Jiang Yilu stayed at his grandmother's house, but only his uncle showed up.
"She, went back?" Zhao Hong asked nervously, her heart in her throat, as she watched her son come back alone.
"Okay, let's go back." Gu Xiashi nodded, feeling a little guilty when looking at his mother's eyes. After being willful for so many years, the person he felt most sorry for was the mother with white hair in front of him.
"It's good that you've thought it through. While you're still not too old, mom will find you someone who understands you." Zhao Hong nodded, feeling relieved, and naturally thought about the issue that concerned her most.
"I won't look for one anymore!" Gu Xiashi smiled awkwardly. "I'm already so old. And even if I find one, who knows what kind of person he or she is. If he or she is someone like Niu Fang, you will be so angry that you will die."
Gu Xia Shi felt that he had not lost out in this life. He loved such an excellent woman, and she was not completely without feelings for him. This was enough. He still had his mother and younger generations to take care of. He was already content in this life.
"Xiaobao, just go back. Your uncle is fine. I'm an adult now and I don't need a junior like you to worry about me." Gu Xiashi patted his nephew's shoulder, smiled at the old lady, and walked into his room.
"Xiaobao, is your uncle okay?"
When the old lady saw his appearance, her worry, which had just been relieved, became tense again. Could it be that her son was overstimulated and something had happened to him?
"My uncle should be fine. He will be fine after a good night's sleep." Jiang Yilu comforted his grandmother, but it was not a lie. He didn't know what his uncle and Miss Jin talked about, but he could see that his uncle had really let it go.
In his previous life, Miss Jin had never appeared in his life. Compared to his uncle who had been living in memories and never got relief until his death, Jiang Yilu thought that he might be lucky in this life.
"Grandma, it's okay, I'll be leaving now. Remember to take the nutritional supplements I brought you on time, and don't be frugal with the money. Your grandson is earning money now, and it's time for him to honor you." Jiang Yilu picked up the bag of seafood and said to the old lady.
"Grandma knows you are filial. You should take care of your health when you are outside, and also care more about your parents." The old lady said with relief when she thought of the stack of money her grandson had just stuffed into her hands.
She was already this old, how much could she eat? Her family grew vegetables and grains, and raised chickens and ducks in the yard. She saved the money for her children and gave it away when Xiaobao and the others got married. It was just passing from one hand to the other, so the old lady did not insist on refusing.
Jiang Yilu took another look at his uncle's room before riding his bike away.
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"Miss Jin sent someone to tell her that she went to Haicheng first." Early in the morning, Jiang Yilu was brushing her teeth in the yard. Ruan Congzhao came in from outside and said, "It's really strange. She only stayed in the county town for a few days and didn't come to the mountain for a stroll. She left now." Ruan Congzhao scratched his head, a little puzzled.
It's really hard to guess what this woman is thinking. Just like Ruan Ruan, she seems to be angry with Xiao Bao. The two of them were so close a few days ago, but now they are avoiding each other. Sometimes when their eyes meet, they feel like they are being electrocuted and try to avoid it. It's almost written that there is a problem.
Ruan Congzhao muttered in his heart, isn't this just a case of trying to cover up one's own guilt? The more this is the case, the more it proves that something fishy is going on.
Jiang Yilu knew why Miss Jin left. After all, the biggest purpose of her trip had been achieved, and there was no point in staying in this small place any longer.
"Xiaobao, where are your parents? Something big happened!"
Mo Dashuan hurriedly ran to the outside of Jiang's yard with a somewhat ugly look on his face.
"Uncle Dashuan, what happened? My parents and grandma are in the pickle room at the back." Jiang Yilu looked at Mo Dashuan puzzledly. Judging from his expression, it seemed that the matter was not a small matter.
"Something happened to your grandma, and she's now in the People's Hospital for emergency treatment. Your uncle called from the hospital and asked you to go there quickly." Mo Dashuan said this with some difficulty. Just now, he received a call from Gu Xiashi from the hospital and his heart skipped a beat. If she's been sent to the hospital for emergency treatment, how serious must her illness be? Xiaobao's grandma is not young anymore, and the danger might be even greater.
As soon as Mo Dashuan finished speaking, the mouthwash cup in Jiang Yilu's hand fell to the ground with a clang.
"Hurry up, Xiaobao, go call someone and we'll drive over there." Ruan Congzhao pulled Jiang Yilu's collar to wake him up. Now was not the time to be in a daze.
