Although there aren't many people in the county town right now, it's quite safe.
Staying in the mountains all the time isn't good; you should find opportunities to go out and explore, otherwise you'll get restless staying there all the time.
"Come on, I think it's just that you're being playful."
Xu Han chuckled but didn't reply.
After a happy family dinner, everyone went to bed.
I have to go to the county town tomorrow. Although I don't need to rush, I still need to go to bed early, otherwise it will be too hot to travel if I go too late.
The group couldn't stay in the county town for too long, otherwise their chickens, ducks, and geese would be left unattended, which would be unacceptable.
However, she couldn't just rush back without staying overnight. Xu Han was thinking of taking the Taoist priest and the others to explore the house properly the next day, and also to check out the newly purchased shops.
As she continued thinking, her eyelids grew heavier and heavier, her thoughts drifted further and further away, and she eventually fell into a deep sleep.
It has to be said that since Xu Han came to ancient times, her insomnia has been completely cured. She is so tired that she falls asleep as soon as her head hits the pillow every day, and she never has trouble sleeping.
When she woke up again, Lu Chuan and the others had already tidied up the house, fed the chickens, ducks, and geese, and the group had breakfast together before happily going out together.
Ze'er and Mu'er were overjoyed to learn that they were going to the county town today.
Xu Han said to the two children, "Today, your mother will take you to see our newly bought house. There are two other children there who are about your age. One is a boy who is about five years old, and the other is a girl who is about three years old. You can play together then."
Sure enough, the two brothers' eyes lit up instantly upon hearing this. They had never met any other playmates since they were little, and all they saw every day were the adults in their family. Now that they heard that they would have friends to play with in the future, how could they not be happy?
"Yay, yay! Mother is the best."
Xu Han then asked, "How about we have them come back with us then, so you can play together every day?"
Ze'er was very happy and immediately agreed, while Mu'er frowned and didn't say anything.
Seeing this, Xu Han assumed that Mu'er disagreed, so she patiently asked, "What's wrong, Mu'er?"
"Has Mother met them? What are they like as people?"
The adults present were taken aback upon hearing this, clearly not expecting Mu'er to ask such a question.
As expected, Mu'er was too composed; these were questions that someone his age shouldn't be asking.
"So that's what Mu'er is worried about! Don't worry, Mu'er, Mother has met them. They are all servants that Mother bought. If Mu'er is still worried, you can observe them carefully yourself. If you don't think they are suitable, Mother will not take them back to the mountains, but let them work in the house in the county town."
Mu'er nodded, and Xu Han touched the layer of sweat that had inexplicably appeared on her forehead, feeling relieved.
Grandpa Zhao laughed and said, "Hahaha, Mu'er is really becoming more and more composed."
"Yes, the children are growing up and have their own ideas now."
Xu Han said listlessly, "Being too composed isn't good either. If a child is too mature, we parents always feel like we owe him something."
Lu Chuan patted her shoulder and comforted her, "Don't think too much, our son is very sensible."
After hearing this, Xu Han said nothing more, turned around and walked forward chatting and laughing with the children.
The whole family chatted and laughed all the way, and by the time they entered the county town it was already 10:30 in the morning. Lu Chuan first rented an oxcart, and then the group went to the place that sells bricks and tiles to transport the tung oil ordered yesterday and other materials needed for building the house.
The materials for building the house cost a total of 58 taels of silver, and that only covers the cost of materials, not labor.
If labor costs are included, the price of building these houses would definitely double. Fortunately, we have the experience from building houses last time, so this time Lu Chuan will still be in charge, and everyone else will help build them together.
This will save a lot of money. The most important thing is that it is very difficult to find someone to build a house now, and Lu Chuan and Xu Han do not want people to know about this place yet.
For the two of them, the more secretive their place of residence, the better. The world is not yet completely stable, and Xu Han is not comfortable exposing this place to outsiders.
After paying the final payment, Xu Han calculated all the money left in her home.
After buying the property last time, they had a total of 637 taels of silver left. After deducting the cost of building materials for this house, they only had 579 taels of silver left. The remaining silver was far beyond Xu Han and Lu Chuan's original budget.
I thought I'd be lucky to have two hundred taels of silver left after buying the house, but I never expected to have so much left after some haggling.
With this money, the family could live comfortably for many years without working hard.
However, with so many servants now in the household, it's clear that not working is impossible; otherwise, everyone would go hungry.
Xu Han secretly told Lu Chuan the result she had calculated, and sure enough, Lu Chuan immediately smiled when he heard the number.
"Great, great! I thought there weren't many left. This is a pleasant surprise."
Lu Chuan never cared about the family's money. Even if Xu Han told him, he would only remember the general amount. If asked how much money he had or where it was spent, he definitely wouldn't be able to tell him.
"With this money, plus the produce from our household, we can live on it for a long time."
"Yes, I'm out of money, but I'm earning it back. Don't worry about the money."
Xu Han chuckled, "I'm not worried. Even if we don't make any money in the future, the rent from the shop alone will be enough for our whole family to live on."
"Haha, you're right, we do own shops now. But we definitely can't rent them out right now, we can only wait and see how things go next year."
"No rush, we've already found a bargain, so a little loss won't make a difference."
The family drove an oxcart and transported their goods to the largest shop they had just bought.
The oxcarts entered directly through the back door. Because the shop was large, the back door was also very large, so that it would be convenient for the oxcarts to enter and transport goods.
After entering the shop, Lu Chuan closed the courtyard gate. Grandpa Zhao and the Taoist priest led the children around the shop, looking left and right. Xu Han took the opportunity to put everything into her spatial storage.
Then I went with them to look at the shop and explained its layout to them.
After browsing around, Xu Han asked proudly, "How was it? Was this shop a good buy? Lu Chuan and I had our eyes on this shop ever since we saw it, and it was the first shop we bought. The location is great, and the place is big. It's a shop chosen by heaven."
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