Chapter 112: Chapter 112: A Veiled Reference to the Dowry

Qin Yuelan brought Gu Mo home and sent him straight back to their room.

Since Gu Mo had already eaten, she figured there was no need for him to go to the main room to see Wang Dilai, so as to avoid Wang Dilai saying anything unpleasant in front of him.

If it were any other child in the village, Qin Yuelan wouldn’t be so cautious.

But Gu Mo was different from the other kids.

Even though Gu Mo was only one year and eight months old, he was exceptionally smart—he could understand everything adults said, and he remembered it all.

Qin Yuelan was genuinely afraid that Gu Mo would hear Wang Dilai’s harsh words and that it would affect his development.

In the main room, Wang Dilai glanced outside, curled her lip, and said to Gu Jianguo, “Jianguo, where’s your wife? Why isn’t she coming to eat? Is she trying to give me attitude?”

Gu Jianguo’s face turned bitter at her words. “Mom, Yuelan isn’t hungry. She’s watching Daibao.”

If Qin Yuelan really wanted to give Wang Dilai attitude, she wouldn’t have bothered making dinner at all.

Wang Dilai curled her lip again. “Jianguo, let me tell you, a man needs to act like a man. If your wife doesn’t listen, you should scold her or even hit her if you have to. Don’t spoil her, or she’ll end up walking all over you.”

Gu Jianguo lowered his eyes and didn’t respond.

Seeing this, Wang Dilai grew even angrier.

Everyone in the village said Gu Jianguo was a filial son, but in her eyes, he was the one harboring secret grudges!

Otherwise, why would he always act so filial in front of outsiders, but whenever she told him to discipline Qin Yuelan, he’d just clam up and say nothing?

And what did that silence mean? Wasn’t it just dissatisfaction with her, his own mother?!

“Jianguo! I’m talking to you! Did you hear me or not?!”

Wang Dilai threw down her chopsticks, getting more worked up as she spoke. “Do you know how much money I spent inviting Granny Zhao here today? And that bowl of talisman water—that was a whole big bill! All that money was spent for your son! Not only do you not thank me, you even stopped me from feeding it to him. Now the talisman water’s been spilled, the money still has to be paid—so what do you plan to do about it?!”

Gu Jianguo was still struggling with how to bring up the matter of splitting the family, but now, hearing Wang Dilai bring up the talisman water, he couldn’t help but get angry.

He looked up, not at Wang Dilai, but at Gu Hongqi. “Dad.”

Gu Hongqi, who was eating, didn’t even lift his eyelids, just kept picking up food and putting it in his mouth.

After chewing a few times, Gu Hongqi finally said, “Jianguo, your mother’s right. There’s something strange about that kid Gu Mo! It’s not that your mother dislikes him—if she really did, she wouldn’t bother with him, let alone spend money to invite the granny and buy talisman water. This time, you and your wife are in the wrong. Go call your wife over to apologize to your mother, and tomorrow go apologize to the granny as well. And the talisman water has to be drunk. The money for today’s talisman, and for buying more tomorrow, you and your wife will pay. Gu Mo is your child, so it’s only right you two pay for it.”

Listening to Gu Hongqi, Gu Jianguo suddenly felt a chill in his heart.

He’d been working in the fields since he graduated junior high. All these years, whether it was the money and grain earned from work points before, or the money from selling grain in the past two years, it was always Wang Dilai who held onto it.

His own pockets were cleaner than his face—Gu Hongqi had to know that.

Now, telling him and Qin Yuelan to pay—wasn’t that just a veiled reference to Qin Yuelan’s dowry?

He knew Wang Dilai had always looked down on Qin Yuelan, all because Qin Yuelan refused to hand over her dowry."

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