Siheyuan: Banggeng and I are classmates

But no matter how much she admired it and how proud she was, Yang Liu still felt uneasy after thinking about it carefully.

"I believe what you said, but the money you used to buy the house is unclear. If someone finds out about it, it will be hard to explain."

Yang Liu's eyes were full of worry.

Li Muhua frowned and thought for a moment. What Yang Liu said made sense, although he didn't think anyone would make a fuss about it.

Buying and selling a house is a voluntary act, and few people check these matters.

Even if we find out that most of these landlords have gone abroad, it will be hard to explain.

But Yang Liu was so worried, and he didn't want to make Yang Liu worry.

After a moment's thought, he suggested, "I can talk to Aunt Lou. Even if the money was given by her, the country should give me a certificate of reward for using the money from foreign investors to buy a house in China."

Yang Liu frowned and nodded. Now that the house had been bought, there was no better way to solve the problem.

"She gave it to you in the first place." Yang Liu said bitterly, "The big capitalists are so abominable and rich that they can even give gold to a thirteen-year-old child."

"How much gold did she give you in total to buy eighteen courtyards?" Yang Liu asked curiously.

"It wasn't given by Aunt Lou, but by her father. There were thirty in total, weighing about 18 kilograms." Li Muhua said with a smile: "I was carrying all this gold back that day. I was afraid of seeing strangers and acquaintances along the way. I was very excited--"

Li Muhua couldn't help grinning as he spoke, but when he saw Yang Liu's eyes becoming increasingly dangerous, he quickly changed his words and said, "Although I was very excited at the time, it was still less exciting than when I carried you on my back before."

"Oh~~" Yang Liu snorted coldly, "Come on, I dare not compare myself with 18 kilograms of gold!"

"Of course, that little bit of gold is not worthy of you!" Li Mu Huatian said with a smile: "You weigh 103 kilograms, so I need at least 103 kilograms of gold to compare with you!"

Li Muhua was so heroic a moment ago, but now he suddenly has no shame at all and is fawning like a servant. Yang Liu doesn't know what to say.

Annoyed, Yang Liu grabbed Li Muhua's collar, leaned in close, stared into his eyes and asked, "Li Muhua, I'll ask you again, is there anything else you are hiding from me?"

"It's gone, it's really gone, this is my biggest secret." Li Muhua spread his hands and said, "You are the first one to know it, and I didn't mean to hide it from you."

"Is there really nothing else?" Yang Liu asked in a tough voice, "You can still tell the truth now, but if I find out something else later, don't blame me for getting angry!"

She always felt that Li Muhua was hiding something big from her.

"It's really gone!"

Li Muhua agreed affirmatively, put his arms around Yang Liu, leaned in and kissed her, and said, "It's really gone."

Yang Liu's stern face could no longer hold back, and she pushed Li Muhua away in a bad mood, pretending to be cold and said, "Next time something like this happens, you must tell me, you can't make money by crossing the red line of the law."

"Don't worry!"

Li Muhua hugged Yang Liu again and said, "This is the start-up capital for my business. I can't leave it there to depreciate. Now I don't have time to run a business, so I can only buy a house first."

"Sijiucheng is the capital. As our country develops better and better, wealthy people from all over the country will want to come to Sijiucheng, and the housing prices will be so high that you dare not imagine."

Yang Liu pushed Li Muhua away angrily and said, "You think about speculation and making money all day long. When you graduate from Hua University, at the very least you can join the Construction Commission. Isn't being a state official better than doing business?"

"Ah~~"

Li Muhua sighed and said, "I know this. In the future, power will definitely guide the economy in China. To some extent, being an official is indeed better, especially since my family and I have good political capital."

"But I always wanted to do something. Being a cadre is too restrictive. I can't realize many of my ideas!"

After hearing what Yang Liu said, Li Muhua felt very complicated. He was looking forward to showing his talents, but he was also afraid that in the end, all his efforts would be in vain and that others would take advantage of him and he would end up in a miserable situation.

