I am Aunt Lan, 65 years old this year, and my husband, whose surname is Liu, is 67 years old. My wife and I are employees of a cotton factory. Now we are both retired. Our pensions and pension insurance add up to 16,000. We have a son and a daughter. Our son works in other places after graduating from college. He has already married, raised children and settled down in another place. His grandson is taken care of by his grandma, so we don’t need to worry about it. After graduating from junior high school, my daughter went to a normal school and now teaches Chinese in a primary school in our county. Her husband is also a teacher. Her mother-in-law takes care of the children while they are at work, and she takes care of them during the winter and summer vacations.
After my wife and I retired, we moved back to his hometown. Now his hometown is developing very well, and many new factories have been moved there. Since they are newly built factories and many do not provide accommodation, the houses in our village have become a hot commodity. My wife said that our house is too old and has only one floor, so the rental conditions are too poor. He wants to use the pension money we saved to flip the old house. They used to be bungalows, but now we can build as many floors as we want as long as we have the money. We have set aside a three-bedroom apartment to live in, and rent out the rest, which can be regarded as leaving some family property for our son.
I quite agreed with his idea, so I called my son and daughter to tell them about it. My son said that if he wanted to build it, we could build it. If he didn’t have enough money, he would make up for it. My daughter said that she would ask someone to help with purchasing materials and other things. We just did what we said. We demolished the original old house and built a 4-room, 5-story building. We renovated it inside and out. Except for our own three-bedroom and two-living room, the others were all converted into one-bedroom, one-living-room, and one-bathroom. Not long after our house was completed, it was all rented out. One bedroom, one living room and one bathroom was priced at 800 yuan a month, which was indeed a good price to rent. After renting out the house, my wife and I often traveled around the country and visited all the surrounding cities. Unfortunately, we have been unable to go out due to the epidemic in the past two years.
I feel quite bored at home, so I often go out shopping or dancing, or go to a senior college. My wife is an introvert, and he prefers to stay at home, read books and practice calligraphy. I will always remember that day on December 8, 2020. When I came back from shopping, there was a young girl sitting at home crying. When I stepped into the house, my wife said to me: "Alan, I want to discuss something with you. This girl came from out of town to find a job. Now she has no job, no money, and no place to live. It's quite pitiful. How about letting her live in the utility room on the roof first? It's empty. You clean it up, and I'll find someone to help make a bed. You can live there, otherwise she would have nowhere to go in this freezing cold weather. "
When I heard about this situation, I looked at the girl again. Her skin was dark and her clothes were quite old-fashioned. She didn't look like a liar, so I agreed to take her in first.
I quickly cleaned up the utility room. It was already very cold in the north in December. I also spread the electric blanket I usually use on her and put a heater in the room.
Later, the girl told me that her name was Xiao Ju. Her mother passed away when she was 4 years old, and her father became a home-based son-in-law. She grew up with her grandma. Now her grandma is not in good health. In order to earn more money to treat her grandma, she went out to work alone.
When I heard about Xiao Ju’s life experience, I felt that she was so pitiful, so we let her live for free. Even if she found a job in the future, we would not charge her rent. But I didn’t expect that Xiao Ju was a complete liar.
After she settled in my house, I asked my wife to go to the village chief to help her find a job and see which factory was looking for people. However, after interviewing for several jobs, she thought the salary was too low or the work was too heavy, so she was unwilling to go. Later, I also found a few jobs for her, but there were various reasons why she didn't go. One moment she felt unwell, and the next she said she was having an interview. More than two months passed in this way. At first I let her eat at my house, but seeing her state I didn't want to care about her anymore. I thought she would go out to work if she didn't have money to eat.What I didn't expect was that she started to have ideas about my house. She told my husband while I was not at home that she would be responsible for cleaning our entire floor and cleaning up the garbage. She didn't need a salary, just living expenses.
My wife is a person who doesn’t know how to refuse others, so she agreed to let Xiaoju clean my house and give her 1,800 yuan a month. Since my wife had already agreed, I didn’t say anything. Xiaoju lived in my house for free for more than a year. At first, she just helped us clean. Later, my wife asked her to help collect the rent. I almost fell out with my wife because of this. But we have been married for decades, and we still have this trust. But what I didn't expect was that Xiaoju's belly was getting bigger day by day, and she was obviously pregnant. But since she moved in, I haven't seen her have a boyfriend, nor has she brought a man back. Whose child could it be?
Just when I was wondering, there were more and more rumors around me. They all said that the child belonged to my wife. When my wife saw me with an innocent look on my face, he said: "Alan, think about it, how could I do this at my age? If you do this kind of thing, the child has nothing to do with me, you have to believe me." When I didn't know how to deal with this matter, my daughter and son-in-law came back and wanted to drive Xiao Ju away, but Xiao Ju not only refused to leave, but also cried and said that the child belongs to my wife and no one can drive her away now. Her crying caused a big fuss. Even if my husband jumped into the Yellow River, he wouldn't be able to clean himself up. So my daughter asked Xiaoju to go to the hospital for an amniotic fluid paternity test. If the child was really her father, she would be responsible to the end. If not, she would move him away immediately.
But Xiaoju refused to go to the hospital. She said: "Do you think I am easy to deceive because I come from a rural area? I have checked online. If you do an amniotic fluid paternity test, it will cause miscarriage. Do you think so?" Well, if the child is miscarried, you don’t have to be responsible, right? It’s not that easy.” The village chief was alarmed over this matter, and the village chief said that since Xiaoju was already 7 months pregnant, let her do the paternity test after giving birth, not within these two months. We had no choice but to agree. Normally, two months would pass by quickly, but for our family, it is like a year, especially for my wife, it is even more torture.
He is a person who values face more than his life, but now he says that she made the rural girl pregnant. He originally only had a few white hairs, but in those days his hair turned completely white. Fortunately, Xiaoju's conscience discovered that maybe she knew that the child was not my wife's. When the due date was one month away, she knelt down in front of us with her belly full and tears streaming down her face. She said: "This child is not Uncle Liu's, and I can't help it. This child belongs to my husband. I ran away from a fight with my mother-in-law. I swore that I would go back as long as we don't separate.
7 months ago, my husband saw the Moments I posted and found it here. In my I stayed there for one night, but I didn't expect to get pregnant. I didn't want to go back and be angry with my mother-in-law, so I was confused and said that the child was Uncle Liu's and I wanted to live here.
I knew that as soon as the child was born, the truth would be revealed. I have been suffering this month. If you hadn't taken me in, I would have been there. I froze to death and starved to death. I ran away from home without an ID card, so when you introduced me to a job, I couldn't go to work and had to find various excuses.
If Uncle Liu hadn’t been kind enough to give me a job, I wouldn’t have earned a penny. Now I can’t repay kindness with resentment. Aunt Lan, Uncle Liu, please forgive me. I was confused for a moment. I will explain everything to the village chief tomorrow and clear your name. "
Although Xiaoju told the truth, I still feel very heavy. She has a big belly. It would be a bit too ruthless to drive her away. But if she continues to stay in my house, my family cannot support her and her children!" Now I don't know what to do. Should I let her go or keep her?
@Qingjiu said: Aunt Lan, you and Uncle Liu are both kind people. You have done your best to take Xiaoju in when she was in trouble and give her a job.Now that it is clear that the child in Xiaoju's belly belongs to her husband, her husband should be held responsible. Even if you can take her in for a while, you cannot take her in for a lifetime. Her child will go to school in the future, and her husband will be responsible for these things, so I personally suggest that you ask her to call her husband and take her back to have the baby, or come and accompany her after giving birth and then take her back.
