Chapter 445: Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu Fight Over the House

Liu Haizhong's house.

Yu Li bought it from Er Da Ma for a price one hundred below market price.

It can also be regarded as a classic example of a misfortune turning into a blessing.

Shazhu suddenly remembered something.

It had to do with Liu Haizhong.

In his previous life, Liu Haizhong relied on his disciple to become a small leader at Yagangchang, using connections to profit from trading rebar steel from inside the plant.

He started using a pager, and a telephone was installed at home.

He wore a suit and tie all day, putting on the airs of a successful person.

Er Da Ma waited on Liu Haizhong like a servant, keeping the house stocked with peanuts, dried fruits, melon seeds and similar snacks for his enjoyment.

Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu, two unfilial sons, rushed back for money's sake to fawn over him; in the end, because they were dealing in televisions, they got a dressing-down from Xu Daming, Liu Haizhong's earnings from trading rebar steel were all poured into it, the couple rushed to the hospital overnight, and the Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu brothers also moved house overnight.

In this life, Liu Haizhong, because of his past misdeeds, has been imprisoned and sentenced to twenty years; he has no money, and the house has gone to Shazhu. Can the Liu brothers still come back to fawn over Liu Haizhong? Twenty years later, if Liu Haizhong is still alive, his only recourse would be to sleep rough on the streets.

That's a living punishment.

That is the greatest retribution for Liu Haizhong.

I wonder what expression Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu will have on their faces when they return to scheme for the Liu family house and find out it has already been sold cheaply by Er Da Ma to Shazhu.

Speak of Cao Cao.

Cao Cao arrives.

When Shazhu was muttering about Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu, the two brothers coincidentally had the same idea and rushed back to seize the house.

Despite their cold-heartedness, it ultimately provoked Er Da Ma, who would rather sell the house cheaply to Shazhu than leave it to the two unfilial sons.

The Liu brothers, clueless and dazed, returned to the Siheyuan, bumped heads in front of the former Liu family house, then each glared at the other with murderous intent, staring like tigers eyeing their prey.

The looks on their faces were very solemn.

They appeared ready to treat each other as mortal enemies, each pointing at the lock on the door and demanding the other quickly open it.

Each thought the other had locked the door first.

What truly drew the neighbors' attention was that Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu each held a shiny lock in their hands.

After their intentions were exposed.

Not only were they not the slightest bit embarrassed, they actually had a 'let it all go to ruin' attitude.

"Liu Guangfu, what do you mean?"

"Liu Guangtian, what do you mean?"

Their interests were right before them.

They showed no regard for brotherly affection.

They called each other by name directly.

Their tone was icy to the extreme.

"Someone who can sell his own father, neglect his own mother—a beast—and yet you expect him to talk about brotherly loyalty? Pure nonsense."

"Liu Guangfu, I am your second elder brother."

For the house.

Liu Guangtian displayed the authority of an older brother.

He wanted to use his seniority to suppress the younger.

Seeing this, Liu Guangfu revealed his own younger brother's status, and the two went at each other head-to-head.

"Liu Guangtian, according to your view, I am still your younger brother."

"I am the older brother, you must yield to me—you know the story of Kong Rong yielding pears?"

"Kong Rong yielding pears means giving the big pear to the younger brother; you are the older brother, I am the younger—perfect, you let me have our Liu family's old house, and I will give you the reputation of Kong Rong yielding pears."

"Guangfu, my situation—you know it—your second sister-in-law is about to give birth and urgently needs a place to live; if you help your second older brother with this house, will you do it? Your second older brother will remember your kindness for life."

"Second older brother, you know my situation too—I now have a girlfriend who asks for nothing but a place to live; as the elder brother stands in for the father, and our father is imprisoned, you as second older brother must arrange my marriage; I have no other demands—just give me the house."

Seeing that their emotional appeals had no effect, the Liu brothers also gave up trying to persuade with kind words, and, in a desperate move, revealed their true colors.

"Liu Guangfu, as the head of the Liu family I order you: quickly open the lock, in the order one-two-three—this house is my turn according to that order."

"If we really go by that order, this house should belong to our eldest."

"Can you not mention him to me?"

"Sure, as long as you show your style and give me the house, I won't mention our eldest brother to your face."

"Guangfu, if you take possession of our family's house, you must support our mother."

As a son, how could I not look after our elderly mother? But I also cannot deprive you and the eldest brother of your right to care for mother. Liu Guangfu put on an act of having gained an advantage while pretending to be modest, speaking in a tone of considering Liu Guangtian: "If this gets out, the neighbors will still think you and the eldest brother are unfilial; as the younger brother, I must consider your reputation, and I cannot let the neighbors stab you in the back."

The surrounding neighbors.

They were all silently shaking their heads.

They watched the Liu family's two scoundrels perform with the air of spectators at a show.

Not a single person told them the news that Er Da Ma had sold the house to Shazhu.

Or Liu Guangtian sensed something off from Liu Guangfu's words, asked, and the two brothers suddenly realized that the big lock on the Liu family house door at that moment was neither locked by Liu Guangtian nor by Liu Guangfu.

They ended up staring at each other in dismay.

Or Jia Zhangshi, harboring the idea of stirring up trouble, came specially from the Jia family, ran up to Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu, and told them that Shazhu had bought their house, to the Liu family's two scoundrels.

Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu learned that Shazhu had bought their family's house.

They were furious beyond measure.

They surged angrily toward Zhong Yuan.

Just when everyone thought they would rush to Shazhu's house to confront him, the two brothers simultaneously staged a 'sneak away' act for the neighbors, turning a small corner at Shazhu's door and slipping away in a puff of smoke from the Siheyuan.

Jia Zhangshi was so angry her gums itched.

She silently cursed Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu for being disappointing.

Following Jia Zhangshi's wishes, I specially told the Liu brothers the news that Er Da Ma had sold her house to Shazhu; you should go fight him.

Two fists can't beat four hands.

Even if Shazhu is the Siheyuan's war god.

The Liu brothers are two against one, yet they still can't beat Shazhu?

The result is rotten mud that can't hold up a wall.

They were scared off.

Jia Zhangshi's needless action only ended up offending Shazhu.

Actually, Jia Zhangshi misunderstood why Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu fled; she was partly worried about being reprimanded by Shazhu, but mostly it was a tangle of interests.

The Siheyuan house was sold to Shazhu, leaving Er Da Ma with no place to stay in the city; she either had to live with her eldest relatives or return to her rural hometown. Seeing that Er Da Ma had the house sale money on her, the Liu brothers both put on an act of being filial sons in front of her, at the very least trying to swindle the house sale money into their own hands.