The car quickly drove out of the city and continued a short distance east to reach the vicinity of Wenai Lake.

At the beginning of the year, the Zhou family contracted all the land of Wenai Lake and the surrounding 10,000 acres at a sky-high price of 370 million yuan, and this matter was a sensation in the whole city at that time, and the provincial TV station also sent people down to interview, although it is not a new thing to contract the lake in a private capacity, but such a large-scale contract is still rare in Beishan Province.

Now that it is approaching the end of the year, the project of the Wenai Lake contracted project has been basically completed.

To put it bluntly, in fact, there are not many parts that need to be built in this contracted project, because the land around Wenai Lake has been determined as a flower base from the beginning, and it does not need too much construction except for infrastructure construction. Of course, considering the climatic conditions of Beitong, greenhouses are a must, but greenhouses are not used now, only need to build a foundation to support the skeleton, and it is not too late to cover the plastic film when it is cold in winter.

What really needs to be done on a large scale is the building on the island in the middle of the lake in Wenai Lake, which is what needs to be done with a lot of time and a lot of money, and now more than half a year has passed, and the construction on the island has come to an end.

When Zhou Fangyuan drove his mother to the vicinity of Wenai Lake, he could see a field of flowers in the distance. Now this month is the peak period of flower production, all kinds of flowers are intertwined in the field, forming a magnificent picture, this place has become one of the favorite places of Beitong people today, like the pearl of Wenai Lake, and the surrounding flower fields are intertwined, for Beitong has always given people the inherent impression of "dry and barren", it is definitely a place that can surprise people.

Of course, the flower base is not all flowers, there are many trees and shrubs suitable for the growth of the northern region, the leaves are green, the flowers are magnificent, and they are as beautiful as they are.

Through the flower field, Wenai Lake is close at hand, in order to make better use of the environment here, the city began to build the flower base not long ago, and spent a lot of money to rebuild the surrounding roads, including a small park on the shore of Wenai Lake, although it can not be compared with the huge ecological park in later generations, but it is also much better than the previous kind of soil booming appearance.

There were many pedestrians and private cars on the road, Zhou Fangyuan drove the car to follow the traffic, drove straight into Wenai Lake Park, parked the car in the parking lot, and he followed his mother out of the car. After a brief stroll around the park, we headed straight for the small pier at Lake Venai.

This small pier is not open to the public, and there are no boats near the pier, so they called Zhou's father as they walked, and a few minutes later, a small boat sailed out of the island in the middle of the lake. In the surprised eyes of others, the dinghy docked on the dock, and before anyone else could come, Zhou Fangyuan took his mother onto the boat, and then the dinghy started and carried them all the way to the island in the middle of the lake.

To put it bluntly, Lake Island is actually the Zhou family's "private territory", of course, this kind of "private territory" is not allowed to exist in China, but there are exceptions to everything. Anyway, people were not allowed to go up to the island in the middle of the lake before, and now it is the same, but Zhou Fangyuan and them are an exception.

Boarding the pier of the island in the middle of the lake, there is a blue brick paved path that extends from the pier to the center of the island, and you can't see anything from here, because the path turns and turns, and it is shaded by the trees on the island more than ten meters away. Under his leadership, Zhou Fangyuan and his mother set foot on the island in the middle of the lake for the first time, which has been basically completed.

The color of the green bricks is thick and heavy, and the pavement is very smooth, and you can't feel the concave and convex feeling that the brick floor should have.

On both sides of the path, two columns of fences are made with cement piles, and antique bricks are pasted on them, creating a sense of antiquity.

Walking up the road, there are tall trees all around, walking among the trees, the lake and the flower fields in the distance are faintly visible, and you can also see the tourists by the lake outside. It's just that they can see each other, but the other person can't see them. And unlike the heat outside, under the shade of tall trees, the trail is still very cool, and it doesn't feel hot at all.

All the way to the island, halfway to the time, finally vaguely saw an antique building, gray and white walls as the main body, the whole building complex for the frame structure, eaves and arches, carved beams and paintings, these things are all there, in order to make this building complex, the designers are specially invited from Nanlong, to be honest, than the designers of Beitong is indeed stronger, after all, today's Beitong does not even have a decent design company in the real sense.

Zhou Fangyuan: When they built the house, they didn't have to create a sense of splendor, it was too burnt and too conspicuous, and the overall blue-gray color could better hide the building in the vegetation. When you walk to the end of the path, you will see a gate made of pure wood with copper at the corners. The gate was open, and Zhou Fangyuan took his mother all the way into the courtyard, and there were a total of four entrances in the entire courtyard, with more than a dozen rooms.

