Xu Honglian felt very wronged, especially when she saw that her mother didn't care about her current feelings at all, but only cared about whether she had money or not, which made her feel even more upset.
"Mother, Gu Changqing didn't give me any money."
"Really? Then you stand there, I'll search myself."
Old Mrs. Xu was notoriously mean-spirited, and she treated her own daughter the same way.
In Old Mrs. Xu's eyes, her daughters were merely objects to be exchanged for dowries. Their emotions were completely unimportant; what mattered was how much benefit they could bring her.
She doesn't need her daughters to have a good relationship with her, since she has eight or nine children, six of whom are daughters; she has plenty of daughters.
Xu Honglian stood there as Old Lady Xu searched her. The dozen or so yuan she had hidden in her underwear pocket were pulled out by Old Lady Xu. Upon seeing the amount, Old Lady Xu spat.
She spat on her hand, counted the money carefully several times, and found that there were only a dozen or so yuan left. Then, with a sour face, she put the money into her pocket.
"mother……"
"Alright, stop yelling. Get yourself ready, and I'll have your older sister introduce you to a good family tomorrow."
As she spoke, Old Mrs. Xu walked home. After a few steps, she thought of her two grandsons, Gu Jindan and Gu Baodan. She frowned and turned to Xu Honglian, saying, "Go and tell Gu Changqing that if he wants to take his two sons back, he should bring a hundred yuan. Our Xu family will not raise his sons for nothing."
"Mother? Golden Egg and Treasure Egg have only been here for half a day."
Xu Honglian looked at her mother in disbelief. She really hadn't expected her mother to make such an outrageous request.
Her two sons had only been here for half a day, and Gu Changqing had to give them a hundred yuan to take them back? Although Xu Honglian hadn't received much education, this... wasn't her mother's behavior exactly what you call kidnapping? Extortion?
"mother……"
Xu Honglian was still very unhappy.
She truly loved her two sons.
Therefore, I don't want my mother to use them for personal gain.
"What are you yelling about? If you're not happy, then you can take the two of them back to the Gu family and see if Gu Changqing still wants you."
"..."
"I don't know how I gave birth to such an idiot like you. You didn't even try to blackmail your husband after the divorce. Seriously, even a pig isn't as stupid as you."
Old Mrs. Xu muttered curses as she turned and went inside.
She still had to go to her daughters-in-law to get her things back; she didn't have time to waste with Xu Honglian!
Xu Honglian, who was sent by Old Lady Xu to ask Gu Changqing for money, ultimately did not go. Old Man Xu still had some humanity left; instead of letting Xu Honglian go, he sent Xu Laowu instead.
Xu Laowu is Xu Honglian's younger brother and the youngest son in the Xu family. His parents love him dearly.
Hearing his parents' words, Xu Laowu was initially reluctant to go, but then he thought that the hundred yuan would be his own eventually, so it wouldn't matter if he made the trip.
So Xu Laowu went to Dawan Village.
He arrived at Gu Changqing's house, spoke with Gu Changqing, conveyed his message, and then turned and went home.
Later that evening, Lu Huaijiao overheard He Meizhu cursing in the neighboring yard, saying that the Xu family was dreaming and that Gu Changqing was too weak to be bullied like this by the Xu family...
Lu Huaijiao guessed that the reason might be because of the two children, but she did not expect that the Xu family would be so shameless as to demand 100 yuan.
Lu Huaijiao was shocked after hearing what Gu Changzheng said when he returned from gathering information.
"You can actually do that?"
This is just too damn outrageous!
The biological mother, maternal grandparents, are trying to keep their grandson here, extorting 100 yuan from him, otherwise they won't let him come back.
"Is the Xu family really that wealthy? Aren't they afraid those two unlucky kids will eat them all up?" Lu Huaijiao thought the Xu family was really outrageous.
Gu Changzheng: ...
I thought my wife thought the Xu family's extortion was outrageous, but I never expected her to have such a unique perspective. She was actually worried that the Xu family would be eaten up by Gu Jindan and Gu Baodan.
However, it seems that the two brothers do indeed have this ability.
Thinking of the chaos that would engulf the Xu family, Gu Changzheng couldn't help but curl the corners of his lips into a smile.
"Yes, the Xu family members are all brain-damaged."
"Well, luckily we don't have such awful relatives as Gu Changzheng, otherwise we would definitely let them infect us with brain damage," Lu Huaijiao said thoughtfully.
Gu Changzheng: ...
There's no need to make such a big deal out of it, because compared to the Xu family, her thoughts are definitely more outrageous!
However, Gu Changzheng dared not say this out loud, unless he didn't want to go to bed that night.
He Meizhu cursed the Xu family for a long time. On the Xu family's side, Old Mrs. Xu looked at the Gu brothers. Her already wrinkled face was now even more wrinkled, so much so that it couldn't be pried open.
The brothers Gu Jindan and Gu Baodan each held a large bowl bigger than their heads, shoveling food into their mouths with a clattering sound, almost like pigs eating.
How can someone eat so much?
Old Mrs. Xu stared at the two of them.
The other people at the table were also staring at the two of them.
But the two of them were completely unaware.
Xu Honglian didn't think anything was wrong. Instead, while everyone was still in a daze, she quickly reached out and put the dishes on the table into her two sons' bowls.
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