Chapter 263: I Can’t Bear to See Such Misery in the World
Even the only house that was still standing looked shaky, with a few wooden pillars supporting it.
It looks like it won’t last long. If there’s another heavy rain, the consequences will be disastrous.
It has been less than a year since he last came to give money. What on earth happened to the Fang family?
Gu Zheng's pupils shrank, and he tried his best to suppress the surging emotions in his heart and asked, "Where are their grandfather and mother?"
"Grandpa Fang passed away. My grandma and the others said that Aunt Fang ran away and didn't want Brother Qingshuo and Sister Yueyue anymore."
After Xiaobin finished speaking, he pulled Gu Zheng to his home not far away and shouted into the yard.
"Sister Yueyue, Brother Xiaobin is back, come out quickly."
After a while, a little girl who looked only three or four years old came out staggeringly.
She was wearing tattered, washed-out, and outsized clothes, with pieces of the same color fabric stitched together at the cuffs and trouser legs.
The baby fat that was there when we met last time is no longer there. Her little face is pale and skinny, which makes her eyes look very big, which is very inconsistent.
But after seeing Gu Zheng, the "stranger", she was so scared that she immediately hid behind Brother Xiaobin, peeking at him timidly with her eyes.
Seeing this scene, Gu Zheng's eyes felt a little sore.
In the yard, Old Mrs. Sun heard the sound and walked out on her small feet. Xiaobin immediately shared it with his grandmother.
"Grandma, uncle drove me back in a car. It was so fast. He came to look for Brother Qingshuo and Yueyue."
"Really? Our Xiaobin is really amazing."
Old Lady Sun touched her grandson's head and looked at Gu Zheng: "Who are you?"
Mr. Fang has been dead for more than half a year. If he was a relative, why did he come to see these two poor children after such a long time? He was really careless.
Thinking of this, Old Lady Sun looked at Gu Zheng with eyes full of condemnation.
"Hello, old lady. I am their father's comrade-in-arms. This time I am here to visit Mr. Fang's family."
Gu Zheng looked at the little Fang Qingyue and introduced himself.
After hearing this, Old Lady Sun realized that she had wronged the other person. She quickly invited the other person into the yard and told her grandson to go look for Qing Shuo.
"Oh, you're really late. Mr. Fang has been gone for more than half a year." She said regretfully.
It turned out that ever since Fang's son died, his wife Zhou Jing, at the instigation of her parents' family, wanted to remarry.
But at this time, the little granddaughter was still breastfeeding, and Grandpa Fang was not such an unkind person, so he made a special promise to his daughter-in-law.
Just raise your granddaughter until she is five years old. By that time, your grandson will be eighteen years old and will be the little adult in the family.
At that time, he would give half of his son's pension to his daughter-in-law as a dowry for her remarriage.
Things had been peaceful for the past few years, and Mr. Fang gradually put his mind at ease, thinking that his daughter-in-law had changed her mind.
Who would have thought that one day last year, Zhou Jing disappeared with all the money in the family, including her husband's pension.
Before leaving, she even sold the old house she was living in. An old woman and two children were ruthlessly kicked out of the home where they had lived for more than ten years.
Mr. Fang went to his in-laws to seek an explanation, but was verbally insulted and told that his son was not living up to his expectations.
He was a short-lived man and a jinx who caused his daughter to become a widow at a young age. This money should be considered as compensation.
As for their two grandchildren, they are not willing to take care of them. After all, their daughter has married a rich man, so there will be grandchildren in the future.
Mr. Fang lived an upright life and never let anyone down. However, after his son sacrificed his life for the country, he was called a jinx and a short-lived ghost.
He couldn't accept it all at once, and became so angry that he had a stroke.
He passed away within two months, leaving behind two poor children with nowhere to go. They had no choice but to move into this dilapidated house that had been abandoned for many years.
It was because Old Lady Sun felt sorry for the two children that she took Yueyue to her home to take care of her when Fang Qingshuo went out to make money during the day.
Gu Zheng has always been tactful and rarely gets angry, but at this moment his face was completely gloomy, his expression was tense, his eyes were as cold as ice, and veins on the back of his hands were bulging.
Lao Fang sacrificed his life for his country and was a hero. How dare those people make such a fuss behind his back?
If Lin Yunxi were here, she would definitely be able to see that Gu Zheng was really angry this time, and those who provoked him would surely suffer a miserable fate.
After a while, Gu Zheng finally suppressed his temper and thanked Old Lady Sun: "Thank you for taking in the two children."
After Xiaobin left just now, Fang Qingyue lost her sense of security. In addition, Gu Zheng's face looked very bad, so she held Old Lady Sun's hand tightly.
It can be seen that Grandma Sun is really good to the two children, otherwise Fang Qingyue would not be so dependent on her.
"In fact, I can't help much. I'm really ashamed. My family is poor and we don't have any extra food. I can only help the two children occasionally."
Old Mrs. Su quickly waved her hands and said that she really didn't deserve the thanks. She was a soft-hearted person and couldn't bear to see such human suffering.
"That's enough."
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