After breakfast, Feng Yi sat on a chair beside the landscape pool and pondered. In fact, if you feel it carefully now, you do feel that there is a subtle feeling of change.
Maybe it was really as the butler said, and one day when he woke up, the tail appeared before his eyes.
Feng Yi picked up the fish food handed to him by Xiao Bing and fed it to the koi in the pond, while thinking about what he should do after the tail came out.
Chef Xiao Bing handed the fish food to Feng Yi and was about to go to the kitchen to prepare the ingredients when the housekeeper called him. Then the two of them began a serious discussion about whether it was necessary to adjust the proportions of Feng Yi's three meals.
Feng Yi scattered the fish food absentmindedly. The amount for each time was calculated by Xiao Bing, and he just had to scatter it all.
The cell phone rang. Feng Yi wiped his hands, picked up the phone and saw that the caller was Lu Yue.
"Brother Lu?"
"I'm in Yangcheng, hahaha!"
Lu Yue's laughter sounded so familiar, as if they were old friends.
Feng Yi's alert antenna began to crackle.
Are we that familiar with each other
Business is business, but as for personal relationship, we are not that close, right
Based on Feng Yi's understanding of Lu Yue, even if Lu Yue came to Yangcheng, he would have achieved Lu Yue's goal by calling him out to find a place to have a drink and chat for a while to maintain their friendship. But Lu Yue's sudden tone made Feng Yi alert.
Lu Yue continued:
"Ha! I heard that you live in Luhai, so I came here specially! I wonder if I have the honor to visit your new house today?"
Lu Yue also heard Feng Yi's name from a friend by chance, and then he asked someone to look it up himself. He really didn't expect that Feng Yi could be related to the Feng family in Yangcheng!
Although it seems that the two sides have severed their relationship, the fact that Feng Yi was able to inherit Lu Hai's house shows that there are still other people supporting Feng Yi. The original owner of the house that Feng Yi inherited was also surnamed Feng.
From a businessman's perspective, Feng Yi's own value is greater than before!
"You're welcome. Brother Lu, just come over. I'm at home." Feng Yi replied with a smile.
"Okay! I'll bring you two bottles of good wine! Let's have a couple of drinks... Oh, I have a friend who wants to meet you. His name is Bai Lu. Do you know him? His family is also very famous in Yangcheng. They run a catering business..."
Feng Yi heard about Bai Lu from Feng Chi. Bai Lu's family was in the catering business, and it was very big. The Yangcheng Catering King was referring to his father.
Feng Chi has complained about Bai Lu. Bai Lu is an okay person, but he is rather superstitious and a little silly. He is completely different from his father and brother. To put it simply and straightforwardly, his brother and father are responsible for business, and he is only responsible for eating.
"I've heard of it. Bring him along."
After finishing the call with Lu Yue, Feng Yi told the housekeeper that there would be guests arriving later and asked if there was anything he needed to pay attention to.
"The second floor above ground and the second floor underground, everything beyond these two floors, can be seen by outsiders."
The butler asked about the number of visitors, their ages and personalities, and then made a detailed reception plan, so Feng Yi didn't need to worry about anything.
After a while, Lu Yue called again.
"Are you still taking appraisal jobs now?" Lu Yue asked.
Feng Yi became excited when he heard about the appraisal business.
"Take it! I am now certified and have obtained the appraiser qualification certificate. I can do formal appraisals!"
"Wow! You're so efficient that you even got a certificate!"
Lu Yue was very surprised that Feng Yi had obtained the appraisal qualification certificate after only being in Yangcheng for a few days!
However, this also proves that Feng Yi is indeed capable, and he will have a clear path forward for future appraisals. If he asks Feng Yi to do the appraisal again, those people in the group will not strongly object.
"It's like this. Bai Lu's father heard me talk about your appraisal. Just now he heard Bai Lu say that he was coming to see you. He suddenly decided to ask you to identify something, so he asked me to ask. If you answer, is it convenient for you now? He happens to have time."
"convenient!"
An hour later, Lu Yue brought Bai Lu over, arriving at the same time as Bai Lu's father.
Bai Lu's eyes were filled with enthusiasm as if he had successfully chased a star. He stepped past Lu Yue and came to Feng Yi. He smiled warmly on his chubby face and extended his hand. "Hello, Brother Yi! I'm Bai Lu! I've admired your family for a long time!"
Feng Yi:
Have you long admired our "home"
Looking at Bai Lu again, he was holding Feng Yi's hand, but his eyes were looking elsewhere.
Feng Yi understood that this person also came to see the house.
The person walking up behind Bai Lu was Bai Lu’s father, the catering tycoon of Yangcheng, named Bai Youwei.
Bai Youwei, who is nearly 50 years old, is thin but ruddy-faced, with thick hair that can surpass 90% of his peers.
"You guys go and talk about business first, don't worry about us. Brother Yi, can I... go for a walk?"
Bai Lu was full of curiosity about this place.
He also knew several people who lived in the Luhai Villa District and had visited the community before, but each house and each courtyard had its own style and was very worth studying.
The apartment that Feng Yi lives in is the one he has always been curious about, and now he finally has the chance to see it.