The construction project has already been completed, the laying of the water and sewer circuit network has been completed long ago, and even the interior decoration has been basically completed.

Because this project is not only this yard is so simple, in fact, after entering the courtyard, I found that there is a door open on the west wall of the courtyard, which leads directly to the top of the island in the middle of the lake, where there is a five-story blue brick tower, which is required by the city to build, said to enrich the landscape of Wenai Lake.

Thirty percent of the capital in the city, the remaining 70 percent are all from the Zhou family, this tower is not cheap, it cost millions, but it is really beautiful to get out, it feels very meaningful to look at it from a distance, and within the contract period of the Zhou family, this island is not allowed to ordinary tourists to come up, so this tower is said to be made for the city, in fact, to put it bluntly, it is still the Zhou family's own.

When the contract expires, it will be decades later, and who cares about the ownership of this tower at that time?

When Zhou Fangyuan found his father, his father was only working to dismantle the last scaffolding in the main house. Seeing his wife and son coming together, Zhou's father showed a surprised expression on his face, "Why are you here?"

"Come and see, I haven't been up since the start of construction, and I just have nothing to do today, so I asked my mother to come over with me. ”

Zhou Fangyuan said, and then he walked to his father's side, "Dad, it's good." ”

"That's right, you don't look at who is in charge of the work, it just so happens that the door of the stone tower is not locked, and your mother has never been up to the tower, so you take your mother over to see. ”

Dad Zhou said, and after speaking, he threw over a bunch of keys, "After you finish reading, lock the door, and be careful that someone goes up in the middle of the night." ”

"Is there anyone else in this place? This is an island in the middle of a lake. ”

Zhou Fangyuan said.

"Then who knows, there will be an idler who wants to come up and have a look, and there is nothing wrong with locking the door. You two go shopping, I have this last bit left here, and if you don't come down after a while, I'll go look for you. ”

Dad Zhou said, then waved his hand, turned around and continued to direct the workers to dismantle the scaffolding.

Zhou Fangyuan took his mother to continue to walk up, of course, before going to the tower, they first walked around the courtyard, most of the rooms are decorated in antique style, the floor tiles are paved with green bricks, and the walls are not too much embellishment, but they have made a lot of antique furniture, at first glance, it feels like it is really back to ancient times.

However, there are also modern things, such as the lights in the room are modern lamps, as well as household appliances such as televisions, electromechanical refrigerators, and windows are also made of glass instead of window paper. After all, all kinds of modern items are more convenient, why bother to remove household appliances in order to pursue antiquity? And in the whole courtyard, the only room that can be regarded as completely modern is the bathroom.

Ceramic floor tiles, ceramic toilets, water heater showers, etc...... No way, the environment of the ancient bathroom is unacceptable just thinking about it. For this, they also made a set of equipment for storing gold, as long as they let people deal with it regularly, they can't get used to this matter, anyway, it costs money to pay back. It's already spent so much, and it's not as small as that little money.

After walking around the courtyard below, looking at his mother's satisfactory application, Zhou Fangyuan felt very satisfied, and his mother was happy, indicating that the money was worth it. Then the mother and son mentioned this, and continued up the stone steps to the west, and soon reached the top of the island in the middle of the lake.

The stone tower is close in front of him, the door on the first floor is really open, Zhou Fangyuan took his mother all the way up, the five-story tower, there are hundreds of steps to climb up, and it is really a little tiring to climb to the top. But when they reached the summit and looked at the surrounding scenery under the setting sun, they felt that it was all worth it.

Blowing the evening breeze with a hint of heat, looking at the sparkling lake under the sunset, and looking at the tourists playing around the lake, Zhou Fangyuan suddenly felt a sense of tranquility in his heart.

To be honest, it's not really a quiet place now, and in a few years, after the development of the eastern district begins, this will be the real quiet in the future, and it is definitely the most prime location in Beitong City, and there is no one.

After a while of the wind blowing at the top of the tower, and seeing that the time was almost up, Zhou Fangyuan closed all the windows on the tower, and then walked down with his mother.

When I went back, I locked the tower door, and when I returned to the courtyard, Zhou's father was just done, and the family of three watched the decoration workers leave, and the specific acceptance took two days, and the cleaning workers also got off work, and only Zhou Fangyuan's family of three and the boatman who drove the boat were left in the huge courtyard.

They followed the path back to the water's edge, took a boat back to the opposite shore, and then, under the curious eyes of the surrounding tourists, drove in the direction of the city.