Chapter 8: A Counterattack
Zizhu led Li Yuntian to quickly visit the remaining two shops, one was a grocery store and the other was a porcelain shop, two very ordinary businesses in the town.
The shopkeeper and the men of the grocery store and the porcelain store saw Li Hongyu for the first time, they had heard about Li Hongyu before and knew that he was a cowardly person, but now when they saw Li Hongyu staying by Zizhu's side silently, they suddenly felt that the rumors were true, and secretly shook their heads, it seems that the Li family's third room is going to lose to Li Hongyu.
"Young master, this is our house."
After inspecting the three shops in the town, Zizhu took Li Yuntian to a magnificent mansion with two mighty stone lions squatting at the gate in the east of the town, and looked at the gate and said with a complicated expression.
Li Hongyu glanced at the courtyard gate, and there was a plaque hanging above the vermilion gate, on which were written two big characters "Qin Mansion".
"Aunt Zi, why does this plaque say Qin Mansion?" Li Hongyu's brows furrowed slightly, and he asked Zizhu pretending to be puzzled.
"Uncle said that this courtyard is empty and empty, so he let his wife and brother's family live in for us to see, so as not to be deserted!" Zizhu snorted coldly, her words were full of disdain, it was obvious that Li Renhe had occupied this mansion and called it "housekeeping".
This brand-new mansion was built 12 years ago, and in view of Li Hongyu's father, Li Renhai's great contribution to the family, he gave this piece of land in the golden area of Baihe Town to Li Renhai, and Li Renhai built this mansion.
Later, with the unfortunate death of Li Renhai, this house was idle, and when Mr. Li was alive, he didn't let anyone move in, and he wanted to wait for Li Hongyu to move in when he became an adult, which could be regarded as the end of a heart.
It's a pity that Old Man Li didn't see this scene happening, he suddenly died two years ago, although he gave the house to Li Hongyu before he died, but the power to dispose of it fell into the hands of Li Renhe.
As a result, not long after the death of Old Man Li, Li Renhe found a reason to look at the house and let his brother-in-law's family live in it, and also hung a plaque of "Qin Mansion", which became his brother-in-law's house.
Although the Zhao family is dissatisfied but helpless, in the final analysis, she is just a daughter-in-law of the Li family, this kind of family affairs can't be intervened at all, and Li Hongyu is still young and can't be the master, so he can only sit back and watch the house be forcibly occupied by Li Renhe, and only wait for Li Hongyu to become an adult and then think of taking it back.
"Aunt Zi, I think this house is good, the environment is quiet, and it is suitable for me to prepare for the county exam."
Li Hongyu knew that Zizhu was full of resentment about the affairs of the house, in fact, in the past two years, she had not been less angry with the Li family's big house and second room, so after a deep groan, she looked at the mansion in front of her quietly.
Li Hongyu didn't want to live in the Li family's mansion no matter what, it was obvious that Li Renhe's eyeliner was everywhere in the mansion, and his and Zhao's every move would reach Li Renhe's ears without the slightest privacy at all, which was not conducive to his future actions.
Moreover, the lifeless atmosphere of the Li family's mansion made Li Hongyu feel very uncomfortable, and there were intrigues between people, full of traps, which made everyone act cautiously for fear of making a wrong step, which made people feel extremely depressed and dull.
Li Hongyu knew very well that not only him, but even the Zhao family didn't want to stay in the Li family's mansion for long, it was like a cage made of gold wire.
Since Li Renhe forcibly seized the grain business regardless of the affection between his uncle and nephew, Li Hongyu naturally wanted to return the color within a reasonable range, and he was never the kind of master who swallowed his anger.
Besides, Li Hongyu and the Zhao family are bound to leave the Li family's mansion in the future, and the mother and son need a place to stay, so Li Hongyu has to take this mansion back no matter what.
"Young master, do you want to live in?" Zizhu was stunned for a moment when she heard this, and then looked at Li Hongyu in surprise, knowing that Li Hongyu had never lived outside the Li family's mansion since he was born.
"The deed of this house has Young Master Ben's name written on it, is anyone going to prevent Young Master Ben from living in it?" Li Hongyu smiled slightly and walked towards the gate.
Zizhu looked at Li Hongyu with a stunned expression, she didn't seem to know Li Hongyu for a while, she really couldn't believe that the words just now came from Li Hongyu's mouth, in her impression, Li Hongyu was not such a courageous person.
"Who are you looking for?" Since Li Hongyu had already entered the courtyard gate, Zizhu didn't have time to think about it and hurriedly followed, and the two subordinates in the courtyard were sweeping the floor, and when they saw this, they couldn't help but look at the two suspiciously and asked.
"This is our Young Master Yu, pass on to your master quickly." Zizhu replied with a serious expression when she heard this.
The two subordinates couldn't help but glance at each other when they heard this, and then one of the subordinates went to the inner house to report, and the other subordinate politely invited Li Hongyu and Zizhu and his party to the living room.
Although they don't know the identities of Li Hongyu and Zizhu, but the other party is extraordinary, so it's better to deal with it carefully, God knows where this Young Master Yu is.
"Young Master Yu?" In the back house, a middle-aged man with two mustaches was laughing with a young and charming woman, and he couldn't help but be stunned after hearing the report of his subordinates, and he couldn't think of who this young master Yu was for a while.
