When Ruan Yuanqing followed his parents to leave the mainland, Ruan Yuanjiang's eldest son was only four years old, and the youngest son Ruan Yuanshu was not yet born. The second son Ruan Yuanshen and the third son Ruan Yuankuan were three and one years old respectively. If Ruan Yuankuan said that he had an impression of Ruan Yuanshen, the eldest brother of the second wife, that was pure nonsense.
"Brother, I'm Yuan Kuan. I finally see you. This is your sister-in-law Yan Li. We've been looking forward to seeing you for so long. How is your uncle's health these years? I, as his nephew, have not been filial to him. I feel so guilty that I couldn't sleep all night."
Ruan Yuankuan's tears flowed without warning. If Ruan Yuanqing had not known what kind of people these children in his uncle's family were before he came, he would probably have really believed the other party's deep feelings for his family.
Unfortunately, my third uncle’s eldest son died in Vietnam, and the third branch of the family did not even have a successor.
Ruan Yuanqing glanced at Ruan Ruan who was hiding behind Jiang Yilu. This time when he went back, he must teach Ruan Ruan well. If he could come back in the future, Ruan Ruan would be the only successor of his third uncle's line. He understood his third uncle's character. From the day those people joined forces with outsiders to hurt his heart, they were no longer members of the Ruan family.
"What are you still doing here?"
Ruan Yuanjiang's voice was low, and he looked at the two people in front of him as if he were strangers. There was coldness in his eyes, but there was no sadness.
Since you have decided to give up on them, you shouldn't even feel sad.
"Dad, how can you say that?"
Ruan Yuankuan said smugly, "Aren't you still angry about what happened back then? We had no choice. If we don't give you up, our family, as well as our second and fourth brothers, will be implicated. Even if you don't care about us, you have to take care of Ruan Jing and Ruan Hui."
Ruan Jing and Ruan Hui are Ruan Yuankuan's children, a boy and a girl. They are eleven years old this year. Because they are smart and cute, and they are the dragon and phoenix twins that symbolize good luck, they were very much loved by their grandfather.
Ruan Yuankuan's wife Yan Li glanced at Ruan Ruan who was hiding behind the crowd. The unlucky star who brought bad luck to her parents actually had such luck. She and the old man were coaxed to the countryside where no one lives, and she was given a chance to turn things around. Her own children, twins of dragon and phoenix, were so blessed, and their future was still uncertain, but the unlucky star could go to Hong Kong with Ruan Yuanqing, to that city of luxury, and live a life of wealth and glory. This was simply too unfair.
Yan Li gritted her teeth. If she had known earlier that she should not have coveted the pension from the old family, she should have watched the little girl burn to death on the day when she was splashed with cold water and had a high fever.
After Nguyen Nguyen's parents died in the Vietnam War, she became an orphan of martyrs and received support from the army every month. Because her parents were martyrs who died in the war, her pension was higher than that of ordinary martyrs' orphans. She received 30 yuan of living expenses, 10 kilograms of fine grains, 15 kilograms of coarse grains, and a number of meat coupons, cloth coupons, and milk coupons every month.
At that time, Ruan Yuanjiang was busy with school affairs, so he entrusted his granddaughter to his two daughters-in-law during the day, and Ruan Ruan's support was collected by the two of them. But except when Ruan Yuanjiang was at home, Ruan Ruan almost never had a full stomach. At that time, Ruan Ruan was only two years old, ignorant, and only knew that she could eat when her grandfather was around, and she didn't know how to resist.
In addition to starving, she was bullied by her brothers and sisters on a daily basis because she was the unlucky star in the eyes of her second and third aunts. She would bring unlucky consequences to her father, mother, and other relatives. Over time, Ruan Ruan really believed that her parents' death was caused by her.
Even though he became more sensible later, he did not resist when he was bullied, but just endured it silently. He became quieter and more silent.
When she was four years old, Haicheng had a rare snowfall. The snow covered the entire city. The snow on the ground was so deep that it reached the ankles. The Ruan family's children, including the twins, saw others playing snowball fights and wanted to bury Ruan in the snow to make a snowball. They brought buckets of ice and snow from the nearby road, tied up Ruan's hands and feet, and buried her in the snow in the garden of the Ruan Mansion's small house, leaving only a small head exposed for breathing.
A group of children surrounded her, rolled snowballs the size of fists and threw them at her face, calling her a jinx.
When Yan Li and her second sister-in-law Zhuang Fan came back from playing mahjong and discovered the situation, the snow had already melted into water and soaked Ruan Ruan's clothes. The four-year-old child was frozen to the point of being blue all over, and except for her head which was not buried in the snow, her whole body was covered with frostbite.
The two sisters-in-law had long been dissatisfied with the old man's emphasis on this girl. When they saw Ruan Ruan's miserable appearance, their first reaction was not to quickly ask a doctor to save her, but to think about whether to let her burn to death. After all, it was not a big deal to have a child die of a high fever in the middle of winter. However, these two greedy and vicious women were reluctant to give up the monthly alimony that Ruan Ruan could get, so they took her back and hired a doctor to treat her.
When Ruan Yuanjiang came back, what he saw was his granddaughter who had a high fever but was well taken care of. She was covered with a thick quilt, with only her little head with her eyes closed and sweating.
If Ruan Yuanjiang had not been really worried about his granddaughter that night and went to her room in the middle of the night to take a look, and saw her arms exposed outside the quilt, full of frostbite, and abrasions on her wrists from struggling violently after being tied up, he probably would not have known that his most beloved son, the only thought left to him, was living such a life under his nose.
When Ruan Yuanjiang asked his granddaughter about the torture she had experienced over the years, he felt heartbroken. He hated himself for being so stupid all these years, and he also hated his son and grandson for being such vicious and sinister people.
