Chapter 481: The Jia and Zhang families have brought people

I bought the house back solely to give my parents a place to live, to repay the kindness they showed in raising me.

These words came out of Liu Guangqi's mouth.

It was outright mockery.

If one were truly filial.

He wouldn't, just three days after marriage, take Liu Haizhong and his wife, move overnight into the in-laws' house with the property they had prepared for him, causing many outsiders who didn't know the reason to think Liu Guangqi had become a son-in-law living in the wife's home, which made Liu Haizhong angry; he waved a feather duster and gave Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu a severe beating, so the two brothers didn't get out of bed for three days.

To say he wasn't filial.

The Liu family's three brothers were second to none.

Therefore, to some people, this so-called talk of filial piety is nothing but a joke, which is why Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu looked at Liu Guangqi with sneering expressions.

As a member of the Liu family.

They are all unfilial.

Who doesn't know who?

You're using the banner of filial piety to fool us—what's the point?

"Liu Guangqi, stop spouting this pointless nonsense; I just want to ask you one thing: do you yourself believe the filial words you speak about our parents? Ask the neighbors if they believe it—anyway, I don't."

Liu Guangtian's voice.

It then dropped considerably.

He raised his eyebrows.

A mocking expression on his face.

"There's treasure in our Liu family home; if you drive us two brothers away, aren't you just trying to swallow it all yourself?"

Liu Guangqi's heart.

Hung suspended in midair.

Liu Guangtian actually knew about this, so Liu Guangfu knew too; no wonder I've been spouting nonsense, yet the two of them still haven't left.

"Eldest brother, Liu Haizhong doesn't treat us as his sons; yet he told you about the family treasure but not us—if I hadn't happened to see you carrying things to visit Mother and then gone to the countryside to inquire, I wouldn't have known that treasure is hidden in our Liu family house; I've seen through your tricks, and you won't get rid of us."

"Since you already know, I won't hide it from you: once the treasure is dug up, I'll take eighty percent, and you two each get ten percent."

Faced with Liu Guangqi's proposed distribution,

Liu Guangfu chuckled.

Liu Guangtian hehehed.

Their faces didn't look good.

It was obvious he was treating them like three-year-olds with an eighty‑twenty split, yet Liu Guangqi could actually say it—what nerve.

Liu Guangqi also knew that the eighty‑twenty split would dissatisfy Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu.

Even if they were dissatisfied,

he still had to say it.

Otherwise, how could we bargain?

"My household has many people."

"Our household isn't short on people either."

"Guangtian, Guangfu, Mom and Dad are definitely with me; I also have a wife and children, so together we deserve eighty percent—that's already a huge favor to you; one should be content."

"Eldest brother, what you say makes sense; one should be content. Otherwise, if Mom and Dad are with me, Liu Guangtian, I'd take seventy percent, the youngest twenty percent, and the eldest ten percent?"

Liu Haizhong has been squatting inside for twenty years.

How many years he can live after coming out is completely unknown.

This favor.

Liu Guangtian has claimed it.

"Second brother, supporting our parents is also what I should do as a son; Mom and Dad are with me, so I'll take seventy percent and you twenty percent."

"You're acting as if I don't exist, aren't you?"

"No, this isn't following your Liu Guangqi's opinion on distribution, is it?"

"I disagree."

"We still don't agree—why should you get eighty percent and we only twenty? Do you really think we know nothing? Either we split it evenly, or I'll report to the street office."

Things have come to this.

The only way left is to split it evenly.

After the Liu family brothers settled the distribution, they soon grew estranged.

That is, the question of who gets the treasure.

Liu Guangqi's idea is that once the treasure is dug up, he will take it all away; he doesn't know exactly how much money it will fetch, but he guarantees that the proceeds will be split evenly between Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu.

Living under one roof for so many years.

Who doesn't know who?

Letting Liu Guangqi walk off with the gold and silver treasure—what's the difference between that and using a meat bun to beat a dog?

No difference.

Liu Guangtian raised his guard.

Liu Guangfu heightened his vigilance twelvefold.

The two brothers countered Liu Guangqi using his own excuse.

Unable to agree on anything, the Liu family brothers wasted more talk, finally deciding that whatever it was, it would be split evenly, and then each brother would use his own ability to turn it into money.

Next came the treasure digging.

It was guessed that the Liu family had treasure.

However, none of the three brothers knew where this treasure was; each had marked out his own area, preparing to dig.

Several uniformed staff members entered the Liu Family under the leadership of Jia Zhangshi.

Liu Guangqi was on the staff roster.

Facing the staff, unlike Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu who were flustered, he first showed his work ID, saying he was some deputy director of some unit, took out a pack of Great Front Gate filtered cigarettes from his pocket, handed them out to the staff one by one, and lit them with matches.

During the cigarette distribution.

He had already worked out a concrete plan in his mind.

According to the mental draft he had prepared.

He said, "This is our family's old house; we've lived here since we were old enough to remember. Considering it a sentimental attachment, we spent money to buy it back—doesn't that violate current policy?"

"It doesn't violate."

"Then that's good; I thought we were causing trouble for the Jiēdào. We have nothing at home, and I discussed with my two brothers how to tidy up a bit, then tomorrow bring our old mother back home—living in the countryside isn't right for her either."

"Exactly, that's exactly what our eldest brother told me."

"Liu Guangqi, Liu Guangtian, Liu Guangfu, you're just talking nonsense. Do you think I don't know whether you're filial or not? You want to take back our old mother to support her in her old age, but if you were truly filial, you wouldn't have ignored her when she fainted; it was the daughter-in-law of Shazhu in our Dayuan who sent your mother to the hospital."

Seeing Liu Guangtian and them trying to save face.

Jia Zhangshi, who had brought the Jiēdào staff back to the Siheyuan, could no longer contain herself.

Whether the Liu Family brothers have any matter is closely related to whether the Jia Family house can be kept.

He became anxious.

He opened his mouth and exposed the Liu Family brothers' false lies.

"Comrade, it's not just me, the old woman, spouting nonsense. Go to our Dayuan and ask around, listen to what the neighbors say about those three brothers—they're all beasts who aren't human."

"Auntie Jia, I know we've made many mistakes; nobody's perfect—can't we correct ourselves?"

"Cut the crap—I, the old woman, have long seen through the Liu Family brothers. You just shake your rear ends and know what kind of shit you're pulling. The house is worth 360; Shazhu doesn't want to sell, but he deliberately asks a high price of 1,000 to make things difficult for you. You agreed to Shazhu's price without blinking, bought the house, and still keep watch on each other. Back when your father Liu Haizhong was a Team Captain, how many families did he harm, how much stuff did he bring back? There's definitely something in this house."