Chapter 5: The Calculation from the First Branch

Seeing Liu Chuxue looked at the simple man on the hospital bed; perhaps the original body's emotions were at play, tears swirling in her eyes: "Dad, rest assured, we will raise the money quickly and take you to the city for treatment."

Hearing this, Liu's father's eyes dimmed, and he said in resignation: "Xue, this depends on how the family arranges it. Do not get involved; focus on your studies."

Originally, his parents were already very unhappy about his three daughters studying; now that he was injured like this, he feared the family could not even wait a few months and would use his injury to force the children to drop out of school.

Seeing Liu Chuxue did not respond nor refute: "Dad, Grandpa and Grandma have gone back to discuss it with the family. I will go to the North Suburb Farm in a while to send a message to my sister and see if I can borrow some money from my brother-in-law."

Hearing this, Liu's father hurriedly raised his hand to stop her: "Do not mention borrowing money to your brother-in-law; do not put your sister in a difficult position."

The eldest daughter's in-laws had not divided the household; if he mentioned borrowing money to the son-in-law, his daughter would likely find it hard to hold her head up in her husband's family. He could not be so selfish.

Seeing Liu Chuxue understood Liu's father's thoughts: "Dad, rest assured, I will not put my sister and brother-in-law in a difficult position."

After the father and daughter chatted a few more times, Seeing Liu Chuxue, fearing she might reveal her true self, lied and said she needed to go to the North Suburb Farm earlier.

As for what Seeing Seeing Seeing Ge Xiulan and her niece had done, she had not yet told her parents; having just arrived, she might as well use this matter to probe the depths of the Liu family.

Anyway, the school and the clinic staff could testify for her; if Seeing Seeing Seeing Ge Xiulan dared to cause trouble, she would only be lifting a stone to drop on her own foot, playing the part of a ridiculous clown.

That Kong Yizhang would probably have to wait a while longer to arrive; she found a secluded spot not far from the post and telegraph office to sit down, finally having time to carefully sort through the original body's memories.

Liu Shu Village

Seeing Seeing Seeing Ge Xiulan, working in the field, would occasionally glance up at the mountain, struggling to suppress her inner excitement, fearing others would notice her abnormality.

Just as she looked up at the mountain for the Nth time, her second son, Liu Jiandong, came over: "Mom, how is the matter going?"

Seeing Seeing Seeing Ge Xiulan looked around, saw no one watching this way, and lowered her voice: "Naturally, it is going very smoothly; just wait to become a worker in the city."

Liu Jiandong said with some worry: "What if that girl finds out the truth and makes a scene?"

Seeing Seeing Seeing Ge Xiulan rolled her eyes at her own second son: "Put your mind at ease; once tonight passes and she loses her reputation for purity, even if she knows the truth, what can she do? Besides, who would spread such news?"

She suggested in the morning that Chuxue go to the North Suburb Farm; to outsiders, that looked like she was wholeheartedly considering the Second Branch, so who could find fault with it?

Once the matter of Seeing Liu Chuxue not returning home at night broke out, it could only be said that she was simply unlucky.

After the matter was settled, their First Branch would gain real benefits: the second son would have a job, the nephew would get a wife for free, and her natal family could use this matter to control Seeing Liu Chuxue for a lifetime; truly a win-win situation, just thinking about it made her excited.

As for whether that dead girl's ruined reputation would affect her own little daughter's future marriage prospects, she was not worried in the slightest; after all, her little daughter would not be betrothed for another four or five years, and by then, who would remember this matter?

Thinking that the Second Branch's few dead girls were better at studying than her First Branch's children, the villagers had said all sorts of things, which had always rankled her.

Now that the second son was injured and could barely take care of himself, she only needed to play second fiddle to the old couple; she did not believe the Second Branch's two money-losing goods could continue studying.

This way, the family would not only save a sum of money, but Chuxue and Chunxiao, those two dead girls, would also have to roll back home from school to earn work points; let's see how the villagers would compare the Second Branch's children with her own children in the future.

(End of Chapter)