"Your fourth brother and your younger sister were also stunned when they saw this. They were afraid of taking responsibility, and they felt that your father had always been more biased towards you, so they were unwilling to accept it. Therefore, they covered it with iron sheets, left in a hurry, went back to the city, pretended not to know about this, and then shifted the responsibility for losing the person onto you, hoping to make you feel guilty and also hoping to squeeze some money out of you."
"Sooner or later you will find the person in the cesspool, but by then the person will probably be dead. Then the responsibility will be pushed onto you, and you will have to pay for the funeral expenses alone."
“Your brothers will also turn against your family, and you will feel indebted to them.”
"They won't have to spend money to support your father anymore, which is a win-win-win situation."
Jiang Yuan said calmly.
Her words left everyone sighing.
Everyone says having many children and grandchildren brings good fortune, but look at that, it's all just calculation.
[He'd abandon his own father for that little bit of money; what an ingrate!]
[What a brilliant plan! I'm completely blown away. I have to say, awesome!]
[That's not just awesome, that's downright ruthless!]
“After my dad developed dementia, he only remembered my mom. He forgot all of us who were his children, but he never forgot my mom.”
“Years ago, my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. My father did take out all the savings he had accumulated to try and treat her, but by then it was already in its late stages, and the money was never used before she passed away.”
Gou Quangui spoke up.
People in rural areas don't have this awareness; if they have a headache, dizziness, or a cold and fever, they just take some medicine and they're fine.
If I feel unwell, I just rest and feel better. I don't think about things like cancer, and I would never have a physical examination or go to the hospital unless the problem is serious.
When problems were discovered and people went to the hospital, it was already late-stage breast cancer.
The cancer spread rapidly, and his mother passed away within a month or two of going to the hospital.
“That money wasn’t spent on my mother, but… but it was spent on us.”
“My daughter went to college, and my dad gave her 10,000 yuan. My second brother’s house needed repairs, and my dad gave him 15,000 yuan. My third brother moved to a new house, and my dad gave him 10,000 yuan to buy furniture. My fourth brother got married, and my dad gave him 20,000 yuan. When my youngest sister got married, my dad gave her money to make her a gold ring and gold earrings as her dowry.”
“Money isn’t inexhaustible. Over the years, with all sorts of miscellaneous expenses, my dad’s tens of thousands of yuan have long been spent. Where would he have any money left?”
Gou Quangui spoke up, also lamenting the foolishness and ruthlessness of his fourth brother and younger sister.
“How could my uncle and aunt treat my grandfather like this! Ever since I can remember, my grandfather has always said that if his youngest sons ever have any difficulties, we should help them more, because they are his own brothers.”
“My uncle and aunt always come to our house empty-handed, but leave with bags and bags of things. We never say anything. How can they do this?”
"After my uncle got married, it was supposed to be that all four families took turns taking care of him. But because my aunt was unwilling, it became that the three of us took turns taking care of him. My uncle paid my dad to take care of him, but... but my uncle only gave me three hundred a month."
“If something happens to my grandfather’s health, the 300 yuan won’t be enough to cover the medical expenses and medicine. But my grandfather and my father both say, ‘Let it go, he’s my younger brother, and it’s not easy for either of us.’”
"How...how could they do this?"
Gou Suxin felt increasingly aggrieved as she spoke, and tears streamed down her face.
Her grandfather favored her uncle and aunt, so how come in their eyes, her grandfather was biased towards them?
“People are never satisfied. What your grandfather gave them, they will only think that he gave your father and the others more. Once this suspicion is formed, it will grow bigger and bigger over time, until they finally believe that it is the truth,” Jiang Yuan replied.
"Go find your grandfather quickly. He's been inside for a whole day and night. If you don't go soon, he might really die," Jiang Yuan continued.
Hurry, hurry, hurry! I'm in a real hurry!
I'm very worried too. I can't stand this kind of thing happening. I hope everyone is alright. Please, please let everyone be alright.
"Right away, right away." Gou Suxin didn't dare to delay, and together with Gou Quangui and their neighbors, they headed towards her second uncle's house.
Her father, her second uncle, and her third uncle all lived in the village. They lived close by, and it only took them a few steps or ten or twenty minutes to walk to each other's doorsteps.
As for her fourth uncle and aunt, one made some money in his early years and then bought a car and a house in the city after selling the land he had previously owned in the village, while the other married into the city.
Therefore, her fourth uncle and aunt had a good relationship, and the two families were quite close.
Two years ago, she heard that her fourth uncle had helped her aunt invest in stocks and they made a lot of money.
At that time, her aunt borrowed money from several of their families, saying that she could use the money to invest in stocks and make double the money, and then she would give them dividends.
However, she was still in college at the time and needed money every month, so her parents didn't lend her any.
Her second and third uncles did lend her money, but she didn't know how much they lent. All she knew was that later, whenever her second and third uncles mentioned her aunt, their faces would turn dark and change color.
For a period of time, her second and third uncles stopped contacting her aunt, so whenever her aunt came to visit, she would come to their house.
It was only this year that they started to move around a little more.
When they arrived, Gou Lao Er was drying the grain.
Seeing this scene, Gou Lao Er looked puzzled. Before he could ask, Gou Quan Gui and the others walked past them and headed straight for the cesspool near his house.
Seeing that they were about to lift the sheet metal covering the pit, Gou Lao Er rushed over and said, "Boss, what are you doing? Why are you looking for the cesspool instead of Dad? Have you been traumatized?"
"I'm not upset, hey, Lao Er, move aside!" Seeing Gou Lao Er blocking his way, Gou Quangui didn't know how to explain, so he could only anxiously tell Gou Lao Er to move aside.
"Second Uncle, please move aside, my grandfather is inside," Gou Suxin said anxiously.
"This is just a cesspool. I even covered it with sheet metal. Even if your grandpa is mentally challenged, he wouldn't lift the sheet metal and crawl into the cesspool himself." Gou Lao Er glanced at the cesspool covered with sheet metal and said incredulously.
Gou Quangui was not good with words and didn't know how to explain. He was also worried about the people inside, so in the end he pushed Gou Lao Er away.
Gou Lao Er pushed two steps to the side, and Gou Suxin and her neighbor immediately seized the opportunity to lift the sheet metal.
When it was opened, a foul odor filled the air, making one want to vomit.
"Ugh, it really stinks! Boss, you should cover the metal sheet up quickly, Dad can't possibly..." Gou Lao Er said, pinching his nose and enduring the nauseating smell.
Before he could finish speaking, a neighbor exclaimed, "Hey, quick, look, there really is someone there!"
Gou Lao Er took a closer look and was stunned.
Others might not recognize him, but that's his dad. He spends at least four months of the year with him, so how could he not recognize him?
"Hey, it's Dad, it's Dad."
"Quickly, get them out of the water!"
"Gou Lao Er said nervously."
Because the area was crowded with people and the noise attracted passersby and neighbors, everyone came out to watch.
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