A layman in the courtyard

Chapter 103
Early the next morning, after breakfast, I arranged for the three little ones to take care of my baby.

Cao Zhihua took Lou Xiao'e and Chen Xueru, Lou Bancheng took the fourth-fang wife, and they just set off for Repulse Bay in two cars.

Repulse Bay is located south of Victoria Peak on Hong Kong Island. It is surrounded by mountains and the sea. The bay is crescent-shaped. It is known as "the best bay in the world" and is also known as "Oriental Hawaii". It is the most representative bay in Hong Kong.Repulse Bay has a long and gentle beach with calm waves, clear water and fine sand. The beach is wide, clean and shallow, and it is warm in winter and cool in summer. The water temperature is between 27 degrees Celsius and [-] degrees Celsius.

There is a row of commercial areas on the seaside, with convenience stores and various restaurants. The convenience stores can meet basic shopping needs, and various restaurants can solve the problem of eating well.

The taste of Hong Kong tea is pretty good, not unpleasant. Most of the restaurants here are foreign restaurants, the owners are foreigners, and the dishes provided are mainly Western-style.

When they arrived at Repulse Bay, Lou Bancheng and Cao Zhihua separated, and each took their women to look at houses and play along Repulse Bay Road.

Lou Xiao'e and Chen Xueru grew up in Sijiucheng. They have never experienced such an environment surrounded by mountains and seas. Now they are completely fascinated by the subtropical island scenery.

Cao Zhihua took Lou Xiao'e and Chen Xueru to play at the beach for an hour.Chen Xueru and Lou Xiao'e said:
"Zhihua, are you saying we plan to buy a house here? I like it so much."

"Yes, Zhihua, if I buy the house here, I can come to the beach with Xueru to swim every day."

Cao Zhihua actually fell in love with the apartment at the top of Repulse Bay Road at a glance, No. 89 Repulse Bay, so he said:

"What do you think about us buying the apartment at the top?"

Lou Xiao'e took a look and saw that the house was a bit far from the beach, and said a little unhappily:

"Zhihua, is it a little far from the sea?"

Cao Zhihua tapped Lou Xiao'e's nose and said:
"It's better to be this far away. It's easy to get rheumatism if you're too close to the sea. How about we go up and have a look?"

Lou Xiao'e did not insist, and held hands with Chen Xueru and said:
"Okay, let's go up and take a look first."

When Lou En opened the car door, the three people got in the car, and soon the car drove to the gate of No. 89 Qianyue Bay.

There is a locked gate at the entrance, and you can only roughly see that it covers a large area, with a garden, a swimming pool, and a three-story villa.

Lou Xiao'e and Chen Xueru stood on the Repulse Bay Road and looked around. They felt that it was a different kind of scenery to climb up and look into the distance. They felt pretty good.

Cao Zhihua knew that people like him could not see everything outside. This house was facing Repulse Bay. After the richest man in Hubei bought it and rebuilt it, it would become the number one luxury house in Hong Kong all year round.So he asked:
"Ezi, Xueru, what do you think of this house?"

Lou Xiao'e thought for a while, nodded and said:
“Although it’s not as good as the houses near the beach, it’s still okay.”

"Xue Ru, what do you think?"

After all, Chen Xueru has been working hard in society for so many years. This is the first time she knows that housing can have such a good environment. The environment here is better than the parks in Forty-Nine City.So he said:

"Zhihua, I really like this house."

Cao Zhihua nodded with satisfaction and said to Lou En:
"Lou En, you go and drive, and we'll go find Dad and see if they have chosen a house."

"Okay, sir."

Lou En drove around and found Lou Bancheng's car at the Repulse Bay Hotel. Cao Zhihua walked into the hotel with Lou Xiao'e and Chen Xueru.

Cao Zhihua looked at this small, curved building, the hotel that Zhang Ailing wrote in her novel Love in a Fallen City.

Until we walked in, we saw only loess cliffs and red clay cliffs. The gaps in the cliffs exposed dense green trees and the blue-green sea. There was an extremely narrow path next to it, and an open beach was on the right side of the field of vision.

The strong European and American style is indeed beautiful.

Cao Zhihua took everyone around the hotel before finding everyone in Lou Bancheng at the hotel's terrace restaurant.

After Lou Xiao'e saw Lou Bancheng and others, she said happily:
"Dad, you guys are really good at finding places. This place is so beautiful. I like it so much." Lou Bancheng smiled proudly and said:

"You guys have been looking at the house for so long. Are you satisfied with the house?"

"Zhihua and I have chosen one set, the top one, which seems to be No. 89."

Lou Bancheng nodded:

"Just keep an eye on it. The environment here is really good. It's good to live here."

Cao Zhihua saw that the table made by Lou Bancheng was already full.

So I arranged for the waiter to open a new table next to me, and ordered three cups of Hong Kong-style milk tea, one portion of smoked salmon, one portion of cheese, one portion of black truffle cake, and one portion of egg tart. I didn’t care whether it was afternoon or not. Afternoon tea was served first. Let’s talk later.

Then he said to Lou En next to him:

"Lou En, go order something to eat and I'll pay for it later."

"Okay, Master, call me if you need anything."

Cao Zhihua still couldn't do what capitalists do, like asking the driver to stand aside and wait while he enjoyed it. He still lacked exercise.Then he said to Lou Bancheng:

"Dad, Mom, have you checked out your house?"

Lou Bancheng said not very satisfied:
"We'll look at the house in Deep Water Bay later and make a decision. There's no rush."

"Okay, let's eat something first and then set off."

"Okay, let's arrange it like this."

To be honest, Westerners are really good at enjoying life.

After a lazy afternoon tea, everyone set off to Deep Water Bay again.

Deep Water Bay and Repulse Bay are two bays connected next to each other.Deep Water Bay, like Repulse Bay, has a beautiful environment and lush green trees, but it is more secluded than Repulse Bay.

There are even fewer luxury houses in Deep Water Bay, with only a dozen or so in total. Cao Zhihua and Lou Bancheng finished viewing them in a short time.

Then, led by Cao Zhihua in the car in front, we got off at No. 77, Deep Water Bay, at the entrance of a villa halfway up the mountain.Cao Zhihua said:

"Dad, this house is quite suitable for you. It has a claustrophobic environment, is surrounded by mountains and rivers, has a mountain to back it, and is surrounded by mountains and rivers. It is a good house that hides the wind and gathers energy."

After all, Lou Bancheng came from Sijiucheng and did not believe in Feng Shui as much as those from Chaoshan. But after seeing this house, he was indeed very satisfied and nodded.

"I think this apartment is fine. I'll make an appointment with Shen Bi tomorrow to get it as soon as possible and move here. There are too many people and too many people in the tenement building, so it's not safe to live there."

Cao Zhihua nodded, and then said to the house at No. 79 Deep Water Bay next to him:
"I also plan to buy the one next to you and be your neighbor. Then I can keep you company often and take care of each other."

Lou Bancheng said:
"Okay, let's take it down together when the time comes."

Cao Zhihua thought again and said:

"Dad, I think we should just ask Shen Bi for help regarding the house. We just arrived yesterday, and we are still blind to the situation in Hong Kong Island. If we ask him out now, they can't talk about anything. Wait. I think it would be more appropriate to talk to him when we are ready."

Lou Bancheng thought for a while, nodded, and agreed with Cao Zhihua's statement.

(End of this chapter)