Chapter 1155

Yuan Liying didn't speak; she lifted her leg, stepped over the high threshold, and walked in.

Zhou Andong and An Jing carried the wheelchair, also carrying Comrade Old Zhou into the courtyard.

Everything had been repaired and painted with brand new paint.

The covered walkway was hung with a row of red lanterns, looking very festive.

Passing through the first courtyard, the view suddenly opened up.

Although it was already winter, with the pavilions, waterside structures, and various trees, one could still imagine what this courtyard would look like after spring arrived.

Zhou Andong pushed Old Zhou to the well, which had already been pressed down by a giant stone, with three antique characters carved on it: Lock Dragon Well.

The five-courtyard residence, the family toured for more than an hour, then came to the second-floor balcony of the back building, with the entire courtyard in full view.

"Son!" Yuan Liying said: "You should hire a nanny."

Zhou Andong laughed: "Mom, I think what you said makes a lot of sense. Why spend money to hire a nanny when you can do it yourself? So from now on, you'll be responsible for the cleaning at home."

"Smack!" Zhou Andong's head was patted, and Yuan Liying snorted: "Trying to work your old mother to death, aren't you?"

"Serves you right!" Seeing Jian Qiu scolded Zhou Andong and took Yuan Liying's arm: "Our family isn't short of the money for a nanny, and besides, hiring a nanny is also creating social value, giving someone a job."

Zhou Xiaoxin gripped the railing with both hands and said with great emotion: "Such a big courtyard, living in it with dozens or hundreds of people wouldn't be a problem."

The most excited was Lao Si: "Big Brother, can I have a room to myself?"

"Of course!" Zhou Andong hugged the little girl: "With so many rooms, you can pick whatever you want, live in whichever one you want."

"Yay!" Lao Si jumped up, cheering: "Great, I have my own room."

"You not only have your own room." Seeing Jian Qiu said with a smile: "You also have your own study, and sister has her own art studio. There's also a piano room; you'll learn piano in the future, or some other instrument, which can cultivate your temperament."

Zhou Andong looked down at Lao Si and laughed: "Getting fat enough to be a ball, and you're talking about temperament."

"Bad guy!" Lao Si hit Zhou Andong, shook off his hand, and ran to Seeing Jian Qiu's side: "I'm not friends with you anymore."

"Smack!" Seeing Jian Qiu also hit Zhou Andong: "Our family's Lao Si is so beautiful and cute, how can you not know how to talk at all."

"Exactly." Lao Si bared her teeth at Zhou Andong.

Zhou Andong rolled his eyes at her: "This Spring Festival, no matter how many people come, they'll all fit."

"Yes." Comrade Old Zhou's eyes were full of anticipation: "This year's New Year will definitely be very lively."

"By the way!" Zhou Andong asked An Jing: "Has the coal donated to the Central Academy of Fine Arts arrived?"

"I'm not clear about this." An Jing shook her head: "I'll ask."

"Everything here is renovated, we'll move in once we buy daily necessities, but we have to burn the boiler, otherwise we'll freeze to death."

Zhou Andong rubbed his hands, which were a bit stiff from the cold: "I was thinking about getting some coal from the Academy of Fine Arts now."

"That's no problem." An Jing said: "I'll say a word to Old An tonight, and we can arrange for a truck to deliver it tomorrow."

"Okay!" Zhou Andong said: "The boiler room is in the back garden, the coal can be transported in through the back small gate."

After saying that, Zhou Andong took out a cigarette and threw one to Wu Chao: "Dachao, those brothers who went to Xiangjiang this time, let them stay, don't go back to Jiangzhou. This courtyard, including the clubhouse in front, will need people when it opens in the future."

"Okay!" Wu Chao took the cigarette: "I'll give them instructions when I go back, and then notify President Yao."

"I'll take you to see the vault."

An Jing turned and entered the room, then went down to the first floor and came to the east room.

There was a heavy door on the floor, very similar to a safe door, with a password and a mechanical key.

"Old An pulled strings to get this, it's the same security level as a bank."

"The password is six ones, you can change it yourself later." Then, An Jing took two keys out of her bag: "These are the keys."

Zhou Andong took the keys, inserted them into the keyhole, then turned the combination lock, aligned the password, and with a twist of the key, the door opened a crack with a click.

The door wasn't big, but it was a bit heavy. Zhou Andong lifted it, and a staircase appeared.

An Jing pressed the switch on the wall next to it, and the lights inside turned on.

"Let's go down and take a look."

Zhou Andong bent his waist slightly and walked down the stairs, An Jing supporting Seeing Jian Qiu following behind.

Then came Yuan Liying and Lao Si, and finally Wu Chao carrying Old Zhou.

Down inside, the entire space was very large. Zhou Andong said 150 or 160 square meters would be enough.

But it looked like it could be over 300 square meters, with many antique shelves inside, and many things had already been placed on them.

"Are these all antiques?" Comrade Old Zhou widened his eyes, looking at this and that.

"Yes!"

Zhou Andong picked up a bottle; he didn't know which era it was from, but it looked very good.

Old Zhou also picked up a bowl; although he didn't understand it either, he looked at it very carefully.

Yuan Liying said: "Buying so many, it must have cost a lot of money."

"Not that much." Zhou Andong gave a perfunctory reply; if he told the truth, Yuan Liying would start nagging again.

"It's worth whatever it costs." Old Zhou carefully put down the bowl in his hand and picked up a plate: "Gold in troubled times, antiques in prosperous times, these things will become more and more valuable."

Wu Chao looked at so many antiques and said with some worry: "Let the brothers come over tonight."

"Not in a rush for these few days." Zhou Andong waved his hand: "The boiler hasn't been burned yet, it's too cold."

"What's a little cold." Wu Chao insisted: "Must come over tonight."

Zhou Andong wanted to say something else, but An Jing took over the conversation: "I'll go to the Academy of Fine Arts right now and have them send some coal over first."

Zhou Andong said: "The coal is sent over, who will burn it."

"Let them burn it themselves." Wu Chao said: "No matter how good the anti-theft measures are, it's impossible to guard against a real expert."

"Fine!" Zhou Andong nodded in agreement.

The family stayed in the vault for a long time before going up. An Jing left directly to go to the Academy of Fine Arts for coal.

Yuan Liying and Old Zhou couldn't bear to leave and toured around again before giving up.

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Ganzhou, City Government!

Vice Mayor Liu Zhengming stood in front of his office window, watching the endless stream of people on the street outside, his eyes a bit distant.

He had been in office for more than a year; nominally in charge of mining safety, in fact, he couldn't get his hands on anything.

But as long as he was willing, whether it was money or sex, plenty of people would take the initiative to send it to him.

Moreover, as long as he reached out, all difficulties would disappear without a trace, and there would be no more resistance in his work.

But, whether he accepted it or not, he knew very well in his heart.

His existence was actually just to be a scapegoat.