1970s: Hot wife accompanies the army, cold-faced rough man is not easy to tease

Chapter 339 You reap what you sow
"What, even you've betrayed us? You think that couple is so capable that you can just cling to them?"

Du Shuang's eyes were bloodshot with anger, and she gripped Gu Hongying's hand even tighter, her nails digging into her flesh.

"Once Lu Youyou gives birth to the child, and there's another grandchild fighting with you for the inheritance, how much do you think you'll still have left?"

Ignoring the pain, Gu Hongying looked at her mother's contorted face with suspicion and uncertainty: "Mom, do you know that my sister-in-law is pregnant?"

The whole thing blew up back then because the mother hit Lu Youyou. Now that it's being brought up again, does she have something else in mind?

Du Shuang sneered: "Sister-in-law, you're already calling me so affectionately? Do you even care about Yuanzheng anymore? Do you even care about me, your own mother?!"

Gu Hongying grabbed her mother's hand and held her tightly, as if afraid she would make any rash move: "Mom, Dad is very good to me and hasn't forgotten my brother. Can't we just live a peaceful life?"

Hearing this, Du Shuang's anger burned even more fiercely. Of course she knew that Gu Bohuai was good to Gu Hongying, so why did he care about one Gu Bohuai after another but ignore Gu Yuanzheng?
"Live a peaceful life? You may live a peaceful life, but I won't, and neither will your brother!" Du Shuang began to scream hysterically.

Gu Hongying's eyes reddened; she couldn't understand why her mother was being so unreasonable.

Wasn't the money for Gu Yuanzheng's trip to Pengcheng given by his father? When did his father ever say he wouldn't take care of Gu Yuanzheng?
Mom didn't know what her brother had done in Shenzhen, but Dad did. If it weren't for Gu Jia occasionally checking on him, her brother would have been swindled and ended up on the streets.

It's clearly Gu Yuanzheng's own fault for being useless, so why blame this and that? They just won't admit that Gu Yuanzheng is a good-for-nothing playboy!
"Mom, you only care about my brother, have you never thought about me?!" Gu Hongying's voice was trembling with tears.

The bedroom was so quiet it was suffocating. Du Shuang's pupils trembled violently; she never expected to hear such words from her daughter.

dong dong——

There was a knock on the bedroom door, and Du Xue's voice came from outside: "Hongying, your aunt has cut some fruit, come down and eat."

Gu Hongying quickly wiped her eyes and pulled away from her mother's hand: "Mom, you rest well, I'm going downstairs first." After saying that, she quickly got up, opened the door and slipped out.

Looking at her niece with red eyes in the corridor, Du Xue sighed and couldn't help but complain that her sister still couldn't let go, that such a sensible daughter had to be tormented.

She put her arm around Gu Hongying's shoulder and walked downstairs, gently advising, "Hongying, your mother is in a bad mood. Don't take what she said to heart. Just do what you need to do."

Gu Hongying didn't say anything. With the family in such a mess, and her mother always favoring her brother, how could she not take it to heart?
“Hey, Hongying, you have to remember, everyone has their own life. Your mother is your mother, Yuanzheng is Yuanzheng, and you are you. You should be filial to your parents, but when they are being unreasonable, you should just live your own life…”

Gu Hongying paused, then looked at her with surprise.

Du Xue laughed and said, "What, do you think I'm wrong?"

Gu Hongying immediately shook her head: "I just didn't expect my aunt to say that." She was being so blunt.

"You reap what you sow; the facts are clear. What's the point of making any more trouble?"

Du Xue had always disapproved of Du Shuang's parenting style towards Gu Yuanzheng. Even now, things had come to this point, and she still wouldn't let go. If she really cared about her son, she should go to Pengcheng and bring him back herself. Why make things difficult for her daughter?
The eldest brother is a muddle-headed fool, the second brother is oblivious to worldly affairs, and Du Shuang, like Gu Yuanzheng, is all talk and no action. The only promising member of the family is Gu Hongying. At least with Gu Hongying around, the Du family isn't completely cut off from Gu Bohuai's side. At times like these, it's even more important to nurture Gu Hongying, care for her, and cherish her. Why keep worrying about the good-for-nothing Gu Yuanzheng?
"Let me tell you something from the bottom of my heart. Your mother has already hit a dead end. Your brother is in his late twenties. If he doesn't work hard, what can you, as his younger sister, do? So, taking care of yourself is the greatest filial piety you can show your parents. You don't need to worry about anything else."

Gu Hongying's eyes burned. This was the first time someone had said such things to her. Suddenly, she couldn't hold back the grievances in her heart, and she buried her face in Du Xue's shoulder, tears streaming down her face.

"Alright, alright, it's okay. Your aunt loves you, and your dad has always loved you too, hasn't he? Life is never perfect. You're still young, it's the time to strive, don't worry so much."

Gu Hongying nodded silently. She didn't want to cry either. How could a valiant female warrior like her cry?
She washed her face and waited until her eyes were no longer red before going downstairs.

After Du Xue came downstairs, she exchanged a glance with her husband Zhao Junyan. Meeting his questioning gaze, Du Xue gently shook her head.

While everyone was busy, Zhao Junyan pulled his wife aside and asked, "What's going on? Is your older sister causing trouble again?"

Du Xue frowned. Every year when she came back, these were the same things, and she was extremely annoyed.

“I advised my sister long ago that spoiling a child is like killing a child. Why not cherish your smart, sensible and capable daughter and instead insist on raising your good-for-nothing son? What era are we living in that you still prefer sons to daughters!”

Du Xue became increasingly angry as she spoke: "My brother is the same. He's been the deputy head for so many years, and he's still so clueless. He's not ambitious himself and just relies on nepotism. If only he could have advised my sister to be more rational, things wouldn't have turned out like this!"

Spoiling the child is one thing, but causing such a big problem is another. Although she is not in the capital and does not rely on the Gu family much, her older brother and sister have made such a fuss with Gu Bohuai. Isn't this a double loss?

Given Gu Yuanzheng's character, is there any value in training him?

In other words, the older sister herself couldn't see it. In Gu Bohuai's eyes, Gu Hongying always weighed more than Gu Yuanzheng. He had no intention of neglecting his daughter for the sake of his son.

Now, the only connection between them and Gu Bohuai is Gu Hongying. Even if not for the Du family, for herself, for her husband and children, she would not allow her family to treat Gu Hongying like this.

Zhao Junyan understood his wife's thoughts and gently comforted her: "If you can persuade her, then do so; if you can't, then don't force it. Anyway, our family is in Shanghai. It's good if we can leverage the Gu family's influence, but it's not a big deal if we can't. Don't you trust my abilities?"

Du Xue glared at him: "If I didn't trust you, would I have married you in the first place?"

When Du Xue got married, Grandpa Du was still alive, and Zhao Junyan was a good son-in-law he carefully selected. Over the years, it has been proven that Grandpa Du had good judgment.

Of course, it's also because Du Xue is clever and good at managing things, unlike Du Shuang who had ulterior motives from the start.

"So let's just live our own lives well, and some things can't be forced."

"Sigh, I know, it's because I feel sorry for Hongying, caught between her parents, and with a good-for-nothing brother who's holding her back..."

(End of this chapter)