Chapter 148: Luxury Apartments and Greed
Bao Yunqiu and Liu Minchen stayed in the stone manor for more than an hour, and after they left, they did not go directly to the apartment, but went to the Western restaurant for lunch.
After graduating from university, Liu Minchen entered Hualong Real Estate Company to work, and the salary was not high, but she still squeezed out some money to "add value" to herself, went to a Western restaurant with her colleagues a few times, and learned the etiquette of eating Western food.
Originally, Bao Yunqiu planned to teach Liu Minchen some etiquette for eating Western food, but Liu Minchen never took the initiative to ask for help, so she carried it, and when she started eating, she found that Liu Minchen was not a "soil bun".
"Chenchen, did you come to the Western restaurant before?" Bao Yunqiu asked.
"I've been here a few times, and my colleagues have taught me some etiquette. Aaron had a meal with me. Liu Minchen smiled, "Sister Qiu, you often eat Western food, right?" ”
"It's not very often, but I still like to eat Chinese food." Bao Yunqiu took a sip of red wine and asked, "Do you know how to cook?" ”
"I know how to cook a little, and my family thinks my cooking skills are pretty good." Liu Minchen smiled.
"In the future, you will have the opportunity to cook a few loving meals for Aaron, and if you don't usually need to cook, ask a professional chef to cook."
"Oh!" Liu Minchen nodded with a smile, "Sister Qiu, where do you live?" ”
"I live in Repulse Bay, quite close to Aaron's house."
After lunch, Bao Yunqiu took Liu Minchen to see the apartment.
"The decoration of this duplex apartment was designed by the third brother himself, and you can see the sea and the mountains." Bao Yunqiu smiled and introduced.
"It's really beautiful." Liu Minchen saw the sea view of Victoria Bay through the floor-to-ceiling windows, pointed to the stairs, and asked, "This house has two floors?" ”
"It's two-tiered, multi-tiered. There is a roof above, a glass house is installed, and flowers are planted. It's good to have a pet. Bao Yunqiu stretched out his hand to hold Liu Minchen's hand, "I'll take you up to have a look." ”
The two of them went to the rooftop, stayed for a while, and then looked at each room.
"Sister Qiu, this house is too big, right?"
"It's only five bedrooms, and it's not huge." Bao Yunqiu smiled, "There is a senior executive of Hang Seng Bank who lived in the opposite door, who lived in last year. ”
"This house must be expensive, right?"
"The house on the other side of the door was sold for 300,000 yuan last year, and it was also the price of internal employees. Now under the name of the third brother. Among the renovated apartments, this one is the most expensive. The other two units, downstairs, are much smaller in size, with a usable area of more than 1,000 square feet each. ”
"Thank you, Sister Qiu!" Liu Minchen said happily.
"Don't be so polite, this house is not mine, it was given to you by the third brother." Bao Yunqiu smiled, lifted the white cloth covering the sofa in the living room, and sat on the sofa. "You can sit down too."
"Oh!" Liu Minchen answered and sat next to Bao Yunqiu.
"Are you satisfied with the furniture?"
"It's beautiful!" Liu Minchen felt very comfortable sitting on the sofa and couldn't help but touch the leather of the sofa.
"This is a model house, decoration materials. There is also the furniture that is put in place, all of good quality. ”
After a few minutes, Bao Yunqiu took Liu Minchen to a unit downstairs.
"The two units on this floor are unfurnished." Bao Yunqiu introduced a sentence and asked again. "It's for your eldest brother and second brother to live in, right?"
"Yes." Liu Minchen smiled and said, "Ah Long promised me to transfer these two apartments to my two elder brothers. ”
"Information on your two brothers. Did you bring it? ”
"Brought, Aaron asked me to prepare."
"Then wait a while, you accompany me to the headquarters of Zhongyuan Real Estate Company, leave relevant information, and in a few days, you can get the real estate certificate."
Before, Li Hualong said to send three apartments to Liu Minchen, Liu Minchen didn't want to be the head of the household, two sets were given to the two brothers, and the other set was given to the parents as the head of the household, which was considered a filial piety, but her parents did not agree, they knew that their daughter had filial piety, but they were worried that Li Hualong would abandon Liu Minchen in the future, and after their own death, the two second sons might have conflicts with Liu Minchen in order to inherit the house.
