Chapter 160 Old Friend
Liu Suyu hadn't slept well for several days because of this incident, and she tossed and turned again that night.
After a few days of rest, she finally figured it out.
The reason I left the child here was to let him live with a wealthy family, his biological father, so that he could enjoy wealth and glory. If I take the child away, the child will have to wander with me at such a young age and live a life of hunger. As a mother, I would never be willing to let him go.
It’s better to explain everything to Miss Gu so that she won’t worry too.
So after dinner the next day, the two of them sat in the yard, with Gu Leyou holding the child and chatting with him.
"Miss Gu, I plan to leave this afternoon. I have already settled my parents, but I am still a little worried. I have to go back and see them before I can leave. I will separate from them at that time, so as not to cause trouble for them."
"But this place is quite far from you. If you want to go back, you will have to delay for a few days. Have you made any plans?" Gu Leyou asked.
"What else can I plan? I can only take it one step at a time and live for myself. I can't be with my child all my life. Maybe I can recognize him when he grows up. But what can I do now? Even if I bring him out, he may not recognize me as his mother. After all, I have never been with him since he was a child. I have never even fed him a mouthful of milk."
It seems that Liu Suyu has grown a lot and understands a lot of things. Now she is not as unreasonable as before.
Really, when people grow up, they can really change a lot of things that are impressive.
That afternoon, Gulou sent her out through the back door and gave her some money. After all, a girl had to carry some money with her when she went out, in case of emergency.
"I can't take your money. You and your husband gave me some last time. I can't take your money every time you help me. What would I do then? Don't worry, I will be fine. If we are destined to meet again, we will meet again."
Just as Liu Suyu turned to leave, Gu Leyou thought of someone, so she asked, "Have you seen Zeng Sibai in the past one or two years? Is he okay?"
Speaking of this person, the two of them chatted for a while.
"I haven't seen him. I guess he has married and had children in the past one or two years. Why are you suddenly asking about him? Have you seen him?" Liu Suyu asked.
"No, I just suddenly remembered that you liked him very much before. I just want to know if you have met him. If you have met him and he hasn't married and had children, will you still be with him?"
Liu Suyu smiled and said, "If I hadn't married that rich man two or three years ago and he didn't have any children, if I knew he hadn't married or had any children, I might have been able to be with him. But now it's not possible. Even if he hadn't married or had any children, I wouldn't have chosen him. I've let it go because a man can't accept a woman who has given birth to a child. I know his family, and they won't accept such a result."
Gu Leyou understood, and in order not to waste time, he quickly let Liu Suyu go.
After watching her leave, she went home. She had to take care of her own things and could not delay any longer.
Speaking of Zeng Sibai, thinking back to the time when he did something like that and framed someone, he was driven out of the village and traveled all the way south back to his hometown.
But after returning to his hometown, his life was not easy either.
He was originally an outsider, and after being driven out of the village, he wanted to return to his hometown to find a way to make a living.
But his parents also felt embarrassed, and after hearing their nagging, he felt it was not appropriate to stay any longer, so he said goodbye to his parents and embarked on his wandering journey.
Actually, it's his own fault. No one has seen what he has become now.
After resolving her cousin's issue, Gu Mingyue planned to take her child to find her husband.
After such a long time, my husband should have finished his work and can't delay it any longer. Well, if we delay any longer, it will be a bit unreasonable, but this place is far away from the capital and the mountains are high.
It would be unsafe for me to go to the capital with my child and widow.
Originally, I thought I could travel with the little doctor, but at that time, the little doctor took his wife Yun'er to travel around, and I didn't know when they would be able to return to their village.
Forget it, I'd better stay in this village for the time being. It's not safe for me to go out with two children in such a long and remote place with so many mountains to climb. Maybe my parents' worries are right.
Time flies and winter is here.
The child is about to walk.
That day, she was playing in the yard with her child. Suddenly, there was a rapid knock on the door, and her heart rose to her throat.
But when he opened the door, it was her husband whom she hadn't seen for a long time, and only then did she feel relieved.
"Why did you come back? You didn't even ask someone to send me a letter in advance. Now that your problem has been solved, does that mean the children should be returned to the prince? I am worried about these two children every day, fearing that something might happen."
After the couple reunited, they talked all night long.
"Now that you're back, can we live a good life? You know, although the village has been peaceful these days, no one can predict what will happen next. We should make plans for the children's future. These two children are not siblings, and it's time for the son and his father to be truly reunited. We have to find a chance to send the child away and not let him stay in this small mountain village anymore."
"Although I have completed my work and returned, the Third Prince has not yet taken the throne that belongs to him. The identity of his son is a secret after all. Before I am sure that he has become the master of the world, I cannot send the child away and cannot let the child fall into a trap, otherwise everything I have done before will be in vain."
"But the child needs to go to school after all. He has been with me for such a long time. Although I can read a few words, I cannot be a teacher in the school. After all, I cannot teach him too much knowledge. He is originally a noble royal child. It is not a good idea for him to stay in this small mountain village with us for a long time." Gu Leyou said with a worried look on his face.
"I know this is not a solution, but there is no other way. We can't send the child away. Once those people know where the child is, they will definitely kill the child. The child is weak to begin with. If there is any investigation, how can we explain to his biological parents? His father has entrusted his life to me."
When it comes to their son's safety, the couple feels helpless.
After learning that their son-in-law had returned, the two elders of the Gu family hurried over.
But it was the second day.
They called their son-in-law back home.
