Chapter 1767: The House in Lian City

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However, Qian’e rejected Qiao Mei’s idea. She only wanted to be Qiao Mei t s employee. She did not want to be the factory director as that would be too burdensome. She felt that she was not that capable yet. If there was a suitable opportunity in the future, she would seize it then.

Lu Huai’s company was doing very well. At first, no one believed that Lu Huai’s transportation company could safely deliver the goods to the designated locations. However, as Lu Huai and his staff worked tirelessly to prove themselves, their reputation became better and better. They even became the leader of the transportation industry in the capital!

The company started with three trucks and six drivers. By now, it had expanded to 20 trucks and more than 30 drivers. They were making more and more money and even the company’s premises kept expanding. Lu Huai and

Xia You had also bought a house in the capital’s city center that was more than 100 square meters in floor area! Lu Huai even wanted to open a branch office in another city, which coincided with Qiao Mei’s idea.

Lian City had a mild climate and nice scenery. Qiao Mei t s house was located by the sea. Xia Wen had told Qiao Mei that it was a big villa, but now that she was here, she realized that it was a huge manor.

In Qiao Mei’s other life, she always dreamed of having her own garden. Her dream had finally come true! However, the things in the manor courtyard had been in disrepair for a long time and there was a need to do an extensive renovation. After doing some careful calculations, she realized that it was not a small sum. Just the replanting of the plants in the garden would cost more than 10,000 dollars.

“Are you kidding me? This is practically every girl’s dream castle! Why are you so lucky to be able to get such a house! Sigh… What can I offer the country? I also want such a nice house! It’s impossible to buy this house even if you have money!” Qian’e said enviously.

“If you like it, I can lend it to you for a while. Anyway, I have many houses and 1 won’t live here all the time,” Qiao Mei said.

“You don’t want to live in such a nice house? Don’t tell me you want to go back and stay in the siheyuan courtyard house. Although that house is not bad, this is a manor. It’s so big that you can fit three siheyuan courtyard houses here! Xia Zhe is always not around, so it’s more relaxing for you to stay here,” Qian’e said in shock.

“No, 1 won’t stay here. At least not for the time being. The children are still young and I don’t really want them to know that their family is well-to-do. I

want them to live a simple life. When the children are older and have their own careers, Xia Zhe and I will move here after we retire,” Qiao Mei said seriously.

Qian’e stared at Qiao Mei helplessly. For a moment, she did not know what to say. The children’s father was a military chief and the children’s mother was the rich director of a factory. Their great-grandfathers were war heroes and their families had been highly decorated for generations. Just the merit medals received within the last three generations could fill up an entire house. If the children’s mother converted all her assets to gold bars, she could fill up an entire siheyuan courtyard house with them.

With such a family background, Qiao Mei still could say that she wanted the children to live a more simple life? Qian’e really could not imagine how simple it could get. Did she want them to eat steamed buns while sitting on a pile of money?

“Then I can only hope that your wish can come true…” Qian’e said.

After Qiao Mei and Qian’e finished walking around the garden outside, they finally arrived at the main door of the “castle”. Qiao Mei took out the key and inserted it into the lock. The heavy door creaked open to reveal a house that was filled with dust and spiderwebs. When a slight gust of wind blew past, Qiao Mei and Qian’e could not even keep their eyes open.

The two of them had no choice but to get out of the “castle” first and stood at the door to think of a plan.

“Are we able to hire helpers here? Let’s spend some money and find a few helpers to clean up the house,” Qian’e said as she looked at the castle in disdain.

“I took a quick look at the things inside just now. Many of them are really expensive! It’s not an easy task to find helpers who know how to clean up these valuable items. We are not familiar with this city, so how do we find reliable helpers?” Qiao Mei said with a sigh.

“Isn’t Feng Hua from your house very capable? Why don’t you give her more money and ask her to come here? It will only take her about a month to clean up the courtyard. Get both Sister Xu Kang and Sister Feng Hua to come over. The two of them will definitely be done with the whole place in two months. You can leave the children with your mother-in-law during this period of time,” Qian’e said..