"No need to eat, but I'm definitely not leaving. I'll be here with you all this time." Li Chao lit a cigarette, blew out a smoke ring to show off, and said with a smile.
"Brother Chao, is there something you need to stay with us for?" Xiang Yang asked.
Li Chao nodded. "I won't tell you the details. You'll know in a couple of days. You haven't been back for half a year. You should go home and take a look. By the way, Qinglongwan has changed a lot in the past six months. Do you want me to be your guide?"
Xiang Yang immediately laughed, "Brother Chao, stop joking. Qinglongwan is my home. Do I need you to be my guide?"
Li Chao shrugged and said with a smile: "Then go ahead."
Xiang Yang looked around suspiciously. The beach was still the same beach, but there seemed to be a wall on the left side near the village primary school, and the construction site on the right had turned into a building.
Other than that, nothing seems to have changed.
Um.
wrong.
Xiang Yang's eyes suddenly narrowed. "Where are my uncle's house and Village Chief Zuo's house?"
"Hey, Brother Yang, if you hadn't told me, I wouldn't have noticed. Really, how come Brother Zuo and Huizi's family are gone?" Fang Youqun asked puzzledly.
Xiang Yang and Fang Youqun looked at each other, their eyes full of confusion.
In the memories of Xiang Yang and Fang Youqun, there were several houses in Yanlong Village not far from the coast. Those houses could be seen from the Qinglongwan Wharf, but now they are gone.
"It was demolished a long time ago. As soon as you went out to sea, this place was planned as a scenic spot. Now the villagers have moved away long ago."
"Not only those villagers, but also your family, have all moved away." Li Chao said with a smile.
Xiang Yang's eyes narrowed. "Don't look like that. This is a good thing. It's the plan of Longcheng City. You have all become relocated households. In addition, you have been allocated additional residential land. Now you are all gathered on both sides of the road. This is what your village chief Zuo fought for himself. The unified two-story houses, the upper one is for accommodation, and the lower one can do some small business."
"Longcheng City Planning? Is there such a good thing?" Xiang Yang asked doubtfully.
"Well, you'll know if you go and take a look." Li Chao said with a smile.
Xiang Yang walked out to the beach with confusion.
On the outskirts of the beach, there is now a huge vegetation area with green grass and straight coconut trees.
"Are these green areas also planned by Longcheng?" Xiang Yang asked.
"These are not the ones. These were planted after I discussed with Village Chief Zuo. Every household in the village contributed money, and I also invested a lot. Do you want to reimburse me?" Li Chao said.
"Haha." Xiang Yang quickly crossed the green belt and continued walking forward.
Above the green belt is a wide asphalt road.
"This road? It's been expanded again?" Xiang Yang asked in surprise.
This road was the one that Xiang Yang funded and built, but the road Xiang Yang built was a tarred road, and it was far less wide than this one.
"Well, Longcheng has planned this place into a tourist area, so they have to allocate some money. Most of the money is on this road. It's quite impressive, isn't it?" Li Chao said with a smile.
Xiang Yang looked up and nodded, "There are actually street lights. It's really impressive."
On both sides of the road, there are many houses built next to each other. The houses are of different sizes. Each one is a new house, and it seems that many of them have been designed by designers and have beautiful appearances.
"These are the new houses in Yanlong Village. Now, except for this road, private construction is not allowed anywhere else, including the land you bought. It has also become commercial land. Although it is still yours, if you want to use it, you need to get approval from the higher authorities." Li Chao said.
Xiang Yang nodded. He thought this was a good idea, so he asked, "Which building is my home in?"
"Look, the one with big flower beds on both sides is your house." Li Chao said.
"What about my family? Oh my God, what happened in the village during the six months I was away? It feels like I have been away from the village for many years." Fang Youqun screamed at this time.
"Can't you call home and ask where your home is? How would Mr. Li know if you ask him?" Chen Qingsheng said unhappily.
Fang Youqun quickly took out his phone and said, "I'll call and ask."
Xiang Yang smiled and said, "Come on, accompany me to see my new home."
Xiang Yang walked downstairs to his home.
There is a large floor downstairs. Xiang Yang estimates that this floor may be about one or two hundred square meters.
Looking at the house again, although it is not tall, with only two floors, it is very long and has six large rolling doors. Now all six rolling doors are closed, and Xiang Yang doesn't know which one to go in.
"Captain, why is your house so big? There are six large rolling doors alone? Is it because your status in Yanlong Village is different, so you were allocated more residential land?" Chen Qingsheng asked.
Xiang Yang shrugged, "How would I know that?"
At this time, Zhang Qicheng smiled and said, "Brother Xiang does have a special status in Yanlong Village. Someone in the village originally suggested that your family build a big villa, but your father refused. This house is not entirely yours. There are three families here. The two doors on the far left belong to your family, the two in the middle belong to your eldest uncle, and the two on the far right belong to your second uncle. But now, your brother is the only one at home."
"My brother? You mean Xiang Hui? Then where are my parents?" Xiang Yang asked puzzledly.
"Your father's seafood purchasing business is getting bigger and bigger. He had his own stall in Liancheng three months ago. After that, your father simply moved to Liancheng. Later, your uncle also went to help. The business in Huhai Town was completely handed over to your brother." Zhang Qicheng said.
"So that's how it is."
Xiang Yang nodded, then looked up and shouted loudly: "Xiang Hui, Xiang Hui."
"Which one?" Xiang Hui's figure was heard above Xiang Yang's head. Then, an iron door on the second-floor balcony was opened. Xiang Hui walked out of the door and looked downstairs.
"Why are there so many people? Hey, brother, you're back?" Xiang Hui said in surprise.
Xiang Yang nodded.
"Brother, I'll come down and open the door. Just wait." After saying that, Xiang Hui turned around and ran back into the iron gate.
Less than a minute later, there was a movement from the rolling door in the middle. The door was opened and Fang Youqun rushed out.
"Brother, why didn't you call me when you came back? I could have informed my third uncle." Xiang Hui said with a complaining look on his face.
"If I could call you, would I need you to inform your third uncle?" Xiang Yang said with a smile.
Satellite phones require a dedicated mobile phone to make calls, because ordinary mobile phones do not support satellite frequencies.
In fact, even if Xiang Hui had a satellite phone, he would most likely not know that Xiang Yang had returned, because the satellite phone on Xiang Yang's ship had broken down when they encountered a snowstorm in Antarctica, and now all communication with the outside world depended on the radio.