Chapter 141 Ginseng Chicken Soup and Dandong Strawberries
Gan Su was shocked and quickly stood up. "Zhi Zhi, what are you doing here?"
Did she hear the whole conversation? Oh no!
If she knew, she would definitely tell her parents that he wanted to handle this matter alone and didn't want to trouble them.
The little cub stood with his hands on his hips, glaring fiercely at his older brother. "We're family. What can't we talk about openly? Big brother, you're still young. You're just a little kid. You don't have to do everything yourself!"
Even if she didn't understand the current policies, she could tell that getting rid of Su Gege was a very troublesome matter.
In the special year of 1979, rural household registration was not as desirable as urban household registration.
Because the planned economy distributed grain coupons to each citizen based on their household registration, housing, medical care, and food and oil rations were all determined by household registration.
Countless people with rural household registrations are desperate to spend money to obtain an urban household registration.
However, having a rural household registration has one advantage: it grants access to homestead land and allocated farmland. But...
It's only 1979 now. If Brother Gansu really becomes a rural resident, he won't be able to attend the No. 10 Primary School in Suzhou. Not to mention, if he graduates from university in the future, there won't be any good jobs willing to hire him with that kind of household registration.
Some college graduates are guaranteed job placement after graduation, but the placement is based on their household registration. People from Guangdong are in high demand because that area has the fastest economic development.
Suzhou is second only to Shanghai, almost on par with it.
In those rural areas... he basically wouldn't even get to eat what others had left over.
Zhizhi's eyes were full of worry. "Brother Gansu, if you go back and change your household registration to rural, who will take care of you? You'll be in the production team at such a young age, and instead of studying, you'll be working in the fields with the farmers every day. What will your future be like? Your parents raised you hoping that you could study in school and do your homework, not hoping that you would go back to the land and be illiterate every day."
She didn't mean to look down on rural household registration; after all, she was a modern person in her previous life and had seen how valuable rural household registration was decades later.
"Later" means "in the future," and "now" means "now."
Given how strict the household registration management is, if the older brother really becomes a rural resident, he will never be able to come back to live there again.
He will become an unregistered resident!
Gan Su's eyes welled up with tears; he could tell that his sister was reluctant to part with him.
He really couldn't bear to leave this family, but on one side were his biological parents' hopes, and on the other side was a warm family that treated him very well.
This put him in a dilemma.
Gan Su's voice was unusually choked with emotion, "I understand the reasoning, but Zhizhi... I don't want the last bit of hope my parents left behind to be stolen away too."
"How could that be? No way!"
Zhizhi hurriedly grabbed him, "I'm going to go talk to Mom and Dad. They're grown-up adults, they'll definitely have a better solution!"
Don't go!
Gan Su shook his head, forcing a helpless smile. "My uncle's family hasn't come yet, have they? Telling them now will only add to their troubles. Let's not talk about it."
He's made up his mind to handle this himself, so as not to upset his parents.
Zhizhi froze, looking at Gan Su's hand pressing on her shoulder.
After a long pause, she asked blankly, "Are you really sure?"
"Hmm... Don't worry, Zhizhi, your big brother will always be your big brother. I will come back."
Gan Su tried to remain calm and reassure her.
*
Evening
Zhizhi carried a small stool and sat in front of the stove, staring blankly at the clusters of small flames dancing inside.
Deng Qiu washed her hands and came in. Seeing her daughter looking preoccupied, she couldn't help but find it amusing. "Aunt Xuetong needs to rest, so I've let them stay in your bedroom tonight. Zhizhi, would you like to sleep with Mommy tonight?"
"Okay, Mom."
Zhizhi responded absentmindedly, looking like a lifeless fish.
Deng Qiu noticed that she was in a low mood, so she hugged her and whispered, "What's wrong? Is there something you can't tell your mother?"
"Nothing much." Zhizhi shook her head, looking around before making a lame excuse. "I was just thinking that I should take out the black-boned chicken and stew it later to nourish my aunt."
“No, that’s not what you’re thinking about, Zhizhi… Is there anything you can’t tell your mother? No one can hear you at home right now. You can tell your mother what’s on your mind.”
The mother and daughter spoke very softly, so softly that no one in the bedroom could hear them except for each other.
Zhizhi's porcelain-white face was so contorted that it looked like a steamed bun. It took her a long time before she finally sighed.
"Mom, my older brother said that when Dad adopted him, his parents' pension money was taken by his uncle's family. Now, his relatives want to seize his homestead. My older brother is very worried about this and he's extremely anxious about it. What should we do?"
“Gansu… …His family has come? I haven’t heard your father mention it.”
Deng Qiu frowned; what Zhizhi was talking about was a big deal.
Logically speaking, Jiang Anchao should have completed Gan Su's adoption procedures long ago. Now that he wants to go back to the countryside to reclaim his parents' homestead, he needs to change his household registration back there.
Once you've changed your household registration, changing it back is incredibly difficult.
Deng Qiu hugged her daughter tightly, her tone becoming more serious, "You must not tell anyone about chasing away Brother Su. Keep a close eye on him during this time. He is still too young and has a strong will. I'm afraid he might do something wrong."
"Mom... will Brother Gansu really leave?"
Zhizhi was filled with anxiety. She had spent the happiest time in this home, and she didn't want anyone to leave.
Deng Qiu held up her hand to shh, and gently patted the cub. "Go wash your feet first, I'll go talk to your father about this."
Zhizhi nodded, and after watching her mother go into the bedroom to discuss things with her father, she tiptoed out.
They made their way to Yuan Hui's house in the dark, and the little cub tiptoed and gently knocked on the door.
"Brother Yuanhui, it's me! Open the door!"
A moment later, a 'squeak!' sound was heard.
The courtyard gate was opened, and Yuan Hui, wearing only a thin nightgown, rushed out.
"Zhizhi? What brings you here so late? Come in, it's cold outside."
Yuan Hui took Xiao Zhizhi's hand and escorted her into the house.
At this time, Aunt Wen and Uncle Wen were already asleep, so Zhizhi had no choice but to go into Yuan Hui's bedroom with him.
She told Yuan Hui everything that had just happened, and at the end, she nervously swallowed.
"My mom can't think of a good solution. She can only suggest discussing it with my dad. Is there really no better way to resolve this than for my older brother to leave?"
Yuan Hui pondered for a moment, “The martyr’s pension is not considered part of the estate; it is a form of social security. However, the homestead and farmland were originally the property of the couple. Gan Su’s uncle is a malicious person. He calculated that Gan Su would not be able to leave this family, so he forced him to give it up voluntarily. This matter... is very difficult to handle.”
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