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Chapter 22 Running away from home
With Mrs. Xie's background there, even if the second wife is not to be taken seriously, the old lady and the old man would not dare to do anything to the second wife. It is actually good to have a strong backer at a critical moment.

No matter what's going on outside, it's been a year of hard work, so people still want to reward themselves during the Chinese New Year. Everyone is looking forward to the arrival of the New Year, and so is the Gu family.

Perhaps this year is destined to be an eventful year for the Gu family. On the 27th of the twelfth lunar month, another accident happened to the big house. Although this time was not as serious as the last time, but because of the previous precedent and this juncture, it was extraordinarily noticeable.

The reason is that Lu Qinghua still learned about the fifth concubine's words from the servants. Although Mrs. Guan repeatedly emphasized not to tell Gu Qinghua, but under her strict defense, there was still such a fish that slipped through the net, just gossip When it was time, Lu Qinghua caught it straight.

It was nothing at first, but when Gu Qinghua turned around and found Mrs. Guan and asked about this family, she was frightened by Mrs. Guan's attitude, "She dares to come to Miss my daughter regardless of the Zhang family." Mrs. Guan didn't Denied, but the attitude is also very firm.

He also comforted Gu Qinghua, "Don't worry about this matter, even if it is your father, he can't agree to it without me. After all, my mother would never agree to let you marry into such a family. Relying on the Gu family's relationship, what do they have? Such a family still wants you to marry, it's just a dream!"

The fifth aunt's maiden name is Zhang, and she is doing a small business. Because there is no one on top, it is actually not easy to live in such a world. After all, it is still an ancient big family, and its background is not comparable to that of ordinary people.

On the one hand, Mrs. Guan hated Fifth Aunt for relying on her favor to keep her ear to the Eldest Master, trying to plot against her daughter. On the other hand, she also looked down on the Zhang family and felt that she was not worthy of Qinghua, but Gu Qinghua just felt that The mother looked down on all the children of poor families.

And her senior brother's family is indeed not a wealthy family, so she couldn't help but think of her senior brother's words, "Your family will not look up to me, because my family is poor, so if you want your mother to admit me Let's divide." He said with a high face, "Your family is a remnant of feudal society, backward, and will be repelled. As a progressive person, I will never bow to the remnants of feudal society. Yes." Standing proudly, like a true warrior.

Lu Qinghua fell in love with his aloofness, and always felt that the senior brother was the real man who was mighty and unyielding, rich and not lewd, so she was also very anxious at the time, "Then what should we do?" She also felt that her family still kept It's the old feudal way, and it doesn't refute the brother's words.

"Why don't we go to Shanghai, where progressive people gather, and revolutionary comrades should join the revolution. We are advanced people, and we can't just be content with the status quo. Now that the country needs us and the nation needs us, we should respond positively." What he said was righteous , Lu Qinghua was so touched that he really wanted to just agree.

But after all, after staying in Peiping for more than ten years, she has never left home and traveled far. She is full of yearning but also a little apprehensive in the face of the unknown. She has been pampered and raised by the Gu family, and she really has to face these problems alone. Sometimes she was a little scared.

I always think that if I discuss with my mother carefully, I will always be able to get her understanding and acceptance, and then I won't have to go to such a far place.

But Mrs. Guan's insistence on this matter made Lu Qinghua somewhat confused about the future of her and her senior brother. Maybe what the senior brother said was right, her family was poisoned by feudal remnants, so even after the Republic of China, she still kept the original one. One set, she felt that she could no longer stay in such a family, and she should obey her senior brother and go to Shanghai together to open up a new world of her own.

So on New Year's Eve, taking advantage of other people's hustle and bustle, when Gu Qinghua disappeared, it wasn't considered missing, and he left a letter from home, which was regarded as running away from home!

When everyone found out, Gu Qinghua was nowhere to be found. Mrs. Guan almost fainted holding the letter. Gu Qingyan immediately stepped forward to support her when she saw something was wrong, and then also saw the letter.

The content is very simple, the general meaning is that she doesn't want to stay at home like this all the time, she wants to see the outside world, realize her ambitions and ideals, and then said to tell Mrs. Guan not to go to her, she will live nice or something.

Mrs. Guan almost spit out a mouthful of old blood, go outside to have a look?What is there outside?Now that the world is in such a mess, her daughter's family doesn't want to stay at home and want to go outside to see it?

Grabbing Gu Qingyan's hand was like grabbing his last life-saving straw, "Qingyan, you must go and bring Qinghua back, how can she go out alone in such a mess outside? Don't you want your mother's life?" As she spoke, she began to cry.

