Rebirth 90: The Long Road to Finding a Son

Qian Meijuan took advantage of Qian Jinling's good mood, walked up to her and said carefully: "Aunt, I want to tell you something!"

Qian Jinling had a good impression of her niece Qian Meijuan, so she asked, "What's the matter? Come, sit down and talk!"

Qian Meijuan organized her words and said, "Aunt, I want to go to school. We can't go back to our hometown. Can you help me and let me continue to go to school?"

Children like Qian Meijuan should indeed go to school. Although there are many children who have not graduated from primary school in this era, what can a child of that age do if he does not go to school?

The supervision was not strict at that time, and some children went out to work at the age of thirteen or fourteen. If they were in the countryside, children as old as Qian Meijuan would not go to school and would be busy with various farm work and housework.

Qian Jinling also understood the situation at home. From what her parents said, they did not plan to return to their hometown and wanted her to take care of them in their old age. And she had to take care of not only them but also Qian Jincai's family of three.

She had been upset these days and hadn't really thought about Qian Meijuan's schooling. If they settled down in the provincial capital, Qian Meijuan would definitely not be able to go back to the village to go to school.

It was easy for Qian Jinling to send one child to school. Her two daughters were in private schools, which had good conditions but high fees.

A child’s tuition for one semester is several thousand yuan, and food and accommodation at school are also a considerable expense.

If Qian Meijuan also came here to study, she would not plan to send Qian Meijuan to an expensive private school. Since Qian Meijuan had brought it up, she would go and ask about public schools and let Qian Meijuan be a transfer student.

The tuition fee for a public school is about 300 yuan, and there should be an additional 1,800 yuan in tuition fees. This amount of money helps solve the problem of her child going to school, which is a piece of cake for her.

Thinking of this, she smiled and replied, "Let your aunt help you find out which school can accept transfer students. It's winter vacation now, you can go to school when the next semester starts. Just take it easy during this time."

Qian Meijuan was greatly relieved when she received Qian Jinling's affirmative answer, and hurriedly thanked her: "Thank you, aunt, you are so kind. I will definitely study hard in the future and repay you when I grow up!"

Qian Jinling felt very comfortable after hearing this, and thought of it as spending money to buy something good. It was better than Qian Jincai and Qian Longbin, the father and son, who spent their own money and still yelled at them.

The two girls were already three months pregnant and were about to show their pregnancies. In order to hide it from her family, Qian Jinling wore very loose clothes every day and told her family that she was pregnant and asked them not to make a fuss at home.

When Mrs. Qian heard that her daughter was pregnant again, she felt a little complicated. She thought that since her daughter and her husband had no son, they could treat their nephew Qian Longbin as their own son.

In her words, "If you don't have a son, you still have a nephew. In the village, if a woman dies, the coffin cannot be opened without the nod of the nephew from her natal family. If you are bullied by your husband's family, your nephew from your natal family can also help you..."

Qian Jinling was speechless: "Mom, what do you mean by that? With your eldest grandson, I can't even count on him when he's alive, but I can count on him when I'm dead?

Besides, it's a different era now, sons and daughters are the same, you better stop saying those old stuff. Not to mention that I'm pregnant again, and it's very likely that I'm pregnant with a son. Even if I don't have any more children, my things belong to my daughter and I can't give them to anyone else."

Old Mrs. Qian said anxiously, "How can Xiaobin be considered someone else? He is your own nephew. Go ask around in the village. If there are families without sons, the house and homestead will be left to the nephew!"

"Mom, I'm no longer a villager, and I don't have any homestead, so I don't have anything to leave for my nephew, so don't waste your time.

If you are willing to live here, then stay here obediently. If you think of any trouble, I will send you back directly. I think the only one who can deal with you is my third sister-in-law..." After Qian Jinling's speech, Mrs. Qian finally became obedient.

Xu Jinfeng went out early and came back late every day, and he didn't spend much time with the Qian family. Even if there were some things about the family that Xu Jinfeng didn't like, he turned a blind eye and always behaved warmly and politely, so that the Qian family got along with him quite well.

But after more than a week, this relationship was not so easy to maintain because Xu Jinfeng received a call from the Mafang City store.

The store manager, who was depressed due to the precipitous decline in performance, said on the phone: "Boss, the store has not been open for several days. It seems that the people in Mafang City have agreed not to come to the store. Some passers-by are even pointing and gossiping outside the store..."

Xu Jinfeng felt strange and asked, "What happened over there? What are those people gossiping about?"

The store manager replied, “I went to ask around, and it seems to be something related to the boss’s wife’s family. It’s said that there is a death row prisoner in her family.

