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Chapter 8 Kindness!

"Okay! Then I'll make an appointment at the bank tomorrow and send it to Fanfan the day after tomorrow." Wang Ping looked at Liu Xiaowu and said...

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The next day, Zhou Fan woke up and had eaten the breakfast made by Wang Ping, and went to the farmers' market and supermarket to buy some daily necessities. Then he said goodbye to Wang Ping and prepared to return to Zhoujiawan.

The straight distance from Zhoujiawan is not very far from Baiyang Town, but due to the geographical characteristics of Shennongjia, every village from Baiyang Town to Zhoujiawan is connected to every corner, which makes it take about an hour to walk!

So Zhou Fan called a car to take him back to Zhoujiawan. Looking at Zhoujiawan getting closer and closer, Zhou Fan was a little timid...

Zhoujiawan is built at the foot of the mountain, and is next to the mountain. There is a small river in front of the bay. The source is the water of Shenxian Lake, which flows downstream.

Zhoujiawan is not big, with about a hundred households. There are many surnames in the village, with Han people accounting for the vast majority and Tujia people accounting for a minority. As for why this place is called Zhoujiawan, Zhou Fan asked his father when he was a child. Why is it called Zhoujiawan and why is his family so big?

Dad told Zhou Fan with a proud look on his face and told him about their glorious history...

In the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China, Zhou Fan's grandfather was a high-ranking official in the Governor's Office of Lianghu Lakes. In order to avoid troubled times, Zhou Jiawan was called "Hekou Du" in the early Republic of China. Because Zhou Fan's ancestors were extremely powerful after coming here, Zhou Fan's grandfather changed the name of this place to Zhou Jiawan.

Later, due to some reasons, the family declined (you know!), and only Grandpa Zhou Fan’s family left in Zhou Fan’s great-grandfather’s room!

Since Zhou Fan's grandfather ranked the smallest and the only male left, he inherited this large mansion built in the early years of the Republic of China!

At that time, the old house of Zhou Fan's family was the most luxurious!

The old house is located in the westernmost part of the village. For convenience, Zhou Fan’s ancestors specially paved the road to connect to the main road in front of the village!

When it came to Grandpa Zhou Fan's generation, the village began to reform land. In order to grab the homestead, Grandpa Zhou Fan wrapped a half-acre square yard in front of the gate of the house! He also built a 2-meter-high wall with large bricks! Painted on the old house, it was integrated!

By the generation of Zhou Fan’s father, the flood in 1983 destroyed the auxiliary road in front of the house!

The helpless father Zhou Fan had no money to repair the auxiliary road in front of the gate, so he chose to open a door in the wing room east of the atrium of the house to connect to the village for the Zhou family's daily travel.

From then on, the gate of the old house and the front yard door were locked, and the territory encircled by Grandpa Zhou Fan became the private land of the old house.

Zhou Fan's father inherited the tradition of Grandpa Zhou Fan and enclosed land! But he did not do it for the homestead, but for the woodworking craft he learned secretly from somewhere!

Zhou Fan's father was very proud of having such a house, but he always felt that something was almost there. Later he figured it out that the house was still short of a back garden!

So he imitated Zhou Fan's grandfather and surrounded a backyard of 100 square meters behind the back house of the old house, building a wall according to his appearance!

From then on, Zhou Fan's father went to the backyard whenever he had time and tricked out the back garden that shouldn't have existed.

When Zhou Fan was a child, what he hated the most was that sometimes after school, he could hear the sound from the backyard, which made him unable to do his homework with peace of mind. The sound was his father fiddling with his beloved back garden...

From then on, the big house with three or five rooms in the Old Zhou family became inappropriate and surprisingly big!

There are more than ten main rooms, wing rooms, ear rooms, and rear rooms, which do not include the attic, kitchen, cellar and doormen. Finally, the front yard and back garden built by later generations have to be added!

In fact, Zhou Fan did not like to live in an old house after his parents passed away. He would feel scared and lonely in the house!

Especially at night, if you sleep in the old house, Zhou Fan is the only one, and the fear and loneliness will be even stronger!

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Zhou Fan returned to the old house, put down his luggage and daily necessities he bought in the town, took a short rest, and began to check every room in the old house...

Zhou Fan came to the front door, opened the door of the house, and prepared to walk to the end of the front yard to open the gate.

Looking at the old house in the yard, the old house that had been uninhabited for a long time seemed depressed and defeated! Zhou Fan felt a little guilty!

When Zhou Fan's mother was still alive, she always cleaned the old house regularly. The old house at that time was magnificent, neat and warm!

But now looking at the old house that was depressed and slightly gloomy, Zhou Fan secretly decided not to let the old house decline like before!

After inspecting the old house, Zhou Fan found the damage of the roof tiles and the decay of several doors and windows. Zhou Fan recorded them one by one. He planned to spend a few days cleaning up the old house before the decoration team came.

What he has to do now is to clean out the main room, main hall and kitchen where he lives, and drive away the snakes, insects, rats and ants that he lives in, so that he will not find a small animal crawling into the quilt when he wakes up from the bed the next day!

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Zhou Fan spent a long time and finally cleaned the main room, main hall, and kitchen where he lived!

Zhou Fan looked at the tidy room and became more angry and less depressed, making Zhou Fan feel much more comfortable...

