Rebirth 1983: Building My Business Empire-Chapter 64 - 60 Saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda

Chapter 64: Chapter 60 Saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda

The Lu family members were relieved to learn that Elder Lady Hu had confessed, feeling their previous efforts hadn’t been in vain, and they were all very happy. Big Aunt was especially grateful, clasping her hands in prayer to thank the heavens for ensuring that the wicked received their due.

Upon seeing this, Big Uncle Lu couldn’t help but curse, “We’ve always said that we need to eliminate all feudal superstitions, so why are you starting with this again?”

It was lucky that no one was in charge anymore, or if someone had seen and reported it a few years earlier, his position as the head of the production brigade would have been jeopardized.

Lu Jiaxin said with a smile, “Big Uncle, don’t scold Big Aunt. If it wasn’t for Big Aunt and Xiao Qiu saying that harming others would bring retribution, I wouldn’t have thought of this method.”

It turned out that most of the people from the planters’ households believed in ghosts and spirits. She didn’t believe in them, and still didn’t even after coming here, but she respected others’ beliefs.

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Big Uncle Lu had nothing more to say.

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Avoiding Lu Jiaxin, the women of the Lu Family began discussing the case. Sister-in-law Lu was the first to express her incomprehension: “Is her nephew an idiot who can’t find a wife, that he had to kidnap someone else’s daughter?”

But indeed, Big Aunt knew the reason, as someone familiar had informed her at the market that morning: “Not an idiot, but a normal young man.”

Elder Lady Hu’s maternal family had six nephews, but for some unknown reason, the first five either had accidents or got sick or disappeared, leaving only the youngest one now.

Big Aunt said, “Elder Lady Hu’s family lives deep in the mountains, where the land is scarce and incredibly poor. Their family also had successive accidents with the men, so many people said their household was cursed, and any woman who married in would become a widow. That’s why, even though her nephew was strong and healthy, he couldn’t find a wife.”

Sister-in-law Lu asked, “Can the men in such a poor village find wives?”

This Big Aunt didn’t know, “She knew Jiaxin’s identity and seeing her simplicity and gullibility, concocted wicked plans. It’s fortuitous that Jiaxin managed to escape, or her life would have been ruined.”

Second Sister-in-law Lu cursed angrily, “That old hag deserves to be sliced a thousand times.”

While the in-laws were conversing, Second Aunt Lu came over. She was looking for Lu Jiaxin and immediately started questioning upon seeing her, “Jiajie said you’re now living in a big house with twelve rooms.”

At her words, everyone’s attention fell on Lu Jiaxin; they only knew she had moved out, but had not expected her to move into such a large house.

Big Uncle Lu was aware of this; Lu Jiaguang had informed him. Taking his smoking pipe from his waist, he rapped it and asked, “What’s it to you, Second Aunt, asking about this?”

Second Aunt Lu pushed her eldest grandson, Lu Wang, forward and said, “Jiaxin, living hand-to-mouth in the fields is too hard, I’ve always been hoping your Fifth Brother would take Ah Wang to the Forty-nine City and find a prospect for him. But your Fifth Brother always said there’s no place for Ah Wang to stay. Jiaxin, you have such a big house, let Ah Wang stay there for now. Once your Fifth Brother finds him a job, he can move to the dormitory.”

The tone of taking it for granted made Lu Jiaxin laugh, suddenly understanding why Lu Jiaguang had previously said that the house couldn’t be rented out and definitely not lent to relatives.

Although Big Uncle Lu frowned, he didn’t object, and neither did anyone else. After all, with more than ten rooms, they could stay over when they came to visit.

Lu Jiaxin laughed, her smile full of mockery, “Second Aunt, when Big Brother enlisted in the army, you were envious and insisted that Brother Jiacai should enlist when he came of age. My dad went out of his way to get a placement, but during the political screening, it was discovered that Brother Jiacai had a criminal record from a fight. You didn’t blame Jiacai for being impulsive and getting a record, instead, you accused my dad of only favoring the Big Branch and not caring if the Second Branch lived or died.”

Nobody in the younger generation, not even Sister-in-law Lu, knew about these things.

Second Aunt Lu’s expression froze, then she forced a smile and countered, “Jiaxin, I’ve never said those things; they’re all nonsense from outsiders.”

What Lu Jiaxin disliked the most was relatives like Second Aunt Lu. When she was young, those rural relatives told her that as a girl, she couldn’t inherit the family business and always advised her dad to have another son. Even if the son didn’t have a job, it didn’t matter, as her dad could make money. Her dad wasn’t influenced, but her grandparents listened to them.

And because of this, she never gave face to those shameless relatives, “My dad has only one daughter, me, no sons. You told my dad that as long as they could find a job for Fifth Brother in the Forty-nine City, they should adopt him into our family. Eventually, my dad worked hard to get Fifth Brother into the shoe factory, but once the matter was practically settled, you changed your mind, crying and making a fuss, and it ended up being called off.”

Second Aunt Lu couldn’t maintain her smile any longer and retorted, “It was your mother who wanted to adopt Jiajie; I never agreed.”

Lu Jiaxin said disdainfully, “My mother has said since I was little that having me was enough for her life. She was strongly against the adoption and it was my dad who wanted a son to continue the family line. Second Aunt, I can understand you not wanting to adopt out Fifth Brother, after all, you’re hoping he will be successful and take care of you later. But my mother has passed away, why do you still want to sully her reputation?”