80s Wife is Sweet and Sassy - Chapter 456

80s Wife is Sweet and Sassy 
Chapter 456 – The stubborn old man (1) 

Translator : Moon Lee
Editor : Tea
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The old man dropped his head dejectedly as he walked to the garage, with Gu Ye following from behind. 

Seeing the old man like this, he felt very uncomfortable. 

In his memories, the old man had always been full of pride and arrogant, he had never looked so defeated before. 

When he was a child, the old man felt like a towering mountain, and now he seemed more like a little mound, not so imposing anymore.

“Why are you so mad? It’s not like it’s your first time dealing with Gu Jiefang. You’ve known him for over fifty years, and you still don’t know what kind of person he is?”

Gu Ye had originally intended to comfort him, but as soon as he spoke, the words came out all wrong, and he immediately regretted it. 

The old man looked up and glared at him irritably, yelling, “Why did you cut me off earlier?” 

“I was doing it for your own good. You’re already retired, so stop meddling in other people’s affairs. Even if you’re not retired, you don’t have any authority over personnel arrangements at the factory. That’s called overstepping boundaries, you know?” Gu Ye said righteously.

Earlier, when the old man heard about the mess in the warehouse, he clearly wanted to get involved, so Gu Ye had cut him off on purpose to stop him from getting dragged into it. 

This situation was common in textile factories, not only in textile factories, but also in other factories. 

Just the old man alone couldn’t handle it all, and getting involved would only make enemies. It just wasn’t worth the trouble.

“It’s precisely because there are more people like you that the country has more and more parasites!” 

The old man felt uncomfortable in his heart, how could things end up like this now? 

This wasn’t what he and his comrades had fought for.  

“Comrade Gu Huainian, there is a poem that goes like this, crystal clear water breeds no fish, a man too shrewd has no friends. You have got to learn to play dumb. Just focus on taking care of your own good-for-nothing descendants, well of course except me!”  

Gu Ye said with a playful smile, even quoting classics. 

The old man looked skeptical. “There’s really a poem like that?”

“Of course! That’s the exact quote, written by Li Bai.” Gu Ye said with absolute confidence.

In fact, he had no idea who’d actually said it. He could barely remember, but Li Bai was the only poet the old man knew, so saying it wouldn’t go wrong with using the name of Li Bai. 

The old man nodded. Hearing that it was from Li Bai, he was reassured. 

The more he thought about the quote, the more meaningful it seemed, it actually made a lot of sense.

“Li Bai is really amazing, his poems are all based on great principles ah!” 

The old man couldn’t help but sigh in admiration. 

Cultured people were really different, no matter what the era, they would always get ahead.  

Back in his army days, those who could read could manage accounts, just like Old Liu in the compound, he could read a few words and do some calculations, so he became the accountant. 

He hardly fought at all, and didn’t even have a scar on him. This was the power of knowledge ah. 

Unfortunately, in the Gu family, no one had talent for studying. 

Gu Jianshe was a little clever when he was a child, but the older he got, the worse he became, and couldn’t even get into vocational school, let alone his youngest son, he was the one who made the teachers angry the most. 

As for his great-grandson Gu Wen, he didn’t look like study material either. 

Now he was just waiting to see the child his youngest son and Chu Qiao would have. 

Thinking of Chu Peng’s outstanding achievements, the old man couldn’t help but feel invigorated. 

People said that nephews would take after their uncles, so maybe the Gu family could finally really produce a top scholar! 

“Since your body is fine, then hurry up and have a baby!”

The old man’s anger came and went quickly, now he was nagging about having kids. 

Gu Ye’s expression froze, thinking about the ‘humiliation’ he had suffered at the hospital earlier, then he huffed and rode off on his bike, not wanting to deal with the old man’s nonsense. 

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