When everyone heard that it was Zhao Guodong who kept the accounts, they all exclaimed "Oh": It turned out to be him, no wonder!
In the eyes of the villagers of Zhaojiazhuang, Zhao Guodong is definitely a capable and successful person.
When he was a teenager, he was kicked out by his biased parents, who said they were dividing the family property, but they didn't even give him a penny.
He left the Zhao family almost naked.
If it were someone else, even if they didn't starve to death, they would probably just barely make it to the lake.
As for Zhao Guodong, he relied on himself to build a big house with blue bricks and tiles, and also bought a lot of land.
His life is better than that of everyone in the Zhao family’s old house combined!
Otherwise, Patriarch Zhao would not think that Zhao Guodong has any potential.
Zhao Guodong is a capable man, but he married a poor wife who can't work and doesn't know how to live.
Looking back over the past ten years or so, Zhao Guodong has been in charge of both domestic and external affairs.
Although he seems to be the Gu family's housekeeper, in fact, the entire family is in Zhao Guodong's hands.
Not to mention anything else, a smart guy like Zhao Guodong must remember clearly how much money he earns every day and how much his family spends.
The silly daughter-in-law was deceived by her mother, sister-in-law, and younger sisters-in-law into lending money casually.
Zhao Guodong didn't even need to ask, he could tell by just looking at how much money was missing from his home.
I guess Zhao Guodong didn't care because Zhao Dashan and Old Lady Zhao were his biological parents and he treated the people in the old house as his own family.
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Patriarch Zhao also thought of this and couldn't help but sigh, "Sanlang is such a good child, promising and filial, but you two are so old and blind that you drove such a good child away!"
But Old Mrs. Zhao didn't think so much.
She only cared about whether Gu had restored her "innocence".
"Humph, I told you I didn't run off to get the silver!"
Old Mrs. Zhao said angrily.
"You haven't taken it yet? You've already separated Sanlang and made him your own wife, so we're now two families. But in the past ten years, you've taken over a hundred taels of silver from the Gu family!"
Someone in the crowd couldn't stand it anymore and shouted at the top of his voice.
"That's right! I've never seen such a biased and greedy old woman like you!"
"That's right! If it wasn't for my aunt who delivered the baby and confirmed that Zhao Sanlang was the Zhao family's seed, I would have suspected that Zhao Dashan and his wife were not his biological parents."
Everyone started to accuse and criticize Zhao Dashan and Old Lady Zhao again.
Zhao Dashan was originally hiding in the yard, pretending that he didn't exist.
But now, the clan leader came and the villagers were calling him names and scolding him, so he couldn't continue to pretend to be stupid.
Putting his pipe into his belt, Zhao Dashan scolded Old Lady Zhao, "What are you doing, old woman?"
"I told you at the beginning that Sanlang has been separated and that we are now two families. You can't always bother him. But you just don't listen—"
When Old Mrs. Zhao heard that her husband was actually scolding her, she immediately got angry.
She stiffened her neck and glared with triangular eyes. "So what if we split up? Just because we split up, does that mean Zhao Guodong isn't my son?"
"Humph, he crawled out of my intestines. I gave birth to him and raised him. Even if we split up, he has to take care of me in my old age!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the discussion among the crowd suddenly stopped.
Ahem, although Old Lady Zhao looks sarcastic and her words are also unreasonable.
But there is some truth to what she said.
After the family split up, the son set up his own household and became two separate families with his parents.
However, a son who has separated from the family cannot ignore his parents.
It is the custom in Zhaojiazhuang to provide some pension money or food every year.
If parents are sick or need care, sons should do their best to help them.
Seeing this, Gu Qingcheng hurriedly waved her hands in panic, "No! No!"
As soon as she uttered these words, her breathing became a little unstable.
He coughed and coughed as if he was going to cough out his lungs.
Tears flowed from my eyes involuntarily.
Gu Qingcheng looked so pitiful.
Not to mention men, even women would not be able to help but feel pity when they see it.
Gu Qingcheng coughed and said with difficulty: "My husband has not failed to provide for my parents-in-law in their old age. Every year, he gives them two taels of silver and two sets of clothes."
"The money borrowed by my mother-in-law and sisters-in-law is calculated separately! It is not money for retirement."
Perhaps she was too anxious, her face turned paler and her thin body shook more violently.
Seeing her like this, no one had any doubts at all.
"Oh my god, two taels of silver a year, and two new sets of clothes?"
"Zhao Guodong's pension money is the highest in Zhaojiazhuang, not to mention in the surrounding villages."
"That's right! No wonder the clan leader said that the Zhao Dashan couple were stupid. They kicked out such a capable and filial son just like that!"
"Humph, these people from the Zhao family are truly greedy. They don't think two taels of silver a year is enough, and they even go out to 'borrow money' every now and then."
"Haha, what a bullshit! Borrowing money means you have to pay it back! But Zhao Dashan's family has no intention of paying it back!"
Everyone was talking and laughing.
Zhao Dashan, who was being pointed at, as well as Zhao Da and his wife, Zhao Er and his wife, and Zhao Si and his wife who were hiding in the yard all showed expressions of shame and anger.
Well, they really thought that the Gu family was easy to cheat, so they always came to borrow money.
But, this kind of thing is consensual, and the smart Zhao Guodong didn't say anything. What are those outsiders outside the door talking about?
"No! No!"
Gu Qingcheng always interrupts at the most appropriate time.
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