99 Chapter 99: House-hunting
It was going to be summer in a month, so didn’t that mean she could only spend time with Sister Sanya like this for one more month?
Qin Xiaoyao looked at Big Girl Li with a smile.
“We’re only moving in a month. It’s a pretty long time.”
Seeing that Big Girl Li was worried, she then promised, “Don’t worry. I’ll make sure everything is in order before we move.”
“Okay.” Big Girl Li was still quite depressed.
At the same time, she couldn’t help but be angry with her man.
What’s wrong with moving to town?
Even if they couldn’t afford a courtyard dwelling that cost more than 200 taels, the houses in the zone of illegally constructed buildings were cheap.
If the couple worked hard to save money, it was not impossible for them to settle down in town.
After entering the town and delivering the goods, Qin Xiaoyao bade farewell to Big Girl Li and went to the market on West Street to look for Qin Dazhuang.
This was the first time Qin Dazhuang had seen his daughter come to look for him so early. He was a little surprised.
Qin Xiaoyao was in no hurry to explain the situation. Instead, she helped Qin Dazhuang with his business first.
She waited until there were no more customers before she started chatting with Qin Dazhuang.
Qin Dazhuang was shocked when he found out that his daughter wanted to buy a courtyard dwelling in town and that the location was better than his own place.
“Really?” Qin Dazhuang was in disbelief.
Qin Xiaoyao nodded with a smile.
“It’s true! Hubby sold the sole-copy book collection in the house, which was very expensive. One volume costs 50 taels!”
Qin Dazhuang’s eyes widened.
“So expensive?”
“It’s the sole-copy! You can pass it on to your descendants as family inheritance!” Qin Xiaoyao said with a hint of pride as she looked at her father.
“Your son-in-law’s family must be extraordinary to have inherited such a sole-copy book collection.”
Qin Dazhuang was stunned, and his expression immediately changed.
That was right. The Song family did not look like country folks.
Especially that son-in-law of his, whom he felt really uncomfortable with.
However, his bearing and conduct were indeed different from folks like them.
“I guess he decided to sell those books because he can’t take the Imperial Examinations for the time being,” Qin Xiaoyao continued. Her tone was tinged with desolation.
In her opinion, it was actually quite cost-effective to sell the books.
Who cares if it was the sole-copy or not? As long as the content was copied and left behind for decades or even centuries, wouldn’t the copied book become the sole-copy too?
What was important was the contents of the book.
She naturally believed that her attractive husband would copy the book down in advance.
Otherwise, he wouldn’t have specially made an appointment with Mr. Wang to deliver a book every two days.
However, the ancient people’s views were different from her pragmatic views.
Otherwise, when her father-in-law was seriously ill, the Song family could have sold the books to save him.
However, even when they were in that predicament, the Song family still didn’t sell books.
Her husband had told her not to tell her mother-in-law about buying the courtyard dwelling for the time being. Perhaps he was worried that her mother-in-law would find out that he was selling the sole-copy book collection in the house.
“Hmph! What’s the use of holding onto those books when you can’t even get by? He should have sold them long ago! It’s good that he has figured it out now!” Qin Dazhuang said with displeasure.
Qin Dazhuang raised his voice again and said, “250 taels of silver is more than enough to buy a courtyard dwelling. I’ll go and look for Cao Laosan in the afternoon. His eldest son happens to be working in a real estate brokerage, so he’ll definitely be able to help!”
Qin Xiaoyao’s face lit up.
“Then I’ll have to trouble Father for this matter!”
“Hey, what trouble! If you can move into town, it’ll be closer to home. Father will be overjoyed!”
Before his daughter got married, he had always wanted to find a family in town for her.
It was a pity that no one had the foresight to take a fancy to his daughter.
Back then, if it wasn’t for his daughter’s determination to be with that son-in-law…
In addition, it was indeed difficult for him to propose marriage for his daughter. Otherwise, he would not have let his daughter marry out of town.
