Chapter 574: Chapter 574
Gu Nuan, with her lips pursed into a circle, said, "Mom and Dad must be regretting it to death now—"
"That’s why you kept it yourself. My son-in-law is also stubborn. He agreed only because I told him it was a gift for you and that you wouldn’t give it to someone else," Dad Gu said.
Although Gu Nuan was naïve, she understood Dad Gu’s words. She wasn’t allowed to give the money back just because the old folks said a few words. Regarding this, she agreed and said to Dad Gu, "No matter what, Mom and Dad shouldn’t return this money. It’s the kid’s sentiment after all."
Dad Gu nodded: "That’s what I told your second uncle, and he got mad at me."
Gu Nuan had nothing to say about this, because, after the second uncle’s family had a wealthy son-in-law join them and moved into a new house, the entire person changed.
Mom Gu, on her side, knew from the phone call from second aunt Gu that the son-in-law had given the elderly a red envelope. However, Mom Gu understood this son-in-law no less than Dad Gu did, in fact, even more deeply. She pulled her daughter aside and asked, "What was Yebai’s intention in giving this red envelope to the elders?"
No, Mom Gu was even less convinced that the son-in-law would use one dollar to test whether the old people were greedy or not.
Seeing that her parents were slowly getting to know her husband’s quirky temperament, Gu Nuan slightly smiled and told Mom Gu, "Yebai once said, ’Those who don’t truly understand money, who can’t utilize money, don’t deserve to have it.’
To put it bluntly, Mr. Xiaozang’s money is only given to those who appreciate it, who understand the concept of investment. Like Dad Gu, whether he knows the goods or not, he still has a sense of investment. Moutai was taken first, to probe whether it was real or fake for the son-in-law, one could say, good deeds get good returns. Conversely, those with no goodwill and no investment knowledge end up like Grandpa Gu and Grandma Gu.
Oh. Mom Gu rounded her lips: This son-in-law is really getting more to their family’s liking.
That pair of old folks, Mom Gu had always thought, besides being greedy, were clueless about how to use money. For instance, Mom Gu had long ago heard that the two old people placed their cash under their own bed. Placing money like that, wasn’t it just letting the banknotes get moldy?
Mom Gu just couldn’t bear to watch it.
Of course, Grandpa Gu and Grandma Gu would absolutely not agree with what others said about them not knowing how to invest. Just consider that the two had just invested in a financial product that everyone in the county was scrambling to buy, making others dead with jealousy and envy. Next, these two old folks were waiting to collect interest like landlords every month.
Unexpectedly, suddenly, a contrary rumor spread across the county, saying that Finance Company, to which Xiaozang belonged, was being investigated.
As for the reason for the investigation, it sounded even more shocking. It turned out that the company was so big, and they definitely did business beyond just this county. In other places, the financial products launched by this company defaulted, failing to pay interest to investors, not to mention jeopardizing the principal itself. ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs, ᴘʟᴇᴀsᴇ ᴠɪsɪᴛ 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡✶𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚✶𝙣𝙚𝙩
The people in the county quickly remembered the incident from a few years ago when a local bank went bankrupt. Everyone felt panic and unease.
Regarding this rumor, second aunt Gu, Grandpa Gu, Grandma Gu, and others simply wouldn’t believe it because second aunt Gu had just received the first interest payment from this company without any error. They thought it was someone creating something out of nothing, spreading rumors with a very simple motive, possibly a move by a competitor driven purely by jealousy.
Even Grandma Gu came up with an idea, wondering if this might be a rumor stirred up by Mom Gu out of jealousy of their investment.
Mom Gu ended up innocently caught in the crossfire.
But, not a day later, the rumors grew stronger and more believable, because even the news came out. Reporters went to interview, claiming that the company’s operations in various places were illegal and involved in illegal business activities.