Chapter 47: Broken Relationship
Li Yingying was speechless after being confronted, and the captain also sensed something from these few words.
The captain turned his head and glanced at Old Lady Lu: "What they said is right. Yunxiao has become like this. In order to treat Yunxiao's injuries, people took out all their belongings.
Now you want to make Yunxiao her son-in-law, but you can't just watch them starve to death in the freezing snow, right?
When you marry off a daughter, you have to give her a dowry. You should give her a few dozen dollars. After that, let’s just forget about it and don’t mention it anymore.”
Mrs. Lu was unwilling to accept this and immediately started to yell, "What? Not only did you lose a son for nothing, but now you want us to give you a dowry? I didn't even give a dowry for my daughter's wedding!"
Li Wan continued, "You don't need to bring a dowry, just take back the dozens of dollars you got from Lu Yunxiao.
Captain, you don't know that in the afternoon, Deng Zhiqing and others carried Comrade Lu home to pack his clothes, and they found that Comrade Lu's room had been searched thoroughly.
He saved more than 50 yuan in the box, but now he has nothing left. If you are willing to let Lu Yunxiao be my son-in-law, then return his 50 yuan to me."
"What do you mean his fifty dollars? That's mine! I'm giving it back to you. How dare you be so shameless?" When Mrs. Lu heard the fifty dollars, she felt so distressed.
Lu Yunxiao, that prodigal son, his eldest brother would give him ten yuan every month, but after all this time he only saved 50 yuan. I guess he spent the rest of the money.
But fortunately, she saw some return money, so there was no way she could take out the fifty yuan no matter what.
When Qin Wan heard what Old Lady Lu said, she stopped talking and just turned around to look at the captain.
The captain's chest heaved violently again. He felt that he had finally opened his eyes to see such a mother who would not stop until she pushed her son to death.
"Okay!" The captain squeezed out a word from between his teeth and continued, "It's okay if you don't take out the fifty yuan, then the money will be paid by the team.
Tomorrow I will have someone tell everyone about Yunxiao's situation, and then say that even though his biological parents don't care about him, we, the aunties and uncles who have watched him grow up, cannot ignore him.
What's more, he is a hero. We donated money to him. There are so many people in Shengli Brigade, and even if each person donates a dime, it will be a lot."
After the captain finished speaking, he stood up and was about to leave. Old Man Lu had already reacted and grabbed the captain's hand in three or two steps.
"Captain, stop it! What are you doing? We old women don't understand. We will definitely give you the fifty dollars." Old Man Lu said with a smile.
They forgot their second son in the snowy mountains and did not try to rescue him. The news has spread. People are biased by nature. The five fingers are not the same length, let alone other things.
It is not uncommon to love the eldest son but not want to raise his own son. Even if someone discusses this, they would just make a few insignificant remarks.
But if they say that they want to force their son to death if they don't give the money, then the nature of the matter is different.
And are all the Lu family members still alive? If the captain really organizes a donation, how can the Lu family still have the face to live in the Victory Brigade?
The captain had no intention of leaving, but when Old Man Lu came over to stop him, he sat back down and said with a fake smile, "I thought you Lu family members were really that cruel.
After all, Yunxiao has been a soldier in the army for eight years and sends money home every year. Your brick house was also built because of Yunxiao.
I thought you were going to just abandon Yunxiao, but don’t worry, there are plenty of people who will take care of him.”
After being glared at fiercely by Old Man Lu, Old Mrs. Lu finally shut her mouth and stopped talking. Mrs. Lu was still worried about her husband and was very anxious.
"How could that be possible! Don't worry, Captain. I will ask him to go home and get the fifty yuan back, and then give it to Yunxiao." Old Man Lu said with a smile and glanced at Qin Wan again.
Qin Wan didn't say anything now. She just stayed aside quietly, waiting for the money to come.
Although Mrs. Lu was reluctant, she still went home to get the money. When she handed the money to Qin Wan, she held the money tightly and didn't want to let go.
Finally, Qin Wan exerted some force and took the five big unity notes into her own hands. Then, she put them into her inner pocket with a smile and patted them with her hands.
"The money has arrived. Don't worry, I will treat Comrade Lu well in the future. As long as I have something to eat, I will never let him go hungry." Qin Wan said loudly.
The captain nodded with satisfaction, and the Lu family members simply stopped making any expression and just stood there with blank faces.
"Okay, now that the matter has been resolved, let's all go home. It's so cold and we should all go back and not disturb the educated youths sleeping here."
The captain stood up and was about to leave, but Qin Wan seemed to have thought of something and held the captain back.
"Captain, I have one more thing.
Comrade Lu will be the son-in-law of my Qin family from now on. When the snow melts next year, we will go to the town to get the marriage certificate.
But there is one more thing I need to make clear here. From now on, Lu Yunxiao will be a member of my Qin family and will be supported by me.
The Lu family must not come to ask for money in the future, otherwise it will be difficult enough for me to support Lu Yunxiao by myself.
What if they insist on acting like elders, saying they are my mother-in-law, father-in-law, and father-in-law, and throw a tantrum in front of me and ask for money? "
The captain thought so too. Old Mrs. Lu and Mrs. Lu were so shameless that what Qin Wan was worried about might really happen.
Old Man Lu's face trembled, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Don't worry, I will discipline them well and will never let them come to ask for money." The last three words were squeezed out from between Old Man Lu's teeth.
Qin Wan shook her head: "I don't believe you if you just talk nonsense, we have to sign a written agreement, or you can just break off the engagement with Lu Yunxiao.
This way, I won't be afraid of you coming to my house to ask for money from time to time, and you won't have to worry about me throwing Lu Yunxiao away and then him crawling back to find you, how about that?"
Lu Yunxiao's legs are now completely disabled, and they are not willing at all to raise such a disabled son.
In this case, why not just break off the engagement? Father Lu's eyes rolled and he immediately made the decision to break off the engagement!
The captain had already figured out something by this time, but he said nothing and immediately asked several educated youth to help Qin Wan and the Lu family sign a written agreement.
Liu Kunming had a pen, so he gave someone a piece of paper and started writing a letter of severance of relationship for them. He wrote two copies, one for each family, so that no one would deny it.
After finishing writing, the team leader asked someone to go back and get the ink pad, and Qin Wan and Old Mrs. Lu and Old Mr. Lu all pressed their fingerprints on it.
Witnessed by everyone, Lu Yunxiao officially severed his ties with the Lu family.
“I personally watched as I wrote this letter of severance, and watched as you, the educated youth, put your fingerprints on it.
Therefore, from now on, Lu Yunxiao will have no relationship with your family at all. From now on, your two families will no longer have any contact with each other, and no one should go to the other's house to take advantage of the other."
Qin Wan took a letter of severance of engagement, looked at it for a moment, folded it neatly, and put it in her inner pocket.
Old Man Lu and Old Lady Lu looked very unhappy and were about to go out with dark faces, but Mrs. Lu was unwilling to go out.
"Qin Wan, the second brother's problem has been solved, but what about Yun Fei's problem?"
Qin Wan yawned and said, "It's getting late. I've been busy in the hospital these past two days and haven't had a good rest.
You guys came to my house again in the middle of the night and I couldn't sleep even better. I'm very sleepy and tired now and I just want to take a rest.
As for Lu Yunfei's matter, you can come to Lu Yunxiao tomorrow afternoon and ask him yourself. That's his business, and I can't make the decision."
When Mrs. Lu heard this, she looked hesitantly at the people in the room, then turned around and went home with Old Man Lu and Old Lady Lu.
The team leader also left, and only a few educated youth were left in the room.
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