Chapter 178: As If Abandoned By The Whole World
Although working women are just as hardworking, or even more so than those without jobs.
But it has to be admitted that having a job gives one the skill to make a living and the right to control one’s own fate.
Elder Sister Tong said: “That’s why people need to have a special skill; you never know when it might come in handy. By the way, Old Qiao, I have an idea. Ask Qi Shuang if she wants to rent a house together with Fan Xiaoyu, with the rent split half and half between the two families, so there’s no pressure.”
Sister Qiao immediately slapped the table: “Old Tong, that’s a good method. I’ll go ask Qi Shuang’s opinion tonight.”
You all chimed in one after another and arranged Fan Xiaoyu’s life for the near term.
So, as long as it’s a problem reported to the Neighborhood Committee, if it can be solved, they will definitely think of a method to solve it; if it can’t be solved, it will be reported to the higher-level leaders.
Lu Qiaoge smiled as she looked at these people. If she were Fan Xiaoyu, she would definitely feel warmth in her heart.
At that moment, the telephone on the desk rang.
Sister Qiao picked up the phone, and the voice on the other end was very loud: “Old Qiao, Liu Yu’s older sister has been found and is now at Liu Yu’s home, but the situation is a bit special. Bring someone over.”
Lu Qiaoge hadn’t expected that Liu Yu’s older sister finally had news.
Many details outsiders didn’t know, but Lu Qiaoge knew that Liu Yu’s former stepmother, Li Ying, who had killed the local special agent’s ex-husband, had long been secretly dealt with.
After all, she was involved with the Research Institute’s design drawings and Old Gu, so it was handled internally.
Liu Yu’s father was sentenced to twenty years, but the Liu family’s house was not reclaimed, even though many people missed it.
Liu Yu’s mother Chai Xiaoyan used to be in the Factory Department’s Security Department, and she had always done her job very well. Her parents were both scientific research personnel, and later the couple both sacrificed on duty. The relatives at home didn’t interact much either.
Chai Xiaoyan was a martyr’s descendant, and the Factory took good care of her. The house was also allocated to her in her name.
But when she died unexpectedly, the children were still young, and naturally no one took over her job.
Liu Yu has now entered the Factory and taken over Chai Xiaoyan’s job as an apprentice worker, but the procedures haven’t been completed. Liu Yu said to wait for the sold older sister Liu Xia to come back and give the job to her. Since that’s the case, the Factory didn’t push it. According to age, Liu Xia taking over the job is also more appropriate than Liu Yu.
This information flashed through Lu Qiaoge’s mind. Sister Qiao picked up her shoulder bag and put on her straw hat. Without Sister Qiao saying anything, Lu Qiaoge had already stood up ready to go along.
When passing by the Public Security Office, Sister Qiao called along Shao Le.
Old Hou from the Security Department didn’t specify the situation on the phone; they would only know after arriving that Liu Xia had brought her adoptive family—or rather, what could be called her buyer’s whole family.
Several comrades were standing at the doorway, almost silently facing each other.
Inside the house was a couple covered in dust from travel, with dark and swarthy skin, looking very aged.
That teenage young woman should be Liu Xia; she looked very much like Liu Yu.
It was obvious she had done farm work year-round; a little girl in her teens had hands rough beyond words.
In her hand, she was holding an eleven- or twelve-year-old little boy.
Next to her stood two seven- or eight-year-old little girls, staring wide-eyed with some panic at the unfamiliar place and unfamiliar people.
Liu Yu was crying so hard she could hardly catch her breath, as if abandoned by the whole world.
Lu Qiaoge’s heart sank.
Liu Xia is sixteen this year…
Ah, it probably wasn’t what she thought!
Of course, not just her—even Sister Qiao and Shao Le instantly widened their eyes.
Seeing Sister Qiao, Old Hou said in a low voice: “That little girl is Liu Xia. She was bought by this couple, who told us they were raising her as a daughter, but actually she’s the wife of that little boy named Zhu Baozhu. Of course, they haven’t married yet; they have to wait for Zhu Baozhu to grow up. Just now, Liu Yu wouldn’t let Zhu Baozhu hold her sister’s hand and even pushed the boy. Goodness, Liu Xia stepped forward to push her younger brother, saying this is her little husband, so what’s the right to bully him…”
Then Old Hou said: “This child has forgotten things from when she was little. We went to a lot of effort to find people to confirm. Liu Yu has a good memory; after we came back, he recognized Liu Xia at a glance. According to the kidnapper’s confession, little Liu Xia tried to run back home midway, and he hit her on the back of the head with a stick, so she seems a bit… simple-minded…”
It was obvious she didn’t seem very smart.
Sister Qiao cursed bitterly in a low voice: “Damn Li Ying, damn human traffickers. They should all be cut into a thousand pieces!”
Lu Qiaoge felt the same.
A perfectly good family was shattered like this.
Liu Yu squatted on the ground crying very sadly.
Everyone felt a bit of a headache.
Clearly, that couple was clinging to Liu Xia. What kind of place is the big Northwest?
Many places are full of yellow sand where grain can’t be grown, and many families are so poor they have no pants to wear—this isn’t an exaggeration.
Looking at their clothes, you could tell the family was poor, and Liu Xia grew up in their home, brainwashed with their thoughts year-round, so naturally she was different from others.
Sister Qiao said to the couple: “Do you know this is against the law?”
Wang Cuilan was clearly a bit afraid, but thinking of her son living good days, she immediately said righteously: “Where did I buy her? I saved her. Don’t believe me? Go to our village and ask around. Back then, she was thrown at my doorstep. I had just given birth to my son; what would I do with a girl?”
Old Hou pulled Sister Qiao aside and said: “The problem is we’re a military factory here. You have no relationship with Chai Xiaoyan, so you definitely can’t stay here. The city doesn’t allow you to stay either; you have to go back to your hometown.”
They had originally wanted to take Liu Xia away directly, but Liu Xia insisted on bringing the whole family along.
No need to think—it was instigated by Wang Cuilan and Zhu Dashan.
They had gone to great effort to find people and delayed a long time; they couldn’t return empty-handed.
Moreover, this child had suffered like an ox or horse in that home.
Old Hou and Chai Xiaoyan had once been in the same work unit, so it was impossible to see the daughter of an old acquaintance and then leave her in the Northwest unattended. After consulting the leader, they could only bring the whole family back first.
Lu Qiaoge pulled Sister Qiao outside and said to her in a low voice: “First arrange for them to go to the guesthouse; this is also the way of hospitality. Then we’ll do a joint investigation among three parties.”
Sister Qiao was stunned and lowered her voice too: “What do you mean by joint investigation among three parties?”
Lu Qiaoge: “Our Factory Women’s Federation, the City Women’s Federation, and the local Women’s Federation in the Northwest will cooperate. The villagers’ testimonies are useless; they’re all in cahoots, so no need for local people to prove it. Have the local Women’s Federation step in to first confirm Liu Xia’s identity, whether her engagement with Zhu Baozhu has legal effect, and what her household registration status is in the Zhu family. Once confirmed, we’ll handle it according to the law.”
Sister Qiao understood immediately.
Liu Xia and Zhu Baozhu’s marriage was definitely invalid.
Then what remained was the adoption relationship.
That could also be easily resolved.
Illegal adoption relationships can be dissolved.
Although there are no clear legal regulations, now as long as the child finds her biological parents, it automatically dissolves and restores the relationship with the birth parents…
The previous chapter got messed up; luckily it was adjusted back.
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