What happened next was naturally predictable. No matter how the sons and daughters-in-law argued and expressed their grievances, Ruan Yuanjiang still resolutely drove them out of the Ruan Mansion and stopped all financial assistance to them.
The second and third brothers would later take the lead in criticizing Ruan Yuanjiang. This might be because they could no longer gain any benefits from the old man, so they might as well maximize his value.
As for why Ruan Yuanshu, who was living in a small western-style house with Ruan Yuanjiang at the time and had no worries about food and clothing, became the same as his two brothers, it can only be attributed to the sadness of the times, plus Ruan Yuanshu essentially had the same temperament as his two brothers.
All three of his sons behave like this. I'm afraid Ruan Yuanjiang himself needs to reflect on this.
It is the fault of the father if the son is not well educated. However, the years when the children were born were the most turbulent years in the country. Many compatriots sacrificed their families for the great cause of the nation and fought on the front line, risking their lives every day. It was extremely difficult for Ruan Yuanjiang to bring his eldest son with him. He never thought that the child who was well-behaved and sensible in the few rare meetings every year had become like this.
"dad--"
Another excited shout was heard from afar, and a young man in a Zhongshan suit walked quickly to Ruan Yuanjiang, his eyes filled with excitement and guilt.
Come on, another talented actor.
There were no classes at the university during the Chinese New Year holiday, and Ruan Yuanshu originally wanted to come to the guesthouse to see what was going on. Unexpectedly, he ran into Ruan Yuanjiang and his group who were stopped by Ruan Yuankuan and his wife at the entrance of the Overseas Chinese Hotel.
His target was different from that of his brothers. From the very beginning, he had been eyeing the Ruan family treasures in Ruan Yuanjiang's hands. If Uncle Fang hadn't reminded him, he would never have thought that his old man might still have some treasures that had not been handed over to the country.
After all, when the old man was alive, apart from his salary as a university professor and the rent from the dozen or so Western-style houses in his family, he had almost no other source of income. As the youngest son who had always lived with Ruan Yuanjiang, he had never heard Ruan Yuanjiang mention the family's financial situation.
During the Cultural Revolution, all of the Ruan family's houses were confiscated, and the three brothers now live with more than a dozen other families in a house that once belonged to them alone. Every day, they fight with the country folk who have taken over the house for the kitchen and toilet.
These should have belonged to them.
Ruan Yuanshu looked at the old man in front of him who had not changed much, and his eyes darkened.
Uncle Fang said that the current situation is not right. Those old leaders who were demoted have begun to be rehabilitated and brought back one after another. Now those who are a little smarter have begun to think about retreat plans to be prepared for any eventuality.
Even though the campaign to destroy the four olds is very intense nowadays, some far-sighted families are still keeping the things passed down from their ancestors well hidden.
There is not only one Gu Xiashi in the world. There are many people who think like this. Gu Xiashi works for three days and rests for two days. How can he buy things for his nephews and nieces? He lives a comfortable life because there is still a private demand for cultural relics in this era. The things he finds are willing to be bought by big people. The difference in price is his way of making money. As for the real treasures that he thinks will increase in value, he naturally hides them well.
"Dad, I have been regretting what I did all these years. I don't ask for your forgiveness, but I'm getting married soon. I just ask you to meet your future daughter-in-law and drink a glass of my wedding wine, and I will be satisfied."
Ruan Yuanshu took the hand of the woman behind him. The woman, who was pretty and elegant, wearing a Lenin suit and with short hair, walked up to Ruan Yuanjiang with a blushing face and called out gently, "Hello, uncle. I am Yuanshu's girlfriend, Fang Xiuxiu. Over the years, Yuanshu has often talked to me about you and said that he regretted it. Yuanshu and I have the same idea. I don't ask you to forgive him, but I only ask you to give him a chance to come to our wedding for a drink."
Fang Xiuxiu's words were sincere, neither humble nor arrogant.
Xiuxiu, maybe it was because the old lady talked about it a little too much during those two days on the train, but everyone's eyelids twitched when they heard this familiar name.
However, the old lady's daughter-in-law, Xiuxiu, is a married woman with children. The girl in front of her is obviously still unmarried based on her dress. Besides, Xiuxiu is not a rare name, so it is normal to have the same name.
"Uncle San, let's go to the room and talk first. There are too many people here."
There was a hint of coldness in Ruan Yuanqing's eyes. After so many years in Gangcheng, he was no longer the same Ruan Yuanqing. These annoying things had to be solved to avoid causing trouble for his uncle in the future.
The Chinese people are born with a love for watching excitement. The big show being staged in front of the Overseas Chinese Hotel has already attracted a lot of onlookers.
Ruan Yuankuan and Ruan Yuanshu were also a little panicked. After all, they were still in the mainland and didn't want to have anything to do with the bad guy Ruan Yuanjiang. At least in front of outsiders, they had to maintain the appearance of sacrificing their relatives for the sake of justice as before.
Therefore, no one objected to Ruan Yuanqing's proposal. As soon as the group left the hotel, they went back in to Ruan Yuanqing's room on the seventh floor.
Jiang Yilu held Ruan Ruan's hand tightly. He didn't know what the couple had done to Ruan Ruan. Since they appeared, Ruan Ruan became extremely nervous, with a hint of fear in her eyes.
He had never seen Ruan Ruan like this before. Considering how cautious and sensitive Ruan Ruan was when she first came to Qingshan Village, he was sure that the couple must have left Ruan Ruan with some terrifying and embarrassing memories.
These people who have the heart to hurt a lovely little girl and report her biological father are definitely not good people.
Jiang Yilu thought that before leaving Haicheng, he had to avenge Grandpa Ruan and Ruan Ruan.
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