Lu Yue also gestured to Feng Yi, telling him to go back to work on his business while he and Bai Lu strolled around the courtyard first.
Feng Yi took Bai Youwei to a more private meeting room next door.
Lu Yue and Bai Lu were walking in the courtyard.
Seeing the koi pond, Bai Lu's eyes suddenly lit up, "I'll go take a picture!"
Lu Yue has no interest in fish. Even if he buys koi, it's just to show off. He buys whatever others say is better, more expensive, or has certain colors and patterns, but he actually has no real interest in it.
Walk around the courtyard and observe every design.
In Lu Yue's opinion, the "expensiveness" of Luhai lies in its added value. The rest depends on what the house owners think.
The decoration can fully reflect the owner's taste, but here, he couldn't understand it.
Many designs did not seem to be without purpose, but he just couldn't understand it. They seemed to be arranged randomly, but also seemed to contain a mystery.
"interesting."
After Lu Yue looked around, he didn't see Bai Lu coming over. He walked over and saw that Bai Lu was still squatting in the koi pond!
"Haven't you finished yet?" Lu Yue walked over and took a quick look. He didn't see anything special about these koi.
He heard that these were the fish that Feng Yi caught in the flower and bird market, the kind that cost ten yuan each.
Bai Lu followed the swimming koi fish and exclaimed, "These fish are growing so well!"
As he said this he wiped his saliva.
Lu Yue: "... You have ideas about such a small fish?"
How big can a few koi carps that cost ten yuan be
Besides, how delicious can koi be? Isn't it just an ornamental fish
Bai Lu was still squatting there. Hearing Lu Yue's words, he waved his hands and spit, "Brother Yue, you don't understand! His fish are really well raised! Especially... smart!"
Lu Yue glanced at the pool again. He couldn't tell.
In Lu Yue's impression, fish don't have very good brains. What's so smart about it
Bai Lu firmly believed in his opinion, "There must be some special selection techniques! Although these are priced at ten yuan each, it's like finding a bargain on antiques! My brother Yi picked them out!"
Lu Yue: “…”
You're called “my Brother Yi” so soon
However, as Bai Lu's family runs a catering business, even if he doesn't have a talent for business, maybe he's better at identifying fish? The fish really looks good
Lu Yue thought about the added value here and said, "The fish grow well, maybe because the environment here is good and more suitable for them to survive."
Bai Lu nodded vigorously in agreement, "Yes! That must be the case! This place has good feng shui! I just wonder if there is anything special about it."
"Don't be superstitious. To put it bluntly, it's an environmental advantage! You're still young, don't believe in Feng Shui. Air, water vapor, soil, microorganisms and so on, haven't science experts analyzed them before?" Lu Yue advised.
"They all mean the same thing!" Bai Lu stood up and looked at the other arrangements in the courtyard.
However, after looking around, Bai Lu was also confused.
“The layout of this courtyard…”
"You don't understand?" Lu Yue laughed, "I don't understand either."
"That's right, you don't understand! You must have asked an expert for guidance!"
Bai Lu continued speaking with an excited look on his face.
"For example, the stone road next to it, I am embarrassed to call them stones. Who would use that kind of stone to pave a stone road? The size, shape, angle, texture, every one of them is not in line with the public's aesthetic point! But it is precisely this kind of indescribable aesthetic, combined together, that makes people feel mysterious! Don't you think so?"
Lu Yue: “…”
Although he had known Bai Lu for a short time, he knew that Bai Lu was an easy person to understand. He had no bad intentions and was enthusiastic when they were together, but he was very superstitious!
If it were someone else in a different place, Bai Lu would definitely spit shit out of him when he saw this design. But here, all the incomprehensible and indescribable places became extremely mysterious in his eyes.
Double standards must be open and aboveboard.
To put it simply, Bai Lu is a die-hard fan of Lu Hai and firmly believes that this place has good feng shui and is very special.
To exaggerate a little, even if there was only a grass carp here, he could blow it out into golden light!
Bai Lu tapped his palm and said, "I understand! Koi! My brother Yi must have had a purpose when he picked the koi! He bought them just to set up the koi formation!"
Lu Yue: “…”
"This can't be done easily! Believe it or not, if I ask Brother Yi to buy a few koi fish, he will definitely not sell them!"
Lu Yue: "I don't believe it."
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Inside the house, in the relatively private reception room.
Bai Youwei turned the snake pattern ring on his finger with a faint smile on his face, seeming friendly but with a hint of pressure.
"I heard that you are very talented in identifying snake products! So I would like to ask you to help identify a snake bone bracelet left by my father..."
Feng Yi took out his toolbox and prepared to get to work.
After passing the qualification exam, he prepared a set of more professional equipment for himself, which was more convenient for him to show off. He even had his initials engraved on the box.
While listening to the story told by Boss Bai Youwei, he took out the white gloves used by appraisers in a very ceremonial manner.
Getting ready to put it on.
Bai Youwei lifted his sleeves and took off a bracelet shaped like snake bones from his arm.
The bracelet was quite long and was wrapped around the arm several times. After being taken off, it was spread out on the table.
White and soft luster, wild design.
Feng Yi stared at it for a moment.
He took off the half-worn gloves and put on a polite business smile.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Bai, jade identification is not my specialty."