Chapter 126 New Residence

  Chu Chen's newly purchased villa is located west of Liu Lao's house, about 150 meters away from Liu Lao's house.

  When he got there, Chu Chen looked inside through the gate. The area was indeed more than a hundred square meters larger than Lao Liu's house, but in terms of atmosphere, it couldn't compare to Lao Liu's place.

  After opening the big gate, Liu Qinshu walked while introducing some things that need attention here to Chu Chen.

  The villas in Yuhuayuan are also divided into several levels, with varying sizes, which correspond to the political level of the buyer. At first, the older generation of this villa was even higher than Liu's level, so they could buy this villa. Of course, there is no such requirement now, otherwise Chuanchun would not be eligible to buy it either.

  However, after the older generation passed away, the family's power was greatly diminished, and there were also political enemies who took advantage of the situation. If it weren't for Liu Lao pulling strings because he was friends with the old master, they might have fallen apart long ago. It was precisely this that led to the debt of gratitude owed to Liu Lao.

  Chu Chen suddenly realized, no wonder Liu Qinqu said earlier that this villa was just a small favor, such a great kindness, how could it be repaid with just a villa?

  This villa has not undergone any renovation since it was purchased, and it still maintains its original appearance. The east side of the courtyard is a small garden, while the west side is a swimming pool that is not small in size.

  Not far away is a three-story small building, the building area is also larger than Liu's old house, and there are many tall trees and vegetation around the villa, giving people a very quiet feeling.

  The layout of the entire villa is still ordinary, but after seeing the scenery transformed by Liu Lao's side, Chu Chen would not be satisfied with the environment here.

  Liu Qingshu took Chu Chen around the courtyard and then asked him: "Xiao Chu, are you sure you want to change this place?"

  Chu Chen nodded and said: "Yes, I want to transform this place into a pastoral landscape with small bridges and flowing water."

  Liu Qingshu smiled and said: "It seems that you, Little Chu, like a relaxed atmosphere. How about using the people who helped me design for my dad's side before?"

  Chu Chen agreed without hesitation: "Of course it's okay, I'd be delighted to, but I'll have to trouble you, Aunt Liu."

  "What's the trouble? I'll have him contact you this afternoon. Let's go inside and take a look now."

  As soon as the villa's door was opened with a key, a cool breeze came over and swept away the sweltering heat of summer around Chu Chen. Every villa here is equipped with central air conditioning, and after completing the formalities at the property management office beforehand, the cold air was immediately turned on.

  The layout inside the villa is almost the same as Liu's, with a living room at the entrance and all sorts of furniture inside. If it weren't for the thick layer of dust in the rooms, Chuyan could have moved in tonight.

  Liu Qinxu came in and said, "Xiao Chu, this time it's also your good luck. After the family moved out, they went to work elsewhere half a year ago. After going there, they felt that things were going well, so they planned to settle down and take root there."

  "A few days ago, I just had the intention of selling this villa, and my dad quickly contacted him. Otherwise, whether you can become the master here is really uncertain."

  "Haha, I guess I have Liu Lao to thank for this. But Aunt Liu, why didn't the previous owner take away even the furniture and stuff?" Chu Chen asked with some curiosity after taking a look around.

  Liu Qinxin smiled and said, "The important things have all been taken away, and the furniture is not worth much money. They will just sell it to a junk dealer when they take it back. I looked around earlier, and there are only a few redwood tables and chairs that you can still use. The others don't match your decoration style, and you'll need to replace them all later."

  Chu Chen thought for a moment, the furniture and so on here are all modern style, which is completely different from what he wanted. It's sure to be replaced later. However, these pieces of furniture can't be sold for much money. After some thought, Chu Chen decided to donate them to his alma mater instead, where they would still be useful.

  Although the reform and opening up have indeed achieved great results in recent years, for the mountainous area where Chuxuan has lived since childhood, the change is really not big. Two years ago, when it was the third anniversary of his father's death, Chuxuan even went back specially, but except for two new houses built by the family, nothing else seemed different from before.

  Chu Chen made a special trip to his father's workplace, which was also his alma mater. The result was that everything looked the same as when he left, with the entire school being dilapidated and students still crowded outside in the cold wind, while the classrooms inside were drafty with broken desks and chairs missing arms and legs.

  Under the heavy heart, Chu Chen donated all the 30,000 yuan he had saved to the school. In these two years, he also directly donated some money to the school at the end of each year.

  Fortunately, at the beginning of this year, the old principal sent him a letter saying that the government had already built them a new school, and when the time came, the school conditions would definitely be much better than before. However, due to limited funds, only most of the school's desks and chairs could be replaced, and some had to be solved by the school itself.