Li Hualong gave Liu Minchen an extra villa, and Liu Minchen moved the idea of sending a house to her parents, thinking about going home to get her parents' ID cards, but after thinking about it carefully, she gave up this idea, thinking in her heart that not giving the house to her parents would not prevent her from honoring her parents in the future.
At around five o'clock in the afternoon, Liu Minchen returned home, and her mother was home alone, cooking in the kitchen.
"Mom, I'm back."
"Chenchen, you're back!" Mother Liu smiled, "Tonight, your eldest brother and second brother will bring their families over for dinner." ”
"I already knew." Liu Minchen pursed his lips and smiled.
"Have you seen the house?"
"Looked." A happy smile bloomed on Liu Minchen's face, "Ah Long sent me a villa in Sassoon Dao. ”
"Sassoon's villa?" Mother Liu was surprised, "In Pokfulin? ”
"Yes, the villa is in Pokfulam. Three apartments on Pok Fu Lam Road, not very far from the villa. You can see the sea and you can also see the mountains. ”
"One villa, three apartments...... Chenchen, Mr. Li is also too good to you. ”
"Yes, Mom, I'm so happy." Liu Minchen hugged his mother's waist from behind.
"Mr. Li is so good to you and gives you such a great favor, it will be difficult for you to pay it off in your life." Mother Liu said in a deep voice.
"I'll never leave him for the rest of my life." Liu Minchen smiled and said, "Mom, one of the three apartments is a model house, which is full of furniture, and there is no need to buy furniture at all. Heh, you and my dad live in this house, and the other two are for the eldest brother and the second brother, the house is decorated, there is no furniture in it, put some furniture, and you can live in it. ”
"Okay!" Mother Liu said happily, stir-fried the dishes in the pot, and sighed, "Lian Sheng is so good to you." ”
"Mom, you've said this a lot, don't say it again." Liu Minchen grinned, "The area of the house given to the eldest brother and second brother is not small, the usable area is more than 1,000 square feet, three bedrooms and two living rooms, and the children can live alone in the future, and the kitchen is also very large." Liu Minchen introduced with a smile.
"Tomorrow, your eldest brother and second brother can go to see the new house?"
"Yes, the key is in my hand. In a few days, the title deed will be ready. ”
"Chenchen. You've been so good to your two older brothers. ”
"They are my own brothers, they have been very good to me since I was a child, and of course I am willing to help them."
"A thousand-foot mansion is not an ordinary help, a great favor!" Mother Liu sighed.
"Mom, don't talk about that. We are a family, talking too much, too much to see! ”
"Okay, I'll stop talking." Mother Liu stir-fried the dishes in the pot a few times and asked. "How big is Sassoon Island's villa?"
"It covers an area of more than 30,000 square feet, the main building is 4,000 square feet, and there is a small building for the servants to live."
"Wow!" Mother Liu exclaimed, "Such a big house, it costs millions, right?" ”
"Maybe, I didn't ask." Liu Minchen grinned, "Mom, you and my dad can live in the villa." ”
"I'll just live in an apartment with your dad." Mother Liu smiled, she knew that the villa was specially given to Liu Minchen by Li Hualong. If she and her husband live in a villa, there must be a lot of inconvenience.
"Let's talk about it then, let's stay in the apartment first, tomorrow. We'll move. Liu Minchen didn't know Li Hualong's attitude, so she didn't insist that her parents live in the villa with her.
After a while, Liu Minchen's two elder brothers came over with their wives and children. The small living room is even more crowded.
Liu Minchen felt that the two brothers were quite blessed, a daughter and a son, and they made up a "good" word.
After saying hello. Liu Minchen handed the two keys to the two brothers.
"It's the key to the apartment." Liu Minchen smiled.
"Chenchen, I don't know what to say." Liu Minchen's eldest brother Liu Minyang was moved.
"Big brother, we are a family, don't be polite to me." Liu Minchen smiled sweetly, "After dinner, I'll take you to see the house." It will take a few days for the real estate certificate to be processed, so don't move the furniture you use now, and buy new furniture. The house does not need to be decorated, it has been decorated very beautifully, and with new furniture, you can live in it. ”
"Okay, buy new furniture." Second brother Liu Minfeng said with a smile.
"It will take some time to sell the old house." Liu Minfeng's wife, Su Yun, muttered.
"What are you anxious about, the house is there, and it will fly?" Liu Minfeng glared at his wife.
