Chapter 54: Foodie
It should be emphasized that Phyllis, who had just arrived, was not aware of the housing prices in Cape Town.
But that doesn't mean Phyllis doesn't know how much £100 is worth.
"A house worth 100 pounds! Henry, you are screwed. You actually think that a house worth 100 pounds is great, and you actually think that I will be satisfied. Look at how you have fallen now? The annual rent for a decent house in London is more than 100 pounds." Phyllis was dissatisfied because Henry actually thought that a house worth 100 pounds could satisfy her. This -
You look down on me, don't you?!
"I don't know what kind of house you would be satisfied with, but I can guarantee that if this guy's house is in London, it definitely won't be rented for 100 pounds a year." Henry decided to take Phyllis to see Rock's house.
I can't tolerate this. It's okay that she dislikes the dirty and messy house of my brother, but she actually dislikes my aesthetic taste. Don't treat the sheriff as a lesser official.
Rock didn't stop it this time. It wouldn't cost him anything to let people see the house. What's more, Rock had a hunch that as long as Phyllis saw Rock's house, she would definitely not live in Henry's place.
Phyllis did plan this, so when she went out, Phyllis did not forget to ask Rock to help her carry her suitcase. Even if she stayed in a hotel, Phyllis would not stay in Henry's pigsty.
Yes, please help Rock.
When seeing her brother, Phyllis definitely didn't want to carry things, Henry was even less willing, and in fact Rock didn't want to either, but who made Phyllis so beautiful?
Even someone like Rock, who was used to seeing beauties in the 21st century, felt amazed. Of course, Rock was used to seeing beauties on the Internet in the 21st century. Let's put it this way, those beauties in the previous life who were called "once in three thousand years" or "once in four thousand years" were just village beauties compared to Phyllis.
In fact, Rock could also understand that the reason why it was "once in three thousand years" or "once in four thousand years" was purely because it was rarely seen.
Like Henry, Phyllis was shocked by Rock's £100 mansion after getting off the carriage.
But this shock didn't last long, because Phyllis soon seemed to discover a fact: "Brother Henry, how miserable are you? You can buy such a great house for 100 pounds, but you don't even have 100 pounds?"
Mmm , it smells so good!
"There's a reason why this house is sold for 100 pounds - go away, big guy, don't come near me - this house is a haunted house, someone has died in the house, so it has been auctioned several times but never sold - hello, Bella - I didn't know this house was so good, those people were probably like me, when they heard that it was a haunted house, they had no idea what the house was like, so this guy is lucky." Henry kept chattering, even more talkative than Anton.
"What does a haunted house have to do with me? I'm not afraid. I have the amulet given to me by Bishop Gaspard!" Phyllis vowed, and pulled out a silver cross from her collar .
truth!
Well, the cross is white, and it has nothing to do with Phyllis's neck.
"Of course you don't have to be afraid now. Rock has used the mysterious witchcraft from the East to break the curse in this house. Bella's family lives here, and they are fine." Henry is very simple and he believes whatever Rock says.
Of course, another reason was that the "Taishan Stone Guardian" in the living room was shining brightly. Although Henry didn't know what these Chinese characters meant, it didn't affect the confidence that this thing gave Henry.
Compared with Henry's house, Rock's house is too luxurious. The area of one living room is as big as Henry's entire house.
This house is really nice. The ceiling of the living room is about five meters high, which is neither as high as a church nor so low that it gives people a sense of oppression. After all, the living room is large enough. The ceiling is painted with a series of paintings of "Assumption of the Virgin Mary". The top of the three-meter-high floor-to-ceiling window is semicircular, and the inner marble wall is carved with cloud patterns. The dark gold curtains are embroidered . The white gauze curtains are not rolled up, and the breeze blows through. Sitting on the sofa in the living room, the warm sunlight shines on Phyllis through the gauze. Phyllis suddenly felt drowsy. It only took Phyllis a minute to fall in love with this place.
Phyllis felt like she was at home here in England.
"Phyllis, don't sleep in the living room. I'll ask Bella to clean up a room for you. Go there and have a good sleep." Henry suddenly felt distressed. After all, Phyllis was less than 20 years old and had been drifting on the sea for more than half a month. God knows how Phyllis survived. The journey was not peaceful in those days.
"Don't disturb me, let me get some good sleep. I haven't had a good sleep for more than a month." Phyllis had closed her eyes and waved to Henry in a daze.
Henry was helpless, and he and Rock looked at each other in confusion.
"What should we do? Locke, Phyllis has fallen in love with this place." Henry spread his hands helplessly. Even if Phyllis didn't fall in love with this place, she had already planned to stay here.
What's more, Henry didn't want Phyllis to live in his doghouse. Although dogs don't mind a poor home, the fact that Henry himself lived happily in such a house didn't mean that Henry was willing to let Phyllis live in such an environment. Even though Henry and Phyllis often hurt each other, that was just the way they got along. Henry undoubtedly loved Phyllis.
"Well, if Phyllis wants to live here, that's not impossible." Rock looked a little embarrassed. It would be fine if only Phyllis lived here, but if Henry was added, it would be too many. The house was small and couldn't accommodate too many people.
"Dream on!" Henry looked disdainful. We are all pigs and no one should scheme against anyone else.
"Come on, Henry. I'm not interested in Phyllis. I prefer mature women like Ada. Phyllis is still a child. Don't think too badly of me." Rock looked righteous, but he had more unpleasant words to say: "Skinny, skinny girl, only you, Henry, are treasured."
But Rock had planned everything, but he didn't expect that as soon as he said this, Phyllis's eyelashes moved. What a joke! She was just drowsy. How could she fall asleep in an unfamiliar environment?
"Get away! I'd be crazy if I believed you. No matter what you think, this house is mine from now on. You spent a hundred pounds, right? I'll give you two hundred?" Henry was generous and doubled the money in one go. Are you satisfied now?
"Bullshit! You want to buy it for two hundred pounds? Since I bought it, I have spent more than two hundred pounds on renovations. For two hundred pounds, I can only sell you the set of Iris bone china that we had afternoon tea with yesterday." Rock is not stupid. He will not sell this house for two hundred, let alone one thousand.
"Afternoon tea - what afternoon tea?" Phyllis seemed to have heard something extraordinary in her sleep.
Also a foodie.
