Chapter 23 Chapter 23 My father is in the government party committee, and my mother...
Su Yan quickly asked someone to tell Sister Wang, and hurried out with Shuanzi.
When I got home, I saw a woman with disheveled hair sitting on the ground crying, "Oh my God, why is my life so miserable? My parents died when I was five or six, my husband died before I was thirty, and now I can't even protect my two children. They were almost killed by someone. They were thrown into the river without a sound. If no one had seen them, they would have drowned long ago."
She cried and shouted while hugging Yan Zi: "Yan Zi, Mom is sorry for you, so sorry." Yan Zi was still young, and she didn't know if she was scared or wanted to cry because she saw her mother, but she also started crying loudly. The door was full of onlookers, neighbors, colleagues and co-workers, and there was chaos for a while.
When Su Yan reached the door, someone made way for her: "Yingzi is back, make way, Yingzi is back."
As Su Yan walked in, Xiao Gang ran over and held her hand: "Auntie!"
Su Yan watched her sister-in-law cry, with broken porcelain pieces scattered all over the floor. "Sister-in-law, please get up and talk. Who are you crying for?"
Sister-in-law Lu Yingzi stopped wailing immediately and stood up: "Yingzi, what are you talking about? Who do you think I'm crying for? I'm crying because my life is miserable. My husband died out of nowhere, and my two children were almost drowned. Can't I even cry a little? None of you Lus have a good conscience. Your mother is the most vicious. I gave birth to Gangzi for three days, and she wouldn't even give me a boiled egg when I wanted to eat it."
She simply pulled a bench and sat down, crying to the onlookers outside, "The day I gave birth to Swallow, they asked me to go to the countryside to pick corn. As soon as Swallow was born, they asked me to wash clothes and cook, three meals a day without missing a beat. I worked myself to death in the Lu family, and no one cared about me. As soon as my husband died, my mother-in-law sent me back to my parents' home. If my brother hadn't taken me in, I wouldn't even have a place to live."
The people outside laughed when they heard her crying and singing: "Sister-in-law Lu, you still eat three meals a day? Don't you all eat in the cafeteria? Who are you cooking for?"
Lu Yingzi's sister-in-law ignored her and just kept crying: "And this Lu Yingzi is also heartless. She didn't come back for four years during college, and her family had to send ten yuan to Shanghai every month. What kind of sister-in-law is so good at spending money? Now, her father and brother's pension, hundreds of yuan, is in her hands, and I, her sister-in-law, can't see a penny."
Su Yan was not angry. She listened to her quietly for a while before speaking: "Sister-in-law is short of money, right?"
Lu Yingzi's sister-in-law was prepared to argue, even to fight, but after hearing Su Yan's calm statement of her purpose, she was stunned. She immediately denied it: "What money? I also have a share of the pension. I am your brother's wife, and your brother's share is mine."
Su Yan sat down. "Sister-in-law is right. You do have a share of the pension, and you should have a share of the house as well. However, you are Xiaogang and Yanzi's mother, and according to the law, you have an obligation to support them. Only after you are gone will it be my aunt's turn to raise them. If you abandon the two children and don't raise them, I can go to court to sue you for abandonment."
Her sister-in-law called Su Yan frightened: "You, who are you trying to fool? Don't think I'm from the countryside and can't read, so you're trying to scare me."
Those who were watching the excitement outside started talking about it. They didn't know anything about the crime of abandonment, but they just thought that it was not right for the mother to not raise her own child and instead leave her child to her unmarried sister-in-law. It was not right.
"This girl from the Lu family went to university in Shanghai. Maybe this is true. Does abandonment carry a sentence of imprisonment?"
Someone asked, "How many years will this crime of abandonment cost?"
After hearing this, her sister-in-law was even more frightened and shouted, "Go ahead, sue me! I don't believe that I won't raise my own child and you'll put me in jail."
Su Yan smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, we are a family. We can talk things out nicely. I don't want to sue you in court unless it's absolutely necessary, but please don't force me. You don't want to raise these two children, so I, as their aunt, will take care of them. There's nothing to discuss. You want your share of the pension, and I can give it to you, but you have to write a statement voluntarily giving up custody of the two children and return the children's household registration books. Xiaogang will start school in a few days and will be unable to enroll in elementary school with you holding the household registration books."
She could get food with her household registration book, and the two children could get ten kilograms of food every month. How could she be willing to return it? She was perfectly willing not to raise the two children, but she absolutely could not return the household registration book.
The onlookers outside advised Yingzi: "Yingzi, you can't give this money. Your sister-in-law is unwilling to raise these two children. You are the only one earning a salary. How will you support these two children in the future? You should keep the pension yourself!"
Lu Yingzi's sister-in-law was from the countryside. She married Lu Yingzi's brother and indeed had a good life for a few years. She felt that she was still young and could find another man, but she couldn't take care of two children. She thought for a moment and asked, "You must at least give me half of the pension?"