  So Chuxuan decided that this time, in addition to donating all these old furniture, he would also buy some tables and chairs to transport together, and then buy some books to help the school build a small library. As for donating a large sum of money to the school, Chuxuan had never thought about it, not because he was stingy, but because he knew that when the time came, if the school had too much money, it would likely be targeted by others.

  Even for those books bought for the school, Chu Chen worried that after he left, some people would covet these books and claim to use them where they were most needed.

  Chu Chen was thinking about something while casually circling the villa from bottom to top, when he came to the study, his eyes scanned a pen holder on the desk and suddenly reacted. So he hurried over, picked up the pen holder and looked at it.

  This is a blue and white pen holder, the pattern on the pen holder is a double magpie picture. Although it looks exquisite from afar, as soon as Chu Chen held it in his hand, he could tell that this pen holder was not made of mineral materials but chemical materials, so this pen holder was just a modern handicraft.

  However, it was a modern craft, and unexpectedly, Baojue had a reaction. With the experience of the previous bamboo carving pen holder, Chuyan naturally understood why. Indeed, after his careful observation, this pen holder did indeed hide a mystery.

  "Heh heh, I've really been having a good relationship with pen holders lately!"

  However, just as Chu Chen was about to find a tool to take out the things inside the pen holder, he heard Liu Qiu Shu calling him from outside.

  "Xiao Chu, have you finished watching? My dad is calling us over for dinner. If you haven't had enough, you can come back after dinner."

  Chu Chen responded with a sound, picked up the pen holder and hurriedly walked out.

  Liu Qingshu saw the pen holder in Chu Chen's hand and asked curiously: "Xiao Chu, what are you doing with that pen holder?"

  Chu Chen raised his pen holder and smiled: "Aunt Liu, you'll know later."

  "Oh? Let me take a look, I wonder what good thing it is."

  When Chu Chen said that, Liu Qin's interest suddenly increased. However, after taking the pen holder and looking left and right, she didn't find anything unusual about it. She shook her head and said: "I can only tell that this is a modern craft, as for the rest, I really can't see anything."

  Chu Chen chuckled and said: "Aunt Liu, you just need to measure the depth of the pen holder to know."

  Liu Qingshu inserted her fingers after hearing the words, and soon touched the bottom of the pen holder. Then she drew a line on the outside of the pen holder, but only reached two-thirds of the way down.

  Seeing this result, Liu Qiu understood what was going on: "Little Chu, you said that there is something hidden in this pen holder? But I just looked at it earlier, and the bottom of this pen holder is intact. How could anything be put inside?"

  Chu Chen smiled mysteriously and said, "Aunt Liu, this pen holder has a universe inside. Let's eat first, after dinner I'll open it and you'll see."

  After listening to Chu Chen, Liu Qinshu still didn't give up and searched the pen holder inside and out, but found nothing, and could only wait for Chu Chen to reveal the answer.

  After returning, he told Liu Lao about the pen holder incident, and he was also very interested. However, Liu Lao's calm nature made them not rush during dinner. Since Liu Lao had spoken, they could only slowly finish their meal.

  After dinner, the three of them came to Liu Lao's study. Liu Qin couldn't wait and said: "Xiao Chu, can you tell us now?"

  Chu Chen didn't answer directly, but instead smiled and asked: "Aunt Liu, is there a slightly longer small knife here?"

  "Some."

  Liu Qingshu hastily found a long fruit knife and handed it to Chu Chen.

  Chu Chen took the knife and then inserted it into the pen holder to scrape, after a while, he scraped out a thick layer of white wax-like substance. He handed the pen holder over to Liu Lao and others to see. Indeed, after scraping off the wax, they could see that there was a circle of fine cracks at the bottom, which suddenly made the two men realize.

  Liu Lao asked somewhat strangely: "Xiao Chu, how did you think that this pen holder has the universe inside?"

  Chu Chen found an excuse and said with a smile: "Liu Lao, have you forgotten? My smoked box was found in the pen holder, today I saw this pen holder, I habitually explored it, unexpectedly it really has a certain reason, it seems that a blind cat can catch a dead mouse."

  Liu Lao shook his head and smiled, "That's why Wei said, no matter if it's a black cat or white cat, as long as it can catch mice, it's a good cat. Alright, let's hurry up and take out the things inside."

  Chu Chen nodded, then carefully used a fruit knife to pry the bottom of the pen holder. After prying it several times, he felt that the bottom was slightly loose, so he gently turned the pen holder upside down on the table, and with a soft "click", the bottom, which was slightly larger than a wine glass, fell onto the table.