As soon as Gu Qingyan heard that his sister was missing, he sent someone out to look for it. At this time, he didn't know how to find her, and he didn't have any clues, so he began to question Gu Qinghua's maid, Lamei. Serving by Lu Qinghua's side, she is more anxious than anyone else now that her young lady is gone, and she is still kneeling on the ground.

"Who does your lady usually meet, and what's abnormal? You think about it carefully." Gu Qingyan's voice was not too harsh, but Lamei wished she could pull Gu Qinghua immediately. Come back, otherwise she would have no good fruit to eat, so at the moment, she knows everything without saying anything, pouring out everything she can think of.

"Miss is usually close to some classmates in the school, but at that time we were not allowed to follow, saying that we were remnants of feudalism, but Miss seems to respect one of her senior brothers very much, and recently she often Put his name on your lips."

When Lu Qinghua went to the school, he really didn't allow people to follow him. He felt that as a progressive person, he would lose his status by bringing a maid, so what Lamei knew was limited, that is, recently she was talking about her brother like a madman, and then the maid listened to her.

"What's the name of that senior brother?" Gu Qingyan frowned and asked, why does it feel like things are getting worse?He didn't want to think about the worst, but thinking about his sister's temperament, he also had to consider the only possibility.

Lamei thought for a while and said uncertainly: "It seems to be 'Zichen'. I just heard her say it a few times, and the lady didn't want us to ask. I really don't know what it is called."

"Zichen?" Gu Qingyan frowned and thought about it for a while, but he still felt that he didn't know this person. He didn't spend much time with Lu Qinghua. Because of his prejudice against him, Qinghua always felt a little estranged from him. She Naturally, his friends would not tell him anything.

Thinking about it at this time, Gu Qingyan began to reflect again, whether he usually doesn't care too much about his sister, but at this time he doesn't know anything about her, and he can't help but feel a little guilty, thinking that if he finds her back, he will always have to Just be more concerned.

But the premise is that the person needs to be found, and now there are too few clues, so he asked again: "Have you heard that your lady mentioned any place names?"

Lamei thought about it carefully, and finally shook her head in disappointment, but at this time Dongmei remembered something, "Master, I do remember one, Miss faintly mentioned 'Xujiahui', I don't know if it has something to do with this person .” She wasn’t quite sure.

Moreover, he mistook the place name for a person's name, but this is indeed an important clue. Gu Qingyan immediately tightened his spirits and asked seriously: "Are you sure you heard her say this name?"

Dongmei was taken aback by the young master's seriousness. Although she was a little nervous, she still nodded affirmatively, "Yes, I'm sure I heard what Miss said, and Miss didn't notice me that day. Someone walked away in a hurry, I was still curious at the time, and felt like the lady was hiding something, so I remember it very clearly."

Gu Qingyan nodded, and immediately ordered his follower Donglai, "Go to the station and see if the train to Shanghai has left recently."

Mrs. Guan even forgot to cry when she heard this, "Qingyan, you mean that Qinghua went to Shanghai?" The place is so chaotic, why did she run there?He looked at Gu Qingyan nervously, hoping that he would give himself a negative answer.

Gu Qingyan closed his eyes, feeling a little tired suddenly, this year is really eventful!Although he didn't want his mother to be so worried during Chinese New Year, he didn't want to deceive her either, "Probably, but this is also my guess. Mother should go back to the house and rest, and I will be the first to hear about her." Time will tell."

Where is the mind to rest at this time?Mrs. Guan, who is celebrating the new year, couldn't help but feel sad when she thought about it, "Why is she so heartless? Don't you think about what will happen to me if she leaves like this? Doesn't this mean that you don't want me to have a good year? It's clearly because I want to Take my life!" As he spoke, he began to cry miserably.

It's not just that Mrs. Guan is having a bad year. No one in the Gu family can live a good year. The old man just had a big fight with Mrs. Guan. At this time, when he heard that his daughter was missing, he even complained about Mrs. Guan, "It's all about you!" What a good daughter you taught, really well-bred! It's just out of character!" After speaking, she was still resentful, as if she had found a target to attack Mrs. Guan, but more of it was to relieve her anger.

When Mrs. Guan saw that not only was he not worried about his daughter's condition, but he came to say these sarcastic remarks, she became even more angry. She couldn't hold it back, "You still have the nerve to talk about me? Is it because of your little bastard?" Yes, if it wasn't for her wishful thinking to tell me Qing Hua about such a family, why would she want to run away from home?"

(End of this chapter)