Chapter 317
, the real home
"Do you have any questions, uncles?"
Gu Qian's eyes swept over all the uncles.
Everyone also understood the meaning, and nodded one after another: "There is no problem, thank you Miss Jiang for the gift, it is really expensive."
"Yeah, it cost money."
"Miss Jiang has a heart."
Gu Qian nodded slightly, took Jiang Li's hand and said, "After we got off the plane, Lili went to Liulichang to pick out gifts for all uncles, all uncles..."
The words are not clear.
But everyone understood that Gu Qian was asking them for a meeting gift.
Reciprocity.
"Ahem, we came here in a hurry today, and Miss Jiang's meeting ceremony will be brought over later."
"Yeah, I was too anxious to leave today."
"I have a jade pendant here. It is a white jade consecrated and warmed by the master of Putuo Temple for 30 years. Miss Jiang, please don't dislike it."
"..."
Everyone either gave their meeting gift, or sent someone back to get it.
a time.
There were many valuable gifts in Jiangli's hands.
A bunch of fakes were exchanged for a bunch of real ones.
Jiang Li's mood inexplicably became a little weird, she looked at Gu Qian, a little embarrassed to accept it: "These..."
"Given by the elders, I dare not resign. These are all uncles' wishes, please accept them."
Gu Qian had a smile on his face.
Jiang Li nodded, accepted the greeting gifts from the uncles one by one, and thanked them one by one with a sweet smile on his face: "Thank you, uncles."
The whole process is over.
Uncles reluctantly left.
Jiang Li reaped a lot of money: "Gu Qian, all the gifts I gave were fakes, and all the gifts they returned to me were genuine ones, wouldn't it be a little bad?"
"fine."
Gu Qian smiled, gave the servant a look, and immediately someone stepped forward to accept the various greeting gifts from Jiang Li.
"Let's go."
"where to?"
"go home."
"???"
Jiang Li was led by Gu Qian to walk outside the ancestral house, and she couldn't get her head around for a while: "Isn't this your home?"
"This is the Gu family's ancestral house. The atmosphere is too depressing. You should feel uncomfortable living here."
"Then where are we going to live, can't we stay in a hotel?"
"I have a villa in the center of Beijing. I used to live there alone when I was in Beijing. You can go and accompany me."
"..."
The two left the ancestral house together.
The black Rolls Royce slowly accelerated and drove away from the ancestral house.
Sitting in the car, Jiang Li was thinking about the whole process of "meeting parents" all day today, which was completely different from the process of "meeting parents" in her impression.
I bought a bunch of fakes at Liulichang at a low price.
Had a meal.
In the end, a bunch of fakes from Liulichang were exchanged for a bunch of priceless meeting gifts from the elders.
She found that the Gu family's ancestral house really didn't feel like "home" at all. There were all kinds of rules and regulations, and the relationship between the clan members was also very formalized.
Doesn't feel like a home.
It is more like a community of some kind of economic interests.
"Growing up in this kind of environment, it must have been very hard." Jiang Li took Gu Qian's hand and asked proactively.
Gu Qian smiled lightly and said nothing.
This is the life of the rich.
The family relationship is weak, and the family's interests outweigh some, which is far from being as glamorous as outsiders see.
Looking at the scenery outside the window, Jiang Li thought of her childhood for no reason.
Although the life in the orphanage was very hard, there was a child mother who cared and cared for her, and a group of friends who played together.
The days are bitter, but very happy.
"Are we going to Jin Lanting's house tonight?"
"Uh-huh."
"Then let's prepare some gifts for the visit. This time, we'll prepare a little better." Jiang Li said with a serious face.
She knew that Gu Qian grew up under Uncle Jin and Aunt Han when he was a child.
The significance of these two in Gu Qian's mind is definitely not comparable to that of the uncles in the ancestral house.
"No, I've already prepared a gift, and I can go there a little earlier in the afternoon." Gu Qian said in a gentle tone.
"Ok."
Jiang Li nodded and said nothing more.
-
Gu Qian's villa is located in the center of Beijing.
This is an independent villa area in the downtown area. "Jingyuan" is a place where only the real dignitaries in the capital are eligible to live.
"It's... very expensive here, isn't it?"
"Fortunately, the villa area in Beijing doesn't pay much attention to the price anymore, but more to the identity and background of the buyer."
"Then don't they all live here from wealthy families?"
"That's it."
The Rolls-Royce drove into the "Jingyuan" unimpeded all the way, and stopped at the entrance of a villa in Block A.
