Chapter 282 A Good Father
Yan Shaoli felt his ears burning as he listened to the gossip of the Gu family, and he hurriedly carried Yan Shaotang into the inner room.
Gu Xihuai said: "Lin Jinshu definitely has bad intentions. She is targeting you now, Yuehuai, so be careful."
"I understand." Gu Yuehuai nodded and turned to look at Gu Zhifeng. Although he looked dazed, he was not asleep. He was lowering his head, counting on his fingers and muttering to himself. After a while, he shook his head and smiled bitterly, and then started crying again while smiling.
The middle-aged man's collapse happened in a flash. He was originally sobbing quietly, but suddenly his tears burst into heavy rain.
Gu Yuehuai stood by the kang, looking at Gu Zhifeng's head mixed with white hair, feeling a little sad.
She always knew that her father was not a good man, and she had felt embarrassed for having such a father.
When he was young, he gambled and lost all the family fortune, which made his father angry to death. He led his mother, wife and children to live a precarious life. After the social changes, he took advantage of the black market to make more money, and was even extremely biased.
In the eyes of outsiders, he is just an idle street urchin whose life has no meaning.
However, he was not nice to anyone else, but he was wholeheartedly kind to her.
She wanted to eat fine food, so he would rather go hungry with his brothers and try his best to satisfy her appetite.
She wanted to wear little white shoes, so he used the few dollars he had left in the house to buy her the shoes even though he owed so much money.
Because she wanted to marry Chen Yuesheng, she spent all the money and food in the family to please him. Her father knew about it, but he never scolded her. Every time she came home, he would always ask her if she had any pocket money.
Also, in the confrontations between her and her second and third brothers, he always stood on her side without any principles.
In the end, he even died for her.
In her previous life, she was incompetent and shameless, but he still did not give up the slightest preference for her, and the same is true in this life.
She would still be nice to such a person even if he was criticized and looked down upon by thousands of people.
Thinking of this, Gu Yuehuai reached out and patted Gu Zhifeng on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Dad, why are you crying? You haven't even asked me what I think, but you've been affected by Lin Jinshu's words?"
Hearing her voice, Gu Zhifeng paused and looked up at her.
His unshaven face was covered with tears and looked a little dirty, which made Gu Xihuai, who was standing beside him, twitch his lips.
To be honest, none of them had ever seen Gu Zhifeng like this. This was the first time that a grown-up girl got into a bridal sedan.
Gu Zhifeng covered her eyes with her hands and said, "If Nannan followed her mother, she could learn to play the piano and violin, be recommended to work at the Mass Daily in a big city, and marry a well-off city person. I can't do anything about these."
"Nannan, it would definitely be better for her to be with her mother, but, but I have raised her from such a young age, I can't bear to let her go."
Gu Zhifeng was crying, but he did not forget to gesture with his hand to indicate the size.
Gu Tinghuai and Gu Xihuai looked at each other, both of them with some emotion on their faces.
They are not fools. Gu Zhifeng has been partial to Gu Yuehuai since childhood. Gu Ruihuai is always against Gu Yuehuai because of this. Gu Zhifeng has paid a lot for her, so naturally she is reluctant to give her to Lin Jinshu.
Gu Yuehuai frowned slightly, then said slowly: "Dad, if you cry again, I will really leave."
Hearing this, Gu Zhifeng looked at her blankly and actually stopped crying.
Gu Yuehuai found it funny and said, "Dad, I don't care what Lin Jinshu can give me. In this life, I just want to be with dad, big brother, and third brother. No one can separate us. I will work hard to make you live a good life."
Although she was slender, her words were sonorous and powerful, and sounded quite serious to the ears of the parties involved.
Gu Tinghuai's eyes warmed slightly, and he said happily: "We are grown men, can we still rely on you to support us?"
Gu Xihuai smiled, said nothing, but reached out and touched her head.
This was the first time since he was a child that he was so close to Gu Yuehuai. He once thought that having Gu Yuehuai at home was a disaster, but now, he suddenly realized that having a younger sister was not a bad feeling.
Gu Yuehuai pursed his lips and didn't explain anything. He originally wanted to cook for them to eat, but seeing Gu Zhifeng's drunken appearance, he shook his head and said, "Let our dad sleep first. We can talk about anything tomorrow."
Because there were two more people in the family, Yan Shaoli and Yan Shaotang had to come to Gu Yuehuai's room, and the three of them slept in one room.
When Yan Shaoyu and Yan Shaoyang come back tomorrow, they will also need to sleep on a large bunk bed with Gu Zhifeng and the other three. Fortunately, the kang in the inner room is big, so even five or six adult men can sleep on it without any problem.
Gu Zhifeng was so drunk that he fell into a deep sleep as soon as he lay down.
Gu Yuehuai closed the door and looked at Gu Xihuai: "Third brother, what do you want to eat tonight?"
Gu Tinghuai said: "Don't bother, just give each of us a bowl of soup noodles."
Gu Xihuai had no objection to this. He had been eating nothing these past few days in the hospital. After getting used to Gu Yuehuai's cooking, everything tasted bland to him. He would crave for it if he didn't eat for two days.
Noodles are easy to make. Gu Tinghuai kneads the dough while Gu Yuehuai stir-fries the sauce. The two of them work together and they finish the dish in no time.
Yan Shaoli ate quickly and fed Yan Shaotang early, then coaxed the little girl to sleep.
Gu Yuehuai and his two siblings held their bowls and ate noodles slowly under the light of a kerosene lamp, chatting from time to time. The topic they talked about was all about what had happened in the team in the past few days. And, if you counted them one by one, they were all big things!
Saving the cow, the Liu Er'er and Li Chaoying incident, the honorary certificate for outstanding member, the Chen Yuesheng incident, etc.
Gu Xihuai was shocked as he listened to this. He had never expected that so many things would happen just a few days after he left the Dalaozi Production Brigade. This whole mess would cause an uproar if it spread to other brigades.
Gu Xihuai "finished eating the melon" contentedly, thinking of the decision that the team had just made to let the educated youth stay in the homes of members, and said: "Yuehuai, when we came back, we talked to Shao Yu about it. He heard that Shao Yang will be discharged from the hospital tomorrow?"
Gu Yuehuai nodded: "Tomorrow I plan to borrow the brigade's ox cart to go to the county hospital to pick up Shao Yang."
Gu Xihuai thought about it and said, "Okay, I'll go with you tomorrow and I can help carry the people."
Gu Tinghuai also knew how important Yan Shaoyu was to Gu Yuehuai, and had no objection to them living at home. Thinking of Yan Shaoyang's situation, he casually asked, "Would you like me to go with you?"
"Brother, the team will definitely distribute grain tomorrow. You just stay at home and wait to carry the grain, so that our dad won't be alone at home. His legs and feet are not strong enough to go to the breeding place." Gu Yuehuai said.
The team's affairs have been almost resolved. We will be welcoming the New Year soon, so the important thing is to distribute food as soon as possible.
Moreover, the big markets in the mountains are all about bartering, and some people might exchange their grain for necessities.
Needless to say, at this fair, food will definitely become the hard currency that everyone will scramble for.
The Gu family doesn’t have much, but they have a lot of grain. If they get some help from the big market, I think they can even exchange some beef and mutton.
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