Chapter 405: Guessing, Calculating

Liu Family Village

The hot topic in the village right now is that the second daughter of the Liu Shanliang family went to the city and got a rationed grain job; this book was indeed not read in vain.

Although it was a job obtained through exchange, one still cannot do without a high school education.

Now, the days for those children in the village who are still in school but are mischievous all day long will not be easy; not only are they nagged by their families all day, but those who dare to talk back get beaten often: "Look at your Uncle Shanliang's sister Chuxue; she studies well, and now she has gone to the city to become a worker."

"Can't you, you rascal, bring some honor to me? You both study, but don't end up worse than a girl."

"From now on, you cannot just waste time; only by studying well is there hope to go to the city and become a worker, do you understand?"

"See, I told you so; you still have to study hard. Don't think that just getting to graduation is enough; when the factory recruits workers later, if you can't score high, it's all for nothing. Did you hear what I said?"

Families in the village with children in school were all beating and coaxing them, with only one goal: to make them study hard so they could go to the city and eat rationed grain in the future.

Liu Family Old House: "Old man, it's been so long; those people haven't appeared again. I guess they won't come back."

Old Man Liu puffed on his tobacco pipe: "Could it be that I was wrong? Those people didn't come for the second son, but..."

Ge Ge Pozi Liu suddenly thought of something: "Do you think it could be the enemies of that woman?"

Old Man Liu frowned and thought for a long time, still having no clue: "It's not impossible."

"Just now when I went out, the whole village was spreading that the second family's Chuxue went to work in the city. If this is true, the second family's days are likely to soar."

"What do you have in mind?"

Ge Ge Pozi Liu stood up, looked out the door, then turned and sat back in her original spot: "Dongzi's leg is unlikely to recover completely. I was thinking it would be better to have him adopted by the second son..."

"Are you crazy?"

"Don't get angry; let me finish speaking."

Old Man Liu stopped smoking his pipe and stared at Ge Ge Pozi Liu, shouting angrily: "We have split the household now; it would be strange if the eldest family let you make the decision. Don't look for trouble where there is none. Besides, you know the matters inside; how can my Liu family descendants be buried under someone else's feet in the future? Stop this matter."

He had already decided that in a few years he would tell the eldest and the third that the second son was not his biological son; in the future, the second son must absolutely not be buried in the Liu family ancestral grave.

Ge Ge Pozi Liu was angered by his words: "I am not stupid; how could I let my grandson truly become someone else's son? Listen to me finish first, then draw your conclusion, okay?"

Old Man Liu tapped his tobacco pipe on the edge of the kang bed: "Fine, fine, fine. Speak, speak; let's see if you can still talk your way out of this."

Ge Ge Pozi Liu went to the door again, peeked outside, and only then sat back in her original place: "This is what I think: now the second family has a new house. Although the villagers say that dead girl Chuxue's job was obtained through exchange and must have cost a lot of money, I guess the second family still has some money left."

"What exactly are you trying to say?"

"My meaning is to publicly adopt Dongzi by the second son; at that time, the second son will be responsible for his marriage and having children. Once we get everything of the second son into Dongzi's hands, we can just make a scene and break apart at an opportune moment, right?"

Upon hearing these words, Old Man Liu really started to ponder.

After a long while: "Your method is actually feasible."

"If the eldest family were not carrying so much debt right now, I would never have come up with this idea. But Dongzi is getting older year by year; with the current situation of the eldest family, it will be hard for Dongzi to start a family."