Zhou Jiao clutched his hand tightly, frowning, "No! I'm worried about you getting hurt. The more affection you place on those nephews and nieces, the more heartbroken you will be if they hurt you in the future."
Zhang Guoqing jokingly said, "Is this pillow talk?"
Zhou Jiao laughed. It's a bit like that, actually.
"Do you think I'm too selfish?"
Zhang Guoqing shook his head. This was the true nature he admired! Why would they give their own things to outsiders? Doing good deeds can also make you feel at ease.
He took the teacup Zhou Jiao handed over, took a sip, and looked outside. "There are not many people in this world who can make me sad. I have my father protecting my heart, and you are with me all my life. These two pure feelings are enough for me to enjoy for a lifetime.
Even if my parents give up on me for other children in the future, even if my three sons get married and have their own families and neglect me, what does it matter?"
Zhou Jiao looked at him with a mixture of heartache and guilt. If she had known this would happen, she wouldn't have pointed him in the wrong direction. Why make him so overly aware? Isn't it good to be a little confused in life?
Zhang Guoqing turned his head and was stunned when he met her eyes. Thousands of words in his heart gathered together and turned into one sentence: "Silly wife!"
Zhou Jiao wrinkled her nose and stuck out her tongue at him, "Silly husband!"
Zhang Guoqing was really amused by her intentional act of disrupting the dull atmosphere.
Seeing the man's cheerful smile, Zhou Jiao touched her arm and took the opportunity to ask to go back to her room. As for the question of her nephew's conspiracy in her hometown, she could guess the general situation without Zhang Guoqing saying anything.
It was just a few of his school-age nephews and nieces going with their classmates to protest. As for why they hadn't come to Beijing yet? As long as they came, their family would host them. It wasn't a big deal.
But she didn't plan to talk about this anymore.
Miao Lishan, who came back from overtime, brought some news that was neither good nor bad.
A large number of people were purged some time ago, and most of them were sent to rural areas for forced labor. Among them was an old sister of similar status to hers.
Of course, Zhou Jiao understood her mother's definition of people of similar status.
"Did you go see it tonight?"
Miao Lishan rolled her eyes at her and said, "Don't you look very smart?"
Zhou Jiao smiled noncommittally, "I'm just worried that you'll worry about your old sisters."
Miao Lishan shook her head. "We're not sisters, but we are. I've been away from home for so many years, how could I have any feelings for them? They used to laugh at me. It's only in the past few years that they've come back to visit since your father came back, and I couldn't be upset, so we've started to interact with each other."
Not only Zhou Jiao, but even Zhang Guoqing knew this. Mother and daughter were most similar in this respect: neither had close friends. His wife was untrustworthy, and his mother-in-law had been hurt before.
"I used to resent them for what they did to me, but now I don't feel that way anymore. They were so pitiful. One of them was five years older than me. I heard they shaved their heads like they were in the yin-yang style and were beaten until they vomited blood."
Zhou Jiao frowned, "What's the reason?"
Miao Lishan shuddered and trembled as she remembered something. "Her husband's family has a cousin on the other side of the strait. It is said that she knew about this but still kept using the overseas remittance coupons..."
"mom!"
Miao Lishan looked at her and shook her head, "I'm fine."
"Yes! You have my father, me, my brother, Ping An and the others. We are all here with you. No one can hurt you! Even your daughter can protect you."
Miao Lishan smiled and nodded seriously.
"If, and I'm talking about hypotheticals, don't be nervous. If one day someone frames you, just grit your teeth and don't be afraid. Even if someone deliberately imprisoned you secretly, don't be afraid. I have a little notebook, and I will find you immediately. If anyone dares to touch you, remember it, and I will wipe out his entire family."
Miao Lishan laughed heartily at her daughter's concern. "Don't worry, nothing like that will happen!"
Zhou Jiao looked at her deeply and smiled, "Yes, there won't be any!"
This mother-daughter contrast...
Zhang Guoqing, who was standing by, saw this and shook his head with a smile.
Amidst the conversation, Miao Lishan always felt that she had forgotten something. Her son-in-law Wuyi's words awakened her mind, and she immediately clapped her hands and jumped up.
Zhou Jiao was not surprised at all. What could have made her mother so startled?
"Today your aunt received a letter saying that the Cheng family's ancestral tomb had been dug up and was in pieces. Now she doesn't know how to tell the old man and the old lady. Do you think your grandmother's ancestral tomb will be dug up?"
"Let's discuss a countermeasure before your father comes back." Miao Lishan looked at her daughter and son-in-law for help. "The Cheng family has many people in official positions. If they can't be protected, I have given up hope on the Gu family's ancestral tomb."
Zhou Jiao glanced at Zhang Guoqing and lowered her eyelids.
There were some things she hadn't intentionally hidden from her mother. There were too many shrewd people around here, and if her mother let out even a hint, the consequences would be disastrous.
Zhang Guoqing gave her a knowing look and smiled comfortingly at his mother-in-law, "Mom, who is my dad? Didn't Jiaojiao keep telling the old lady a few years ago that she wanted to relocate the graves of the two ancestors of the Gu family? Have you forgotten what my dad said then? He said he knew the plan and that we could just leave it to him."
Zhou Jiao pursed her lips, trying hard to suppress her smile.
When Miao Lishan heard this, it seemed to be the case, and he had mentioned it more than once or twice. She looked outside, and even though she knew no one was around, she lowered her voice and asked, "Do you think he might have secretly moved the grave without telling the old lady?"
Zhang Guoqing took a step forward and whispered, "Mom, I don't know either."
Thinking he would say something, Miao Lishan, who had pricked up her ears, was startled when she heard the words, and immediately scolded him with a smile: "You little bastard! Are you trying to make fun of your mother?"
Zhou Jiao couldn't help but burst into laughter again.
However, at this moment, in the old house of the Gu family in Jiangnan, that water town in dreams, a legend has been secretly circulating.
This story begins last week.
As the former richest family in Jiangnan, the Gu family’s fame, especially the legend of the Gu family’s treasure, has always been talked about.
In the past, there was Old Lady Cheng, a member of the natal family, to provide support, and later there was Zhou Xiaozheng, the only heir. In particular, the ancestral home could be borrowed for free, which made it somewhat easier to take care of the Gu family's huge cemetery area.
But now, the Gu family mansion has been customized into a scenic tourist spot, and then there is a story of the Liang family digging for treasure in the middle of the night.
Therefore, those who are interested have set their sights on that small hillside - a century-old family, in addition to the possibility of a treasure chamber in the ancestral tomb, there are also many burial objects.
Everyone in the world understands what "punishing the masses is not a good thing." Now that I have such a good opportunity, yes, even if you are a high-ranking official in the capital, what can you do?
Can you fight against the people of the whole country?!
A group of passionate young people who were determined to destroy the Four Olds set out to the hillside with great enthusiasm, carrying shovels and shovels on their backs.
The departure was a grand event, and the return was also a grand event.
The ancestor of the Gu family's main branch has taken action.
Anyone who came into contact with the row of main house graves would faint.
In contrast to the scene of the nearby side room grave being dug up in full swing, a Red Guards captain who refused to believe in the evil tried to pry it open himself, but it also collapsed with a loud bang.
Who can be spared by heaven?
Rather than the doctor's claim of poisoning, people believe more in the mysterious appearance of God.
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