The conspiracy of the courtyard

Chapter 150: Eliminating Doubts

When Lu Zixuan returned home and waited for Chen Ping to get off work, he did not rush to urge her to cook, but went straight to the point and asked:

"Mom, where does grandpa live now? Don't hide it from me, I don't want to guess."

Chen Ping was so scared that she dropped the cup of water on the ground without noticing it. She just looked at Lu Zixuan with empty eyes.

After a long while, Chen Ping calmed down a little and asked anxiously:

"What do you know? He won't hurt you, nor will he hinder your future. Let him go, okay?"

Lu Zixuan didn't say anything, just stared into Chen Ping's eyes.

Chen Ping's feeling of being at a loss once again came over her, and she had to close her eyes and not look at Lu Zixuan.

"Mom, do you think you can fool me? Lao Tong can hypnotize people, and so can I. I might even be a little better than him.

It's just that you are my relative and I don't want to use you.

Plus, with your connections, resources, and means, are you sure you can protect Grandpa?"

Chen Ping slowly opened her eyes. Although she was unwilling to admit it, she had to face the reality. Apart from being older than her son, she was almost crushed in all other aspects.

Chen Ping knew that she could not win the argument with her son, so she stopped struggling and told him everything she had been hiding.

Chen Ping's description basically matched Lu Zixuan's guess, except for the difference on the issue of Lu Zhihai.

Chen Ping's father, named Chen Chunsheng, was captured and wounded on the battlefield.

He lost an eye, had extensive burns on his face, and had a broken leg. He looked almost like a ghost, neither human nor ghost.

The person who arrested him was just a roving warlord, and he didn't even know which warlord took him away.

I was extremely grateful that he could be spared, let alone compensation. I just gave him ten dollars and sent him away.

It was four years after he was drafted into the army that Chen Chunsheng returned home dragging his crippled leg.

He searched everywhere for the whereabouts of his wife and daughter. Perhaps the couple had a connection, for when Chen Ping was digging a hole to bury her deceased mother, she was met by Chen Chunsheng.

He was afraid that his appearance would scare Chen Ping, so he didn't dare to recognize her and waited for Chen Ping to leave.

He dug up all the shallow soil that had buried his wife and cried all night while holding her body.

The next day he bought a reed mat and found a good place for his wife's grave.

He buried all his belongings with her so that she could rest in peace, and carved their names on a wooden plaque and buried it in front of her grave.

When he thought of his daughter again, it was already evening. He could only scold himself for being stupid and helpless, and started the journey to look for his daughter again.

I didn't know where to start looking, so I could only look around aimlessly. The next time I saw my daughter, she was looking for the soldier, saying that her parents were going to abandon her.

Chen Chunsheng thought about it again and again, but still did not show up to recognize them. He just followed them and found Chen Ping's adoptive parents.

Seeing that the time was ripe, Chen Chunsheng threatened them with a gun, demanding that they take Chen Ping home and raise her until she could support herself.

Chen Chunsheng was lucky. When he was secretly following a donkey cart to Hebei Province, he fainted on the side of the road and was rescued by a doctor. The doctor corrected the bones in his legs. Although he was a little lame, at least he didn't feel any pain anymore.

After his leg injury was healed, he rushed to Chen Ping's habitat by means of robbery and threats, and secretly sent money and food to her adoptive parents.

He also rescued Mr. Wei from the bandits and deliberately let Chen Ping pick him up.

The sweet potatoes that Chen Ping dug out were buried by Chen Chunsheng.

On the eve of liberation, Chen Chunsheng ran to the old city alone and looked for medical treatment everywhere, hoping to heal his face and reunite with his daughter.

But because the management of the city was too strict at that time, ordinary people were only allowed to enter but not leave, so he could only lie dormant.

When the situation eased and I returned to Chenjia Village, my daughter had already married and was pregnant. Since there was nothing I could do, I would just continue to wait silently.

"Do you remember that we forced Yan Bugui to treat the whole hospital to a meal? We met on that day, and the next day we went out to eat breakfast for the first time.

Later, I went to Director Wang for help, and he arranged a job for me as a gatekeeper, rented me a house, and helped me get a household registration.

It's just that his face was burned so ugly, otherwise I would definitely find him a companion.

I have no plans for you to recognize each other, nor do I plan for him to live with us."

Looking at Chen Ping's determined expression, Lu Zixuan did not object.

"Mom, Lu Zhihai has never dared to pick a fight with you. Is it Grandpa who did that? Did he tell you where Lu Zhihai went?"

Chen Ping has untied the knot in her heart and has become much more cheerful.

"Yes, my father goes to his house every once in a while to give him a scolding. He said that Lu Zhihai offended someone two years ago and left the city with his family overnight. Why are you looking for him?

Well, he had weapons and did some shameful things, but they were all done before liberation. Will it have an impact on your future?"

"It's okay, I'm just asking casually. Since you don't want us to recognize each other as grandparents, it's up to you.

You are really open-minded, and you even want to find yourself a stepmother. He has no influence on me at all..."

Lu Zixuan dispelled his doubts and did not raise any objection to Chen Ping's decision.

Just when Lu Zixuan and Chen Ping thought that the courtyard was safe and secure without any more worries, Lao Tong went to the grain station and found Chen Ping.

Because of Lu Zixuan's reminder, Chen Ping declined Lao Tong's invitation on the grounds that she was busy with work.

Two days later, Lao Tong still didn't give up. When he found the grain station again, he ran into Lu Zixuan who was accompanying Chen Ping to work.

The two of them walked into a nearby alley in tacit understanding.

"What did you say to Zhao Jun? Why did he leave so suddenly? You are preventing your mother from living a stable life."

Seeing that Lu Zixuan was just looking at him quietly, Lao Tong continued:

"I can see that they like each other. I've told you before that the greatest strength of an excellent person is not intelligence, but knowing when to act.

My child, you are very smart and excellent, the best I have ever seen in my life, but you are interfering too much in this matter, please think carefully about it. "

Lu Zixuan did not make any response and continued to stare at Lao Tong quietly.

“Zhao Jun is a distant nephew of mine, with good character and a promising future.

I didn't want to embarrass you, so I didn't mention it to you. You said before that you neither support nor oppose your mother's feelings."

Seeing that Lu Zixuan still had no intention of responding, Lao Tong continued:

"You should understand that at my age, I don't have any requirements anymore. I just want to find a place to live in my old age.

I have examined Zhao Jun and he is suitable in all aspects. I want to train him. Your mother is also the junior person I value most, so this can be considered a double insurance for myself.

You really don't have anything to ask me?"

Lu Zixuan smiled calmly, looked into Lao Tong's eyes and said:

"Old Tong, Zhao Jun asked me to tell you something, please listen carefully.

If you were his father, he would despise you and live out his life alone. This would be the result of your evil deeds towards others, and the retribution for wasting his mother's best years.

If you are not his father, he and you have different ideas and cannot work together.

Old Tong, you have lived for so many years, but you have really lived like a dog.

Do you think that if you act like a coward in front of others for a few days, they will be grateful and provide for you in your old age?

You are so naive even though the dirt has buried you up to your eyebrows. People just come here to look for their relatives, but you, a fool, are looking for a wife for them.

There's a truckload of bad words, do you want to listen to them?"