I became a poor little sophora japonica in the courtyard

That evening, the family met at Kyoto Hotel. When Jingyi told them that she was invited to participate in the CCTV Spring Festival Gala, grandma and mom were very pleased.

"There's no need to watch over there every day as the building is being built. Why do you have to make yourself so hard?" Jingyi complained to them.

The two hadn't seen each other for a few months, and both had lost a lot of weight. Jingyi quickly used her thermos cup skills and poured each of them a cup of ginseng beard beauty tea.

"Now the construction unit is working overtime and trying hard to meet the deadline. Shouldn't I focus on the quality of construction and the safety of construction?" Tan Yali picked up the ginseng tea and took a sip, defending herself.

"Grandma, do you know architecture? Even if I lie in front of you, you won't be able to tell." Jingyi said with a pout.

"You underestimate your grandma! She studies very hard. She always consults experts and technicians whenever she has time. Now no one can fool her."

Lou Xiao'e stood up for her mother! Now, Tan Yali is fully committed to this five-star hotel project. Seeing this five-star hotel gradually taking shape, she is also full of energy.

"When the hotel is ready for use, hire a professional hotel management team from Hong Kong. You two stay at home and rest."

Jingyi had no way to deal with these two people. Especially since grandma Tan Yali was over 60 years old! Which old lady would go to the construction site every day?

"Don't blame us! While there are still a few months left, go renovate the house in Dongdan yourself. This way, our family won't have to live in a big hotel anymore."

Tan Yali got up and went to her room, took back a bunch of keys and threw them to her. Let her do it herself!

Now that the big villa in Dongdan belongs to me, of course I have to clean it up. From now on, those who can live in a villa within the second ring road of the city will be admired.

Jingyi plans to invite an interior design team from Hong Kong to come and carefully design and plan the villa. She estimates that she will have to travel between Hong Kong and the mainland in the future, and this villa will be her home.

The next day, Jingyi and her assistant Tingting went to visit the city. Over the past decade, the city has not changed much, except that there are many more people than before. Walking on Wangfujing Street, people are crowded everywhere.

People no longer have the sallow look they once had. Although their clothes still look old-fashioned, you won't see a single patched piece of clothing anywhere on the street. The mental outlook of every passerby has completely changed!

Purchasing power is much stronger than before! On the street, people are carrying the things they just bought. The various commodities in the shops are also dazzling.

At this time, you still need receipts to buy things. But they all exchanged for overseas remittance coupons, which have various receipts and can be used in major shopping malls and restaurants. Unlike foreign exchange coupons, which can only be used at designated friendship stores.

Here she no longer needs to wear sunglasses or masks when she goes out, and no one here knows her. Although she is so eye-catching when walking on the street, no one comes up to talk to her.

There is a quiet alley beside Wangfujing Street, and the former Lou Mansion is inside. This place is quiet in a bustling environment, and it will be the best geographical location in the future.

Jingyi and her assistant opened the gate of the villa and went in to take a look. The villa used to be magnificent, but now it has been ruined after more than ten years. Even the crystal lamps in the hall and the murals in the corridor have been taken away. There is not even a stool left in the furniture in each room.

But the villa is generally intact, and the white marble on the exterior wall still retains its original appearance. The front and back yards are now overgrown with weeds, and there is no trace of the flowers and plants that used to be there.

"Is this the house you lived in before? Looking at this building, which is full of the style of the Republic of China period, you can tell that it is quite old." The young assistant exclaimed.

"This is my grandparents' house, and now it belongs to me. I'll renovate it, and we'll live here when we come to Sijiu City next time." Jingyi replied proudly.

A week later, Jingyi asked Lou Qigang to hire an interior decoration design team at a high price and they came to Sijiu City.

A dozen people came, and they were good at both design and renovation. After measuring and inspecting the site, they came up with the design drawings within two days. The decoration style is avant-garde and fashionable!

Jingyi bought all kinds of decoration tools for them on the shopping platform, including the decoration materials they needed, all of which were bought from the most expensive brands on the shopping platform.

There are many styles and brands of things that even the design teams in Hong Kong have never seen, and they simply regard them as products from inland areas.

