âCanât believe the little Fan Hua Town has become so beautiful after the renovation!â
âRight?! I feel like I will never want to leave whenever I come here⊠Look at the lake. How clear and shining it is! Tch tch, itâs more clean and beautiful than the big lake in the city! Wow! Look at the lotus pond over there! How elegant the lotuses are!â
âRight, Fan Hua Town is now more beautiful. Compared to before, itâs like day and nightâŠâ
âItâs such a magnificent town, if we donât stay half a month to enjoy the views here, it isnât worth itâŠâ
âDad, if we hadnât moved out, we would have become a rich family here. Just imagine the flowers and plants around the house, and when we have free time, we could go to the mountain to fish and we could even grill the shrimps outdoors. Sigh, just think about it and I feel like I can taste it alreadyâŠâ
âYeah, right! Dad, you see how convenient it is to go to the city from here! The big road in the West-North connects directly to the big gate of Fan Luo City. There isnât even a curve!â
âI like the common room the most. We can play chess and we even have a free library! This is how one should live their life comfortablyâŠâ
âI heard that they even have a clinic to check peopleâs health in the ancestral hall. A doctor will come every month on the fifth day to do a free health check for villagers. Itâs much more convenient than going to the city.â
âI also heard that the newly built hall by the villageâs gate is a new market. If you have extra fish, meat or vegetables to sell, you can go there to trade from 4 a.m. to 10 a.m. I heard that the farmers with livestock in nearby cities and towns also want to bring their goats or beef to that market to sell. Living here, we donât need to go to the market in the big cities.â
âItâs simple to go to the cityâs market, though. See the wooden sign on that hundred-year-old cherry tree? Every three days, there will be two horse carriages going to Fan Luo City. Tch tch, itâs even more convenient than staying a little North of the city.â Although their current house was in Fan Luo City, it was still pretty far away from the main streets. They had to ride a horse carriage to go to the market.
âRight. And, I can see the Fan Hua School is both beautiful and quiet. Itâs really nice. I heard that Teacher Tie, the most famous teacher in the city, has agreed to come here and teach the children⊠Moreover, as long as youâre the villagers of Fan Hua Town, whether youâre old or young, male or female, can attend these classes. And, they have free lunch too. Kids from the neighboring towns can join the school here, but they have to prepare lunch themselves.â
âRight, right. Becoming a member of this town has so many benefits. Sigh, if you hadnât moved out, it would have been really nice!â
âSo what? We can move back! Dad, we all like this town. We should buy a house here!â
âRight, the North of the city is now so dirty! This place is heaven on earth! Iâm the first one to admit it!â
âI second that!â
âDad, say something!â
âCough! Sister-in-law, you listen to me! Uncle Xin knew that several days ago. If you want to visit our town, it will be alright. But you canât buy a house here!â
âAiyoo, A Fa, brother, itâs not often that my father likes some place like that much. We will pay the money, okay?!â
âAi, itâs not about money here. Fan Hua Town is now Prince Jingâs Private mansion. We are not allowed to sell the houses here.â
âWeâre not even allowed to rent a room here? Town Elder?â
âAh no, itâs not like that! If your dad wants to stay for several days on a vacation, I still have one vacant room in my house.â
âWhat kind of Town Elder are you? You donât even have the right to arrange a house?â
âSister-in-law, you misunderstood. The entire Fan Hua Town now belongs to Prince Jingâs mansion. No one can handle the real estate here. I have to deal with other miscellaneous tasks, though.â
âOhh⊠Youâve become a manager of their private mansion?â
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Wang Geng Fa had to struggle a lot to see his talkative relatives off. He unbuttoned the bronze button at his neck that made him look rigorous and capable. He exhaled and relaxed.
Clasping his hands behind his back, he trolled on the village road, making his way back home.
The renovation work for the outskirts of Fan Hua Town was done last month. Currently, the planning craftsmen and the construction workers were building the main house, which was also the biggest house in this private mansion. The house would be situated in the nine-acre of wasteland in the West of the town where it is fenced with brick walls. They said it would take roughly a year to finish the entire construction. That was why they had to spend ten days building the adult-height walls, which would act as the protection walls of the mansion later.
Except for the main building that was being constructed, after seven months of working at their best, the workers had renovated all the places that needed their attention in Fan Hua Town.