There is a long pavilion on one side of the garden, which is nothing special in itself. What is special is that the top of the pavilion is completely covered with solar panels.

Lu Fanling said: "I installed a solar power generation system here to experience new energy."

"Professor Lu, then you don't have to pay the electricity bill at home, right?" Ning Xin asked with a smile.

"You have to pay. This system is not very powerful and cannot drive central air conditioning, but it is enough for daily lighting." Lu Fanling continued: "In addition to the solar panels you see, there is also a solar panel placed on the ground.

A lead-acid battery is installed, and a transformer is connected to convert the DC power into AC power before the indoor appliances can be used."

Wei Shijie asked: "That will definitely save a lot of electricity bills, right?"

"It is true that you can save some money on electricity bills, but the current cost of solar power generation is relatively high. In addition to these panels, these batteries are also expensive and need to be replaced after a period of time. In addition, you need to re-arrange a set of electrical wiring in your home.

I know that the labor cost of decoration is very high now." Lu Fanling replied: "So I can only say that I want to experience new energy. It is still a bit difficult to completely replace traditional energy."

Five people were sitting in the garden drinking coffee and chatting.

Generally speaking, the garden is relatively simple. There are a grapefruit tree, a peach tree and a cherry tree planted, as well as some vegetables and unnamed but beautiful flowers and plants. The fence is also filled with roses.

"Professor Lu, in autumn, your family will be able to be self-sufficient in fruit." Chu Tianshu looked at these fruit trees and said. When he was the secretary of Nanling County, he organized the villagers to plant fruit trees. It can be seen that the fruit trees in the garden

All are excellent varieties.

"No, the main thing is to let the birds eat me. You just saw my working status. In fact, I don't have much time to sit down and enjoy the garden leisurely. So I want to thank you for coming today."

Lu Fanling said.

"Professor, why do I feel like you are living in seclusion here?" Ning Xin asked.

"Have you ever heard of a lifestyle called minimalism?" Lu Fanling took a sip of coffee and said slowly: "This is actually an attitude towards life, which pays attention to the natural way. Specifically, it includes treating flowers with a smile.

All rights and wrongs, working for hobbies, living alone with little communication, being with small animals, marrying your soul mate, etc. In general, just live a simple and natural life."

Ning Xin looked around and asked, "Professor Lu, why don't I see any small animals in your house?"

Wei Shijie glanced at Ning Xin again, fearing that she would ask about her partner.

"When I was a child, I once raised a little turtle. It stayed with me for ten years and spent my teenage years with me. It also had a spirit and would crawl over when I slapped it in the hand. Then it died and I was sad.

For a long time, I no longer dared to raise small animals, for fear that they would die if they were not well raised." Lu Fanling replied, looking a little sad.

Chu Tianshu quickly changed the subject: "Professor, you also have a basketball stand on the wall. Do you usually play with it?"

Lu Fanling glanced at the basketball hoop installed on the wall and said with a smile, "I just shoot a few shots when I think of it."

At this time, Ning Xin was bitten by several mosquitoes. Lu Fanling hurriedly turned on the mosquito killer lamp in the garden and said: "There are many mosquitoes in the garden. This is a paradox with the degree of greening: good greening will inevitably lead to more mosquitoes."

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"It means the ecology is good, haha." Yan Yujie said.

"My parents like this garden very much. They often come here and like to sit in the garden. By the way, they help me prune the flowers and plants and harvest the vegetables." Lu Fanling said: "I can usually think of it myself.

Just watering the garden is good enough.”

Yan Yujie asked: "Then why don't they live here permanently?"

Lu Fanling said: "I bought this villa just to let them live here permanently, but they think it is too quiet here, and there are too few surrounding facilities. They have to drive to buy onions. They are still used to living in the urban area.

Living in a community, there are many old neighbors, it is convenient to travel and live, and it feels like it is hard to leave the hometown."

Yan Yujie is very clear about this. It is a common problem that the supporting facilities of real estate in the suburbs are poor, so the occupancy rate is relatively low. Many people buy them and only come to live in them on weekends and holidays. They usually live in houses in the city.

Lu Fanling seemed to see what Yan Yujie was thinking and said, "You must have seen it when you came in just now. The houses in this community are basically empty. I estimate that the occupancy rate is less than 10%, and many of them are not even available."

Decoration. However, this place suits me very well. I like to write in a quiet place, and I don’t need to work from nine to five. If you live here and run back and forth to the city for work every morning and evening, it will definitely be very inconvenient.

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There are many open spaces in the garden.

Yan Yujie asked why not dig a swimming pool.

Lu Fanling said that it is easy to dig a swimming pool, but it is too difficult to take care of. Moreover, the community clubhouse has two swimming pools, outdoor and indoor, so you can swim anytime you want.

Ning Xin said that if she got married and had a villa like this, she would dig a swimming pool and swim in it as much as she wanted.

Chu Tianshu and Wei Shijie looked at each other and smiled. They were both thinking that the current market price of this villa is probably not less than 10 million. With your temper, you are looking at a rich man.

I will definitely accept you. You should marry Ma Li and live in your army compound.

Everyone was sitting in the garden of Lufanling, drinking coffee and chatting.

Seeing Lu Fanling's high interest, Wei Shijie had been thinking of ways to get to the point, so he asked: "Professor Lu, do you have your own business outside the school?"

Nowadays, many teachers in colleges and universities start their own companies outside the school to make a lot of money, and the income from teaching is generally not very high, so Wei Shijie's question is very normal and seems to be more tactful.

"I'm writing every day, how can I have time to do business?" Lu Fanling glanced at the house behind him and said, "Haha, you want to ask me how I make money, right?"

Wei Shijie and Yan Yujie both nodded, and Ning Xin also looked very interested.

Lu Fanling said with a smile: "You also saw me trading stocks just now. I mainly make money by trading stocks."

Then Lu Fanling slowly said that he had started speculating in stocks ten years ago, and at that time he only spent less than 100,000 yuan to enter the market and make a small splash.

Lu Fanling likes high-frequency trading and operates frequently, so the little money he earned at the beginning was used to pay handling fees to the brokerage.

Later, Lu Fanling went to the United States to study for a doctorate in economics, and took advantage of the time difference between China and the United States to speculate in A-shares. Basically, he would take a short walk every evening after dinner, and when he returned to his dormitory, the A-shares would almost open and close at the right time.

You can sleep. Later, Lu Fanling went to the United States to study for a doctorate in economics, and took advantage of the time difference between China and the United States to trade in A-shares. Basically, he took a short walk every evening after dinner, and when he returned to his dormitory, the A-share market was about to open.

When the market closes, it’s time to sleep.
Chapter completed!