Chapter 50:
The person who had been hanging his head just moments ago instantly had sparkle back in his eyes.
“Husband, I want to go in there and take a look around…”
Li Sanmao looked at her puzzledly. “Wife, this is the Land Transfer Office. What are you doing coming here?”
“I just want to go in and see. I don’t know if there’ll be another chance next time. Anyway, taking a look around doesn’t cost any silver!”
“Well… alright! But it’s getting late, and I’m afraid we’ll have to walk back in the dark…”
Li Sanmao saw that it was getting late, and they still had to walk back.
His wife’s body was rather heavy, and he had seen her rubbing her waist the whole way, with her ankles also swollen.
If they wandered more, could she even walk back on foot?
He was afraid she couldn’t handle it!
“Husband, we’re out here so rarely. I want to look around more… You’re the best!”
She hugged his arm and shook it, looking at him pitifully…
“Uh… alright!”
He was helpless against her!
Sure enough, Luo Zhi’er happily strode inside on her own, and Li Sanmao followed her in…
As soon as they entered the gate, there were still quite a few people inside, with noisy voices everywhere.
Seeing two customers enter at the doorway, the nearby real estate agents immediately came forward to surround them both.
Real estate agents were the middlemen for land transactions, earning commissions as brokers.
Especially to the head of the household Li Sanmao, one said: “Customer, what kind of land are you looking to see?”
“We have farmland, mountain land, wasteland, sandy land. If you need, I can take you to see…”
“Me too. We have top-quality paddy field at my place…”
“My paddy fields come with a discount!”
The real estate agents all rushed to say.
Li Sanmao looked hesitant. “Uh… this… this I have to ask my wife!” He glanced at his wife, a bit embarrassed.
Why were they all surrounding him? He didn’t have that much silver on him. They had come in mainly because of his wife’s curiosity…
His wife didn’t have silver either. The silver from selling the termite mushroom oil was just the deposit, and it still needed to be accounted for when they got home. He felt a bit guilty for a moment.
“Wife…”
“Heh, big brother, it’s no big deal. It’s just buying some land. Why look at your wife’s face?”
“Sigh, you wouldn’t understand. I get it, I get it! Henpecked husband, right? Brother, no big deal, heh heh!”
He friendly flashed a mouthful of big yellow teeth, then teasingly said to Luo Zhi’er.
Luo Zhi’er gave Li Sanmao a reassuring look. “Big brothers, we need to look around on our own first. We’ll come find you later if we need to learn more. You go ahead with your business!”
“Heh heh, yes, yes!”
Li Sanmao hurriedly chimed in agreement!
The others, seeing her say that, tactfully walked away!
The slightly younger real estate agent narrowed his shrewd eyes, seeing they were dressed plainly.
Especially the man, who was carrying a bamboo basket and limping along. As he walked away, he grumbled at Luo Zhi’er.
“If you don’t have silver, don’t come pretending to be big spenders. Coming to the Land Transfer Office in patched clothes? The spending here isn’t small change!”
“So fat from eating, but it’s all show! A big man listening to a woman—nothing but a soft egg. What big things can he accomplish?”
“You, who are you cursing?”
Li Sanmao was instantly furious… He rolled up his sleeve, wanting to step forward and reason…
But Luo Zhi’er held him back!
“Husband, why bother with him? He’s just a lowly errand boy. He’s the soft egg!”
“Who are you calling a soft egg?”
That real estate agent wasn’t having it! He turned back and glared at her angrily.
“Whoever can’t buy land today is the one calling my husband a soft egg, and they’re the soft egg!”
“You…”
“You what? Don’t take it personally! Look down on me? So what if my clothes are ragged? My man can afford to buy land. Can you?”
Li Sanmao kept pulling at her. In his heart: Wife, oh wife, he doesn’t have silver!
He understood his wife wanted to vent verbally, but if they couldn’t buy later, wouldn’t she lose face?
“Wife, how about we just go?”
“Hmph! Go where? Weren’t you going to buy land? Let’s see what you can buy. If you’ve got the ability, buy it now!”
“I’ve seen plenty of people like this fatty pretending to be rich!”
That real estate agent disdainfully humiliated them.
Luo Zhi’er chuckled lightly. “No point arguing with you. We’ll see later who’s the soft egg and who’s pretending to be rich!”
She turned her head to comfort Li Sanmao.
“Husband, just relax. Some people can curse all they want but still can’t afford a few acres of land. They’re just tired from a day’s work and venting to feel better!”
“Wife, I can take him cursing me, but I can’t stand him cursing you!”
“Hmph! Husband, some people are just born asking for a beating. Don’t worry, even without you, someone else would make him behave!”
Li Sanmao was soothed by Luo Zhi’er’s few words!
Ignoring that person’s muttering, they resumed wandering around the transfer office.
After walking a circle…
