Lu Zheng was joking when he said he was a kid and wanted a red envelope, but he didn't expect that Grandpa Gu and Grandma Gu would actually prepare a red envelope for him.
"You're Old Xiao's grandson, so you're my grandson too! Accept it!" Grandma Gu's words brooked no refusal.
Lu Zheng accepted the red envelope, his hands trembling slightly.
Looking at Grandma Gu in front of him, he thought of his own grandmother.
He has a grandmother, but he has never enjoyed her love for a single day.
Back then, his grandmother disliked his mother because she was born into a merchant family, and she only agreed to his parents' marriage out of desperation.
His mother married into the Lu family, and his grandmother made things difficult for her in every way. Even though he never saw it with his own eyes, and even though he had grown up and his mother had passed away for many years, he could still hear all sorts of things in the mansion about how his grandmother disliked his mother.
His grandmother looked down on his mother, and even more so on the two children she had given birth to.
If his sister hadn't been so clever and sensible, planning ahead for herself, who knows what kind of marriage her grandmother and stepmother would have arranged for her?
He was only eleven years old when his sister got married. Not long after, a high monk found by his stepmother predicted that he and his grandmother were incompatible, which would cause both of them to have poor health. So, his muddle-headed father sent him to the ancestral home so that his mother and son could live in peace.
He stayed there for four years, and his grandmother's health improved, which further confirmed the high monk's prediction that he had become a complete outcast of the Lu family.
Does he hate his grandmother?
Actually, he hated her. If his grandmother hadn't tormented his mother, and if his grandmother hadn't helped Lin, how could his mother have died? How could Lin have entered the family?
But he hated his father even more.
One day, he will make his father kneel before his mother's grave and admit his mistakes.
He couldn't do it in his past life because his father died early, but he will definitely do it in this life.
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In the evening, Gu Nian cooked hot pot broth and invited Yang Jia, Grandma Xiao, and Lu Zheng to eat together.
Lu Zheng was no longer surprised by Gu Nian's endless stream of delicious food. He was certain that this was not the Gu Nian from his previous life, and neither were Gu Ershu and Aunt Lian, nor were they the parents of his Xin'er from his previous life.
He didn't bother to guess where they came from; all he needed to know was that these three treated Gu Xin with the same sincerity he had hoped for.
Where did it come from?
How were the original three replaced?
None of that mattered to him.
"What? Dad, what did you say? The second son wants us to sell this stuff?" Zhang Shi was so surprised by what Uncle Gu said that she stood up, interrupting Lu Zheng's thoughts.
“Wife, why are you so excited? Selling things isn’t as simple as you think. You have to follow my lead and listen to me for us to make money, understand?” Uncle Gu pulled her to sit down.
"Of course! I've always listened to you!" Zhang was overjoyed and looked at Gu Shouxin and Cai Xiaolian in disbelief: "Second brother, sister-in-law, are you really going to give it to us?"
“Aunt, this is what I made, so I get to decide. You have to agree to one condition before I give it to you, otherwise I’ll only give it to Uncle!” Gu Nian said.
"Oh, Niannian, look at you! Your auntie always liked you the most! You're so pretty and sweet-talking, I'll agree to anything you say!" Zhang Shi was very perceptive, and her round face beamed with joy as she looked at Gu Nian.
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