Chapter 225: Mo Beihan Leaves (4) (1/2)
Gu Qingyao really could not bear to let him go, but she knew that he had to leave. So she could only nod and say “Um”.
Today’s weather was pretty good. Although it was still very cold, there had been a frost that morning. Gu Qingyao watched as Mo Beihan carried her bundle and left, picking his way along the frosty road.
There was a train station in town. Mo Beihan had prepared for his departure long ago.
His uncle, Jiang Feng, sent him off in his ox cart. When he saw that Mo Beihan was rather quiet, he thought that Mo Beihan was still angry, so he said, “Beihan, don’t mind your grandma. She’s old and set her ways. Just pretend that you didn’t hear anything.”
Mo Beihan’s grandmother was a very powerful old lady.
The old woman had been strongly in favor of Jiang Yingqiu marrying Mo Beihan’s father.
Jiang Yingqiu had sincerely liked Mo Beihan’s father, but he did not look like a peasant. Instead, he looked more like a young man from the city, so Jiang Yingqiu had some reservations.
But Mo Beihan’s grandmother had been very pleased to have him as a son-in-law and had urged Jiang Yingqiu to marry him. She said that a man like that would have bright prospects.
At that time, Jiang Yingqiu had disliked the local farmers and had nothing in common with them, so she had married Mo Beihan’s father.
Later on, Mo Beihan’s father went back to the city. Once he left, they never heard from him again.
He had completely abandoned Jiang Yingqiu and his two sons.
That was Jiang Yingqiu’s lowest point. At that time, Mo Beihan’s grandmother not only did not help her own daughter, she began to despise her daughter for not being able to hold on to her man.
She even said that Jiang Yingqiu despised poverty and loved wealth. She had arrogantly married a young man from the city, but she was ill-fated and had been abandoned in the end.
Shame on her!
This time, the old lady had strongly opposed Mo Beihan’s engagement to Gu Qingyao because the Gu family were major landlords and were from a poor background.