Chapter 527: Earned money and got married

Grandma Jia hadn't heard this name for a long time, and said with some emotion: "Jia Baozhu is still my relative within the fifth degree of mourning, and we are from the same village. After she separated from your current grandfather Gu Erping, she went to Kyoto to enjoy her life!"

Gu Xiaoxi was stunned for a moment, "Is Gu Erping Gu Pingsheng's nickname?"

Grandma Jia nodded, "That's right. There are three brothers in his family. The oldest is called Daping, and the second is Gu Pingsheng, so he is called Erping. He has a younger brother named Gu Zesheng, who is your grandfather."

Gu Xiaoxi was stunned again when he heard this. "How do you know that Gu Zesheng is my grandfather? I heard that Gu Zesheng was washed away by a flood and died."

Grandma Jia looked at her and sighed, "My eldest daughter went to the Gu family once before and said that Gu Erping was not very kind to your family. It's okay for me to tell you about it now. Gu Zesheng was indeed washed away by the flood that year. Everyone thought he was dead at that time. As a result, he was lucky and was rescued by a military officer in Kyoto. The officer found him a job to make a living, earned money, got married, and had two children. These two children are your father and your eldest aunt."

Gu Xiaoxi asked thoughtfully, "Did Gu Zesheng come back to Huaicheng later?"

Grandma Jia nodded. "Yes, he came back once. Gujia Village was hit by a flood that year. After the village was flooded, many people moved to other villages. Gu Erping became the son-in-law of Jia Baozhu's family at that time. After Gu Zesheng came back, he first went back to Gujia Village, but he didn't find anyone. Later, he asked people and came to our village."

"I remember that the day he came back was exactly Chinese New Year's Eve, and every household was having New Year's Eve dinner at home. Not many people knew that he had come back, but our family lived close to him and had some kinship, so we all went to visit Jia's family..."

"We were all very happy for him when we learned that he was rescued by a military officer and found a job, got married and had children."

At this point, Grandma Jia suddenly sighed with regret, "I thought that after surviving a disaster, there would be good fortune in the future, and the Gu family would have good luck from then on. But when Gu Zesheng was preparing to go back to pick up his wife and children to return to Huaicheng, he encountered an arsonist while staying at the guesthouse. The whole family, except for the two children, Gu Zesheng and his wife, his father-in-law and mother-in-law, all died in the fire. Later, Gu Pingsheng received the news and brought your father and aunt back."

Gu Xiaoxi frowned when she heard this. Lu Jiansen clearly said that the identities of the dead in the fire were unknown, but Grandma Jia knew that it was Gu Zesheng's family who died?

"Grandma Jia, do you mean that Gu Zesheng died in the fire? Is this what Gu Pingsheng told you?"

Grandma Jia shook her head. "Gu Erping didn't tell me this in person. I heard it from Jia Baozhu's father."

Gu Xiaoxi asked thoughtfully, "Does Jia Baozhu still have any family members alive?"

Grandma Jia shook her head again. "They are gone now. When Gu Zesheng came back, he introduced a job to Jia Baozhu, which was to take care of the officer who saved Gu Zesheng. In the third year after Jia Baozhu left, her parents passed away, and there was no one else in the family."

Gu Xiaoxi asked in confusion, "Didn't you say earlier that Gu Pingsheng was the Jia family's live-in son-in-law? Jia Baozhu wanted to go to Kyoto, so they just let her go?"

Grandma Jia coughed lightly, "At that time, Gu Erping was having an affair with the old lady Gu whom you now call grandma. Jia Baozhu must have felt miserable. When she heard about the opportunity to go to Kyoto, she simply abandoned Gu Erping. After that, apart from sending money back every year to support her son, she only cared about your uncle. She never returned to Huaicheng again."

Gu Xiaoxi was a little surprised. "So, Xie Zhu sent the money back to support Gu Weiguo?"

Grandma Jia was stunned for a moment, "What Xie Zhu? Isn't it Jia Baozhu?"

Gu Xiaoxi smiled slightly, "No. Jia Baozhu changed her name to Xie Zhu after she went to Kyoto. By the way, do you know where my grandmother's home is?"

After thinking for a while, Grandma Jia said, "I think she's from somewhere in Shanghai! I don't know exactly where. I just remember that Gu Zesheng seemed to have mentioned that his wife was introduced to him by the wife of that military officer."

Gu Xiaoxi then asked Grandma Jia some more questions, and after finding out that she knew nothing about anything other than the fact that Gu Ze had not died in the flood and the fire, she explained to them the dietary supplements and precautions, and then let them go back first.

Afterwards, she turned on the laptop and told Lu Jiansen about this matter.

After reading the message, Lu Jiansen quickly replied to her.

"I have received some news that several of the survivors of the fire have died. The cause of death is similar to Xiaozhi's. It was very sudden. They first had a fever and then died of illness not long after. I suspect that these people were poisoned because they knew something."

Gu Xiaoxi was shocked after reading the news, "Did he die not long after the fire?"

"No. Their deaths spanned ten years, so no one noticed that their causes of death were unusual. Xiaoxi, I will go to Shencheng tonight, so please be safe when you go home."

"Oh, I see."

Gu Xiaoxi originally wanted to go home for lunch, but when she saw the patients who were going to see the doctor in the afternoon lining up early, she simply grabbed a rice ball from the space and ate it, and continued to see the doctor.

She was busy until six in the afternoon and then left the hospital.

However, she did not go home directly. Instead, she sent a message to Yu Chengshuang, found a remote place, and drove the energy car directly to Shencheng.

She felt that the fire in Shanghai that year was a big event, with people injured and some dead, so some people in the hospital might still remember it.

So, at seven o'clock in the evening, she brought some gifts and knocked on the door of President Feng of the Shanghai First People's Hospital.

Dean Feng was shocked to see Gu Xiaoxi come to visit him suddenly.

"Didn't you go back to Qingbei? Why are you in Shencheng?"

Gu Xiaoxi handed over the gift with a smile, "I came to Shencheng to investigate something, and since I'm here, I came to see you. Maybe you've heard of this."

Dean Feng said helplessly: "Come if you want to, why bring a gift?"

Gu Xiaoxi pursed her lips and smiled, "Didn't I brew osmanthus wine and ginseng wine before? I just happened to come here, so I brought some for you."

Dean Feng smiled and said, "Come in and sit down. Next time you come over, bring the two children over to see them."

"Okay. I'll definitely bring them with me next time I come to Shanghai."

"Xiaoxi, have a cup of tea first! Have you had dinner?" Dean Feng's wife had also met Gu Xiaoxi. She came out of the kitchen while washing dishes and poured her a cup of tea.

Gu Xiaoxi smiled and nodded, "I've already eaten. I'm sorry to bother you by coming here so late at night."

"Don't disturb me, don't disturb me. Just sit down and chat slowly." She cut a fruit plate for Gu Xiaoxi and went back to the kitchen.

Gu Xiaoxi was not one to hold back and asked directly about the fire that occurred in the guesthouse near the Shanghai Railway Station that year.