On June 10th, on a sunny day, Zhu Damao drove a mule cart and sent Zhu Xiu's family to Zhushan County.

The cart is loaded with a full range of stoves and large bags, which are all essential items for daily life. In order to save money, Fang Cuilan packs all of them.

Wang Zhu sat on the edge of the car, leaning against several swollen large pockets, with a depressed face and was worried about Wang Luwu in her heart, and she was not in a very high mood.

Wang Ang followed the mule cart with big strides. Seeing her younger sister looking listless, she wanted to comfort her for a few words, but she didn't know how to speak, so she had to rush forward with her head down.

The Zhu family's fields had been handed over to the villagers of the village to cultivate, and it was claimed that Wang Luwu had gone back to his hometown to worship his ancestors.

In the future, when the villagers check their accounts in the village, they would have a remark. Anyway, no one in Taozhu Village except the Zhu family knew the true origin of Wang Luwu.

Zhu Xiu jumped off the cart with a stretch and stretched: "It's finally here~"

He looked up at the county wall and muttered in his heart: "If we can take root in the county town, the old Zhu family will have completed the first step of class leap."

Zhushan County was established during the Spring and Autumn Period, and belonged to Hanzhong County during the Qin and Han Dynasties. The current city walls were still left after renovations during the Western Wei Dynasty.

Time has left mottled marks of knife and arrow shooting on brick walls more than two meters high. The dark green moss and ivy extend from both sides of the city gate, like a layer of green clothes covering the brick wall.

In the narrow door opening, pedestrians, vehicles, cattle and horses slowly passed by. Zhu Huiniang had been waiting here for a long time by the road.

A few days ago, Fang Cuilan asked the villagers who entered the city to bring her a message and agreed to meet at the city gate today.

"Mom! Brother! You guys are here!"

Zhu Huiniang came forward, happily holding Fang Cuilan's arm, and subconsciously reached out to pinch Zhu Xiu's face. Zhu Xiu was prepared for a long time and hid behind Fang Cuilan with a waist and laughed humbly.

"Second Sister!" Wang Zhu called obediently.

"Er Ya is here too." Zhu Huiniang responded with a smile, looking at her mother and younger brother with inquiring eyes, wondering why the Wang brothers and sisters came with her.

Fang Cuilan chewed her ears, and Zhu Huiniang realized the matter. She put her shoulder on Wang Zhu and said comforting her a few words.

Zhu Huiniang glanced at Wang Ang and said with a smile: "Big bear, why don't you call someone when you see your sister?"

Wang Ang's black face suddenly turned dark red, and his face looked quite funny with a glaring look.

Wang Ang scratched his head and said, "Don't tease me, second lady, you are one year younger than me..."

Zhu Huiniang giggled, as if teasing Wang Ang was a very interesting thing.

Zhu Xiu's eyes turned between the two of them, and laughed treacherously, as if he could smell an unusual aura.

"Mom~ Let's go and find a good and cheap house now. I've found it all.

"Our family is crowded now, so we have to find a spacious house. By the way, you are not in the bookstore today, can you ask Lord Zhang for leave?"

"Of course I said that his wife also said she wanted to invite our family to dinner and welcome us!"

"Oh~ Zhang Dongzhu's family is also nostalgic. When we settle down, we should invite our family to treat us well. Thank you for your care for us over the years..."

The mother and daughter walked in front of each other hand, muttering and kept talking, and the family walked through the narrow door opening into the county town.

The Great Zhou followed the Li Tang Dynasty. Except for the name of the central government of the imperial court, the rest of the systems remained generally unchanged, and the market system was also preserved.

The world's prefectures and counties divide Lifang according to the two capitals, but in places far away from the two capitals, the rules for trade in Fangzhou people and cities are not strictly implemented.

The same is true for Zhushan County. A small town with a circumference of only more than ten miles is divided into two yards, north and south, each with a market.

However, walking on the street, Zhu Xiu could still see vendors carrying cargo loads and selling along the street. There were many street stalls at the spacious intersections, and most local prefectures and counties turned a blind eye to such street market behavior.

