After listening to Gu Zhengshan's words, Gu Xueyuan felt a little better and put down the quilt.
"Grandpa, do you know? When I was little, I envied my two older brothers from my uncle's family. You and grandma always saved the delicious food for them, but I couldn't eat it. There were many times when I couldn't understand why you didn't want me to eat those delicious food even though you were my grandson. I asked my dad, but he would just hold me and tell me not to think too much, saying that grandpa and grandma loved me."
"Grandpa, the thing I remember most vividly is when I was seven years old. You bought a roast chicken from somewhere and brought it back. When you walked to the door, you took it out of your arms and handed a large chicken drumstick to my eldest and second cousins, one of them was eleven and the other was nine. They just held the chicken drumstick and ate it with relish. I was right there, so Grandpa should have been able to see me, but he chose not to give it to me. I just watched my two cousins devouring the food while I could only watch and swallow my saliva. But it was not bad at all, because at least I could smell it. Later, I begged Dad to buy it for me, but it was not easy to buy at that time."
"It wasn't until I joined the army as a teenager that I used my first allowance to buy roast chicken and finally got to know its true taste."
When Gu Zhengshan heard what Gu Xueyuan said, he felt mixed emotions. He only now knew that his grandson still remembered what happened more than 20 years ago so clearly. Thinking about what he had done back then, it was really too much. The child was only seven years old at the time, and he ignored him just because he didn't like his father. As a result, the child still remembered these things after more than 20 years.
Gu Xueyuan smiled and glanced at Gu Zhengshan. "Those kinds of things happened many times in those years. One time, you gave me fifty cents and a sugar ticket and asked me to go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy you a pound of sugar. I went very happily. Grandpa knows that we bought things for adults at that time, and the remaining one or two cents were given to us as pocket money. When I heard Grandpa asked me to buy candy, I was so happy. But when I bought the candy back, I used the remaining two cents to buy food, and ended up getting beaten by Grandpa. That's when I realized that my two cousins and I were different. They stole one dollar from Grandpa, but Grandpa didn't bear to beat them. But I was beaten by Grandpa with a stick because I spent two cents of Grandpa's money."
Looking at Gu Zhengshan who was standing there in a daze, Gu Xueyuan smiled and continued.
"Since then, I've known that I can't compare myself to my two cousins in everything, because there's no comparison. So, ever since Dad moved out, I basically never go back to the compound to see you and Grandma, because since I was little, in my heart, you're not my dad's parents, nor my grandparents."
After Gu Xueyuan finished speaking, he no longer looked at Gu Zhengshan who was standing there in a daze, but chose to leave the house. Gu Xueyuan couldn't get over the thought of helping Gu Zhengshan with cleaning. Although he was his biological grandfather and he was a soldier, humans are emotional animals and feelings are mutual. If he put aside the past now, he would be sorry for the grievances he had suffered over the years.
Gu Xueyuan walked out of the house and looked at his father standing at the door, smiling, "Did you hear everything?"
Gu Tingyan looked at Gu Xueyuan.
"I didn't expect that after so many years, you still haven't forgotten these things!"
Gu Xueyuan smiled and said, "I can't forget it, but I don't care about it anymore. I'm saying this today to make him regret it, otherwise he will think that he still has the final say in this family. I've got news that my uncle will be released soon, and I guess he will find you when the time comes. You should also be prepared. It's better to stay away from people like that."
Gu Tingyan waved his hand. "I know. I got the news too. But don't worry. I have a lot of evidence against them. If they annoy me, just report them again. Now that I think about it, this is a good idea. It's not bad to send them in for a while from time to time."
The Spring Festival of 1986 arrived. February 8th in the Gregorian calendar was New Year's Eve. Sun Yuqi got up early in the morning. Today they had to fry the oil. Qin Xiuzhi was in the kitchen and Sun Yuqi was helping her. Mu Jingran took the two children out to play. Now the two children were no longer satisfied with playing at home and insisted on going out to play. Many children from the neighborhood took the scattered firecrackers taken from the firecracker box and lit them and threw them for fun.
One of the two children is almost three years old, and the other is almost two years old. They can run and jump, and cannot stay at home. Grandpa Mu can no longer take care of them, so he has to let Mu Jingran take care of the two children.
Frying means frying some ingredients, and also preparing the New Year's Eve dinner in the evening. The two sisters-in-law had a heavy task today. It was almost noon when my aunt Qu Wenting came back from vacation. The three women were busy until after three o'clock in the afternoon before they finished.
Mu Chenlan only had three days off for the Chinese New Year this year, from the first to the third day of the New Year, and had to go back to work on the fourth day. Due to the special nature of his work, Mu Jingran also had to go to the unit to be on duty early in the morning on the first day of the New Year, so after eating the New Year's Eve dinner that night, Mu Jingran went back to sleep.
After seeing Mu Jingran off early in the morning on the first day of the new year, Sun Yuqi stayed at home with her grandparents to entertain the children from the neighborhood who came to pay New Year's greetings.
Early in the morning on the second day of the Lunar New Year, Qin Xiuzhi took Mu Qingzhou back to her parents' home, and her aunt and uncle also returned to her parents' home. However, Sun Yuqi took her children to accompany her grandparents at home, waiting for the arrival of her elder sister-in-law Mu Xianglan and her family.
This year, Mu Xianglan had already written a letter before the New Year saying that he could rush to Beijing on the second day of the Lunar New Year, just in time to pay New Year's greetings to his grandparents.
Around noon, my aunt and uncle came back. My daughter and her family came to pay New Year's greetings today, so Mu Yuanhe and Qu Wenting did not eat at Yue's house, but came back early to wait for their daughter and her family to come back.
Sun Yuqi and Qu Wenting had just prepared lunch when they heard Mu Xianglan's voice at the door. Sun Yuqi came out of the kitchen and saw Mu Xianglan and his family of three walking into the yard accompanied by Grandpa Mu.
"Sister, brother-in-law is back, come in and sit down."
Mu Xianglan had a very good impression of his cousin's wife, Sun Yuqi, so he hurried forward and took Sun Yuqi's hand and said.
"We've come back, and it's really troublesome for my sister-in-law and my brother-in-law to come along. Let's go inside. I've brought you some gifts."
Sun Yuqi had no choice but to follow Mu Xianglan into the house. Mu Qingzhuo was playing with his younger brother Mu Qingzhou in the house. When he saw the group of people coming in, he blinked his eyes and looked at this and that, and also looked at Mu Xianglan's son with curiosity.
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