Chapter 344 Why are you looking for Principal Lu?
Gu Huai wrapped the glass bottle filled with hot water in clothes and stuffed it into the quilt.
Yu Hui patted the already asleep Beibei, looked at Gu Huai who took off his shoes and got into bed and said, "Tomorrow we will accompany Sister Chunhua to the city to find Yaya's father."
"Any news?" Gu Huai asked as he lay down.
Yu Hui nodded. "Today, Sister Chunhua called her father. He found out everything and told me the approximate location of Yaya's grandfather's former job and residence. He just needs to look for it."
Gu Huai thought for a moment and said, "I'll have Xiao Li drive you there tomorrow. It'll be more convenient with a car. I have something to do tomorrow, otherwise I would go with you."
"Okay." Yu Hui nodded.
"Then I'll turn off the lights."
"Turn it off."
The lights in the bedroom went out, plunging it into darkness.
Yu Hui closed her eyes, then opened them again within two seconds. She turned over and whispered, "Brother Gu, as a man, what do you think of Yaya's father's situation?"
Gu Huai opened his eyes. "If he wasn't dead, or had a serious illness that would burden his wife and children, or if he had become a vegetable, then if he hadn't abandoned them, there wouldn't be no news at all."
From a man's perspective, he thinks Yaya's father is most likely an irresponsible scumbag.
"Oh..." Yu Hui sighed, "What if we find the person tomorrow and Yaya's father doesn't recognize her and her son?"
Gu Huai said, "Even if they got married in the countryside, they should have gone to the commune to get a marriage certificate. If the other party doesn't recognize it, they can take the marriage certificate to the street office or the Women's Federation. They will help Yaya and her son make the decision."
Yu Hui took note of it.
The next day, not long after Gu Huai went to work, Xiao Li drove over.
Today, Bai Chunhua was going to visit Yaya's father, so she dressed up herself and Yaya. She even washed her hair at the risk of catching a cold.
Bai Chunhua also took her own bag. From the looks of her, she planned not to come back after finding Yaya's father.
After everything was packed up, everyone got on the bus.
Yu Hui held Beibei in the passenger seat, while Bai Chunhua, Gu Hongmei and the four children squeezed in the back seat.
Bai Chunhua was holding Beibei, and Gu Hongmei was holding Gu Xixi.
Yu Hui originally wanted to let Gu Hongmei stay at home to look after the children, but Gu Dong and the others also wanted to go with them, so that's what happened.
Fortunately, overloading is not strictly enforced in this era. If it were in the 1920s, they would be fined so much for overloading like this.
The car stopped at the gate of Yucheng No. 1 Middle School. The school had not yet started and there were no students in the school. Only faculty and staff lived in the staff dormitory.
However, the school gate was not locked, so the group got off the car and went into the school to inquire.
Behind the school is the staff dormitory, where many people still live. Several women are sitting downstairs knitting and chatting, and children are playing nearby.
When the children saw Yu Hui and her group coming in, they looked at them curiously, thinking they were relatives of the teacher.
The group walked up to a few women who were chatting.
"Who are you looking for?" Before he could even open his mouth, a middle-aged woman wearing glasses who looked like a teacher took the initiative to ask.
Yu Hui smiled and said, "We want to ask you something."
"What's the matter? Tell me."
"Sister, I want to ask you something. Our middle school has been rehabilitated..." Yu Hui asked half of her question when she remembered that she didn't know what Yaya's father's last name was, so she turned around and asked Bai Chunhua.
"What did Chunhua call his last name?"
"Last name: Lu."
The middle-aged female teacher with glasses adjusted her glasses and asked, "You are asking about Principal Lu, right?"
Yu Hui: "Yes, yes, that's Principal Lu. Where does he live now?"
"Who are you to Principal Lu?" asked the female teacher.
Yu Hui pointed at Bai Chunhua and Yaya and said, "This is Principal Lu's granddaughter-in-law, and this child is Principal Lu's great-granddaughter."
