"It's in the cabinet in your study, which I locked. The smallest key on your bunch of door keys is the key to that lock."
Wu Haiyang took the key from the table and led them to the study, then took out a box and handed it to them.
"Here are the things that Gou Lijuan found and hid away that belonged to my aunt. They are all here. I checked the list you gave me. There is nothing missing. Please check again."
Gu Xingzhou patted the box, looked at Yang Mumu and said, "Mumu, the gift I told you is probably in here. Once you're sure, we can take action."
Yang Mumu looked at the box expectantly: "Well, open it, we'll do it once we're sure."
Gu Xingzhou opened the box and looked at the small things inside. Although they were not valuable, they were all small things his mother used to like. Some were also small toys made by his mother for him.
"Ocean, thank you, it's all here."
Gu Xingzhou put the wooden hairpin he had brought back from the Haha Brigade into the box, then took out a gold bracelet from the box and fumbled with it.
"Ocean, do you have pliers at home?"
"Yes." Wu Haiyang climbed over the ladder placed at the foot of the wall and grabbed a pair of large pliers as quickly as possible.
Gu Xingzhou took the pliers and clamped the patterned part of the bracelet.
"Hey, Brother Gu, what are you doing?" Wu Haiyang was curious.
Yang Mumu raised the tail of his eyebrows, moved over to look at it with interest, and guessed:
"Is there anything?"
"Well, you'll know when you see it." Gu Xingzhou smiled mysteriously, took the pliers and pinched it open a few times, revealing a cut.
The bracelet is hollow inside.
Did he really put something there? Now Wu Haiyang was a little curious and squatted down to watch.
Gu Xingzhou was seen tearing the golden leather down bit by bit, and slowly, there was no longer nothing in the middle, but something like paper wrapped inside.
Wu Haiyang's eyes widened in anxiety, "Oh, it really is there. Go slowly, don't tear the paper."
Yang Mumu observed: "It should be a whole piece of paper. I should be able to pull it out."
"It's a whole sheet, you can tear it."
Gu Xingzhou gently peeled off the gold skin, and when two millimeters were exposed, Yang Mumu reached out, twisted the paper and slowly pulled it all out.
When I opened it, I saw a land deed and a house deed wrapped together.
The area is not small, a courtyard house of 500 square meters.
"Hey, Brother Gu, your name is actually written on it."
"Well, my mother left these to me. Gou Lijuan secretly stole them because she wanted to find these things. She wanted to get the house under her name. But she didn't know that my mother had transferred the house to my name a long time ago, and I didn't know where my mother hid the things. Fortunately, I got them back before she found them."
Gu Xingzhou was feeling thankful as he held the things in his hand.
"So this is one of the reasons why he threatened me with something and I listened to her threats. Now I don't have to worry about it."
Yang Mumu gave a thumbs up and praised: "You hid it really well, you are so patient!"
Wu Haiyang watched the whole process of how Lao Gu kept his composure. He was completely unaware of the situation, which showed how tight his mouth was. He nodded in agreement.
He looked at the address written on it, recalled his memory and said:
"I remember that this house seemed to be occupied. There were three families living in it. One family was occupied by Gou Lijuan's son and his family, and the other two families were rented out."
"Well, in order to get my stuff back, I kept quiet and pretended I didn't know about the existence of this house. So even though Gou Lijuan was so bold as to let someone move in, I didn't care. Secondly, if someone moved in, I could also guard against other unreliable emergencies that might destroy the house."
Gu Xingzhou talked about his plan at that time.
"So I thought about it and decided to let her threaten me with the relics. I listened to her and pretended to be completely under her control. In fact, I took this opportunity to speed up my search for where the things were hidden."
"How did she know about this house?" Yang Mumu asked curiously.
Gu Xingzhou looked at the real estate deed and slowly explained:
"Gou Lijuan was a classmate of my mother. I guess she heard about it from somewhere. Even my father didn't know about this house. I only went there once with my mother when I was a child, so I know that this is the house my grandfather left for my mother."
Wu Haiyang slapped his thigh as he suddenly realized, "So that's how it is. Now it's time for you to take revenge, Brother Gu. Hahahaha, I'm so looking forward to it."
Gu Xingzhou put the box back under the big cabinet and handed the land relinquishment deed to Yang Mumu.
"I got the wedding gift. Here you go. We'll transfer the property after we finish our work here."
"Okay." Yang Mumu put the new title deed together with the previous one and said excitedly:
"Now we just need to settle the score with Gou Lijuan. Calculating the time, your father should have exploded. If nothing unexpected happens, Gou Lijuan should be coaxing people. It's almost time for us to take action!"
Wu Haiyang stood up eagerly, "Fuck her, kick her out, take back the house, take back everything, and expose Gou Lijuan's evil deeds. Brother Gu, go ahead, I want to be your witness and your helper. I'll call some people over. Should we go take back the house first, or go to the compound first?"
"Don't call anyone yet. Go to the compound first. We'll go take possession of the house after the transfer is completed. Then we'll give Gou Lijuan a fatal blow. It will be a waste of time."
Gu Xingzhou's eyes were dark and there was a determined smile on his face.
"Mumu, bring the account book and the receipt, we're going to collect the debt!"
Yang Mumu put the cloth bag on his back and patted it, "Here you go, let's go!"
"Charge!" Wu Haiyang shouted, rubbing his hands and following Gu Xingzhou eagerly.
The three of them closed the door and walked excitedly towards the military compound.
When they arrived at the door to register, someone who had just walked to the door saw Gu Xingzhou and his group, stopped in shock and ran back.
"Oh my god, isn't this the son of Commander Gu who went to the countryside? The one next to him should be his wife from the countryside. Quick, quick, all the people mentioned in the gossip are here. It's going to be fun."
"We have to go over there and find a good spot to take a look at what's going on. This is gossip from the leader's family, it's hard to come by."
The two aunts did not go out to buy vegetables. Instead, they ran inside with their baskets to spread gossip.
So, after Gu Xingzhou finished registering and went in, he saw a lot of people appearing on the road to the family compound. Some were people he met by chance, some were standing by the window, some were pretending to be busy growing vegetables outside, some were taking a walk, and some were people everywhere.
When everyone saw Gu Xingzhou, they all greeted him.
Some of them were acquaintances who came back to town to say hello and ask about him because they cared about him. Some of them said hello out of sheer curiosity about Yang Mumu, and some of them said hello just to satisfy their gossipy hearts.
Gu Xingzhou greeted them one by one and enthusiastically introduced Yang Mumu to them. Yang Mumu also greeted them generously.
This made some people who came to watch the fun with a gloating attitude lose some interest and become even more unhappy.
Among them, there are a group of people who simply cannot stand seeing others doing well, and another group are the young girls and boys who once liked Gu Xingzhou.
Seeing that Yang Mumu was completely different from the dark and rustic person they had imagined, they even felt that he was inferior to them. They were in a bad mood and their lips were curled high.
When Yang Mumu passed by, a handsome man put his hand on his head and compared his height with Yang Mumu's. He rolled his eyes, raised his little finger, stamped his feet, and said in a pretentious manner:
"She's not that pretty, is she? She's so tall, and doesn't look like a girl at all. I don't know what Brother Gu likes about her!"
The girl next to him, who is the gay man’s best friend, is full of unhappiness and jealousy:
"That's right. The clothes she's wearing must have been bought in a rush at a department store after arriving in Beijing. How can you find such beautiful clothes in the countryside? It must have been bought by Brother Gu. You country bumpkin must be so poor that you've never seen good things!"
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