Chapter 11: The Gu Family of Qing River (1/2)

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This was a villa that an ancestor of the Gu family had chosen. After the war erupted and the situation became precarious, the entire Gu family moved here in search of stability.

The ancestor of the Gu family had been a major landowner and all the land that belonged to the Qing River Brigade once belonged to the Gu family.

Later, all the family’s property was seized and their land was distributed to the farmers.

The Gu family lived by itself on the margins of the Qing River Brigade, halfway up the hill.

Because their family was a bad element, all the other families avoided them and refused to stay with them.

Grandfather Gu, Gu Chonghua, was a major landowner. Grandma Wen Ruyu was the daughter of a great financier in Old Shanghai. The two of them were considered to be utterly despicable because of their background.

Fortunately, Grandfather Gu had made large donations to support the war effort and had continued to treat patients in the village with his youngest son. This had allowed the entire family to continue to survive in peace.

In those days, doctors were rarely found in villagers. Many who fell ill could only wait for death. The presence of the Gu family’s father and son in the Qing River Brigade gave the common folk there much peace of mind.

Mo Beihan drove the car and sent Gu Qingyao back to the Gu House.

When she saw the familiar cowshed, Gu Qingyao’s eyes turned red.

That’s right, that was the cowshed!

Their entire family lived in the cowshed.

The Gu family was a bad element and after the founding of the nation, their property was seized. Grandfather and Grandma had been sent to this cowshed to undergo reeducation through labor. They did the dirtiest work and received the smallest share of work points.

Grandfather and Grandma were old, and Father had been worried about them, so he had moved into the cowshed with the two old people. Their family had been in the eye of the storm then. Even if he had the ability to build a separate house, he also did not dare to make a careless move.