Chapter 140 The Gu Family’s Scandal
Some of the respected elders in the village are indeed older than the village chief. These elders have lived here since the existence of this village and have never left the village until he passed away, so the aunt should listen to these people. Just when they didn't know what to do, an old man with crutches appeared here.
According to some insiders.
This old man is now in his seventies or eighties, but he is still in good health.
Generally, when people need to solve some problems that cannot be solved in the village, they will ask this old man for advice.
When the old man appeared in front of everyone, the aunt was also frightened. This old man rarely left the house. No one expected that he would appear here in person today for the matter of their best friend.
"Ahua, you'd better not push your luck, or I'll make your ugly deeds known to everyone and make it impossible for you to stay in this village. You'd better live a law-abiding life. What's going on between your daughter and that foreign doctor? I've heard about it a long time ago. If you don't listen, I don't mind telling them about your ugly deeds in front of so many people."
When Yang heard this, she became panicked. His ugliness really could not be hidden from this respected old man. When she met this old man in this village before, she was very panicked. After all, only this old man knew about this matter.
When she first got married here, she went to find this old man and asked him to keep the secret for her.
The old man agreed. After all, he was a kind-hearted person, so of course he agreed when someone asked him for something. However, after hearing about the various things this woman had done recently, if he continued to behave badly, he would rather make everything public and let them see what kind of person this woman was.
Everyone was very moved after listening to what the elder said. I'm curious about how Yang had offended this elder, and why this elder spoke in such a contradictory way.
In fact, the story begins when Yang was still a girl.
One day, this Yanghua. When she came back from outside, she had a sad face and refused to say anything when her parents asked her. Until one day she vomited, her parents realized that their daughter was pregnant. In order to conceal the fact that their daughter had been abused, her parents hurriedly married her to the eldest son of the Gu family, and asked for a very small dowry.
Something happened when the eldest son of the Gu family and Yang Hua were in their wedding night, so the eldest son of the Gu family didn't realize that Yang Hua was pregnant with another child. When they found out that she was already pregnant, Yang Hua used her own withdrawal money to bribe the doctor, so when Gu Mingyue was born, everyone thought that Gu Mingyue was Gu Haichen's biological daughter.
If the old man told them the truth today, everything would be over for their family.
Yang Hua immediately knelt down in front of the old man and admitted his mistake.
If they found out what happened back then, everything would be ruined.
Yang Hua has been searching for so many years, but still doesn't know who her daughter's biological father is?
In fact, the eldest son of the Gu family had doubts about his daughter's background, but they were all resolved by his wife, so for all these years, he has always treated this daughter as his own.
If he finds out one day that this girl is not his biological daughter, he will definitely go crazy.
Everyone was very curious about what secret this old man knew about Yang that made Yang so nervous. It was definitely not a good thing.
This time, her good days in her husband's family are finally coming to an end. Gu Leyou is a little worried that she might cause trouble again.
After hearing Yang's tearful assurance, the old man just snorted at her and left on his crutches.
Soon the news spread throughout the village.
Gu Haichen and Liu Si felt very embarrassed, so they locked Yang up at home and started a series of questionings on her.
He felt that this daughter-in-law was no ordinary woman and must be hiding something from him, otherwise how would outsiders know some things about their family.
Yang was very panicked, but she still acted tough.
The mother and son of the eldest son of the Gu family even knew to find an excuse to send away Gu Mingyuexin, whom they had raised for many years. After all, family disgrace should not be made public. If their daughter-in-law really did something half-baked, it would be better for them to solve it behind closed doors.
"Tell us the truth, woman. When you married into our family, were you already pregnant? We didn't know whose child it was. It was Mingyue, right? No wonder Mingyue looked stronger than other girls when she was born. It turns out that we didn't know whose child it was. Don't try to explain yourself. We are not stupid."
"My mother and husband, don't listen to the old man's nonsense. He just has some grievances with my family. He can't defeat my parents, so he came to frame me. Besides, this old man is the village chief. They must be looking for the village chief and our family because of Mingyue. Didn't I say something to their daughter's in-laws before? Do they want to retaliate against us?"
Liu was a little confused anyway. He didn't want to hear anything else. He just wanted to hear him tell the truth. What exactly happened back then? Why does the old man know what the relationship between them is?
"As an old woman, I don't care about the conflict between the village chief and our family. We have to solve your problem first. Tell me the truth, is Gu Mingyue my biological granddaughter?"
Yang was completely panicked.
She now didn't know whether she should tell the truth.
Yang's eyes wandered around in panic, her hands unconsciously clenched the corners of her clothes, and beads of sweat appeared on her forehead.
The atmosphere in the room was so oppressive that it made her breathless. She knew that this was the critical moment that would determine her fate.
"Mother, husband, I...I..." Yang's voice was trembling, and her throat seemed to be choked by something, and every word was squeezed out with difficulty.
Gu Haichen's face was gloomy. He stared at Yang, with disappointment and anger intertwined in his eyes.
"You still want to hide it now? You must explain everything clearly today, otherwise, you can forget about living like this anymore!"
Mrs. Liu wiped her tears and said, "I just hope you can tell the truth. If Mingyue is really not the blood of our Gu family, then I have given my heart to her in the wrong way all these years!"
Yang gritted her teeth, as if she had made a great decision. "Yes, I admit that Mingyue...she is not your biological daughter."
As soon as she said this, she collapsed to the ground, sobbing.
Gu Haichen felt dizzy and staggered back a few steps before sitting down on a chair, his face full of pain and confusion.
