86, eighty-sixth(1/2)
Gu Chuqing drove Ji Hongxiu's car back to Guyu Town. She went home, found a large bag of things in the old cabinet at home and stuffed it into the trunk. Then she went back to the traditional Chinese medicine store in the town to grab some traditional Chinese medicine and put it away.
After getting well, we went to Ma Hao's house.
The Ma family is busy at the moment.
The countryside is full of human kindness. When Ma Hao's grandma came back, many nearby neighbors came to Ma's house to visit and chat with the old lady.
When Gu Chuqing arrived, there was already a circle of people sitting around in the Ma family's living room.
"Hey, is it Chu Qing who is here? Why do I see this eldest daughter looks so much like Chu Qing?" As soon as Gu Chuqing stepped into the house, the old lady saw her sharply.
"Auntie." Gu Chuqing called out crisply, held a small stool at the door and walked towards the old lady.
Gu Chuqing obediently sat next to the old lady: "When my aunt comes back, are you still going to my cousin's house?"
The old lady was picked up by her daughter after the Dragon Boat Festival last year and was taken to the provincial capital. It was a long journey and it was not easy to get back and forth as she got older. She didn’t even make it back in time for the Chinese New Year. If she had heard a few days ago that her eldest grandson was hospitalized, she would have been in the provincial capital.
Stay for a while.
"I'm not going. My son-in-law's house is not as comfortable as my own." The old lady touched Gu Chuqing's head lovingly, squinted her eyes, looked at Gu Chuqing inside and out, and then praised: "
My Chuqing grows more and more beautiful."
The old man took a candy from his pocket and skillfully stuffed it into Gu Chuqing's mouth.
The old lady liked to feed Gu Chuqing sweets like this. When Gu Chuqing was a child, she always suspected that her aunt's pocket was the Jingle Cat's bag, with everything in it.
Gu Chuqing listened to several old ladies chatting about their parents, but couldn't get a word in. After sitting for a while, she stood up and said, "Auntie, my aunt is cooking. I'll go and help her."
It's the first day the old lady comes back. The Ma family is going to have a banquet, and my cousin must be busy in the kitchen right now.
The old lady chuckled: "Go, go."
Gu Chuqing said hello to the people in the room and walked to the kitchen. As soon as she left, she could faintly hear conversations coming from the living room.
"Mrs. Fan, your Chuqing family has a date."
The old lady's eyes lit up and she became interested: "Is it true or false?"
"Of course it's true. We brought it back to our town and showed it to everyone."
Old lady: "Our Chu Qing is so good-looking, which young man wouldn't like it..."
Hearing what everyone was chatting about, Gu Chuqing smiled with her dark eyes and shook her head helplessly. This is how it is in a small town. Anyone in the younger generation who wants to bring someone of the opposite sex back will become everyone's chat partner for a long time. However,
It's not okay to let this misunderstanding continue. We need to find an opportunity to explain it later.
"Hey, Chuqing is back. Didn't you say you would come back tomorrow?"
Ma Hao was helping his mother peel potatoes in the kitchen when he saw Gu Chuqing come in and handed her a vegetable basket: "Help pick vegetables, I'm so busy."
Jin Mei, who was cooking, heard Ma Hao's words and slapped him on the back with her backhand, laughing and scolding: "I'm not even busy to death, but you are busy to death first. As soon as Chu Qing comes, you instruct her to do things. You are in this school."
Did you bully your sister like this?"
Ma Hao cried sadly: "Mom, how dare I? When did you ever see me bullying her?"
"I'm sorry, but you won't do it either. Ignore him at Chu Qing. The kitchen is not busy. Go and play with your aunt." Jin Mei changed her face like she was flipping through a book. She looked fiercely at Ma Hao, but towards Gu Chuqing she had a warm face.
laugh.
"Auntie can't treat me as a guest." Gu Chuqing smiled, picked up the bench and started to help pick vegetables.
Ma Hao squatted down next to Gu Chuqing, peeling potatoes and chatting with Gu Chuqing: "Chuqing, the woman I met today really looks like you and Fan Qiaoqiao."
Gu Chuqing: "Is it really that similar?"
Ma Hao nodded: "Why are you lying to me? When that woman raised her eyebrows, it was exactly the same as when Fan Qiaoqiao disliked us for being country bumpkins. I think something is a little strange. Do you want to call and ask my uncle?"
The uncle Ma Hao refers to is Fan Zhiwei. He should actually be called Cousin Fan Zhiwei, but when he was a child, he heard Gu Chuqing and Gu Yao both call him Uncle Fan Zhiwei, so he just followed the call. He has never changed his name from this title to this day.
"Maybe they just look alike." Seeing Ma Hao's categorical statement, Gu Chuqing paused and became a little unsure.
However, thinking of the situation of the Fan family, Gu Chuqing put away her doubts again.
The Fan family came from Guyu Town in the late Qing Dynasty and fled from famine. The family has a simple population. Counting upwards, there is Grandpa Zeng, and there are an aunt in Grandpa’s generation, and then there are Chuqing’s uncle and mother. You can count them all on one hand.
.So, Gu Chuqing felt that the woman Ma Hao met had nothing to do with the Fan family.
Ma Hao: "I looked back and thought about it, and I thought it was too similar. She has the Fan family's signature multi-layered eyelids."
