Located in the high-tech development zone, it will be easy to sell or rent in the future.
Chen Hong has plenty of money, so she didn't need to do it herself this time. She entrusted Fang Yitong to buy three houses for her from the same real estate company.
Two 137-square-meter apartments in a low-rise building, in the same building as Director Fang Yitong.
In addition, she bought a large apartment of more than 240 square meters, with a unit price of more than 8,000 yuan per square meter. This large apartment alone cost Chen Hong two million yuan.
Fang Yitong and Director Guan were both astonished by Chen Hong's extravagant spending, exclaiming that it was not worth it.
With two million, you could totally buy a place in Beijing! A similarly large apartment in Beijing wouldn't cost that much!
Chen Hong, however, remained stubborn and, once she said she would buy it, she actually transferred the money and bought it. She even lied to them, saying that it was money she earned from catching bluefin tuna in Japan.
She felt that exchanging seafood for property was a great deal and not a bad bargain at all!
She also told them to let her know if there were any good properties in other big cities, and that she planned to go fishing for tuna in the sea again when her children were on vacation.
She used all the money from selling her property to buy houses. She's an old farmer, and she doesn't feel secure holding cash in her hands. Only a property certificate can give her peace of mind!
Fang Yitong and Director Guan were speechless at her statement! They couldn't say that her habit was wrong, but with housing prices rising so fast, it was indeed better to save money than to save a house.
What to do? Just buy it too! What else can you do?
They could work for generations and still not earn as much as a fisherman. They could follow the trend, but the only way to succeed was to work with Chen Hong, who was incredibly lucky.
That day, Chen Hong took the materials to the villa to build a small arched shed. She worked day and night for more than half a month, and finally finished a section of the farm work in the space.
She was finally able to take a break. Humming Chen Chusheng's "Girl," Chen Hong leisurely built a small arched shed for the vegetable garden in the backyard of the villa.
She first bent the bamboo strips at both ends and inserted them into the vegetable plots to form a frame, then covered them with a plastic film, thus building a small arched shed about one meter high, one and a half meters wide, and ten meters long.
Chen Hong filled the arched shed with soil around it and tested it. The shed was very sturdy and should be able to withstand the winter wind and snow in Jinan.
It seems that the small arched shed she built was quite useful, so Chen Hong built two more small arched sheds of the same size, based on the design of the first one.
After the soil was added, she tested it and found it to be very tight and sturdy. She quietly took out more than a dozen straw mats that she had woven in the space and piled them all in the storage room, in preparation for covering the arched shed after the ground freezes.
After finishing her work, Chen Hong carried the celery and bok choy seedlings she had taken down back to the front yard.
After washing her hands in the yard, Chen Hong prepared to go back inside to get some water and tidy up before heading home.
Just then, the doorbell rang at the front gate, accompanied by a deep, elderly voice calling out:
"Chen Hong, is that Chen Hong? What are you doing here?"
When Chen Hong looked towards the gate, he saw it was Uncle Liu Baichuan, a fellow angler. He'd heard from other anglers that the old man was a retired municipal government official.
His son-in-law works in the stock and futures industry. His family is very wealthy, originally from Shanxi, and has considerable influence.
However, none of this mattered to Chen Hong. The old man was a seasoned angler, and because Chen Hong was a skilled angler, he was always very enthusiastic towards her.
Chen Hong opened the door for the old man and let him in. The old man praised Chen Hong's house for its reasonable layout, saying it was much better than his own.
After the tour, Chen Hong made the old man a cup of tea. During their conversation, Chen Hong learned that Liu Baichuan also lived in this villa.
His family lives in the second-to-last row of villas, which is also a very good location.
They were among the first residents to move into the villa area, which shows that their family's economic strength is extraordinary.
"Chen Hong, when did you buy this house? It seems your family is quite wealthy!"
How could you still lie to us old folks that you're a housewife?
Just the fact that you drove a Mercedes to go fishing shows you're not being honest! Didn't expect that we actually live in the same neighborhood? You can't fool me now!
Well then, there are a few old guys who fish together and they all live in this neighborhood.
We're fishing buddies and neighbors, let's arrange a time to get together. Next time we go fishing, we can go together. Since I can't drive, I can hitch a ride with you.
Chen Hong shook her head repeatedly, explaining that she didn't live here; she now lived in a school district house in the city center for her child's schooling.
I haven't owned this villa for long. Today I'm here to clean it and also to set up a small greenhouse for the vegetable garden.
It's not very convenient to hitch a ride with her, as she usually leaves directly from her home in the city center.
When the old man heard that Chen Hong had planted vegetables in her backyard, he immediately perked up and insisted on going to see what kind of vegetables she had planted.
Chen Hong had no choice but to lead him to visit the vegetable garden in the backyard.
"Wow, Chen Hong, your vegetables are growing so well! They're so tender and robust!"
"Did you replace the soil? It's so fertile!"
Chen Hong smiled confidently: "Uncle Liu, the soil hasn't been changed, but I went to the countryside and bought some chicken and sheep manure. After fermentation, I'll use it as base fertilizer in the vegetable garden."
I'm a farmer who grew up working the land with my parents. Growing vegetables is a piece of cake for me.
Uncle Liu, from what you're saying, you also enjoy growing vegetables?
Liu Baichuan smiled and nodded sheepishly, "Don't even mention it, I turned the garden my child planted into a vegetable garden."
I've picked a lot of flowers and planted vegetables for two years, but I don't know why they just won't grow well.
You know, I've put in a lot of effort, I've put in a lot of work, and I've worried a lot about it.
I take care of these vegetables like I'm taking care of my ancestors, but they just won't grow properly. They're all yellow and stunted, and every now and then a bunch of them turn yellow and die.
"This is infuriating! I used to grow flowers just fine, so why can't I grow vegetables?"
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