"Master, look at their clothes and talk like they are from a big family." The subordinate bowed down when he heard this, and added, otherwise, seeing that Li Hongyu and Zizhu were brightly dressed and talked extraordinarily, he would not have hurriedly come to the bearded middle-aged man, and ruined the good thing between the mustachioed middle-aged man and the bewitching woman.
"Baby, the master will come back when he goes, and he will love you when he comes back." The middle-aged man with a mustache was Li Renhe's brother-in-law Qin De, and he felt that Li Hongyu had a lot of background, so he smiled lewdly and reached out and pinched the face of the bewitching woman, and then got up and went to the front yard.
This bewitching woman is Qin Dexinna's concubine, and it is said that she is the top brand of a Qinglou in Xiangyang Mansion, and she is laughing with Qin De every day these days.
"Steward Zizhu?"
When Qin De walked into the door of the living room and saw the person sitting on the chair waiting, his face suddenly showed a look of surprise, and he looked at Zizhu in amazement, he never expected Zizhu to come.
Then, Qin De's eyes fell on Li Hongyu, who was sitting on the side with his head down, and he had already guessed who this young man was, and he couldn't help but have an ominous premonition in his heart.
"It's so hard to find my uncle's residence, if I don't vaguely remember the location of the house, I'm afraid my young master won't be able to come here." Hearing this, Zizhu's eyes flashed with a cold light, and her voice was a little cold.
"Presumably this is Young Master Yu, he is really a talent."
An embarrassed look suddenly appeared on Qin De's face, and he naturally heard that Zizhu was dissatisfied with the plaque of "Qin Mansion" above the gate, but he was speechless and could only laugh, and then cheekily diverted the topic, looked at Li Hongyu and said.
"Uncle Qin." Hearing this, Li Hongyu stood up, bowed slightly to Qin De and sat down, and continued to stay there with his head down.
Although Qin De often went to the Li family's mansion, this was the first time he saw Li Hongyu, and he shook his head secretly when he saw this, Li Hongyu was really a waste as the rumors said, which wasted the property of the Li family's three rooms.
"I don't know why Young Master Yu came here this time?" Then he restrained his somewhat flustered mind, and asked Zizhu with a smile, although Li Hongyu was the person in charge of the third room of the Li family, it was obvious that it was Zizhu who came forward to deal with it.
"My young master wants to prepare for the county exam, the environment here is quiet and suitable for my young master to study his homework, I don't know if there is a room for my young master to live temporarily?" Zizhu looked at Li Hongyu and asked Qin De in a coquettish voice.
Qin De was stunned for a moment, the smile on his face slowly froze, how could he not hear Zizhu's meaning after many years of working in society, on the surface, it was said that Li Hongyu was temporarily living here, but he actually wanted to take back this mansion.
"Of course there is, this is Young Master Yu's house, Young Master Yu can come whenever he wants."
Soon, after the initial stunned, Qin De reacted quickly, and replied with a smile, don't look at him here now, he looks like a master, but after all, this is Li Hongyu's real estate, so how can he stop Li Hongyu from moving in?
"That's good, our young master is going to move over tomorrow, and Uncle Lao will arrange it to give my young master Yu a quiet room." Hearing this, a subtle smile flashed at the corner of Zizhu's mouth, and she nodded and said, in fact, she wished that Qin De would refuse, and such words would undoubtedly make Li Renhe fall into passivity.
"Tomorrow?" Qin De's face once again showed a look of surprise, he never imagined that Li Hongyu would move so urgently.
"What, isn't it convenient for my uncle?" Zizhu Liu's eyebrows raised slightly, and there was some dissatisfaction in his words.
"Of course it's convenient, I'll let my subordinates clean up." Qin De smiled and agreed, he really had no way to refuse Zizhu, did he want to tell Zizhu that the back house was already full of people? If this matter is disturbed, he will become a dove occupying the magpie's nest.
The reason why Qin De dared to hang the plaque of "Qin Mansion" was because he decided that the Zhao family would not trouble him because of this matter, but who would have thought that the Zhao family would use Li Hongyu to press him abnormally, which made him at a loss for a while.
At this moment, Qin De would definitely not associate this matter with Li Hongyu, who seemed to be silent, thinking that the whole thing was planned by the Zhao family behind the scenes.
Of course, Qin De also guessed why the Zhao family did this, he must have been unwilling to lose the grain business, so he used this mansion to get angry, which made him unlucky.
According to Li Renhe's plan, he not only wanted to rob the grain business of the Li family's three rooms, but also prepared to take back the industries under Li Hongyu's name one by one.
In Li Renhe's opinion, these properties should have been his, but Old Man Li was too partial to Li Hongyu, and he just got back the share he deserved, which naturally included the house where Qin De lived.
This is also the reason why Qin De dared to blatantly hang the "Qin Mansion" plaque, Li Renhe planned to "sell" the house to Qin De on the grounds that the Li family's three-room property was seriously losing money in the future, so that Qin De could rightfully own this mansion.
For this reason, Qin Deke spent a lot of money to decorate the yard, not only transported expensive flowers and strange stones from other places, but also renovated the ground and paved it with flat marble, which really cost him a lot of energy.