Transmigrated into a Farmhouse: The Stepmother Spoils Her Child to the Heavens

However, while bowing his head, he also left behind the words: "Pay me if you break this."

Upon hearing this, the skinny bamboo pole's steps instantly became lighter, and the thumping sounds disappeared.

When Lin Cai looked over, the person had already approached. She could see the thin, bamboo-like face clearly and thought of the rats in her house.

Seeing that it was a female customer, the skinny man put on a smiling face and said, "Miss, what would you like to buy?"

"Buy a house with a good environment, a good location, and good neighbors."

Upon hearing this, the skinny guy slapped his thigh, and the waiter next to him immediately handed him a notebook.

He placed the notebook on the table, unfolded it, and pushed it towards Lin Cai.

"Young lady, look, these are some of the best-located, best-environment, and best-neighboring buildings in our brokerage."

"They're both two courtyards. This one has a garden, and this one has a small pond. You can plant flowers and raise fish there. The environment will definitely be beautiful..."

Every time Lin Cai looked at a house, the skinny guy would introduce it, and even after Lin Cai had finished looking at the houses, he would still be enthusiastically promoting them.

"Is there anything else?"

Lin Cai closed the booklet on the table.

"Yes, of course, but are you not satisfied with any of these girls?"

Lin Cai flipped the booklet over, glanced at it, and then pointed out the house on a different page.

"The alley is too deep, it's not safe."

Then I turned to another page and pointed it out with my finger in the same way.

"The houses are too close together, which can easily lead to disputes between neighbors."

Immediately afterwards, Lin Cai flipped over to another building and pointed directly upwards.

"It's all shaded by trees, you can't see any sunlight at all, and it's easy to get moldy living in a place like this in winter."

Lin Cai could find fault with just a few pages, and the skinny guy's expression gradually changed after hearing that.

He looked at Lin Cai with his beady eyes and asked, "Miss, are you here to buy a house?"

"if not?"

"I think the young lady is here to cause trouble."

Lin Cai: "..." The house has problems but I can't even point them out. It gets angry as soon as I do. How can it not take any criticism?

"You didn't even show me the whole thing, you just showed me these, and none of them meet my requirements. Can't I even pick one?"

The skinny man hadn't expected Lin Cai to see through him so quickly. He put the booklet away and asked, "Then, which house has the young lady taken a fancy to?"

"The alley west of East Street".

The skinny man shook his head upon hearing this: "Girl, you're putting me in a difficult position. The houses there won't do."

"Why not? If someone is selling a house, someone else will buy it. Are you not even doing business here?"

Lin Cai visited that place last time she came. The environment was nice, the hygiene was good, and most importantly, it was very close to both the academy and the Caixiu Pavilion.

There are also quite a few shops there, and she plans to buy the house there and then take over a shop.

"No, no, this really won't work. All the houses on East Street and the alleys to the west don't have their deeds here. Even if we did, no one would dare to sell them."

The skinny guy refused to sell, even if he had a house with a land deed. Lin Cai couldn't buy a house there, and she didn't want to settle for second best.

"Then tell me, who should I contact if I want to buy a house over there?"

"You should go find Boss Long in the west. That area is under his jurisdiction. He said no one is allowed to buy or sell it, and that's it. There's nothing we can do about it."

After leaving the brokerage, Lin Cai went straight to East Street. The skinny guy said that Boss Long lived in the alley on the east side of East Street.

Lin Cai decided to go and see who the other person was, and also check if there were any shops for sale in that area.

But as soon as she arrived at the place, she was surrounded by people. The people who came over were holding sticks and walked towards Lin Cai menacingly.

"Alright, you really came. It's not even afternoon yet, and you shameless slut are already here. Did that guy Old Niu say he'd back you up? Otherwise, why would you run away so fast, you whore?"

Lin Cai, who hadn't said or done anything, was being verbally abused and pointed at. She frowned as she looked at the other person.

"Ma'am, I don't know you and I don't know what you're talking about."

After Lin Cai finished speaking, she tried to walk past, but the stick blocked her way.

"You bitch, don't play dumb with me. That bastard told me yesterday that the first woman to arrive today was that slut. If it wasn't you, what were you doing here?"

The woman in front of her was rather large. Judging from her attire, Lin Cai guessed that this woman must come from a wealthy family.

But even if you have some family wealth, you can't be blind. Just because you see a woman doesn't mean she's not your man's lover. Are all the women on the street having an affair with your man?

"Madam, I don't know you, I don't know who you are, and I don't know who the person you're talking about is. I'm here today to look at the house, do you understand?"

"You're trying to fool me, woman. You've come all the way to East Street to look at houses. Don't you know that houses on East Street are never sold?"

"Mrs. Niu, I think it's that slut, otherwise why would she have said she was coming to look at houses?"

"Yes, yes, I think so too. Everyone here knows that houses on East Street are not allowed to be sold. How come only this woman doesn't know?"

The women around her were all talking at once, and they were all suspicious of Lin Cai. Hearing what these women were saying, Lin Cai frowned.

She explained her background and her purpose for the day, but the women still refused to believe her.

Lin Cai had no other choice but to tell them to report to the authorities and have the officials come and investigate.

But who knew that as soon as they heard the word "government," the women jumped up and together they arrested Lin Cai and took her away.

On the other side, Lin Bao waited until the afternoon but his sister didn't return. Feeling really worried, he went directly to town.

He was accompanied by Gu Zhan. The two had originally been together, but when they couldn't find each other, they went their separate ways.

Lin Bao went to Bai Xiang Zhai, but there was no one there. Zhao Xiaoliu also said that he hadn't seen Lin Cai since the store opened this morning.

Gu Zhan went to Lin Hu's place, but he couldn't find him either. When the two met at the agreed time, they both shook their heads.

Lin Bao knew things were serious, so he hitched up a horse and went to Longxing County with Gu Zhan.

When the two arrived, it was already completely dark. Lin Bao found Lin Long's place and had just finished speaking when he was punched in the stomach.