Chapter 43: Gu Zhenhua’s Two Faces

“But Gu Zhenhua’s conditions aren’t bad. Why isn’t anyone interested?” Lin Xiangnan was a bit confused.

Gu Zhenhua’s monthly salary was 89 yuan, twice as much as Hu Meili’s, it was easy for him to support a family. At this age, he could earn this salary, he was considered a top young talent.

“Because others don’t know Gu Zhenhua got promoted, Gu Zhenhua didn’t tell anyone, only my dad knows.” Hu Tuohua giggled and poked Lin Xiangnan’s arm, “That’s called keeping the good things for yourself. If there’s something good, of course my dad would think of you first.”

The first year’s allowance for a new recruit in the army was 6 yuan. If he didn’t get promoted and remained a regular soldier, his salary would increase to 26 yuan by the seventh year, and then it would increase by 6 yuan every year after that, with a cap of 50 yuan. But if he got promoted, a platoon leader’s salary would be 52 yuan a month.

The first year Gu Zhenhua joined the army, his family asked him for money. He only had 6 yuan a month, where would he get money to give to his family? Not only did he not give them any, he also wrote a letter home scolding his elder brother, reminding the Gu family that he only went to the army, he wasn’t leaving forever. If they made a fuss again, he would have a good talk with his elder brother next time he came back, parentheses, using his fist.

If he wasn’t worried about the letter being inspected, he could have threatened his parents as well.

With this attitude, the Gu family didn’t dare to ask him for money anymore.

But this year, Hu’s family pooled their money to build a new house, and the neighbors around were envious. The Gu family couple didn’t have any money, but they knew Gu Zhenhua had money, so in order to win him over and get him to use the money, they started to arrange blind dates for him.

When he got married and held a wedding banquet, Gu Zhenhua wouldn’t be able to avoid paying a single cent, right?

If he really couldn’t be persuaded to pay a single cent, then let him be a miser, it’s only right that he’s a bachelor for life.

Gu Zhenhua actually wasn’t stingy at all. Seeing that he liked Lin Xiangnan, the next day he sent a fan.

“I have a fan in my room.” Lin Xiangnan said embarrassedly, “Why don’t you take it back and use it yourself?”

“How can you take a gift back? I’m only staying at home for a few days, I don’t need a fan, you keep it. Give it to Aunt Hu, or to little brother Xiaoxi, it’s fine.”

Lin Xiangnan didn’t refuse, “Then put it here. Let’s go for a walk.”

In this current atmosphere, even if you were dating, no one dared to hold hands in the street. Couples who were shy would even deliberately keep a distance, walking on opposite sides of the road.

Luckily, Gu Zhenhua was one of those who didn’t care about face, he stood beside Lin Xiangnan, not too close, not too far, protecting her on the inside.

“Did you hear from my cousin that you made her cry when you were young?” Lin Xiangnan asked with some doubt, “You wouldn’t hit girls now, would you?”

“That was over ten years ago, I haven’t hit girls in a long time.” Gu Zhenhua scratched his nose awkwardly, “When I was young, I couldn’t eat enough, I almost starved to death at home, I could only snatch food from other kids.”

“You couldn’t eat enough, but you grew so tall?” Lin Xiangnan’s eyes filled with envy, what kind of good genes could withstand such abuse.

“Who said I couldn’t eat enough? I just snatched food from a few more kids and I was full.”

Gu Zhenhua first made a joke, and then said with a bit of melancholy, “When I was thirteen, I met Grandma Qian, I ate my fill after following her. Later, she passed away, and she entrusted me to her son’s comrade-in-arms.”

Grandma Qian was the family member of a martyr, her three sons all died on the battlefield, she lived alone. She had a pension, it wasn’t a big deal to raise an extra child. She thought Gu Zhenhua looked like her youngest son, so she was especially kind to him, making new clothes for him and forcing him to go to school.

Compared to the Gu family, Grandma Qian was more like Gu Zhenhua’s relative, but Grandma Qian passed away very early.

Lin Xiangnan felt pity and some 感慨 after hearing this. She thought the Gu family was a bad bamboo that grew good shoots, who knew that Gu Zhenhua didn’t go astray, it was because of the discipline of other elders.

“Grandma Qian would be happy to see you like this now.” Lin Xiangnan comforted softly.

Gu Zhenhua nodded lightly and said softly, “I’ll live a good life in the future.”

Because they talked about their childhood and their aspirations for the future, the atmosphere between them gradually became warm.

This atmosphere lasted for ten minutes, when Gu Zhenhua was stopped by a middle-aged man with a gentle appearance.

“Zhenhua, what are you doing here? I have something to tell you.”

Seeing that Gu Zhenhua’s face turned black, Lin Xiangnan curiously asked, “Who is this?”

“My dad. Gu Fugen.”

Lin Xiangnan curiously looked at the other party, a man in his fifties, but he still looked young, his skin was fair, there wasn’t even a callus on his hand, the clothes he wore had patches, but they were washed very clean. It was obvious that the rumors were true, he was taken good care of by his wife, he didn’t do any work at home or outside.

Gu Fugen saw Lin Xiangnan, but he didn’t take her seriously, he said to himself, “Your sister-in-law introduced a girl to you. She’s the daughter of the branch secretary of their brigade. You go with me to take a look tomorrow, if you like her, then take advantage of these few days of vacation to get your marriage certificate.”

The current blind date process was like this, you could get married after meeting a few times. But there were also those who dated for a year or two, it all depended on their choice.

Gu Zhenhua didn’t expect Gu Fugen to mention this.

Mentioning another blind date in front of the person he liked, wasn’t this like an old man hanging himself, looking for death?

Gu Zhenhua first cautiously looked at Lin Xiangnan, hesitated for two seconds, and still put on a very arrogant expression, he snarled at Gu Fugen, “Who told you to introduce a partner to me? Dad, are you bored?”

His appearance was already sharp, even when he was silent and didn’t make any expressions, he looked arrogant. When he frowned and looked at people with cold eyes, his murderous aura was overwhelming, he didn’t look like a decent person.

Gu Zhenhua had always been a stubborn person since he was a child. When he was beaten, even if he couldn’t fight back, he would secretly retaliate. When he grew up to be over ten years old and had more strength, he dared to fight back recklessly, Gu Fugen couldn’t beat him anymore, and their family status instantly reversed.

Gu Fugen hated this son, but he was also afraid of him. Seeing Gu Zhenhua’s clenched fist and bulging muscles, he unconsciously shrunk his neck and explained ingratiatingly.

“I’m just doing this for you. You’re already this age.”

“I told you, you don’t need to worry about it.” Gu Zhenhua waved his hand impatiently, “Go away quickly, I’m busy.”

“Okay.” Gu Fugen nodded quickly and really turned around and left.

This wasn’t like a father, he was even more obedient than his son.

After Gu Fugen left, Gu Zhenhua immediately squeezed a smile on his face and explained to Lin Xiangnan, “My dad was just here to cause trouble. I only have my eyes on you, I absolutely have no intention of dating anyone else.”

Lin Xiangnan was still a little dazed. This Gu Zhenhua, can he do Sichuan Opera face-changing? He has two faces.