Chapter 47: Going to the Countryside as Educated Youth in the 1970s 10
[This is a parallel fictional world. Please do not take any similarities between place names and people as they appear.]
After going down the mountain, the problem of Pangpang must also be solved. If he is an orphan from the He family, it will be easy to deal with as he will have a place to live.
But Pangpang's father is still alive, and the old patriarch also has selfish motives. He still wants his own brother's son to return to the tribe.
This is a good opportunity.
Pangpang pulled Zhang Xiaojia and whispered, "Sister, Grandpa wants him to come back. I don't want to be with him. Can I live with you? I have money and I can take care of myself. Is that okay? Sister."
Zhang Xiaojia answered seriously, "Pangpang, your father can't be blamed for your grandma's situation. Even if it were me, I wouldn't be able to save her."
Fatty said stubbornly, "What if it works? You saved Xiaocao's grandmother."
Zhang Xiaojia looked at the 7-year-old Chubby in front of her. No matter how stubborn she was, her eyes were filled with hatred. She didn't dare to force her anymore. She said softly, "If you must live with me, of course I am willing."
When Pang Pang heard this, he immediately took Zhang Xiaojia home, packed a box, and went to the He family.
At the door, I heard He Wu's objection, "I disagree. Wu Feifei must not enter the He family's gate. When Nineteen was in a coma and lost his memory, the army wrote a letter to Second Aunt. Wu Feifei used her father's connections to have someone change the file address. Second Aunt didn't receive the letter, and she and Nineteen broke the family rules together. Such a woman is corrupted to the core. Plus, I don't trust her to take care of Pangpang. If she returns to the He family with the two children, she will lead the He family's little ones astray."
Fatty ran to the old patriarch with the box in his arms, and said with red eyes, "Grandpa, grandma always told me to look for you if she's gone. Grandpa, don't you want to be fat?"
The old patriarch originally had selfish motives. He wanted his younger brother's child to return to the clan, but when he saw Pang Pang crying so sadly with hatred in his eyes, he immediately changed his mind. Compared with Pang Pang, Nineteen was nothing! After all, they were all his younger brother's descendants.
It’s not like the He family can’t afford to raise a kid, and the He family kid can’t stand being wronged, so they acquiesced to He Wu’s approach.
He Wu saw his father's expression and immediately handed the box to He Liu, whispering, "This time, no matter in the clan or in the country, we must stand firm. We would rather suffer a loss than give them a chance to turn against us."
Let him settle the accounts quickly and get rid of the Nineteen family.
He Liu took the box, carefully counted the money inside and wrote it down, then said, "This is a new society now, we must act according to the laws of the country."
"The money in the box is 764.8 yuan in total. 480 yuan belongs to Pangpang's eight-year dividend, which is Pangpang's. The remaining 284.8 yuan belongs to He Nineteen, who is the first heir. He Nineteen also owns Second Aunt's house. However, He Nineteen is Pangpang's father. According to national law, He Nineteen must support Pangpang until he reaches adulthood. The monthly support is calculated at 5 yuan, which is 60 yuan a year. Pangpang still has ten years until he reaches adulthood, so that's 600 yuan. I don't think you have the money. Pangpang will suffer a loss, so I won't ask you for the money. I'll use the old house to replace the 600 yuan."
He Wu asked, "Nineteen, do you agree with what He Liu said?"
He Shijiu disagreed. "I don't want all the money. The house belongs to Pangpang, but I want to support Pangpang."
He Liu sarcastically said, "Can you afford to support her? Take your current wife for example. She's a bad person. When you were in the army and had your own salary, you didn't support Pang Pang. Now you have to support your wife and children with this little salary. How can you support Pang Pang? Do you want Pang Pang to suffer with you, or do you want Pang Pang to help your wife with housework and take care of your two children later in life?"
He Qi quickly said with a red face, "Nineteen, you are the youngest child in our family. Everyone has always loved you the most. Whenever there is something delicious or fun, you are always the first one to think of. Although you have been expelled from the family, my father is still willing to arrange a job for you. He just doesn't want you to have a hard time. And don't worry, we will never treat Pangpang badly! As for her future schooling and marriage, you don't have to worry about it. Fifth Brother will help you arrange it properly."
He Liu said with a good face: "Nineteen, think about it! Look at what you have done in the past few years! Which one can be regarded as what a man should do? When your wife was pregnant, you patted your butt and went to join the army, and left without caring about the situation at home; and if a normal person loses his memory, he will try his best to find his family and regain his lost memory, but what about you? You actually married another woman and had children. Have you thought about it? If Pangpang's mother was not dead, then you would have committed bigamy and would be punished. Arrested and jailed! After you regained your memory and returned to the clan, they offered you the best solution: to separate from your current wife and wait a few years before reuniting, but you refused. You pushed the responsibility of sending money to Second Aunt onto your wife, and she embezzled it. Who else can you blame? It's you! You don't care about family matters and always shirk responsibility. This is the fundamental reason! Didn't you leave Pangpang with you and leave him to your wife to take care of? Tell me, what kind of person is your wife?
He Shijiu's face turned red after hearing what He Liu said, and he had no way to refute it.