Gu Qian led Jiang Li to get off the car together, and pointed to the single-family villa in front of him: "This is where I used to live in the capital."
Jiang Li followed the trend and nodded slightly: "Then the surrounding villas, whose family are they?"
"On the left is Jiang Mingyi's villa."
"On the right is Qin Yi's villa."
This is Block A, which is also the top villa area in the entire "Jingyuan". Only people from the four major families in the capital are eligible to buy it.
Some other wealthy families are in Block B, and they basically don't have any social relations.
"Boss Jiang and Qin Yi live next door?"
Jiang Li was taken aback, and looked at the two villas on both sides of Block A, which were only about 100 meters away from Gu Qian's villa.
"That's it."
"What about Jin Lanting, I thought he would live next door to you."
Jiang Li asked curiously.
She knew that Gu Qian and Jin Lanting were brothers who grew up wearing a pair of pants. Shouldn't these two be neighbors in this kind of villa?
"Jin Lanting has no real estate in the capital."
Gu Qian explained calmly.
Jiang Li was stunned for a moment, her face full of incredulity: "I can believe you, he, the young master of the Jin family, doesn't have real estate in the capital?"
She couldn't believe it anyway.
Gu Qian took Jiang Li's hand, and while walking towards the villa, he explained: "Jin Lanting's family is very strict, and he must be allowed to live at home in the capital."
"Unless he officially takes over all the property of the Jin family, Uncle Jin will not allow him to mess around in the capital."
"Really?"
"real."
Gu Qian smiled helplessly: "Auntie Han specially greeted me and asked me not to take Jin Lanting to live in my house..."
"Ok."
Jiang Li walked into the villa, looked around, and only six words came to mind: Evil capitalist.
"You live alone in such a big single-family villa, don't you feel horrified?" Jiang Li complained weakly.
"Fortunately, generally the upper floors are rarely visited."
"The first floor is the living room, and the second floor should be the bedroom. What are the upper floors used for?" Jiang Li looked up the nanmu stairs.
"The third floor is the e-sports room, billiards room, and some entertainment items."
"The fourth floor is used to hold some collectibles, and the antiques bought at the auction together are thrown in there."
"There is a full-scale gym and a heated swimming pool on the fifth floor. If you want to swim, you can try it."
"There is an open-air balcony on the top floor, and a pear tree is planted on it. I used to enjoy the shade on it when I was bored..."
Gu Qian's eyes swept over all the uncles.
Everyone also understood the meaning, and nodded one after another: "There is no problem, thank you Miss Jiang for the gift, it is really expensive."
"Yeah, it cost money."
"Miss Jiang has a heart."
Gu Qian nodded slightly, took Jiang Li's hand and said, "After we got off the plane, Lili went to Liulichang to pick out gifts for all uncles, all uncles..."
The words are not clear.
But everyone understood that Gu Qian was asking them for a meeting gift.
Reciprocity.
"Ahem, we came here in a hurry today, and Miss Jiang's meeting ceremony will be brought over later."
"Yeah, I was too anxious to leave today."
"I have a jade pendant here. It is a white jade consecrated and warmed by the master of Putuo Temple for 30 years. Miss Jiang, please don't dislike it."
"..."
Everyone either gave their meeting gift, or sent someone back to get it.
a time.
There were many valuable gifts in Jiangli's hands.
A bunch of fakes were exchanged for a bunch of real ones.
Jiang Li's mood inexplicably became a little weird, she looked at Gu Qian, a little embarrassed to accept it: "These..."
"Given by the elders, I dare not resign. These are all uncles' wishes, please accept them."
Gu Qian had a smile on his face.
Jiang Li nodded, accepted the greeting gifts from the uncles one by one, and thanked them one by one with a sweet smile on his face: "Thank you, uncles."
The whole process is over.
Uncles reluctantly left.
Jiang Li reaped a lot of money: "Gu Qian, all the gifts I gave were fakes, and all the gifts they returned to me were genuine ones, wouldn't it be a little bad?"
"fine."
Gu Qian smiled, gave the servant a look, and immediately someone stepped forward to accept the various greeting gifts from Jiang Li.
"Let's go."
"where to?"
"go home."
"???"
Jiang Li was led by Gu Qian to walk outside the ancestral house, and she couldn't get her head around for a while: "Isn't this your home?"
"This is the Gu family's ancestral house. The atmosphere is too depressing. You should feel uncomfortable living here."
"Then where are we going to live, can't we stay in a hotel?"
"I have a villa in the center of Beijing. I used to live there alone when I was in Beijing. You can go and accompany me."
"..."
The two left the ancestral house together.