She also found a master carpenter among the skilled craftsmen who were renovating Prince Fu's Palace. This man's ancestors worked in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and specialized in making furniture for the Forbidden City. Now that the craftsmanship has been passed down to him, he has no place to put his skills to good use.

Jingyi is planning to build her own bedroom on the third floor of the villa. Both the interior and exterior are in Chinese style. She is planning to build a full set of Ming and Qing style furniture for herself, especially a step-out bed that must be made exquisitely. The whole set of furniture is made of Huanghuali wood!

She also asked her grandmother and mother if they needed it. Lou Xiao'e shook her head and declined, but Tan Yali was very interested in the step-out bed. Then make two sets of Ming and Qing furniture, and use small-leaf red sandalwood for grandma's set.

The old carpenter was taken to the Dongdan Villa to see the wood she had taken out. The old carpenter was very excited! He hadn't made such precious wood for decades. He made two sets in a row!

After the two sides agreed on the production price, the old carpenter and his apprentices immediately started production. All the furniture was made by hand with mortise and tenon joints, without any nails or glue. It took six months to make these two sets of Ming and Qing style furniture.

Since Chinese style furniture is used, some calligraphy and paintings should be hung, such as couplets in the central hall!

She went to the Sijiucheng Cultural Relics Store again. She didn't limit herself to the calligraphy and paintings of any person, she bought everything she saw. Shouldn't there be some decorations on the antique shelf? So she bought all the antiques and study ornaments.

When the country introduced the Cultural Relics Law in 1984, these things could no longer be purchased!

She paid in US dollars, and the manager of the antique shop wanted to give her the entire warehouse. At this time, the country needs foreign exchange so much!

That day, she took her assistant Tingting to the villa to check the progress of the renovation. Suddenly, she saw a person outside the iron fence of the villa, looking inside.

She walked to the gate of the villa and turned around to look. The man was none other than Sha Zhu. After not seeing him for more than ten years, Sha Zhu had some gray hair on his temples, but he hadn't changed much.

Why did he come here? Is he here to see Lou Xiao'e?

Jingyi suddenly realized the seriousness of the matter! Could it be that her mother was still in contact with Sha Zhu? But after thinking about it again, she felt that it was unlikely. Sha Zhu was obviously waiting here, and he didn't know Lou Xiao'e's whereabouts.

I will definitely talk to my mother when I return to Kyoto Hotel tonight. If I really want to find someone to marry, I definitely can't marry Sha Zhu. This Sha Zhu will never be able to get rid of the entanglement of the Jia family!

The main reason was that he was too obsessed with Qin Huairu, who was his lifelong love. Even though Lou Xiaoe had brought his son to see him, it still couldn't move the cinnabar mole in Sha Zhu's heart.

Anyway, this silly Zhu can't recognize her! She left Sijiucheng when she was five years old and is now twenty-one years old. This girl has changed a lot since she grew up, and no one in the whole courtyard will recognize her.

She just stretched out her hand to push open the gate of the villa, but unexpectedly, Sha Zhu followed closely and called out to them.

"Hello, young comrades! Is the landlord here?"

"Sir, what a joke! We are here to renovate someone's house. The owner is in Hong Kong and hasn't come over yet." Jingyi answered him in a mix of Mandarin and Cantonese.

"Is that so? Then do you know when the landlord will be back?" Sha Zhu looked disappointed after hearing this, but he was unwilling to give up and asked again.

"We are here to work too! How would we know who the landlord is?"

She didn't want to waste any more time with Sha Zhu. She waved her hand, and the two of them entered the gate of the villa. Sha Zhu stared at their backs in a daze, and watched them walk into the villa.

This beautiful girl gave him a familiar feeling, as if he had seen her somewhere before!

He looked away and sighed! Why hasn't Lou Xiao'e shown up yet? She didn't even come to watch over the renovations at home. If she doesn't have time to come, she can ask me for help!

Sha Zhu turned around and walked towards Nanluoguxiang! The family had been very noisy these past two days. The eldest son of the Yan family opened a Chunfeng restaurant and wanted to invite him to be the chef.

I really don't want to deal with the Yan family! That family is always calculating, and I despise such people the most.

But when Qin Huairu heard that the Yan family offered to pay 2,000 yuan a month for a kitchen, she actually agreed without even discussing it with herself. Now, she quarrels with me at home every day.