Courtyard House: Purchasing Agents' Comeback from the Great Famine

Liu Haizhong and Liu Guangtian came out of the house. They were still not fully sober. Liu Guangqi had made them drink too much last night, and they were still walking unsteadily.

"What's going on? What are you yelling about so early in the morning?" Liu Haizhong shouted.

Aunt Er wiped away her tears, sobbing uncontrollably, "He ran away! Guangqi ran away! Guangqi took all the money and valuables from the house!"

boom.

Upon hearing this, everyone in the courtyard showed expressions of shock.

Liu Haizhong ran back into the house and found that Liu Guangqi's room was almost empty. The sewing machine and radio were gone, and even the newly bought bed sheets and blankets were missing. His mind went completely blank.

Coming to his senses, Liu Haizhong hurriedly checked the hidden compartment in the wall. When he saw that the box containing money was empty, he could no longer bear it and sat down on the ground with a slump, his eyes glazed over.

"Second Aunt, why did Guangqi run away all of a sudden? Did something happen?" Third Aunt asked.

Aunt Er's body trembled as she took out a letter from her bosom. Yan Fugui knew that Aunt Er was illiterate, so he simply took the letter from her.

Yan Fugui was somewhat perplexed when he saw the contents of the letter.

"Second Aunt, this is a letter Guangqi left for you. Would you like to read it?"

"Read it aloud." The second aunt smiled bitterly.

Yan Fugui cleared his throat and began to read it aloud word for word:

[Dad, Mom, by the time you read this letter, I will have already left Beijing. Please forgive your unfilial son for not being able to be by your side to fulfill my filial duties. I am sorry for what I have done to you. But I am now married and will soon have my own child. I don't want my child to see his grandfather whipping Guangtian and Guangfu every day. Before the wedding, Cuilan and her father asked me to leave this violent family, and I agreed. I hope you won't blame me. Your unfilial son, Liu Guangqi.]

Having recovered, Liu Haizhong had just stepped out of the room when he heard Yan Fugui reading Liu Guangqi's letter. After hearing the contents of the letter, his face turned deathly pale.

"puff!"

He spat out a mouthful of blood and collapsed to the ground.

"dad!"

"Old Liu!"

"Second Uncle has fainted! Quickly, pinch his philtrum!"

"Guangtian, quickly go to Wei Zhong's house next door and borrow a cart. Your father is suffering from a heart attack and needs to be taken to the hospital," Yi Zhonghai instructed.

"I'll go right away."

Soon, Liu Guangtian borrowed the cart.

The second aunt tried to pinch Liu Haizhong's philtrum, but it was no use. Liu Haizhong remained unconscious. It took the combined efforts of Liu Guangtian, Shazhu, Jia Dongxu, and Yan Jiecheng to lift Liu Haizhong onto a cart and take him to the hospital.

Yan Fugui sighed deeply, shook his head, and said, "Unkind parents lead to unfilial children!"

"That's it, everyone disperse."

......

Back inside, Qin Jingru looked at Wang Feng and asked curiously, "Brother Wang Feng, you said there would be a good show this morning, is this it? Did you already know Liu Guangqi would run away?"

Wang Feng laughed and casually replied, "Jingru, do you think I'm some kind of god? How would I know if she ran away or not?"

"That……"

Qin Jingru was about to speak when Wang Feng raised his hand to interrupt her.

"Jingru, the good show I was talking about was that the steel mill shut down today, and Yi Zhonghai might have called another hospital-wide meeting to donate money to the Jia family. I didn't expect Liu Guangqi to run away?"

"oh."

"Brother Wang Feng, why would Liu Guangqi run away on his wedding night when he was perfectly fine?"

Wang Feng chuckled and explained, "Jingru is Liu Guangqi's wife. If she were to frequently see Liu Haizhong beating his other two sons half to death after marrying into the Liu family, do you think she wouldn't be terrified? If she and Liu Guangqi had a child, what do you think that child would become growing up in such a family?"

Qin Jingru nodded slightly: "That's true. Liu Haizhong beat Liu Guangqi and his brother too badly. I've seen them beaten up several times."

"Alright, Jingru, let's not talk about them anymore. Since you've already been woken up, go and make breakfast."

"Okay, Brother Wang Feng, you rest first, I'll go right away."

Seeing that Qin Jingru had gone to the kitchen, Wang Feng used his mind to check the space. He smiled when he saw that the space had suddenly become so much larger.

Yesterday, he harvested 109 jin of gold from the moat, and last night he earned 4 jin from selling sweet potatoes, bringing the total to 113 jin. He used all the gold to expand his space, expanding a total of 113 mu this time. Combined with the previous 30 mu, his space has now reached 143 mu.

With such a large space, development will be much faster. However, the wheat and rice are not yet ripe, and there are no other crops to grow. Right now, he can only grow sweet potatoes.

Last night, Wang Feng planted 96 mu of sweet potatoes in one go, which, together with the previous 24 mu, makes a total of 120 mu. With the remaining 23 mu, Wang Feng plans to open a ten-mu fishpond and expand the ranch again.

Fish reproduce even faster than rabbits. Wang Feng has to store more than five pounds of fish in his warehouse every two days, otherwise his three acres of fishponds simply won't be enough.

The livestock on the ranch are not growing fast. The four piglets are only about 60 or 70 pounds now. It will be a while before the sow gives birth.

However, the fact that both female wild boars were pregnant was an unexpected surprise for him.

He currently only has three large wild boars in his space, including a wild boar king weighing over 400 jin and two female wild boars.

Wang Feng had previously kept the wild boar king with the two sows separately so that the wild boar king would mate with them. Unexpectedly, the wild boar king was quite capable.

However, with both female wild boars now pregnant, the king boar is currently left alone in its roost.

After drinking a pound of the Water of Life, Wang Feng's spiritual sense increased again, reaching six meters, and his strength increased by another hundred pounds.

Wang Feng decided that he would go treasure hunting in the moat when he had nothing to do, and also collect the water from the ten acres of fishpond.

......

Peking Union Medical College Hospital.

Liu Haizhong lay on the hospital bed, his face as pale as paper, muttering "beast, beast" over and over again.

"Waaah, Lao Liu, all our family's money has been taken by Guangqi, what are we going to do!" Aunt Er cried uncontrollably.

Liu Haizhong glared at the second aunt, his eyes flashing with malice, and shouted:

"What's the use of crying? Go with Guangtian to Cuilan's house and see if anyone is still there."

The second aunt nodded emphatically: "Old Liu, you get some rest. I'll go to Cuilan's house with Guangtian right now. I'll make sure Cuilan's family gives us an explanation!"

After Aunt Er and Liu Guangtian left the ward, Liu Haizhong stared at the ceiling, his gaze once again becoming blank.

Liu Haizhong still can't figure out why Guang Qi ran away.

Wasn't he good enough to Guangqi? He usually beats up Guangtian and Guangfu, not him, so why did he run away? And if he ran away, why did he take all the money and valuables from the house?

As he thought about it, a fierce glint appeared in Liu Haizhong's eyes. It seemed that he had run away because he hadn't been properly lit.