Old Zhou and Ms.Qian did have some private savings. They had originally thought that if the eldest branch and the third branch were short of money, they would help out. But since Manbao had taken the initiative to lend to them, the two elders couldn't very well interfere anymore. Mm, that way the water was held level in the bowl.
The couple, who prided themselves on holding the water level, took out their own account books and carefully went over the numbers on them. Old Zhou said, "I've already inspected quite a few manors and fields. Sigh, land in the capital is too expensive, Yongzhou's isn't cheap either, and there aren't many people selling. I'm thinking we should still buy that place in Yongzhou. It's not a manor, but it's being sold by a big household, and it's a full eighty mu."
