Xiao Zhuzi whispered in his uncle's ear, "This grandfather said he was coming to Gujia Village. I was afraid they would bully you, so I followed him. I will protect your uncle."

He thought he spoke quietly, but in fact, several people present heard it.

Xiao Guocheng was very satisfied that his young apprentice was a man of affection and righteousness.

Uncle Gu also felt very relieved.

Only Gu Tieniu felt a pang of sadness in his heart. Why would the child think that he was going to bully his uncle? Could it be that he was too aggressive and the child didn't like him?

Uncle Gu patted him and said, "Good boy, I love you for what you have done. But this grandpa doesn't look like a bad person, so don't talk about him like that."

Xiao Zhuzi stuck out her tongue and said, "I also think Grandpa Gu is a good man, but I just want to protect you."

Gu Tieniu felt much better when he heard that Xiao Zhuzi thought he was a good person.

"Well, Comrade Gu Daniu, we are quite compatible. My name is Gu Tieniu."

Uncle Gu touched his head and said, "Really? Old man, what do you want to ask me?"

Uncle Gu invited them into the yard to sit down. Xiao Zhuzi said he wanted to go next door to play with Gu Qinghai, so Uncle Gu put him down and let him go.

Gu Tieniu explained the matter clearly in front of Xiao Guocheng and Gu Daniu.

Xiao Guocheng was very surprised, and Gu Daniu looked even more stunned.

He kept thinking back to the time when he and his second brother, and his parents and his second brother were together.

My earlier memories are of my grandparents living with my second brother.

He felt in his heart that this might be true.

"I'm not sure about what you're talking about. As far as I can remember, my second brother was always raised by my grandparents until they passed away. Then he came with me."

"Oh? Following you?"

Uncle Gu frowned as he spoke of those times. "My mother didn't have a good relationship with my grandmother. She always felt that my second brother was raised by my grandmother and didn't like him very much. So I took care of my younger brother since he was young, until he went to the city when he was thirteen."

Gu Sen had not investigated these things, and this was the first time Gu Tieniu heard about them.

It seems that Gu Lin may not really be their biological son, otherwise why would they leave him alone and let Gu Daniu, who was still a child at the time, support his younger brother?

"Then do you know what happened before your brother was born?"

Uncle Gu shook his head. "Then I don't know. If you want to ask about what happened before my brother was born, I'll take you to ask some old people."

Gu Tieniu nodded and followed Uncle Gu out.

They walked all the way to the village entrance, where the old people gathered to gossip. "Almost all the old people in our village are here. You can find out about the past by asking them," Gu Tieniu introduced.

Before I even got there, an old man greeted me, "Boss Gu, why didn't you go to the food factory to deliver goods today?"

"Uncle, it's your nephew's turn to send him off today. Let's take turns."

The food factory is very busy now, so the delivery staff in the village are divided into two shifts.

An old man noticed Gu Tieniu with sharp eyes and asked, "Who is this? Why haven't I seen him before? Is it Gu Xia?"

This old lady was Aunt Gu, whom Gu Xia had helped treat at the time. Her son was called Gu Jianjun.

When Gu Tieniu heard that the old woman knew Gu Xia, he asked, "Sister, do you know Gu Xia?"

Aunt Gu smiled and said, "Let's meet, young doctor. I've been treated by that child. He'll be fine after a few doses of medicine."

"Who are you?"

Seeing that she was quite old, Gu Tieniu thought she might know something, so he asked,

"Sister, I wonder if you still remember Gu Xia's father, Gu Lin."

Several elders nodded when they heard this, "You mean Gu Laoer? We all remember him. That child had a miserable life. He was kicked out by his mother at such a young age."

"That's right, that old woman is really outrageous."

"She just thinks that Second Gu was raised by Aunt Gu and isn't close to her."

"That was her child too, how could she be so cruel."

“…”

"But it's not necessarily her child,"

Aunt Gu suddenly said this, and Gu Tieniu's eyes lit up.

"Sister, what do you mean by this?"

Aunt Gu shook her head. "Nothing, nothing."

The truth was about to come to light. Gu Tieniu was very anxious. He was afraid that Aunt Gu would not tell him, so he knelt down directly.

"Sister, if you know anything, please tell me. Gu Lin might be my son."

The elderly people here were frightened by him. "How can you kneel down just like that? How come Gu Lao Er is your son?"

Some old people guessed what was going on and advised Aunt Gu,

"His aunt, if you know anything, just tell him. What if he is the young doctor's grandfather? It's better than taking that old man as your grandfather."

Aunt Gu didn't want to say it at first, but after being persuaded by others, she felt that it was reasonable.

What if he is little Gu Xia’s biological father? Judging from his demeanor, he is definitely better than old man Gu.

"Well, get up. In this case, I will tell you something."

"This happened several decades ago, maybe forty or even more than forty years ago. That year..."

That year, there was war and foreign enemies were invading, but Gujia Village was relatively safe because it was separated by a mountain.

Until the sound of artillery fire was getting closer and closer, the enemy had already reached the other side of the mountain.

Everyone in the village began to hide in the air-raid shelter. Aunt Gu and Gu Lin's grandmother, Aunt Gu, had a very close relationship, so they hid together.

One day, Aunt Gu went out to pick wild vegetables and brought back a child.

She said that the baby was just born to her second daughter-in-law. At that time, the villagers were only worried about enemy attacks and no one doubted it.

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