The car was unloaded and the horses were fed, and then he asked Ji to help him find a decent set of clothes to wear, and he was going to visit Murong's house.

Ji rummaged through a lot, helped him find the best set of clothes for him to wear, and told him not to tell the Murong family about the family's predicament first, so as not to dislike or avoid him, and when they reminisced about the old and spread out their past friendships, they would then show their predicament and ask them to help, so that it would be much more natural, and then the people of the Murong family would have no way to excuse and reject them.

Chu Zongren said: "Don't worry, I naturally have a number." Then he took the gift and went to Murong's house in a carriage.

Although the two of them were not far away, in order to talk about pomp, he still asked the old janitor to drive the carriage over. Who knew that when they got there, there was only an old man who was guarding the door, and the house was already empty.

The old man who watched the doorman saw that a noble person came to the door, inquired, and then said politely: "I'm really sorry, Master Chu, our master has passed away, and the old lady and the young master have moved to live in the town, and now the young master has already married and taken over the business of the young grandmother, so I haven't lived here for a long time." ”

Chu Zongren was a little disappointed after hearing this, and asked, "When did this happen?" ”

The janitor said, "It's been a long time ago, it's been more than a year. ”

Chu Zongren listened to it and turned his head angrily and glared at Xiao Zhuzi's father. The old man at the gate shrank his neck in fright, but he really didn't know that the Murong family had moved away, and he thought that the old lady Murong was staying here, he had always been out of the door, and he didn't have any friends, no one chatted with him, and he didn't inquire about other people's affairs, so he didn't know anything about these situations, only that Murong Feng was married, and he didn't know which woman he married.

Chu Zongren heard that the people of the Murong family had moved to the town, but he didn't think it was a bad thing, after all, the town was not too far from here, and now that Murong Feng had taken over his wife's business, he would definitely be able to help in his own business in the future, thinking of this, he said goodbye to the old man who was guarding the door, and then went back.

On the way, he couldn't stop scolding Xiao Zhuzi's father, blaming him for not knowing anything, and not being able to help anything, so he ran away in vain.

The old man could only listen to his scolding, and didn't dare to say a word, and when he got home, Chu Zongren angrily asked him to return the gift, and then went back to the compound.

The old man looked at the gifts in embarrassment, he knew that it would be impossible to return them, because there had never been a precedent for buying them and returning them, but he didn't dare to disobey Chu Zongren's order, so he had to return them.

After Chu Zongren returned home, Ji Shi was very surprised and asked, "Why did you come back so soon?" I don't know if I stayed there and chatted with people more, many sets of sets were almost, and I came back like this, wasn't it a gift for nothing? ”

Chu Zongren snorted coldly and said, "What is it, the family has already moved to the town to live, and I have eaten a closed door." ”

Ji Shi was taken aback after hearing this, and said, "They moved away? Why didn't Lao Zhao tell us? ”

Chu Zongren said: "He doesn't know about this either, I just scolded him." ”

Ji Shi said angrily and helplessly: "What a useless thing!" If it weren't for the fact that no one used him, he would have been driven away a long time ago, he couldn't do anything, he was old, and he was purely for us to provide for his old age. ”

Chu Zongren sighed and said, "Forget it, he used to work here, although he is old now, but for my father's sake, I have asked him to return the gift." ”

Ji asked, "Then what now?" Do you want to go to the town to find them? ”

Chu Zongren thought for a moment and said, "Let's talk about it in a few days." ”

Ji Shi was silent for a while, and said: "In my opinion, it is better to send them a letter and ask them about the situation in the town, maybe we will move in in the future, first ask them if there are any good houses in the town, the bigger ones are not too expensive." Say hello to them first, tell them that we are here, and if they still miss the old days, they will definitely invite us to come over as guests, and then we can meet them justifiably? We don't have to be too deliberate. ”

Chu Zongren thought about it, felt that her idea was good, nodded and said, "It's still Madame's smart mind!" Okay, I'll fix the book right now and ask the gatekeeper of the Murong family to hand it over to them. ”

After that, he wrote a letter according to what Ji said, and asked the old mother to hand it over to the gatekeeper of the Murong family, and he would hand it over to Murong Feng. As soon as he wrote the letter, the old man came back, and he said with a bitter face that the gift could not be returned, and the merchant said that the things sold did not have any quality problems and would not be returned, and he could only get it back.

Chu Zongren was about to reproach him, but Ji said on the side: "Forget it, anyway, these things are still useful." ”

Chu Zongren thought about it, he might still have to give gifts everywhere in the future, he had to take care of the magistrates and everything, and everyone with a head and face had to visit him, so that he could have a prosperous future in the future, so he would give up.

Although they are very picky, they also know that spending money on the blade, sometimes the money that should be spent must be spent, and the pomp and circumstance that should be talked about must also be spoken, otherwise they will be underestimated, at this point, Chu Zongren and Ji still have a common understanding of 10 points.

In the days that followed, Chu Zongren visited the village chief here, as well as all kinds of people with heads and faces, and asked them if anyone was willing to buy their ancestral business, and what kind of business was better and more profitable here.

Within a few days, he got in touch with some well-known people here, after all, their family is also very prestigious here, even if they haven't come back for many years, but their family has a big business, and everyone knows it, so they are still quite respected here.

However, when he heard that they wanted to move to the town and planned to sell the real estate here, the village chief and some of the squires advised him not to sell it, because if he did, he would leave the place. Of course, the village chief of every place hopes that the more rich people in their village there are, the better, so that they can not only benefit their village, but also do more good deeds and donate some money, and he can also reap benefits from it.

But Chu Zongren has already made up his mind that he will not stay here for long, he just