Shanhai Town is planned by the city to be built into a tourist attraction, so it needs to be completely renovated and the relocation of houses is a matter of time.
The city's policy benefits were good. In addition to housing compensation and demolition compensation, it also provided some job vacancies in the town. After the establishment of a tourist attraction, some staff responsible for daily management are always needed. Recruiting nearby is the best. This made those who still had some objections calm down and prepare to move calmly.
The city sent special personnel to conduct an investigation and survey and began to prepare for the town’s relocation project.
Anyone doing demolition work is worried about encountering stubborn households. There are not many people in Shanhai Town, and the people are honest and sincere. As long as the compensation is handled properly, there will generally be no problem. The one that the city is most worried about is the Bai family.
The things in the Bai family's old house were originally protected by a special permit from the capital. Although they were sealed in the 1960s, no one was allowed to enter. Although the wooden buildings inside look shabby, they are all old items from more than a hundred years ago. To put it bluntly, they are antiques. How can they be moved? It gives me a headache just thinking about it.
The city leaders were afraid that Mr. Bai would not agree, so they went there in person. However, Mr. Bai waved his hand and said to them, "You young people nowadays think too much! I have worked for the country for a lifetime, so I will definitely be the first to support it! Just follow the normal operation, and you don't have to worry about me. Just cooperate with me fully."
With his words, the city leaders were relieved. When talking about the compensation, because the amount was too large, they wanted to discuss compensation in the form of a piece of residential land. Mr. Bai nodded in agreement. He was not short of money, and having an extra piece of land would not be bad.
The city was very happy, and Mr. Bai was also satisfied. The two mountains behind were not moved, and the residential area of the Bai family had doubled slightly. Although it was not as quiet as before, it was still convenient to live in the town. After the expansion of the old house, the area was larger, and trees were planted around it. There was also a moat around it, which was completely quiet in the bustling city, and it was no worse than before.
Although Mr. Bai agreed, the younger generations did not dare to ask him to give up the old house.
Luo Jiangjing knew that Mr. Bai valued this old house. She and her husband would come back to live here for a few days every year. Mr. Bai would visit his deceased wife's grave and eat vegetarian food for a few days. It has become a habit over the years. She works in the real estate industry, so it is convenient for her to do these demolition and reconstruction work. The company has a professional team that can better dismantle the wooden building, transport it over, and rebuild it at the same time.
She was worried about other people, so she asked Mi Zehai to bring engineers to survey the place, intending to move there intact.
Most of the Bai family's old house is made of wood and no iron nails are used. As long as you are careful, the technical requirements for the replica can be met. In addition, some stone lions, stone screens and other large trees in the courtyard can also be moved over, and everything possible should be done to keep the original appearance unchanged.
Yonezawa personally brought people to discuss this with Mr. Bai, and made detailed plans for this part. Mr. Bai was very happy to hear that things could be moved over, and asked, "Can everything be moved? Let's move the trees in the backyard as well. There are two persimmon trees and a fig tree, which were planted by my wife herself. I feel like something is missing if I don't eat two fruits every autumn."
Yonezawa Kaido said, "Of course, there's no problem with the trees. We'll plant them for you. This is the preliminary plan for the house. Please take a look and tell us what you want to do. We'll start construction once everything is planned out. It'll be completely up to your wishes."
Old Bai took a look at the blueprint, then waved Bai Luochuan over to look at it with him for a while and discussed it in a low voice. Old Bai was always decisive in his work, but he also doted on his only grandson. Even for such an important matter as moving house, he did not look down on Bai Luochuan because of his young age. He even circled Bai Luochuan's words with a red pen when he pointed them out. Whatever he wanted, the old man would nod and give it to him.
After Bai Luochuan selected the stables and the garden, Bai Lao asked him, "Okay, is there anything else you want?"
Bai Luochuan thought for a while and said, "I want to take the drawings back and think about it tonight."
Bai Lao nodded in agreement, gave him the blueprint, and said to him: "Take it back and look at it for a few more days. Don't worry, Grandpa will wait for you."
