I'm back in 1990

Chapter 515: Only the Right to Use

"Tantai Villa"

Standing in this high-end villa area, everyone's eyes are overwhelmed with the beauty of the entire area!

The first impression upon entering is tranquility. As far as the eye can see, there are only trees, and the courtyard houses are hidden among them. Each courtyard house has a tree-lined path leading to its entrance. Most people will never see such houses in their lives.

Huang Xiaochuan led his family into a courtyard house. The house was already renovated and fully furnished with appliances. The only drawback was the lack of a natural gas pipeline. Huang Xiaochuan had originally planned to spend money to bring a pipeline from Suzhou to the area, but Suzhou was still using gas cylinders and there was no such thing as a natural gas pipeline. He couldn't very well run a pipeline from Shanghai to the area, could he? The difficulty was simply too great, and Huang Xiaochuan had no choice but to abandon the idea.

So if you live here in the future, you can only use bottled liquefied petroleum gas for the time being. However, the installation location for piped natural gas and the laying of sewer pipes have been reserved, so you can install it quickly without having to dig up the ground again.

The courtyard house was designed and built according to the architectural standards of later generations, based on Huang Xiaochuan's description and Nan Hui's instructions. It is completely different from the English villas, French villas, and American country villas that were popular at that time.

The building's exterior is entirely based on traditional Jiangnan-style residences, while the interior layout is designed and decorated in the style of modern urban comfort and understated luxury.

Each courtyard house has its own miniature garden, but they are all different and have their own unique characteristics, which is the biggest difference between these courtyard houses.

So after entering, Huang Xiaochuan's family members all praised the courtyard house.

Suddenly, Zeng Xia exclaimed in surprise, "Oh dear!"

Her aunt glared at her unhappily: "What are you doing? You're so jumpy, you almost scared me to death."

Zeng Xia pointed to a spot on the first floor of the annex of the courtyard house, where there was a wood-burning stove, set up exactly like the kitchen in the countryside of Suzhou, just like the kitchen in her uncle and aunt's house when she was a child.

This was, of course, an element that Huang Xiaochuan arranged for the designer to add, which can also be considered a kind of nostalgic element!

My aunt was overjoyed to see that there was even a wood-fired stove here! Although living in Shanghai is great in every way, the lack of a wood-fired stove is a bit of a disappointment for her.

This courtyard house has two floors above ground and two floors below ground. Each courtyard has an underground garage that can accommodate eight or nine cars. It implements the modern design concept of separating people and vehicles. Cars can drive directly into the underground garage from the main gate and reach each courtyard through underground passages.

Such construction costs are extremely high. Most real estate developers would never do something like this. Forget about making a profit; building in this location with such high construction costs, they'd be lucky to break even.

However, this was not a problem for Huang Xiaochuan at all. His main purpose was the Lakeside Garden, and the "Tantai Villa" was just an auxiliary building complex built to hide the garden.

Therefore, Huang Xiaochuan has no plans to sell these properties for the time being. His plan is to allocate a portion of the courtyard houses to his close relatives for use, but only the right to use them. The ownership currently belongs to a trust fund established by Huang Xiaochuan overseas.

This is also to ensure that these courtyard houses will not change hands easily in the future.

There's another part, the western area of ​​Huyin Garden, which Huang Xiaochuan plans to allocate to his capable assistants. He has already promised Nan Hui a courtyard house, but like his family members, she only has the right to use it, not the ownership.

According to Huang Xiaochuan's idea, those who will be able to live in this courtyard house in the future will be his most trusted subordinates. His intention in doing so is that whoever can live here is a kind of recognition he has for that person, because this is a place that money cannot buy, which reflects a special kind of importance.

Although this area is currently on the outskirts of Suzhou, in a few years it will be developed into the most livable low-density residential area on the shore of Taihu Lake. Huang Xiaochuan has essentially secured the land here in advance, occupying the best location.

Seeing how much his two older sisters loved the house, Huang Xiaochuan asked, "Big sister, second sister, what do you think of the house?"

Before Zeng Hong could reply, Zeng Xia interrupted, "You didn't build these houses either, did you?"

Huang Xiaochuan didn't answer Zeng Xia's question, but instead asked her, "I'm just asking if you like it or not?"

Zeng Xia adopted a critical tone and said, "It's alright! It's just a bit far from the city, but it's quite close to our hometown."

Seeing this, Huang Xiaochuan got a mischievous urge and decided to play a trick on his second sister.

"I was originally planning to give you a place to live, but since you don't really like it, let's forget about it! I'll save it for someone else."

Upon hearing this, Zeng Xia disregarded her image and grabbed Huang Xiaochuan's hand, refusing to let go.

"You dare? Who said I didn't want it?"

"Then let me make this clear to you: you will only have the right to use this house, not the ownership. In other words, you can live here as long as you want, but you cannot sell this house."

Zeng Xia didn't think the property rights were a problem at all; as long as she could live there, that was enough.

"Why would I sell my house? As long as I have a place to live, that's enough! Can I have this one?"

Huang Xiaochuan pointed outside: "You can choose one here yourself. The houses here are basically the same as this one, just the location and the layout of the garden are different."

There are a total of nineteen courtyard houses in this area east of Huyin Garden. These houses will be inhabited by Huang Xiaochuan's close relatives, including his eldest brother and sister-in-law, eldest and second sisters, father-in-law and mother-in-law, Yu Wei and Yu Min will also have a share. Of course, a house has also been reserved for Huang Erhe's family, but this requires the consent of Lao Huang and Zeng Lijuan, since the relationship between the two elders and Huang Erhe and his wife is still a bit strained.

Hearing her younger brother say that they could choose any house they wanted, Zeng Xia was overjoyed. She threw Liu Jin in front of her aunt and dragged Huo Miao to choose a house.

Seeing that Zeng Hong and her sister-in-law Jiang Rong hadn't reacted yet, Huang Xiaochuan said, "There's a shuttle bus outside. Sister, sister-in-law, you should go and see which apartment you like. Remember the apartment number and let me know later."

Jiang Rong was still a little embarrassed, so Zeng Lijuan simply pulled her eldest daughter-in-law along to choose a house. Since the Zeng sisters, Zeng Hong and Zeng Xia, both had houses, her own daughter-in-law had to have one too. Seeing Zeng Lijuan like this, Lao Huang was a little unhappy, but he didn't say anything.

After all, the youngest son must have his reasons for making such an arrangement, so I shouldn't be the bad guy.

After they left, Aunt Huang complained to Huang Xiaochuan, "Why did you give them another house? The courtyard you arranged for us is so big, how can your uncle and I live there? Why don't you let your older sisters' families live with your uncle and me?"

Huang Xiaochuan smiled and reassured his aunt, "Aunt, these are two different things, so don't worry about them."

Yu Xiang also advised her aunt, "Yes! Aunt, just let Xiao Chuan arrange this!"

Old Huang and his uncle didn't know what to say. Seeing their son's (nephew's) extravagant spending, they felt like they had been left behind.

Only the grandmother truly understood her grandson's thoughts, and she was overjoyed!

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