Professor Gu's daily life in the countryside after his rebirth

Jing City's massive crackdown on speculation and profiteering ultimately ended with only the key figures being imprisoned and sentenced, while the rest of the people had their illegal gains confiscated and handed over to the state, because it involved too many people and it was difficult for the local authorities to report to their superiors.

On National Day, Gu Jun finally returned to Shanghe Village, eleven days after he was arrested.

Ever since Gu Jun entered Shanghe Village, he has received countless strange looks.

But he no longer cared. Compared to the interrogation methods he had experienced after being arrested, these trivial gossips could not hurt him at all.

The moment he walked into the Gu family's gate, he felt that everything before him seemed like a lifetime ago.

The newly built house was unfamiliar, and even the people in the house seemed a little strange to him.

"Jun'er, are you back?"

The first person to speak was Gu Dali. At that time, Gu Dali was sitting at the gate smoking a pipe. Seeing Gu Jun standing at the door with an unshaven beard and a tired face, he almost couldn't help crying.

Unlike his indifference towards Gu Zhan, this little grandson was raised by him with love and care. He always had a bite to eat, and this grandson would always have a bite to eat.

Being caught this time made people very worried, but now he is finally back.

Gu Jun moved his lips and wanted to call out for help, but found that he couldn't.

Hearing Gu Dali's voice, Zhang Qiaomei and Zhao Hongmei, who were working in the yard, came out from the gate.

Zhao Hongmei, in particular, saw the decadent man in front of her and couldn't help but take a step back, covering her nose to prevent herself from crying.

Zhang Qiaomei couldn't help herself: "Jun'er, you're finally back. Come here quickly and let mom take a look."

Gu Jun looked at the people in front of him with different expressions. He had an inexplicable look on his face. He did not walk towards anyone, but went straight to the only house in the yard, which was the woodshed where Gu Zhan had lived for more than ten years.

Seeing Gu Jun like this, everyone looked at each other in bewilderment, especially Zhao Hongmei, who felt even more upset. Her man had finally returned from that torturous place, but when he saw her, he didn't even glance at her.

Thinking of her situation at home, Zhao Hongmei felt speechless, especially at this moment, the memory of Gu Zhan and Liu Xiaoxi holding each other's hands was even more irritating.

Zhao Dani was old and her hearing was a little poor. She didn't hear the noise outside clearly. So when she saw her grandson enter the house, she didn't react at first. After a long while, she walked to Gu Jun and said in a trembling voice, "My Jun'er is back?"

Gu Jun looked coldly at Zhao Dani's wrinkled face, but did not sense any emotion from her. He just said "hmm" expressionlessly, then lay down on the wooden board in the corner of the house.

Gu Jun had been subjected to intensive interrogation for almost ten days and was now exhausted both physically and mentally. Almost the moment he lay down on the wooden bed, he began to snore softly.

Zhang Qiaomei followed in and saw her son's appearance, feeling both distressed and sad.

I wanted to ask about the outcome of the speculation case, but I couldn't bring myself to ask.

Just wait until he wakes up, Zhang Qiaomei thought.

Zhao Hongmei was already upset by her husband's cold attitude just now. When she followed him into the house and saw that he was already sleeping on the bed, her anger instantly turned into grievance.

"Why aren't you going to cook?" Zhao Dani glared at Zhao Hongmei and kept urging her.

Zhao Hongmei began to miss the six months that Liu Xiaoxi spent at the Gu family.

At that time, the Gu family's anger was borne by that stupid woman, and she was also responsible for the housework. However, she was lucky enough to be separated from the family early.

Zhao Hongmei's cooking skills were not as good as Liu Xiaoxi's. Faced with the empty flour bag, she was helpless. She had no choice but to cut half a sweet potato, add corn grits, and start to cook corn porridge.

Half an hour later, dinner was ready, but no one in the Gu family dared to wake Gu Jun up to eat. For no other reason than that Gu Jun was in a very bad state.

It was not until later, when Gu Dali walked over, that everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"Jun'er, get up and eat."

Gu Dali's rough palm touched Gu Jun's bearded cheek. Gu Jun was startled and instantly sat up from the bed, looking at Gu Dali with sharp eyes: "What are you doing?"

Gu Jun's action and words made Gu Dali a little hurt, and at the same time he felt sorry for Gu Jun. He didn't know what kind of stimulation this child had received in there to become what he is now.

"Jun'er, it's time to eat."

Gu Jun finally came to his senses. He saw Gu Dali sitting on the edge of the wooden bed and finally came to his senses.

"I understand." Gu Jun said expressionlessly, then got out of bed and put on his shoes.

Gu Dali sighed weakly.

In the past, Gu Jun disliked corn porridge to death, but today when he saw the corn porridge, he didn’t dislike it at all. He finished the whole bowl of corn porridge in one breath.

After dinner, Gu Jun walked out of the room and sat on a stone at the gate, looking blankly into the distance, not knowing what he was thinking.

Zhang Qiaomei came over because she wanted to ask about the outcome.

"Jun'er, what's the result from the county?"

Gu Jun cast his gaze expressionlessly at Zhang Qiaomei, then retracted his gaze and said expressionlessly, "Hand over all illegal gains."

"What?" Zhang Qiaomei's legs softened upon hearing the news, and she asked Gu Jun in a trembling voice, "Then where are we going to get the money to buy materials for building the house?"

When Gu Jun heard Zhang Qiaomei's words, he looked at his mother in shock and asked, "So, from the very beginning, you knew where my money came from, right?"

Zhang Qiaomei was stunned for a moment, then hesitantly said for a long time, "I only guessed it later."

Gu Jun laughed heartily: "Hahaha, great, everything is fine."

"Jun'er, what do you mean?"

Gu Jun looked at Zhang Qiaomei with hatred and said, "Since you knew I was going to do this so early, why didn't you stop me earlier?"

"what?"

Zhang Qiaomei stood there in a daze. She had never expected that one day her son would ask her why she didn't stop him at that time?

"I...I just..."

"You just can't bear to give up the money you have already earned, right?" Gu Jun said gritting his teeth.

Zhang Qiaomei didn't know what words she should use to respond to her son. After all, her son had already guessed what she was thinking.

"Okay, since you're reluctant, let's repay it together."

Originally, Gu Jun felt that he was a burden to his family while he was on the road, and planned to find a way to raise money to pay back the confiscated money after returning. Who knew that he would get such an answer when he came back.

He has changed his mind now. Since we are going to suffer, then everyone should suffer together.

After hearing what her son said, Zhang Qiaomei felt like the sky had fallen.