However, it was all good now. His son-in-law’s family was going to move into town, and they were going to buy a courtyard dwelling in town.
Hah! He wanted to see who would dare to say that his daughter married a useless man in the future!
“Okay!” Qin Xiaoyao nodded with a smile.
She also wanted to live closer to her father, so it would be easier to take care of him in the future.
“Oh right, Father. How are things back home now…” Qin Xiaoyao asked again.
Ever since she returned to her family home and quarreled with Madam Zhang, she had not come to visit her father again.
It wasn’t just because she had to go to the market on South Street to sell straw sandals, but also because she was too embarrassed to go to her father’s side.
Qin Dazhuang looked at his daughter.
“It’s all good,” he replied.
Seeing the guilt on Qin Xiaoyao’s face, Qin Dazhuang reached out and patted her shoulder.
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“It’s a good thing that you’ve caused a scene,” he said with a smile.
“After that, your Big Brother and Second Brother caught Zhang Ershui near our house.”
“Your aunt has already made it clear to Zhang Ershui in front of everyone.”
“She also promised me that she would no longer pay any attention to Zhang Ershui and the Zhang family.”
After that, her temperament also became more restrained. She didn’t throw a tantrum at him without rhyme or reason as she did before.
Qin Xiaoyao nodded.
“That’s good.”
“My husband said that we’ll only move at the beginning of summer,” Qin Xiaoyao added after some thought.
“When the time comes, I’d like to invite Father, Aunt, my brothers, and sisters-in-law to our new home for housewarming.”
She had thought carefully about what had happened before and realized that she had indeed gone overboard.
After all, Madam Zhang was her elder. She should not have embarrassed her in front of so many people.
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Although that incident was primarily due to her predecessor’s emotions, she had to bear some responsibility for it.
For her father’s sake, she had to mend her relationship with Madam Zhang.
“Good! We’ll definitely go!” Qin Dazhuang immediately patted his daughter’s arm.
After that, Qin Xiaoyao and Qin Dazhuang busied themselves at the stall for a while. Then she bought another two catties of meat from Qin Dazhuang before leaving.
After returning to the Song family’s house, Qin Xiaoyao didn’t have to go into the mountains to look for mountain products anymore. She spent another seven to eight days leisurely.
In the past few days, Liu Daniu and Liu Erniu had gradually familiarized themselves with the business. On top of receiving goods, they had also added in the street vendor business, and their business was gradually getting on the right track.
As for Qin Xiaoyao, with Liu Daniu’s support, the amount of food she sent to Fortune Mansion and Fortune Restaurant increased day by day, and her business was doing better and better.
And today, Qin Xiaoyao brought Song Que into town to see a new courtyard dwelling.
They didn’t sell straw sandals today either, so after the delivery, Qin Xiaoyao pushed Song Que to the brokerage.
That was right. This wasn’t the first time they had come to the broker and followed the broker to go house-hunting.
Previously, her father had helped them locate an acquaintance in the brokerage. After that, during this period, this acquaintance had been helping them look for a courtyard dwelling.
As soon as the two of them arrived, the broker in charge of their business, Cao An, came up to welcome them.
“Sister Sanya, Brother-in-law! This courtyard dwelling was just put on sale yesterday. The son of the head of the family has just entered the county college and their family are preparing to go to the county to buy a courtyard dwelling. They are only willing to sell it at a low price because they are in a hurry.”
“We’ll go and take a look later. If you’re satisfied or have any other requests, you can talk directly to the family head.”
“Good! Thank you, Brother An!” Qin Xiaoyao thanked him quickly.
Then, she pushed Song Que along and followed Cao An.
After walking for a while, they arrived at the place.
This courtyard dwelling was located in the middle of the alley. It was not too far from the street outside, so it was more convenient to move in and out.
At the same time, because of the distance, it was not as noisy as the courtyard dwellings facing the street.