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Both the buyer and the seller were straightforward people. Qi Mengmeng gave Xiaozhou one hundred yuan as a deposit. Xiaozhou wrote a receipt for Qi Mengmeng, and both parties agreed to go through the formalities tomorrow morning.

Master Li didn't expect that things would be so successful. It took less than half an hour from the time they entered the door to the time the receipt was written.

Xiaozhou stayed behind to pack up, and Master Li took Qi Mengmeng and Gu Guizhi back to the Li family.

Zhao Xiaocao asked them, "What do you think of the house?"

Master Li looked at Gu Guizhi and Qi Mengmeng and said, "They have already bought the house."

"You bought it?" Zhao Xiaocao's face was full of surprise, and her voice was raised by two degrees: "You just took a look at it and decided to buy it?"

"Yes, I think that house is nice, and it's close to my master and his wife, so I'm going to buy it." Qi Mengmeng said with a smile, "There are only two of us in my family, so that house is just right."

Zhao Xiaocao had been to the Zhou family before, so she naturally knew the size of the family and had also listened to Master Li's words, but she didn't expect Qi Mengmeng to buy a house so quickly. She just took a look and decided on it immediately.

"Mengmeng and her friends both like that house, and Xiaozhou is anxious to sell it, so they will soon decide on a place." Master Li said, and then looked at Zhao Xiaocao: "Hurry up and cook. Let Mengmeng and Comrade Gu have dinner at home tonight."

Gu Guizhi quickly stopped Master Li and said, "Master, don't let Master's wife work so hard. It's getting late now and the state-owned restaurant is still open. Let's go over and eat. Mengmeng and I will go back after we finish eating."

Although Master Li felt bad about the money, he looked at the weather outside and was also worried about their safety, so after hesitating for a moment, he nodded and agreed: "Okay."

Zhao Xiaocao glanced at the house and said, "The porridge has already been cooked at home. Why don't you go and I'll eat some at home."

"That won't work. How can we go to dinner without Master's Wife? Master's Wife, please come with us." Qi Mengmeng pulled Zhao Xiaocao's arm and said with a smile, "We were able to buy this house thanks to Master and Master's Wife. Master's Wife, please give us a chance to treat you to dinner."

Zhao Xiaocao was still hesitating, but Master Li waved his hand and said, "Let's go eat together."

Zhao Xiaocao muttered quietly, "It costs a lot of money to eat out."

Qi Mengmeng directly pulled Zhao Xiaocao out. Master Li came out pushing his bicycle. Zhao Xiaocao turned around and shouted, "Remember to lock the door."

"I see. How could I forget to lock the door?" Master Li locked the door with a smile, and then the four of them rode two bicycles to the state-owned restaurant.

Gu Guizhi went to order food, while Qi Mengmeng took Master Li and Zhao Xiaocao to find a table.

They arrived a little late and the braised pork was out of stock, so Gu Guizhi ordered a stewed chicken, stir-fried pork with chili peppers, minced meat with tofu, and fried potatoes.

Master Li listened to Gu Guizhi's ordering and quickly stopped him, "We only need two dishes. We can't finish four."

Qi Mengmeng smiled and said, "Yes, Master. Guizhi may have eaten it."

Master Li glanced at Gu Guizhi, not knowing whether what Qi Mengmeng said was true or not, but it was not easy to stop her.

Gu Guizhi bought another pound of rice and five steamed buns.

Master Li's salary is not low. Usually, there are only the two old people at home. They are very frugal with their meals. They only cook some meat dishes when their daughter comes back. They rarely eat and drink as lavishly as they did today.

The portions of dishes in state-owned restaurants are usually huge.

There were four dishes on the table, plus a large bowl of rice and steamed buns. Zhao Xiaocao felt very distressed.

"Mengmeng, there are so many dishes. Can we finish them?"

"I'm sure I can finish it." Qi Mengmeng handed the chopsticks to Zhao Xiaocao and asked her, "Master's wife, you can eat rice and steamed buns."

Zhao Xiaocao hesitated. The rice was white rice and the steamed buns were white flour buns. She hesitated for a moment before saying, "Let's eat the steamed buns."

Their family usually eats steamed buns made from two kinds of flour or corn cakes, and rarely eats steamed buns made from white flour.

Master Li immediately served himself a bowl of rice and said with a smile, "I am also taking advantage of my apprentice today and having a bowl of rice."

"You old man, what you mean is that I won't give you rice." Zhao Xiaocao was just enjoying the joy of eating the white flour buns, but when he heard what Master Li said, he muttered to him unhappily.

In front of Qi Mengmeng and Gu Guizhi, Master Li did not argue back, but he still said in his heart that their family could only eat rice and steamed buns once a month. Most of the time they drank porridge, and most of the time it was corn porridge.

During the meal, Qi Mengmeng picked up meat for Zhao Xiaocao several times, otherwise she would only pick up shredded potatoes.

"Master's wife, you should eat more. We didn't bring lunch boxes, and it's not easy to take these things away." Qi Mengmeng said with a slightly regretful voice.

After hearing this, Zhao Xiaocao finally started to eat a normal amount and also took a few pieces of chicken.

Gu Guizhi also picked up a piece of tofu for Qi Mengmeng. Qi Mengmeng smiled at him and put the tofu with minced meat into her mouth.

When they first started ordering food, Zhao Xiaocao thought she had ordered too much, but when she heard that they didn't bring lunch boxes and couldn't take leftovers away, she ate quite a bit. Chef Li was also trying hard to eat, and with Gu Guizhi's big appetite, they finished everything.

Zhao Xiaocao touched her stomach and swallowed: "I ate too much tonight."

Qi Mengmeng smiled and said, "While there is a moon in the sky, you and Master can walk back and chat."

"We are an old couple, what is there to talk about?" Zhao Xiaocao glanced at Master Li.

"You old woman, people are kind enough to invite you to dinner, yet you still have so much to say." Master Li pulled Zhao Xiaocao's clothes, meaning to tell her to say less.

"It's getting dark, you should go back quickly." Master Li looked at the dark road outside and asked Qi Mengmeng to go home with them first, and went to get them a flashlight.

Qi Mengmeng did not refuse. They followed Master Li home to get a flashlight, and then got on their bicycles and went back.

Before leaving, Qi Mengmeng asked Master Li to help her take half a day off, as she and Xiaozhou would go to handle some formalities tomorrow morning.

Master Li agreed and asked them to be careful on their way back.

Gu Guizhi tied the flashlight to the front bar of the bicycle, and let Qi Mengmeng sit on the back seat of the bicycle, and they rode slowly towards the family compound.

The road conditions were bad, but Gu Guizhi rode very slowly, trying his best to avoid the potholes on the road.

When they arrived at the family compound, Gu Guizhi looked very unhappy.

"What's wrong?" Qi Mengmeng felt a little strange. When they came out of the restaurant just now, Gu Guizhi looked pretty good.

"I didn't expect the way back at night would be so difficult and dark. If I wasn't at home, it would be too dangerous for you to come back alone." Only then did Gu Guizhi understand why Qi Mengmeng insisted on selling the house.

"I seldom ride my bike back after dark. If it's late, I'll stay in the factory dormitory," said Qi Mengmeng.

"Really? 'A very little' means that there is some?" Gu Guizhi quickly noticed the loophole in Qi Mengmeng's words.