After Bai Luochuan left, the engineers brought by Mi Zehai did not say much, but another architect could not help looking at the direction of the door. He had just returned from abroad and had not worked in the company for as many years as Mi Zehai and the others. He did not know this young master Bai very well. He was just a little surprised to see an old man doting on his grandson so much - and there was also some envy in it. In his opinion, such a huge fortune was just like a thing for the young master to play with at will.
After leaving the Bai family's old house, the architect couldn't help but look back at the large house and sighed softly, "This is really the first time I've seen such a large house. If I sell it in the prime location of Shanghai, it can be exchanged for a few nice penthouses with swimming pools. The old man is really willing to give it away. It's like giving it to the young master."
Yonezawa Kaido: “More than that.”
The young man was stunned for a moment and said, "Is there more?"
Mi Zehai said with a smile: "Looking back from here, the two mountains behind are all, in addition to the ones in Shanhai Town, what Mr. Luo in Shanghai has worked hard for... In the future, they will all be taken over by the young master."
The young man smacked his lips and said, "What a huge sum of money this is." Thinking back to the appearance of Young Master Bai just now, he now wished that his whole body was inlaid with diamonds so that they would glow automatically when he walked.
Bai Luochuan took the blueprint and went back upstairs. Mi Yang was taking a nap in his bedroom. His face was rosy and he looked very healthy. He woke him up quietly by the bed and asked him to get up and look at the blueprint with him. "I plan to build a stable here and expand the garden, but I think there is something missing. Can you help me check it out?"
Mi Yang rubbed his eyes and looked for a while, then he realized after listening to Bai Luochuan talking to him that it was the new blueprint for the relocation and reconstruction of the Bai family's old house. This had never happened in the previous life. The old house had never been moved, but Bai Luochuan had renovated a lot of things here. He even took Mi Yang on a special tour at that time. Mi Yang pointed out a few places he remembered to him and gave some earthquake prevention suggestions.
After all, these designs were the ideas of Bai Luochuan as an adult, which were much more brilliant than those of the current teenager Bai Shaoye. Moreover, they were the same person with very similar ideas and aesthetics. After talking for a while, the current teenager Bai Luochuan kept nodding his head to show his approval.
Master Bai said with satisfaction: "You think the same as I do, just add these, and let Grandpa discuss the rest with them."
Mi Yang was sitting on the bed, with a life-sized teddy bear next to him, which was given to Bai Luochuan by someone else on his birthday two days ago. Mi Yang found it comfortable to hold and used it as a pillow when he slept. Now, hearing that he was satisfied, he also sat there and smiled with his eyes curved.
Bai Luochuan felt itchy and touched his cheek, pinching his earlobe, "Little cutie?"
Mi Yang looked up at him with complete trust.
Bai Luochuan pinched his earlobe again and said with a smile: "Let's come back next time and raise fish in the pond together, okay? I'll buy a lot of koi and plant some lotus flowers. It will definitely be beautiful."
Mi Yang thought of the pond he had built before. When Bai Luochuan took him there for the first visit, he stood in the pavilion with him and asked him with a bit of pride: "How is it? Is this pond I built okay? There are only lotus leaves now. I'll let you enjoy the fish for now. I'll invite you to see the lotus flowers and have a fish feast in June..."
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Bai Luochuan waved his palm in front of his eyes twice and asked curiously, "Xiaoguai, what are you thinking about?"
Mi Yang blinked, looked at the young man in front of him who still had a bit of immaturity, and smiled: "How about raising some other fish? In the summer, you can watch the lotus flowers in the pavilion and have a fish feast."
Bai Luochuan pinched the tip of his nose and said, "Greedy ghost."
Having said this, he still lowered his head and marked it with a red pen, carefully making annotations.
The Bai family's relocation went smoothly, and the city also sent special people to other people's homes in the town to actively work with them.
When Mi Zehai returned home, he happened to see someone coming out of Mi Hong's courtyard. Mi Hong was relatively calm and did not see the guest off, but he did not welcome him either.
