Chapter 70 What a Fantastic Idea
Gu Yimin and Gu Erhui wanted to attend night school, not to get a diploma. Their businesses were doing well, and they were earning much more than they were working in the office, so they didn't think about getting a diploma and working in the office. Their goal was to gain knowledge and broaden their horizons.
"Is there English in the night school?" Gu Siqing asked.
"Yes, but what's the point of learning that?" Gu Yimin asked.
Gu Siqing: "Maybe I can go abroad someday."
After the reform and opening up, many commercial projects in China were moved from abroad. If you want to achieve great development, it is best to go abroad and explore.
Gu Yimin and Gu Erhui looked at each other, both of them hesitant. Going abroad was too far away for them.
Gu Siqing didn't try to persuade her anymore. If she said more, she would be considered too evil.
The family talked for a while and then went back to their rooms to rest. That night, the four sisters did not sleep together, each in their own room.
Gu Erhui lay on her side in bed, looking at the dark night, thinking about the slap Zhu Yujiao had given her. She had rarely been beaten in her life, let alone a slap.
Even though a day had passed, that feeling of shame still washed over me.
She knew she shouldn't keep thinking about the situation, nor should she allow herself to have such negative emotions, but she couldn't help it.
She told her family that she was fine, just to prevent them from worrying, but when she calmed down, the grievance and shame made her eyes wet.
principal wife
Wang Yueju was making the bed when she said, "Yimin and Erhui are selling clothes in a shop, they are in the spotlight. What will they do if they encounter something like this again?"
Gu Jianguo took out a cigarette and lit it. "Everything has its good and bad sides. We make money, so we can't complain about being in the spotlight. Different paths lead to different ways of living. As long as we don't do anything that goes against our conscience, we don't have to worry about what others say."
Wang Yueju sighed, "Why not arrange for them to get engaged soon?"
"What kind of engagement? Who to engage with?" Gu Jianguo was a little unhappy. After the incident with Deng Zhiming, he made up his mind to never arrange a marriage for his daughter again.
"I'm just saying." Wang Yueju said. She was just worried that Yimin and Erhui's reputation would be damaged over time.
"The city is different from the countryside. Don't look at the present with old eyes." Gu Jianguo said as he went to bed, but his wife glared at him, so he had to go out to fetch water to wash his feet.
Han family
Tian Huiying was sitting on the bed knitting a sweater. Han Deyi frowned and looked at the sweater in her hands and said, "Xiaoer already has several sweaters. You should knit one for Zhengping too."
Tian Huiying paused knitting and hummed, "I told Erhui before that Zhang Zijun was a good match, but she turned her back on me. If he gets engaged to Zhang Zijun, who would dare to slap her?"
Han Deyi frowned even tighter, "It's not your turn to interfere in Erhui's marriage."
"Isn't this for her own good?" Tian Huiying felt that Gu Jianguo and the others were just being too concerned about their reputation. "You think that marriage is good, but Jianguo and the others don't. So don't talk nonsense." Han Deyi felt that if Gu Erhui were his daughter, he wouldn't want Zhang Zijun to be his son-in-law.
His family background is too high, and Zhang Zijun doesn't look down-to-earth.
Seeing that Han Deyi didn't want her to talk about the Gu family, Tian Huiying asked, "Shall we separate the business from Jianguo and the others next year?"
Han Deyi hummed, then said impatiently: "Don't worry about it, I will discuss it with Jianguo when the time comes."
Tian Huiying was choking and felt a lump in her throat. She had no say in this family.
The next day, Gu Jianguo and Han Deyi went to handle the household registration transfer procedures, while Wang Yueju, Tian Huiying, and the two Gu sisters went to the store. Gu Siqing and the other children stayed at home.
Of course, Wang Yueju and the others were relieved only after Gu Siqing and the others promised that they would not run around.
Gu Erhui and her friends arrived at the store, and as soon as they opened the door, customers came in. As the Chinese New Year was approaching, many people started buying clothes for the New Year.
Gu Yimin and Gu Erhui hurriedly greeted the customers, while Wang Yueju and Tian Huiying took numbers and packed the clothes. After a while, the customers finally left.
Just as they were about to catch their breath, Lu Yanping came in with her chin raised. Looking at Gu Yimin and Gu Erhui, she said, "Thinking of soaring to fame and fortune is wishful thinking. What kind of family is the Zhang family? They're a prominent family in Kyoto. A country girl like you dreaming of marrying into their family? Let me tell you, even if Zhang Zijun broke off the engagement with our Jiaojiao, the Zhang family would still send a son to marry our Jiaojiao. Just wait and see, sooner or later, your shop will close."
What she said made Gu Erhui and others confused. What was the relationship between Zhang Zijun and Zhu Yujiao and her, Lu Yanping?
Seeing their bewildered expressions, Lu Yanping snorted again and said, "Zhu Yujiao is my cousin, and my uncle works for the provincial government. Killing you with a pinch is as easy as crushing an ant."
"Is your uncle a high-ranking official?" Gu Erhui asked.
Because Lu Yanping's store was inspected, she has not been able to open for business until now, and she just can't get over the anger in her heart.
Last night, she went to the Zhu family again to seek help and heard about Zhu Yujiao beating Gu Erhui. When Lu Hongyun talked about Zhu Yujiao's marriage, she was afraid that Zhu Yujiao would be laughed at, so she said ambiguously that the engagement was broken off, and the engagement between the Zhang family and the Zhu family was still there.
Lu Yanping understood that Zhang Zijun and Zhu Yujiao had broken off their engagement, and the Zhang family would replace Zhu Yujiao with someone else to marry.
This made her more confident. No matter what, Zhu Yujiao was her cousin. She was also related to the Zhang family.
So, today after breakfast, she came over to vent her frustration.
Now Gu Erhui asked about her uncle's official position. Her sense of superiority was even stronger. She said, "My uncle is the head of the personnel department of the provincial government. You just wait and see."
After venting her anger, she left. Gu Erhui and the others looked at each other in bewilderment. What did she mean by this? A threat? A show-off?
At this time, another customer came into the store, and several people began to greet the customer. But Gu Erhui kept thinking about what Lu Yanping had just said.
Regardless of whether her words were true or not, it was true that Lu Yanping and the Zhu family had a grudge against them. They had just arrived in Lizhou not long ago, and the Zhu family worked at the provincial government, so it should be easy for them to trip them up.
what to do?
After thinking about it for a whole morning, she felt that there was only one way to prevent the problem before it happened.
When Gu Jianguo came back from his work, Gu Erhui told him about Lu Yanping's visit, and then said, "I've thought about it and I think the only way to fundamentally resolve this matter is to go find Zhang Zijun's father."
"Your idea is too bold. He is the highest-ranking official in the province." Gu Jianguo never thought that Gu Erhui would have such a crazy idea.
"Zhang Zijun caused this. If we don't look for his parents, who else should we look for? Besides, I saw good things about Zhang Zijun's father in the newspaper. He must be a principled and fair man. What else can we do? We're always worried about what they might do to us."
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