No one can disturb my retirement life in the Red Mansion

Chapter 903 Why Are You Angry?

"What did my mother say?" Harry thought, looking at Sirius. He wondered if this was what his mother meant.

They all went to Muggle schools, so they actually have some understanding of British society. Take little Harry for example. He had no extracurricular books to read since he was a child. He could only read old newspapers and read the interesting articles in them.

The story of the impoverished nobles selling their ancestral homes was often mentioned in the newspapers as a joke, and he used to like reading about it, but he never delved into it.

After entering the wizarding world and chatting with Draco, I learned that manors usually have old castles. Their manor has been passed down for many generations, and every tree has a history. But because of this, it costs a lot to maintain it every year. The land of the manor also needs to pay taxes. And in a Muggle place, if you don’t want to appear special, you have to ask Muggles to maintain it, otherwise it will be said that there is no servant in the manor, but it is still fine.

Many magic families look run-down in the Muggle world, making people think that this is a haunted place and they dare not come in. But even so, they have to pay taxes. Otherwise, the government will take this place away and auction it off.

Many nobles eventually had no heirs, so they looked for heirs among the side branches. But when they saw that the heirs were in tatters, they decided to sell them. Rather than keeping them as a burden, it was better to sell them once and for all.

So Harry thought, if his mother from the Muggle world also thought so, then he would forget it. After all, although he was determined to revive his family, he should be down-to-earth. The money he earned now was only enough to buy a small house opposite the Mirror Lake. Maybe in the future he could get a large sum of money at once like Ginny did, but such an opportunity was hard to come by, so he didn't dare to be too aggressive.

"At that time, they were not married yet!" Sirius said nonchalantly.

"Oh!" Harry nodded, his expression becoming even uglier.

Sirius didn't understand why Harry was like this, and looked at "little Petunia", but Petunia was looking down at something, and his expression could not be seen.

Hermione snorted and tilted her head back, not wanting to talk.

"Okay, give me your name first and we'll talk later." Ou Mengmeng didn't want to talk anymore.

The nobility is declining, but the emerging rich in the United States envy the nobility's honor more than one. In the 21st century, they can sell these ancient houses, palaces, and castles at sky-high prices as long as they can say something fancy. Even if the Potter family is not as good as the Malfoy family, they need to pay taxes every year, and the place is not small. I guess Harry can't afford it now. Let's put it aside!

"Why do you look unhappy?" Sirius felt a little flustered when he heard that Lily was unhappy because she didn't participate in the discussion. "Did I say something wrong?"

"It's okay." Ou Mengmeng said casually, looking at the name and location written by Sirius, and then looking at Harry, "We'll go check it out later. When the compensation comes, plus the money in your vault, in principle it shouldn't be much different. Now, do you want to buy it?"

"Buy it." Harry Potter said without thinking. Now he has made up his mind, he wants to buy it back. The Potter family has already produced a prodigal son, and he can't leave regrets in his life. He can't say to his children in the future that our family also had a manor, but it was sold by your grandfather and I couldn't buy it back. "Okay, I'll ask someone to buy it first. Now is a good time to buy it." Ou Mengmeng thought about it and nodded.

In the early 81s, the British economy was in a depression. In , it was the wedding of Prince Charles and Princess Diana that really boosted the economy. In the early s, the British economy was still struggling to move towards high-end industries.

For example, Mrs. Thatcher's financial policy in 86 eliminated British domestic financial companies in one fell swoop and allowed large American financial firms to fully enter. The advantage was that it temporarily boosted the economy, and the disadvantages were needless to say.

So at this time, the per capita GDP of the UK was less than half of that of Japan. At this moment, if the estate that Porter had sold was not sold to Americans, the price of the manor would not be very high. Because the current environment in the UK is like this, what else can be done? When the Internet economy really comes, the new rich will spend not money, but paper.

"Harry, you have a house now, why are you still spending money recklessly? Your father sold the mansion because he didn't want you to suffer." Sirius was anxious and could only look at Snape.

"Didn't you say that Lily hadn't married him yet? How dare you let a child who doesn't even have the guts to take the blame for someone who doesn't even want to take responsibility for himself?" Snape was also very angry. He wanted to throw up his sleeves and let the wizard robe hit him in the face. He didn't need Sirius to say anything. He just patted Harry and went back to school. He didn't want to argue with a stupid dog.

Sirius was stunned for a moment. Yes, there was no little Harry at that time. However, he really felt that such a big house was too lonely. And he couldn't always ask someone to play with him, so he sold it. Is this irresponsible?

Ou Mengmeng didn't want to bother with Sirius anymore, so she took the notebook and went upstairs. Besides the work at hand, she had many other things to do. For example, the lawsuit for compensation was still going on.

Although the lawsuit in the wizarding world was not important at all, as some people said, it was just a formality. I didn't see the beginning, they didn't intend to let Sirius go back for a retrial, and thought they would just let it go.

If it weren't for Ou Mengmeng's insistence, how could the court prove his innocence? Without this, it would be difficult to let him go to Hogwarts.

But the claim case, how should I put it, has attracted a lot of attention. Ou Mengmeng has been very careful in guiding public opinion. The most important reason why she can get to where she is today is that she doesn't look down on anyone easily. She doesn't even dare to use the word "control". She only dares to say "guide". Why? This is not easy to do.

I've said before that asking for compensation from the Death Eaters is a bit shattering. In fact, Ou Mengmeng spent more than two years, almost three years, promoting this in the newspapers.

Including when Sirius donated his property, it was also reported in the newspapers, but the recipients were not mentioned. It only said that hardcore Death Eater families like Sirius still had a lot of wealth. They were in Azkaban, but they could still control the wealth. Does this mean that these people may actually make a comeback one day?

After more than two years of waiting for Sirius to escape, the wizards became angry. They forgot their fear and all they cared about was what was written in the newspapers. Sure enough, these privileges were still there in Azkaban.

Only then did Ou Mengmeng dare to file a lawsuit publicly. What else could she do? Should she say that she wanted Bella's vault, or that the savior needed gold galleons to buy back Potter Manor?
Do you know why everyone is angry? Can you see it?