Zhu Xiu said in secret that he could not see the bustling and lively scenes of the towns during the Song Dynasty. The scale of the commodity economy was not large enough these days. Only after the middle and late Tang Dynasty would the market system gradually replace the market, and until the prosperous and developed commodity economy society formed a scale.

Zhu Huiniang took her group to the main street in the east and west, and found a narrow shop near Beifang. She erected a sign at the door, which said crookedly: Specializing in various types of rentals.

The dark shop was empty, next to it was a teahouse. A square table facing the street surrounded many people, including old and young, and they were around the table and pointed.

Zhu Xiu leaned over and took a look. It turned out that a short and thin young man squatting on a stool was playing elephant play with a white-haired elder, which is a medieval chess with a prototype of later generations.

"Is Lai Yayi here?" Zhu Huiniang stood in front of the door of the little hei shop and looked around, yelling with a raised voice.

"Who is calling me?" The short and thin young man who was playing chess turned around and saw that there were many people standing at the door of his shop. He knew that the business was coming, and his yellow teeth were exposed on his face, and his skinny appearance looked like a thin monkey with only hair loss.

Amid the urging of the onlookers, Lai Ya made a bargain and had to come for three days to provide free tea before giving the chess seat to the teahouse staff, tightened the belt around his waist and walked over slowly.

Zhu Xiu looked at him and found that the man had thin cheeks and high cheekbones, and his face showed a sense of cleverness.

Lai Yayi's eyes wandered around the crowd, glanced at the mule cart full of luggage parked on the street, and grinned, "Everyone wants to rent a house? But is the small official who is about to take the county exam?"

Lai Yayi bent down and bowed slightly to Zhu Xiu behind Wang Ang. Zhu Xiu bowed and smiled. His eyesight was pretty good.

It was also the first time that Zhu Huiniang had a deal with the fangs and said, "My family wants to find a place to stay in the county town. Please help me recommend it."

Lai Yayi laughed and said, "This Zhushan County is not business that I cannot introduce. However, the county exam is about to be held, and scholars from all over the country are crowded to the county town, with many families taking their families, and renting houses is very in short supply..."

Zhu Huiniang hurriedly said, "Our family needs to live in for a long time and there are many people. We want to find a big house. As long as the house is satisfied, the agency's money will be indispensable."

There were thirty-two stakes of money in the box on the mule cart, and Zhu Huiniang was much more confident in speaking.

Lai Yayi's smile became a little warmer. He could see at a glance that the family came from the countryside. There were many people who came to rent a house in the past two days, but the honest business was not done for a few things. Therefore, he first tried it with words and continued to talk after confirming that the other party was sincere.

However, Zhu Huiniang's tone made him feel a little unsure for a while. Judging from the simple clothes of this family, he didn't look like a rich landlord in the countryside.

After thinking for a while, Lai Yayi smiled and said, "I wonder if you want to live in Beifang or Nanfang? How big is the house? How many houses are needed?"

"What is the difference between the two yards in the north and the south?" Zhu Xiu interrupted quietly.

Zhu Huiniang said: "I know this. The terrain of the county town is high in the north and low in the south. Most families with conditions live in Beifang, and most of the county governments and shops are concentrated in the north. The terrain in the south is slightly lower, and it is easy to accumulate water during the rainy season, roads are muddy, and the market is also a grass market dominated by cattle, sheep, livestock and some farm goods."

Lai Yayi smiled and said, "This girl is right. A house with the same conditions is 30% or 40% more expensive in Beifang."

Zhu Xiu immediately said decisively: "Then let's look in Beifang first. The location is a little bit too. The environment should be clean and quiet, just enough to accommodate our family of seven or eight."

Fang Cuilan and Zhu Huiniang hesitated for a while and nodded in agreement.

Lai Yayi smiled more and more kindly, but he didn't realize that it was a big customer. He immediately thought for a while, and then he slapped his thigh and smiled: "There is! There is a place that can really meet the requirements of the young man. There are many houses and the place is spacious enough, which is a bit old."

Zhu Xiu smiled and said, "Go and have a look first!"

"Okay! Xiao Langjun and you guys are here for a while. I'll find a contract and key, and then lead you to take a look!"
Chapter completed!