"Are you talking about a young couple, the man wearing a black robe and the woman wearing a red dress, and they both look quite good?"
Manager Bai nodded subconsciously.
Lu Qian said, "Those are my friends. I know where they live. We even had lunch together today, but they didn't mention buying a house. I guess they don't want to bother me."
"If it's them, then I'll go find them. Thank you for this, Manager Bai. I'll come back to you when I'm processing the paperwork." With that, Lu Qian quickly went out, took his horse, and went to catch up with Zhou Quan and Li Mai.
Half an hour after Zhou Quan and Li Mai left the town, Lu Qian caught up with them on horseback.
"Young Master Zhou, may I say a few words?" Lu Qian asked Zhou Quan as he rode alongside him on horseback.
Zhou Quan roughly understood that it might be related to that official broker.
Sure enough, Lu Qian spoke the next moment.
"Not long after you left, Manager Bai sent someone to ask me if I would sell one of my several vacant houses."
"I only found out it was you who wanted to buy it after I asked around, so I came directly to ask you if you want to buy it?" Lu Qian asked Zhou Quan.
Zhou Quan pulled the car over to the side of the road, stopped, and asked him, "So, originally, the Lu family didn't intend to sell?"
Lu Qian nodded, "Yes, our Lu family doesn't lack the money for those few houses, but if you need them, I can give you one."
Li Mai, who was inside the carriage, heard everything. At that moment, she lifted the curtain and came out, sitting next to Zhou Quan and looking at Lu Qian.
Zhou Quan turned to look at Li Mai, "Madam, you decide!"
If I buy it, I'll definitely have to do the Lu family a favor.
Li Mai asked, "You have several empty yards in your possession. Tell me about them."
Upon hearing this, Lu Qian quickly began to count, "There are two houses on the south side of the town, not far from the town government office. There is one house on the east side of the town, not far from the market. There is one house on the west side of the town, the smallest one, with only two courtyards and no side courtyard. I heard Manager Bai say that you want a side courtyard, right?"
“Of course, there is also a house in the north of the town, but my father probably won’t give it up. He wants to keep that one for my sister as her dowry, in case she marries far away in the future, so that the whole family can stay there when she comes back to visit her parents,” Lu Qian said.
"So, can I choose one of the other three houses?" Li Mai asked.
"Yes!" Lu Qian asked.
"Which place is not far from the Heaven and Earth Alliance's lair?" Li Mai suddenly asked.
Lu Qian was taken aback for a moment, then subconsciously said, "The place in the east of the town."
"Okay, let's go with the place in the east of the town. It's close to the market, it's more lively, and it's convenient for buying groceries and cooking!"
"I'll have my husband come to town to find you tomorrow. You two can go and take a look at the house, check its land area, and get the paperwork done." Li Mai said before going inside.
Then, a voice drifted out from inside the carriage, "Consider this a favor I, Li Mai, owe you, Lu Qian. If you need anything from me, feel free to ask, except for the jewelry shop."
“Very well, then I will wait for Young Master Zhou at the restaurant tomorrow.” Lu Qian bowed to Zhou Quan.
Zhou Quan nodded, gave a soft "hmm," and returned the greeting.
After Lu Qian turned and left, Li Mai said to Zhou Quan, "Tomorrow, you should ride your horse to town and go see him. As long as the house isn't too dilapidated, you can buy it. You can discuss the price with him. I don't think he'll ask for an exorbitant price."
Zhou Quan responded, "So, will Xiao Lei live in our house while he's studying, or somewhere else?"
"We'll see where Xiao Lei's library is located. If it's too far, it won't be suitable, since it's a bit chaotic there. But if it's closer, we can stay there."
“Okay!” Zhou Quan agreed.
By the time I got home, it was completely dark.
The group was tired, so Zhou Quan and Li Mai handed the things over to Zhao Shi and then went to eat.
After dinner, Li Mai and Zhou Quan took Zhu Zhu back to rest.
Zhou Tao sat down with her mother and talked, recounting what they had seen and heard that day while accompanying her elder brother and sister-in-law.
Madam Zhao nodded, "When you go out with your brother and sister-in-law, listen more, observe more, and speak less."
"Okay, Mom!" Zhou Tao replied happily, and then told her about her trip to her eldest sister's house.
However, she didn't mention her sister-in-law's speculation about the Xu family. She felt that if she did, her mother might think that her sister-in-law shouldn't have talked about her eldest sister's family. She didn't want her mother to think badly of her sister-in-law.
Actually, this is also because Zhou Tao is young and has limited experience, so she has confined herself to a small world.
If Zhao knew that Li Mai had such a clear understanding of the Xu family's future, she would be even more gratified, feeling that her daughter-in-law was indeed farsighted.
Not long after they returned home, Li Mai and Zhu Zhu finished washing up and sat on the tatami mat. Li Mai and Zhu Zhu played finger games while Zhou Quan was washing up. At this moment, someone knocked on the door and called out to Zhou Quan loudly.
Zhou Quan recognized Shi Zhou's voice, so he quickly cleaned himself up, got dressed, and went out to check.
After a while, he returned and said to Limai, "Uncle Chieftain wants me to go over there. You and Zhuzhu should rest first!"
Li Mai looked at him. "Didn't you say what it was about?"
Zhou Quan shook his head. "They didn't say. I'll go check it out!"
Li Mai nodded, and then played finger games with Zhu Zhu for a while, while also teaching her to recite ancient poems.
Zhuzhu got sleepy from playing, so the two of them went to sleep on the kang (a heated brick bed).
Their new house has a kang (heated brick bed) big enough for three people to sleep on. Zhuzhu sleeps in the innermost part, next to the back wall, while Limai sleeps in the middle next to Zhuzhu.
Zhou Quan was on the outermost side, next to Li Mai.
In the middle of the night, Li Mai was awakened by Zhou Quan's movements as he got onto the kang (a heated brick bed). Although Zhou Quan's movements were very gentle, Li Mai still woke up.
"Just got back? What time is it?" Li Mai asked groggily.
"Yin Shi (3-5 AM)." Zhou Quan responded softly, took off his clothes, and pulled Li Mai into his arms, whispering, "Go back to sleep, don't talk, we'll talk about it tomorrow."
Li Mai gave a soft "hmm" and then fell silent.
Zhou Quan waited for a while, and after sensing that she had fallen asleep, he silently stared blankly at the ceiling.
He didn't expect that the clan chief would call him over to talk about electing a new clan chief. He said that he wanted to elect him as the new clan chief, and many people in the village were also willing to elect him as the new clan chief.
However, Zhou Quan instinctively refused, saying that starting next year he would be doing business with his wife and opening a shop in town, and he was afraid he couldn't be the clan chief.
The chieftain was visibly shocked. He asked him if he would rather work for a woman than be the chieftain.
Zhou Quan smiled and shook his head. "Uncle, I'm not going to be the clan chief because I think it's better to do business with Xiaomai than to be the clan chief. It's because my wife is going to open a shop and I can't just ignore her. If I do that, as the clan chief, I'll be unable to help the villagers, which would be a sin."
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