Sheng Zexi: But I just have a bad feeling.

A father’s bad feeling!

However, after being warned by Gu Jia Ning like this, Sheng Zexi didn’t dare to say anything more.

It’s just...

Qin Tian felt that when he was playing with Yueyue, there was always a gaze staring at him.

But when he turned around to look, he saw nothing.

However, speaking of it, everyone could see Yueyue’s partiality towards Qin Tian.

Just like Gou Dan, previously Xingxing, Yueyue, and Gou Dan played well together, the three little ones even shared some hardships.

After Xingxing and Yueyue came to Beijing, they occasionally wrote letters and called Gou Dan.

But it was very clear that Yueyue was different towards Gou Dan and Qin Tian.

She just liked being with Qin Tian, and also liked kissing and hugging Qin Tian.

And Qin Tian also pampered Yueyue a lot.

Not only because Yueyue is Gu Jia Ning’s daughter, but also because Yueyue is beautiful, sweet-talking, and very charming.

During meals, Yueyue also chose to sit beside Qin Tian.

Qin Tian took care of Yueyue while eating, whatever Yueyue wanted to eat, as soon as her eyes landed on it, Qin Tian would immediately understand and give it to her.

And Yueyue would sweetly say, "Thank you, Brother Xiaotian."

She would also give a sweet smile, and even pick dishes for Qin Tian.

Sheng Zexi looked at this scene, feeling very sour.

Silly Yueyue, you’re biased, your father, I never got you picking dishes for me.

Yueyue didn’t see her father’s gloomy eyes at all, still very close to Qin Tian.

However, Qin Tian sensitively sensed something was wrong.

He looked down at the piece of braised pork that Yueyue picked for him, and Grandpa Sang was staring at this braised pork as if trying to bore a hole into it.

Qin Tian always had a feeling that if he dared to eat this braised pork, it wouldn’t end well.

So, Qin Tian immediately picked up that piece of braised pork and wanted to pass it over, "Grandpa..."

But before Qin Tian could finish speaking, Sheng Zexi gave a light snort, didn’t look at him, and turned to Gu Jia Ning, "Wife, I want to eat braised pork."

Gu Jia Ning: Are you still a child? Still so petty?

But since this big child of three hundred months is her husband.

Gu Jia Ning could only give him a big piece of braised pork.

Sheng Zexi ate the braised pork, looking provocatively at Qin Tian, as if to say, I also have wife-picked braised pork, is it cherishing you.

Wait, why do I need to say this?

This war without smoke lasted until Qin Tian left.

When Qin Tian was about to leave, Yueyue was a bit reluctant.

Her eyes were red, and she held onto Qin Tian’s sleeve with her little hands, unwilling to let go, "Brother Xiaotian, you must visit Yueyue often in the future."

"Okay, I will, Yueyue, you have to be good at home."

"Mm."

In the end, Yueyue was very reluctant and even gave Qin Tian a kiss.

Finally, Qin Tian left the courtyard as if escaping, afraid that if he didn’t leave,

he would be killed by Grandpa Sang’s gaze.

That gaze was too frightening!

-

When Gu Jia Ning’s family had been living in Beijing for a year, it was already the end of ’82, about to cross over to ’83.

Many things happened in the past year.

For example, over in Huaihua Village, the approved homestead, the three-story small villa on it had already been built.

The Gu Family members chose an auspicious day to move in.

The Gu Family became the first family in the village to build a small villa.

I have to say, this small villa looks very grand from the outside, and very spacious from the inside.

Many in the village were extremely envious.

Everyone was working hard, thinking that they would also build such a beautiful and spacious small villa like the Gu Family in the future.

I must say, it might actually be possible.

In this year and a half, almost two years, the people in the village, following Gu Yunan, were doing contracting, everyone was doing it fervently.

What Gu Yunan did, whether it was fish farming in the rice fields, or planting medicinal herbs and fruit trees on the mountains, gradually started making money.

The other villagers following him in contracting also made money, more or less.

As everyone’s purses swelled, their lives improved.

Everyone was smiling as they walked down the street.

The newspaper had long reported the emergence of ten-thousand-yuan households.

Walking in the county town, you could also see many people setting up stalls and doing small businesses. The environment was getting more and more relaxed.

Over on Gu Yunting’s side, those three residential towers of over twenty floors had also been built.

This commercial building was the first in Hai City, and it even made it to the newspapers.

At first, many people were skeptical.

They thought, who would buy these buildings built so high, in such large quantities, and at not-so-cheap prices?

Unexpectedly, after following the promotional plan suggested by Gu Jia Ning, once they went on sale, all the available sales slots sold out within a few days.

Gu Yunting and his wife were extremely happy.

"Ningning said, back when the reintegration of educated youth into the city started, the urban population increased, and there was not enough housing."

"Moreover, with the fast-paced economic development to come, people’s lives would improve, and naturally, they would have more children."

"With more children, wouldn’t they need places to live?"

"So, Ningning said, if we can build residential buildings, we should build more and more, they will definitely sell."

Actually, at first, Gu Yunting was not very confident, but after talking with his little sister, he gained confidence.

For some inexplicable reason, he felt that his little sister was more farsighted than them.

What his little sister said couldn’t be wrong.

It seemed the facts were exactly as she said.

"Yes, so we should listen to Ningning more."

"Right, in the future, I want to buy more land and build more commercial buildings!"

Gu Yunting was full of confidence and vision for the future.

In the year from ’82 crossing over to ’83, Gu Jia Ning’s family did not return to Huaihua Village, but her third brother, Gu Yunzhou, did.

At this time on New Year’s Eve, Gu Jia Ning’s family was in the courtyard, and apart from them, Grandpa Sang, Grandma Sang, and even Sheng Xinhao were there.

Over the past year in Beijing, their relationship with Sheng Xinhao had eased a lot.

So, this New Year, Sheng Zexi not only invited Grandpa Sang and Grandma Sang, but also Sheng Xinhao.

Sheng Xinhao was very happy.

This indicated that his son’s attitude had finally softened.

In the courtyard, Sheng Xinhao was carrying Tuantuan, playing "Eagles and Chicks" with Xingxing and Yueyue, the courtyard was full of their happy voices.

But Grandpa Sang, watching that old fellow, gave a light snort, but didn’t say anything.

Actually, for Grandpa Sang and Grandma Sang, they indeed harbored some resentment towards Sheng Xinhao.

But this resentment mainly stemmed from when Sheng Xinhao married Fang Wanrong and neglected and mistreated a then-adolescent Sheng Zexi.

As for their daughter, Sang Yuwan...

Their daughter died of an illness, and this couldn’t be blamed on Sheng Xinhao since their daughter wasn’t harmed by him.

"Do you think if Awan didn’t go to the frontier with that old fellow back then, maybe nothing would have happened?" Grandma Sang murmured.