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Chapter 1049 - 548: The Nine-Level Platform Starts from the Piled Earth

Chapter 1049: Chapter 548: The Nine-Level Platform Starts from the Piled Earth

Yan Fei wanted to find someone at Sancha River Township to discuss the renting of a large piece of land on which to dig a river and build an island, but he figured it was nearly impossible to find anyone suitable for that. Asking Pang Fa and Heizi would definitely be like asking the way of the blind.

What advice could those two possibly offer? Just thinking about it gave him a headache. They might offer some constructive suggestions in terms of construction, as they were among the few in Sancha River Township who dared to think big. After all, it was all about building and fixing whatever came to mind.

However, these ’suggestions’ were of no use to Yan Fei at all.

After thinking, Yan Fei called his wife over and startled her with his plans, "I want to rent the land on the west side, starting from the side next to the road, and dig another river to create an island in the middle. What do you think?"

Xu Xiaoyan looked bewildered, "Which piece of land? Digging what river? Building an island where? This isn’t the seaside..."

Yan Fei simply took the confused girl out to the west end of the bridge, stood on the big stone stool, and started explaining to her—it wasn’t her fault for being confused; she didn’t think big, and besides, girls often find geographical concepts vague.

After a few words, Xu Xiaoyan finally caught on, and then she was carried away—she had already started imagining, once the island was built, aside from the cattle farm and the factory, planting the rest with flowers and grass—how beautiful would the scene be?

By the lush green riverside, she would nestle against a sunny young man, watching the sunset, the sky filled with a red glow, surrounded by vast fields of fiery red roses and tall gingko trees with their weeping branches. In the summer, the trees would provide cool shade with their green leaves, and in the autumn, the gingko leaves would turn yellow, like little yellow torches, igniting the colors of life in the fall...

"Hey, I’m talking to you," Yan Fei waved his hand in front of the girl’s face. "What are you daydreaming about? What are you thinking?"

"Ah?" The girl came back to reality, her face slightly red. "Oh, what you said sounds great! Build whatever you want, I think it’s good. But won’t this cost a lot? Do we have that much money?"

Yan Fei was speechless, considering this girl often helped manage their finances, yet she was unclear about how much money they had.

Well, there was a recent transaction he hadn’t clarified with her yet, "This time Chen Yingjun came over and brought five million. I didn’t tell you about this five million because the money’s origin was unclear. It wasn’t earned through hard work, and I hadn’t decided how to use it, so I didn’t mention it to you."

After explaining the origin of the extra five million, Miss Xu Xiaoyan felt the money wasn’t a problem, "How can the origin be unclear? That’s the feeding money earned by the tigers. You’ve been taking care of them with great effort, now why not let them contribute some feeding money?"

You have a point!

Yan Fei quickly moved on from the topic and discussed the next issue, "Don’t you think doing this is a bit too showy? Taking up such a big piece of land, it’s like being a big landlord..."

"What’s wrong with being a big landlord? It’s not like the old days. You earned the money with your ability, and you contracted the land yourself, how can anyone criticize that? They’re more likely to be envious! Besides, you’re doing a good deed. Didn’t you say that building this island would probably require investing all the money you’ve earned over the years? Isn’t that creating a source of income for the local people?"

Xu Xiaoyan had completely been captivated by the beautiful scenery she had imagined, confidently asserting, "Besides, look at the major disaster our township suffered this year. Building a big project like this would help everyone get through tough times—that’s a good thing!"

Thus, Yan Fei successfully gained the support of a willing listener to his ideas.

After that, he took the girl straight to the county town.

Fortunately, they managed to arrive on time, just as his parents were getting off work, or else they would have missed the family dinner.

Xu Xiaoyan went to the kitchen to help Yanfei’s mom while Yan Fei played with his younger brother, sharing his island building plans with him.

Wen Hai was currently holding a cigarette, feeling extremely conflicted—whether to smoke or not was a question, whether to go outside to smoke or to do so in front of his kids was another. Considering his eldest son was now a big boss and had never picked up this bad habit, setting a bad example might not be such a good idea. Especially since the little one was still growing, and the dangers of secondhand smoke are well known...

Caught in his dilemma, he suddenly heard Yan Fei say he wanted to lease several hundred acres to dig a river and build an island, and instantly, he stopped worrying about the cigarette—it just crumbled in his excitement.

Yet, he started to fret over something else; his son was now quite formidable, and it was thanks to him he basked in reflected glory. In the past, despite his efforts and hard work, his hopes for promotion had never materialized. But since his son’s business had grown bigger, he no longer aspired for any progress in his own job, and yet his career had started to go smoothly.

All this was due to his son. Otherwise, those haughty factory managers, who normally acknowledged his smoking as much as anything, wouldn’t be offering him cigarettes now, would they?

He remembered that time when the factory manager returned from a meeting in the city and coincidentally saw him cycling home, stopped specially by the roadside, offered him a cigarette, and began talking nonsensically—later, he found out that it was because Yan Fei had befriended the manager at a city business tea party...