Exile with Storage Space: Family Fortunes in the Barren Lands-Chapter 539 - 502: My Mother-in-Law is Extremely Kind to Me (1)
Lou Chengye stared at him blankly.
A bit like a monk who has lost his way.
Li Xingsheng continued, "Lou Chengye, you just said you wouldn’t let my sister catch cold. Have you forgotten so quickly?"
Lou Chengye snapped back to reality, "Ah, no, I was just... a bit surprised."
The second brother-in-law is clever, buying it directly to take home. If we wait for the family to buy, it might not even be available.
The shopkeeper, seeing them murmur to each other, was a bit worried they might’ve encountered a fraud, "Are you really from the prefect’s house?"
Li Xingsheng sneered, pointing at Lou Chengye, "Lou Chengye, the fifth son of Prefect Lou, guaranteed genuine."
The shopkeeper didn’t recognize Lou Chengye and scrutinized him several times.
Just at that moment, a middle-aged man on a mule rode up.
Seeing Lou Chengye, the man looked surprised, "Fifth Young Master Lou, what are you doing here? Congratulations on your new marriage, Fifth Young Master Lou."
Lou Chengye turned around and found it was a steward from a prominent family in the city.
He had visited that family with his parents for a banquet before, so the steward recognized him.
The shopkeeper recognized the steward and was surprised, "Housekeeper Qin, you know this young master?"
"How come you don’t recognize Fifth Young Master Lou? Do you want to continue running your business?" the steward shook his head.
The shopkeeper was so scared that he immediately apologized to Lou Chengye and Li Xingsheng, "I was blind not to recognize Mount Tai. I shouldn’t have doubted Fifth Young Master Lou. Please forgive me, Fifth Master."
Lou Chengye generously waved his hand, "No harm done to the ignorant. Please rise, shopkeeper."
Li Xingsheng said, "Shopkeeper, arrange to deliver the wood charcoal as soon as possible. Once it arrives at the mansion, have the accountant settle the account." 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮
The shopkeeper, having secured a big order today, cheerfully replied, "Certainly, certainly, young sir. Rest assured, I will immediately arrange for carriages and horses to deliver the charcoal as soon as possible."
After purchasing the wood charcoal, Li Xingsheng did not immediately return to Lou Mansion but went to find a house in the civilian alley opposite Lou Mansion.
Lou Chengye was familiar with this area.
He found a servant living nearby and asked him to inquire.
The servant quickly returned with news that there was a house available for rent nearby.
The owner and his family had gone to the Capital, leaving only an old steward to watch the house.
Li Xingsheng and Lou Chengye went to view the house. As soon as they entered, the small house, seemingly only about twenty years old, was quiet and elegant.
On the left of the house gate was a garage for parking carriages, while the right housed the servant quarters.
Upon entering the house, there was a screen wall. Going around the wall, there were two side rooms on each side.
To the north was the main building, a small two-story wooden tower.
The first floor had a main hall with a small parlor on each side. The second floor had the same layout.
There weren’t many renters in the city, and the rent for the small house wasn’t expensive—only two tales of silver per month.
Li Xingsheng immediately agreed to rent it.
Lou Chengye helped him find the workshop supervisor of the area. Under his witness, Li Xingsheng signed a rental agreement with the house steward.
With the house rented, Li Xingsheng and Lou Chengye returned to Lou Mansion.
Li Xingsheng found the Liu family father and sons and moved their luggage into the rented house with them.
The Liu family father and sons also moved in.
This small house was only one street away from Lou Mansion, allowing Li Yu En to come back often.
The Liu family was also pleased to live here.
They could go home at night and serve at Lou Mansion during the day, just like the other servants.
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Shortly after Li Xingsheng moved out of Lou Mansion, the charcoal shopkeeper came to Lou Mansion with five bull carts full of charcoal.
The gatekeeper was quite surprised by this scene.
He repeatedly asked what was happening.
The shopkeeper, holding the receipt, said with a smile, "These charcoals are wanted by Lady Lou. She instructed us to deliver them quickly. Please facilitate the passage and inform them inside."
The gatekeeper was puzzled. He hadn’t heard there would be charcoal delivered.
However, the shopkeeper spoke so earnestly and had brought so much charcoal that the gatekeeper didn’t dare question it and ran inside to report.
The chief steward of Lou Mansion, upon hearing this, was also quite surprised because Lady Lou hadn’t said anything about buying charcoal, and the Eldest Young Madam hadn’t mentioned buying any either.
"Could the shopkeeper have made a mistake?" Chief Steward Lou waved at the gatekeeper who reported the message, "No word in the house about buying charcoal. The shopkeeper must have made a mistake. Tell him to leave."
The gatekeeper returned to the entrance to relay the chief steward’s words to the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper was dumbfounded, "But this is the charcoal ordered by your mansion’s Fifth Young Master. He said it was a gift from Lady Lou to the new daughter-in-law. It’s absolutely true, not fake."
The gatekeeper scratched his head, "Fifth Young Master? What does he look like? Who was he with?"
