Guan Wenru did not recognize the woman who suddenly knelt down in front of He Yanzhi.
She frowned and walked straight over.
At this moment, Li Xiuqin, the woman kneeling on the ground, wanted to kowtow to He Yanzhi. Her voice was hoarse and tearful, "Commander He! Commander He! Please! Please have mercy! Accept Dazhu!"
I...I really have no other way to live! My child's mother is gone...Dazhu is sick...I...we simply can't afford to raise him anymore! Please!"
She is Li Dazhu's aunt. Li Dazhu's mother was swept away by the flood, and her body has been found.
The Li family has many children, and Li Dazhu also suffers from a so-called heart disease that requires him to take medication every month.
The Li family simply cannot afford it!
When Li Dazhu's mother was alive, she could earn some work points to pay for Li Dazhu's medical treatment.
Now that his mother is dead, who will earn money to pay for his medical treatment in the future?
He Yanzhi frowned, leaned back slightly, and tried to pull his clothes back. "Comrade! Get up! Let's talk this out! What kind of behavior is this? Get up!"
Li Xiuqin not only refused to get up, but instead kowtowed, "Commander He, I know you are a good person! You and Director Guan are both great people! You saved the child's life! Dazhu is a hundred times better off with you than with us!"
We don't want him to acknowledge us anymore! Just pretend he... just pretend he was someone you found! Please, please take him in! Give him food, treat his illness... Our Li family will repay you in our next life, even if it means serving you like cattle or horses!
He Yanzhi firmly held her shoulders, stopping her from kowtowing, his tone stern, "Comrade, calm down! Children aren't objects! Adoption has its own policies and procedures! It's not something you can just give away! Get up first! As for what you said… about Dazhu's illness… the commune and the team will find a way…"
Li Xiuqin burst into tears, shaking her head in despair, "There's no other way... there's really no other way! That medicine... it's too expensive, and the team is struggling too! Commander He, please have pity on the child!"
He really likes you guys! He kept talking about you all the way here… saying hello to Aunt Guan, hello to Uncle He… saying he wanted to see his triplets, that he can only live with you guys!”
Seeing He Yanzhi's helpless expression, Guan Wenru's face darkened completely. She approached and pulled He Yanzhi back.
He Yanzhi is a soldier; if someone sees this, they might make a big deal out of it!
Guan Wenru forcefully pulled the woman up, her voice icy and filled with suppressed anger, "What happened?"
He Yanzhi breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Guan Wenru.
When Li Xiuqin saw Guan Wenru, it was as if she saw even greater hope. She turned around and tried to kneel down to her again, pleading, "Director Guan! Director Guan! You have the heart of a Bodhisattva! Please save Dazhu! Please take him in! I'll kowtow to you!"
Guan Wenru reacted quickly, grabbing her arm with considerable force to prevent her from kneeling. His voice was stern:
"Stand still properly. Can't you speak properly? Crying and kneeling like this, what are people supposed to say?"
Li Xiuqin was intimidated by Guan Wenru's imposing manner and sobbed, "Director Guan, I...I am Dazhu's aunt, Li Xiuqin. Thanks to you two for saving Dazhu, but the child's mother...drowned."
Dazhu's illness... requires a very expensive medicine... and my family simply can't afford it.
"Our child will only die if he stays with us! We were just thinking... you two are high-ranking officials, kind-hearted... could you... could you..."
Guan Wenru stared sharply at her, interrupting her, "So, you just want to dump the child on us? To get rid of him as a burden?"
Li Xiuqin trembled, lowering her head in shame and despair. "I...I didn't...I...I had no choice...Waaah..."
Guan Wenru took a deep breath, looking at the woman crying in despair in front of her, and then she remembered the child who timidly called her "Aunt Guan". Her brows were tightly furrowed and her eyes were filled with complex emotions.
But she would never adopt a child who already has relatives!
Moreover, she has a psychological trauma related to raising other people's children.
Li Xiuqin was still sobbing when Guan Wenru's eyes turned cold, and she refused decisively, "Absolutely impossible, our family can't afford to raise so many children!"
Li Dazhu's biological father is still alive, so who can raise his child?
The Li family clearly disliked Li Dazhu's health problems and wanted to abandon the child to reduce their burden!
Li Xiuqin looked up in shock, her eyes brimming with tears, "Director Guan... Director Guan..."
Guan Wenru said sternly, "Comrade Li Xiuqin! Dazhu is your brother's own flesh and blood! He has a father, grandparents, and aunt. I saved him out of kindness, but to adopt him? On what grounds?"
He has a biological father! He was born, so he has to be raised! If you can't afford to, find a way! Go to the production team! Go to the commune! Go to the organization! Don't just push the child to someone else's doorstep and call it a day!
Li Xiuqin hurriedly explained, "We...we really..."
"Stop talking nonsense!" Guan Wenru interrupted her coldly. "You can push him to us today because of your difficulties, but will you come knocking on our door again tomorrow for some other reason? Will every family with a child they can't afford to raise send him to us? You gave him a favor once, and now it's never over! This isn't helping people, this is being extorted! We can't let this happen!"
After she finished speaking, she stopped looking at Li Xiuqin, grabbed He Yanzhi's arm, and said, "Let's go! Let's go home! We can't reason with this kind of person!"
He Yanzhi nodded. "Don't be angry."
Watching the group walk away, Li Xiuqin cried out after them, "Director Guan! Commander He! You can't just stand by and watch him die! Dazhu...he..."
Without turning her head, Guan Wenru pulled He Yanzhi and quickly walked towards the military jeep parked by the roadside.
He Yanzhi silently opened the trunk and put the bicycle inside.
Guan Wenru opened the passenger door and got in.
Bai Yun glanced at Li Xiuqin, who was still crying by the roadside, then at her sister with a cold expression, and silently opened the back door and got in.
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