Han Jinghong knew from a young age that his grandfather wanted to return to the capital, but he had no idea of the specific reason.
His grandfather just told him this tonight, and he also felt that their great-grandfather was quite useless.
In the end, he had no choice but to take this group of them and live in the remote and poor Yunhe County.
His father and uncles were native Yunhe County, so they had no special desire to return to the emperor.
But his grandfather is different. He grew up in the imperial capital and has a deep relationship with his grandfather.
Especially when he was old, he missed his hometown and his relatives very much. Only then did he know the origin of their Han family.
His great-grandfather originally had a wife who was a good match for him, but he was influenced by foreign ideas and felt that arranged marriages by his parents were unhappy.
He divorced in a fashionable way and later married a girl he loved. The girl was the daughter of a wealthy family that had fallen on hard times.
After the two got married, his great-grandfather's parents cut off his financial support and left him to earn and spend his own money.
It is said that one day, his great-grandfather walked up to his wife wearing a pair of trousers full of holes.
"Xiaomi, give me some money. I need to buy a new pair of pants," he pleaded.
However, his wife responded angrily: "There is no extra money. You only get 400 yuan a month, which is not enough for me."
The more his wife spoke, the more upset she became. After all, she was a young lady from a prominent family and a great beauty during the Republic of China era.
She was a prominent figure in the social circles of the old capital, but now she lived in such a difficult situation.
This made her feel even more painful, as she had shown extraordinary talent since she was a child. She was naturally intelligent, sociable, and lived a wealthy life.
Her parents carefully nurtured her, and she is fluent in many languages, good at playing the piano and painting, and has neat calligraphy...
Even contemporary great talents have humorously commented on her, saying that she is an indispensable landscape in the capital.
Many wealthy young men pursued her, but she married an ambitious man of the time at the arrangement of her parents.
That ambitious man had studied abroad and was a well-known figure. However, the only drawback was that he was busy with work and could not often accompany his wife.
Once, when she was free, she attended a dance and met Han Jinghong's great-grandfather, and they soon fell in love.
His great-grandmother resolutely left the ambitious man and was determined to remarry his great-grandfather.
Despite opposition from all their friends and family, the two of them still firmly came together.
However, their life after marriage was very difficult. His grandmother regretted it very much, but it was of no avail.
Originally, the Han family was very wealthy in the capital at that time. She never dreamed that the Han family would stop providing them with living expenses.
In particular, the Han family warned her when they got married, hoping that she would abide by the code of conduct for women and not treat marriage as a game. They hoped that this would be their last marriage.
These words made both of them feel deeply guilty. They did not receive blessings, but only warnings.
However, she has always lived a wealthy life and has no idea of being frugal. She has been spending money lavishly since she was a child.
After marrying his great-grandfather, she lived a difficult life. Without the support of her parents, their lives became even more stressful.
But his great-grandfather worked hard for love and gave her all the 5,400 yuan he had every month, but it was still not enough.
Four hundred dollars is equivalent to about fifteen hundred yuan today. How did their grandmother squander it?
It turned out that after marriage, their great-grandfather was too indulgent towards their great-grandmother. They often went to the theater, played mahjong, and attended night dances.
They buy fashionable clothes, taste delicious dishes, and also rent a luxury apartment for one hundred dollars a month.
Ten servants were employed, including a driver and a cook, and the expenses were considerable.
These expenses are an unnecessary burden on families facing increasingly severe economic conditions.
No matter how hard their great-grandfather worked, he could not earn enough to cover her expenses. After a few years, let alone romance, he was unwilling to even buy her a pair of pants.
His great-grandfather blamed her for not being considerate, and she blamed him for being incompetent, and the two eventually became a couple of enemies.
I fell in love with you at first sight, and my life was doomed from then on. A lifetime of love was frozen in an instant, and it ended in divorce again.
Han Jinghong's great-grandmother had already returned to her mother's home in Yuncheng with her children, including Han Jinghong's grandfather and siblings.
And she settled down in Yuncheng. Even though she knew that his great-grandfather was divorced again, she didn't want to see him.
His great-grandmother suffered the blow of divorce, and if her children were not young, she would not have wanted to live.
Twenty years later, after her children had all started their own families, she passed away with peace of mind.
Grandpa Han was in tears when he spoke, and Han Jinghong was also moved. "Grandpa, I will go to Shuanghe Village to find Su Shuoci early tomorrow morning."
"Jinghong, don't push yourself too hard. Grandpa goes to the capital every year to visit your cousin. That's enough."
Han Jinghong looked at his elderly grandfather and couldn't help thinking, if you don't care, why do you tell me so much!
But he still had a tactful look to comfort her, "Grandpa, we will definitely return to the capital to live again. Even if I don't know Su Shuoci, I can buy a house in the capital on my own."
"Jinghong, Grandpa is very optimistic about you. Unlike my brother's grandsons, they are not very motivated at all."
“…”
"It's late, Jinghong, you should go to bed early. Grandpa is old, and five hours of sleep a night is enough."
"Grandpa, you should go to bed early. Your grandson has to get up early tomorrow morning to go to Shuanghe Village." After saying this, Han Jinghong went back to the house to rest.
Su Shuoci, who was missed by the grandfather and grandson, drove back to Shuanghe Village after talking to his wife on the phone.
Seeing Hu Meili wandering under the sycamore tree at the gate of the Su family, Su Shuoci turned his eyes away in disgust.
"Brother Su, where have you been? Why did you come back so late?" Hu Meili asked shyly.
The only thing that answered her was a gust of wind. Su Shuoci had already slipped into the house. Hearing the sound, Song Zijie ran out to move things.
"Oh, who is that? Where is my brother Su?"
Song Zijie looked at Miss Hu San with contempt. She wanted to snatch Brother Su from my sister-in-law. She was simply dreaming.
"Brother Su has gone into the house to take a shower. If you want to follow her in, there's no door. One of you two will stay here to keep an eye on her, and the other will come with me to carry the things into the house."
“You…you…”
Song Zijie immediately interrupted Miss Hu San's unspoken words, "What's wrong with me?"
"You are really going too far."
"I bullied you, what can you do to me? Go back and call your old man over, I'm afraid of him."
"Woo woo...you are all bullies."
"I don't bully people, I only bully animals. Those who covet married men are worse than animals."
Miss Hu San couldn't stand it anymore and ran away crying. Mrs. Hu Er hid nearby and watched the joke. In the darkness, she laughed silently towards the sky.
Su Ermei, who lived in the Su family's side room with her three children, was also laughing out loud.
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