Chapter 230 The Belated Dowry
"Xiao Gu doesn't want to go? Does he dislike his biological father or the Gu family?"
Lin Nanxing was pruning the wintersweet and consulting an expert at the same time.
Lu Youyou thought for a moment and said, "No, I don't think so. I don't feel anything. I don't want to have another variable like this in my life."
"What do you think?"
Lu Youyou didn't care any more: "I don't have any ideas. Our family doesn't lack the power of the Gu family, and I don't want to have another father. It doesn't matter whether Gu Qingye recognizes him or not."
"You, you use all your smart brain for research!" Lin Nanxing touched his daughter's hair, "It's fine if he doesn't like it. Since he has no likes or dislikes, why doesn't he want what belongs to him?"
"That's because you don't want to eat pie that comes from unknown sources!"
"What are you afraid of? Regardless of whether Gu Bohuai has some ulterior motives or not, even if he does, so what? Our family is not weak. Do you think your parents are just decorations?"
"It's not easy to fight alone in the army. If someone is willing to help, why not take it? Don't you think the son of the Gu family is a loser? Now there is someone who is better in all aspects. What do you think the father will think?"
"Before, there was no one to inherit the mantle, but now there is a perfect candidate. Gu Bohuai's efforts are definitely beyond your imagination."
"Xiao Gu can even take all the benefits and ignore the rest. Gu Bohuai won't have any objections. The resources are there, and it would be a waste if we don't give them to Xiao Gu."
"As for the Du family, they are nothing to be afraid of. They are just worried that the benefits will not fall on their heads. These matters are left to Gu Bohuai to handle. If he wants to recognize his son, it is not enough to just talk. It is his responsibility to clear the obstacles."
Lu Youyou listened with great interest. She had indeed lived a good life for too long. She was too lazy to even pick up money dropped on the ground. Why not just eat meat? She really needed to reflect on herself.
I'll learn it and tell Gu Qingye about it when the time comes, but I don't know if he will accept the advice.
Gu Qingye seems to be as hard as iron, but in fact, whatever Lu Youyou says is what she means, let alone giving him advice.
And there was one thing he kept in mind—Gu Bohuai was willing to give.
In this case, it would be good to save more things for my wife.
Gu Qingye was neither hurried nor anxious. He went to get off work and came home as usual every day, and visited the new house during his breaks.
One day a month later, he went to the military district for a meeting, and after the meeting he "accidentally met" Gu Bohuai again.
He was still driving himself, and he asked again in the car.
"Qingye, what do you think? Don't worry, the people you don't want to see are not here."
Gu Bohuai is a careful person. Unless necessary, he will not let Du Shuang appear where Gu Qingye is.
"It was my negligence that they went to the hospital to look for you last time. I won't do that again. But Hongying..."
Gu Bohuai knew very well that his daughter was a simple and straightforward person. Even if Du Shuang had any plans, it had nothing to do with Gu Hongying.
If possible, he hopes that Gu Qingye and Gu Hongying can live in harmony, but everything depends on Gu Qingye's wishes.
Gu Qingye did not respond to the last half of the sentence. Even if Gu Hongying was harmless, he did not want to meddle in other people's business.
Gu Bohuai simply skipped the topic and took out an envelope from the storage box.
"I have prepared the invitations. It depends on your parents-in-law's schedule. Just let me know when you have decided. I will book a table at the State Guesthouse."
The invitation was handwritten, and the time was left blank, as if he was supposed to fill it out before passing it on.
Gu Qingye understood in just a moment. Was this an attempt to prove that they were a family and to entertain the girl's family together?
Gu Qingye had no intention of getting bogged down in the details. Since he had already agreed, it didn't matter if he accepted the invitation.
Gu Bohuai had never thought that there would come a day when he would worry about not being able to send out the invitations, but he did not dare to urge him anymore. His son's attitude had been indifferent so far, and he was afraid of adding unnecessary details.
Seeing Gu Qingye put the envelope into his bag, Gu Bohuai couldn't help but curl his lips.
A tall building rises from the ground, at least it's a good start.
But what he didn't expect was that he had been waiting for Gu Qingye's call for a long time, but more than half a month had passed and the dinner invitation was once again nothing happened.
Gu Qingye was not delaying the conversation on purpose. Lu Zhiyu had been completely out of touch during this period. Someone answered the office phone, but there was no reply, so he could only wait for him to come out.
Gu Bohuai hesitated again and again but still did not look for Gu Qingye. In his anxiety, he doubled the gift for the meeting and wanted to add a few more points to the prepared betrothal gift. Only in this way could he ease his anxiety.
Lu Youyou doesn't know yet that she will receive a "huge" betrothal gift in the near future.
She was busy with scientific research during the day and used Gu Qingye's abdominal muscles to relieve stress at night. Her life was quite comfortable.
She didn't care whether Gu Bohuai was anxious or not, she wasn't anxious anyway.
Time slowly passed and it was the twelfth lunar month. Lu Zhiyu finally came out of the "secret state" and learned of Gu Bohuai's invitation, so he set the date on the day before the New Year.
Lu Youyou had been to the State Guesthouse in her previous life. Fifty years had passed and nothing had changed. It was almost the same as she remembered.
At the entrance of a separate building, Gu Bohuai was already waiting at the door.
As he said, he was the only one.
Gu Bohuai took the initiative to greet them: "Comrade Lu, Comrade Lin, I have heard of your great names for a long time!"
"Hello, Comrade Gu!"
"I didn't expect that our two families would have such a fate. I am sorry for being rude to sit down and have dinner together now." Gu Bohuai was very humble and apologized first.
Lu Zhiyu had only observed this famous young man from afar before, but now that they were sitting at the same table together, he realized that he and Gu Qingye were indeed very similar, and it was obvious at first glance that they were biological father and son.
Both parties were very polite during their first meeting. Gu Bohuai laid the groundwork for the whole situation and finally brought out the big gift he had prepared after the meal.
It wasn’t very big, but when Lu Youyou saw it, she immediately looked at Gu Qingye and asked, “What’s going on?”
A passbook and a land deed, two thin things, but the contents were really unexpected.
There is a balance of 20,000 yuan in the passbook, and the title deed is to a two-story courtyard house near Houhai.
"I was not there when the two children got married, but the proper etiquette must be followed. Please forgive me for the late betrothal gifts."
Gu Bohuai spoke sincerely and his attitude was firm.
"The house was left by Qingye's mother. After she passed away, the title deed has been with me. Now it is handed over to Qingye. There is not much money in the passbook, just as pocket money for the young couple."
Gu Bohuai had already prepared money for the marriages of his children, and now he had allocated some for Gu Qingye, and he added a little more to make a total of 20,000.
Although money cannot make up for the lost twenty years, it is his sincerity.
The Lu family was not short of money, let alone houses, but the gift that Gu Bohuai gave was quite expensive in the 1970s.
As far as Lu Zhiyu knew, Gu Bohuai was not the descendant of a capitalist, and he did not receive any assets returned by the organization like Lin Nanxing did after the movement.
Putting the house aside for now, the 20,000 yuan in cash can only be the salary he has saved over the years.
Lu Zhiyu and Lin Nanxing didn't say much about this matter and just looked at Gu Qingye's opinion.
No matter whether there is a betrothal gift or not, it will eventually be handed over to the daughter, and they will not keep a single cent.
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