The 124th day of being eavesdropped
Grandma Lin's brother and sister rushed over after seeing the newspaper.
Both of them have started families and careers in New York, and they are not young anymore, but when they saw the family photo of Grandma Lin, both of them burst into tears.
Brother Lin touched the photo, and his grandson handed it to him with a handkerchief. After wiping his tears, Brother Lin said, "We really didn't expect that Yunniang is still alive."
"Yunniang refers to Grandma Lin?"
Liang Ying asked cautiously.
Second Sister Lin nodded: "Yes, she is our little sister. Back in 1959, our family wanted to go abroad, but Yunniang was sick at that time, so we thought about settling down first and then taking Yunniang out. But who knew that after coming to the United States, we encountered some troubles and were cheated. After the whole family arrived in New York, we couldn't even eat. We worked hard to save some money and wanted to contact the mainland, but the mainland and foreign countries had been cut off in those years. We also tried to ask someone to go back and contact Yunniang, but the person we asked came back and said that Yunniang was dead."
"What kind of person is this? Sister Lin is alive and well, and she hasn't moved for decades!"
He Chunlian said angrily, slamming the table.
Second Sister Lin smiled bitterly, "It's all our fault. We didn't think much about it. Now I think that person may not have helped us find Yunniang. We were too foolish. When my parents passed away, they were still thinking about her and kept asking us to go back to find Yunniang's body and settle her down."
Everyone was upset when they heard this.
Liang Ying comforted them, "It's all right now. Grandma Lin is still fine. If you want, let's call her home now."
"Is this okay?"
Second Sister Lin and Big Brother Lin showed excitement on their faces.
Lan Lin said, "Aunt, it's probably around six in the morning in our country now. Grandma Lin might not be awake at this time. Why don't we fight later?"
"Yes, yes, we can fight later."
Brother Lin came back to his senses and thought of this problem.
Gu Jinshui hurried to pour tea to greet them, and also took some biscuits and cakes. Joseph watched from the side and felt it was amazing.
He pulled An Yi and said, "An Yi, this is really amazing. Family members who haven't seen each other for so many years can actually be found again." "Yes, it shows that the bond between this family is great."
An Yi couldn't help but sigh.
Joseph's eyes flickered and said, "Yes, it would be great if Jie Lin could marry me."
An Yi was very upset. He could see that this kid was thinking about getting married.
More than an hour passed.
The call was made. International calls still had to wait a while. Brother Lin and the others were a little excited and nervous. Gu Jinshui and the others also became nervous.
"Beep, beep, beep..."
Someone picked up the phone, and the voice was hoarse and hard, "Hello, who is it?"
"It's me, it's the eldest brother, are you the younger sister?" Brother Lin shouted with red eyes.
There was silence for a moment, and then there was a bang, as if something fell to the ground. Brother Lin hurriedly said, "Little sister, what's wrong with you, what happened?"
"Yes, little sister, what's the situation over there?" Second Sister Lin nervously clutched the handkerchief.
"Big brother, second sister, is it you? I'm fine, I just accidentally broke the cup." Grandma Lin's voice was trembling, she held the receiver, "It's really you, you are all still alive."
"Little sister..."
Big brother Lin and second sister Lin couldn't help but shed tears.
Although the younger generation around them had never seen this aunt grandmother, they couldn't help but feel touched when they saw the elders so excited.
Gu Jinshui and others considerately made room for the family to talk properly.
After more than an hour, the Lin family came out of the study embarrassedly.
Big brother Lin and second sister Lin's eyes were like peaches from crying.
They shook hands with Gu Jinshui gratefully and said, "Thank you for your help. If it weren't for you, we would have missed the chance to meet our little sister."
"You are too polite. In fact, it was the little girl Song Chaohua who asked us to do this."
Gu Jinshui waved his hand, "We just took advantage of the situation and did a little thing."
Lin Erjie nodded and said, "That's a good child. Where is the child now? My sister just asked her."
Gu Yousi said, "She is with her father. We will tell her about this later."
"That's good, that's good."
Sister Lin nodded with relief: "When we see her later, we will definitely thank her."
She motioned the woman next to her to hand her the bag, took out a red envelope from the bag, and stuffed it into Gu Jinshui's hand, "My sister said that she gave a thousand yuan, I'm afraid it's not enough. The cost of the newspaper advertisement is not cheap. Here is our little gift, you have to accept it."
Gu Jinshui was not polite. He took the red envelope, clicked on a few US dollars and took them out, "Here is enough, you should take the extra back. We are all Chinese, we should help each other. How do you and Grandma Lin plan to meet? Will she come over, or?"
"We plan to go back to China to pick her up in a while."
Brother Lin signaled Sister Lin to take back the red envelope with his eyes, leaning on his crutches, "When the time comes, maybe we can have a chance to meet again."
"That's great, we'll treat you to a meal later."
He Chunlian smiled. She was happy that Grandma Lin found her family, but she was even happier that her family didn't abandon her.
