Chapter 564: Worse than Beasts
Han Jinghong knew from a young age that his grandfather wanted to return to the imperial 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 them with him and live in the remote and poor Yunhe County.
His father and uncles were born and raised in 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 parents were not happy.
He divorced in order to keep up with the trend, 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 of them 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.
I begged, "Xiaomi, give me some money. I need to buy a new pair of pants."
However, his wife responded angrily: "There is no extra money. You only get four hundred dollars a month, which is not enough for me."
His wife became more and more annoyed as she spoke. After all, she was a lady from a prominent family and a great beauty during the Republic of China era.
She was a well-known 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, was naturally intelligent, good at socializing, and had a rich life.
Her parents carefully nurtured her, and she is proficient 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 young men from wealthy families pursued her, but she married an ambitious man of the time under 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 that ambitious man and was determined to remarry his great-grandfather.
Although all their relatives and friends were opposed to their being together, the two still firmly came together.
However, their life after marriage was very difficult. His grandmother regretted it very much, but it was too late.
Originally, the Han family was very wealthy in the capital at that time, and 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 any blessings, only warnings.
However, she has always lived a wealthy life and did not know how to be 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 all his only 5,400 yuan a month to her, 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 to their young great-grandmother. They often went to the theater, played mahjong, and attended night dances.
They bought fashionable clothes, tasted delicious dishes, and also rented 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 support 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 resentment.
I fell in love with you at first sight, and my life was doomed to failure. Our love was frozen in an instant, and we ended up getting divorced 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 his 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 had not been young, she would have wanted to die.
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, and 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 comforted him with a look of tact, "Grandpa, we will definitely return to the capital to live again. Even if I don't know Su Shuoci, my grandson can buy a house in the capital by himself."
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"Jinghong, grandpa is very optimistic about you. You are unlike my brother's grandsons who 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 Su's house, 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 gone sideways 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 just dreaming.
"Sister 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 should stay here to keep an eye on her, and the other one should 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 am bullying you, what can you do to me? Go back and call your old man over, I am afraid of him."
"Wow...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 was laughing silently towards the sky.
Su Ermei, who lived in the side room of the Su family with her three children, was also laughing out loud.
(End of this chapter)
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