Chu Tianyao drove a car and left Yongning with Liu Na, Chu He and Chu Guangsheng.
Jianghe County, like Yongning, belongs to Lucheng. The distance between the two places is only a few dozen kilometers. The Chu family is in a town below Jianghe.
Since the supply and marketing cooperative was restructured last year, Chu Guangsheng has been living with his parents most of the time, which makes it easier to take care of the elderly at home.
After driving for just over two hours, the group had arrived in the town.
The town is called Yangjiang Town. Speaking of which, the old Chu family was quite famous in this town in the past. Chu Tianyao's grandfather, Chu Guoyuan, was the deputy director of the Office of the Industrial and Commercial Bureau. Although he was a deputy, he was still considered to be a royal eater.
Villagers from ten miles and eight villages have to call out "Director Chu" when they see him.
Although he later retired, the work was handed over to his eldest son Chu Yunde. Chu Yunde was quite skillful and climbed to the position of deputy director within a few years. Now he is not even fifty yet.
Deputy Chu is here.
Over the years, because of the eldest son of the Chu family, Chu Guoyuan has become even more prominent in the town. If any family has a wedding or wedding, they have to invite this old man to attend.
"Third uncle, it stands to reason that my uncle's family is so powerful that they can't even help you with this little help!"
The car hadn't arrived at Yangjiang Town yet. Chu Tianyao couldn't help but frown and asked after hearing Chu Guangsheng mention his uncle Chu Yunde.
After all, they are blood brothers. At first, it was okay for Chu Yunde to take over his father's job. Now that he has become prosperous and his family has moved to the county town, he no longer cares about his parents and brothers, which really makes Chu Tianyao look down on him.
"Hey... every family has sutras that are difficult to recite, and your uncle can't help himself."
In the back seat of the car, Chu Guangsheng sighed, and then talked in detail about his eldest brother Chu Yunde.
It turns out that the reason why the old man of the Chu family gave the opportunity to the eldest brother Chu Yunde to take up the post was because Chu Yunde was dating someone whose family was in business, and the other party's family disliked Chu Yunde's low status.
Seeing that the marriage was going to be dirty, after Chu Yunde's repeated requests, the old man couldn't bear it and had to secretly give him the opportunity to take up the post.
With the iron rice bowl and the status of being able to eat royal food, Chu Yunde got married the next year. Later, with the help of his father-in-law, he climbed up in the bureau within a few years.
Although he looks powerful, Chu Yunde actually knows that he has always relied on his father-in-law.
His wife's natal family was powerful, so Chu Yunde naturally became a naughty person, and he obeyed his wife Zhang Meiyu's words even more.
"Your eldest aunt has always been unkind to us poor relatives. My eldest brother doesn't want to see me. It's probably because of this reason."
Chu Guangsheng said, and he understood why he had gone to the city to find Chu Yunde several times, but the other party had always avoided him.
"Why, poor relatives are no longer relatives? Their bones are broken but their tendons are still attached."
In the car, before Chu Tianyao could say anything, Chu He said with a dissatisfied look on his face after hearing these words.
Although Liu Na didn't interrupt, she obviously didn't have a good impression of her uncle Chu Yunde's family.
"That's what you say, but who made us poor... After your second aunt happened to you this time, I finally understood some truth."
At this point, Chu Guangsheng said with a wry smile.
He used to work in a supply and marketing cooperative, and he was prosperous for a while, but he never thought about the country's large-scale reform of supply and marketing cooperatives across the country, and Chu Guangsheng lost his iron rice bowl overnight.
The house leaked and it rained all night. At this juncture, his wife Li Xiulan fell seriously ill again, and his savings were wiped out in just six months.
From rich to poor, Chu Guangsheng gained a new understanding of life in a true sense when he saw clearly the warmth and warmth of human nature.
At noon.
The car entered Yangjiang Town and, under Chu Guangsheng's instructions, stopped outside the yard of a two-story building.
Although it is a self-built house, it is quite good with two floors.
As soon as the car stopped, Chu Guangsheng got out of the car and entered the yard and shouted to the back room: "Dad, Mom, look who's here?"
Hearing Chu Guangsheng's voice, an old man in the room came out.
"Tianyao!"
As soon as Chu Guoyuan came out, he saw Chu Tianyao standing behind Chu Guangsheng, with a smile on his old face.
