Rebirth in the 50s: The Couple with the Hidden Space novel Chapter 701

Chapter 701: Chapter 576: Old Mrs. Cheng

In the dead of night, Lin Lishan and Ping’an were already asleep, while Zhou Xiaozheng quietly listened to his son-in-law recount the trip to Hai City in the study.

"Dad, that’s how the situation is. I mentioned to the old man about adopting a child from the same lineage, but before I could finish, his face changed. Did I touch on something that saddened him?"

Zhou Xiaozheng nodded, "Something must have happened back then. When I met the old couple, they were already at the end of their rope and didn’t want to return to the village. I helped them out because they seemed genuine and kind. If he doesn’t want to, then let it be. He must have a reason he can’t speak of."

Zhang Guoqing nodded understandingly, "Then the old lady slipped me a small courtyard on the north side this afternoon, saying it was already transferred. How did I not know about this? Can it be done without me being there in person?"

"That old lady really is..."

After sighing, Zhou Xiaozheng looked at his son-in-law, "Back then, the Gu Family secretly acquired quite a few private assets. Besides the assets cleared in the old home, after Jiefang, many property deeds from other places were taken into the old lady’s hands. Even Old Mr. Cheng didn’t know about this, apart from the two courtyards in Beijing.

After recognizing me, she privately gave me several deeds, but I didn’t accept them. I used the excuse that it wasn’t suitable to add more properties under Jiao Jiao’s name to refuse her. Logically, she would have sent someone to retrieve them, so they should be hers.

However, last year she told me she had sold all the properties outside and converted them to gold, and now only the two courtyards in Beijing are left, which she can’t bear to sell. These two, the larger courtyard was originally intended by the Gu Family’s elders for their daughters to move to Beijing after marriage, and the smaller one was her dowry, with a different significance.

Last time she mentioned wanting to hand them to you, saying she was getting old. Apart from the large courtyard, which is currently not suitable to change, everything she strove to keep for the Gu Family is stored in the small courtyard."

Zhang Guoqing frowned deeply, "Dad, if it was her dowry, then it’s something from the Cheng Family. If we take it, the Cheng Family might have thoughts on this."

"Your elder cousin’s family is different from the Lin Family. They feel that nothing was left from the Gu Family, making Jiao Jiao suffer grievances. They’ve long told the old lady to leave her private assets to Jiao Jiao, saying that they rightfully belong to their grandmother and should be inherited by Jiao Jiao."

Zhou Xiaozheng finished speaking and smiled, shaking his head.

People really can’t be compared to each other. He doesn’t mind material possessions; money nowadays is just a number to the Zhou Family, but such affection is indeed rare.

Zhou Xiaozheng glanced at his son-in-law, who was worried, and chuckled, "Alright, just accept it. We can forgo the larger one in the future."

What else could Zhang Guoqing say? The old lady was too good at leading people on, not thick-skinned at all. She tricked him into thinking everyone got something, only to realize it was just misdirection.

"And the old lady definitely wouldn’t register it under your real name. It’s probably some alias again. If anyone asks, just say it’s a relative’s house to brush them off."

Zhang Guoqing nodded understandingly. With a large family attracting attention, they already had several courtyards for just five people, and adding more would mean having to settle their own accounts first.

Zhou Xiaozheng took a sheet of paper from the drawer and handed it to him, "Tomorrow, return to work and report. This is homework. Go through some newspapers these days, and bring me the answers next time you return."

Zhang Guoqing took a look, then used a match to burn the paper, laughing, "No problem, then I’ll take my leave?"

"Go on, get some sleep. I need to review these documents and rest early too."

As Zhang Guoqing walked out laughing, he asked, "Dad, have you come up with a name for Mom?" As soon as he finished, he quickly ran outside and closed the door, hearing his father-in-law inside laughing and scolding him, calling him a brat, to which he laughed happily.

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