Chapter 601 Is it immoral or not?

Lu Qiaoge put down the phone.

She didn't leave; she just waited for a call in the office. Old Master Qin was efficient; whether it worked out or not, he'd probably call her soon.

After all, if Old Master Qin wanted to find someone, there was no one he couldn't.

Sure enough, less than ten minutes later, Grandpa Qin called.

“Qiao Ge, I’ve contacted Director Fang, and he’s already called the relevant departments. You can go back to Qinggang Village now and tell the local commune head and the child’s parents. Director Fang will send someone to pick her up in three days… He will explain the relevant matters to the parents when they meet.”

After thinking for a moment, Grandpa Qin added, "If the parents ask, you can say this: as military dependents, they receive a monthly allowance. If their family is in particularly difficult circumstances, we can consider arranging a job for them locally..."

Lu Qiaoge nodded in agreement.

When she left, the Cao family was dividing their assets, and Lu Qiaoge didn't know what Cao Lao Er and his wife would get.

She couldn't say for sure whether the Cao family was in financial difficulty or extremely difficult circumstances.

But no matter how you categorize it, it will definitely be difficult.

Lu Qiaoge still had to return to Qinggang Village. Although the old man had some words to tell Lu Qiaoge, he wouldn't choose this time, so he simply hung up the phone.

Lu Qiaoge walked out of the office, started her Jeep, and drove towards Qinggang Village.

At this point, Old Cao, who was a bit clever, actually came up with a plan to divide the family property.

Even President Yu didn't expect that this old man would choose to live alone instead of following anyone, but he had kicked all his sons out.

The family's food and daily necessities were divided equally, and the three daughters-in-law each came to cook for them once a week. As for how to arrange the household chores, Old Cao didn't care.

The ducks and geese they raised were also divided equally.

The family incurred a debt of over 100 yuan for the bride price paid to their third son's wife, and that debt should be split equally.

He didn't care where his three sons lived; the brigade leader needed to allocate them a plot of land for their homes.

This is also stipulated in rural areas.

There's no shortage of residential land; we can just expand outwards towards the edge of the village.

The brigade leader couldn't argue against it, since that's how it was done when families split up in the village.

I just thought Old Cao was really cunning and treacherous, that old bastard...

The brigade leader said, "Okay, the homestead will be allocated according to the commune's regulations. As for the rest, you can decide for yourselves. But nowadays, it's not common for the brigade leader or party secretary of your village to sign and witness when you divide your property. So any subsequent disputes or issues of fairness have nothing to do with the brigade headquarters."

Looking at his eldest son's wife, whose face had become even uglier, and his son's pathetic state, Old Cao thought to himself, "Isn't the eldest son's wife on good terms with the third son's wife? This time, the debt is being split equally, and the eldest son's family will have to pay more than forty yuan. It all depends on how good she is to the third son's wife."

Cao's eldest daughter-in-law definitely disagreed. She glared at him, about to explode, but at that moment the police station and the public security office arrived and stood in the courtyard. Chief Yu said, "This matter of your family division is settled. You can continue to handle the aftermath yourselves. But if you want to continue making trouble, that's fine too. As long as you don't beat people to a pulp, our commune won't interfere."

President Yu said to Old Liu from the down jacket factory, "Director Lu will be back in a while. Let's go check out the next one."

Old Liu also thought it was a good idea.

Then a villager asked the old headmaster, "Hey headmaster, my child really doesn't like going to school. He prefers herding ducks and geese, he thinks it's more fun than going to school. He says he gets a headache just looking at textbooks. I can't do anything about it. Really, we don't need another child to do chores. Our family is different from Lao Cao's family. Anyway, as long as you can convince the child, we'll do whatever it takes."

The old headmaster felt that everyone in the village who was at home should come and see what was going on.

So they searched in the crowd; if the parent was there, they wouldn't need to go to his house.

Unfortunately, he/she wasn't there.

Someone saw the old headmaster looking for someone and knew who he was looking for, so someone shouted loudly, "Old headmaster, are you looking for the two children from the Lin family? They went to the wasteland early this morning..."

She actually wanted to say a few more words, but her daughter-in-law stopped her.

The daughter-in-law lowered her voice: "Mom, this is the Lin family's business. We have no relation to them, so why are you interfering? Besides, Lin Gang's wife is so powerful. If she really wants to cause you trouble, Mom, it's not that I'm trying to boost their morale and diminish our own, but even if the two of us work together, we can't beat Lin Gang's wife."

The woman gritted her teeth, thinking to herself, "Who can beat me?"

Whenever Lin Gang's wife stood up for the two children, she would happily take the two children and send them to the other party.

She would tell those who stood up for her: "You can't stand it, can you? You think I'm abusing my two children, not feeding them properly? Then take them to your home! You can cook meat for them, make them new clothes, whatever you do for them, I won't interfere..."

To be honest, life is tough these days, and most families have three or four children.

Having two more mouths to feed in the family is also a burden.

And it would be better to completely give up on it.

Maybe we can find a good family for the child.

Grandpa Wang from Qinggang Village is a recipient of the "Five Guarantees" (a government-provided social welfare program for the elderly, disabled, and orphans). He wanted to adopt these two children, and after speaking with the village head, he brought them over. Everyone felt that the two children would live with Grandpa Wang from now on, and although life would be tough, it would be better than they are now.

But who would have thought that before dawn, the two children would be called away by that woman, brought over for meals, and then picked up right after they finished eating to go home and do chores.

Is this person immoral or not?

Therefore, almost no one dared to speak up for the child afterward.

Lin Gang only had eyes for his second wife and his two newborn sons.

The children's maternal relatives didn't care about them, so in the end, they all turned a blind eye.

Even with so many high-ranking officials coming, it's probably still going to be tough.

The old principal also looked somewhat depressed.

The reason he made such a big fuss was that he wanted higher authorities to intervene.

There is no such logic in the world.

Whenever the woman spoke up for the two children, she would send them to this man's house, and now the two children barely interact with the villagers.

It wasn't that they disliked the villagers, but rather that they didn't want to implicate their kind neighbors who secretly gave them food.

Therefore, these two sensible children are even more heartbreaking.

The two children are ten and eight years old, respectively. Although they are not as smart as Zhaodi, they are hardworking and good children. It would be a pity if they didn't go to school.

That's why we're in this situation today.

Seeing that President Yu was about to go to the next store, the old principal quickly followed.

However, he turned to look at Zhao Di, who was staring at him with a somewhat frightened expression, and after thinking for a moment, he said to her, "Zhao Di, stay with me and Teacher Yin for now. We'll take you home after we've finished our business."

After all, they were just children. Zhao Di turned around to look at her parents, who had been standing there without saying a word.

(End of this chapter)