tianyong eat, Yingbao thought to herself, "Daddy can really eat, he's even bigger than a rice bucket."

She's already a big eater, but I never expected her father, Ye Tianyong, to be even bigger.

If Ye Tianyong knew that his daughter Yingbao called him a good-for-nothing, I wonder if he would slap her across the face?

That remains an unsolved mystery.

But upon closer reflection, it becomes clear that given Ye Tianyong's daughter's personality, at most he would only make Yingbao reflect on her actions for a short while.

This is Yingbao's brilliance. She doesn't tell anyone, she just thinks silently in her heart, and no one can control her. Anyway, no one can read minds, and even if her father Ye Tianyong knows her well, he can't possibly know these things.

…………

And so, after Yingbao, Ye Tianyong, and Wang Yitong finished their meal, they walked out of the restaurant.

Don't misunderstand and think they didn't pay and are trying to dine and dash.

This place is different from modern times. In most modern shops, you can pay after you finish eating.

But now this store is similar to modern Wallace and Huaxiang Noodle & Porridge in that the payment method is the same: pay first and then eat. So, as soon as they entered and ordered, Yingbao gave the money to her father, Ye Tianyong. Ye Tianyong took the money from Yingbao and put it on the counter to pay for the meal.

***

Yingbao and her two companions headed straight for Lin Yao and Wang Yu's new home, intending to buy it.

When Yingbao, her mother, and her father were almost at Wang Yu's house, they saw the couple already waiting there. They didn't know if they had just come out or had been waiting for a while.

Yingbao and the other two were thinking all sorts of little schemes.

"Auntie, you've finally arrived!" Before Yingbao and the others could finish their thoughts, Wang Yu and his wife called out to them from afar.

"Hmm... what's wrong? Has someone taken a liking to the three rooms we've tentatively reserved?" Wang Yitong asked, noticing that the couple weren't sitting at home but had instead run out of the courtyard to wait.

That's really strange.

"It can't be that bad!" Yingbao wailed inwardly.

Wang Yu replied, "Someone has taken a liking to us, but we agreed beforehand to wait for your news, so..."

Before Wang Yu could finish speaking, Yingbao and her mother Wang Yitong pulled them aside and asked them to look at the shops and houses again, the first and third times they had seen them.

"Wait...wait a minute, our house door and yard gate aren't locked yet!" Wang Yu and his wife said anxiously as they ran to lock them.

Watching the newlyweds run to lock the door, Yingbao and Wang Yitong, who were left behind, gave an awkward "haha" laugh.

Ye Tianyong: "..."

As Wang Yu and Lin Yao locked the door, they marveled at how strong Yingbao and the aunt were. If it weren't for their quick thinking and the fact that they hadn't forgotten to lock the door, they would have been back in no time.

Who knows what will happen then?

I reckon by then, the other houses will have been rented out or sold, but when they come back they'll realize the door wasn't locked and all the things they bought for their wedding will be gone. They'll have wasted all their time.

Commonly known as "white liquor".

Isn't that the same as "losing the watermelon to pick up a sesame seed"?

Except for Ye Tianyong, the others all watched it again.

After looking at it, the group exchanged pleasantries for a while and then started looking for someone to transfer the property. At that time, transferring property was not as troublesome or rigorous as it is in modern times, and it didn't require going to the housing management bureau.

Now, they just use connections to get things done discreetly. What they get isn't a formal contract or document, but a rent receipt—just a thin sheet of paper.