Chapter 62 Dazzling Flowers

The next day, Yao Fanghua and Director Geng met, and the three of them tacitly pretended not to have seen each other the night before. They were all in the same boat.

Even if she wasn't, Geng Youliang and Wang Huaizhi would force her to believe she was. Anyway, Yao Fanghua knew she couldn't explain herself.

The group continued their tour of the factory.

Wu Peng waited in the port city specifically for an auction.

After a thrilling bidding war, the prices of the jade plaque and the ancient painting far exceeded expectations, while the two bracelets were priced lower in comparison.

Six hundred thousand, a full six hundred thousand. It turns out that a million is not a pipe dream, not something unattainable.

Was the original plot of land a bit too small? He wanted to build a bigger factory. Higher output, better environment and equipment. After calculating everything, he realized he wasn't short of money again. With so much money to invest, Wu Peng felt like a madman. But he knew this was an opportunity, his opportunity.

He now wants to shout at Yao Fanghua to quit that lousy job and help him, does she even know how big a deal this is?!

With the money in hand, Wu Peng didn't rush back. He called Yang Liu and asked him to reapply for a larger factory site. Meanwhile, he was looking for a designer here. After several days of research, he finally hired a factory designer to go back to Shenzhen with him.

Yao Fanghua has finished her visit and study tour. Her train ticket is for three days later, meaning they are free to do as they please for these three days.

She moved directly to the workshop to check the accounts and help Wu Peng with some things.

The next day, Wu Peng finally returned, travel-worn and exhausted.

Yao Fanghua felt the world was changing too fast. She still thought a million was an astronomical figure, and Wu Peng had already given her six hundred thousand.

Yao Fanghua counted the string of zeros at the end of the passbook several times.

She shared the same feeling as Wu Peng, as if a million wasn't so far out of reach.

"How about we revise our contract? How about 50/50? Or maybe 60/40 for you and 40 for me?"

Wu Peng glanced at her sideways, "Why go through all that trouble? Let's get a marriage certificate, that's better than anything else."

Clutching the 600,000 yuan, Yao Fanghua looked at the money, then at Wu Peng, then at the money again. "It's not a bad idea." The dazzling array of money was overwhelming, especially since it was all in RMB.

Wu Peng pulled Yao Fanghua along, "Let's go to the port city to get the marriage certificate now, and then get another one when we get back to Beijing."

When Yao Fanghua saw that Wu Peng was serious, she quickly withdrew her hand. "Don't be impulsive, don't be impulsive. Let's plan this out properly. Shouldn't there be a process, a simple ceremony?" At least let her be mentally prepared, have a thought process. To be honest, she was a little scared to be dragged along to get a marriage certificate like this.

That's true. It seems to be a popular custom in Hong Kong to give a diamond ring as a wedding gift and to propose on one knee. You can buy a diamond ring, but it's best to pretend you don't know about the kneeling part.

Good diamond rings are not cheap.

"The factory design drawings aren't out yet. That designer is so slow; he's still taking measurements, who knows when he'll finish. I'll go back with you tomorrow; let's go to my hometown first." It's time to return home in glory and reclaim our ancestral home. Most importantly, we need to repair our ancestral graves.

Yao Fanghua's eyes lit up, and she urged Wu Peng to buy the tickets quickly.

"I'll go straight to the train station tomorrow and buy a ticket from a scalper." There's no other way; I'm rich and powerful. I truly understand that money can buy time—it feels so carefree.

Yao Fanghua urged him to pack his things quickly.

"Just a few clothes, I can just stuff them in my bag. Two bottles of wine for your dad, and a few boxes of Hong Kong-style dim sum for your mom and grandpa."

Yao Fanghua nodded and began to check the things she needed to bring.

Although he had a fight with Yu Jun, Ma Xintao still hadn't given up. After the fight, he had someone send Yao Fanghua a box of biscuits from Gangcheng, along with two large bags of Yunwu tea, the finest tea. He said one of the bags was for Yu Jun. After delivering the gifts, he deliberately called Yu Jun to tell him what he had sent to Yao Fanghua, and to tell him that he and Yao were on good terms, just to infuriate that old man.

Biscuits, tea, porcelain, chocolates and a bag of candy that Wu Peng bought from the port city, new clothes, toiletries...

I picked out a few electronic watches from the workshop as gifts for a few people in her department to take back. She's been away for a while, and they've had a hard time.

I packed everything up and put it all into my large bag.

Yao Fanghua blinked and asked Wu Peng, "Is there any entertainment around here? We're leaving tomorrow, do we want to go out and have some fun?"

Wu Peng immediately replied, "What's there to do around here? It's all just road construction and building houses. If you really want to go shopping, let's go to the clothing store and I'll buy you a few more outfits."

A friend from Hong Kong is opening a jewelry processing factory here. Do you want to check it out? I heard they've hired a foreign designer, and the finished jewelry will be sold to Hong Kong and overseas.

I was just planning to buy a diamond ring, and I'll get you a set of gold jewelry too. What kind do you like? We'll draw up the design ourselves and have him make it.

After listening to him finish rambling, Yao Fanghua continued, "I've heard there's a big world here."

"What big world and small world? Who told you that? Yang Liu? That kid has been a troublemaker since he was a child, don't listen to his nonsense. Shouldn't you get two pairs of shoes? It's getting hot, you should get two pairs of flats and sandals."

Yang Liu was downstairs checking the goods when he suddenly sneezed.

Huang Yan'er quickly put down what she was doing to pour water, and shyly handed it to Yang Liu, "Sixth Brother, have some hot water."

"It's so hot, why drink hot water? Sixth Brother, have some herbal tea." Lin Dongsheng handed a cup of herbal tea to Yang Liu.

Huang Yan'er glared at Lin Dongsheng and handed the hot water closer, "Sixth Brother, drink some hot water!"

Not to be outdone, Lin Dongsheng also offered, "Sixth Brother, have some herbal tea."

Both cups of water ended up near Yang Liu's mouth.

Everyone in the workshop looked over.

"Sixth Brother, should we drink herbal tea or hot water? If not, let's just drink both, they each have their own flavor." Li Li had followed Yang Liu to the capital a few times. He was about the same age as Yang Liu, also unmarried, and always cracked dirty jokes. If it weren't for the high cost of the Great World, he could go there every day.

Yang Liu: "Go away, go away, I'm just having a drink of water. Stop thinking about dirty things."

Lin Dongsheng's eyes welled up with tears. "Sixth Brother, you can only choose one."

Yang Liu couldn't stand it and was about to take the herbal tea. Huang Yan'er's eyes blazed with anger, "If you dare drink her tea, I'll never speak to you again."

Yang Liu was in a terrible predicament; he never imagined he'd be in such trouble. Before, women would avoid him, labeling him a petty thug. When he and his gang of hooligans got bored and tried to woo women, their attempts to flatter and fawn over them only resulted in them scolding him. He really should show his mother how popular he was here. He really should show those gangsters in Beijing what kind of life he was living now.

Frustrated, yet secretly pleased, Yang Liu took both water glasses with both hands, first downing the iced tea in one gulp, then the hot water in the next, and quickly finished them both.

Huang Yan'er and Lin Dongsheng both snorted in unison before letting Yang Liu go.

Li Li let out a long whistle, and the whole workshop burst into laughter.

Yao Fanghua and Wu Peng went downstairs, and the atmosphere in the workshop was just right. Yao Fanghua finally let go of the topic of the Great World, and the two decided to go and have a look at Big Back Hair's place, and then go shopping.