1960s: The crazy life after the alchemy furnace became a spirit

Chapter 61 Strike
"How did you come?"

When Chen Hao saw Gu Qingyan, he showed a look of surprise. He hadn't seen her for a long time since Gu Qingyan was taken back by her family. He was so surprised to see her today.

“I, I…?”

Gu Qingyan really had no choice. Even if she wanted to find a man better than Qin Haonan, it was too late. That's why she decided to come to the county town to find Chen Hao.

When Chen Hao saw Gu Qingyan’s red eyes and looking at him with grievance, his heart ached.

"what happened?"

Chen Hao took Gu Qingyan to a remote place. He wiped her tears and asked with concern. He really wanted to hug Gu Qingyan in his arms, but unfortunately, he couldn't. They were outside now, and if someone saw them, it would affect their reputation.

So, he suppressed his inner thoughts and looked at Gu Qingyan with heartache.

"Chen Hao, my parents are going to sell me to an old widower."

Gu Qingyan felt so helpless and shocked when she got the news. Although she had known her parents' plan for a long time, she was still extremely helpless when it really happened. No matter how she was in normal times, when something really happened, she was still a little girl who had never experienced anything, and she still felt helpless.

"How could this be?"

When Chen Hao heard this, his jaw almost dropped in surprise. Why were Gu Qingyan's parents so cruel?

"Weren't your parents very nice to you some time ago?"

Why are they selling her out of nowhere all of a sudden?
Chen Hao didn't quite understand.

"My house was robbed a while ago, and everything was taken away."

Gu Qingyan couldn’t say that her life was not good in the past, and her parents had not been nice to her before, but they were nice to her recently purely because her family had become rich, right?

The reason for her becoming rich is that her second uncle and his wife are gone, and all the property of her second uncle's family belongs to their family. That's why her parents were happy and let her come to school, right?

Since I can't say that, I can only find other excuses.

"Have you called the police?"

When Chen Hao heard Gu Qingyan say that there was a thief in their house, he asked nervously, if there was a thief and the police were not called, the person would probably not be found by now.

But he was a little curious. Who on earth could be so powerful as to steal everything from Gu Qingyan's house without alerting her family?

Some heavy things require a lot of effort to move. Why do Gu Qingyan and her family sleep so soundly?

"Reported."

Gu Qingyan said helplessly that there were not even any footprints around their home, and the house and yard of their second uncle's family were gone. The villagers suspected that their second uncle and aunt attacked them because they saw that they were not nice to Gu Qingwu. She was dismissive of such statements at first, but now, she was a little unsure. If that was the case, then it made sense.

However, she still didn't quite believe that this was true. After all, if there really was a ghost, why did her uncle and aunt just take away things from the house and not teach her parents a lesson?
Therefore, there are still doubts about this matter.

"No one found?"

Chen Hao looked at Gu Qingyan in surprise. He felt that after stealing so many things, it should be easy to catch the person. After all, some of the things had to be sold. But why did Gu Qingyan look like she didn't catch the person?

"Well, our family can be said to be penniless now. If it weren't for the relief food sent down from above some time ago, we would have probably run out of food by now." Gu Qingyan acted pitifully in front of Chen Hao. Only when her situation became worse would Chen Hao feel more pity for her. She didn't know how other people got along with men, but this way she could get men's pity more easily.

This is the experience she summed up. How to put it, her pitiful appearance of needing protection is very attractive.

"Ugh."

Chen Hao sighed. He liked Gu Qingyan, but he didn’t have the ability to marry her now.

"Chen Hao, can you help me, at least help me find a job so that I can leave that home?"

When Gu Qingyan saw Chen Hao sighing and not saying anything, her heart skipped a beat. How could she have forgotten that Chen Hao had no ability at the moment and that he still had to rely on his family for his life. If Chen Hao really wanted to help her, he would also need help from his family, right?
Thinking of this, Gu Qingyan looked at Chen Hao with sad eyes.

"It's not that I don't want to help you, it's just that I don't have a job right now. I don't have the ability to help you find a job, right?"

Chen Hao smiled bitterly and said that if there were suitable jobs, his family would have arranged them for his sisters long ago, and it would never have been Gu Qingyan's turn. It was true that he liked Gu Qingyan, but he was not the type of person who would sacrifice his family for the person he liked.

"you……?"

Gu Qingyan was a little surprised to hear Chen Hao say this. Chen Hao had been very nice to her before, but why did he have this expression when talking about work?

"My family is not that powerful. My two sisters don't have jobs yet and will soon be sent to the countryside."

Chen Hao said in a deep voice. Seeing Gu Qingyan's unhappy expression, he had no choice. His family really didn't have that ability. If they did, his family would take care of their two sisters first.

"Well, do you know anyone from the armed forces?"

Gu Qingyan looked at Chen Hao and felt helpless. She thought of Gu Qingwu and Qin Haonan's address. She had to get it, otherwise she would end up with nothing to sell.

"Armed Forces?"

Chen Hao looked at Gu Qingyan hesitantly.

"Yes, my cousin's husband is in the army. I want his address. I want to go to my cousin."

Gu Qingyan lowered her eyes to hide the worried look in them. She didn't know what would be the fate that awaited her after she went there, but she couldn't just sit at home and wait for death. Even for the sake of face, Gu Qingwu couldn't let her jump into the fire pit. If Gu Qingwu was really that cruel, she would directly ruin Gu Qingwu's reputation. She didn't believe that Gu Qingwu would abandon her own reputation.

"I do not recognize."

Chen Hao shook his head. If he knew someone from the armed forces, he would have joined the army. Being a soldier is a good career path. Unfortunately, he didn't know anyone.

"Ugh."

Gu Qingyan sighed. She was now at the end of her rope.

"If it doesn't work, go find the Women's Federation."

In the end, Chen Hao could only comfort Gu Qingyan like this, what else could he do?
Even if he proposed to Gu Qingyan, he didn't have the ability to support a family. Besides, even if he wanted to marry her, he had to get his parents' consent. His parents would not agree to him marrying a rural girl. It's not that he looked down on rural girls, but if he married a rural girl, there would be no fixed quota, and the children in the family would have to follow the mother's household registration, which was not fixed. This was the most important thing. If a woman had no fixed quota, it didn't matter, but if the children later had no fixed quota, then it would matter.

(End of this chapter)