Chapter 1525 Buy a Courtyard House

Qiao Mei asked Qian’e to come to the office to discuss countermeasures. When Qian’e heard about what happened to Li Gui, she flew into a rage and wished that she could catch hold of Zhao Liu and chop him into pieces!

“It’s really too much! He’ll definitely come and look for Auntie again. When that happens, I’ll get Brother Chi to find a few burly men to tie him up and give him a good beating! I’ll avenge Auntie! I’ll break his legs!” Qian’e said resentfully.

“Do you think we’re bandits! How can we do such a thing? It would be terrible if the Zhao family bites back. I have my own way of dealing with it. Don’t worry, but I’m afraid we can’t continue to do business with Zhao Fei,” Qiao Mei said regretfully.

“I heard that Zhao Fei and those people from the Zhao family have already split up. They have nothing to do with one another now. Zhao Fei has also worked very hard during this period of time,” Qian’e said.

“The Xia family has also split up! But did everyone just stand by and do nothing when Third Uncle faced trouble? Some time ago, Zhou Luo even came to my house to cause trouble. Blood is always thicker than water! Who can say for sure when it comes to family matters? If he wants to blame someone, he can only blame himself for being born into such a terrible family. There’s nothing we can do. We can’t sacrifice our own interests to make others feel better,” Qiao Mei said helplessly as she spread out her hands.

“Alright, I’ll tell him about this tomorrow. He has many delivery men under him though. Once we lose them, I don’t think we have enough people to make up for it. We need to find some new employees,” Qian’e said.

Not long ago, Xia Zhe had already helped Qiao Mei find another dozen or so capable retired soldiers. When everyone heard about the high salary, they all wanted to come and give it a try. In addition, it was their ex-brother-in-arms’ wife that they would be helping, so they were even more keen to work here.

It was just that they had a lot of things to settle at home before they could come. It would take about five days before they could come to the capital. Qiao Mei reckoned that the factory could hang on for these five days while waiting for these new workers to turn up.

Those people whom Qian’e hired previously were all not good enough. Some of them liked to pilfer and there were also some who did not do any work at all. Qian’e had already fired these people and she had been so worried that she was starting to have white hair!

“Let’s take it slow. There are so many things going on now that I’m getting wrinkles! I’ve saved some money recently and I want to buy a house. Do you have any recommendations?” Qian’e asked.

She knew that Qiao Mei liked to buy and sell houses. Qiao Mei was the one who sold Xia He her current house. She did not need such a big house since she was alone. She just wanted a house with three rooms.

“Don’t buy an apartment! Buy a siheyuan courtyard house! How much money do you have? I can give you some advice. Buy one near my house. In the future, you can also help me fetch the children to and from school,” Qiao Mei said with a smile.

“Such wondrous wishful thinking! It’s not enough to have Xia He and her husband around you, but you want to persuade me to stay there as well. Is your next step to ask Xia Wen to move to the area as well?” Qian’e said disdainfully.

“You’re right! It’s just that my eldest brother is so stubborn! How about this, I’ll buy you a big color television and a big refrigerator! Take it that I’m bribing you!” Qiao Mei said.

“Alright, you can’t go back on your word! I’ll leave it to you to get me a suitable house. When the time comes, I’ll ask Brother Deng to handle the renovations. Let me know how much and I’ll pay you back,” Qian’e said familiarly.

“No problem, leave it to me!” Qiao Mei patted her chest and said confidently.

She would slowly persuade them one by one! The best choice was to buy a siheyuan courtyard house! In another two years, the occupants in the surrounding apartment buildings would be relocated. It did not matter that one small apartment would get two small apartments in exchange during the relocation exercise. Those apartments only cost a few hundred dollars now. It was not worth it at all!

The apartments were definitely not as valuable as siheyuan courtyard houses. As long as the courtyard house was well-preserved, its future value would be immeasurable! Moreover, occupants of siheyuan courtyard houses would not get relocated. There was no such thing as devaluation!

What Qian’e said made Qiao Mei feel like buying a house again. She decided to buy another siheyuan courtyard house while she was helping Qian’e with the purchase.

Early the next morning, Qian’e informed Zhao Fei about their decision. Zhao Fei expressed his understanding about why it had to be done this way and left Qiao Mei’s factory dejectedly. He did not even know how to explain this to all his buddies. He reckoned that life would be tough for them for a while.

Qiao Mei did not know about Zhao Fei’s difficulties. She was not a Buddha who was here to save the world and could not be overly kind to everyone.