Chapter 73: Uninvited Guests Who Never Came Before Suddenly Show Up Every Day...
Happy days always pass quickly, and summer vacation is over in the blink of an eye.
Two days before Xu Heye returned to Hucheng, Wu Yulan and her mother, Xue Yu, had already left for Beijing by train. Xu Heye even saw her off at the train station, and they agreed to write to Wu Yulan once she was settled in Beijing.
Xu Hui bought a ticket and prepared to personally escort his daughter back to Hucheng. Dong Taohua had taken a lot of leave recently, so it was difficult for her to ask for more, so he had to send her off alone.
The day before leaving, my uncle Dong Fuyun actually came over.
Xu Heye didn't expect that her uncle would come all the way to pick her up. With Dong Fuyun there, there was no need for Xu Hui to escort her, so he returned the ticket and gave some money to Dong Fuyun.
"This money is for buying food on the road."
Dong Fuyun refused to take it. "Brother-in-law, you don't have to give me any money. I have it all." His business had been doing well recently, and he had plenty of money. The old Dong family, concerned about his little money, had come to look for him several times. Dong Fuyun was so annoyed that he simply ran away and bought a ticket to Gan Province to pick up Xu Heye.
"Here," Xu Hui forcibly stuffed it into Dong Fuyun's pocket. "Brother-in-law is already very happy that you can come to pick up He Ye. I can't ask you to pay for it. Saving money is not easy. You should save it for marrying a wife in the future."
To be honest, neither of them has much family connection.
Dong Taohua lost her mother when she was young and her father was selfish.
Xu Hui suffered an even more tragic fate. His father died when he was only three years old. His biological mother remarried and took him with her to live with her stepfather. His stepfather treated him well, not scolding or beating him, and he even paid for his education. However, since he was living under someone else's roof, he was inevitably a bit cautious.
Later, the policy of going to the countryside to receive re-education through labor came out. My stepfather had four brothers and sisters, all of whom were of school age. Although my stepfather's family was well off and had some connections, and could have settled all the children, in that era, they couldn't send all the children to the countryside without anyone, as it would be easy to be reported.
The family was in chaos because of who should go to the countryside.
Xu Hui didn't actually need to go to the countryside. Although his mother remarried with him, she didn't transfer his household registration, so he was still under his biological father's household registration. His father was dead, and he was his mother's only biological son. In addition, his biological father died in the line of duty, and the factory agreed to keep his job, so Xu Hui was not subject to relocation to the countryside at all.
But the stepfather didn't want to see his children become enemies because of who went to the countryside, so he found Xu Hui and negotiated a deal.
Xu Hui went to the countryside in the name of Ji's family instead of the Ji brothers and sisters. His stepfather's kindness in raising him was wiped out, and he would not need his stepfather to support him in his old age.
Not only that, he will also give him a sum of money so that he can live a good life after going to the countryside.
Xu Hui agreed to go to the countryside in place of the Ji brothers and sisters, but refused his stepfather's money.
He knew that from the moment he agreed to this deal, the already weak father-son relationship between him and his stepfather was completely gone. It wasn't that he didn't recognize his stepfather, but that the Ji family would not accept him.
In the first two years, when his mother was still alive, the two sides exchanged letters.
After his mother passed away, he sent letters to the Ji family, but no one signed for them. After asking the neighbors, he learned that the Ji family had moved, but they had no idea where they had moved to.
The less relatives one has, the more they value their relatives. Apart from his daughter, he has no relatives worth remembering, so the relatives his wife cherishes are his relatives.
My father-in-law and my elder brother-in-law are not on good terms. The only ones in the Dong family who really deserve my attention are my sister-in-law Dong Xinghua and my brother-in-law Dong Fuyun.
My aunt is fine. She has a son and a daughter, and both she and her husband have jobs.
It was only this brother-in-law who was causing him so much trouble. He was on the verge of becoming a bachelor, yet he was still drifting around and hadn't settled down. Xu Hui's abilities were limited, so he couldn't help him much. All he could do was not spend his money.
After taking an eighteen-hour train ride, Xu Heye and Dong Fuyun finally arrived in Hucheng.
The train that left at noon the previous day arrived in Hucheng the next morning.
After getting off the bus, they bought two tea eggs outside the train station for breakfast. After eating, they got on the bus terminal leading to the city center, where they transferred to Zhangshu Lane.
After changing two buses, the bus stopped at Zhangshuxiang Station.
The two got out of the car and walked towards Zhangshu Lane.
As soon as I walked under the big camphor tree, I saw an uninvited guest at the entrance of the alley.
Xu Heye subconsciously hid behind a big tree.
Dong Fuyun did the same thing as her.
After hiding, the two looked at each other with a wry smile in their eyes. Did Old Dong, unable to find Dong Fuyun, turn his attention to Xu Heye? That's right, this uninvited guest was none other than Xu Heye's grandfather, Dong Fuyun's biological father.
Old Dong was very angry when the two old ladies chased him out of the alley, but he suppressed his anger and explained, "Two old ladies, I'm really not a bad person. I live in the nearby Steel Plant No. 10 family compound. I'm here to look for my granddaughter. My granddaughter's name is Xu Heye, and she's renting a house with you."
The two old ladies exchanged a glance, laughed, and their faces turned cold. They said to Old Dong in unison: "I believe you if you say your granddaughter lives here!"
"I told you I'm your grandma, do you believe me?"
"You're so thick-skinned you could plaster a wall, and you still dare to claim that a girl as nice as He Ye is your granddaughter? If she is, then you live in the No. 10 Steel Plant's staff quarters, less than ten minutes away. Can't you come and visit?"
"Shameless old man, go away, come on, we can't just come here casually."
"Why don't you leave? Are you planning to kidnap our children? If you don't leave, I'm going to the police station to report you!"
The two old ladies said this and drove Old Dong away.
When Old Dong was far away and out of sight, the two old ladies smiled and waved at them, "Xiao Nan, Fu Xiao Zi, everyone has left, come out."
The two of them then came out from behind the tree.
The two old ladies smiled brightly when they saw them: "Fu boy, have you brought Xiaonan back?"
"Grandma Wu, Grandma Wang, good morning." Xu Heye greeted with a smile.
"Okay, okay." The two old ladies winked at Xu Heye and Dong Fuyun, "Don't worry, if that old man comes again in the future, we will block him for you and make sure he doesn't come to disturb you."
"Grandma, you... know about our relationship?" Xu Heye was a little surprised.
Granny Wu smiled and said, "Isn't that right? Although I am old, my eyes are very sharp! Although that old man is old, he still has some similarities with Fu boy."
"Then why—did you chase him away?" Granny Wang took over Xu Heye's conversation. "You've been living here for a few months, and we've never seen him come to see you. As the old saying goes, no one comes to visit you for no reason. If someone who never comes to visit suddenly shows up every day, it must be a demon or a ghost!"
"Besides, it's been almost a month since you went back to your hometown, right? And he doesn't know about it. What does this mean? It means he doesn't care about you, and it means your relationship is not good."
"Boy Fu and you are both kind-hearted. You are willing to help find the neighbor's children when they get into trouble. Such a kind-hearted person, when his own father and grandfather come over, he avoids them. You can imagine how unreliable and excessive he is!"
"We'll definitely stop such an unreliable person if we can." Anyway, any stranger should be stopped. Who knows if he came here to do something bad? We can't let the same mistake happen again with those kids.
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