Throwing stones to ask for directions

  After several days of arduous familiarization with the crutches, at the cost of his whole body being bruised and battered, Xiao Zongrong was basically able to use the crutches to replace his legs and walk around.

  Of course, her walking range is only within the Yu family's large courtyard, and she has not gone out of the courtyard for the time being.

  Having a man is very advantageous, Zhang Qing is honest and diligent, he took care of everything that Chun Xiang couldn't do.

  He cleaned up the well filled with fallen leaves, swept the entire courtyard inside and out, carried several large buckets of water, washed the windows of Xiao Zuo's room clean, and replaced the new window paper.

  Chun Xiang then cleaned up the kitchen, spending a whole day's effort to wipe clean all the rusty pots and pans. She had Zhang Qing buy rice and vegetables, and they cooked dinner that very night.

  When the three of them sat around the dinner table made by Zhang Qingxin to eat, Chunxiang was so moved that tears came out: "Rongrong, it's really good... I never thought we would live such a good life in my dreams! The whole big yard is ours, and we can live in any room we want..."

  Xiao Congrong smiled: "Aren't you afraid of ghosts anymore?"

  Chun Xiang felt embarrassed: "Having stayed for so many days without anything unusual happening, it's probably just a rumor!"

  No wind can make waves! Xiao Zongrong didn't tell her this reason, and these days the Yu family's big house was indeed very quiet, so don't scare her.

  "After a moment of contemplation, she said: 'Chunxiang, after dinner, call Zhang Qing and go to the Chu's residence to exchange two paintings. This time, don't ask for silver; just tell the master that he should go find the new owner of the Yu family's mansion and exchange the house deed for the paintings.'"

  "Ah, this big house has no one living in it, and nobody wants to buy it, why do you still want to buy it?!"

  Chun Xiang pouted: "Besides, one of your paintings can be worth twenty taels of silver, and buying this unwanted courtyard wouldn't even cost that much!"

  "Petty ghost!" Xiao Zong Rong said helplessly: "Do you know who the previous owner was? Do you know how to change the deed into our names? I guess not?"

  "...So they knew?" Chun Xiang asked back, not convinced. Having been with Xiao Zuo for a long time, she had discovered that this young lady would not hold it against her for being rude. Rong Rong had changed a lot after being beaten, and becoming more accommodating was the most obvious aspect of it.

  "They naturally have a way of knowing! Otherwise, how would I let you exchange a painting for the deed? Consider it extra pay for them!"

  Chunxiang still felt a little heartache about spending money, pouted and said: "We don't have to buy it to live here! Let's not waste this money!"

  Xiao Congrong bitterly smiled: "You really want to be the king of the mountain, huh? If you buy us out, we can do whatever we want, otherwise aren't you afraid that we'll tidy up and others will come coveting our land?"

  Xiaoxiang thought for a moment and felt that this was reasonable, so she happily agreed.

  Xiao returned home calmly and began to paint, this time his target was Chu Qingkuang.

  She last made a small move just to test the waters, and was certain that Chu Qingxiang had an interest in her. The Chu family's pawnshop could use a price ten times higher than other pawnshops to buy one of her simple paintings, and apart from Chu Qingxiang having made prior arrangements, she couldn't think of any other reason.

  She is not so self-conceited as to think that her own writing can make Luoyang paper valuable.

  Since her target was Chu Qingyan, she naturally couldn't just perfunctorily deal with him like last time. To make that cunning man take her seriously, how could she capture him without revealing a bit of her true strength?