Chapter 158 Grandpa's Last Wish 8
On the way home, Grandpa Gu counted his property. He had three thousand in savings and three gold bars, which should be enough to buy a bungalow. If it was not enough, he could ask his son-in-law to borrow some, since the house would be left to them anyway.
He did not make a decision for his brothers. He told them to wait until they arrived in the capital and saw the situation first.
Even if he asked them to buy a house, they couldn't afford it. How much wealth does anyone have? Uncle Gu didn't say he knew everything, but he had a rough idea. Except for the seventh and second sons who could afford to buy a house, the third, fourth, and fifth sons couldn't.
In the capital, Gu Laoliu asked the freshman and the first year of high school to handle this matter. It is a good deal to buy a bungalow now. If you buy one with a good location, then when the city construction starts, Uncle Gu will be the one to be relocated.
Uncle Gu was a man of action. He arranged the land and house at home and brought Aunt Gu to the capital.
Da Yi took them to see several houses he had found. The best one was a courtyard house with one entrance, the kind that could be moved into right away, but it was also expensive, with the asking price being 35,000.
The price scared the old man. No matter how much he liked it, it was useless because his wallet wouldn't allow him to like it.
Uncle Gu never thought of borrowing money from Gu Laoliu, mainly because he never thought that Gu Laoliu would have 25,000 yuan, so he would not ask for it. His son-in-law was on a fixed salary, so he had even less.
He didn't ask, and Gu Laoliu didn't offer to lend him money, so the old man just bought it according to his current financial strength.
Finally, they bought a rather shabby bungalow with three bedrooms, a kitchen, and a utility room, which cost the old man five thousand yuan.
After the house was bought, Uncle Gu's daughter and son-in-law soon came to Beijing, but they did not bring the children with them. Before they could completely settle down, it would be better for the children to stay in their hometown to feel more secure.
Mr. Gu and his friends also came one after another. They were all old men who came with a son. The others stayed in their hometown. They came to test the waters first, and if it was feasible, they would let their family members come over.
Uncle Gu and his brothers were busy as always. Gu Laoliu did not get involved. Uncle Gu just asked him to stay at home and take good care of the children and not run around in such hot weather.
Everyone was working hard to stay in the capital, and the busy days passed quickly. When Chang'an was three years old, Uncle Gu and his business had developed very stably.
A group of old men all bought the houses they liked and moved their families to Beijing to live. Gu Jianshe and his two brothers heard from someone that Gu Laoliu had made a lot of money in Beijing and bought a big house.
They thought that it must be with the help of Gu Laoliu that Uncle Gu and the others were able to gain a foothold in the capital, so the three brothers packed up their things and went to the capital to find Gu Laoliu, completely forgetting about the severance of their relationship.
But they seemed to be getting more and more unlucky. Their money was stolen at the station and their train tickets were lost. They had no choice but to return to the village.
When they raised enough money to set out again, Gu Jianping broke his leg again. Gu Jianshe and Gu Jianan had no intention of waiting for him, so the two brothers left the village together. Then their money and train tickets were stolen at the station.
After going back and forth seven or eight times, the three brothers broke their legs one after another, but they could not get out of Hedong County.
Rumors were flying around the village, and the most common one was, "The three Gu Jianping brothers must have done too many bad things, so they are always so unlucky."
The gossip behind their backs made them unable to raise their heads, and they hated Gu Laoliu to the point of gnashing their teeth.
"Brother, the old man is too much. He doesn't even help his own son, but helps outsiders. Is there any father like him?"
Gu Jianshe was muttering to himself at Gu Jianping's house.
Gu Jianping did not respond. He thought so in his heart, but no matter how much he wanted to go to the capital to find the old man, it was useless. They were really unlucky and could not get out of Hedong County.
"Why don't we ask a fortune teller to do some fortune-telling?" Gu Jianan still felt that they should believe in superstition. Their bad luck was very coincidental and it happened repeatedly.
