Chapter 1569 Planning the New Village (2/2)

Li Du grinned and nodded. ”Alright, let's discuss the public auction and get ready to make good money.”

”Make good money, make a lot of good money!” Liu Zi laughed happily.

In less than two weeks, the Chinese village had undergone a huge change.

The broken houses in the South sector had been torn down flat. A few tents had been put up on the empty land. Some construction teams were busy building new houses. As the new houses would be single-story, they did it very fast. The scaffolding was already done.

The roads with pits and dirty water had been filled with sand and gravel. Now the cars could drive easily around the village.

There was pork, beef and lamb meat hanging in front of the houses. Many of the families were drying the preserved meat. There were huge pork trotters hanging in front of some houses, too. Those were meant for preparing the traditional dish.

Seeing the change in the Chinese village, Li Du nodded in satisfaction. Zhong Da Pao was really quite a decent man. He had obviously not spent the money he made on himself. Instead, he had invested it in revamping the village.

Li Du said, ”You've done well, Master Pao. You have made our people proud. How about this? I will donate ten million RMB. Consider that as a gift to our own people.”

Zhong Da Pao slapped his thigh and laughed. ”Hey, Master Li, you are very charitable! I represent our people who have gone overseas and commend you. Very thankful to you!”

Da Mao said, ”Then I will also donate some funds. Let me donate ten thousand dollars.”

Zhong Da Pao patted his shoulder and said, ”Alright, Master Mao is a kind man as well. In the future, I will build a nice house for you. You will definitely live comfortably.”

Da Mao smirked. ”I don't intend to stay here permanently.”

Zhong Da Pao said, ”You will. I have hung around Hpakant for a few decades now.”

Da Mao straightened his neck and said, ”Impossible! I will never become like that.”

Liu Zi laughed. ”They all say that.”

Da Mao was still quite respectful towards Zhong Da Pao. However, things were different with Liu Zi. Da Mao always quarreled with him.

Liu Zi brought out a notebook and dangled it around. He said, ”There are some details here. Master Pao and I have gotten some information. It's about a man called Zhong Hang.”

Hearing the second part of that sentence, Da Mao instantly flinched. ”Information about my, my… my dad? What have you found?”

Liu Zi passed the notebook to him and said, ”Check it out yourself. Not much for now, but you guessed right. Your father must have offended someone.”

Li Du wanted to hear about what happened, but Da Mao did not look like he was planning to explain. He carried the notebook into a house and started to read it.

Seeing that, Li Du did not pursue the matter. Instead, he started to talk about the plans for the Chinese village. ”Master Pao, you are planning to tear down the worn-out houses and build new ones, right?”

Zhong Da Pao scratched his head and said, ”Yes, there's that plan.”

Li Du said, ”Then why are you building single-story houses? You should build multi-story buildings. Do you know about Kowloon Walled City? You can turn the village into something like it. To be able to gain standing in Hpakant, you need to build up high.”

Zhong Da Pao laughed. ”We have thought about that, Master Li. However, my plan is to split the area into two. The South will be single-story. The North will have multi-story buildings. First, we will build the single-story houses for everyone to hang on through winter. Next year, we can build another batch of houses. It's not easy to build a house. There's the need to have a good foundation, a clever design, and it's not possible to get those done before winter comes.”