It seems Fang Yitong still remembers his promise to plant flowers and vegetables in the back garden. The workers have already planned out their own vegetable plots, waiting for their owner to personally plant the flowers and vegetables.

It seems the money wasn't wasted; Chen Hong paid a total of 200,000 yuan for the renovation and repair of the courtyard, including labor and materials.

Looking at the finished product now, I'm very satisfied with the result. The only thing left is to buy furniture and appliances.

Once the house purchase is completed, all that's needed is to furnish and install appliances in the new home before I can move in.

Chen Hong called Fang Yitong and Director Guan, asking them to meet at the Houhai Courtyard after get off work that afternoon.

Chen Hong went out to browse furniture stores in the afternoon, but after running around all afternoon, she only managed to get all the furniture for the west wing.

I still dare to buy Western-style furniture, thanks to the perspective I had in my previous life, I still have some appreciation for Western-style furniture.

However, he dared not make any purchases of Chinese furniture on his own. He would have to wait until he had discussed it with Fang Yitong and received his recommendation before he could make his own selections for the furniture in the east wing and main room.

Chen Hong was very open-minded. It didn't matter that she didn't understand, as long as there were knowledgeable people. She could leave everything to the experts and just wait to pay in the end.

Chen Hong took out the gifts she had prepared for the three families in advance: four bottles of wine, two boxes of tea, lobsters, crabs, chilled grouper, oysters, a box of seafood, and a box of fruit produced in the space.

This way, each family will have four gifts: tea, wine, seafood, and fruit. The gifts are plentiful and of moderate value, which is enough to express their gratitude.

Chen Hong couldn't take out anything too valuable, as that would seem too formal and make people feel uncomfortable.

Chen Hong first cleaned the kitchen in the west wing, boiled two kettles of water, and set out the tea set, waiting for the two of them to arrive so they could discuss the purchase of the house.

At 5 p.m., Fang Yitong and Director Guan arrived at Chen Hong's house one after the other after work. Fang Yitong saw that Chen Hong had only furnished the west wing room, and he and Director Guan exchanged a smile.

"I told you Chen Hong would definitely wait for me to help her buy Chinese furniture, but you didn't believe me. Luckily you didn't actually bet with me, or you would definitely have lost."

Director Guan said with a smile, "I thought Chen Hong was like me, not paying much attention to these details. Whether it's Chinese or Western style, if it looks good and feels comfortable to use, I'll buy it."

I never imagined that out of the three of us, I'm the only one who doesn't care about such things; you're all so particular!

Chen Hong said embarrassedly, "Uncles, you're joking. I was feeling guilty and timid. Seeing how nicely Uncle Fang decorated the house for me, I didn't even dare to go inside."

Besides, buying furniture is such a big deal. I really don't know anything about it, and I don't dare to mess up the house that Uncle Fang kindly planned for me.

I'm worried that Uncle Fang will be angry and won't help me plan the house renovation anymore.

Fang Yitong laughed: "Look how good Chen Hong is at talking. Now that she's said that, I can't refuse her requests to renovate her house anymore. If she keeps buying things, I'll have to keep helping her out."

Chen Hong laughed and said, "Uncle Fang, you think too highly of me. Even if you want to keep helping me, I don't have that much money to keep buying houses."

"I earned all these houses through hard work; I didn't have any extra money to keep buying more."

Fang Yitong and Director Guan exchanged a glance: Look, this girl is still keeping it from us. She's really low-key and doesn't flaunt her wealth at all!

The two exchanged a knowing smile, and Director Guan pretended to be sad and said, "Chen Hong, it's not very meaningful for you to say that. You shouldn't hide the relationship between our families from us. It's good to be low-key and not flaunt your wealth, but you have to distinguish between insiders and outsiders!"

Your Uncle Fang and I have never treated you like an outsider, so don't try to hide it from us. Have you forgotten what I do for a living?

Chen Hong paused while pouring water: "Yes, Director Guan is a bank official and should be able to check my deposits. But to avoid this situation, I didn't keep all my deposits in the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China."

Instead, the money was deposited in five different banks. How could he still find out about it?

Chen Hong pondered to herself, "Does he really know? Is he bluffing me, or is he bluffing me?"

When the topic came up again, Chen Hong could only dodge the question. Lying was out of the question, but she didn't dare tell the truth either, so she could only skip the subject.

"Uncles, please have some tea. This is wild tea from our mountains, and it's even pre-Qingming tea from this year. It was just processed less than a month ago, so it's very fresh. Please try it and see how it tastes."

Fang Yitong said loudly, "Such good tea is a waste in your hands. Can this ordinary white porcelain teapot and teacup be worthy of this pre-Qingming tea?"

You should at least buy a set of high-quality porcelain teaware. Oh dear, your tea-brewing technique is too rough!

Your method of brewing tea is only good for making jasmine tea with a high foamy consistency; for other teas, you can just steep it in a teacup with boiling water and drink it. It's such a waste to have such good tea leaves in your hands; you're really squandering a precious resource.”

Chen Hong gave an awkward smile, but inwardly she didn't think much of it.

Chen Hong: I brew my Cloud Mist Tea the same way, and I still enjoy it every day. I may not have great skills, but I have good tea leaves. Tell me, isn't it sour? Isn't it sour?

Director Guan was amused by the two of them and gloated at Lao Fang's distressed expression. As a tea lover, he felt that good tea was being wasted in other people's hands.

Only in his hands can the best flavor be brewed and the best quality tea be brought out.

Director Guan said to Chen Hong, "Didn't you understand what your Uncle Fang meant? All the good tea leaves are going to be wasted in your hands. When he leaves later, you should obediently hand over all the good tea leaves you have."

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