Bai Chunhua nodded vigorously.
Several people looked at Bai Chunhua and Yaya. Judging from the appearance of the mother and daughter, they could probably guess that they were from the countryside.
Most likely, it was Principal Lu’s grandson who went to the countryside. When he went there, he found a wife and had a baby.
"Don't mention it, these eyebrows and eyes really look a bit like Principal Lu."
"He looks like someone from the Lu family."
The female teacher looked at Bai Chunhua and said, "Principal Lu has long since severed ties with his son and grandchildren. Why are you looking for him?"
Sever ties?
Even these blood relatives who are thicker than water can sever ties with each other. What unforgivable thing must have happened between them!
"I, I want to find the child's father." Bai Chunhua stammered, "I, I don't know his address. I just asked someone to find out that his grandfather is the principal of your high school, so I had to come to find him."
When the women heard this, they were all shocked.
This girl didn't even know Xiao Lu's address. It was obvious that she had returned to the city and abandoned the mother and daughter.
"Little Lu used to look quite well-behaved and sensible, how did he become like this now?"
"Like parents, like children. Mr. and Mrs. Lu even reported their own father and threw rotten eggs at him. It's no surprise that Little Lu would do such a thing."
"This is truly a sin."
When Bai Chunhua heard these words, she squeezed her daughter's hand tightly.
Even these people felt that they had abandoned them, mother and daughter.
"After you leave the school gate, walk straight along the main road, turn left at the intersection, and walk into Qingliu Lane. The eighth house is Principal Lu's home." The female teacher pointed the way.
"Thank you, thank you." Bai Chunhua bowed repeatedly to express her gratitude.
The female teacher waved her hand.
"Thank you so much. We'll be leaving first." After saying that, Yu Hui and the others turned around and left.
Watching their figures walking farther and farther away until they disappeared, a middle-aged woman suddenly slapped her thigh.
"Oh, how could I forget!"
"What did you forget? But there's something cooking on the stove?"
The others asked with a smile.
The woman shook her head. "Last time, my son, Mr. Zhou, came home and said he ran into Mr. Lu and his wife on the street. Mr. Lu said his son was getting married on the eighth day of the first lunar month and invited my son, Mr. Zhou, to the wedding. My son, Mr. Zhou, looked down on him and turned him down outright."
"What? Old Lu's son got married again on the eighth day of the first lunar month?"
His wife from the countryside came with their daughter, but he got married on the eighth day of the first lunar month. Doesn’t that mean he got married twice?
"Tsk tsk, Old Lu's son is just like him, a worthless person."
"Isn't it?"
"Ah, this country girl and child have committed a sin."
"Xiao Lu married one from the countryside and one from the city. Does he think he's a capitalist? He even has two wives?"
"Isn't it?"
Bai Chunhua could not hear these words. She sat in the jeep, hugging her daughter tightly, feeling very nervous.
Soon the jeep stopped at the entrance of Qingliu Lane, and three adults and five children got out of the car.
"Xiao Li, just wait for us in the car." Yu Hui hugged Beibei and turned to Xiao Li.
The latter nodded.
The group entered Qingliu Lane, which was quite wide. It was filled with old courtyards with green bricks and green tiles. These old buildings looked very charming.
Moreover, this area is quite quiet, and you can tell at first glance that it is where the older generation of wealthy people live.
“1, 2, 3…”
A few children walked forward while counting which house they were at.
"8. Mom, Aunt Bai, this is the eighth house." Gu Dong said, pointing to the small courtyard in front of him.
Yu Hui looked up at the small courtyard in front of her. From the width of the wall, she could tell that the courtyard was quite large.
The paulownia-colored courtyard gate looks very textured.
This kind of quiet little courtyard in the midst of hustle and bustle is exactly what Yu Hui wants.
She'll have to come and ask someday if anyone wants to sell the yard.
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