Liu Minfeng knows that his wife has a problem with being greedy for cheapness, he has accepted an apartment from his sister, he really doesn't want to take advantage of his sister anymore, even if the man his sister is looking for is Li Hualong, the richest man in Hong Kong, he feels that his sister accepts too many gifts from Li Hualong, and his sister's status in Li Hualong will be very low, and he doesn't want his sister to suffer too many grievances.
"What are you fierce, I'm not wrong." Su Yun retorted in a low voice.
Liu Minfeng glared at his wife again, and turned to Liu Minyang and said, "Big brother, let's go buy furniture together, buy more, the price can be cheaper." ”
"Okay!" Liu Minyang replied with a smile.
As soon as dinner was ready, Liu Minchen's father came home from work.
"Dad, everyone is waiting for you alone." Liu Minchen smiled.
"I'll go wash my hands, and I'll have dinner after washing my hands." Dad Liu said with a smile, he knew that this was the last time he and his family would gather in this old house for dinner.
After dinner, Liu Minchen's two sisters-in-law were about to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, and Liu Minchen said, "Don't be in a hurry to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, let's go and see the house." ”
"Okay!" Everyone agreed in unison.
Twenty minutes later, Liu Minchen and his family arrived at the Linfutai apartment building on Pok Fu Lam Road.
"Wow, this house is so beautiful!" Liu Minchen's nephews and nieces didn't make a surprised voice, "Auntie, in the future, can I live here?" ”
"Yes, there are a lot of rooms." Liu Minchen smiled, "Your home is downstairs, and the new furniture is just as beautiful." ”
After a while, Liu Minchen's two brothers and sisters-in-law went downstairs together to see the house downstairs.
"This house is so big!" Liu Minfeng's wife, Su Yun, was pleasantly surprised, pushed open the door of a bedroom, saw the master bedroom with an internal guard, and said with a smile, "This bedroom is really big, I want to put a big wardrobe so that I can put more clothes." ”
"With our ability, we may not be able to live in such a big house in our lifetime." Liu Minfeng sighed.
"Don't underestimate yourself so much, as long as you are given the opportunity, you can also make a lot of money." Su Yun felt that her husband's skills were not bad, his brain was quite flexible, and he was willing to endure hardships, as long as he had the opportunity, he would definitely be able to develop.
"The human heart is not enough to swallow the elephant!" Liu Minfeng glared at his wife, and said with a straight face. "In the future, no matter in life or business, don't bother Chenchen."
"What's trouble?" Su Yun said unhappily, "She is your own sister, and she has climbed the high branch now......"
"Smack!" Liu Minfeng raised his hand, slapped his wife without hesitation, and said unhappily, "Keep your mouth clean." ”
"You...... You, I'm not alive anymore. Su Yun was angry and scuffled with her husband.
After Liu Minfeng finished. I also felt that I had gone too far, so I hurriedly hugged my wife tightly in my arms, pressed it against the wall, and quickly apologized: "I'm sorry...... You can't blame me for this, you speak too badly, plus I drank a little wine tonight, good wife, don't be angry. ”
"Humph!" Su Yun said angrily, "You dare to hit me next time." I'll cut you with a knife. ”
"Don't dare, don't dare." Liu Minfeng sneered.
"You kiss me." Su Yun said with a flattering eye.
Liu Minfeng was stunned for a moment, he was a little unaccustomed to his wife's face changing speed, but he still kissed his wife's lips. secretly said in his heart: "You just don't clean up, don't beat you, I don't know how powerful your man is!" ”
After a passionate kiss, Su Yun smiled and said, "As long as Li Hualong is willing to help you." It's not difficult for us to earn hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, but he is the richest man in Hong Kong, even if we give hundreds of thousands a year, it's nothing. ”
"I beg you. You don't want to open any pot and mention which pot. Liu Minfeng said unhappily.
"Alright, alright, I'll not say anything!" Su Yun smiled, although she didn't say anything, she didn't let go of getting benefits from Li Hualong in her heart, "When Chenchen gives birth to a few sons for Li Hualong, then her status in Li Hualong's heart ......"
"Ah Yun, I beg you, don't say it, okay?" Liu Minfeng asked with a straight face.
"Don't talk about it." Su Yun stuck out her tongue and smiled playfully, "Let's see what furniture to put in the house." ”
"You have the idea, this family, you are in charge."
"Such a good house must not be placed with too poor furniture, but high-grade furniture is very expensive, such a big house, all full, must cost a lot of money." Su Yun muttered, seeing the anger on her husband's face, she hurriedly said, "Don't worry, I won't ask Chenchen to borrow money......"
