Siheyuan: Fighting against Japanese Aggression in Beijing

Chapter 417 Liu Guangtian's Word Test

"Liu Guangtian, don't open your mouth. How can it be big?" Sha Zhu said dissatisfiedly, "I have seen your house before. It is not much bigger than the main house of the Yan family."

"Shazhu, if you don't believe me you can go and measure it. It's at least half bigger." Liu Guangtian said.

"I can't. There's not enough space for a big bed."

"Okay, you want to sell the big one for 15,000, what about the small one?" Li Kangri asked.

"My father won't sell the smaller one. Where will they live if we sell it?" Liu Guangtian said, "If my mother hadn't been in the hospital and had no medical expenses, how could we have sold the house? That's my father's life's work."

"Is that so! If the small one doesn't want to buy the big one, I can't offer that high a price. The most I'll offer is twelve thousand. If you really want to sell it, I'll give you the money now, and you and Zhuzi can go find your dad to transfer the ownership. If you don't want to, you can leave now." Li Kangri said without interest.

After all, what he wanted was not a room, but a yard. Now there were only Liu Haizhong and Qin Huairu. Since he couldn't send Liu Haizhong away, he would just have to wait until they died. There was no rush anyway.

Seeing Li Kangri's firm expression, Liu Guangtian knew that this was a fixed price, so he said, "Twelve thousand is twelve thousand, but Uncle Li, I heard that you are very accurate in fortune-telling, can you tell me a fortune for free?"

"You can tell fortunes, but it won't be accurate if you don't pay, so you have to think it over carefully." Li Kangri said with a smile.

"Is one piece enough?" Liu Guangtian asked.

"Liu Guangtian, my master's fortune telling usually starts at one thousand. How dare you ask for one dollar?" Sha Zhu interrupted.

"Ah? So many?" Liu Guangtian quickly refused, "Forget it! We don't know if it's accurate yet! I'm just curious. I won't test it anymore."

"Hey, aren't you insulting my master?" Sha Zhu said angrily, "Don't let me kick my head like a ball."

"One dollar is fine, as long as you give it to me. Since you sold the house to me, I'll help you measure it."

"Thank you, Uncle Li," Liu Guangtian said, and immediately took out a dollar and put it on the table, "Should I write now?"

"Tell me what you want to test first?" Li Kangri asked.

"What to predict?" Liu Guangtian thought, "Predict the future, predict whether I can make money in business in the future."

"Liu Guangtian, you're still thinking about doing business even though your money has been stolen?" Sha Zhu mocked, "With your brain, even if you make money, it will be for others."

"Zhu Zi, you are so nosy, hurry up and give him a pen and paper. Is there anything else to do after the test?"

After hearing what Li Kangri said, Sha Zhu walked over with a smile, took the paper and pen, and gave them directly to Liu Guangtian.

After taking the paper and pen, Liu Guangtian wrote the word "Tian" without hesitation, and then pushed it in front of Li Kangri, "Uncle Li, there is a word "Tian" in my name, you can test this word!"

"Tuanzi, to predict wealth, right?"

"That's right, predicting your fortune," Liu Guangtian said with a smile.

"You see, the word '天' is a big word with its head pressed down by the word 一," Li Kangri said, pointing at the word, "so you can't make it in business."

"Ah! No way?" Liu Guangtian said unhappily.

"Haha, don't be dissatisfied. Let me explain slowly. What does the word 'tianzi chutou' mean?"

"husband?"

"That's right. What is a husband? A man is a real man who can make a career. If a woman uses this word, it means a lot of money. But you are a man, so you can't make a difference in business."

"Ah? Then why was our business so good before?" Liu Guangtian asked unconvinced.

"One big means the big supports the one, and this one refers to your family. Before, it was your father who supported your family, so of course everything went smoothly," Li Kangri said, "but now you are testing yourself."

"Is that so?"

"You don't believe it, right? Look again. If you split the word '天' into two parts, it will become '工' (a worker). This shows that you are meant to be a worker in this life, isn't it?"