She could see that the two brothers and sisters of the Lin family should be living a good life. After all, they drove a small car, and their clothes, words and deeds showed that they were well-educated. In comparison, although Grandma Lin had some money in China, she was nowhere near her brothers and sisters.
But what was rare was that they were not snobbish, and even considerately planned to go back to pick up Sister Lin.
"Of course, of course. I'll bother you more often later. My sister said that you've taken good care of her. It's hard for you to tolerate her bad temper."
Sister Lin said with a smile, and took out the small gift she had prepared in advance and gave it to He Chunlian and the others.
He Chunlian and the others accepted the small gift. After
seeing off the family
, everyone felt relieved. Gu Yousi even called Song Chaohua to tell her the good news.
Song Chaohua was very happy, but when she learned that Grandma Lin was going to be taken away, she was stunned for a moment, "That's good, after all, she is old and has no one to take care of her. At least she has family to accompany her when she goes abroad."
"Yes," Gu Yousi said, "Then Grandma Lin's family asked about you, and said they wanted to thank you when they saw you."
Song Chaohua didn't know what was going on.
In the past, she hoped to encounter such a thing, preferably to meet those rich and powerful people, and after helping them, she could become rich and powerful.
But now, she only felt that a part of her body seemed to be quietly broken apart, and she heard her voice answering hollowly: "Oh, really?"
After hanging up the phone, she climbed onto the bed, found her backpack, and took out two hundred yuan from the pocket of the backpack.
Before she left, Grandma Lin stuffed the two hundred yuan into her pocket without any explanation.
Grandma Lin was always stern-faced and had a bad temper. Other children were afraid of her and didn't even dare to approach her yard.
But Song Chaohua knew that she was a very good person. She was the only one who would say, "Take this little money and buy some things to take abroad. Your father is not someone you can rely on. Don't starve yourself, okay?"
Obviously... obviously
it was a happy thing for Grandma Lin to find her family, so why was she so sad?
Gu Jinshui contacted the person who wanted to publish the calligraphy.
That person was not Joseph's friend, but one of his clients.
Joseph was driving the car and said, "John is a bad person. If you want to buy something from him, he will definitely ask for a lot of money."
"It's like a lion."
An Yi sat in the passenger seat and complained while eating potato chips.
Joseph shrugged, "It's the same idea, but, Gu, are you sure your daughter and that little boy can really get things done?"
"Is there any need to say that? She's my daughter!"
Gu Jinshui said proudly, "As for intelligence, my daughter is smarter than many adults."
Joseph was half-believing and half-doubting.
In his opinion, Gu Yousi was just a child. It was good enough that he didn't make trouble or lose his temper. It was simply a fantasy that he could help.
But since Gu Jinshui said so, as a friend, he couldn't ruin it.
The person they were looking for lived a little far away, in the west of New York.
When the car arrived, Gu Jinshui and his party got out of the car and ran into Guo Pu and Song Jianshe who were walking towards them.
Gu Jinshui stopped and looked sideways at Song Jianshe, "Is it such a coincidence that we can meet here?"
Song Jianshe didn't feel embarrassed at all. He smiled and said, "Gu Jinshui, isn't this a coincidence? We happened to be here for something."
After he finished speaking, a shirtless man appeared on the balcony of the apartment upstairs, and the man shouted down: "e "Come on, come up!"
Joseph shouted to the man and whispered to Gu Jinshui: "That's John."
The house John lived in was very cramped, just a small single room, with the living room, bed, and kitchen all in one room. When the room was opened, a strong and foul smell of tobacco and alcohol hit his face. An Yi couldn't help but cursed, and was forced to take a few steps back.
John was still grinning, opened his hands, and said in awkward Chinese: "This is manliness."
An Yi rolled his eyes and whispered: "What kind of manliness does his master have? It smells like a sewer."
The faces of the others were not good, but for the money, they still went in.
There was only one sofa in John's room. Gu Jinshui looked at the cockroaches crawling on it and decided to stand.
He looked at Guo Pu and others and asked John: "What's the matter with them?"
"They are also friends."
John pretended to be confused. He smiled and said: "Speaking of which, you are all Chinese, it's really a fate."
"Don't talk nonsense, show us that thing!" Guo Pu interrupted John unceremoniously and said.
John spread his hands and said in a good-tempered manner: "No problem, no problem, you sit down first, I'll go out for a while."
Everyone saw him walk out of the balcony and actually go upstairs along the escape passage outside. After a while, there was a ding-dong sound from above. After a while, John came back with a garbage bag.
The garbage bag was opened, and inside was a roll of withered calligraphy. The handwriting on the calligraphy was vigorous and powerful, but it was a pity that some parts were peeled off.
But the most conspicuous seal of Qianlong on the calligraphy made everyone hold their breath.
Even An Yi couldn't help but buzz his head at this moment, "Is this Wang Xizhi's..."
Gu Jinshui stopped him from saying, "Hey, it's not certain yet."
He gave An Yi a look.
An Yi understood and quickly suppressed his excitement.
He swallowed and asked, "How much do you plan to pay for this thing?"
