On the other side, Lin Xiaomeng's missed son Dacheng was standing next to the washing tub, imitating the old ladies and doing the laundry for himself and his father. He was using the soap produced by the Yujie Soap Factory to wash his father's work clothes. It was so nice.

My father Xu Huaizhi is really too busy and has no time to take care of me. I just go to school and come back from school every day, go to the cafeteria to get food after returning home, wash clothes and clean up by myself.

Her unfamiliar look in washing clothes attracted the ladies' whispers.

"Is this Xu Huaizhi's child? How can he wash his own clothes? There's not even enough space in the washing tub."

"Where's Mom?"

"Don't mention it. I heard that my mother was admitted to university and went back to the city to study, leaving the child to Xu Huaizhi, a grown man."

"This woman is too unreliable. She doesn't care about her children just for her own pleasure."

"That's right. As a woman, why does she need to study so much? Her husband doesn't care about her, and neither does his child. Look how pitiful this child is."

"That's right. I've already said that none of them are scholars, let alone a girl like her. What's the point of studying? Now that she's gone, I don't know if she'll ever come back. It's really pitiful for this child."

…

A bunch of old ladies who can't eat grapes complain that they are sour, and they claim that women should serve boys, as if this is a great job.

He didn't know how to hide from the child, Dacheng heard it carefully.

놛 threw the work clothes in 꿛 into the basin.

"I am not to be pitied, my mother will come back to pick me up, but you children are to be pitied, you always gossip about other people.

Reading has its benefits, my mother said, reading can make you wise, words can reach places that your feet cannot reach, and words can reach places that your eyes cannot reach.

Do you know what it means to live in coarse cloth and yet be elegant with a wealth of knowledge?

Do you know what it means that if you don't study hard when you are young, you will regret it when you are old?

You know nothing, what qualifications do you have to say anything else!" Dacheng said firmly with tears in his eyes.

These words silenced the gossiping old ladies.

"Haha, this kid is quite talkative. What's the delay? We feel sorry for you, and we are not happy about it."

"Oh, I remembered I haven't picked my vegetables yet, I'll cook now."

“My family has to cook too…”

Some people said privately behind their backs: "Children brought up in this culture are really different. They know how to protect their mothers at a young age. The words they say are so many that we are really confused."

"That's right. My kid is a few years older than you. He just plays with marbles all day long. It's so shameless."

Dacheng continued to wash clothes, tears flowed from the corners of his eyes, and he wiped them away vigorously with his sleeves.

My mother once said that men should not shed tears easily and should be strong.

…

During the orderly renovation of Gu Qinghuan's mansion, the craftsman introduced by Mr. Wang was extraordinary. She was very satisfied with the effect after the restoration. He was worthy of being an old craftsman with a craftsman spirit, superb skills and pursuit of excellence.

There was one thing: her funds were running out. To be more precise, her 껥 funds were not enough. She had used the rent she had collected during this period to cover the gap, but it was still a drop in the bucket.

He Qiang helped her rent out all the houses and gave her the rent on a monthly basis.

A lot of the renovation work on the house was done to restore the craftsmanship and materials of the time, and the various woods and materials alone emptied her wallet.

I have made a lot of money in these years, all of which I invested in real estate, and I feel embarrassed to challenge Liang Zhiqiu again.

Having nowhere else to turn, she thought of Cheng Fusheng. She remembered that he had asked her to help collect various antiques, but she had said last time that she had not fulfilled her contract to do so.

If you buy these antiques at a low price and then sell them through vending machines, you will definitely make a lot of money.

And she still owed Cheng Fusheng ten meals.

Gu Qinghuan did what she said. She found Niu Zhuang and asked him to take her to find Cheng Fusheng.

Ever since Cheng Fusheng found out that Gu Qinghuan was married, he was very depressed for a while.

Especially knowing that Gu Qinghuan and his wife truly loved each other, I felt indescribable pain and regret in my heart.

Maybe it was love at first sight for Gu Qinghuan, or maybe it was just lust at first sight, but in any case, this kind of throbbing in the heart could not be faked.

Before this, I had never cared so much about a woman. Gu Qinghuan was the first.

Unfortunately, Luofu already had a husband. Although he was engaged in a shady business, he still considered himself an upright person and disdained to do such dishonorable things as digging corners.

So I just suppressed my likes in my heart and dared not express them to the public.

I thought we would never see each other again, but unexpectedly Gu Qinghuan showed up uninvited.

"Boss Cheng, what? You don't welcome me? I said I came here today to give you some money." Gu Qinghuan saw that 놛 looked serious and spoke.

Cheng Fusheng signaled Niu Zhuang to go and make tea.

"We open the door to welcome guests, so why wouldn't we welcome you? What do you want to buy this time? Or, what do you want to sell?" Cheng Fusheng's tone was light, but his eyes fell on her, looking at her greedily, and then taking one more look.

"Didn't you say last time that you bought a batch of antiques? I want to take some back to enjoy."

"Okay, come with me." Cheng Fusheng took her to the door of a room, took out the key from his pocket and opened the door.

What Cheng Fusheng said was indeed true. The room was filled with all kinds of stuff, including furniture, ornaments, porcelain, jade... all kinds of antiques, very diverse.

Some things are kept in boxes and placed on shelves, while other things are just piled up randomly on the ground.

"Just give me a price for whatever you like. I bought them cheaply." Actually, many of these things are Cheng Fusheng's own private collection. He likes to collect them normally, and he has accumulated a lot without realizing it.

Gu Qinghuan walked in and took a quick look around. It was truly dazzling with all sorts of stuff.

She had noticed long ago that Cheng Fusheng always had something in his hand wherever he went, and he probably also loved collecting.

She couldn't really move all her beloved things away, after all, she just wanted to make money.

Then he pointed at the things scattered everywhere and said, "I'll move these things you don't value. I'll make room for you. You name your price."

Cheng Fusheng looked at her in surprise: "All the good things are on the shelves..."

"I know, but a gentleman does not take what he likes. I will not take your private collection."

Gu Qinghuan's cheerful smile almost made my heart skip a beat.

This time, I seem to understand why I have a special liking for her. A gentleman loves money, gets it in a proper way, and knows when to relax and work hard. It's hard not to be moved by such a woman.

In this life, I have fallen in love with this woman, but I actually think it's not bad.