The three brothers went to the next village to find a famous fortune teller. After listening to the fortune teller's lies, they returned home happily.
As a result, they set out for the capital again, and started having bad luck again. Only then did they realize that they had been deceived by the fortune-teller.
Gu Laoliu and Chang'an, who were far away in the capital, knew what they were doing, but they didn't intend to do anything. Anyway, the three brothers would never be able to leave Hedong County in their lifetime and could only make a living by farming in the village.
Three-year-old Chang'an should go to kindergarten, but she doesn't want to go. "Actually, this step can be skipped. I don't plan to go to school in the future. I can just take the exam directly then."
Gu Laoliu thought it was a good idea. If Chang'an were to play with a group of three-year-old kids, she could destroy the kindergarten. If the children didn't cry, they would be angels, but if they started crying, they would be deadly. With her explosive temper, she might even punch any of the kids.
The father and daughter had no place to play, so they often went to climb the city wall, and then they met Mo Wang and his supporting actress Zheng Xiaoxiao.
Fate!
"It's so magical, the male lead doesn't play with the female lead, he actually gets together with the supporting female role."
Mo Wang looked back and saw a short-legged fat kid climbing the city wall using his hands and feet. He hadn't seen this kid for two years and he had grown so big.
Changan: You know we haven’t seen each other for two years, haven’t you grown up?
"What are you looking at? Haven't you ever seen such a beautiful and cute child? Bah, the male protagonist is indeed a scumbag who is greedy for more."
Mo Wang: ...Do you want to listen to what you are saying? Has his image become like this?
"Brother Mo Wang, what are you looking at?" Zheng Xiaoxiao followed his line of sight and looked over. Oh, it turned out to be a little fat baby, quite cute. The flesh on her face trembled when she walked. She couldn't gain such fat even if she drank less milk.
"Brother Mo Wang likes children?"
"I don't hate it," but I don't like it either. If it was as cute as the kid in front of him, he would probably like it.
Changan was also helpless. Did she want to gain weight? No, she wanted to gain weight on her own, and there was nothing she could do. She often climbed the wall, but she didn't lose any weight.
She walked past the two of them proudly, and Gu Laoliu followed slowly behind her, holding Chang'an's water bottle filled with juice in his hand.
He couldn't help but drink two sips, then found it delicious so he drank a few more. When Chang'an asked her sixth father for some water, there were only two or three sips of juice left.
Chang'an:...
"Let's go back," she turned around and walked downstairs with her short legs. She was almost dying of thirst. She really admired her sixth father.
Gu Laoliu walked back with an innocent look on his face. He didn't know how the drink ran out.
He walked forward and asked, "Do you want me to carry you?"
"No, let's go." There are not as many people on the city wall now as there will be in thirty or forty years, so there is no need to worry about being squeezed out by the crowd.
Of course, if there were so many people, she and her sixth father would not come, and would just go there to see people all day long.
Gu Laoliu suddenly said: "The male protagonist paired the female protagonist with his cousin."
"Huh?" What kind of magical operation was this? She remembered that the plot described the protagonist's cousin as being 1.6 meters tall, weighing 130 pounds, with squinty eyes, thick lips, a flat nose, and two big buck teeth when he smiled.
"How did they fall in love with each other?"
"It was the male protagonist who schemed against her. Originally, the female protagonist wanted to scheme against Zheng Xiaoxiao, and then he replaced the protagonist with the female protagonist, and that's how things happened."
The father and daughter chatted about the male and female protagonists in a casual manner, while Gu Laoliu carried Chang'an on his back and walked home.
When I got home, I saw Old Mrs. Han walking back and forth in front of their door, looking very anxious.
"Mrs. Han, are you okay?"
Seeing Gu Laoliu and Chang'an coming back, her tired eyes burst into joy and she stepped forward and tried to hold Gu Laoliu.
Gu Laoliu quickly dodged and said, "If you have something to say, just say it."