He Wu said directly, "You are Pang Pang's father. You can bring the twins back to the He family to see Pang Pang once a month. When you are 55 years old, Pang Pang will also provide for your old age, but it will be for you alone. If you agree, please sign. If you don't agree, please contact the police."
He Liu held up the contract and said, "Sign it, Nineteen! You're not in the right. If the police handle this, you'll lose face. Your wife will never be able to hold her head up in this county again. You've already let one down, how can you let another down?"
He Shijiu had no choice but to pick up the pen and ask, "Whose house will Pangpang live with from now on?"
He Wu said, "Come to my house. I won't touch Pang Pang's dividend. It will be Pang Pang's dowry. I will be responsible for Pang Pang's future life. Nineteen, I will treat Pang Pang as my own daughter."
After He Shijiu signed the document, he was taken away by He Qi.
Fatty said nervously, "Uncle Wu, my sister agreed to let me live at her house. I want to go."
He Wu looked at Pang Pang and said, "Let her live here for now and listen to her. Pang Pang's feelings are the most important now. She is right next door anyway, so it's convenient to take care of her."
"Okay, I'll give you the money and the ticket."
Zhang Xiaojia immediately said, "No, I can afford to support Pangpang."
He Wu ignored Zhang Xiaojia's words and would ask Ping An to send it over later. There was no reason for the He family's little kid to be raised by others.
Zhang Xiaojia took Pangpang back to her home to pack clothes and then brought Pangpang back home.
Zhang Xiaojia made some calming soup for Pangpang and let her go to sleep. This little girl hadn't slept well for several days.
Even if I can't help the whole world, I can still help a few people, right?
When Pangpang woke up in the middle of the night and called for his grandma, he remembered that his grandma was gone.
Zhang Xiaojia held Pangpang in her arms and said softly, "Pangpang, I think your grandma doesn't want to see you like this. Your grandma loves you the most. You can be sad, but you can't be sad like this forever, okay."
"Sister, I miss grandma. I have no family anymore. My grandma who loved me is gone." Pangpang hugged Zhang Xiaojia and burst into tears.
Zhang Xiaojia just slowly stroked her back, comforting her and letting her fall asleep slowly.
As time passed, Pangpang no longer burst into tears and slowly accepted the death of his grandmother.
After Zhang Xiaojia sent Pangpang to Hejia School, she quickly returned home. What kind of weird weather is this? Last week, because spring had arrived and the weather had warmed up, she washed all her cotton clothes. It actually snowed last night. She was shivering with cold when she woke up in the morning. She wanted to start a fire dragon.
Zhang Xiaojia found He Liu and said, "Uncle He Liu, open the Earth Fire Dragon for me. I'm cold."
"Xiao Jia, okay, but you have to pay!"
The He family was right to ask He Liu to manage the money. He was so greedy, Zhang Xiaojia complained in his heart.
He Liu asked, "How is Pangpang this month?"
"I've already started to accept the passing of my blind grandmother," Zhang Xiaojia replied.
He Liu continued, "He Shijiu will come to visit Pangpang this week. Let's replace the extra things at Second Aunt's house to avoid waste."
Zhang Xiaojia nodded. She could understand, but she didn’t know if Pangpang could understand.
Back at the clinic, Yanyan had already cleaned up. Seeing Zhang Xiaojia, she quickly called out, "Master, I've memorized all the blood vessels in the human body."
Zhang Xiaojia gave the assignment, "Today's homework is to mark the 108 harmful blood vessels, 72 of which are non-lethal, and draw the 36 fatal blood vessels. Submit it to me after get off work."
"Master, there's no one here right now. I'll go and write it down."
Zhang Xiaojia waved her hand and let her go. She was making a quick hemostatic powder. She experimented on a chicken and the wound healed quickly. However, the chicken seemed to be in great pain. She was afraid of the pain and did not dare to experiment on herself. Zhang Xiaojia wrote down the prescription and planned to send it to her father, asking him to experiment on it if his men were injured.
After lunch, Zhang Xiaojia was sleeping on the table when she heard the sound of a car at the door. She saw a soldier walking down. He looked very familiar. Upon closer inspection, he was her father's old subordinate, Zhao Qiancheng.
"Yan Yan, go and cook the dumplings and egg soup quickly."
"Yes, Master."
Zhang Xiaojia hurried out, "Uncle Zhao, come and see me."
Zhao Qiancheng looked at Zhang Xiaojia. She was fair and tender, and looked very good. She was not as pitiful as the boss said.
He took out a big package from the car and handed it to her.
"Your father is worried about you. Knowing that I have a mission to Jiucheng County, he told me to come and see you." Zhao Qiancheng explained.
Zhang Xiaojia said proudly, "That's right. I am my father's lifeblood. If he says I'm fine, then he's fine too. Uncle Zhao, you can drive home when you're visiting your family. If my father is visiting his family, can he drive to see me?"
Zhao Qiancheng patted her head and said unhappily, "What are you dreaming about? I'm on a mission and came to see you on the way. I guess your father hasn't had a vacation in the past few years."
Zhang Xiaojia pursed his lips and sighed.
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