novelraw Chapter 93: First Update
Chapter 93: First Update
Went to the village clinic, Qian asked the doctor to take X-rays and perform an examination, and wrote down the medical record.
The old lady got injured at second uncle’s house, there are witnesses, bring it to court, that’s the evidence.
Yu Minglang’s approach of dealing with wrongdoers within the legal framework and educational thought has somewhat influenced Qian’s style of handling matters.
After a while, those two people returned.
The old lady got scared at the sight of uniforms, she couldn’t even speak clearly. Whatever people asked, that’s what she answered.
"Auntie, how did you get injured?"
"My son didn’t hit me..." The old lady just repeated this sentence over and over.
"Grandma, you fell and got injured by yourself, right?" Qian guided her.
The old lady nodded eagerly.
"Then when you fell, what was my second aunt doing? Did she help you?"
"I called her, she ignored me... ignored me... she always scolds me and drives me away." The old lady wasn’t as protective of her daughter-in-law as she was of her son.
The old lady was very protective of her son, but kept complaining about her daughter-in-law. At her age, the instinct to protect her son while complaining about an unfilial daughter-in-law is ingrained.
Someone beside her was taking notes. The old lady got tired after complaining for a while, and once the note-taking was done, those two people went out.
Qian followed them out.
"I believe from your judgment you should already know what’s happening. They only give the old lady one meal a day, and neglect the elderly who can’t move around, leading to her injuries due to their failure to fulfill their guardianship responsibilities. They leave her bedridden without cleaning and even threaten to throw the old lady out on the street, did you see all of this?"
"We’ve already given your second uncle’s family a reprimand. If you need to sue them later, you can come to us to look up the records." Those two people said.
After they finished speaking, they hadn’t left, and looked at each other in confusion.
What is going on?
"Lang instructed, if you need anything, just come to me. My surname is Liu, and I’m in charge of your area."
"Huh?" Qian was dumbfounded.
"Back in the day, Lang, code-named one, was the idol of our entire office. The records he set back then were sensational, and personally, I also admire him immensely. Even if he’s no longer at his old unit, we all still know of him."
... Qian was speechless. Even though Yu Minglang wasn’t by her side, the umbrella of protection he provided was wide enough, covering even these details.
Qian exchanged a few pleasantries and returned to the hospital room, where Jia Xiufang, who was worried sick, pulled her aside to speak in whispers.
"Qian’er, what exactly are you planning to do? You’ve totally offended your second uncle. What are we going to do in the future?..."
"We’ll do whatever we need to do!" Qian wasn’t afraid of him making a scene. The bigger the scene, the better.
"In the future, our two families will be completely at odds. What about your grandma?" Jia Xiufang was crying in anxiety.
"As long as a family calls the police and sees the authorities, there will never be any way to meet and talk again."
Jia Xiufang slapped Qian, "Bad girl! You know, and yet you still make trouble like this!"
Qian looked at her directly, "Mom, if I didn’t make trouble, would you all not have reached an impasse?"
With a second aunt like that, unless she’s allowed to take advantage lifelong, there’s simply no way to build a deep connection.
"That’s still better than now!" Jia Xiufang was at her wits’ end.
Qian dragged her mom to a deserted corner, "You serve the elderly, and they’re treating you like this, do you feel balanced in your heart?"
This question hit right where it hurt.
The money belongs to the son, yet it’s the daughter who serves the elderly. Who can feel balanced about that?
For hundreds of years, ancestors have passed down this tradition. The better-off parents give the property to the son and let him support the elderly; the less conscientious ones let the daughter support them but give the money to the son.
Qian saw Jia Xiufang’s silence and knew her mom felt imbalanced too.
"The law stipulates that the old lady’s property can be given to whoever she wants; it cannot be forced. Even if not a penny is given to our family, as a daughter, you have the obligation to support the elderly, and there’s no reasoning out of it."
"You’re such a girl! Knowing how it is, you still offend your second uncle!" Jia Xiufang was getting angry.
Qian gave a mysterious smile, "If the old lady drags on without clarifying who she wants to give the property to, how to divide the money, Mom, do you know?"
Jia Xiufang really didn’t know.
"Qian’er, just say it straight."
"The front and back yards of the second uncle’s house, listed on the house registration, all have my grandpa’s name. After grandpa died, the name hasn’t been changed. Do you know what that means?"
"What does it mean?"
"If my grandma doesn’t explicitly want to give it to my second uncle, this house would be equally shared by you, my first uncle, my second uncle, the three families."
The front and back yards, all are two-story buildings, can be exchanged for a 600-square-meter large house after relocation, plus the old lady’s relocation compensation.
Jia Xiufang was stunned and immediately shook her head, "That’s all for the son. How could a daughter who is married off..."
"Is there a written agreement? Are there witnesses? Is the house registration in his name?"
"Your first uncle also knows about this, but he’s away and doesn’t want to get involved in these matters. They are well-off."
"With a huge sum of money right in front of him, can my first uncle remain unmoved? My first uncle and second uncle have been outwardly friendly yet secretly antagonistic for many years, right?"
Qian was confident in this matter.
If first uncle sides with second uncle, not a penny will be obtained. If he sides with her mom, he can get a third. Right now, he may not be interested in the house because it’s not worth much, but what about after the relocation?
"This matter... isn’t it unethical?" Jia Xiufang was shocked by her daughter’s audacious idea.
"Your conscience shouldn’t be applied to those like them. When they were abusing the elderly, did they think about conscience? If they treated the elderly well, treated my grandma a bit better, we wouldn’t care about giving it all to them. But look at what my grandma has become? Only one meal a day, no one cleans up after her, no one takes care of her when she falls!"
Jia Xiufang was starting to waver.
"Qian’er, will the neighbors gossip about us, saying that we are scrambling with the brothers over the property?"
"Do other daughters have brothers who treat the elderly like animals? Isn’t my second uncle one of those rare unfilial children?"
Qian wasn’t particularly concerned about that house. That small amount of money, she could easily earn in the future. But she couldn’t stand her second uncle’s family being hypocritical; the antagonist female boss just loves dealing with defiant people.
"If for this bit of money, relatives can no longer be relatives, it will be quite humiliating to mention..."
"In less than half a year, there will be plenty of tales of people fighting for money with no regard for relatives. Brothers become enemies, sisters hold grudges, and parents and children become estranged. By then, every household will be busy tearing each other apart, leaving no one time to gossip about you."
The wicked profit abundantly without needing to take care of the elderly. Good people, besides being labeled as "good", are left drinking the poison of "not caring how others are, just not hurting one’s own conscience" soup. No one gets anything else, and who do they reason with?
Whoever wants to be a saint can go and be one. Qian just wants to give her second uncle’s family a hard time. The money and house aren’t the focus; the focus is making her second uncle’s family disgusted, that’s the victory.