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Xiao Yuan returned home, and his grandmother asked him, "Did you take Ningning back?"

Xiao Yuan smiled and helped his grandmother to sit inside, "I did, her sister asked me to stay for dinner at her house, but I didn’t."

The grandmother sighed, "Ningning didn’t say much about today, did she?"

Xiao Yuan shook his head, "No, she just wanted me to talk to you properly and reminded you not to be angry. You see, I’m about to get married soon and can earn money now. If my brother graduates from graduate school and becomes a civil servant, our family’s days will get better, right? You’ll be able to enjoy life, so don’t get sick from anger, that’s not worth it at all."

Mother Xiao added, "Erhu is right, Mom, you need to take care of yourself and enjoy the days ahead."

"Alright, I will take care of myself."

The grandmother also smiled, "In this life, there’s nothing really worth or not worth it. Even though I’ve kept hard for something that’s not human all my life, I’m content having you children.

Mr. Xiao finished cooking in the kitchen and called the family to eat.

After dinner, when the grandmother was asleep, Xiao Yuan went out to talk with Mr. Xiao.

"Dad, our family should be more cautious in the future."

Xiao Yuan cautioned Mr. Xiao, "Call Sanhu and the others to remind them to be careful in the coming period, not to talk to unfamiliar people carelessly, and not to do things for strangers."

Mr. Xiao took out a cigarette, thought about Xiao Yuan’s past advice not to smoke, and put it back: "Alright, I’ll call them tomorrow."

Xiao Yuan and Mr. Xiao wandered along the path at the village head: "Dad, today’s incident, grandma did right, we are not a greedy family, otherwise, we might invite disaster."

The father and son walked a bit further and sat on a large stone.

Mr. Xiao looked at the gradually rising moon and said, "I understand what you’re trying to say, I’m not silly. That old man in the Star Striped Country has descendants, and he ran here saying he wanted to divide the family estate with your grandmother, isn’t that causing trouble? Would his descendants agree? Normal families fight over property until they’re bloodied, let alone those large families. Sigh, sometimes money isn’t a good thing, it’s a root of trouble."

Xiao Yuan saw Mr. Xiao understood, so he didn’t say more.

"Let’s go."

Mr. Xiao patted Xiao Yuan’s shoulder: "Let’s head back, your mom is waiting for us at home."

Walking back, Xiao Yuan spoke to Mr. Xiao, "Dad, I remember several five-guarantees people in our village, some have passed, and their houses are abandoned and dilapidated. You should talk to the village officials to see if we can buy them."

Mr. Xiao looked puzzled: "What would you do with those?"

Xiao Yuan replied, "Dad, these villages will have great growth in the future, though it doesn’t seem apparent now. Many villagers still want to move to the city, but when our village develops, those who went to the city will try everything to come back. By then, there won’t be enough houses. I’m thinking my brother wants to work in the county, so he has to have a house. If Sanhu comes back, he also needs a house. It’s better to buy some houses and land now while it’s cheap. Next year we’ll tear down a piece to build, and the three of us brothers each will have a house, avoiding disputes."

This decision really troubled Mr. Xiao.

"Building three houses at once is no small matter, we don’t have that kind of money."

Mr. Xiao was really worried, after arranging Xiao Yuan’s marriage, he didn’t have much money left, even building one house would be difficult, let alone three.

Xiao Yuan said, "I’ll take on more jobs this year, earn more money. Plus, the year-end dividends will be enough, even if there’s a gap, it’s no big deal. A house isn’t built overnight, we can build while thinking of ways to earn money, we’ll manage."

Mr. Xiao heard Xiao Yuan’s plan and put aside his worries for the time being: "Alright then, you’re all grown up now and our family’s pillars, Dad will listen to you. Eventually, when your brother and you get married, you’ll need houses, so getting them now makes sense."

Just as Anning returned home, she received a video call request from Qu Zhen.

As she entered the house, she connected the call and saw Qu Zhen and Liu Xia on the phone screen.

"Did you go out?" Qu Zhen recognized Anning’s outfit and knew she just returned home.

"Yeah."

Anning entered the house while speaking, "Went to the Xiao Family, Xiao Yuan just brought me back. Is Xiaxia looking for Feifei, I’ll call her over."

Liu Xia waved her hand, "No, your brother has something to tell you."

Anning laughed, "Brother, what’s up?"

Qu Zhen and Liu Xia were sitting on the sofa, leaning together, looking close: "We’ve set our wedding date and just wanted to let you know. And you’re getting married soon too. Dad said he wants to prepare a dowry for you, thinking of transferring Grandpa’s house in the Capital to you, come over when you have time to handle the paperwork."

Hearing this, Anning quickly shook her head: "No way, definitely not. The house Grandpa left is for you, I can’t take it. Besides, I’m not short of money. I’m settling down in Y county, not planning to live in the Capital, so why keep a house to gather dust? I’ll call Uncle about it."

"No, if it’s said to be yours, then it’s yours."

Qu Zhen wasn’t greedy for that house.

The house wasn’t big but had a prime location, known as a school district house, quite valuable now.

But Qu Zhen earned well by himself, with several houses at home. Qu Lan, being a university professor, also conducted experiments and projects, earning nicely. Their family life was good, and giving Anning the house, an inheritance, was without objection: "You’re about to get married, and a Yan Family didn’t show anything, our family must at least provide a worthy dowry, or others might think your family isn’t backing you. In Ancient times, that’d be disgraceful."

"Then... I don’t want the house; exchange it for money."

Anning laughed, "A house is useless for me; money can be invested."

"You talk to your uncle about it."

Qu Zhen waved: "Just letting you know, we’ll prepare a dowry for you too."

"Alright then." Anning laughed, "Since you have the money, make sure it’s a decent dowry."

"Of course."

Qu Zhen promised with a smile.

Anning, feeling at ease, thought about other matters.

Soon, Liu Feifei came over, and Anning passed her the phone for her to talk to Liu Xia.

Anning checked the kitchen, Liu Feifei had left her some food.

She served herself a bit, ate, and cleaned the kitchen before returning to her room, where Liu Feifei had finished talking with Liu Xia.

Anning grabbed the phone and called Qu Lan, discussing the dowry matter, firmly stating she wouldn’t want the Capital house, instead asking for money if they planned a dowry.

Seeing Anning’s determined attitude, Qu Lan didn’t mention the property transfer again.