"Hahaha, Master, you are awesome. He is suitable to be a worker. Liu Guangtian, you should just accept your fate! Find a good job and go to work!" Sha Zhu said with a smile.

"No, Uncle Li, I don't agree with what you said. Just now you said that my father's business was going smoothly because he supported our family. But now, our family is in trouble. Although the money is not lost, after all, the money is gone, right? It's not right to say that everything is going smoothly!" Liu Guangtian said.

"Hahaha, since you said so, then I will test for you again where your family's money went," Li Kangri said with a smile, "It's still the word '天'. This '天' or '大' is being suppressed. What is suppressing it? You see, this '一' is a little short, just missing one-third. This means that it was suppressed by the '大' in your family, that is, your father, and by two-thirds of the family members, that is, the two out of the three sons in your family. As for whether the money is really gone or not, let's continue to see."

"Master, what do you mean? Is the money not lost?" Sha Zhu asked curiously.

"Haha, this is what I'm going to say next. You see, the word '天' is two people when separated. If you remove the horizontal line at the bottom and then put it vertically, it becomes the word '不'. If you put them together on the left and right, it becomes the word '仁'. The two people are not kind, so the big character can't get out. What does this mean?" Li Kangri paused, looked at the panicked Liu Guangtian and continued, "It means that the two sons are not kind and hid the money privately, and then made it impossible for the father to get out. That's what it means. Do you understand?"

When Liu Guangtian heard what Li Kangri said, his mouth opened wide in surprise and he was so shocked that he forgot to cover himself.

He looked at Li Kangri with an incredible expression. He never expected that Li Kangri could even figure this out.

"This……"

"No way?" Sha Zhu shouted, "Liu Guangtian, what my master said can't be true? You actually embezzled your father's money? And then pretended to be in front of them? You are really good!"

After hearing what Sha Zhu said, Liu Guangtian finally reacted. After reacting, he quickly denied it, "No, no, Uncle Li, your measurement is not accurate. Isn't this nonsense?"

"Haha, Guangtian, do you want me to ask my brother to come over and talk to him about this?" Li Kangri threatened with a smile, "Believe it or not, I will arrest you and you will be convicted in the first trial."

"No, Uncle Li, we have no grudges in the past or in the present, just pretend that nothing happened," Liu Guangtian said regretfully, "I only need 10,000 yuan for this house, because I'm short of 10,000 yuan for my mother's medical expenses, okay?"

Now he is regretting it so much, why did he do the fortune telling for no reason?

"Haha, just admit it. I didn't mean to blackmail you. I just didn't want others to say that I was lying to their son. Just like you said, you and I have no grudges in the past or today, so I won't bother you," Li Kangri said with a smile, "and this unkindness can also be put on your father. It's his unkindness that caused him to be unable to get ahead, so this is called karma. Don't worry, I won't interfere in your affairs."

"Uncle Li, I believe it now. I believe you are really a god. I am convinced, very much so." Liu Guangtian said.

"Wow, Liu Guangtian, did you and Liu Guangfu do this?" Sha Zhu asked curiously.

"Yeah, Shazhu, you don't know how excessive my father is. We brothers work so hard and only get a little money. The eldest brother doesn't contribute a penny, but he actually gives a lot to him. Don't you think we will lose a lot if we don't do this?" Liu Guangtian said.

"Haha, this is your dad, he's always like this," Sha Zhu said with a smile, "If he gave more to you two, he wouldn't be Liu Haizhong anymore."

"Silly Zhu, I hope you can..."

"Don't worry, this is none of my business. I wish your father was poor so that he could sell the house to me! How could I tell on him?" Sha Zhu said with a smile.

"Shazhu, don't worry, the house definitely belongs to you and Uncle Li. I will find a way to sell it to you in the future." Liu Guangtian said.

"Okay, the word has been tested, you can go and transfer the property, the price is still twelve thousand, go ahead!"

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