Time flew, and the first lunar month was spent in a flurry of busy visits. Throughout the month, the children of the Zhou family received quite a bit of New Year's money, with Mr. Chen's family being the most generous.
During the first month, Lady Li received a reply from the Qi Clan. The Xu family, considering Zhou Shuren's future prospects, offered a high price and made a lump-sum purchase of five hundred taels of silver.
By mid-February, the five hundred taels had reached Lady Li's hands. She gave it to Zhulan, who diligently acquired properties for the first and third branches of the family.
Zhulan didn't go too far to make her purchases. She bought two shops in Chuanzhou City for the first branch with the remaining silver. Half of it was used to buy land, and a portion of that was used to dig a pond to raise fish. The remaining silver coin was used to buy some wasteland to plant apple trees.
