In fact, on the day when the Lihua printing factory was burned down, Lao Zhao didn't want to live. This printing factory, which poured a lot of his hard work, is his life's pursuit and hope, for this factory, he took out all his property, even the old house he lived in, and now this factory is ruined, his pursuit and hope are also ruined, he feels that he has no meaning in living in this world.

The news of Lao Zhao's suicide by taking poison shocked everyone in the Wang family's compound, and everyone couldn't imagine how Lao Zhao, who had always been shrewd, would choose to commit suicide. When Gui Fang learned the news, she fainted from crying. Fortunately, the amount of arsenic that Lao Zhao drank was not much, and after arriving at the hospital, he was rescued by the doctors and brought him back to life. Lao Zhao was lying on the hospital bed, and the first person he saw when he opened his eyes was Gui Fang, who was crying and red-eyed, and he said with tears in his eyes: "You let me die!" Why do you want to save me? ”

Gui Fang complained to her father and said, "Dad, why are you so confused? Isn't it just that the factory was burned, and if there is anything you can't think of, you won't seek death! ”

"Gui Fang, you don't know that this factory is your father's life, and the factory will be gone without your father's life." Lao Zhao thought of the burned down factory and shed sad tears again.

Wang Hongxing, who was standing on the side, comforted Lao Zhao and said: "Don't think about it, what's more important than life?" If you think about it, although our factory is gone, the people are still there, so it's a big deal that we will open another one from drumming. ”

Lao Zhao said weakly: "Can I think about it?" Not to mention that our own money has been burned, and we still owe a lot of loans to the government, wages to workers, and money to landlords, what will we do in the future? Thinking of this, I was overwhelmed, it's better to live than to die, I really have no other way but to die! ”

Lao Zhao said that Gui Fang and Wang Hongxing's hearts were sour, and Gui Fang took Lao Zhao's hand and whimpered. Wang Hongxing, who originally wanted to comfort Lao Zhao, also hung his head helplessly, beat his chest with his hand, and sighed.

Lao Zhao's body was too weak, and he had to be hospitalized, so Wang Hongju paid for Lao Zhao to pay a hospital deposit.

After Wang Hongxing and his wife left the hospital, they came to the factory that was destroyed by the fire, and watched the gradually improving printing factory now become a smoky and blackened wall.

When going to bed at night, Gui Fang said to Wang Hongxing in a helpless tone: "Hongxing, I have been thinking about it for a long time today, and I think we really can't clean up this mess now, so I understand my father's idea of seeking death, he is forced to be helpless!" If I were him, I wouldn't want to live, and living would be a sin! ”

"Alright, don't think about it! What is more important than life! You don't want to live, so what should I do? ”

"I think there is only one person who can save my father's life and help us out of the sea of suffering." Gui Fang said.

"You're talking about this guy is my dad, right? I also have this idea. ”

Gui Fang nodded and said, "Yes, now I can only ask him to show mercy to the old man!" ”

"But your dad hurt my dad so much, this, how can you mention this matter to my old man?" Wang Hongxing couldn't go on.

"Yes, my dad is a calculating man. But he is my father after all, this time he is in big trouble, I, as a daughter, don't want to help him, I just haven't done my filial piety. Gui Fang said and wanted to cry, she covered her face with a quilt, Wang Hongju persuaded Gui Fang to think about something, and then think of other solutions. Gui Fang showed her face from the quilt and said, "Tell you Hongxing, except for your father, no one else can settle this matter!" Tomorrow I will be cheeky to go to him and beg him to save my father, as long as he is kind, I am willing to kowtow to him a hundred times! ”

"Gui Fang, that's fine, let's go together tomorrow."

When dinner was about to be eaten the next day, Wang Yunqing went home from work. Gui Fang called "Dad" affectionately, she took the leather bag in Wang Yunqing's hand and said, "Dad, I know you are going home now, so I prepared a wash of water for you in advance, it is still hot, you should wash your face quickly." ”

Wang Yunqing smiled at Gui Fang and said, "I feel warm as soon as I go home today, I have to thank you!" ”

Gui Fang swept the soil on her father-in-law's body with a duster and said, "Dad, thank you for what, this is the daughter-in-law's duty." ”

In the evening, the family gathered around to eat, Gui Fang was busy serving food, she pointed to a table of food and said: "Dad, my daughter-in-law made you a few of your favorite dishes today, you see this is braised lion's head, this is fried shredded pork with pickled melon, and that mustard pile, green onion fried mutton," Gui Fang continued to report the name of the dish, Wang Yunqing stopped her.