After Zhou Fan had his first meal after getting home, he was about to go to the village to check it out, and then go to the village chief Zhou Xinmin's house to get the land certificate of his old house, and then talk to the uncle about the policy.

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Zhou Fan was left by Zhou Xinmin for a meal and some wine. When he returned home, it was already dark. Zhou Fan put the land certificate and came to the central hall to sit down.

The dim lights made Zhengtang look a little gloomy at this time, but Zhou Fan, who was dizzy at this time, did not feel this way. He just felt a little lonely...

At this moment, Zhou Fan recalled what Zhou Xinmin said. Zhou Fan asked a lot, and Zhou Xinmin also answered a lot.

Zhou Fan was dizzy and was thinking about what to do tomorrow and what to do in the future. In the end, he didn't expect that he would go back to the room to sleep...

The next day, Zhou Fan woke up naturally after sleeping until he woke up, woke up from the bed, stretched his waist, and then got up.

After washing up, making a simple breakfast for myself, I went to the doorman and found the motorcycle that I had eaten dust in it for a long time.

Zhou Fan is preparing to go to the county town to buy something, and then contact the decoration team. He is about to start preparing for his entrepreneurial plan.

Before he arrived at the county town, Zhou Fan received a call from his aunt-in-law Wang Ping. Wang Ping on the phone told Zhou Fan that she had gone to Zhoujiawan to find her in the morning and found that Zhou Fan was not at home, so she called him.

Zhou Fan told Wang Ping that he would go to the county town to do business. My aunt told Zhou Fan that when she came back, she would go to her house. Zhou Fan, who was undoubtedly his, quickly agreed...

It was almost noon when Zhou Fan came to the county town. Thinking that his aunt had something to do with him, Zhou Fan didn't want to waste time.

Zhou Fan came to the county town mainly for two things. One is to buy a set of live broadcast equipment. Since he wanted to attract tourists by relying on the live broadcast platform, Zhou Fan’s mobile phone is a bit ineligible now. Without clear picture quality and sound quality, no matter how good the scenery is, it is useless. In order to attract tourists, this is a must-buy!

The second is to contact a decoration company to renovate the old house. Many rooms in the old house still remain the same as the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China, and there is no modern equipment. This is not enough to do a farm stay, and the old house must be fully renovated!

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The live broadcast equipment was quickly purchased, and it cost more than 10,000 yuan. The decoration company was making great progress. The decoration company attached great importance to Zhou Fan's renovation project, and the general manager personally received Zhou Fan.

The designer also arranged for the on-site inspection of Zhou Fan's old house this week and issued the design drawings. After Zhou Fan was satisfied, the construction began.

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After finishing the business, Zhou Fan bought some grain, oil, fruits and vegetables and returned to Baiyang Town, preparing to go to his uncle Liu Xiaowu's house.

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When Zhou Fan arrived at Liu Xiaowu's house, Liu Xiaowu and Wang Ping were already waiting for Zhou Fan at home.

"Auntie, what's the matter with me? Hey! Where did these two little puppies come from? Look at this, you just got weaned? I didn't have one yet when I came the day before yesterday."

Zhou Fan said as he looked at the little puppy in the aisle basket.

"Didn't I go to Zhoujiawan? I picked it up on the road when I came back!" my aunt-in-law Wang Ping replied.

"Fanfan, come and sit here, I want to tell you something!" Liu Xiaowu said to Zhou Fan, who was teasing the little puppy.

Looking at Liu Xiaowu's serious expression, Zhou Fan obediently sat on the sofa. Liu Xiaowu signaled Wang Ping's eyes, and Wang Ping turned around and walked towards the bedroom.

After a while, he walked towards Zhou Fan with a black plastic bag and handed the black plastic bag to Zhou Fan's hand.

"Uncle, what does aunt mean? I don't short of money now!" Zhou Fan looked at the black plastic bag in his hand and said to Liu Xiaowu and Wang Ping.

Liu Xiaowu looked at Zhou Fan and said seriously: "Your Zhou family's house is going to be renovated. According to your idea, I have a rough idea in my mind. After the renovation is over, you probably won't have much money left. What are you doing with other things?"

"This 100,000 yuan is for you to spare, emergency response! This is also my last time to support you. If you fail, you have to obediently follow my arrangements and become a physical education teacher. If you have worked for a long time, you will have the chance to get a staffing!"

Zhou Fan looked at the 100,000 yuan in his hand, lowered his head and remained silent for a moment, raised his head, looked at Liu Xiaowu and Wang Ping, and said with a firm look:

"Uncle, aunt, I've received this money. Thank you, I won't let you down!"

After saying that, he put the black plastic bag next to him, stood up, knelt on his knees and kowtowed to Liu Xiaowu and Wang Ping.

Seeing Zhou Fan's actions, Wang Ping quickly got up and prepared to pull Zhou Fan up. Liu Xiaowu grabbed Wang Ping and asked her to sit down, and said to her: "Let him finish knocking, you and I can bear it!"

After saying that, he turned to Zhou Fan and said, "Zhou Fan, since your parents died, I can say that I should treat you like my biological child. You must remember what you said now and can't let me down anymore. Get up!"

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Chapter completed!
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