After finishing breakfast, Xia Chujian strolled around the house to digest.
Her main method was to nitpick the Housekeeping Robot Liu Shun's cleaning standards.
Housekeeping Robot Liu Shun probably felt it had absolute authority in cleaning, and originally had some rebellious intentions.
But after Xia Chujian showed it the dust remaining on top of the lampshade, it became obedient and started the second cleaning procedure.
Xia Chujian smilingly wiped away the dust she had secretly rubbed onto her finger from elsewhere.
This Liu Shun just needs some education.
...
At 11:30 a.m., Aunt Chen arrived at their door on time and rang the doorbell.
Xia Chujian, wearing a coat and holding Si Xi, who was also wearing a puppy coat and wrapped up like a rice dumpling, had a large backpack on her back containing her Ultra-Miniature Controllable Nuclear Fusion Generator.
Xia Yuanfang was also wearing a coat, mask, and gloves, holding Wu Fu, who was dressed the same way, and went out and downstairs with Aunt Chen.
The group arrived at the narrow alleyway between the two buildings. Under the cover of the sunshade, Aunt Chen, with Si Xi hanging on her chest and Wu Fu on her back, held Xia Chujian's left hand and Xia Yuanfang's right hand, slowly activated "Stealth", and disappeared below the sunshade.
The world in front of them turned gray. Because the speed was too fast, all the scenery was stretched into long lines, and they couldn't see where they were passing through at all.
Only after they left Mulan City and arrived near the Flying Vehicle did Aunt Chen deactivate "Stealth".
Xia Chujian took Wu Fu, who had his eyes tightly closed, from Aunt Chen's back and asked curiously, "Aunt Chen, why don't you Stealth directly from our house... Also, you can Stealth directly to our house, without going through that place downstairs, right?"
Over time, she worried that someone would notice that place.
Look, people are always going in, and when they come out, it's already several hours later, or maybe even several days later. That's not scientific.
Aunt Chen said awkwardly, "My skill needs to use the magnetic field of the four directions of heaven and earth to control the direction, and I haven't perfected it yet. If I appear in a confined space, I can't grasp the position well, and what if I appear in a place where I shouldn't..."
Xia Chujian understood instantly.
She was worried that when deactivating Stealth, she would suddenly appear in someone else's bathroom or bedroom!
If someone is taking a bath, and you suddenly appear in their bathtub or shower, that would be really terrible! Xia Chujian patted her shoulder sympathetically, "Aunt Chen, you are a truly decent person. Practice more in the future!"
Xia Yuanfang glared at Xia Chujian: "Don't be so rude, don't talk to your Aunt Chen in that tone."
Aunt Chen quickly waved her hand and said it was okay.
Not far away, San Zong had already opened the hatch of the Flying Vehicle and rushed out from inside.
"Young Lord! Young Lord!"
Si Xi saw San Zong and also called out happily.
"Wu Er Fu! Wu Er Fu!"
Xia Yuanfang smiled and handed Si Xi to San Zong.
San Zong was also very happy to snuggle with Si Xi, then put it on his shoulder and said to Xia Yuanfang, "Hello, Xia Gugu."
He then asked Xia Chujian, "Why didn't Young Lord notify us in advance? San Zong could have gone to the lake over there to chop ice and catch fish beforehand."
Xia Chujian looked at Xia Yuanfang.
Xia Yuanfang said with a smile, "This is the land you bought, you tell them."
Xia Chujian cleared her throat, trying her best to remain calm, but her eyes reflected the sunlight and sparkled with a smile.
"Let's go inside and talk."
The group entered the disguised Flying Vehicle and closed the hatch.
Zhu Yingying also came over and sat happily with Xia Chujian.
She was very surprised to see that Xia Chujian had also brought a child.
Xia Chujian said, "This is Wu Fu, temporarily staying at our house."
Zhu Yingying was a little embarrassed, worried that Wu Fu would be scared when he saw her appearance.
But Wu Fu wasn't timid at all, and even gave Zhu Yingying a big smile.
Zhu Yingying carefully picked him up, and then gently pressed her furry cat face against him.
Wu Fu giggled as she was nuzzled, but she wasn't shy. She just reached out her chubby little hand and very gently touched Zhu Yingying's cat ears, then found a comfortable spot and sat in Zhu Yingying's arms.
Zhu Yingying was relieved and held Wu Fu like a doll.
Xia Chujian motioned for everyone to sit down and said with a smile, "We're here today to announce some good news."
"My aunt and I recently bought a piece of land."
San Zong's eyes lit up, and his little pig face relaxed.
Aunt Chen and Zhu Yingying were also stunned: "...Bought land?! Chujian, you're amazing! You actually have money to buy land?!"
Xia Chujian said casually, "Bought it with a loan, hehe, don't worry about the details. The main thing is, the land is ours now! I'm telling you, the land you're standing on now belongs to the Xia family! You can live here without worrying about being kicked out!"
San Zong got excited: "Young Lord really bought this land?! That's great! Did you buy the lake too? And there's a small mountain across the lake..."
Xia Chujian said with a smile, "Of course, here's the physical map, let's take a good look!"
Xia Chujian used her Quantum Optical Brain to pull up a virtual display screen, showing everyone the land she had bought.