Jiang Yilu didn't even know how he told the news to his parents who were pickling vegetables in the pickle room. It seemed as if Gu Dongmei's collapse and pain were not heard by him.
He couldn't understand why the old man, who was fine yesterday, was admitted to the hospital for emergency treatment today.
******
Time goes back to two hours ago.
"Aunt Zhao, you should go and check your field. I don't know who is the heartless person who turned on the water pump in your vegetable field. Now the whole field is almost flooded. I'm afraid the vegetable roots are going to rot." A villager hurried to the Gu family's yard and said to Zhao Hong who was feeding the chickens inside.
"What? It's that bastard. If I find him, I'll skin him alive." Zhao Hong scattered the feed into the yard angrily, put down the pot in his hand, and followed the villager who came to deliver the message to the field without locking the door.
Nowadays, the atmosphere is good. In places like rural areas, people almost never lock their doors at night. If a few strangers appear, the owner does not need to keep an eye on them. There are people who are vigilant to help watch. Zhao Hong thought that her son had not returned from the county town, so she just left the door ajar and left without locking it.
Zhao Hong didn't see that shortly after she left, Niu Fang and her grandson Gu Dakin appeared in front of the Gu family's old house.
"Mom, are you sure that woman gave money to my second uncle?" Gu Dakin was pulled up from the kang by his mother early in the morning. The mother turned on the water pump and pumped all the water in the river into Zhao Hong's land. Now he was like a thief, guarding not far from the Gu family's old house, waiting for Zhao Hong to leave. He read novels too late last night and had no energy at the moment. He yawned and questioned Niu Fang.
"Do you think they are stupid? They didn't even kill a fat sheep like this." Niu Fang rolled her eyes at her son. "I heard from the village head's wife that they donated 500,000 yuan to the county and 200,000 yuan to the village for road construction. Your second uncle and his family just want a small portion of it. We've all made a fortune."
Niu Fang looked at her son's listless appearance and felt distressed: "When we find the money, Mom will build you a house and marry you a wife. If you want to go to the city, we can go to the city."
Niu Fang's assurance finally made Gu Dakin feel a little more confident, but he was still a little scared: "If we take the money away, what if someone finds out? I hope we won't be sent to the police." Earlier, if you dared to steal, you would be shot.
"What are you afraid of!" Niu Fang was very confident. "As long as we act quickly, no one will know that it was us who did it. Besides, even if they know, so what? You are the only child of our Gu family, the eldest son and grandson. The money should have been given to you."
Niu Fang got angry when she thought of what her brother-in-law said yesterday. Since the other party refused to give it out, don't blame her for thinking of other ways.
The two men watched Zhao Hong walk away. There was no one watching nearby, so they held their heads high and walked into the yard openly. They pushed open the door without any hesitation and walked in with a swagger.
As soon as they entered the house, their expressions changed immediately: "You go search your uncle's room, and I'll go to your grandma's room. Look carefully and don't miss a single brick crack."
Niu Fang took out a hammer and a screwdriver from her bulging clothes. They were used to pick the lock. She knew that the cabinet where Old Mrs. Zhao kept her valuables was locked, so she came prepared.
The two looked at each other, then went into the target's room and started rummaging through the drawers.
About half an hour later, Gu Dajin came out of Gu Xiashi's room with a depressed look, holding a dozen loose bills in his hand. He didn't find anything else of value. He scratched his head, called Gu Xiashi a poor bastard, and turned to walk into Old Lady Zhao's room, hoping that his mother would find something good.
"Mom, how are you looking for it?"
Gu Dakin looked at the room that had been turned upside down by Niu Fang. The clothes in the closet were scattered on the floor, and all the quilt covers had been turned out by Niu Fang. He was afraid that the old lady had hidden money in the quilt cover.
"This old woman cries poor in front of us every day. If we ask her for some money, she will always find all kinds of reasons to make us rich. Look, what are these?" Niu Fang angrily took out a stack of brand new ten-yuan bills, which looked like about a thousand yuan. In addition to the folded money, she also found more than three hundred yuan from the interlayer of her old cotton-padded jacket, as well as a gold bracelet and a pair of gold earrings, all of which were quite old.
"This damn old hag hid so much money and didn't give it to her son or grandson. She was planning to put it in her coffin. Fortunately, we are here today, otherwise we wouldn't know how wealthy this old lady is." A hint of pride flashed in Niu Fang's eyes, and she stuffed those things into her pocket without hesitation. Her husband is the eldest son of the Gu family, and her son is the only child of the Gu family. She feels no guilt at all taking this money.
