Back to the 70s: My Childhood Sweetheart Spoils Me Rotten

Chapter 595 - 596 Countermeasures

Gong Ruini knew that Miao Cuihua should have made something delicious, but she didn’t expect there to be both chicken and fish. It was truly an abundant feast, and it scared them a bit.

Not only Gong Ruini, but even Gong Ruwen was quite shocked. Before, when visiting relatives, they would be lucky if someone treated their family to a meal. How could there be so much food?

"Eat, eat." Miao Cuihua wasn’t aware that the extravagant meal she prepared had scared the two kids.

In Miao Cuihua’s view, their current good life is largely thanks to Gong Tao’s help. Without his assistance, their life definitely wouldn’t be so good.

If it weren’t for all those things initially, along with the money they exchanged for, they wouldn’t have had the money to gift leaders above nor the ability to improve their situation.

If she wasn’t worried about frightening Gong Ruini and the others, and wasn’t facing so many restrictions, Miao Cuihua would have prepared even better, "In a few days, we’ll go to my mom’s place in the countryside; there’s good food there."

"We can catch fish in the river, eat watermelon." Ever since her parents retired, they moved back to their old hometown to live.

Not only is life leisurely there, but they can also grow vegetables to eat and raise chickens to solve meat supply issues.

More importantly, with the elderly still around, they could get agricultural products at a more favorable price, ensuring safety across various categories.

What’s there to play with? Gong Ruini wasn’t really interested. Rather than spending time there, she preferred going to the Northeast, where besides rural scenery, one could also harvest medicinal herbs to make money.

Sigh, I wonder how Zhao Xuran and the others are doing. Gong Ruini is really worried.

"Not going. Mom had surgery." Gong Zhuang was initially planning to go to the hospital after coming in, but the tempting aroma of the dishes made it hard for him to leave.

There wasn’t anyone delivering food at the hospital, so he had to eat at the cafeteria. About the food there, Gong Zhuang didn’t even want to comment; it was not easy to swallow.

After eating two mouthfuls, Gong Zhuang remembered something important, but he wasn’t in a hurry. As long as Gong Qiang and Gong Zheng, their mom’s favorite sons, were there, the rest of them were just fleeting clouds.

Ah, why the surgery? Miao Cuihua truly didn’t understand, "Isn’t she just pretending?"

"How can there suddenly be surgery?"

Miao Cuihua was indeed delighted to see Zhang Lan suffer consequences. This old spinster was truly deceitful, "Could it be that she knows Wu Rui is going to divorce Gong Zheng?"

Back when Wu Rui married into the family, the old hag’s attitude was unforgettable for Miao Cuihua. For a long time, Wu Rui was the best daughter-in-law of the Gong Family. But what happened to such a good daughter-in-law? She ended up not favoring Gong Zheng.

What? Gong Zheng wants to act tough? Gong Ruini was shocked, knowing that the relationship between Gong Zheng and Wu Rui hadn’t been great in the past six months. The latter had already moved with her son to a new position permanently residing at her parents’ place, not dealing with Gong Family matters. However, divorce hadn’t been mentioned.

Why is there suddenly talk of divorce now? Gong Zhuang was astonished, "What’s the situation?"

No way, Gong Zheng really wants to divorce? Gong Zhuang didn’t like Gong Zheng’s couple, but he felt divorce was uncalled for.

It’s not that Gong Zhuang didn’t want to see Gong Zheng live a lonely life, but he felt Gong Zheng as a person should be kept in check by someone like Wu Rui. The issue was that they were really getting divorced.

"What other situation? Found a suitable match, I guess." Miao Cuihua didn’t like Gong Zheng, but flying off with a green hat given to Wu Rui was truly despicable.

Out of the four sons of the Gong Family, two ended up getting divorced. Goodness, this frightened Miao Cuihua.

If this had happened earlier, Miao Cuihua would’ve enjoyed seeing someone’s downfall, seeing someone being so high and mighty. But isn’t Zhang Lan suffering a cerebral hemorrhage now? Doesn’t that mean she has to care for Zhang Lan alone?

"I don’t have time to care for her." Miao Cuihua didn’t mind saying this in front of Gong Ruini and the others, because she knew comparatively, Gong Ruini’s family disliked Zhang Lan even more.

The wife is really good at shirking responsibility, isn’t she? Gong Zhuang glanced at his wife, knowing Gong Ruini and the others wouldn’t spread the word, but neglecting family matters was still wrong.

"Why should you take care? When the time comes, I’ve figured it out; we’ll use my mom’s pension to hire someone to take care of her." Gong Zhuang knew the money wasn’t hers anyway, so there was no need to be frugal.

Maybe part of the money had already been tricked out by Gong Zheng and Gong Qiang. Gong Zhuang could only pray the elderly could watch over the finances. No, if the old lady remained permanently mentally unaware, this wouldn’t be a joke. Who would take care of her long-term?

"Forget it, we must hire someone." Gong Zhuang said not hiring someone wouldn’t work since the rest of them were busy working.

"Ni Zi, what if your dad has to spend money then?" Gong Zhuang knew there was an agreement that Gong Tao had given up his inheritance rights to the family house, but that couldn’t stop others from constantly scheming.

"Then we’ll spend the money, as long as we get grandma’s pension." Gong Ruini couldn’t let her dad spend too much.

If these guys were grateful, Gong Ruini wouldn’t mind spending a bit. But if they took more, Gong Qiang and the others might demand even more, so better not to entertain any excessive demands from the start.

"Don’t worry, I’ll step in for this." Gong Zhuang said he wouldn’t let his second brother suffer. Sigh, Gong Zheng’s behavior outside the operating room earlier gave Gong Zhuang a bad impression.

Even though his grades weren’t great, not as good as Cai Ming’s, but Gong Zheng cared about face, trying to discuss college topics with Cai Ming with books found somewhere, and ended up getting embarrassed in various ways.

Gong Zhuang really didn’t know what Gong Zheng was thinking, but he definitely wouldn’t admit mistakes, only feeling Cai Ming had high demands on him, specifically targeting him, mocking him for not getting into college.

No way, so that’s what happened? Gong Ruini’s annoyance showed; this person really didn’t know better. Gong Ruini said her uncle was kind-hearted.

If it were her, seeing someone walking into trouble, she would absolutely not remind Gong Zheng of his mistakes. Let him try taking the college entrance exams on his level.

Poor foundation but still not willing to calm down and study, always thinking about overshadowing others. It was incomprehensible how Gong Zheng’s brain worked.

And even if he overshadowed Cai Ming, it didn’t mean he could go to college instead. Such a fool deserved Wu Rui leaving him; he had no sense.

Everyone said Gong Dajiang was a smart and capable person, and Gong Ruini expected only Gong Zhuang inherited Gong Dajiang’s genes. Gong Qiang and Gong Zheng seemed influenced by Zhang Lan’s ineptitude genes; otherwise, why were both so foolish?

"He is far inferior to uncle." Gong Ruwen had increasingly bad impressions of Gong Zheng; he used to think he was okay but now, he really could find no redeeming qualities.

Compared to Cai Ming? Gong Ruini said even Gong Zhuang couldn’t compete with Cai Ming. While Gong Zhuang seemed to be doing well at present, Cai Ming had capabilities, and his future classmates would be impressive as well. His vision and connections really couldn’t be matched by Cai Ming.

Most importantly, they knew Zhan Jing; as long as they could latch onto such a connection, would their future be bad?