Then a few days ago, a few people from her family ate at a restaurant and didn't want to pay, so they smashed the restaurant, saying that one of his relatives owned a factory, and called those who ate there poor ghosts. Later, the police came and they paid compensation.

People here say that the boss lady’s family is so bad, saying that she must not be a good person either…”

Xu Jinfeng felt his head buzzing when he heard the store manager's report. He knew that Qian Jinling's family members were a little confused, but he didn't know they could cause such trouble.

Xu Jinfeng knew that Qian Jindou had been sentenced to death. In order not to affect the business, he kept silent about it to Qian Jinling, fearing that others would discover Qian Jindou's relationship with them.

Who would have thought that my mother-in-law's family could really cause trouble. It was embarrassing enough to be driven out by the villagers, and they dared to walk around the city like that and cause such a big mess.

He hung up the phone with a gloomy face, and immediately called Qian Jinling's cell phone and told her the whole story.

When Qian Jinling heard the news, she was furious. Her family was really good at hiding things this time. They kept silent about such a big mess, as if nothing had happened.

She angrily gathered the whole family to the room where the old couple lived, closed the door, and asked with a serious expression: "Did anything happen before you came to the provincial capital?"

The Qian family felt that the restaurant incident had been resolved and was not a big deal, so they said in unison: "No!"

Qian Jinling asked, "Did you forget, or don't want to say it, or don't dare to say it? You went to a restaurant, made trouble in the store, and reported the name of our clothing factory, right?"

Qian Jincai muttered, "We have already resolved that matter. We have paid the compensation they asked for. What else can we do?"

Qian Jinling was so angry that she took several deep breaths before she calmed down. She snorted and said, "Do you think the matter is completely resolved? There were so many people watching in the store at that time, and your identities were completely exposed.

Now our store has been boycotted because of this incident. The store has had no business since you arrived in the provincial capital. Do you think there has been any impact?"

Qian Longbin argued: "How can you blame us for the lack of business? Who knows if it's because the people in your store don't know how to sell goods..."

Qian Jinling was so angry that she was speechless. After a while, she said, "I won't argue with you. You two should move out of my place now. I can't afford to support you two big Buddhas!"

"Jinling, what do you mean? Where do you want them to go if you kick them out in this cold weather?" Old Mrs. Qian could no longer sit still.

"They can go wherever they want. I have no obligation to support these two parasites. Do you know how much money our store has lost in sales this week? Nearly 20,000 yuan. And this is just the beginning.

Even if we can't sell the goods, we still have to pay the rent and employee salaries. We are losing money every day. If you two have the ability, please make up for the loss to me. If you don't, at least you can't eat, drink and live here for free.

There are plenty of factories in the provincial capital that are hiring workers. I told you two days ago that you complained about the hard work and low wages, but now I don’t care anymore, go out and find a job on your own!”

Qian Longbin was influenced by Old Lady Qian and felt that it was his aunt's duty to take care of her family. Now seeing Qian Jinling saying this, he angrily said, "Aunt, you are so cruel to drive me and my dad away just because of such a small matter? Don't forget that we have the same surname as you. If you do something extreme now, don't regret it later."

Qian Jinling was immediately infuriated by Qian Longbin, who was ignorant of the heavens and the earth and had no sense of gratitude or shame: "Go away, go away, I don't regret it, absolutely not!"

Qian Longbin didn't expect Qian Jinling to be so cruel. He turned around and looked at Old Lady Qian.

Old Mrs. Qian started to get restless again: "He is your nephew after all, how can you treat him like this? If you drive Xiaobin away, I will not live anymore. I will find a rope and hang myself on your door frame..."

Qian Jinling knew that her mother was a difficult character, but since they had barely seen each other for a year or two in the past, and she could get benefits from her, she was much more restrained.

If it weren't for Old Lady Qian's fuss today, Qian Jinling would have almost forgotten how her mother beat and scolded her when she was a child, calling her a money-loser and refusing to support her schooling after she graduated from junior high school. However, her mother always instilled in her the idea that when she grew up, she should marry a rich man and support her family.

She really wanted to cry but had no tears. She smiled bitterly twice, opened the door and walked out of the house. She asked the nanny to find a long and thick hemp rope and threw it in front of Mrs. Qian: "Here, I found the tools for you. If you can't reach it, let your eldest grandson help you..."

Qian Jinling's actions actually made Old Lady Qian incapable of thinking. When she came to her senses, she sat on the ground and started crying and cursing, using the most vicious and dirty words in the world on her own daughter.

Qian Jinling doesn't want to see her family anymore. She originally wanted Qian Jincai and his son to be self-reliant, but now she doesn't even plan to support her own parents anymore.