"Dad, haven't you been talking about Tianyao? This year I will let him come to our house to celebrate the New Year."
Chu Guangsheng laughed at the side.
"Grandpa, I'm here to wish you a happy new year."
Although the person in front of him felt a little strange to him, Chu Tianyao finally shouted out and carried a bunch of gifts in his hand into the living room.
Behind Chu Tianyao, Liu Na pulled Chu He forward and said hello to the two old people in front of her.
"Okay, okay, just come."
Chu Guoyuan just nodded to Liu Na and Chu He. Although he was already in his sixties, he still acted like a veteran cadre.
After entering the Chu house, Chu Tianyao also met his second aunt Li Xiulan who was also under the same roof.
Since suffering from kidney disease, Li Xiulan can only rely on dialysis twice a week to maintain her life. Her face is slightly pale, and she is almost closed at home all day long.
After learning from Chu Guangsheng that Chu Tianyao lent them money to treat their illnesses, she looked at Chu Tianyao with a hint of gratitude.
"Sister-in-law, why do I feel like my grandparents don't like me very much?"
In the living room, seeing Chu Guoyuan paying no attention to anyone and just chatting with Chu Tianyao for a few words, Chu He couldn't help but lowered his head and asked in Liu Na's ear.
"Don't think too much. You are their granddaughter. How could they not like you?"
Liu Na patted the back of Chu He's hand and explained softly.
In fact, not only Chu He, but also Liu Na felt that the attitude of Chu Guoyuan and his wife towards her seemed to be particularly cold.
"Tianyao, grandma didn't tell you, you've been married for a while, why haven't you heard anything yet?"
Hu Guifeng, who had white hair and had some difficulty in moving, was sitting in front of the iron stove on crutches. He glanced at Liu Na with a cold look and saw that the latter had a flat stomach and seemed to be very dissatisfied.
"When I married into the Chu family, I gave birth to the eldest son within a year, and then became pregnant with your father and the third child. I was able to spread the branches and leaves of the Chu family, but I never thought that your generation would be so disappointing.
, all are girls.”
Hu Guifeng's typical feudal thought of favoring boys over girls, but this kind of thought still exists even thirty years later, not to mention now.
After hearing these words, Liu Na's shoulders trembled.
It has been a year since she married into the Chu family. If she had been in their rural area, she would have been slandered by others. Liu Na herself was not willing to accept it. She felt somewhat guilty for not being able to conceive a child for Chu Tianyao for so long.
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"How long have we been married? Besides, Nana and I both have careers to be busy with. It will be the same if we have a baby in two years."
Feeling the destructive power of the old lady's words to Liu Na, Chu Tianyao smiled and said perfunctorily, but held Liu Na's left hand under the table with his right hand, indicating that the other party should not be nervous.
On the side, Li Xiulan, who looked sickly, brought two plates of melon seeds and fruits from the back room, placed them in front of Chu Tianyao, and smiled at him.
"What kind of career can she be busy with?"
After listening to Chu Tianyao's words, Hu Guifeng glanced at Liu Na, and then looked at Li Xiulan in front of her, with a hint of disgust in her eyes.
"Don't be like your second aunt, a good-for-nothing."
Hu Guifeng's words caused the atmosphere in the room to suddenly freeze. Chu Tianyao did not expect that the old lady in front of him would speak so harshly.
Li Xiulan was infertile, and Chu Tianyao also knew about this. For many years, the two old men had wanted Chu Guangsheng to divorce and find another one, but Chu Guangsheng chose Li Xiulan instead.
Now she is better. Ever since Li Xiulan got sick, she has been more like a god of plague in this family, unable to hold her head up.
as expected.
As soon as Hu Guifeng said these words, Li Xiulan couldn't help the tears in her eyes, covered her face and ran towards the door.
"Second aunt!"
When Liu Na saw this, she quickly got up and chased her, for fear that she would not be able to think about it.
"Let her go, she is not enough in this family anyway."
Hu Guifeng glared at the door, then glanced at Chu He who was sitting alone.
Feeling the look in his grandmother's eyes, Chu He subconsciously sat down next to Chu Tianyao.
"Okay, this Chinese New Year has to be a joke!"
Chu Guoyuan glared at the person next to him, and then Hu Guifeng stopped talking.
At this time, Chu Tianyao, who was sitting in his original position, smiled bitterly, and he more or less understood the reason why his father left the Chu family in the first place.