Sold Big Brother Liang Out Just Like That?

After a full day of work, he had been feeling somewhat disappointed with this era.

He had even wanted to ask the system whether he could transmigrate back.

Now, he had found a little hope again.

He had completely forgotten that the system could be upgraded.

It only gave him one yuan a day now, but that should increase after an upgrade, right?

In that case, could he quit his lousy job?

At that thought, Liang Xin immediately began taking the matter of upgrading seriously.

What was he waiting for?

He had to start grinding upgrade experience!

He remembered the jin of eggs he had bought that morning. There had been a full eleven of them, and after eating three, he still had eight left.

So he lit the little stove and boiled all eight eggs.

He planned to take them to work the next day.

The food at his fellow villager's canteen was too poor at lunchtime. A few boiled eggs should make it a little better.

Once the eggs were cooked, he waited for them to cool a little.

Liang Xin tucked one into his pocket, stepped out of his home, and went into the courtyard.

This had originally been a siheyuan, but now it could only be called a shared courtyard.

A siheyuan was originally one courtyard for one family, clean and tidy, spacious and bright.

Only then could it be called a siheyuan.

Now seven or eight households had been crammed into one courtyard. It was unbearably crowded, and all sorts of odds and ends had nearly filled the once-spacious yard.

Even walking back and forth, people had to watch their step for fear of treading on something they shouldn't.

It was only fit to be called a shared courtyard now.

Liang Xin thought that if he ever had money, it would be nice to buy a small siheyuan all to himself.

Mm, it would be even better to improve it a little and add some modern amenities and the like.

For the time being, though, there was definitely no way to make that idea a reality.

A bit of his memory surfaced.

At this time, homes seemed to be allocated, and buying and selling them wasn't allowed.

There also seemed to be homes that could be sold as commodities, but they were relatively few.

And they were quite expensive.

They cost around a hundred yuan per square meter.

A small siheyuan being three or four hundred square meters was normal, right?

That came to thirty or forty thousand yuan.

Thirty or forty thousand yuan at this time was worth at least three or four million before Liang Xin's rebirth, right?

That... huh? A siheyuan in the capital, for three or four million?

Looking at it that way, it seems like quite a bargain!

Even if it's in the suburbs, it's still an incredible bargain, okay?!

The times are developing, society is progressing, and the government will sell land in the future!

The suburbs of today can't stay suburbs forever!

If I have the money in the future, I must try to buy one!

Liang Xin walked out of his little room and saw quite a few people in the courtyard, enjoying the cool air, chatting, and so on.

Everyone greeted him.

It was clear that people at this time were still very down-to-earth and warm.

So he smiled back.

He had to smile. He had only just arrived, and although everyone had been introduced by name,

he hadn't remembered many of them!

Liang Xin took a few steps and then spotted his target.

Jiang Xinxin!

She was playing with a group of children!

There were seven or eight families in this courtyard, and over a dozen children!

That didn't even include the slightly older ones who didn't want to play with them for fear of being called little brats.

People in this era really could have children!

Liang Xin walked back and forth a few steps, and at last Jiang Xinxin spotted him, her face lighting up with joy.

He secretly beckoned to Jiang Xinxin with a finger.

Then he turned and walked back toward his room.

Sure enough, he had just returned to his room when he saw the little girl timidly gripping the door and poking her little head inside.

What a familiar sight!

How many times had he seen it in the past two days?

"Big Brother Liang, were you looking for me?"

"Xinxin, come here!"

Liang Xin took out the boiled egg he had prepared and placed it in Liang Xinxin's hand.

"Thank you, Big Brother Liang!" The little girl's face lit up with joy.

Then, before Liang Xin could speak, she raised her head and promised:

"Big Brother Liang, I know. I promise I won't tell anyone! I'll eat it in secret!"

As soon as the little girl finished promising, she ran off.

Liang Xin was left standing there, utterly bewildered.

"Wait, what about my upgrade experience?"

"Never mind ten points, you won't even give me one?"

"Don't tell me each person can only provide experience once?"

"Or is it once a day?"

"Maybe I should try again tomorrow?"

Meanwhile, the little girl ran home with a furtive look. When the playmates she passed called out for her to play, she pretended not to hear them.

She ran home, took her mother's hand, and pulled her toward the kitchen, whispering:

"Mom, come with me."

Once mother and daughter reached the kitchen, the little girl held out her little hand as though presenting a treasure, showing He Ting the boiled egg in it.

The moment He Ting saw the boiled egg in her little hand, she asked,

"Did your Big Brother Liang give you another one?"

If Liang Xin had been there, he probably would have coughed up a mouthful of old phlegm.

When the little girl had made her promise to him, she had looked so solemn and sincere!

Yet in less than a minute, she had sold him out?

Even a traitor selling out his country wouldn't have been that quick, would he? Surely there had to be some process of changing his mind first!

The little girl bit her lip and nodded.

"Mom, do you want to eat it?"

"No, I don't."

He Ting stroked her daughter's delicate little face. She was too thin.

She sighed and said, "Since your Big Brother Liang gave it to you, go ahead and eat it."

"Eat it in secret. Don't let your eldest and second brothers see."

It wasn't that He Ting was playing favorites.