Gu Qiulin, dressed as a country girl, couldn't find the two elders in the cowshed. She secretly asked others where the two elders were and then quietly came to the pigpen.
Given that the villagers of Qingshan have been traveling frequently to Xiangyang Village recently, any unfamiliar faces they see must be villagers of Qingshan. After all, the villagers of Xiangyang have become accustomed to it.
"Gu Qiulin, you still have the nerve to come to us?" Shen Qinghao's heart was filled with sadness and anger, and he shouted hysterically, "Are you still my biological daughter? How dare you harm my beloved grandson..."
Gu Changcheng stared at Gu Qiulin intently, his chest filled with anger. He quickly grabbed his wife and shook his head at her, "My dear, from now on, we don't have a daughter like Gu Qiulin."
Gu Qiulin shuddered at the sight of her parents gritting their teeth. In just one day, her parents' attitude towards her was so different. "Mom and Dad, how did I make you angry? At least tell me the reason, and I'm willing to correct it!"
Gu Changcheng suppressed his anger and said as calmly as possible, "Let me ask you, where are Wanwan's sister and brother?"
Gu Qiulin was stunned for a moment, and she felt inexplicably guilty. She had clearly informed Gu Wanwan and her brother yesterday. Why were the two elders asking again today whether they had found anything wrong?
"Mom and Dad, who is gossiping in front of you? They are at my husband's house, and are being taken care of by my mother-in-law for the time being. Mom and Dad, you know my mother-in-law's character. She is stingy and mean. In addition, Wanwan has been rebellious recently, so I have to pay a lot of money. My mother-in-law is very dissatisfied with me. Wanwan and the others may be scolded..."
Shen Qinghao was completely disappointed with Gu Qiulin. She was still lying to them even now. Gu Qiulin was really their good daughter.
"Go away, and let's pretend that we never gave birth to you. You are no longer my Gu family's daughter."
Gu Qiulin finally understood. Maybe her parents were worried that she would be implicated by the crowd, so they deliberately distanced themselves from her?
"Mom and Dad, you've been so good to me. I will always be your good daughter. Don't worry, I won't give up on you. When you're vindicated in the future, I will be filial to you!"
"But mom and dad, I know you don't believe the little girl from yesterday and are worried that you might be cheated by her. It's too unsafe for you to hide the passbook in the cowshed. Hurry up and take it out and give it to me. The situation over there with my eldest brother is very urgent and I need to find some connections to smooth things over."
It was the same excuse again. Every time he mentioned his eldest son and grandchildren, Shen Qinghao always felt soft-hearted and was deceived. “Do you swear that you didn’t lie?”
Gu Qiulin stretched out her hand and pretended to swear, "I am risking being reported for my feudal ideas. I swear to heaven that if I tell even a single lie, let the heavens strike me to death!"
The next second, there were loud rumbling noises in the sky, and a flash of lightning flashed over Gu Qiulin's head.
Gu Qiulin staggered and nearly fell flat on her face. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, spirits were not allowed to appear. What on earth was going on that day?
As long as it didn't fall down, it was just a coincidence.
Shen Qinghao looked up at the sky, but he said to Gu Qiulin, "People do things, and God sees them. If you do evil things, you will be punished sooner or later. We have no money, and our passbooks have been taken away by the villagers of Qingshan."
Gu Qiulin was struck by lightning and asked again, "What about the dowry you hid in Beijing? Tell me the exact location and I will get it myself. Time waits for no one, Mom and Dad..."
"I can't stay in Xiangyang Village for long, or else people will suspect me."
Chen Qinghao has been paying attention to Gu Qiulin's reaction, and his attitude is very tough, "The dowry is left for my three granddaughters. Unless I meet Wanwan and the others, I won't tell them. Don't be unbalanced. When you got married, you know how much dowry I gave you."
Gu Changcheng took over the conversation, "I'm telling you the truth, I'll hide the dowry next to you, but you'll never find it. There are dozens of boxes of great unity in it, and even the walls are inlaid with gold bars and night-shining pearls."
"If you have the guts, knock down your house. Now get out of Xiangyang Village. I don't want to see you."
Seeing that Gu Qiulin refused to leave, Shen Qinghao picked up the broom and hit her.
Gu Qiulin had never seen her mother lose her temper. In her impression, her parents loved her more than her other brothers and were reluctant to even hit her. But now they actually hit her.
She couldn't accept the sudden gap. She was Shen Qinghao's daughter, and it was only natural for her to inherit her mother's dowry. Why should Gu Wanwan's granddaughters compete with her for it?
"Mom, stop acting. No one is paying attention to us. I know you are thinking about me. I will leave right away..."
Don’t even think about letting Gu Wanwan meet her parents. She won’t give Gu Wanwan the chance to complain.
My parents hinted that the house would be knocked down. Could it be that the dowry was hidden in their own home?
The house she lived in was the western-style house that Shen Qinghao gave her as a dowry. It had two floors and a yard. After the Gu family was relocated half a year ago, she and her husband and children moved to the military compound, and the house was left to her husband's family.
Now that she knew the whereabouts of the dowry, she had to return to Beijing quickly to sell the house and must not let her husband's family take advantage of her.
Although she didn't find the legendary treasure, it was not bad to get a good dowry from Shen Qing. To be honest, her parents were so good to her. She thought the house was too small, but she didn't expect it to be so hidden. She misunderstood her parents' intentions.
But so what?
If a man does not work for himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth. She was just taking back what belonged to "her family".
It was not until Gu Qiulin left that Pei Shengtao patted Gu Changcheng on the shoulder and said, "Old Gu, aren't you afraid that your daughter will find her dowry?"
Gu Changcheng said solemnly, "It's all in vain. Wanwan has made many enemies in Xiangyang Village, and she has to go to Qingshan Village to find my grandson. We can't let Gu Qiulin interfere. Gu Qiulin must leave Hongqi Commune as soon as possible."
Gu Wanwan and the other two collected grass for the pigs and put it away in the pigpen warehouse.
Shen Qinghao poured out the pig grass and chopped it on the chopping board. "Wanwan, Gu Qiulin came to see us just now, but was just sent away. She is now busy going back to dismantle the house and has no time to take care of you. Alas, I wonder which family An An is in in Qingshan Village?"
The brother and sister who followed Gu Wanwan saw the two elders of the Gu family and ran over happily, "Grandpa and grandma, you are back."
The two elders smiled and naturally opened their arms to hug the siblings. Somehow, when they saw the siblings for the first time, they felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity, as if they had met their own grandchildren.
Especially the appearance of the two children, it seems that I have seen them somewhere. If they had not been supported by the mother and her two children during the time they were sent down to the countryside, they would have starved to death in the cowshed.
"Oh, I haven't seen you for a while. How are Zhitian and Nianyu doing? Did your great-grandmother beat you? Did she give you food?" The more Chen Qinghao looked at the children, the more distressed she felt. She took out four egg cakes from her bag and gave two to each of the siblings.
The brother and sister shook their heads and said with a smile, "Grandpa and grandma, you guys eat yourselves. Cousin, Sister Cancan, and Brother Zhiming gave us a lot of food. We are all full!"
Everyone was stunned, "Cousin? Which cousin?"
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