Free Web NovelChapter 345: Chapter 345: The Zhou Siblings Enter the Home
When they arrived at the sugar factory, the factory manager was there this time and was very happy to see them.
Gu’er and the others inspected the quality of the white sugar and found no issues. Then, they placed the case they had brought on the manager’s desk.
Seeing the thick wads of cash, both the factory manager and the director smiled with satisfaction. They called for the cashier to count the money while the director went to arrange for workers to load the truck.
The money was counted and confirmed correct, and the truck was fully loaded. The factory manager and director saw Gu’er’s group off, giving them a phone number and telling them to just call if they needed anything in the future.
Gu’er and her group had the truck driven to the train station. They had already arranged for it to be loaded onto a train bound for the Soviet Union that very night.
After the truck was loaded, Gu’er and Sun Jiaming said goodbye to Li Zhi and Dingzi, as the two of them would be accompanying the shipment to the Soviet Union.
This was the first shipment, so someone had to go with it. Otherwise, when the goods arrived, there would be no one to receive them, and they wouldn’t know who to hand them over to.
Besides, since it was the first trip, they wouldn’t feel at ease if no one went along.
Originally, one person would have been enough. But Dingzi wasn’t good with words, so everyone was worried about him going alone. As for Li Zhi, he didn’t want to go by himself either, so the two went together.
They weren’t in a hurry to return. They planned to stay there for a few extra days to check on the sugar sales, sort things out, give clear instructions to those Vietnamese contacts, and then ship some goods back.
After they departed, Gu’er and the others also bought their tickets. Without Li Zhi and Dingzi on the journey back, Gu’er felt that a lot of the fun was gone.
After another train ride of over ten hours, they returned to their home city.
Stepping out of the station, Gu’er let out a few long breaths.
"It’s so good to be home. No matter how great it is outside, it’s never as good as home."
Gu’er sighed with emotion as she got into the car. freewēbnoveℓ.com
"Of course. East or west, home is best. There’s no place like it."
Lin Shuying nodded. After this trip, she found herself missing this place immensely. It seemed she had already started to think of it as her home.
"We’ve been gone for about twenty days this time. I wonder how things are at home. Grandma and Mom must have missed us a lot."
Gu’er realized that after being away, she missed her grandma, Li Hua, Chen Fengjiao, and Lin Zheng.
"Grandma will definitely be happy to see us back."
Sun Jiaming was also getting a little homesick.
"Then let’s go home and see Grandma first. After that, I’ll call Mom and ask her to bring Lin Zheng over for dinner tonight."
Gu’er felt happy just thinking about a family reunion, everyone enjoying a lively meal together.
Hearing them talk, Lin Shuying grew anxious too. She missed her two children as well.
When they arrived at their residential complex, they got out of the car, grabbed their things, and went upstairs.
As soon as they reached their floor, Gu’er heard the sound of arguing. The voices sounded familiar, and she frowned slightly. ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm
"I don’t care! Big Sis told us to help look after the house when she left! I didn’t say anything when you moved in, but you can’t just cause trouble like this! You can’t take these things. They all belong to Big Sis, you can’t do this!"
It was Xinghua’s voice.
’Who moved in?’ Gu’er’s heart sank when she heard Xinghua’s words.
"What business is it of yours what we take? Stop with the ’Big Sis, Big Sis’ like you’re so close. Gu’er is our big sister too, and my mom is her mom! If my mom hadn’t raised her, do you think she’d be doing this well now? She’s rich now, living in a big house, so shouldn’t she take us in? What’s the big deal if we take a few of her things? We’re not taking yours, so mind your own business! Say one more word and I’ll throw you out!"
An arrogant voice shouted at Xinghua. Gu’er recognized it as Zhou Duo’er’s.
’When did Zhou Duo’er come to the city? And she’s living in my house? Who let her stay here?’ Gu’er thought of Li Hua and sighed internally.
Lin Shuying and Sun Jiaming both looked at Gu’er.
Gu’er didn’t say anything, but her expression was grim. Seeing her continue forward with her bags, the two followed her.
"Big Sis is the one who let us stay here, so you have no right to kick us out. Anyway, as long as I’m here, you can forget about taking those things."
Xinghua blocked the doorway.
"Get out of my way, you shameless bitch! You’re blocking my path! I’ll beat you to death and then sell you off, believe it or not!"
Zhou Cai cursed as he kicked at Xinghua.
Xinghua didn’t expect Zhou Cai to actually get physical. He kicked her in the leg, and with a cry of pain, she grabbed her leg and squatted down.
Instead of showing any concern, Zhou Cai just laughed smugly. He had learned all these tricks from Zhou Mazi.
"Xinghua, are you okay?"
Lin Shuying rushed over to her.
"Mom, you’re back? That’s great! Are Big Sis and the others back too?"
Xinghua was overjoyed to see Lin Shuying. Forgetting the pain in her leg, she quickly stood up. Then she saw Gu’er, and she finally felt relieved.
"Where’s your brother?"
Lin Shuying asked Xinghua.
"My brother went to the department store. It’s been a bit busy these past few days, so he went to help out. He’s not home. Mom, you have no idea, Brother Liu Yuan is teaching him bookkeeping! He said my brother has a real talent for it. His health has been good recently, and he’s studying very hard. He says once he learns, he’ll have a skill and a job, so you won’t have to work so hard to support us anymore."
Xinghua’s expression was full of pride as she spoke about Zhongshan.
Lin Shuying hadn’t expected her son to start learning bookkeeping. She felt a mix of joy and heartache.
"Big Sis, Brother-in-law, you’re back."
Xinghua then greeted Gu’er and Sun Jiaming.
Gu’er nodded at her.
"Big Sis, Brother-in-law, you’re back."
Not to be outdone, Zhou Duo’er also stepped forward with a cheerful smile to greet them.
"Did you bring us anything good?"
Meanwhile, Zhou Cai was eyeing the bags in their hands.
Gu’er glanced at the two of them, then looked further inside. Just as she expected, she saw Zhou Feng’er standing there, but Zhou Mazi was nowhere in sight.
Needless to say, Li Hua must have let the three Zhou siblings move in while she was away. At that moment, Gu’er felt a deep sense of displeasure.
She glanced at the two boxes by the door. The Zhou siblings must have been trying to take things from her house, and Zheng Xinghua had stopped them, leading to the scene just now.
"Let’s go inside."
Gu’er said to Lin Shuying, Sun Jiaming, and Xinghua.
Once inside, Gu’er, Sun Jiaming, and Lin Shuying sat down on the sofa.
"Big Sis."
Zhou Duo’er smiled and tried to sit next to Gu’er. Gu’er shot her a look, and she faltered and stood back up.
"Jia Ming, call the department store and have Liu Yuan bring Mom back."
Gu’er said to Sun Jiaming. She could kick the Zhou siblings out, but not right now. She had to get a clear explanation from Li Hua. Even though she didn’t like that Li Hua had let them move in, she still had to respect her.
Sun Jiaming went to make the call.
"Big Sis, listen to me."
Zhou Duo’er quickly tried to speak again.
"You don’t need to say anything. Whatever you have to say, wait until Mom gets back and we’ll talk about it together."
Gu’er held up a hand to stop her.
’Zhou Feng’er stood there like a ghost, staring at Gu’er. Gu’er’s life just keeps getting better and better, but what about me? Right now, there isn’t a single unblemished spot on my body; I’m covered in injuries from Zhou Mazi’s beatings. I don’t have enough to eat or warm clothes to wear, and all the color has drained from my face. I don’t understand why. The one who was supposed to suffer was Gu’er, so why did it end up being me?’
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