John's eyes rolled around, he walked to the refrigerator, took out a bottle of beer, opened it and took a sip, and asked with a smile, "Do you want to drink it?"
"No, what price do you plan to pay for this thing, just tell me."
Gu Jinshui said, and looked at Song Jianshe and the others warily.
Song Jianshe and Guo Pu were still a little unsure at first, but now seeing Gu Jinshui so nervous, they have some confidence.
The two looked at each other and exchanged glances secretly.
"I spent a lot of money to buy this, it's a good thing,"
John took a sip of beer and said in a tone, "If you give too little, I won't be willing to pay."
And at this moment.
Gu Yousi and Lan Lin came to the study. After they looked at each other, Gu Yousi picked up the phone and called Lin Dahai.
Lin Dahai's housekeeper answered the phone. When he heard Gu Yousi say he wanted to find his father, the housekeeper raised his eyebrows and handed the phone to Lin Dahai.
"Who is it, a little girl?"
Lin Dahai looked at the housekeeper with a puzzled look.
The housekeeper said, "Yes, a little girl, she speaks Chinese."
Chinese?
Lin Dahai was even more confused. When he answered the phone, he asked directly, "Who are you looking for? I'm not your father."
"If it's not my dad, then who are you?" Gu Yousi asked in a confused voice, "Didn't my dad come to see you today?"
Lin Dahai felt that the voice was familiar, and his heart moved. He put down the champagne glass and asked, "Little girl, what's your dad's name?"
"My dad's name is Gu Jinshui, uncle, do you know my dad?"
Gu Yousi sat on the chair and said on the phone cord, "Dad is so mean. He said he had to go out to buy something very important today and left me behind."
Gu Jinshui? !
Isn't that the antique seller who came to the door before? !
Lin Dahai quickly gestured to the butler to contact Hank.
After the housekeeper left for a while, he came back soon and whispered, "Han Ke and the others said that Gu Jinshui and the others are now in the West District. They have been upstairs for a while. I don't know what they are doing."
Lin Dahai's heart moved. Could it be that Gu Jinshui went to buy antiques? !
He immediately asked, "Little girl, what is your father going to buy? Tell uncle and uncle will buy you a doll later."
Gu Yousi deliberately said, "Uncle, I can't tell you this. Dad said that money should not be revealed. Moreover, Dad said that this thing is very valuable. If you sell it, you won't have to work for the rest of your life!"
"Niuniu, who are you talking to?"
Lan Lin interrupted Gu Yousi.
Before Lin Dahai could stop him, Gu Yousi hung up the phone.
Lin Dahai was angry and excited. He called back, but the other party refused to answer. He paced back and forth anxiously. Gu Yousi's few words aroused his greed.
How could anyone, especially a money-hungry person like Lin Dahai, miss such an opportunity?
Lin Dahai immediately said to the housekeeper, "Tell Hank to find out what they bought later."
"Yes!" The housekeeper immediately agreed.
Gu Jinshui and his group came down from the
building with the things. Guo Pu and Song Jianshe were so angry that their faces turned blue and they gnashed their teeth.
Song Jianshe was furious and caught up with Gu Jinshui in two or three steps. He grabbed his shoulder, pointed at him and said, "How can you be so shameless?"
Gu Jinshui twisted his hand behind his back, kicked him, and said with a sneer, "I'm shameless. I didn't bother with you. You really take me as a soft persimmon. We received the news about this thing first, and you followed. I don't blame you for forcing me to buy it at a high price. It's good enough. You still have the nerve to question me."
"That's right, and we just had a bidding war. The highest bidder wins."
An Yi lit a cigarette, took a puff, and looked at Song Jianshe and the others with disdain. "If you want to blame someone, blame your poverty. It's funny that you want to steal it without money."
Guo Pu and Song Jianshe's faces turned pale.
The two were very embarrassed.
The money they prepared was not small. Five thousand dollars was enough to buy some decent antiques, but Gu Jinshui and his friends came prepared and spent ten thousand dollars to buy the things neatly.
They didn't even have the confidence to follow suit.
"Okay, let's go."
Joseph glanced at the stalls not far away and waved to Gu Jinshui and his friends.
Gu Jinshui and his friends got in the car, which gradually went away.
Gu Jinshui looked through the rearview mirror and saw a group of people walking towards Song Jianshe and his friends. He raised his eyebrows and curled the corners of his lips.
"Bah!"
Seeing the car drive away, Song Jianshe wiped his mouth and spat on the ground, "What the hell is Gu Jinshui pretending to be, why doesn't God kill him with a thunderbolt."
He had just finished cursing when he felt someone pulling him.
Song Jianshe was furious at the moment, and he shook his hand without thinking, but he didn't expect that the man was rude and tightened his grip on his arm, like a pair of pliers. Song Jianshe screamed in pain.
He and Guo Pu looked back and saw several strong white men grinning at them.
"You, what do you want to do, help, help!"
Song Jianshe hadn't finished shouting when he saw a white man take out a wooden can and pointed it at his head. Song Jianshe was so scared that his face turned pale and his tongue was tied.
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