Chapter 326: What is left behind?
She finished her dumplings slowly and stood up: "You guys eat slowly, I'll go out and take a look."
Gu Zhifeng has deep feelings for her brothers and sisters in the family. Even though they are now separated, the friendship they had in their childhood is still there. If Gu Yinfeng really asked to lend her money or food, Gu Zhifeng would probably not refuse.
Although he had no money, he had food at home. If Gu Yinfeng played the victim, he might really make a fortune.
However, as the saying goes, wealth should not be exposed to the public, she did not want outsiders to know that there was a lot of surplus food at home. In this day and age, the situation is not good. If others knew about this, she would probably face endless troubles.
No matter when, moral kidnapping is the most terrible and unreasonable thing.
Li Jingjing looked back at Gu Yuehuai, then lowered her head and continued eating dumplings.
She didn't look fat, but she had a big appetite. Because Gu Yinfeng caused trouble during the meal and left with Li Xiaohua, all the remaining dumplings in their bowls went into her mouth, which made Wan Qinglan, who was watching from the side, secretly smack her lips.
After finishing his meal, Gu Tinghuai pulled Bai Mei into the inner room. He wanted to introduce her to Xihuai and Shaoyang again.
On the other side, as soon as Gu Yuehuai went out, he saw Gu Yinfeng crying on Gu Zhifeng's arm, muttering to herself: "Old Four, we are the most similar in age. When you were little, it was your second sister who played with you and went to school with you. Have you forgotten it? Although our family is gone, the relationship is still there. How could you treat your second sister like this?!"
She cried very sadly, talking about the past and complaining that Gu Zhifeng had forgotten the relationship between sister and brother.
This "reminiscence killing" really worked. Gu Zhifeng blushed and hurriedly comforted her: "Second sister, what are you talking about? How could I forget it? Our parents are gone, and we are the closest to them. How could I forget this?"
"Okay, stop crying. You haven't told me why you came here today. Let me see how I can help you."
Gu Zhifeng was frantically trying to comfort him, and the eight-foot tall man felt extremely guilty because of his childhood feelings.
After hearing his words, Gu Yinfeng really stopped crying, sobbed and wiped her tears, turned her head and exchanged a look with Li Xiaohua, who remained expressionless, and muttered, "It's nothing serious."
Gu Zhifeng sighed: "What can't you tell me? It's hard for everyone right now, I know."
He also had a rough guess in his mind, knowing that Gu Yinfeng came either for money or for food.
He had no money, and it was impossible for him to ask his daughter for money just to lend it to her, but there was plenty of food at home, and if she needed it, he could talk to his daughter and give some to her family. After all, they were relatives, and when they were in trouble, they would help if they could.
"Since you've mentioned it, I won't hide it anymore. Fourth Brother, you know how difficult the world is now. Although Second Sister looks glamorous in the city, she earns very little. Now the supply and marketing cooperatives and grain stations have begun to limit the purchase of grain. It's difficult!"
"Second sister, I see that your family is doing better now. Shouldn't we help each other?"
As Gu Yinfeng spoke, she stared at Gu Zhifeng with a burning gaze, the greed in her eyes almost overflowing.
Gu Zhifeng paused, pursed her lips and looked at Gu Yinfeng. After a while, she moved her lips and asked, "How can I help you?"
Gu Yinfeng pretended not to notice Gu Zhifeng's astonishment. After hearing what he said, she said shamelessly, "Do you need to say this? Fourth brother, if Second Sister is not mistaken, there should be some things left by our mother at home, right? Are they valuable?"
"The old lady had so many jewels at the time, they couldn't all be taken away, right? She should have managed to keep one or two pieces, right? Fourth brother, we are siblings, you can't hide them from Second Sister, right?"
"Can you tell me now, what did the old lady leave behind?"
Gu Yinfeng became more and more excited as she spoke, and there was no trace of the sadness and tears she had just shown.
Gu Zhifeng was silent. When she saw that she didn't show any nostalgia when she mentioned the "old lady", but instead had an expression of expectation, she felt sad for a moment. She didn't know whether she should feel sad for her own vague and foolish sister-brother relationship, or feel heartbroken for Gu Yinfeng's thin pursuit of interests. She just felt a little numb.
He shouldn't have expected that. If he had known she was such a person, why would he have expected that?
Gu Yinfeng was addicted and didn't show any sign of restraint. The atmosphere was terribly quiet. Li Xiaohua noticed something was wrong and quickly pulled her clothes, signaling her to be more restrained. Gu Zhifeng was a person who would respond to soft words but not hard ones.
Li Xiaohua smiled bitterly and said, "Old Four, your second sister doesn't mean that. She also misses the old lady."
Gu Yinfeng reacted at this time and nodded quickly: "Yes, yes, Lao Si, you also know that the second sister is full of emotions, she just misses the old lady, and Jingjing is getting married soon, so she can give some dowry, right?"
"I believe that if the old lady were still alive, she would definitely be willing to give Jingjing some dowry, right?"
She reached out and held Gu Zhifeng's hand, speaking earnestly and softly, her words were clear and logical, and the more she spoke, the more she seemed to make sense.
"Fourth Brother, tell me, if it weren't for you back then... our family wouldn't be in this state, right? You should have left us more things, and we wouldn't be able to live like this? You can't hide this from Second Sister, otherwise you'd be heartless."
"Second sister, it's hard. If I wasn't hungry and cold every day, would I come to you to ask for help?"
"We are a family. You should help your second sister and your niece, right? Jingjing is going to marry into a family of officials. Without a decent dowry, she will be looked down upon. You can't bear to let her go, right?"
Gu Yinfeng looked at Gu Zhifeng for a long time without saying anything, and then started crying and acting pitiful again.
She even mentioned Gu Zhifeng's gambling when he was young, which was directly linked to the old man being angered to death. Gu Zhifeng's face turned pale and his body trembled instantly. This incident was undoubtedly the deepest wound in his heart.
Is it really the relationship between these brothers and sisters that he misses? No, what he really feels guilty about is the people and things that were once related to the Gu family's old house, because the Gu family was ruined because of him, and his father died because of him.
All these past events are debts that he can never pay off. Seeing Gu Yinfeng and others always brings back his memories.
His pupils were a little dilated and he remained silent, which made Gu Yinfeng, who was waiting for an answer, a little dissatisfied.
She shook Gu Zhifeng's arm and was about to say something when she heard a cold and pleasant female voice: "Second aunt, you are calculating too much. If you want money, just tell me directly. Why do you want to play the emotional card with my father?"
"You keep saying that you took good care of my dad when he was young. If you really had such a good relationship with him, why did you say that you were just raised by the landlord and nominally did rough labor and suffered a lot when the Gu family was in decline?"
"Gu Yinfeng, don't forget how you got your current job at the cotton mill. Don't say that my grandmother didn't leave anything behind. Even if she did, what does it have to do with an ungrateful person like you? How dare you ask that."
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