Wealthy Beauty in the 60s-Chapter 569 - 571: Attentive and Thorough Preparation
As for the Gao Guofu family who had returned to the Red Star Team, they eyed the money in their hands with great eagerness.
Gao Guofu stowed the money away and said, "Don’t even think about this money, it’s for my treatment."
"Dad, your treatment only requires fifty thousand yuan, you should leave some for the family," Gao Jianmin said.
Yang Hua also spoke up, "Yeah, Dad, if you don’t consider your son, at least think about your grandson and great-grandson."
Lin Xuebi glared, "Your dad hasn’t even started his treatment, and you’re already eyeing this money. Let me tell you, this money is mine and your dad’s. If there’s any left after the treatment, then we’ll consider what to do. For now, none of you are allowed to even think about this money."
Dissatisfied, Gao Jianmin and Yang Hua listened as Lin Xuebi said, "This is what your third uncle gave to your dad. If you take the money away, what do you think your third uncle would feel knowing that?"
At these words, Gao Jianmin and Yang Hua immediately fell silent; they still had some concerns about what the Gao Jiaxing side would think.
Gao Guofu directly took the money back to his room, and Lin Xuebi said, "I’ll keep an eye on the money for you."
"No need," Gao Guofu tucked the money into his chest and sat immobile on the bed, afraid to lose such a large sum.
Lin Xuebi, watching Gao Guofu’s behavior, wasn’t in a rush. She went out to prepare the meal, feeling utterly famished herself.
Meanwhile, Gao Guofu glanced around the room, unsure where to hide the money. He didn’t trust his family members that much.
In the end, Gao Guofu locked the door, wrapped fifty thousand yuan in a black oilcloth bag, and using a ladder in the room, climbed up to the rafters to hide a portion of the money there.
The remaining fifty thousand was divided into twenty and thirty thousand. Gao Guofu stuffed the twenty thousand little by little into the bamboo tube holes of the ladder, and wrapped the other thirty thousand in cloth to keep close to his chest.
Gao Guofu had exhausted all his wits to hide the money. After securing it, he lay on the bed, tears streaming from his eyes.
Reflecting on everything that had happened, Gao Guofu was filled with regret. His mother was like this, his wife was like this, his son and daughter-in-law were all like this, but in the past, Gao Guofu hadn’t seen anything wrong with it.
And he was a person who lived for himself. His third brother had always been the kindest to him, so why had he treated his third brother that way, scheming against him?
If he hadn’t listened to his mother or his wife in the past, and had gotten along well with his third brother, his twilight years wouldn’t be so bleak now.
"Guofu, come out and eat," Lin Xuebi called kindly.
"Dad, it’s time to eat," Gao Jianmin and Yang Hua both called from the door.
Yang Hua said to her son and grandson, "Call your grandfather and great-grandfather to eat."
"Grandpa, come out to eat."
"Great-grandpa, come out to eat."
The eager calls resonated, but inside the house, the lying Gao Guofu felt nothing but a cold indifference, completely unmoved.
Gao Jianmin and Yang Hua were now grandparents themselves. Their son Dazhuang had gotten married and had children. However, the family was renting a small house in the county town, with Dazhuang working on construction sites.
Yang Hua’s younger son’s family lived with them, and since Gao Jianhua left the county town, there had been no news from him. Gao Guihua, along with her daughter, lived in the old house and now worked as a janitor at the Hope Primary School.
"Guofu, come out for dinner, don’t starve yourself." Lin Xuebi came over and knocked on the door, her eyes almost wishing they could peer through the crack to see what Gao Guofu was doing, but unfortunately, when the house was built, she made sure the door was so tightly fitted that it was impossible to see inside.
The door creaked open, and Gao Guofu walked out. Aside from his red eyes, no particular emotion could be discerned.
"Dad, Mom made your favorite egg dish," Yang Hua said with a beaming smile.
One could say that aside from Gao Guofu and the great-grandson, everyone wore a smile, looking at Gao Guofu with genuine affection.
If this had been before, Gao Guofu would have certainly found comfort in these smiles, but now, he couldn’t even manage to force a slight curve at the corners of his mouth.
Thinking about Gao Guoqiang’s family, and then about his own, Gao Guofu felt a heavy heart, realizing his descendants fell far short of Gao Guoqiang’s.
Gao Guofu sat down and began to eat silently, while Lin Xuebi continuously served him food, and Yang Hua nudged Gao Jianmin, who also pushed some dishes toward Gao Guofu.
Looking at all this, Gao Guofu somehow found it glaringly obtrusive, and now the interaction between his son and daughter-in-law, wasn’t that just like it was between him and Lin Xuebi in the past?
"The upper beam is not straight, the lower beam is crooked," Gao Guofu suddenly lost his appetite and muttered softly.
"What are you talking about, old man?" Lin Xuebi asked.
Gao Jianmin and Yang Hua also looked over, and Gao Guofu said, "Jianmin, these years I, as a father, was wrong. I didn’t teach you well, and I apologize to you for that."
Gao Jianmin began to smile, "What’s this about, Dad? You don’t need to apologize, I’ve always been the one you and Mom doted on the most since I was little."
"Yes, Dad, Jianmin and I are both very grateful to you; you’ve always been the best to us."
"And what about this mother?" Lin Xuebi glared at Yang Hua, finding her daughter-in-law the most detestable.
Now, with a hundred thousand yuan, though in Gao Guofu’s possession, Lin Xuebi felt full of confidence and began to wield her authority as a mother-in-law in front of Yang Hua.
Over the years, Lin Xuebi had suffered under Yang Hua, never expecting that Yang Hua would outdo the master, being even more ruthless than her as a mother-in-law.
"Mom and Dad have always been the most caring to us," Yang Hua said with a smile that was both sincere and eager.
Lin Xuebi snorted lightly, unmistakably noticing a significant change in her son and daughter-in-law’s attitude because of that hundred thousand yuan.
Feeling triumphant, Lin Xuebi thought about the hundred thousand yuan in hand, and whether her son and daughter-in-law would dare to treat her the same way again in the future.
Thinking this way, Lin Xuebi felt it necessary to get the money from Gao Guofu’s hands; otherwise, if the son and daughter-in-law took it, she and her husband would be in trouble.
Seeing that Gao Jianmin could not discern the meaning behind his words, Gao Guofu sighed inwardly and didn’t say much more, simply saying, "Let’s have Dazhuang’s family come back tomorrow, and Guihua as well."
At this statement, Gao Jianmin and Yang Hua exchanged a glance. Inviting Dazhuang back wasn’t a problem since he was their son, but what did they need Guihua for?
A married daughter is like spilled water—could their father still be thinking of giving part of the money to Gao Guihua? Gao Jianmin and Yang Hua thought this way, and Lin Xuebi agreed, even their youngest son was thinking similarly.
"Alright, let’s call Dazhuang and Guihua back," Lin Xuebi nodded, thinking that her daughter might be a bit closer to her compared to her brother and sister-in-law.
But Lin Xuebi’s youngest son furrowed his brow and said, "Big brother is the busiest working on the construction site, and he doesn’t have any days off. If grandpa has something to say, he can tell me, and I can pass it on to big brother all the same."
Gao Guofu looked at this youngest grandson, whom he used to dote on, but now, seeing his grandson, he sighed deep within.