Gu Laoer asked, "Son-in-law, have you finished your work during your absence? The foreman at the dock is willing to let you come back. How long will you stay this time?"
The father-in-law asked him three questions in a row, but he had some doubts. Soon he realized that his wife had lied to her parents-in-law for him, and it seemed that he had to continue telling this lie.
"That's right. I'm back now after finishing the work at the dock. The foreman gave us a few days off. We'll just go back next time there's work to do."
Lin, however, blamed her for inviting her son-in-law.
"You kid, I gave my daughter to you. You have just lived a comfortable life for a few years, how can you go out? We are all worried about you. You can stay in the village and do farm work to earn some money. Isn't this okay? Why do you have to go out? The world is so chaotic now. If something happens to you, what will you do to leave them alone?"
Lu Yan knelt in front of his father-in-law and mother-in-law.
"Father and mother-in-law, I'm sorry. I shouldn't be so willful, but I also want our family of four to live a better life, so I'm going out. If you don't want me to, I will try to reduce my time out in the future so that they won't feel scared. I actually miss them a lot these days, and I won't leave without saying goodbye in the future."
After spending a day at his parents-in-law's house, it was almost dark when the family of four returned to their own home.
Faced with the words of his father-in-law and mother-in-law, Lu Yan fell into deep thought.
Maybe the old couple are right to worry. After all, if he marries their daughter, he will have to be responsible for several members of their family, and he can't let the old man see his child to death.
So they planned to settle down in the village first. As for the affairs in the capital, if the Third Prince could not handle it, he would send someone to notify him, and he would go there at that time. They should not leave this small village for the time being. Perhaps what the mother-in-law said was right. The world outside was so chaotic nowadays. If they went out, they might lose their lives.
They are not very well-informed in this small mountain village.
However, they seemed to have forgotten one thing. They didn't know whether the restaurant they had opened in partnership with Brother Zhang was doing well or not. If they wanted to make some money, they could go to Brother Zhang's restaurant to help out.
So they planned to take the children to Brother Zhang's restaurant the next day.
The next day, after breakfast, the family of four took a ox cart from the neighboring village to the restaurant in the town.
Following my previous memories, I came to Brother Zhang’s restaurant.
But the owner of the restaurant was no longer Brother Zhang, but a strange middle-aged man.
Seeing the arrival of their family of four, the middle-aged man was very happy, thinking that they were going to have dinner.
Gu Leyou asked: "Boss, is this store yours?"
Being asked this question suddenly, the shopkeeper didn't react for a moment, and when he did, he answered.
"Miss, this shop was not originally mine. I bought it from someone. I heard that this shop used to have very good business, but I don't know what happened later, the business became worse, and then the original shopkeeper couldn't run it anymore and transferred it to me, so I opened a noodle shop. Do you want to eat noodles?"
The shopkeeper's answer was very detailed. Gu Leyou originally wanted to ask more questions, but it seemed unreasonable to keep asking people questions without giving them anything to eat, so they ordered two bowls of noodles, and they were the signature noodles of their store.
After the noodles were served, the shopkeeper, who was not busy at the moment, came over and chatted with them.
Gu Leyou took the opportunity to inquire about Brother Zhang and his family of three.
"Shopkeeper, what about the previous shopkeeper? Has he ever come to this town? Or has he gone to another place? Do you know?"
"I heard that the former shopkeeper did something wrong and owed a lot of money to others and ran away, leaving the orphan and the widow behind. His wife is helping wash dishes in my kitchen. I gave her some silver to support them."
Gu Leyou. When he heard that his sister-in-law was still alive, this matter would be easy to handle, and he could get some information from her.
What happened during the time she was away?
So she gave the child to her husband.
Then I went to the back of the store and saw a woman washing dishes.
She walked over gently and asked cautiously, "Is it Mrs. Zhang?"
The rich woman who was washing dishes slowly looked up and saw Gu Leyou. She was very surprised.
The two chatted.
"Sister-in-law, where is my brother? Wasn't this shop originally owned by Brother Zhang? Why did that Zhang sell the shop to this shopkeeper? What happened after I left?"
When talking about what happened two or three years ago, Mrs. Zhang couldn't help crying.
"Not long after you left, a group of people came to the store and said they wanted to talk to your eldest brother. They talked for a long time. Then when he came back, he told me to look after the store while he went out. He was gone for 10 days and half a month."
"Then when did he come back?" Gu Leyou asked.
"One day, I had just finished my work at the store and was about to go to the kitchen to cook for the children when I heard a hurried knock on the door. My heart immediately became alert. Feeling uneasy, I went to open the door, and then your brother Zhang appeared at the door, looking very flustered. After I welcomed him in, he closed the door and told me to give him some money. After I gave him some money, he went back to his room to pack a bag and left in a hurry, saying that he was going out to explore for a while. Later, he sent someone to deliver a letter to me."
"So what's in the letter? Sister-in-law, it can't be anything bad, right? Did Brother Zhang get into trouble outside? So, you are left here as an orphan and a widow."
Mrs. Zhang nodded with tears in her eyes.
"That's true. He did business with someone else and owed a lot of money. He couldn't pay it back, so he had to hide from place to place. Now I don't know where he is. Then I continued to be busy with the restaurant's affairs until one day the shopkeeper came to me and said that it was you, Brother Zhang, who had sold the restaurant to him. I saw that the token the shopkeeper gave me was indeed from you, Brother Zhang."
Brother Zhang was too soft-hearted and easily believed what others said, thus harming his wife and children.
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