The black Rolls Royce slowly accelerated and drove away from the ancestral house.
Sitting in the car, Jiang Li was thinking about the whole process of "meeting parents" all day today, which was completely different from the process of "meeting parents" in her impression.
I bought a bunch of fakes at Liulichang at a low price.
Had a meal.
In the end, a bunch of fakes from Liulichang were exchanged for a bunch of priceless meeting gifts from the elders.
She found that the Gu family's ancestral house really didn't feel like "home" at all. There were all kinds of rules and regulations, and the relationship between the clan members was also very formalized.
Doesn't feel like a home.
It is more like a community of some kind of economic interests.
"Growing up in this kind of environment, it must have been very hard." Jiang Li took Gu Qian's hand and asked proactively.
Gu Qian smiled lightly and said nothing.
This is the life of the rich.
The family relationship is weak, and the family's interests outweigh some, which is far from being as glamorous as outsiders see.
Looking at the scenery outside the window, Jiang Li thought of her childhood for no reason.
Although the life in the orphanage was very hard, there was a child mother who cared and cared for her, and a group of friends who played together.
The days are bitter, but very happy.
"Are we going to Jin Lanting's house tonight?"
"Uh-huh."
"Then let's prepare some gifts for the visit. This time, we'll prepare a little better." Jiang Li said with a serious face.
She knew that Gu Qian grew up under Uncle Jin and Aunt Han when he was a child.
The significance of these two in Gu Qian's mind is definitely not comparable to that of the uncles in the ancestral house.
"No, I've already prepared a gift, and I can go there a little earlier in the afternoon." Gu Qian said in a gentle tone.
"Ok."
Jiang Li nodded and said nothing more.
-
Gu Qian's villa is located in the center of Beijing.
This is an independent villa area in the downtown area. "Jingyuan" is a place where only the real dignitaries in the capital are eligible to live.
"It's... very expensive here, isn't it?"
"Fortunately, the villa area in Beijing doesn't pay much attention to the price anymore, but more to the identity and background of the buyer."
"Then don't they all live here from wealthy families?"
"That's it."
The Rolls-Royce drove into the "Jingyuan" unimpeded all the way, and stopped at the entrance of a villa in Block A.
Gu Qian led Jiang Li to get off the car together, and pointed to the single-family villa in front of him: "This is where I used to live in the capital."
Jiang Li followed the trend and nodded slightly: "Then the surrounding villas, whose family are they?"
"On the left is Jiang Mingyi's villa."
"On the right is Qin Yi's villa."
This is Block A, which is also the top villa area in the entire "Jingyuan". Only people from the four major families in the capital are eligible to buy it.
Some other wealthy families are in Block B, and they basically don't have any social relations.
"Boss Jiang and Qin Yi live next door?"
Jiang Li was taken aback, and looked at the two villas on both sides of Block A, which were only about 100 meters away from Gu Qian's villa.
"That's it."
"What about Jin Lanting, I thought he would live next door to you."
Jiang Li asked curiously.
She knew that Gu Qian and Jin Lanting were brothers who grew up wearing a pair of pants. Shouldn't these two be neighbors in this kind of villa?
"Jin Lanting has no real estate in the capital."
Gu Qian explained calmly.
Jiang Li was stunned for a moment, her face full of incredulity: "I can believe you, he, the young master of the Jin family, doesn't have real estate in the capital?"
She couldn't believe it anyway.
Gu Qian took Jiang Li's hand, and while walking towards the villa, he explained: "Jin Lanting's family is very strict, and he must be allowed to live at home in the capital."
"Unless he officially takes over all the property of the Jin family, Uncle Jin will not allow him to mess around in the capital."
"Really?"
"real."
Gu Qian smiled helplessly: "Auntie Han specially greeted me and asked me not to take Jin Lanting to live in my house..."
"Ok."
Jiang Li walked into the villa, looked around, and only six words came to mind: Evil capitalist.
"You live alone in such a big single-family villa, don't you feel horrified?" Jiang Li complained weakly.
"Fortunately, generally the upper floors are rarely visited."
"The first floor is the living room, and the second floor should be the bedroom. What are the upper floors used for?" Jiang Li looked up the nanmu stairs.
"The third floor is the e-sports room, billiards room, and some entertainment items."
"The fourth floor is used to hold some collectibles, and the antiques bought at the auction together are thrown in there."
"There is a full-scale gym and a heated swimming pool on the fifth floor. If you want to swim, you can try it."
"There is an open-air balcony on the top floor, and a pear tree is planted on it. I used to enjoy the shade on it when I was bored..."