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Lu Huan coughed lightly at the courtyard gate, and the shouting inside immediately stopped.

"Xiao Wu, go see who's here."

The courtyard gate, slightly ajar, opened a crack, revealing a twelve or thirteen-year-old boy with a sallow, dry face. It was clear at a glance that this boy, Xiao Wu, had suffered from long-term malnutrition.

Granny Sun quickly scanned the two of them. They didn't seem so poor that they had to sell themselves, but they weren't exactly wealthy either. However, the woman dressed as a married woman looked somewhat familiar.

Lu Huan seemed not to see the little boy kneeling in the courtyard, and said with a slight smile, "Sun Ya Ren, it's been a long time."

"Oh my! It's Miss Lu! What are you doing here?" Granny Sun finally recognized Lu Huan. Her smile was so bright that the makeup on her face was squeezed out and created many fine lines.

Lu Huan and Gao Yan could hardly bear to look at it.

Gao Yan lagged half a step behind Lu Huan, adopting an attitude of respecting her above all else.

Lu Huan coughed again to cover her embarrassment: "This is my husband. From now on, you will call me Gao Lu Shi."

Remembering the farce between the Lu and Li families yesterday, Granny Sun walked over to Lu Huan and said, "I heard that yesterday afternoon, your father personally escorted the third young lady of the Lu family to the Li family. I don't know where Madam Li went at that time, and she didn't return from outside the city until the city gates were about to close."

If it weren't for the curfew, she would have rushed to the Li family's house that very night. But now, she's definitely there!

Lu Huan couldn't hide his delight: "As expected of a government broker, your information network is excellent!"

"We dentists need to be well-informed!"

Granny Sun revealing this news to her could be seen as a gesture of goodwill. It seems that news of her visit to the Prince of Yan's residence yesterday hadn't escaped the notice of the city's eyes and ears.

Lu Huan stopped beating around the bush and stated her purpose directly: "I came here today to buy a family of servants. As you know, my husband's family has very few people they can use. Please help me find an honest and law-abiding family, preferably a family of four, a husband and wife with two young children."

"A teenager can do a lot of work already, so this price isn't low!"

"It's alright, just bring your people over."

As the two were talking, the little boy kneeling on the ground suddenly pushed away the guards restraining him and rushed towards Lu Huan and the others.

Lu Huan only had time to pull Granny Sun away, and the two of them took several steps back, revealing the courtyard gate behind them.

Just as the little boy was about to run out, a joyful smile appeared on his face, when he felt a strong force coming from behind.

A sharp pain shot through my lower back, and I was sent flying backward.

Lu Huan then realized that it was Gao Yan who had made the move.

"Wife, are you okay?"

Lu Huan released Granny Sun's arm, couldn't help but touch her chest, and shook her head: "It's nothing, I was just frightened."

Granny Sun, having recovered from the sudden turn of events, put her hands on her hips and began to yell, "Qian Baorui! Did you not eat today?! You can't even keep an eye on a little brat, am I raising you for nothing?!"

This brat almost offended our esteemed guest! Can you handle that?! Take him back to the dungeon! Do I need to teach you this?!

“Yes, boss! I’ll go right away.” Qian Baorui reached out and picked up the little boy from the ground.

The little boy then guessed what was about to happen to him. He waved his limbs and shouted, "I didn't mean to! Pretty sister, please buy me too!"

Lu Huan waved his hand, signaling Qian Baorui to wait a moment.

He immediately stopped where he was and looked at Granny Sun, waiting for his master's instructions.

Granny Sun couldn't figure out what Lu Huan meant. What if she really softened and wanted to buy the child?

"Madam, this child was transported from the south. He's had quite a journey and is very difficult to tame!"

Lu Huan could tell that this child probably came from a noble background, and his current act of feigning weakness and begging for mercy was merely a way to escape his current predicament. Therefore, Lu Huan did not intend to take him in.

“My family is just an ordinary farming household. We bought this person to do odd jobs like chopping wood and cooking. Are you sure you want to go?”

The little boy looked hesitant, clearly wavering.

Lu Huan chuckled lightly: "See, if you're not sure either, then I'm even less likely to buy from you."

Seeing that Lu Huan had no intention of buying, Granny Sun waved her hand, and Qian Baorui immediately left with his men.

After everyone had gone far away, Lu Huan followed Granny Sun towards the main house.

"This guy is in big trouble!"

Granny Sun was also filled with regret: "I was greedy for a moment, I didn't expect him to be so unruly. But it cost me a lot of money to buy him, I can't afford to lose any more!"

Lu Huan lowered her eyes, recalling a rumor.

In my past life, many wealthy families lost their children. Although they claimed that the children had not been found, they secretly sent them to remote villages where they were well-fed and cared for for the rest of their lives.

But the brokers who handled the transactions didn't fare so well; they were arrested by the authorities and inevitably exiled.

Lu Huan naturally wouldn't sympathize with those kidnappers, but she couldn't help but want to lend a helping hand to brokers like Granny Sun, who had official records.

How much silver are you planning to sell it for?

Granny Sun's eyes lit up. Could this little rascal be sold?

"I'm only willing to sell at cost price. Would you like to buy, madam?"

"No."

Granny Sun's smile faded as Lu Huan continued, "I'll pay for it. But I don't intend to take the person away."

"Please trouble Sun Ya to take him to the government office and tell him that you've noticed he's a lost child from a wealthy family, and you're worried about him."

Grandma Sun smiled somewhat awkwardly.

Although she doesn't engage in the kidnapping business, her men have done their fair share of immoral things while traveling in the countryside, so she can't help but feel uneasy.

But she understood that Lu Huan meant well, and couldn't help but want to take credit for Lu Huan: "Madam is kind-hearted. I will definitely tell the officials of the government about Madam's merits."

"No need." Lu Huan didn't want to cause trouble. "You don't need to mention me. Just think of it as me losing some money and you just happened to find it, so it evens out your loss, understand?"

"Yes, yes, yes!" Granny Sun thought it over and over, and didn't feel there was anything wrong with it, so she agreed.

Just then, Xiao Wu led more than twenty people in.

Granny Sun couldn't care less about the little brat anymore and started introducing the five families to Lu Huan.

This wasn't Lu Huan's first time buying people, and she quickly selected a family of four. The couple had two sons, the older one fourteen and the younger one twelve, both at an age where they were able to eat and work.

Because of the information given to her by Granny Sun, she didn't haggle and paid eighty taels of silver, including the little boy.

That little brat alone cost thirty taels, and that was just the cost price that Granny Sun collected.

As Lu Huan pulled out his silver notes, he chuckled and joked, "Grandma Sun is planning to make a big deal!"

"Hehehe, please excuse my rudeness, Madam." Granny Sun admitted that she was indeed tempted by the boy's good looks.

"By the way, I have some silver on hand and I'd like to buy a few shops to collect rent. Does Master Sun have any suitable ones?"

Granny Sun clapped her hands with a smile: "You've come at the perfect time! I happen to have a few shops that want to sell!"

After another round of bargaining, Lu Huan bought five shops in one go. Since she hadn't received her new household registration yet, she only paid a deposit of one thousand taels of silver.

Both sides agreed to meet at 13 PM the next day at Qin's Grain Shop in the west of the city. That was the shop owned by Bizhu's parents.

Lu Huan led his people out of the courtyard, but when he turned around, he saw that Gao Yan seemed a little absent-minded.