The Blessed Beauty Returns with a Dimension

Chapter 185: I Can’t Afford to Help



"Right! You can't come back. Take your daughter and hurry back to your in-laws' place. No matter what, your mother-in-law can't just watch her granddaughter starve to death."

The old lady made up her mind. Keeping Liu Guizhi would mean supporting two more mouths.

"Grandma, Uncle, Aunt, I beg you, let me stay. I've already moved my household registration out. If you don't let me stay, you're forcing me and my child to die!"

Liu Guizhi knelt down with a thud.

She truly had no other option. Her in-laws were not easy to deal with.

Her mother-in-law, along with her sisters-in-law, had driven her out back then.

If she could have stayed, why would she travel thousands of miles back with her daughter?

Because there was no way to live at her in-laws' place either.

If her family wouldn't let her stay, she really would have nowhere to go but death. In this era, without household registration, without food rations, even begging would require an introduction letter, or else she'd be treated as a vagabond and detained.

Liu Shuren tugged at his elder sister, "Elder sister, please stand up. Grandma, just let elder sister stay."

The old lady softened. After all, she was her own granddaughter. Could she really harden her heart and watch the child starve outside?

She glanced at her second son.

Liu Baoguo secretly shook his head.

The eldest niece could not stay.

If she stayed, it would ruin his plans.

Seeing the signal from her son, the old lady sighed. She knew what her son was thinking; he had his eye on the eldest brother's house.

But in the end, both are dear, how could she really watch her granddaughter die?

"Guizhi, get up!"

Jiang Xiaoxiao went over to help Liu Guizhi up.

The little baby Pingping on the bed was frightened into crying loudly by the sudden kneeling of her mother, her cries almost causing her to gasp for breath, her face turning red.

Jiang Xiaoxiao already picked up the child and put her in Liu Guizhi's arms.

Liu Guizhi hugged her daughter, who was crying uncontrollably, tears streaming down her face.

Fan Jianguo took a step forward, "Old lady, Uncle, Aunt, since we brought Guizhi back, we have the right to have a say in this matter both emotionally and rationally. No matter what, my brother-in-law and Guizhi's parents were comrades.

Before leaving, my sister and brother-in-law specifically asked me to take care of them."

Fan Jianguo, having been around the world, exuded an aura that immediately impressed the old lady and Liu Baoguo.

They looked at his attire, clearly that of a cadre.

"Cadre Comrade, please speak! Say whatever is on your mind."

Earlier, when they hadn't spoken, they regarded it as a family matter, but now that they had spoken, they could only listen.

"Since things have come to this, it's clear that Guizhi has been driven out by her mother-in-law, returning home with her child, lonely and pitiful. She suffered greatly on the road, and if she hadn't met me, the human traffickers would have taken the child and your great-granddaughter away.

No matter what, outsiders bullied them, you, as family, can't just ignore her. Even if you don't care, you can't trip her up in this matter. This house belongs to her parents, so it's only fair and legal for her to return to her family.

Our country never said widows can't go back to their families.

Uncle, Aunt, your reason doesn't hold up. She's living in her own house, not yours. You're at most uncle and aunt.

If you're afraid of being implicated by them, just stop seeing each other in the future. What can the villagers say about you?

Guizhi has already said she'll earn work points, earn food rations, to support her younger siblings. She won't eat from you or drink from you. What right do you have to not let her return?

Otherwise, if outsiders hear about this, they might think you're trying to seize her house, seize the property left by her parents. Aren't you afraid of being talked about?"

With an outsider stating things so plainly, Uncle and Aunt felt a bit embarrassed. Although they wanted to seize the house, they couldn't say so openly.

Especially since the man in front of them was a cadre, and they couldn't figure out whether he was from the county or elsewhere.

But regardless, Liu Guizhi had someone to back her up, and that was a fact.

"Cadre Comrade, we didn't mean that. We just feel that there's no use for her to stay at home. In our village, daughters who marry out have their household registration moved, and they can't come back to the village.

If the household registration isn't in the village, she can't earn work points or food rations; what would they eat then? We're considering her and the child, for their own good, by asking her to return to her in-laws'."

Liu Baoguo immediately explained. No matter what, he couldn't let the cadre think they were after the family property.

Who knows if they might need help from him in the future?

"You don't have to worry about that. We're preparing to talk to the team leader to explain the situation. The household registration issue can surely be resolved, so you don't have to fret.

Guizhi, your uncle and aunt have said what they have. You should understand their good intentions. In the future, don't burden them with your problems. Live your own life. No matter how tough it gets, don't trouble your uncle and aunt. Anything you need, just give me a call. I'll help as much as I can."

Fan Jianguo realized that these two were not good people.

He said this hoping Liu Guizhi would distance herself from Uncle and Aunt. After all, they're not her parents.

Just to prevent these two from causing trouble in the future.

In the village, there are more of these people than in the city, using seniority to take advantage.

He had seen how his sister-in-law was with his own eyes. Whenever he brought things home, wasn't she secretly taking them back to her family?

Though she spoke nicely, she never dared to do it openly.

He looked at this Uncle and Aunt, they were not the type to care about saving face. If they really shamelessly came around, people like Liu Guizhi would be reduced to nothing.

But there was truly no other choice. If there were any alternative, he'd rather have Liu Guizhi and her children move out.

But of course, that wasn't a long-term plan. Wherever they went, they'd need food. Without household registration, he'd be harming that family.

So all he could do was offer Liu Guizhi some fake support.

Of course, if Liu Guizhi really called for help, Fan Jianguo would definitely help if he could.

After all, this woman was raising a child, along with her two minor siblings, truly pitiful, and not a strong-willed character.

Liu Guizhi hurried forward to thank him.

"Uncle, Aunt, you can rest assured, I won't burden you. No matter how we get by, whether good or bad, I swear we won't go to you for help. I will not let my siblings burden you.

Even if we have to eat wild vegetables, I will raise my siblings. Thank you, Uncle, Aunt."

Liu Guizhi knew this was thanks to Fan Jianguo stepping in, otherwise, Uncle and Aunt wouldn't have relented so easily.

Seeing this, Liu Baoguo thought, "Okay."

With a cadre here, they couldn't say anything. After all, they were just uncle and aunt; could they cause a scene and not let their niece return to the village? But getting their household registration settled was another story.

The team leader, after all, wasn't someone who casually handled household registration.

"Alright then, as long as you've thought it over. Uncle and Aunt are not afraid of being implicated by you. If there's anything you need help with, we'll surely help; after all, we're a family."

Zhao Guilan glared, "You should save it. I can see that Guizhi is capable. Haven't you noticed all these cadres helping her out? Maybe she'll be wealthy in the future. Why would she need our help?

I can't afford to help, I can barely take care of my own sons and daughters. Better to have less contact in the future."

With that, she turned and walked away.

Liu Baoguo supported his own mother and followed her.

It was clear that in that uncle's household, Zhao Guilan was the one in charge.


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