"You just say it nicely." Yang Liu muttered, "From now on, I won't dare close my eyes. I have to keep an eye on you all the time to prevent you from making mistakes."

"Okay." Li Muhua nodded and agreed, "From now on, you can weld your eyes onto me and stare at me 24 hours a day, okay?"

Yang Liu heard his teasing, broke free from his embrace and turned back.

Li Muhua stopped her and asked, "Go to the phone booth. I haven't called back yet."

"You got this house without any clear reason, and I don't want it to be my mother's home." Yang Liu said unhappily.

Li Muhua hurriedly grabbed him and said, "Why are you so unclear? Saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda. I got this house by saving six or seven lives of the Lou family. My merits are immeasurable."

Yang Liu looked straight at Li Muhua, but did not refute what he said.

Li Muhua advised again: "We just agreed on this. If we change our minds now, your father will definitely ask about it. How will we explain it then?"

"Just tell the truth," Yang Liu said frivolously, "Don't you have a clear conscience and think that saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda?"

"This——" Li Muhua's eyes were full of helplessness.

"Your father is an elder and a tough guy in the army. It's not easy for him to think that I'm saving the Lou family. What's more, I have the spirit of Lei Feng. Doesn't this make your father look down on me?"

Yang Liu said angrily, "You know this is not a good thing?"

"Father Lou and I are just doing business. He's getting a bargain if I can repay him with gold bars for saving my life." Li Muhua explained, "But your father is talking about loyalty and righteousness. He is at a high level and won't understand what Father Lou is thinking."

Li Muhua smiled ingratiatingly and shook Yang Liu's hand, making a pleading gesture.

"You speak to people in a human way and to ghosts in a ghost way." Yang Liu turned around and said, "You are really good at speculation and profiteering, and you are also a disaster as a cadre."

Seeing Yang Liu walking forward again, Li Muhua hugged her and kissed her again, saying, "You are such a sensible and good daughter-in-law."

"Stay away from me and stop pulling me!" Yang Liu complained and pushed Li Muhua away, saying, "This is a public area. You may be shameless, but I still have some dignity."

"Okay, I'll listen to you." Li Muhua agreed readily.

This should be the area for senior officials. The environment is beautiful, the paths are secluded, and there are few passers-by.

It didn't take long before they reached a telephone booth and Li Muhua made a call.

"Hello, I'm looking for Xu Yan from No. 7 Luoxian Hutong, thank you!"

There was silence on the other end of the phone for seven or eight minutes, and then Xu Yan took over the call.

After a brief greeting and explaining things here, Xu Yan learned that Yang's father had agreed to the marriage and even set a date for the wedding. Her voice was full of happiness.

After saying all this, Li Muhua said, "Mom, there is a key under the drawer of the bedside table in my room. Take it and go to No. 5 Xiaotangfang Hutong next to Guangji Temple."

"Have someone clean it up. Your in-laws will live there for a while after they return to Sijiu City, and we will pick up the bride from there when the time comes."

"No. 5, Xiaotangfang Hutong, is this Yang Liu's hometown?" asked Xu Yan on the other end of the phone.

Li Muhua nodded and said, "It is considered Yang Liu's hometown. You should ask someone to clean it up first and try to make it better. I, your son, have behaved very well. Please don't neglect my father-in-law and hold me back."

After hearing this, Xu Yan laughed and cursed a few times, but still agreed.

Then he asked Li Muhua to pass the phone to Yang Liu, and the two chatted for a while.

It was a long while before Yang Liu put down the phone.

"18 minutes, three dollars and sixty cents."

Thinking that the price was so high, if installing a telephone wasn’t so expensive now, Li Muhua would have wanted to open a telephone booth.

The two of them walked back to Yang's house chatting and laughing, and told Yang's father that the matter had been settled.