"What about you? What did you find in your second uncle's room?" Niu Fang asked her son in a good mood. If there was so much money in the old lady's room, there must be more in Gu Xiashi's room. After all, the woman came mainly to thank Gu Xiashi. Ten thousand? Twenty thousand? Niu Fang thought excitedly, all that was her money.
"Look, it's all here. My second uncle has nothing. Are you sure that the news you heard is true?" Gu Dakin curled his lips, took out the dozen yuan with disgust, and looked at Niu Fang's pocket covetously.
"How is that possible?" Niu Fang said without thinking, "You must not have looked carefully enough. Mom will accompany you to look for it again." She had no intention of tidying up the house that she had turned into a mess. She took her son's hand and walked out of the room.
"What are you doing here!" At this time, Zhao Hong came in from outside, her hands full of mud, and watched Niu Fang and her son coming in from her room. The old lady's face suddenly changed, and she pushed the mother and son standing outside her door away and rushed into her room.
"Mom, Chunhui is still waiting for me to cook, Dajin and I will go back first." Niu Fang didn't expect the old lady to come back so soon. Her face turned pale and she pulled her son to leave. Gu Dajin was also panicked and at a loss, so he let his mother pull him away.
"Our house has been robbed! Stop right there! I'm going to call the police. Niu Fang, Niu Fang, you're getting more and more capable. I can't deal with you, so I'll let the police deal with you." Zhao Hong's hands were trembling. When she saw the torn cotton jacket and the pried-open cabinet, she knew that the one thousand yuan her grandson gave her yesterday and the few hundred yuan she had saved were all stolen by the mother and son in front of her.
She had tolerated Niu Fang for so many years, and her behavior today had completely touched her bottom line. She absolutely could not get around her easily this time.
"Mom, what are you talking about? I don't understand anything you say. This room was like this when Dajin and I came here, right Dajin?" Niu Fang forced a smile, poked her son's waist and winked at him.
"That's right, grandma. Mom and I didn't take the gold bracelet and gold earrings you put in your cotton-padded jacket. Don't accuse us." Gu Dakin's face flushed and he felt a little uneasy. It seemed that his grandma was really angry. He would not be sent to the police station, would he?
"Okay, you're confessing now." Zhao Hong was looking at her grandson in front of her, extremely disappointed. She took a few steps forward to strip Niu Fang's clothes and take out the things she had stolen, especially the one thousand yuan. But that was earned by her grandson with great difficulty, how could she let it go to the heartless mother and son in front of her for nothing.
"What are you doing? Let go, you old woman, how dare you hit me." Niu Fang's flesh was pulled several times, and she cursed in pain, "Gu Dajin, you are dead, watching your mother being beaten by this old woman, pull her away quickly."
She yelled at her son who was standing there in a daze. Gu Dakin seemed to come to his senses at this moment and helped Niu Fang pull the man away.
"Bang——"
It was not known who used more force or whether they both collided, but Zhao Hong fell backwards and her head hit the eight-immortals table beside her. She groaned, rolled her eyes, and pouted.
Niu Fang and Gu Dakin continued pushing the old lady, watching a pool of bright red blood seeping out from the back of her head. Their teeth were chattering, and they were at a loss as to what to do.
"Mom, what should we do? Should we call a doctor?" Gu Dakin was so scared that his legs almost went limp, and he asked in a trembling voice.
"No, we can't let others know that we did it. If she dies, we will pay with our lives." Niu Fang's heart became harder and crueler. "Let's go quickly before anyone finds us." Niu Fang held her son's hand tightly and pulled him to leave.
"But grandma..." Gu Dakin still felt a little reluctant. After all, the old woman in front of him had really treated him very well.
"You want to stay and pay for the life of this old man?" Niu Fang yelled at her son uncontrollably. Looking at his nervous face, she calmed down a little: "No one knows about this. Let's go back home and pretend that it never happened. We are rich now, and mom can find you a wife. Your grandmother is old and will die in a few years. You are still young, and nothing can happen to you."
Gu Dajin was selfish after all. After listening to Niu Fang's words, he looked at the old man lying in a pool of blood, gritted his teeth and left without looking back. Mom was right. Grandma was old. Even if she was alive, she would not live for many years. He was the only child of the Gu family and had to carry on the Gu family line. Nothing could happen to him.
The two men fled in panic, and when Gu Xiashi returned from the county town, what he saw was an open door and his old mother lying in a pool of blood.
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