"Guifang, all the dishes you made today are for me to eat? Do others still eat it? ”

"This, this is mainly because your old man has been busy with work recently, and I think taking care of your body is the most important thing, so I have specially made a few dishes with your taste to make your food more palatable. If you eat well, you will be in a happy mood, and your body will be good when you are happy! Don't you think? Gui Fang wanted to try to be as complete as possible.

Wang Yunqing looked at Gui Fang's slightly embarrassed appearance, and he was happy. "Gui Fang, the dishes you made today are so fragrant, if I wrap them all up today, I don't know if others will do it!" The people at the dinner table then laughed and resolved Gui Fang's embarrassment.

Gui Fang took out another glass of wine and poured a full glass for her father-in-law and said, "Dad, today not only has good food, but also good wine!" This is a hundred-year-old Fen wine that someone else gave to my father, I secretly took it out from home when I got married to Hongxing, you taste it, it must be delicious! ”

"Oh, I really want to taste the wine that Lao Zhao often drinks." Wang Yunqing played haha again. Don't look at this Gui Fang is the daughter of the old Zhao, at first the Wang family did not agree with Wang Hongxing to marry Gui Fang into the door, but after Gui Fang married into the Wang family, the Wang family and his wife gradually accepted this smart and handsome daughter-in-law. Although Gui Fang is said to be unforgiving, her heart is not bad, she is cheerful and generous, spicy and capable, and she is even more enthusiastic about her husband and in-laws. After the Wang family dismissed most of the servants, Gui Fang picked up almost all the inside and outside of the Wang family, and managed it in a reasonable and orderly manner. Wang Yunqing once privately said to his wife that this Gui Fang is about to become the Wang Xifeng of our Wang family.

After dinner, Wang Yunqing said to Gui Fang, who was cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks: "Gui Fang, your meal today is really good, it is very suitable for my taste, eating food is really a pleasure!" I'll rest for a while, and you and Hongxing will look for me in the backyard study in half an hour. He hiccuped and walked away satisfied.

Wang Yunqing was sipping tea in the study, and when he heard a gentle knock on the door outside, he knew that it was Wang Hongxing and his wife coming, so he said, "I'll wait, you guys come in." When the two walked into the house, Wang Yunqing laughed, he pointed to Gui Fang and said, "I knew that you had a request for me today, so you made me a very delicious meal to please me, you say, right?" ”

Gui Fang saw that her father-in-law saw through her thoughts, so she said embarrassedly: "Dad, I can't hide my thoughts from you, my daughter-in-law has this intention!" ”

"Gui Fang, you are my daughter-in-law, after you marry into our Wang family, you will be a member of the Wang family, your affairs are my son's affairs, and my son's affairs are the affairs of the Wang family. In the future, if you have something to say, just talk to me directly, and don't turn around the corner. Remember, I will help you when I should help you, and I won't help you if you give me delicious delicacies from the mountains and seas. ”

Wang Yunqing's words made Gui Fang's face flush, she was already in awe of her father-in-law, but at this time, she was nervous, and she suddenly didn't know where to start. Gui Fang gently poked Wang Hongxing with his hand and told him to speak first, Wang Hongxing was nervous when he saw his father, he stabbed Gui Fang again, and no one wanted to say it first.

"If you don't say it, I can guess it, you are looking for me for Lao Zhao's business, right?"

After Wang Yunqing clarified the matter, Gui Fang finally opened his mouth and said: "What you said is that we went to the hospital to see my father yesterday, and his current situation is too miserable, the factory is gone, the money is gone, the house he lives in is gone, and he owes a large amount of loans, so he really has no way to live in the future!" I can't be sad when I think about this! Gui Fang's eyes turned red as she spoke.

Wang Hongxing saw that his father was just listening to Gui Fang silently, and did not show any attitude, so he interjected and said: "Dad, this factory is actually not all Lao Zhao's, the eldest sister and both of us have a share, and now that there is such a big thing in the factory, we and the eldest sister must also be responsible, but we can't clean up the mess, so I want to ask you for help." ”

"yes. We have no way out. Gui Fang continued.

