32: Building a house

Although the three of them discussed some things, they still needed the Village Brigade to measure the land and then go to the city to find a designer.

The next morning, Jiang Li went to the Village Brigade to find the Party Branch Secretary.

"Grandpa Secretary, I want to measure the land in front of my house, and then buy it to build a house."

Zhao Changshu heard Jiang Li's words, "Jiang Li girl, the land in front of your house is at least one mu! Do you really want all of it?"

(One mu converts to 600 square meters.)

Jiang Li, "Grandpa Secretary, yes, I want it all. Can you come and measure it?"

Jiang Changshu heard Jiang Li's words, "Alright then, I'll take people over right now to measure it for you."

"Thank you, Grandpa Secretary."

"It's nothing, it's no big deal, just remember to treat Grandpa Secretary to some drinks when the time comes."

"Okay."

Then Jiang Changshu took some people to Jiang Li's area to start measuring.

The neighbors, seeing activity in the front and back yards, all came out to gossip.

"Is Jing Jun's family planning to buy land?"

"Possibly. I saw that kid Jing Jun driving a Bentley yesterday. I'm telling you, that Bentley costs over a million!"

"Really? That expensive? Doesn't Jing Jun just own a transport company? Is making money that slow now?"

"What are you talking about? Everything you guys know is outdated. Jing Jun already sold his transport company. I heard he's now the boss of some logistics company."

"How come I don't know about this? Are you guys lying to me!"

"We're not lying, our son told us. He saw it that time."

"No wonder he can drive such a nice car, turns out he's already a boss."

"Doesn't Lili have a boyfriend yet?"

"Seems like it, haven't heard anything. Why, are you thinking of introducing your son to Lili?"

"Why wouldn't I!"

She spoke as if her son was the best.

"Heh, he might be 'good,' but he's already old and still leeching off his parents at home, not doing any work."

"You..."

"What 'you'? Oh, I think I just saw your son run out again, hurry up and chase after him!"

Hearing that, the person immediately ran home.

"You and her never get along."

"I just can't stand her. How old is she? She should be enjoying retirement, but she keeps spoiling her thirty-year-old son. And when I kindly reminded her, what happened! She scolded me, and then accused me of sowing discord."

Grandma Jiang, Shen Lan, returned from outside and saw a crowd gathered at her doorway.

She walked up to Grandpa Jiang and asked while looking into the distance, "Old man, what's going on?"

Grandpa Jiang took a puff of his cigarette, "Nothing much, Lili plans to buy the land in front of our house and build a new one."

Shen Lan heard this, "Really? What about Jing Jun! Is he fooling around with the little girl too?"

Jiang Jun heard this, "Mom, what are you saying! Lili has her own money, she doesn't need me."

Although Su Wan didn't get along with her mother-in-law, she still explained these matters.

She said that Lili opened a clothing store in Shanghai and now has money, so she's thinking of building a more comfortable house for you two to live out your later years!

Grandma Jiang Shen Lan and Grandpa Jiang Chang Geng felt very pleased.

Finally, Jiang Li bought that mu of land.

Once everything was ready, she went to the city, found a designer, and had the new house built alongside the old one.

Grandma and Grandpa's old house was also three hundred square meters.

With that mu of land, they could build a villa with front and back gardens.

However, considering it was for the elderly, they decided on a Chinese-style villa.

This way, it could accommodate many people.

After finding the designer, they started looking for a construction team, followed by purchasing various materials.

Since Jiang He, Jiang Yan, and Jiang Nan were about to start school, Jiang He returned to school, while Jiang Yan and Jiang Nan were taken by Mu Jin and Mu Nuan back to Shanghai to prepare for school.

For convenience, Jiang Li asked Mu Jin to buy a large flat apartment not far from the school.

This way, the two could commute and rest at home.

Jiang Li asked Mu Jin and Mu Nuan to take care of the two.

The three-hundred-square-meter flat was more than enough.

After returning, Jiang Li also planned to live there to supervise the two's studies.

Jiang Li hadn't returned yet; she was still busy managing the house construction.

Because Jiang Li didn't look at the price, she chose the best of everything.

Although the materials were all high quality, they were chosen after comparing many suppliers, with no small contribution from the designer.

Grandma and Grandpa Jiang moved to live in the city.

Jiang Jun and Su Wan moved into the large flat apartment that had been renovated earlier, which was also close to the company.

The two often traveled together and returned together.

The house was large, so Jiang Li hired a cleaner to come for three hours every day.

In one month, the house structure was topped out.

They held a banquet right there at home.

Jiang Li used her financial power to hire the best hotel in the city to cater.

Some people just cannot stand seeing others do well, even going so far as to smear your reputation behind your back.

Despite their words, they still came to eat at the banquet.

They ate even more heartily than anyone else.

Seeing how grand the other family's house was, they also wanted to build one, so they planned to ask which mobile restaurant was providing the catering.

When the chef heard this, he replied, "We are from the Huandao Hotel."

"Huandao Hotel?"

The person who had been badmouthing Jiang Li behind her back heard 'Huandao Hotel' and looked utterly disbelieving.

"How is that possible? Huandao Hotel is the most expensive restaurant in the city, how could they be invited?"

Jiang Li heard this and said, "Sister-in-law, if you can't invite them, it doesn't mean I can't."

Li Can was startled by Jiang Li's voice, then heard her words, "Hey, Lili, what are you saying? Didn't I just think that my family will also be building a new house! Today's meal tasted so good, so I was thinking of inviting them too!"

Jiang Li showed no mercy, "Fine, Sister-in-law, I can give you the phone number of their boss." After saying that, she started to leave, but then seemed to recall something and turned back to say, "Oh right, Sister-in-law, I forgot to tell you, one banquet table costs one thousand yuan, you can go ahead and order!"

Li Can heard this, "What, one banquet table costs one thousand yuan? Today there were almost thirty tables! That's thirty thousand yuan. She only spent a hundred yuan, so Jiang Li won't make back the cost of this banquet table."

When she returned home, her daughter, Jiang Meng, approached her, "Mom, how was it today?"

"Jiang Meng, why aren't you as capable! Look at Jiang Li, she made a fortune outside and came back to build a villa. You two are the same age, why are you so useless!"

Jiang Mengna felt her mother was being completely unreasonable, "Mom, what's wrong with you? Are you going through menopause today!" After saying that, she ran out.

Li Can looked at her increasingly disobedient child and felt exhausted.

Before, her family was the one with the largest house in the village, a two-story building, but now!

After dealing with the people who spoke ill of her, Jiang Li stopped paying them any mind.

After all, no matter how much she defended the truth, it seemed useless; they would only become more gossipy and competitive. This seemed to be the current state of the village...