Jin Mei, who was cooking, heard the conversation between the two, shook her hands, turned around and asked, "Does it sound like what you are talking about..."
Ma Hao raised his head and looked at his mother: "Mom, I met a woman who looks very similar to Chu Qing at the city hospital today."
Hearing this, Jin Mei's eyes flashed with doubts. She turned around and started cooking again.
Gu Chuqing had dinner at Ma's house and saw that it was not too late, so she planned to go back to Fujin tonight. She also wanted to go to Zhuang Ling's house tomorrow to see if she could tell Zhuang Ling's mother to get rid of the Yin Qi first.
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When she left, she took Ma Hao with her. Anyway, Ma Hao was not going back to the city tonight and would have to go back early tomorrow morning.
The cousins left. The conversation between the two during the day was passed down to my aunt's wife through Jin Mei's mouth at night.
While packing up the things the old lady brought back, Jin Mei said, "Mom, do you think the daughter Haozi met today is Fan Guohua's daughter."
Jin Mei is also a native of Guyu Town, and she knows a little about the Fan family's old stories.
My aunt's wife was sitting on the bedside, with a look of cold anger on her wrinkled face: "His name is not Fan Guohua. He himself said back then that his surname is not Fan."
"It's been decades and mom is still angry!" Jin Mei looked at the old lady and whispered.
Aunt Fan narrowed her eyes and said bitterly: "Because of him, I don't dare to die. I'm afraid that I won't be able to see my father if I die."
Jin Mei reassured her, "Whatever angry words Mom said are none of your business."
"The heirs of the Fan family are in a difficult situation. They have finally gained a lot of fame, but they don't want to be careless. Let's not mention him. Since he chose to sever ties at the beginning, he will not come back in the future." Aunt Fan became angry when she mentioned the man named Fan Guohua.
: "Mei Zi, don't be busy. Find Zhiwei's phone number and I'll give him a call."
Jin Mei nodded, dialed Fan Zhiwei's number, and then handed the phone to the old lady.
Old Mrs. Fan didn’t know what she said to Fan Zhiwei on the phone. After hanging up the phone, Fan Zhiwei sat on the balcony with a complicated mood and smoked for a whole night. Old Mrs. Fan also couldn’t sleep, thinking with her eyes open.
one night.
Gu Chuqing and the younger generations know nothing about the grievances and resentments of the older generation. Even if she knew about the past, she would not be able to get involved.
Little did she know that the person they were talking about today would put both her and Fan Qiaoqiao in danger in the future.
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It's night, and the sky is filled with stars.
In the car, Ma Hao drove the car and asked excitedly: "Chu Qing, where did you get this car? The performance is really good..."
Gu Chuqing leaned on the car and said lazily: "I borrowed it from a friend."
Ma Hao: "Is he the person who lived in your house some time ago?"
Gu Chuqing nodded and said "Yeah".
Hearing this, Ma Hao asked tentatively: "Is he my cousin's husband?"
He didn't follow the people in the town to make noise. He knew Chu Qing and knew that Chu Qing didn't talk to someone so casually. But everyone said so, so he couldn't help but ask more questions.
Gu Chuqing smiled: "Why do you think so too? No...that's just a friend."
Ma Hao: "It's okay if it's not. I've met that man before, and he's not from the same family as us. Chuqing, you have to find someone who is well-matched, so as not to be bullied."
Gu Chuqing chuckled: "Don't worry about your mother. As for you, I heard that you seem to be pursuing a certain classmate in school. How is it? Do you have any recent plans?"
Ma Hao blushed and said, "That's not the case."
Damn it, how did Chu Qing know about this...which bastard has such a big mouth?
The cousins chatted and soon entered the city. Ma Hao looked at his phone: "It's a bit late. Do you want to go back to school tonight?"
Gu Chuqing: "If you don't want to go back, let's find a place to stay first and then go back to school tomorrow."
Ma Hao: "Then, do you want to send this car back to your wealthy friend?"
Gu Chuqing opened her mouth and was about to say no. At this time, a ringtone rang in Zhili. Gu Chuqing took out her cell phone and saw that it was Ji Hongxiu calling.
The phone was connected, and Ji Hongxiu asked Gu Chuqing if he wanted to go to Marriott. The boxing match was about to start and it was very interesting. He was in a hurry so he went over to have fun.
Gu Chuqing thought for a while and agreed.
Anyway, she has nothing to do tonight. After checking out the room, she will just go to sleep. She, a country bumpkin, has never seen what a boxing match is like. It would be good to go and have fun and gain some experience.
After hanging up the phone, Gu Chuqing asked Ma Hao to drive the car to the Marriott Club.
When Ma Hao heard the address reported by Guchu Qingbao, his little eyes widened and he said excitedly: "Marriott Club... I know, I know, it is said that it is very fun inside, let's go, let's take advantage of you today.
I’m going to see it too.”
Gu Chuqing: "How do you know that kind of place?"
"There is a big tycoon in our class, he said so." Ma Hao turned the car around, stepped on the accelerator, and drove towards the Marriott Club.
Arriving at the Marriott Club, Ma Hao's eyes widened when he saw the long row of cars parked outside the club, and he said: "Any one of these cars can reach my slaughterhouse."
Gu Chuqing patted Ma Hao on the shoulder: "When you graduate, carry forward my cousin's spirit and open slaughterhouses throughout Fujin. Then you can buy them too."
To be continued...