Chapter 100 Only Gu Bei is your son
Gu Chongshan and Zhang Dahua hurried home but still didn't return before sunset.
At home, Gu Chuan and Gu Xiang were pacing anxiously.
"Fourth brother, where did our parents go? Why haven't they come back yet?" Gu Xiang was younger after all, and her voice was filled with tears.
Gu Chuan was also anxious, but he still had to comfort his sister: "It's okay, Dad and Mom must have gone out for something.
Go cook first, your parents will be hungry when they come back later."
"Yes, yes, I'll go cook." After being reminded, Gu Xiang hurried to the kitchen.
Gu Chuan sent his sister away and stood in front of the cave entrance, looking into the distance.
Today, his elder brother Gu Nian asked him to go out hunting together, so his younger sister Gu Xiang followed him to his elder brother's house to play with the two girls.
Unexpectedly, when they came back in the afternoon, the door of the house was open, but their parents were not at home.
At first they didn't take it seriously, thinking that their parents might have gone out for something.
But the two of them waited for a long time, and until now, when it was almost dark, their parents still hadn't returned. They began to get anxious.
Another half an hour passed and Gu Xiang had prepared the meal, but Gu Chongshan and Zhang Dahahua had not returned yet.
This time Gu Chuan really couldn't wait any longer: "Gu Xiang, you stay home and close the door. I'll go out and look for her."
"Where are you going to look? It's going to be dark soon. Don't let anything happen to you before you find your parents." Gu Xiang said.
It is dangerous in the mountains at night, and even hunters like them who have lived in the mountains for a long time would not go there unless it is necessary.
"I won't go far. I'll just go to the place where my father dug the trap." After saying that, Gu Chuan went to light the torch.
It was getting darker and darker, and I couldn't see the road without a torch.
Gu Chuan took the torch and was about to leave when Gu Xiang saw a torch flickering in the distance.
Gu Xiang immediately called out, "Fourth brother, look over there, are our parents back?"
Gu Chuan looked back and saw the light of the torch coming closer and closer. He waited for a while and saw that it was Gu Chongshan and his wife who had returned.
"Dad and Mom, where have you been? My fourth brother and I are so worried. If you don't come back, my fourth brother will go out to look for you." Gu Xiang rushed over and said.
"Mom and Dad, you're back." Gu Chuan went forward to check on his parents and saw that they were not injured.
"Well, you're back." The couple, who were originally heartbroken by Gu Bei, felt warm in their hearts when they saw their youngest son and daughter looking at them with concern.
One son made them sad and disappointed, but it didn’t matter, they still had other children.
"Mom and Dad, come in and have dinner. I cooked brown rice porridge and fried rabbit." Gu Xiang held Zhang Dahahua's hand.
When he entered the cave, Gu Chuan saw that Gu Chongshan and Zhang Dahua had strange expressions on their faces.
"Mom and Dad, what's wrong with you? Why do you look so unhappy? Also, where did you go just now?" Gu Chuan asked.
Under her son's eager gaze, Zhang Dahua opened her mouth, but she was too embarrassed to say that she had given the betrothal gift she had prepared for him to Gu Bei.
She originally thought it was nothing, but now facing Gu Chuan's questioning, Zhang Dahua found that she was actually guilty. She was afraid that Gu Chuan would blame her if she told the truth.
Gu Chongshan did not have these concerns, because he could not hide it even if he did not say it.
"Gu Bei came back this morning to borrow money...his brother-in-law was gambling...your mother and I went out to get the money back." Gu Chongshan briefly explained the situation.
"Gambling? How come his brother-in-law is still involved in gambling? If he doesn't change, it will be a bottomless pit in the future.
And why did he ask his second brother to pay back the money his brother-in-law borrowed? It makes no sense at all.
My second brother came back to borrow money just for his brother-in-law? He said he was borrowing money, but who doesn't know that he just came back to ask for money?
When he opened the shop, he kept talking about borrowing money. Did he pay it back?
"Besides, where is the money in our family? He clearly knows that in order to open a shop for him, the family still owes foreign debts." Gu Chuan said in disbelief.
After listening for a while, Gu Chuan suddenly thought of something: "No, he's not thinking about my betrothal gift, is he?"
Gu Chuan looked at Gu Chongshan and Zhang Dahua in disbelief.
Gu Chongshan was silent, while Zhang Dahua's face was full of guilt.
What was there for Gu Chuan not to understand? Gu Bei was indeed thinking about the money he would use to marry his wife.
What’s more, what Gu Chongshan said just now was that the silver was taken back, which means that the silver was lent out and was taken back again.
As for who lent it to Gu Bei, is there any need to say it? He must be so guilty that he dare not look at his own mother Zhang Dahua.
At this moment, Gu Chuan felt particularly lost and uncomfortable.
"Mom, am I still your son in your heart? Is it only Gu Bei who is your son?
You knew that I was going to get married and would have to go to Zhaojiazhuang to propose marriage in half a month, yet you still gave the money to Gu Bei to pay off his gambling debts.
It would be fine if it was Gu Bei who owed the money, but it happened to be owed by his brother-in-law.
In your heart, is even Gu Bei's brother-in-law more important than me? "Gu Bei didn't even call him "Second Brother" anymore, and directly named him by his full name.
Zhang Dahua was also speechless after being questioned by Gu Bei.
It was true that she did not think it through and did not take Gu Chuan's feelings into consideration.
But if you say that Gu Bei's brother-in-law is more important than Gu Chuan, Zhang Dahua will not admit it. She just feels sorry for Gu Bei and is afraid that the casino will cause trouble for Gu Bei.
"No, Old Fourth Mother doesn't think so. You are my son, how can you be unimportant?
It's just that your second brother said he wouldn't return the money, so the people from the casino went to the grocery store to cause trouble, and Mom was confused for a moment and... "Zhang Dahua quickly explained.
"Haha, Mom, don't explain anymore. No matter how much you say, it can't cover up the fact that you are biased.
Forget it, I won’t talk about it anymore, it’s boring.” Even though he already knew that Zhang Dahua was partial, Gu Chuan was still sad.
Gu Chongshan didn't say anything, but patted Gu Chuan on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, the money will be back soon. Go look for some rare prey when you have some free time these days, and see if you can catch some rare prey. Then you can bring it along with the betrothal gift."
Gu Chuan nodded: "I understand. I will go to see my third brother tomorrow. By the way, I will tell him about my marriage."
Thinking of Gu Yan, Gu Chongshan felt uncomfortable.
His son had bought a farm, but he, as a father, didn't even know about it. He only found out from others.
This also made Gu Chongshan realize how deep the gap between Gu Yan and his family was.
Gu Yan is a capable man, and he married a good wife. It seems that Gu Yan is making progress.
Therefore, Gu Chongshan was satisfied that Gu Chuan was willing to be close to Gu Yan.
After all, the two are brothers, and Gu Yan has a promising future. In the future, if he can help Gu Chuan, he will be able to leave the mountains and no longer have to rely on hunting to make a living.
"Okay, your third brother is good at hunting. If he's willing, let him take you out for a walk.
Also, Xiang girl, when you have time, go over and talk to your third sister-in-law more often.
Your third sister-in-law is a good person in my opinion. You won’t lose anything if you get closer to her in the future.”
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