"Humph!" Liu Minfeng snorted angrily.
Su Yun glared at her husband unhappily, and changed the subject: "Let's go to the kitchen and have a look." ”
When she came to the kitchen, Su Yun saw a ready-made high-end gas stove, turned the switch, and the fire ignited.
"This kitchenware is good, you don't have to buy kitchenware, you can save a lot of money." Su Yun said happily, glanced at her husband a few times, and said, "Buy three beds, buy a sofa, buy a wardrobe......"
"You don't have to buy all the new furniture at once." Liu Minfeng interrupted, "Some of the old furniture at home doesn't look very old, you can move over and use it, and slowly add new furniture." ”
Su Yun glanced at her husband and disagreed: "What does such a luxurious big house look ......like with old furniture?"
"Ah Yun, I beg you!" Liu Minfeng interrupted his wife's words again, with a helpless expression, "In the future, don't say strange things in front of your parents and Chenchen, okay?" ”。
Su Yun's mouth was deflated, put on an aggrieved expression, and asked, "Liu Minfeng, are you about to live a good life now, and you dislike me?" ”
"I don't dislike you." Liu Minfeng sighed helplessly, he loved his wife very much, but he had a special headache about his wife's love of being greedy and cheap.
"You don't dislike me, what's wrong with me buying new furniture?" Su Yun snorted unhappily, "I didn't ask Chenchen to borrow money from your parents, if I really lack money, I asked my parents to borrow money, even if they don't have money, they will squeeze out some money to lend me." ”
"Su Yun, it doesn't mean anything if you say this." Liu Minfeng said with a straight face, "You feel your conscience and think about it, since you married me, what have I treated you badly?" Your brother was admitted to college, and the tuition fee was a problem, so I didn't say a word, and I took the money out. Every year on your parents' birthday, when was the big bag of gifts upset? Also, we open a small restaurant, busy every day, for you to do less, I am tired and tired, don't you see? ”
"I ......" Su Yun opened her mouth, she didn't know what to say, she could feel her husband's love for her, think about it carefully, she was a little too much, in the past few days, she always wanted to get benefits from Liu Minchen.
"Don't have anything to say?" Liu Minfeng squeezed out some smiles on his face.
"Okay, you have the backbone." Su Yun said angrily, paused, and smiled, "We should be content to be able to live in such a big house." In the future, we will work our own, relying on heaven and earth, it is better to rely on ourselves. When the lease of the hotel expires, we use our own money to open a bigger hotel. ”
"We'll talk about it then."
The next day, Liu Minchen did not ask for leave for the matter of moving, before, she had already packed her luggage for herself, it was not difficult for her family to help her get the apartment, and some items that were not intended to be used again were either given to neighbors or sold to scrap collectors.
At about half past ten in the morning of this day, Liu Minchen, who was planning at the desk, received a call from Li Hualong.
"Chenchen, a villa and three apartments, have you been to see it?"
"I've seen it, it's beautiful, I like it very much, thank you!" Li Minchen said in a low voice.
"If you like it, it's fine." Li Hualong said with a smile.
"Do you have time this afternoon?"
"I have something to do today, and I'll call you again when I'm free." Li Hualong smiled, "The villa and the apartment have pulled the telephone line, just go to the telephone company to open the business." You have a phone at home, so it's easier for me to find you. ”
"Tomorrow, I'll ask my dad to turn on the phone."
"When are you going to move in?"
"Move today, move into a new apartment tonight."
"Don't leave the villa empty, you can go and live with your parents, and change accommodations."
"Got it."
After a few small talks, the two ended the call.
As soon as Liu Minchen hung up the phone, Qu Lili, a colleague sitting next to her, stood up, looked at her with a smile and asked, "Chenchen, I heard you say just now that you are moving, living in a new apartment, and living with your boyfriend?" ”
"Lili, don't gossip, the manager is here." Liu Minchen said.
Qu Lili turned her head to look and saw the department manager coming over here, so she hurriedly sat down, picked up the pen, and pretended to write on the paper.
The department manager walked by as if nothing had happened, in fact, he was not usually a supervisor who liked to criticize his subordinates, plus he knew the relationship between Li Hualong and Liu Minchen, he saw Liu Minchen chatting with his colleagues, as long as it was not too much, he would turn a blind eye. (To be continued......)