Chapter 389: Does My Dad Really Not Have Sleepwalking?

Seeing that Gu Xiaoxi shared the same opinion as him, Gu Dongbao couldn't help but agree with him.

"That's right. You didn't see that when the old man beat me, he was beating me like an unforgivable enemy. But I clearly didn't take his money. How many coffins can they afford?"

Gu Xiaomei whispered, "Mom said she lost more than a thousand!"

"So many?" Gu Dongbao was also stunned.

His thoughts turned, and he quickly said, "Could it be that the two boys from my eldest brother's family stole it and are accusing me of it? Those two boys are not good people now, and they often do sneaky things."

In fact, he only stole a little pocket money from his mother and never went out to steal.

At most... at most he would steal from those widows.

"Even if they lost more than a thousand, they wouldn't beat you so badly! They lost a lot of money last time they were burned, and they looked pretty calm!"

Gu Dongbao nodded, "Yes, it's possible that I lost more. Otherwise, the old man wouldn't have hit me so hard."

I guess he was thinking wrongly. The old man might have lost more than five thousand.

Maybe, more?

You know, when the old man beat him, his eyes were bloodshot and his whole body seemed to be spitting fire.

"Is it possible that Grandpa lost the money in his sleep? When I went out today, I heard people talking about Grandpa beating you. Some people also said that they saw Grandpa go out at four or five o'clock several times. What was he doing so early in the morning? Could he be sleepwalking?"

Gu Xiaoxi's words suddenly gave Gu Dongbao a new idea.

"Yes! He must have lost the money. I also saw him go out many times in the middle of the night, sometimes in the early morning, sometimes at two or three o'clock, sometimes at four or five o'clock. He can't stay in the toilet for so long!"

"Poor Third Uncle. What do you want to eat tonight? I'll make it and bring it to you later." Gu Xiaoxi showed appropriate concern for him again.

"I want to eat braised pork, white rice, and meat."

Gu Xiaoxi coughed lightly and said, "You are a patient now. You can't eat anything too greasy or spicy. Why don't you try another dish? Or, how about I make you a fish and cook some fish soup for you?"

"Fish is too fishy. I don't like it. How about a meatball?"

"Okay! I'll try to prepare meatballs for you that night." Gu Xiaoxi agreed to his request.

Gu Xiaomei was delighted to find that she no longer had to be responsible for preparing dinner.

She was still wondering in her heart, if her third brother didn't take the money, where did the money go?

Anyway, it is certain that the old couple lost face.

As they were talking, old lady Gu came back with a bowl of porridge and two big buns with a sullen face.

Seeing his second son, youngest daughter, and Xiaoxi all coming, his complexion looked a little better.

Gu Xiaoxi said at the right time: "Grandma, Third Uncle has already drunk the pork chop soup I brought him, so he can have a steamed bun to fill his stomach! Third Uncle wants to eat meatballs tonight, I'll go back and make them for him later."

Old Mrs. Gu nodded with satisfaction, then looked at Gu Yimin, "Your third brother's hospitalization fee, go and pay it later."

Gu Yimin frowned and said, "I didn't bring any money with me."

Gu Xiaoxi said at the right time: "Grandma, how much money did you lose? Why did you beat Uncle San like this?"

Mrs. Gu said in a bad mood: "All the money in the family is lost, more than one thousand yuan."

"Then you are really rich. You shouldn't need this little bit of money for Uncle San's medical expenses, right?"

Old Mrs. Gu glared at her and said, "Didn't I just tell you that all the money is lost? You can't just watch your uncle die in the hospital, can you?"

"If that's what you say, then it should be divided equally between my family, my uncle's family, and my aunt's family! My aunt's situation is not good, so her share will not be counted. In fact, we are willing to pay this money because he is my third uncle. Logically speaking, after the family is divided, this money should not be paid by us."

Gu Xiaomei was immediately unhappy when she heard this, "I'm a married woman, why do you still want me to pay for this?"

"Then who told you to call him Third Brother?"

Gu Xiaomei curled her lips and said, "Your Third Uncle has his own money, so he should pay for it himself. He usually gives more than this amount of money to Widow Li and Widow Wang for medical expenses."

Gu Dongbao: “…”

Gu Xiaoxi continued, "Then Uncle San will pay for the medical expenses himself. I'll still be in Huaicheng for the next two days. I'll bring you food! Is that okay?"

Gu Dongbao still wanted someone to deliver meals to him every day, so he nodded.

"Okay. Bring me food."

His medical expenses were not much and he could pay for them himself.

Wait until he gets better, and then ask his mother for some in private.

He knew that his father had private money, and so did his mother.

"I have to go to work in the afternoon, so I'll go back first. Xiaoxi, you want to make meatballs, do you want to buy meat?" Gu Yimin asked.

"Dad, you go first! I'll stay with Uncle San in the hospital and go buy it later."

"That's fine." Gu Yimin nodded and left first.

Gu Xiaomei also had to go to work, so she left soon as well.

After drinking a bowl of porridge, old lady Gu still felt a little unsatisfied, so she could see that Gu Xiaoxi's face did not look very good either.

Gu Xiaoxi didn't care, but gave some advice, "Since the money is really lost, and Uncle San said he didn't take it, why not report it to the police? They might be able to help get the money back!"

Old Mrs. Gu frowned and said, "Your grandfather has gone back to look for him."

"Didn't you beat up your uncle after you looked for him at home and couldn't find him? Where else can you look for him?"

When Gu Dongbao heard this, he immediately said, "Mom, go look for my eldest brother's house. Gu Ercheng and Gu Sanhu are two bad boys, who knows, they might have stolen it."

"Did you see them this morning?" asked Mrs. Gu seriously.

Gu Dongbao didn't say that he didn't see it, but just said, "It must be them. They like to go to your place. In our house, besides them and me, isn't it only my younger sister who goes there? Who else usually goes to your room?"

Mrs. Gu nodded and said, "Your grandfather will definitely go to the old house to look for it."

"Was there no one in the house at that time? Is it possible that it was not lost today, but yesterday, or even earlier, and you didn't find it?" Gu Xiaoxi asked tentatively.

But Mrs. Gu just shook her head and said, "No. Your grandfather said he saw the money before he went to bed last night. He only found out it was gone when he came back this morning."

Gu Dongbao suddenly asked after hearing this: "Does my dad really not have sleepwalking? He always goes out at night. He didn't get lost last night and blame me, did he?"

When Mrs. Gu heard this, she slapped him hard and said, "What nonsense! There is no such thing as sleepwalking. You know your father likes to go to the toilet outside in the morning. He just takes too long to poop. It's an old problem."

Gu Dongbao gritted his teeth when he was slapped. "Mom, be gentle. Tell me honestly, how much money did the old man lose? When he beat me, I saw that he wanted to kill me."

"I've already told you that the coffin fund is lost, and there's not a penny left in the family." Old Mrs. Gu looked depressed.

Having said this, she suddenly looked at Gu Xiaoxi.

"Xiaoxi, you guys have swapped houses with someone else, so are you going to leave your grandpa's house empty?"

Gu Xiaoxi looked at Grandma Gu thoughtfully, "Grandma, do you know that we moved to a new house?"

Their family was exchanging houses with someone else, but there wasn't much movement at their house, and they moved their things quietly, deliberately not letting the Gu family know. The only place where there was movement was the middle-aged couple's family, so, were Mrs. Gu and the others actually keeping an eye on that family?