Chapter 399: Enemies on a Narrow Road

Early the next morning, Ye Chen's family of four finished breakfast and drove directly to the furniture mall.

Ma Lan thought about it all night, but couldn't think of how to get the money out of Xiao Changkun's bank account. Seeing that she was about to spend money, she was anxious and scratching her heart and lungs.

Meanwhile, Old Mrs. Xiao's family of four also got up early.

After finishing breakfast, the cargo truck arrived. The workers moved the Xiao family's yellow pear furniture onto the truck, and then drove to the furniture mall with the Xiao family.

In the west of Jin Ling, there is a huge furniture mall, where almost all the merchants selling furniture in Jin Ling are concentrated.

There are all kinds of high, medium, and low-end furniture here, which can be said to be the best place to set up furniture.

Xiao Changkun himself has been influenced by Old Master Xiao, especially likes antiques, not only likes to flip antiques and cultural relics, but also likes old furniture, especially old furniture made of good wood.

He has always liked the set of yellow pear furniture in the Xiao family villa, but it is impossible for that thing to be left to him, so he can only think about it.

Because he likes old wooden furniture, Xiao Changkun went straight to the wooden furniture hall of the furniture mall as soon as he arrived.

Ma Lan's face sank as soon as she saw him go straight to the wooden furniture hall, blurted out: "Xiao Changkun, you are not allowed to buy a pile of rotten wood furniture home! Our family is a luxury villa with luxury decoration, if you want to buy, buy that kind of European luxury furniture, that kind of wooden furniture, both earthy and expensive, and uncomfortable to sit on, absolutely cannot buy!"

"What do you know?" Xiao Changkun said disdainfully: "Chinese furniture is about

Ma Lan blurted out: "We both went to the same university; do you think your education is higher than mine?"

Xiao Changkun waved his hand: "This kind of culture refers to depth; I can't explain it to you."

After saying this, he turned to Ye Chen and said: "Good son-in-law, if we can manage to pick up a set of yellow rosewood furniture, today won't have been a wasted trip!"

Ye Chen nodded indifferently and said: "As long as you like it, Dad."

Seeing that Xiao Changkun was ignoring her, Ma Lan stomped her feet in anger. Usually, she would have exploded by now, but she didn't dare to lash out at him casually at the moment. After all, she didn't have a single cent to her name, and wouldn't it be too passive to fall out with him now?

So she could only pull Xiao Churan aside and said: "Churan, persuade your father not to buy that kind of impractical wooden furniture. It's expensive and ugly; what's the point? Wouldn't it be better to keep a few hundred thousand in the bank for a rainy day?"

Xiao Churan said helplessly: "Mom, since Ye Chen has already given Dad full authority over that money, let's not interfere."

"You child, why aren't you on my side at all?" Ma Lan hadn't expected Xiao Churan to be so unaligned with her, and she felt miserable with anger.

Xiao Churan said earnestly: "Mom, you lost so much money playing cards; you should learn your lesson and settle down. Since it was agreed that Dad would manage the money, we must respect his choices."

Ma Lan felt as if there was a fishbone stuck in her throat; she was as uncomfortable as could be.

At this moment, Xiao Changkun walked straight into a shop called "Home of Rosewood." This shop specialized in yellow rosewood furniture and was quite famous in Jin Ling.

As soon as they entered, a sales clerk came up and asked enthusiastically: "What would you all like to look at?"

Xiao Changkun said: "I want to look at rosewood furniture for the living room."

The clerk hurriedly asked: "Then may I ask how big your living room is?"

Xiao Changkun said: "About a hundred square meters or so!"

"A living room of over a hundred square meters?!" The clerk was dumbfounded after hearing this and blurted out: "Isn't that too big?"

Xiao Changkun chuckled and said: "In the largest villa layout at Tang Chen, could the living room be small?"

The clerk's eyes were filled with shock, and she hurriedly said: "Sir, with such a large living room, you'll have to buy quite a bit of furniture so it doesn't look too empty!"

As she spoke, the clerk hurriedly led him to a set of yellow rosewood sofas and introduced them: "Sir, this 3+2+2+1 yellow rosewood sofa set is custom-designed for villa clients. It seats eight people in total, so you can accommodate guests at home; it's very grand."

Xiao Changkun stepped forward and touched the armrest of the sofa. The smooth, oily feel made him very satisfied, and he asked curiously: "What's the price for this set?"

The other party said: "Sir, this is Hainan yellow rosewood, top-quality wood, and it's old material. If you like it, we can give you a cost price: one million nine hundred and eighty thousand in total!"

"Whoa!" Xiao Changkun was startled and said: "That's quite expensive!"

The other party explained: "This is Hainan material, good material, so the price is naturally higher. However, your large villa at Tang Chen is worth at least a hundred million; such a luxurious villa deserves a sofa set like this to be appropriate!"

Ma Lan frowned from the side and said: "What kind of ghost sofa is this? One set costs nearly two million. After buying this, the whole family might as well just sleep on the sofa!"

Xiao Changkun glared at her, then said somewhat awkwardly: "This set is way over budget. Do you have anything cheaper? For example, Burmese rosewood; isn't the price much lower than the Hainan one?"

The clerk said: "A set of Burmese rosewood also costs about a million, and we don't have any in stock right now."

After finishing, the clerk added: "Those who play with rosewood mostly still prefer Hainan material; Burmese material is really not quite up to standard."

Xiao Changkun smacked his lips, feeling a bit regretful inside.

Spending nearly two million on a sofa set was clearly way over budget.

After all, the family wasn't just buying a sofa set; they also needed to buy other furniture and appliances for the living room, furniture for at least two bedrooms, dining room furniture, and appliances for the rooms.

The bedroom and dining room furniture didn't have to be that high-end, but he needed to reserve at least a few hundred thousand, so if he wanted to buy a good sofa, his budget couldn't exceed one million four hundred thousand.

So he hurriedly asked the clerk: "If I order a set made of Burmese material, how long will it take to deliver?"

"This..." The other party thought for a moment and said: "It will take at least a month. You know, sourcing this kind of wood is quite troublesome. Once the wood comes in, it has to be sent to the processing plant, and after it's finished, it has to be shipped to Jin Ling. The time cycle is still quite long."

"That's too long..."

Xiao Changkun thought to himself, it wouldn't do for the family to move in and not even have a sofa in the living room, right?

It seemed he would have to go look at some other, cheaper sofas.

Just as he was thinking this, he suddenly heard a familiar voice say: "Is the boss in? Do you buy second-hand old furniture? Hainan yellow rosewood!"

Xiao Changkun turned his head subconsciously and suddenly locked eyes with his older brother, Xiao Changgan, who was walking into the shop.

Xiao Changgan didn't expect to run into Xiao Changkun's family here. Thinking of his own current down-and-out state, he almost subconsciously wanted to turn around and leave.

At this moment, a man suddenly walked out of the shop, looked at Xiao Changkun, and hurriedly asked in a loud voice: "Are you the one who said you wanted to sell Hainan yellow rosewood furniture?"