The person who came out knew Mi Zehai. They had met before at Bai's house. It was a little awkward at this moment, but they smiled helplessly at each other and hid the estrangement. The other party whispered: "We are also working. There is really no other way..."
Yonezawa Hai nodded, but couldn't say anything and felt bad.
He sent these people away, went to the kitchen to cook as usual, opened a bottle of wine, put it on the small table, and called Mi Hong to eat together. The two of them sat there and had a drink.
Mi Hong drank a small glass of white wine and said to him while eating the food: "The cooking temperature of this stuffed meat is not right. It was taken out of the pot too late and simmered for too long."
Yonezawa Hai responded: "I'll pay attention next time."
Mi Hong took another bite and said slowly, "Cooking is like being a person. If you have something on your mind, you can't keep putting it off." He looked at Mi Zehai pouring wine into his small wine glass and suddenly said, "Am I making things difficult for you?"
Yonezawa poured a little too much wine, and some of it spilled. He quickly wiped it clean and shook his head, "No."
Mi Hong looked at him and said nothing.
Mi Zehai's eyes were sore, and he said softly: "Dad, if you really don't want to move, I will apply for it again..."
Mi Hong interrupted him and said, "Apply to move out a few days later? Forget it, it doesn't make any sense."
The father and son finished their meal in silence. Mi Zehai was about to clean up, but Mi Hong stopped him and said, "No hurry, come with me for a walk."
The old man hadn't stepped out of the yard for a long time. When Mi Zehai heard this, he naturally hurried to catch up with him.
Mi Hong walked a long way without saying much to his son on the way. The father and son were half a step apart. One was old enough to walk with a bent back, while the other was in the prime of life. Even after sitting in the office for a long time, he still maintained the walking posture of an army soldier, upright and straight.
Mi Hong took him to a forest at the foot of the mountain, where there was a patch of lush camphor trees with flourishing branches and leaves. Walking under the trees, one could smell a faint fragrance.
Mi Hong was walking in the woods and talking to his son: "You should thank the people who came today when you saw them. The one following behind is Captain Wang of the search and rescue team, the one who went up the mountain to save Yangyang... It took a lot of thought to find this person to be a lobbyist." His tone was calm, and he was not annoyed even though he saw through everything, as if he was stating a fact.
Mi Zehai's throat rolled twice and he shouted "Dad".
Mi Hong walked slowly and said to him, "I worked as a forest ranger here when I was young. At that time, I brought your mother to Shanhai Town and guarded this camphor forest. I brought you here when you were a child, but you probably don't have any impression. In fact, I am not a local. I accompanied your mother to look for a long time before we came here and settled down here. A few years later, I adopted you." He patted a sturdy camphor tree next to him, looked up at its crown and said, "You don't know? This forest is actually the dowry your mother saved when she was a child. We used to have a custom here that from the moment a girl was born, a forest of trees would be planted so that she could have a dowry when she got married. But now it's all public property."
He was silent for a long time, then he sighed and said, "When your mother was in good health, I often brought her here to walk around and look around."
Mi Zehai didn't dare to speak, his heart was aching.
Mi Hong looked at the trees around him with reluctance in his eyes and asked him, "Will you keep this forest at the foot of the mountain?"
Yonezawa Kaido: “Stay.”
Mi Hong asked again: "Can I apply to stay here as a forest ranger?"
Yonezawa choked up and said, "Well, I'll apply for you."
Mi Hong nodded and said, "I have already signed the relocation agreement. It is on the table. You can give it to them later."
Mi Zehai followed him and agreed, but Mi Hong didn't let him follow anymore, waving his hand and said, "You go, I want to stay here alone for a while."
Mi Zehai stopped walking with red eyes and said in a hoarse voice: "Hey."
Mi Hong gradually walked farther away, his steps were much slower than when he was young, but still steady and powerful. He stroked the tree trunks from time to time, and was very familiar with every tree here. He walked along the way, looked along the way, patted the tree trunks and laughed, saying: "Guizhi, I'm guarding for you, I'm not going anywhere."
He said, “I’m right here with you.”
The author has something to say: The second update is finished! Good night everyone~