With the physical map, it was much clearer.
San Zong said as if he were dreaming, "Such a large piece of land, all belongs to Young Lord!"
Xia Chujian was embarrassed by San Zong's words, and awkwardly tucked a strand of hair behind her ear, saying, "Actually, it's still much smaller than your old plantation, San Zong."
It was more than just much smaller. His was a quarter of Guiyuan Star, while hers wasn't even a billionth of a fraction of his.
San Zong widened his eyes and said, "Young Lord! San Zong was a slave on the plantation, that plantation didn't belong to San Zong! It doesn't matter to San Zong how big it is!"
Xia Chujian said, "San Zong, as long as you take good care of this land, I'll give you dividends!"
San Zong was puzzled: "...What are dividends?"
Xia Yuanfang said, "It means that San Zong will get a share of the produce from here in the future, it's San Zong's private property."
San Zong quickly waved his hand and said, "San Zong can't accept that! San Zong's things all belong to Young Lord! As long as San Zong can farm and have enough to eat! And..."
He looked at Xia Yuanfang and said with reverence, "Xia Gugu also teaches San Zong to read! San Zong already lives better than most Humanoid slaves! San Zong likes his current life very much!"
Xia Chujian was also a little touched, and secretly decided that she must give San Zong dividends, and not take advantage of him for nothing.
Xia Yuanfang looked at San Zong, smiled, and said, "San Zong, don't be polite, we'll have to rely on you for this land. We plan to grow not only grains, vegetables, and fruits, but also some medicinal herbs."
"Leave it to San Zong!" San Zong was even happier, "San Zong likes farming the most! No matter what you grow!"
Aunt Chen also said, "That's great, we'll go to the Exotic Beast Forest in the spring and transplant some rare medicinal herbs back, and we can plant them right away."
San Zong was even more eager to get started: "Then can I expand the greenhouse breeding base in the backyard?"
Xia Chujian stopped him and said, "Don't rush, we've hired a construction team today to build a wall first. I want to enclose our land tightly, so no one can peek!"
"And no stealing!" San Zong clenched his fist and said very seriously, "When San Zong used to grow that piece of land on the plantation, there were many rare medicinal herbs, but things always disappeared mysteriously in the middle of the night!"
Aunt Chen and Xia Yuanfang exchanged glances, thinking that it was probably not stolen, but that someone was watching San Zong work...
With San Zong's amazing talent, how could those plantation foremen let him go? Xia Chujian nodded: "That's why I chose a wall with an Electronic Fence on top. Anyone who dares to climb my wall will be risking their life!"
Aunt Chen blinked and said, "A wall with an Electronic Fence? That must use a lot of electricity, right?"
She glanced at the small generator that came with the Flying Vehicle, thinking that it would be quite expensive to replace the power supply.
Xia Chujian then took out her backpack from under the table and said with a smile, "With this, we won't have to worry about power for 30,000 years!"
She opened her backpack, revealing the Ultra-Miniature Controllable Nuclear Fusion Generator, "See? The best power generation equipment. If I were to buy it on the market, the money I spent on this land wouldn't be enough to buy this generator!"
Aunt Chen and San Zong didn't quite understand, but Zhu Yingying often went on the Star Network to read news and gossip, and knew something about the power of Controllable Nuclear Fusion generators.
Xia Yuanfang also gave them a popular science explanation of the benefits of this type of generator.
Xia Chujian told her that she had picked up a bargain while on a mission.
She did see that the generator's casing was scarred and didn't look new, and after confirming with Quan Yuxun, she believed Xia Chujian's words.
Now she only hoped to get her business up and running as soon as possible, so she could make big money too, so Xia Chujian wouldn't have to risk her life as a Bounty Hunter.
Everyone was even happier after hearing Xia Yuanfang's introduction.
San Zong even immediately replaced the generator in the Flying Vehicle and tested this generator.
Indeed, the power was incredibly abundant, and the voltage was very stable. Even the lights in the Flying Vehicle seemed brighter.
Zhu Yingying and Aunt Chen immediately said, "We can boil water now! Let's have lunch first, and then we can take a bath."
Because of the insufficient power in the Flying Vehicle, they hadn't had a hot shower for days.
Xia Chujian understood and felt even more guilty.
She should pay more attention to how San Zong, Aunt Chen, and Yingying were living.
While Aunt Chen and Zhu Yingying were preparing lunch, Xia Yuanfang took out her design drawings and said to Xia Chujian, "Chujian, would you like to build a villa here as well?"
Xia Chujian said, "We definitely need to build a house. We can't let Aunt Chen and San Zong live in the Flying Vehicle all the time."
"Okay, which style of house do you like?" Xia Yuanfang said, displaying the drawings on the virtual display screen.
By the time everyone had lunch, they had already chosen a house that everyone liked.
It was a building with three floors above ground and two floors below, with a front yard and a backyard, as well as a surrounding wall.
This way, it could form a "return" (return) shape together with the outer wall.
The location was chosen by the small lake. Once the woods by the lake were cleared, the foundation could be laid.
Xia Chujian said, "I'll ask Guo Sheng later if he knows any reliable construction companies that can help build the house."
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