Chapter 2057: The Gao Family’s Ancestral Home
Chapter 2057: The Gao Family’s Ancestral Home
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Zheng Juan used to have a tough life. She was the eldest child at home and had many younger siblings. The Zheng family favored boys over girls, so Zheng Juan had a hard time since she was young.
After she married Gao Hai, she spent money freely every day. She did not care where the money came from. As long as her desires could be fulfilled, she did not care about anything at all.
In order to hide his past identity and stay alive, Gao Hai had to give up many of the Gao family’s assets. The Gao family had so much assets that even after he gave away half of it, the few factories and companies he kept would still make enough money for Gao Hai and Zheng Juan to live comfortably for the rest of their lives.
However, after getting used to a life of extravagance, who would want to return to a simple and austere life? In less than two months, Zheng Juan had squandered all the assets in Gao Hai l s possession. He had to sell them all to pay off the debts she incurred.
“We can’t stay here anymore. Let’s leave since we still have the train tickets,” Gao Hai said.
“Why should we leave! Are we just going to let go of what happened today?”
Zheng Juan said angrily.
“As long as there’s life, there’s hope! Let’s go to your younger brother’s place to lie low for a while first. When we get a chance in the future, we’ll slowly settle the score with them!” Gao Hai said.
After the two of them packed up their scattered belongings on the floor, they left Hu City overnight. When Qiao Mei received the news, she was so happy that there was a wide grin on her face. The next day, she went to see Gao Lin with the property title deed.
“Granduncle, take a look at what this is?” Qiao Mei asked happily.
“The title deed for the house! How did you get it!” Gao Lin said excitedly.
“I guess they suddenly think things through, but I didn’t get it for free though. I bought it for 40,000 dollars,” Qiao Mei said.
“That’s good. My original intention is to give you this house anyway,” Gao Lin said.
“This is the Gao family’s ancestral home, so I’ve put Brother Gao Mings name on the title deed. I’ve already hired professional builders and they can start the renovation work at any time. I’ll have to trouble Granduncle to try and recall what this house used to look like and tell the builders,” Qiao Mei said.
The truth was that Gao Lin did not have much expectations for this house since it had already been messed up to such an extent. Even if it was restored, it would not look the same as before. Moreover, there were so many people living in it now. It was going to take a lot of effort to chase them away.
“Alright. When Gao Ming gets here, I’ll ask him to transfer to you an amount that’s three times the market price! And in foreign exchange!” Gao Lin said excitedly.
“No problem,” Qiao Mei said with a smile.
The hotel they were staying in was near the Gao family’s ancestral home. Through the window, they could see one corner of the house. Gao Lin stood in front of the window and sighed as he said, “But there are so many people inside, How can we make them leave voluntarily? Besides, what if some people become homeless because of the move?”
“Leave this matter to me. I’ve already thought of a solution,” Qiao Mei said.
Qiao Mei started out by pasting the notice of property transfer on the noticeboard at the entrance of the Gao family’s ancestral home. She wanted the residents inside to know that there was a new owner! Everyone gathered around the noticeboard and discussed the issue.
“Why is there a new owner?”
“Can it be that what Gao Hai and his family say is true? That the young lady framed Gao Hai so that she can get their house?”
“She didn’t frame him! Gao Hai is that traitor! It’s absolutely true!”
“They’ve already chased Gao Hai and his family away. Their next step will be
to chase us away!’
“Hmph, the Gao family members are all rotten eggs!’
Qiao Mei stood in the distance and listened to what the residents said. She thought for a long time and returned to the hotel to count the money which her people had snatched from Gao Hai. There was a total of more than 60,000 dollars. This money meant nothing to Qiao Mei. It was better to give it to the people who had been harmed by Gao Hai.
Although it would not erase the pain in their hearts, it could make their lives a little better. Qiao Mei secretly did a check on the number of families in the vicinity who had been persecuted by Gao Hai. She put in some of her own money and topped up the sum to 100,000 dollars. Her intention was to distribute the money evenly to those families.
Due to the large number of people involved, Qiao Mei had no choice but to ask the community office to help her gather these people together. She asked the local news reporters to be in attendance at the meeting so that she could resolve this matter in public..