Chapter 454: Liu Guangqi: Wanting Me to Buy a House, What a Beautiful Thought

Liu Haizhong's hint did not produce the expected effect.

The puzzled Liu Guangqi, after leaving prison, returned home full of doubts.

Cannot understand.

Also cannot understand.

Why would we have to buy back our old house at the original price, and even Liu Haizhong said that if we could buy back the old house, we could spend a high price when necessary.

If I remember correctly, just now Liu Haizhong's attitude toward Liu Guangqi was that of being willing to pay any price to buy back the old house.

Seven days ago, Er Da Ma sold the Liu family's old house to Shazhu at a price one hundred below market value; seven days later, even if we were to buy it back at market price.

He would also be somewhat losing more than gaining.

One week.

Net profit of one hundred.

That's saying it conservatively.

If we delve deeper, according to Liu Haizhong's meaning, ignoring Shazhu's lion's mouth (i. e., his exorbitant demand) and buying back the house regardless of consequences.

In the time it takes to shift something from the left hand to the right.

How much money does Shazhu have to make?

This is all a real cash outlay.

I'm not stupid either.

Why should I do something that countless people would ridicule? Liu Guangqi, even just thinking with his toes, could figure out that the beasts in the courtyard would know he spent a high price to buy back the old house, and they would mock him for it.

They are all Liu Haizhong's sons; why entrust the house-buying matter specifically to him, Liu Guangqi, instead of going to the second son Liu Guangtian or the third son Liu Guangfu?

Faced with Liu Haizhong's demand that he buy back the house, Liu Guangqi clearly stated that he would not buy it back.

Do they really think he doesn't know what Liu Haizhong is thinking?

They want to scheme against me.

No way.

The house was sold by Er Da Ma; Liu Haizhong worried that after he gets out he would have nowhere to live, so he thought of having the eldest buy it back.

Just from the fact that Liu Haizhong and his wife favor Liu Guangqi, one can tell what Liu Haizhong is up to; surely Er Da Ma wants to move back in.

Not giving.

Those troublemakers in the courtyard who love to watch a spectacle will start gossiping.

Given.

I don't feel very good inside.

If Er Da Ma sells the house again, how much money would I lose?

Liu Guangqi, measuring a gentleman's belly with a petty heart, would never think that Liu Haizhong had a huge benefit to give him; returning home in a confused, bewildered depression.

Upon entering the door.

He sat on the stool, sunk in thought, silent.

A look of heavy heart.

Seeing this, his wife quickly handed him a half-warm glass of plain boiled water.

Liu Guangqi took the plain boiled water, drank it all in one gulp, then continued sitting motionless on the stool, giving the impression of being lost in thought.

His wife frowned, thinking to herself that he had been fine when he left, but now he returned like this; worried something had happened, she waved her hand in front of him.

Seeing Liu Guangqi's eyeballs still unmoving.

She spoke up and asked a question.

"Head of the household, what's wrong with you? Don't scare me; if something happens to you, what will I do? What about the child?"

Hearing his wife's shout, Liu Guangqi gradually came to his senses, lifted his head, and glanced at his wife.

The wife, seeing Liu Guangqi's facial expression, felt a jolt; his vacant, unfocused eyes said it all.

"Head of the household, is Father having a bad time in there? I've heard that people who go in get dealt with; Father is old, and because he did many wicked things back then, there are bound to be people inside who, upon seeing him, will take revenge. We can't do anything about it; who let Father not leave himself a way out back then? You three brothers must share everything together."

"Wife, what I'm actually worried about isn't the things you mentioned."

Liu Guangqi's wife.

Staring with a puzzled, uncomprehending gaze at Liu Guangqi.

Cannot think of anything else that would upset Liu Guangqi more than Liu Haizhong being bullied.

"If I told you, you still wouldn't understand."

"Whether you understand or not, I'll listen first."

Liu Guangqi's wife sighed softly.

She is a woman of proper conduct.

Some things, even if said, are indeed not understood.

But she can also help by offering ideas.

"Three cobblers with their wits combined equal Zhuge Liang, isn't that the idea?"

After pondering for a moment.

Felt that what his wife said made sense.

Liu Guangqi collected his thoughts and recounted Liu Haizhong's instruction to buy the old house.

"The house in the Siheyuan wasn't sold by our mother, was it? The old man came to me with just one matter: no matter what, I must buy back the Old Liu Family's house in the Siheyuan."

"Buy it back?" Liu Guangqi's wife frowned, looking at him, and asked: "Why buy back a house that was sold? Given the Liu family's situation in the Siheyuan, buying it back would just mean waiting all day to be stabbed in the back, or having the neighbors smash the windows in the dead of night."

"Who says no? I think the same, but Father's attitude is very firm; he told me to buy back the house regardless of consequences. It's easy to say, but if Shazhu asks two thousand, I'd really have to spend two thousand to buy it back."

Liu Guangqi was complaining.

Emotions also became agitated.

"Don't say our family doesn't have that much money; even if we did, we couldn't do this. I buy the house back, my mother moves back in, after a while we sell the house again, the money ends up in their hands, we get nothing but a reputation for filial piety. In this day and age, what good is a good reputation?"

Liu Guangqi made up his mind.

No matter what, one cannot listen to Liu Haizhong's words.

He certainly doesn't want to be this sucker.

He completely failed to notice the occasional flash of a solemn expression on his wife's face.

In the situation where the persona collapsed, the Liu family had become an object of universal scorn in the Siheyuan; no matter who, upon seeing them, had to lower their head and tuck their tail, behaving humbly.

Under these circumstances.

Leaving is the best solution.

Er Da Ma sold the house to avoid having to see those people's ugly faces again.

If she were in the Liu family's position, she would also have to consider this.

But now everything is reversed, with the roles swapped; Liu Haizhong clearly knows that staying in the Siheyuan would have countless people cursing his ancestors, yet he still wants the Siheyuan's house.

Why?

Liu Guangqi's wife, not knowing what she had thought of, her eyes suddenly lit up; she couldn't care about much else, and urgently asked Liu Guangqi: "Head of the household, does your father really want you to buy back the house without regard for consequences?"

"Yes." Liu Guangqi looked at his wife and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Tell me, in that situation, your father's expression on his face, and the words he said to you, not missing a single word, tell me everything."

Liu Guangqi didn't know what his wife was up to, and he described the situation to her in full detail.