"For so many years, I have always treated her as my own daughter. How could you do this to me and this family?"
Mrs. Liu even cried out, "My poor son, what a sin I have committed! You cruel woman, I was really blind to allow you to come in!"
Yang cried and recounted what happened that year.
It turned out that when she was at her parents' home, she was raped by a rogue who came from nowhere. When she found out that she was pregnant, it was too late. In order to preserve their reputation, her parents hurriedly married her off. Over the years, she has been living in guilt and fear, asking around for the whereabouts of the scoundrel, but to no avail.
Gu Haichen listened with mixed feelings, anger towards Yang and heartache for Gu Mingyue. He suddenly thought, "Does Mingyue know about this?"
Yang shook her head. "She doesn't know. I have been hiding it from her."
Now that things have developed to this point, Yang can't blame anyone but herself for insisting on going out. If she hadn't gone out that day, things wouldn't have developed to this point. The truth that she had concealed for more than ten years has now been discovered.
She covered her face and cried, no longer having her former arrogance.
Old Mrs. Liu was very sad. Although she was not particularly fond of her granddaughter Gu Mingyue, she still treated her as her own granddaughter and was no longer her own granddaughter. The Gu family was the one who was taken advantage of and had to listen to other families raising their children for so many years.
Gu Haichen didn't have time to get angry and asked, "Now that something like this has happened, I can no longer keep you. I can only write a letter of divorce and let you go home. As for your daughter, you have to make it clear to her that she has to go with you. Our Gu family can no longer support her, or people will laugh at us for being cuckolds."
This matter has spread widely in the village. After all, the man is an old man of great virtue, and the villagers will believe what they say. It has spread widely. Gu Leyou followed his parents back to his parents' home and not to their home of three, so they knew that something big would happen at home today.
She also asked Gu Haixiong, "Father, although we have severed our relationship with my uncle's family, we are all surnamed Gu after all. Such a big thing has happened at home. Should we go and see if we can help? Otherwise, we will feel really bad."
In fact, this matter has nothing to do with them, but after all, broken bones are connected to tendons, and they are all surnamed Gu, so they can't ignore their face. What's more, rumors of this matter have spread everywhere, and it will soon spread to a hundred miles around, and even to the town. If this is the case, they, the surnamed Gu, probably won't dare to go out for a while.
So they went to their uncle's house early the next morning.
As a result, I heard that my aunt slept in the woodshed yesterday, and I knew the truth of the matter. It turned out that Gu Mingyue was not really from their Gu family, but the one that my aunt had conceived before. It was just that they were too meticulous, so they didn't discover it until more than ten years later.
Gu Leyou is now a married girl, and he shouldn't ask too much about her parents' affairs, but since it concerns their family's reputation, she should still be in charge of the business.
She asked, "Grandma, what are you going to do about this? If you let Uncle divorce Aunt, then Aunt will have done something wrong to our family. If the news spreads, we probably won't be able to stay in Gujia Village. They will definitely criticize us, saying that we are cowards and have been taken advantage of for so many years. If we don't solve this problem, Uncle will definitely feel very upset."
"You, a married girl, don't need to worry about this matter. We will solve it ourselves. Just keep your mouth shut and don't tell anyone what you know. Then they won't know the truth so quickly."
This was said by Old Lady Liu.
Uncle Gu Haicheng said nothing at the side. After all, he felt really aggrieved about this matter. If he followed his words when he was young and it was not appropriate to present the medal to the outside world, then he would probably be a sucker for the rest of his life. Now he could no longer face his wife who had deceived him for so many years, nor could he face his daughter whom he had raised for so many years.
Not to mention that they are overflowing with love, but the couple has been in love for so many years. Although he is a little afraid of his wife, she always keeps the house in order. A family cannot do without a wife, but it seems unrealistic for him to spend money to marry a wife and then cultivate feelings with her.
Besides, it is so expensive to marry a wife nowadays. He can't possibly use up his family savings to marry a new wife. He has no idea of her temper. If he can't get used to her, she will run away and take away his family's money, and then he will lose both her and her money.
In fact, the Gu family is not very good. They have to support their mother and a useless brother. Yang Hua is considered good. Apart from some complaints, she has never said anything else over the years.
Therefore, if his wife had no complaints, he would like to keep her, but his mother probably would not agree, after all, she had seen him suffer so much injustice for so many years.
Old Mrs. Liu looked at her silent son and understood his dilemma.
She sighed heavily and said slowly: "Haichen, I know you are feeling sad, but we can't let this go so easily. If this gets out, where will our Gu family put their face?"
Gu Haichen raised his head, his eyes full of helplessness: "Mom, I know, but if I divorce her, the family will fall apart. Although she has been hiding things from me these years, she is the one who manages everything at home and outside. If I marry another one, I don't know if she can be as dedicated as she is."
Gu Leyou at the side couldn't help but speak up again: "Grandma, uncle, in my opinion, we need to think about this matter carefully. Why don't we call aunt out first, and then we can talk about it calmly? Maybe we can find a way to have the best of both worlds."
Old Mrs. Liu frowned, hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded: "Okay, call her out and see what she says. I'm considering whether to divorce her. It's such a sin." Old Mrs. Liu sighed again.
Yang was called out from the woodshed. Her hair was disheveled, her eyes were red and swollen, and she looked haggard. As soon as she saw the people in the room, she knelt down again with a plop: "Mother, husband, I know I was wrong, you can beat me or scold me as you like, but please don't abandon me, or I will have nowhere else to go."
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