Wealthy Beauty in the 60s-Chapter 446 - 448: Old Lady Gao Hangs Herself

"So should I also find someone to keep you company?" Gao Guofu’s words had just finished when Lin Xuebi glared, "You wouldn’t dare."

Gao Guofu didn’t speak; he wasn’t foolish. With his youngest son ending up in such a plight, how could he make a mistake?

Gao Guofu was very dissatisfied with Gao Jianhua, but he was never going to give Lin Xuebi the money from selling the house. The moment he gave it out, it would surely get spent.

Now that their family had already fallen apart, that money was their last resort. Perhaps it might come in handy in the future, so Gao Guofu was reluctant to even mention it.

Lin Xuebi was angry that Gao Guofu was even guarding against her. She started a ruckus with Gao Guofu, determined to find out where the money was hidden, but Gao Guofu just wouldn’t say.

Yang Hua saw Gao Jianmin return empty-handed and flew into a rage on the spot, scolding Gao Jianmin for being useless, for not thinking about her and the child. Gao Jianmin wasn’t without temper, and so husband and wife began arguing right then and there.

Old Lady Gao watched her son and daughter-in-law quarrel on one side, while the grandson and granddaughter-in-law were also arguing on the other side, which made her feel utterly desolate.

The next day, before dawn had even broken, Old Lady Gao took a length of rope and left the Red Star Production Team, heading towards the Guangming Production Team.

Xia Xiao was sleeping groggily when she suddenly heard Shitou shouting, "Wake up, Xia Xiao, you need to wake up! Old Lady Gao has taken a rope and is hanging herself at your front door."

Xia Xiao awoke in alarm and said to Shitou, "What did you say? Say it again."

"Hurry outside, Old Lady Gao is hanging herself with a rope at your front door."

As soon as Shitou finished speaking, Xia Xiao was startled and immediately got out of bed to go to the door. When she opened the door, Xia Xiao screamed out loud.

It drew everyone over, and Zheng Xianghong ran out asking, "What happened?"

"Somebody’s hanging themselves."

Upon realizing it was Old Lady Gao, Zheng Xianghong became furious, "What are you trying to do?"

Xia Xiao immediately took a knife and cut the rope. Gao Guoqiang and Zheng Xianghong caught Old Lady Gao. Gao Jiazhi and Sun Yuhua also ran out. Knowing that Old Lady Gao had come to their doorstep to hang herself, they too were angry.

It was fortunate that Xia Xiao found her; otherwise, encountering Old Lady Gao hanging dead at her front door first thing in the morning would have brought such bad luck.

Xia Xiao was somewhat worried that Old Lady Gao was dead, which would indeed be very ominous. She immediately felt the stone at the front of her neck.

Shitou said, "Don’t worry; she had just put her neck through the loop. She passed out from exhaustion, not from hanging."

Xia Xiao breathed a sigh of relief. As long as she wasn’t dead, that was good. Thinking about how Old Lady Gao traveled from the Red Star Production Team to the Guangming Production Team and then fussed with a rope, it really would have taken a lot of effort. No wonder she was exhausted.

"If you want to die, die further away. My family doesn’t owe you anything," Zheng Xianghong refused to let Gao Guoqiang bring Old Lady Gao inside, saying directly, "Take her back to the Red Star Production Team or send her to the village office. In any case, I won’t let her enter this door."

"Xianghong, she’s my mother," although Gao Guoqiang was also disheartened by Old Lady Gao, he was still worried now that she was unconscious.

"That’s why I’m telling you to take her to the village office and leave it to the secretary and the head to deal with. Or send her to the Red Star Production Team; she won’t die." Zheng Xianghong refused to let Old Lady Gao inside and was afraid of softening for a moment. If Old Lady Gao clung to her home, she’d rather be the one with a harsh heart.

Thinking about what Old Lady Gao had done to her family, Zheng Xianghong harbored not a hint of sympathy for Old Lady Gao in her heart; in fact, she wished deep down that Old Lady Gao would just die and be done with it.

