Mrs. Chen finished speaking, her eyes darting straight to Gu Jinli, with a gaze so sour it seemed to bubble: "Xiao Yu is clever, letting Good Brother An buy a house in the Prefecture early on, unlike us, who want to buy now but can't even find one."
Then, fearing Gu Jinli might scold her, she quickly changed the subject, cursing those rich families fleeing from the famine: "Why are those bastards so greedy? Back in the Northwest, they lived in the Prefecture, bought all the houses up. After escaping south, they bought up houses in He'an Prefecture too, not only buying everything but also driving up the prices..."
She cursed a whole lot, mainly because she couldn't buy a cheap house in the Prefecture, which displeased her, so she had to vent.
Gu Jinli glanced at her without speaking, greeted Gu Dashan, Mrs. Cui and others, then returned to her quarters.
