Chapter 656: Cultural Revival

After Xu Huizhen came over, Liu Guangtian also arrived at Courtyard 95.

Seeing the courtyard already greatly changed, Liu Guangtian also felt a mix of emotions.

The formerly bustling courtyard has now become cold and deserted.

Upon seeing Yang Qing, he stood with his head lowered like a child who had done something wrong.

"Qing ge er, I'm sorry to you."

This matter has nothing to do with him at all; how could Yang Qing take out his anger on him?

He said unhappily.

"Alright, putting on this act, who are you showing it to?"

"Hurry up and come in."

Only then did Liu Guangtian enter the door.

Upon reaching the living room of Zhengyuan, Yang Qing then asked him how Yang Tian was doing.

"You weren't following Yang Tian to dig for treasure, so why did you come back?"

Liu Guangtian was indignant.

"It's all because of He Yuzhu—he won't even enjoy his good days, who knows what he's up to now."

"If Yu Shui hadn't told me, I wouldn't have known."

"This couple can't tell good from bad; feeling their wings have hardened, they don't realize who gave them this opportunity."

Seeing his angry expression, Yang Qing instead comforted him.

"Everyone has their own aspirations; if they want to go out and venture, let them go out and venture."

"Maybe they also want to give Jiale (maybe a shop name) a share and earn a livelihood."

"Now you're getting bigger and richer, so it's not hard to understand that they feel a sense of crisis."

Liu Guangtian simply doesn't believe it—Sha Zhu is the sort of person who would never have such an idea; otherwise he wouldn't have sent He Daqing to the nursing home of the three grand elders.

It's just that he's narrow-minded, unwilling to share money, wanting to strike out on his own.

This inevitably involves Liu Shumin's meddling.

This woman, ever since she got money, has become different, putting on airs.

Most likely she looks down on He Yuzhu being a cook, thinking it sounds unsavory, so she wants to be the boss.

"Damn it, think about it—He Yuzhu is already over fifty; how many more years can he still lift a big ladle?"

"Just messing around blindly."

"Alright, Qing ge er, you don't need to speak for them anymore."

"What are they? I know better than you."

"Look at Nan Yi's restaurant—its head chefs have trained five or six apprentices; take a look at him?"

"Ma Hua now can't even support a shop."

"He fundamentally doesn't treat the restaurant as his own; this shows he's had divided loyalties from early on."

"With his character, Huizhen sister doesn't despise him, yet he's gotten full of himself, even withdrawn his shares and opened a restaurant."

"Whoever can run a restaurant properly before saying they won't do it."

"This person has no conscience."

"Marrying him, I've had eight lifetimes of bad luck."

"Brother, I now regret handing over Jiale (maybe a shop name) to him."

"Losing face and losing virtue."

Liu Guangtian's opinion of Sha Zhu is truly not ordinary.

"Being a person and failing to this extent, the kind of ending seen in novels is not hard to understand."

"Heaven's self-inflicted misfortune can still be survived; self-inflicted misfortune cannot."

"If previously, Sha Zhu could still say he was deceived."

"But now it's purely his own character causing it."

"Even his own family looks down on him, which shows he truly has serious problems."

"Still, that saying: respect each person's fate."

"Alright, alright, what's the point of getting this angry?"

"You and Yu Shui just be good."

"The children in the family should also get married; you two now count as having achieved success and retired."

"From now on, live your own lives well—if you should go traveling, go traveling; if you should go abroad to see things, go abroad to see them."

"The world is so big; don't ruin your mood all day over these damn trifles."

"Look, I'm now semi-retired."

"Every day I accompany your sister-in-law wandering around."

"Our little life is lived very beautifully."

Liu Guangtian still feels resentful, really disgusted.

"Regarding the withdrawal of shares, He Yuzhu beforehand didn't leak any news to him."

"He feels he has let down Yang Qing's care."

"Look at others, then look at himself—without Yang Qing ge er, he now is nothing."

"Being a person requires understanding gratitude; otherwise, what's the difference from beasts?"

He looked around.

"Qing ge er, I feel this place is a bit empty."

In a couple of days I'll get things set up for you.

Yang Qing rolled his eyes.

You want me to display a bunch of antiques, and your sister-in-law has to be extra careful when cleaning.

Are you trying to screw over your sister-in-law?

Having his premeditation pointed out, Liu Guangtian wasn't embarrassed at all; instead, he was quite pleased with himself.

Just hire a servant.

Look at that rich person, cleaning up after himself every day.

Yang Qing cut him off, stopping him from continuing his nonsense.

All right, you don't need to worry about this on my end.

You'd better hurry back and help Yang Tian hold things down, or you'll get taken in.

Some things we have are better than theirs.

If they take those less valuable things, they're either left uncared for in a warehouse or stolen away.

Only the valuable items are safe from their meddling; they'll cherish and properly maintain those.

Even though we have money, it's just a penny; we must take good care of things, while they have limited funds, like to grab as much as they can, but then have no money to maintain it, so they end up wasting things.

We seize things to protect cultural relics; they seize them purely to take advantage, never satisfied.

Yang Tian, just a little brat, can't keep them in check.

As his uncle, you need to back him up and keep things under control.

(I'm telling the truth; museums used to have limited funding, with many items piled in warehouses gathering dust, losing things happening all the time—even the Forbidden City could lose things—just think about it…)

When it came to this matter, Liu Guangtian immediately slapped his chest and promised.

I'll definitely handle this; I've seen a lot in this line of work, I know exactly what they're like.

There are many things on the market that come straight from their hands.

In my hands, they won't get to take any advantage.

Even those valuable items must be registered and catalogued, and we also have the right to inspect them at any time.

The special approval documents you brought over are really impressive.

They dare not openly oppose.

Yang Qing thought for a moment and then instructed.

You also need to put the private museum matter on your schedule.

Otherwise, if private individuals hold so many things, it's inevitable that people will eye them.

And your antique shop, too, you need to be careful—don't give anyone a handle to grab.

From now on, you should appear more in public; that's called nurturing outlook, and with a clear outlook you'll then have a protective charm.

Otherwise, the scheming will never end.

Antiques are old cultural products; you also need to cultivate new talent.

Moreover, you need the ability to replace the old with the new.

You need the awareness of being a standard-bearer of national essence.

Nowadays, blind admiration of foreign things is rampant; don't let our excellent culture decline.

As long as you raise the banner of our cultural revival, you'll gain a protective golden layer.

If you achieve results, you'll become honored guests of the central authority.

You need to be clear about the priorities and urgency of these matters.