Su Yan looked at her with a face that was not very shrewd, and smiled: "Sister-in-law, according to the inheritance law, you should take as much as you are entitled to. Let's go to the police station and ask everyone to witness. Spouse, children, parents, and heirs of the same order will inherit the estate equally."
These words made her mind spin: "Speak clearly, how much money can I get?"
Su Yan picked up Yan Zi and patted her on the back: "Okay, stop crying and follow your brother to the inner room, okay?" She then asked Gangzi to take his sister with him. It was really cruel to let two five or six-year-old children face such undisguised greed and abandonment from their own mother.
Just as Su Yan was about to speak, Sister Wang arrived and immediately stopped Lu Yingzi's sister-in-law: "Wang Xiaofeng, what are you doing here? Is our Jiangzhou Machinery Factory a place for you to throw a tantrum? Don't you know who you are?"
It turned out that Lu Yingzi's sister-in-law was called Wang Xiaofeng. She seemed extremely afraid of Sister Wang and brushed off the dust on herself: "Director Wang, my family can barely make ends meet. I also have a share of this pension! I also have a share of this house!"
Sister Wang started cursing, "Hey, you're such a shameless bastard from the Yongding River! What does this pension have to do with you? It's not an inheritance. The factory's pension is for the two children and Yingzi. Oh, you want this house? This house is public property. You want public property? Wang Xiaofeng, I think you have a serious problem with your thinking. You're even eyeing public property."
Wang Xiaofeng immediately cried out in injustice: "Director Wang, how dare I? How dare I think that? You all misunderstood me. I'm just asking Yingzi to borrow money because my family is struggling."
Director Wang scolded her again, "You feed your whole family, yet you're setting your sights on your sister-in-law. She's raising two children on one salary, so it's a relief she hasn't borrowed from you, yet you're asking for money. Have you used up all the money you took from the Lu family?"
Wang Xiaofeng's voice became even lower: "Director Wang, my brother has three older sons. If they starve me to death, I have no other choice."
Director Wang had a look of disgust on his face: "This is quite bizarre. You don't raise your own children, but instead raise other people's children. You really can do it."
Wang Xiaofeng retorted: "This family's surname is Lu, and mine is Wang. Why should I support someone with a different surname?"
Director Wang was so angry that he laughed and pointed at her nose and scolded her, "Hurry up and leave. If you don't leave, I will call the security department. If you come to make trouble again, I will go to your brother's workplace and see how your brother can keep his job."
Wang Xiaofeng wanted to say a few more words, which made the onlookers outside laugh: "Go away, go away, you won't get any money."
Director Wang coaxed them home: "They've all left, they've all left. None of them are that enthusiastic about their work, but they're all more enthusiastic about watching the fun than the other."
Su Yan closed the door, took out a new teacup from the cabinet, poured water for Sister Wang, and smiled: "Sister Wang, when will I be able to have your eloquence? Zhuge Liang's debates with scholars were no more than this, right?"
Director Wang took a sip of water and laughed: "Why should you talk nicely to someone like your sister-in-law? She won't listen at all. You just read too many books and are too polite." At the same time, he discussed with her that she would lead the rehearsal for the next week, at least to familiarize themselves with the movements first.
Su Yan had just accepted her favor, so it was hard to refuse. Thinking that the dance didn't have many moves and she had managed to memorize them, she agreed immediately: "Okay, no problem. As long as you don't mind my poor dancing, I have no problem helping you get used to the moves."
Director Wang was delighted and inquired, "Did Dayan come to work today?"
Su Yan said truthfully: "I didn't go to the office, but I met him at lunch. I don't know what he was doing in the factory."
Director Wang looked at Su Yan for a moment, hesitant to speak: "Yingzi, I am more than ten years older than you. I haven't read as much as you, but I have more life experience than you."
Su Yan already knew what she was going to say: "Go ahead, I know you're doing this for my own good!"
Director Wang laughed when he heard this and clapped his hands. "I knew I wasn't wrong about him! This is Dayan. What happened in the cafeteria at noon today has spread, and everyone can see that he has feelings for you. Dayan is a good kid, but his father is in the government Party Committee, his mother is in the art troupe, and his uncles are all paid by the government. Their family is very strict with rules, so you have to think carefully."
Su Yan smiled and shook her head: "Sister Wang, what are you talking about? I need to think carefully. There is nothing between Jiang Dayan and me. He is the one who keeps making trouble."
Director Wang was clearly unconvinced: "So you really don't consider going with Dayan Chuchu?"
Su Yan said firmly: "I won't consider it. I don't like it."
Director Wang was relieved and was about to stand up to say goodbye: "Okay, then I'll go back first. Wang Xiaofeng made a mess on the floor. You clean it up."
Just as she was about to open the door, she heard someone knocking on it. She asked curiously, "It's almost eight o'clock. Who else is coming?"
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