"Dad, let’s take her back to the Red Star Production Team," Gao Jiazhi said.

Gao Guoqiang nodded his head, lifted Old Lady Gao onto his back, and despite Gao Jiazhi’s offer to carry her, Gao Guoqiang refused. Thereupon Gao Guoqiang carried Old Lady Gao back to the Red Star Production Team.

Zheng Xianghong, worried, asked Gao Jiazhi to follow and take a look.

"It’s not that I’m heartless; I’m afraid the old lady will laze around our house again. She had the heart to sever ties, and now she turns up at our doorstep trying to hang herself. If she wants to die, she shouldn’t sully our doorstep," Zheng Xianghong fumed with indignation at Old Lady Gao.

Sun Yuhua said, "Thank goodness Xia Xiao found her."

Xia Xiao quickly said, "I had just gotten up and was thinking of going to the toilet when I heard something by the door, so I went to have a look. It gave me quite a shock."

Indeed, even though Xia Xiao had been forewarned by Shitou and gone out, she was still shocked by the sight of Old Lady Gao hanging herself. She thought if Old Lady Gao had really died, she would definitely have nightmares.

"You were fortunate to notice her so soon," Zheng Xianghong said to Xia Xiao. As for Old Lady Gao, her mother-in-law, Zheng Xianghong didn’t even know what to say anymore.

Meanwhile, Gao Guoqiang was taking Old Lady Gao back, with Gao Jiazhi following. Father and son remained silent on the way, not knowing what to say.

Old Lady Gao woke up on Gao Guoqiang’s back. She didn’t truly want to die but had intended to use the threat of suicide and hadn’t expected to nearly actually hang herself by accident. Now, tears rolling down her face, she pleaded, "Guoqiang, I’m only asking you this one time, please let your brother’s family come back. If not, I might as well die on your doorstep."

Old Lady Gao made her threats out loud as if promising that, if Gao Guoqiang didn’t agree, she would do this every day.

"If grandma wants to die, do it far away. We won’t be threatened by you. It was you who came over to our house causing a scene, you who wanted to sever ties, and you who wanted to change the household registration. What do you mean by this now? Do you think our family is easy to bully? My dad is just too easygoing, which is why you think we can be bullied, right? Do you believe that if you die on our doorstep, I won’t be able to burn Gao Guofu’s house to the ground without anyone being the wiser?" Gao Jiazhi also made a threat, feeling an extreme sense of disgust toward Old Lady Gao—she had gone from just being a nuisance to being a pest.

"You are not my grandson; you have no right to speak about the Gao family’s matters," Old Lady Gao retorted angrily.

Gao Jiazhi chuckled disdainfully, "I have never been your grandson. I am my father’s son. You don’t even recognize your own son and have severed ties. So naturally, I have nothing to do with you."

Gao Guoqiang interjected, "Jiazhi is my son."

"I don’t believe it; he looks like Zheng Xianghong," Old Lady Gao said.

Gao Guoqiang responded in exasperation, "What’s wrong with my son looking like Zheng Xianghong? Guofu also looks like you. What are you trying to say?"

Old Lady Gao was left speechless.

Gao Guoqiang continued, "Since you are from the Red Star Production Team, don’t come back to the Guangming Production Team. I’m not the team leader anymore; I don’t have any say, and even if you come to me, it’s useless. And remember, I’m no longer the team leader because of you all."

Gao Guoqiang said nothing more, Old Lady Gao fell silent, and Gao Jiazhi didn’t speak either.

The group returned to the Red Star Production Team in silence. Gao Guoqiang inquired about the Gao Guofu family’s house. When Old Lady Gao didn’t utter a word, he said, "Then I’ll carry you over to Liu Haiguo’s house."

Old Lady Gao then pointed toward her family’s house. The house that the Gao Guofu family had built in the Red Star Production Team was much larger and more spacious than the old one.

If it had not been for their son-in-law Wang Xueyong, how could Gao Guofu have secured such a good location and built such a large courtyard? And still, they were not satisfied.