The west side of the city isn’t exactly a prosperous area, but the Pan Family’s third courtyard in Shili Lane is already considered quite a good house.
The courtyards to the south and east of the city were too expensive. When the Pan Family initially wanted to buy a bigger and cheaper house, they could only buy one in Shili Lane.
As a result, the neighbors in Shili Lane are families with a little extra money but not wealthy.
Seeing Shu Yu’s two carriages drive in quickly attracted the attention of nearby residents.
The streets of Shili Lane are relatively wide, allowing two carriages to move side by side.
The carriage stopped in front of the Pan Family’s door, and many people widened their eyes to watch. When they saw who got off the carriage, they gathered together and whispered more eagerly.
"Has the Pan Family’s wealthy relatives co again? Didn’t Old Man Pan’s eldest daughter just co last year in the second half? And now they’re here again?"
"I don’t think so. Whenever their eldest daughter visits, don’t they usually stop right at the alley entrance and have the Pan Family mbers co out to greet them?"
"It seems the Pan Family might be on the rise, with wealthy relatives coming one wave after another."
"Maybe soon, they’ll move out of Shili Lane altogether."
As they were speaking, Third Lu had already stepped down from the carriage, hands behind his back, looking thoughtfully at the Pan Family’s main gate.
He then turned his head and said to Ying Dong, "Go knock on the door."
"Yes, Third Master." Ying Dong complied very well, which made Third Lu quite satisfied.
The Pan Family’s main gate opened, and a skinny little gatekeeper ca out. Seeing the crowd at the door startled him, and he hesitantly asked, "Sir, whom are you looking for?"
"Does your family’s son-in-law Chen Bing live here now?"
The gatekeeper was surprised, not expecting it was soone looking for Chen Bing.
But then he thought, recently, Cousin Miss had been close with a certain Scholar. Could these people be the scholar’s family, coming to propose marriage?
With this thought, the gatekeeper hurriedly nodded, "Yes, yes, he’s living here."
"Hmm, we are here to see him. Please call him out."
"May I ask for your surna, sir?"
"My surna is Lu."
The gatekeeper smiled and said, "Old Master Lu, please wait a mont. I’ll go find the son-in-law right away."
With that, he turned and hurriedly ran into the courtyard. After a few steps, he suddenly realized, no, that scholar doesn’t seem to have the surna Lu.
Oh well, I’ll just call the son-in-law out first. The visitors clearly seem distinguished, even if they’re not family of the scholar, they’re likely relatives.
As the gatekeeper ran inside, Shu Yu had already helped the old lady and Aunt down from the carriage.
In addition, there stood a line of people at the door, including Shurui, Dabao, and Erniu, making the whole scene look particularly grand.
The neighbors watched this scene and discussed even more passionately.
"This looks even more impressive than the wealthy rchant the Pan Family’s eldest daughter married. Who could they be?"
"Haven’t you heard? They’re here to see the Chen Family’s son-in-law."
Granny Fang tightly grasped the old lady’s hand. She was about to see Chen Bing, and her heart couldn’t calm down at this mont.
After all, it had been thirty years since they last t, and who knows if eting him again might scare him.
As she was thinking, quite a few people rushed out from the Pan Family’s courtyard.
Chen Bing led the way at the front, followed by Chen He, Chen Qiu, and Ms. Pan. Next were several Pan family mbers, likely Ms. Pan’s brothers and sisters-in-law.
Third Lu swallowed and said to Lu Erbai beside him, "Second Brother, there sure are a lot of them."
"We have quite a few people too." Lu Erbai wasn’t intimidated; he had already clenched his fists.
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