Yuan Fangguo also immediately noticed the awkward expressions on everyone's faces. Seeing this, he quickly said, "I heard others say that in the Imperial City, large houses can gather momentum. You said that these courtyard houses are micro-courtyards. The courtyards are too small, and the momentum outside can't be gathered at all. Isn't it a waste to buy a house like this?"
Lin Yumei and Yuan Fangtai were both staunch atheists. After hearing what Yuan Fangguo said, they couldn't help but laugh.
When the salesperson saw that the customer in front of him insisted on having a larger courtyard house, he was at a loss for a moment and could only laugh it off. He told Yuan Fangguo that they had other houses available, but the head office had not sent them over yet. After they got the information, they could come and take a look.
Yuan Fangguo was used to hearing this kind of polite talk. He pretended to look at other information, and after seeing that there was indeed no house that interested him, he found an excuse to leave.
The three of them went out and for a moment they didn't know where to go.
It was getting late, ten past eleven. After thinking about it, Yuan Fangguo decided to find a place to eat first.
"Brother, it's a bit early for dinner. Should we go around and see if there are any good real estate agencies nearby?" Yuan Fangtai asked.
Yuan Fangguo shook his head. "You came out to accompany us in the first place. How can we let you go house hunting with us? Let's not look at houses today. Let's have lunch at noon and take a taxi to the Summer Palace in the afternoon."
"This?" Yuan Fangtai felt a little embarrassed.
"There's real estate information in newspapers nowadays. We don't need to worry about it. We have plenty of time anyway. But you don't spend much time outside, so you should have some fun." Yuan Fangguo said.
Lin Yumei also said, "Fangtai, your elder brother is right. Let him handle the house purchase. Your main task today is to eat more and replenish your nutrition."
Yuan Fangguo said, "Look, we're now two to one. Stop talking. What do you want to eat for lunch?"
"Hot pot." Yuan Fangtai was not polite this time and said without hesitation.
"Okay, then let's have hot pot. We'll have some at noon."
"Sister-in-law, would you like some too?" Yuan Fangtai asked with a smile.
Lin Yumei quickly shook her head and said, "You guys drink, I'm allergic to alcohol."
"Will drinking affect our afternoon outing?" Yuan Fangtai asked with some embarrassment.
"No more than two bottles of beer per person, it will definitely not delay our afternoon outing." Yuan Fangguo said with a confident look on his face.
"Okay, let's have a drink." Yuan Fangtai seemed to have made up his mind.
During lunch, Yuan Fangguo actually met Wang Kuanglin and the nouveau riche in the hot pot restaurant.
They were actually sitting next to each other.
Wang Kuanglin also noticed Yuan Fangguo at once, and after seeing him, he looked very proud.
The upstart took Wang Kuanglin's hand and said gratefully, "Brother, I didn't expect you to get me this with just a few words. My coal mine, the damn 'government' doesn't care. Isn't it promoting a market economy now? Why don't they give me, Old Li, a mining license? So I was determined to go to Beijing to find those officials. I swear I'm going to show them something. I didn't expect you to get me this with just one move. Take this 20,000 yuan."
Wang Kuanglin pretended to refuse several times, but in the end he couldn't resist the nouveau riche's enthusiasm and had to accept the 20,000 yuan with a sullen look on his face.
This time it was Yuan Fangguo's turn to be dumbfounded. He thought that Wang Kuanglin, this liar, was just talking big, but after hearing what the nouveau riche had said, he found that Wang Kuanglin actually solved the problem for him. This was really unexpected to him.
But soon, an idea suddenly came to Yuan Fangguo's mind. Could it be that Wang Kuanglin was in cahoots with the nouveau riche?
After thinking about it carefully, Yuan Fangguo felt that unless the two people had extremely superb acting skills, it would be impossible to tell that they were in the same group.
A lot of meat dishes were ordered at noon, all specially for Yuan Fangtai. The second brother explained that the intensity of his training was very high, which made him look dark and thin. In fact, Yuan Fangguo knew very well in his heart that a big part of the reason why Yuan Fangtai was dark and thin was that the food in the army was not very good.
As soon as the beef came up, three plates were put directly into the pot. Seeing this luxurious way of eating, Wang Kuanglin next to him thought that Yuan Fangtai had just been released from prison.
He drank with the two nouveau riche for a while, then picked up the bottle and walked to Yuan Fangguo's table.
"Brother, are we destined to be together?" Wang Kuanglin smiled, his eyes narrowing into slits.
Yuan Fangguo nodded, "Is it possible that we are really destined to be together?"
"There's nothing in this city I can't handle. Your fellow villager, Li Kuiwu, that old fellow, has been asking the 'government' for approval for his coal mine for years, but it hasn't been approved yet. This time, I found a buddy from the Ministry of Energy, and with a few clicks, everything was done. I, Wang Kuanglin, am not just talking nonsense. We're communicating with each other from the heart. Why don't I talk to others? Isn't it because I think their level is too low?"
Wang Kuanglin held the wine glass and spoke for a long time, saliva flying everywhere, and a lot of wine in the glass spilled out with his exaggerated movements and expressions. By the time of the final toast, there was only half a glass of wine left in this guy's glass.
"Let's drink it, brothers. Feel free to do whatever you want." Wang Kuanglin didn't even look at how much wine was left in his glass. He boasted, tilted his head back, and drank it all.
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