"Your mood is your father's understanding, but since something happens, you have to face it calmly, I don't approve of Lao Zhao's approach, it is useless to solve the problem with a packet of arsenic." Wang Yunqing suddenly stopped talking, he glanced out of the door and said, "Don't listen outside, you can come in too!" ”

With a "squeak", the door of the study was opened, and Shuzhen walked in with her head down. It turned out that after the fire burned down the printing plant, she was so distressed that she wanted to blame Lao Zhao, but the factory fire was a natural disaster, and Lao Zhao was so anxious that he drank arsenic; She wanted to complain that her brother and sister-in-law borrowed money from her, but she was fighting to be a shareholder, and she couldn't rely on others; Shuzhen can't complain about it when she thinks about it, she can only be considered unlucky! She knows that she is a shareholder, and she has a role in repaying government loans and settling the wages owed to workers, and she is also so anxious that she can't eat or sleep these days. Just now at dinner, she heard her father talking to her younger brother and his wife, she couldn't sit still, she wanted to know what they were talking about, but she didn't expect that she was discovered by her father just after standing outside the window, so Shuzhen had to walk into the study with a red face.

Wang Yunqing said to Shuzhen unhappily: "If you have something to say, what is it to listen outside?" ”

Shuzhen replied in a low voice: "Dad, I guessed that Hongxing and his family wanted to ask you for help, and I was out of options, so I wanted to know what you meant." ”

"You! Let me say what you say! Wang Yunqing shook his head at Shuzhen and said: "You just got rid of Ma Liangchen and lived a stable life for a few days, and you have nothing to do with Lao Zhao and them, are shareholders so good?" It's not going to fall into the mud again! You're in your forties, and you have to worry about your parents! ”

"Hey! I originally wanted to help them solve their financial difficulties, and I also wanted to make more money, but I never thought that things would become the way they are now. ”

Wang Hongxing was busy relieving his sister on the side: "Dad, don't blame my sister, I pulled her into the shares, if you want to blame, blame me." ”

Shuzhen said: "Dad, I've made you angry again, you can say that I can scold me, but how do you say this mess can be solved?" I'm in a hurry! ”

"Alright, don't say anything!" Wang Yunqing stood up from the sofa and waved his hand to prevent the children standing in front of him from talking, he said: "If you don't say the seriousness of this situation, I know it, what you mean is to let me come to the rescue." Wang Hongxing, Gui Fang, and Shuzhen nodded again and again.

Wang Yunqing paced back and forth in the room with a serious expression, and after a while he said to the three people: "That's it, tomorrow afternoon, I will ask the unit for half a day off, and you will take me to the hospital to see Lao Zhao." Let me think about other things again, I'm a little tired today, I want to rest early, you all go back. ”

The three of them walked out of their father's study, and Shuzhen called her younger brother and sister-in-law and said, "Sister, I still have some money to give back to you, and see if it is enough to make up for the wages of the workers." ”

"Eldest sister, you are really my good sister!" When Wang Hongxing heard Shuzhen say this, his eyes turned red.

"Hey! I can't write two king characters in one stroke, who made us two sisters and brothers! ”

Gui Fang's eyes were also red, and she hurriedly stopped Wang Hongxing and said, "It's not easy for the eldest sister to be alone, she has already lost so much money, we can't ask for her money!" ”

Wang Hongxing said: "Thank you, eldest sister, we appreciate your kindness, let's think of another way to deal with the salary." ”

After breaking up with Shuzhen, Wang Hongxing and Gui Fang returned to their bedrooms, and Gui Fang was a little depressed about today's result, Wang Hongxing smiled and comforted her and said: "Gui Fang, you don't know my dad, he has always made up his mind but he won't say it before he does it, I think he will definitely help us." ”

"Really? Are you sure? ”

"Of course! My dad is the most vicious person, he said he wanted to see your dad, an old enemy, what a face! I promise Dad will definitely help us, so don't worry! ”

Gui Fang felt that what her husband said was reasonable, and there was a little smile on her face, and the two of them finally had a solid sleep this night.