At Lin Wu's insistence, Fu Minghao and his wife had no choice but to go back to their room to rest. Tan Fuya suddenly asked, "Minghao, do you also think I've failed in raising our child?"
Old Fu was deeply troubled by the fact that his children had gone astray. He felt guilty for not noticing their problems in time and for letting them be taken advantage of. This guilt made him exceptionally tolerant of the children, and at one point he did things he hated.
Fu Minghao reassured him, "I was thinking about what Zhu Jiabao just said about public-private partnerships."
Tan Fuya didn't understand: "I've never heard of this before. Maybe it's a new policy. Tell me the truth about the child, and I won't blame you."
She taught the children, and her son died because of her mistake. It's understandable that Old Fu has resentment, but he hasn't mentioned it all these years, so she hasn't brought it up either. Today, the topic has come up, and she wants to know Old Fu's true thoughts.
Fu Minghao could only say, "The children are both ours. I also bear responsibility for them going astray. You've done very well."
Tan Fuya asked directly, "Back then, you wanted to take the children out to see the world, but I stopped you. I know you've been unhappy about that. If..."
Tan Fuya couldn't continue. If it happened again, she would probably still stop her.
Fu Minghao also spoke his mind: "Even if you don't stop me, I won't take them out. Back then, I would encounter danger every time I went out. If it weren't for the bodyguards that the Fu family employs, I wouldn't have been able to come back."
Later, his daughters were frightened every time they went out. Fu Jing was so frightened that she developed a high fever. Given the current situation, he dared not gamble. He agreed with keeping the children from going out, and it had little to do with his wife's objections.
At that time, he was constantly dealing with warlords and foreigners. Because he did not cooperate, he was targeted everywhere. It might not be easy to deal with him, but it was too easy to deal with his family. Staying at home was the best option.
Tan Fuya still felt guilty: "It's all because I'm timid."
Fu Minghao suddenly asked, "Fu Ya, do you remember how the Luo family was alright back then?"
Tan Fuya naturally replied, "Back then, their family supported those capitalists who controlled the market, and it was only because of your efforts that nothing happened."
Fu Minghao replied, "It wasn't me."
Tan Fuya asked in bewilderment, "We spent real money back then, there's no way we could fake that, right?"
Fu Minghao's eyes turned cold: "Yes! Real money was spent, how can we fake it?"
But he saw on the walls of the Zhu family's house that there were no paintings or calligraphy, but there were military regulations, all of which said one thing: never tolerate mistakes.
Military discipline best reflects a country's attitude. If the Luo family had really been involved, even as accomplices, it wouldn't have been as simple as confiscating their property. He handled things too smoothly back then, so smoothly that he thought his younger brother Zhu had intervened.
Fu Wen also complained that someone in the Luo family had used her dowry gold bars, but she checked and found nothing missing, so she didn't say anything for the sake of family harmony.
The family property was confiscated, including Fu Wen's dowry. She still secretly hid those gold bars and treasured them. Even if she were confused, she wouldn't take them out. Every family would mark their gold bars. If she said they were hers, then they would have the Fu family's mark. So where did the Luo family's gold bars come from?
There were just a few things he couldn't tell Fu Ya. He would talk to Brother Zhu when he had time and let him analyze them. He quickly calmed Fu Ya down, and the two of them rested.
The next day, everyone got up very early. Lin Wu prepared the meal, and Zhu Fanfan came downstairs. When Zhu Jiabao saw her, he was heartbroken: "It's still dark, why did you get up? Getting up so early will make you tired all day."
Zhu Fanfan was full of energy and even wanted to perform a backflip, but Zhu Jiabao stopped him. "Little darling," he said, "the Fu family's education is different from ours. If Sister-in-law Fu Ya disciplines him, he's worried they'll have a fight."
Zhu Fanfan pouted: "I like sports."
Zhu Jiabao comforted him, "Didn't we stop all our exercise in the dead of winter? When the weather gets warmer, Grandpa will teach you the basics. Once you start practicing, you can't stop. You have to practice hard in the sweltering summer and the freezing winter. If you don't practice for three days, you'll have wasted a whole year's work."
Zhu Fanfan nodded. She knew she had to be able to protect herself and she would definitely hold on.
As they were talking, Fu Minghao and his wife came out. They had originally wanted to help with the cooking, but the food was already on the table, so they felt a little embarrassed.
Zhu Jiabao said, "We bothered you for so long when we were in Shanghai, and you didn't say anything. So make yourself at home here and feel at ease."
After the group finished eating, Zhu Jiabao was about to leave. Before leaving, he reminded them, "Da Mei's house is next door. You can chat with her. If you don't understand anything, just ask Fanfan. She knows everything now. Fanfan is still breastfeeding and needs to drink formula every meal. She had a medicinal bath before and is still recovering. She can't eat greasy food, can't eat too much, can't eat sugar, and needs to exercise moderately. I will ask Da Mei to come over and help cook lunch."
Fu Minghao quickly replied, "Don't worry, would we starve ourselves? We'll take care of Fanfan too. You can go to work without worry, and we'll chat together after work."
Zhu Jiabao left looking back several times, clearly still worried. Tan Fuya couldn't help but ask, "Are we really that unreliable that he's so worried about us?"
Fu Minghao laughed: "Doesn't this mean Fanfan is living a good life in the Zhu family? You don't need to nag him at home anymore."
Tan Fuya then fell silent. She noticed that Zhu Jiabao spoiled the child even more than she did, still holding him even though he was so big and not allowing anyone to say a bad word about him. Yesterday, she even overheard a grown man calling a little kid "little ancestor," which was clearly a generational mismatch.
When it was light, Lin Damei came over and greeted me familiarly as soon as she entered: "You must be Sister-in-law Fuya? I heard from Sister-in-law Yumin that you took good care of her and Fanfan when they were in Shanghai. You can just call me Damei."
Tan Fuya was a little overwhelmed by the enthusiasm of the person and greeted her with a smile, "Hello, Da Mei."
Lin Damei said enviously, "If Sister-in-law Yumin hadn't said you were older than her, I would have thought you were more than ten years younger than me. You look so young, how do you maintain your youth?"
Yumin's sister-in-law is considered well-maintained among them, but compared to Fuya's sister-in-law, the difference is immediately noticeable. Compared to her, they are too rough.
Is Fuya's sister-in-law wearing the down jacket everyone's been talking about? I heard it's really warm. They all wear military overcoats here, which are also warm.
Tan Fuya was a little embarrassed: "It's not as good as you say. I just use some face cream at home when I have nothing to do."
Old Fu said that one should keep a low profile when out in public, and the only cosmetic she uses that can be considered low-key is her face cream, right?
To everyone's surprise, Lin Damei became even more envious: "I've never used face cream before! I'll buy some and try it sometime. What do you usually do at home?"
After thinking for a moment, Tan Fuya said a common hobby: "I usually do needlework at home."
Lin Damei was surprised: "You usually work in the fields at home? You don't look like farmers at all!"
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