Chapter 65 It’s all the second brother’s fault!
The train slowly arrived in Qing'an County at seven o'clock in the evening.
Gu Yuehuai woke up Yan Shaotang who was still sleeping soundly.
The little girl slept soundly and her stomach started to growl when she sat up.
As soon as the two left the train station, Gu Yuehuai stopped a ox cart and spent a few cents to hire someone to take them back to the Dalaozi Production Brigade.
It was too late, the lights in the clinic were off, and there was no need to make another trip.
When the night was dark, we arrived at the Dalaozi Production Brigade.
Gu Yuehuai held Yan Shaotang in his arms and walked back home slowly.
There were many strong men in the house, and they didn't have the habit of locking the door. When she entered the door, Gu Zhifeng, who had just laid down, was startled. He sat up from the darkness and shouted at the door: "Who?!"
Yan Shaotang was frightened and trembled, hugging Gu Yuehuai's neck tightly.
Gu Yuehuai patted her back gently and said unhappily, "Dad, it's me."
"Nannan?!" Gu Zhifeng's voice was filled with joy, and she hurriedly lit the kerosene lamp in the dark.
The lights flickered. When Gu Zhifeng got used to the light and was about to say a few words to express her concern for her daughter, she saw a soft and tender little girl with two braids in her arms.
The little girl looked cute, but she didn't look like the clay monkey raised in the village at all.
Gu Zhifeng's face suddenly changed. He stood up and rushed to the door. He stuck his head out and looked around. He breathed a sigh of relief when he found that there was no one there. He then closed the door.
He said seriously, "Nannan, did you go to Zhoulan City to be a kidnapper?"
It's no wonder he thinks so. Kidnappers can make money by selling people these days. Just from what he has seen, it costs hundreds of dollars to buy a wife in the village. People are not bad from the beginning, they are just tempted by the profit.
He was afraid that Gu Yuehuai would go down a path of no return because his family had no money.
Gu Yuehuai's mouth twitched, he lowered his eyes to look at the confused Yan Shaotang in his arms, and laughed: "Dad, what are you thinking about? I snatched her from the kidnapper, and the police saw that I looked kind, so they let me adopt her temporarily."
"Adopt?" Gu Zhifeng's brows relaxed at first, then tensed again.
Who dares to adopt a child these days? It's not easy to feed a child.
Thinking of this, Gu Zhifeng frowned and said, "Girl, you should send the child back to the police. You are a half-grown girl who hasn't even gotten married yet, why would you raise a child? This little girl is pretty, and we can always find a good family to adopt her."
Gu Yuehuai shook his head, his voice was not loud but firm: "No, I will raise her myself, don't worry, Dad."
Maybe it was because he sensed Gu Zhifeng’s rejection, but Yan Shaotang shrank his neck and put his head in Gu Yuehuai’s shoulder. The way he clung to her so tightly, someone who didn’t know would have thought he was her biological child.
Seeing this, Gu Zhifeng's eyes softened and he couldn't say anything to refute.
At this time, Gu Tinghuai came out from the inner room.
"Brother!" Gu Yuehuai shouted with a smile.
Gu Tinghuai looked Gu Yuehuai up and down, and seeing that she returned safely, he nodded in response.
"Did you have a smooth journey? Is the little girl okay?" He glanced at Yan Shaotang who was lying on Gu Yuehuai's shoulder, his tone full of worry. He heard what they said just now, and he had no objection to adopting a child.
Now the one who earns the most money and has the most ideas in the family is the younger sister Gu Yuehuai. If she wants to adopt this little girl, what’s the use of them opposing it?
Besides, the fact that she happened to meet the kidnapper who saved the girl when she went to Zhoulan City showed that they were destined to be together.
Gu Yuehuai shook his head: "It's nothing, but she is not a normal child, so I will have to worry more about her in the future."
Hearing this, Gu Zhifeng and Gu Tinghuai both looked at Yan Shaotang. After taking a closer look, they couldn't help but frown. This little girl was pretty, but unfortunately her eyes were dull and her pupils were dilated. She certainly didn't have the smartness of other children.
"Nannan, this..." Gu Zhifeng was unhappy again.
If this was a normal child, he would have adopted him. But this is not normal. I'm afraid the child won't be able to take care of himself. Wouldn't that drag his daughter to death?
Gu Yuehuai waved his hand: "It's okay, I can take care of it."
Her current job is to paint murals for the brigade, and she just needs to bring Yan Shaotang with her when she goes there every day.
Seeing that Yan Shaotang was scared, Gu Yuehuai patted her head and changed the subject, blocking Gu Zhifeng and Gu Tinghuai: "By the way, how is my second brother? I came back too late today and didn't have time to visit him."
Hearing this, the atmosphere became stagnant, and there was a feeling of a chill wind.
Gu Yuehuai was stunned for a moment, then frowned: "What's wrong? What happened?"
Gu Zhifeng sat back on the kang and sneered, "What could possibly happen? Gu Ruihuai is so cheerful every day like a cat that steals fish. What could possibly happen to him? Ugh, from now on I'll just pretend I don't have a son like him!"
Gu Tinghuai looked at Gu Zhifeng disapprovingly: "Dad!"
Gu Zhifeng crossed his arms over his chest and raised his voice, "What, did I say something wrong? He has the ability to choose women over me, so there will be no such person in our Gu family from now on!"
After hearing this, Gu Yuehuai finally understood.
She rubbed Yan Shaotang's back with an indifferent expression, put her on the kang, wrapped her in a quilt, and then walked to the stove to prepare some food for her.
During the whole day, the two of them only ate two buns and drank water from the space well, so they were indeed a little hungry.
"You haven't eaten?" Gu Tinghuai frowned and started to help Gu Yuehuai.
Gu Yuehuai cooked very quickly and soon, four bowls of clear soup noodles were ready.
"Dad has eaten enough tonight, you eat!" Gu Zhifeng slurped her saliva when she saw the noodles on the table, but she still resisted her greed and quickly turned her head away, deliberately not looking at them.
Gu Yuehuai shook his head and said angrily, "Okay, Dad, this trip was not in vain. Our family can pay off the debt, and we can still afford this bowl of noodles."
Doesn't she know them yet?
At night, I just eat a bite to get by. It’s nothing more than watery rice porridge. How can it fill me up?
Gu Tinghuai's expression changed drastically: "Repay the debt? Nannan, what on earth did you go to Zhoulan City for?"
Gu Zhifeng coughed a few times and pretended to be calm, "Why are you asking so many questions? Your grandma left a piece of jewelry, and I asked my daughter to take it to the Zhoulan City consignment shop to sell it. After much deliberation, it's all my fault that my second son didn't live up to his expectations!"
When Gu Ruihuai was mentioned, Gu Zhifeng's face turned pale and he was in a bad mood.
"Jewelry?" Gu Tinghuai looked suspicious.
My grandmother did have a lot of jewelry, but they had been emptied out a long time ago. They couldn't even keep the ancestral house, let alone the jewelry? How come he didn't know that there were still jewelry left in the house?
Gu Zhifeng rolled her eyes at him in annoyance: "Why, you still don't believe your father?"
Gu Tinghuai's mouth twitched and he stopped asking questions.
Gu Yuehuai was feeding Yan Shaotang noodles when he suddenly asked, "Did Tian Jing go to the clinic these two days?"
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