The Rise of a Family: Starting as a Grandpa
Chapter 171

A New Home, A Strange Cellar

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The main courtyard had already been tidied up, so Yang Zhengshan first went to the bedroom and looked it over.

"Tsk, tsk. This is Huanghuali Wood, isn't it?"

He patted the broad canopy bed and spoke with some rare appreciation.

Unlike the rear courtyard of the official office at Yinghe Fortress, none of the bedrooms here used heated kangs, but beds and couches instead. Of course, that did not mean the bedrooms had no heating facilities. Without heated kangs, they could still use heated walls.

Only, heated walls generally had to be built with blue bricks, and the walls would be very thick. Let alone ordinary commoners, even typical country gentry and landlords could not afford such luxury.

"My lord, these are all Huanghuali Wood. This Arhat Bed is made of Chicken-wing Wood, and this desk is made of Boxwood. My lord, these are all fine timber!"

Wu Hai looked as if he had picked up a great bargain.

In truth, that expression of his was not exactly wrong. Yang Zhengshan really had picked up a great bargain this time.

Just this roomful of furniture alone was something the Yang Family could not afford even if they emptied out their family fortune.

The corners of Yang Zhengshan's mouth lifted slightly. "Find an opportunity to sell all of it for me. Replace it with something cheap and durable."

What kind of joke was this?

Was it suitable for him to use a whole roomful of furniture like this?

If others saw him using such fine furniture, they would definitely think he was a corrupt official.

Besides, he was not the sort of person who liked to pursue luxury. Between a Huanghuali Wood bed and an ordinary poplar bed, he could not tell the difference once he slept on it anyway.

Could

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