Chapter 374 The End of the Life of the Old Couple of the Qian Family
During the factory girl's pregnancy, the Qian family restrained themselves somewhat and let her work, but they did not go too far.
After the factory girl gave birth to the child, the Qian family began to show their true colors and asked the factory girl to take over Yu Min's job. She had to take care of the child herself, serve the family food and drink, and was also responsible for raising pigs and farming.
After experiencing unprecedented suffering, the factory girl finally came to her senses and deeply regretted her youth and ignorance.
Seeing that the Qian family was full of lazy people and scoundrels, she finally made up her mind to leave and started to divorce Qian Longbin.
The Qian family saw how much the factory girl cared about her son. They were sure that the woman was reluctant to part with her child, so they threatened her with custody.
But who would have thought that she was so cruel that she left the child at the Qian's house, walked out with nothing, and never heard from her again. Maybe she went back to the city to work, or maybe she returned to her hometown and married someone else. In short, she broke off all ties with the Qian family.
When the factory girl left, her child with Qian Longbin was only three years old. Originally, the Qian family was happy that Qian Longbin had a descendant.
But after the factory girl left, they truly realized how difficult it could be to take care of a child.
At this time, Mrs. Qian's health was deteriorating and she looked like she would not live long. She even had difficulty getting out of bed and had no energy to take care of the children.
Old Man Qian and Qian Jincai were in good health, but they had never taken care of the child. They would just play with the child when they were happy, but most of the time they would ignore the child.
As for Qian Longbin, he is still waiting for others to serve him, so how can he bear the hardship of taking care of a child?
In the past few years since the factory girl came to our house, the house has become clean and tidy inside and out. The wasteland has been replanted with crops, and the family has raised several pigs, making some money every year.
When she left, it was like the family lost its pillar. The little money they had saved up with great difficulty was soon squandered by Qian Longbin.
Qian Longbin sold the pigs in his family before they could even grow fat.
The crops in the fields were about to mature, but Qian Longbin and his father were too lazy to harvest them, and his grandfather was even less reliable. They simply packed up the crops and sold them for some money.
Except for old lady Qian who is almost collapsed on the kang, everyone in this family lives to enjoy life while they can.
Because old Mrs. Qian was not well cared for, she soon became ill and died a few months after the factory girl left.
Until her death, Qian Jingui and Qian Jinling never came back.
The family had no money left, and the three generations of the Qian family did not hold any ceremony for Old Mrs. Qian. They quietly dug a hole in the farmland on the mountain near their home and buried Old Mrs. Qian.
Old Mrs. Qian was the backbone of the three men in the Qian family. Now that she is dead, the three of them suddenly don’t know how they are going to live in the future.
Add to that the fact that there is a little kid who doesn't understand the ways of the world, and life at home is a mess.
Qian Jincai, who was already sixty years old, had been wandering around at home all his life. Now he went out to work for the first time and did hard labor on a construction site.
The reason why he was able to humble himself and take on this job was, firstly, to make a living, after all, he didn't want to starve to death because he had no money to eat, and secondly, for his little grandson.
No matter how much of a bastard he is, he still has feelings for his son and grandson.
Qian Longbin, who was already in his early thirties, could not bear the hardship and thought of selling things at home when he ran out of money. He started by selling pigs and grain.
Later, when Old Mrs. Qian died, he dug out the gold earrings, gold necklace, and gold bracelets that Qian Jinling had bought for the old lady, and sold them for cash one by one.
The money was soon squandered and there was nothing valuable left to sell, so Qian Longbin began to think about the house.
The Qian family's house covers a large area, but after more than ten years, many families in the village have built new houses. His once magnificent house is no longer worth mentioning in the village and cannot be sold for much money.
When Qian Longbin saw that his third uncle Qian Jingui's family had built two new houses in succession, he considered asking Qian Jingui for money, with the reason being that he wanted to provide for his grandfather's retirement.
He did find out about the snack bar owned by Qian Jingui and his wife, but was beaten up by them and Qian Longbao.
Later, Qian Longbin couldn't think of any way to make money, so he even thought about giving his son away for adoption.
Since he was giving his son up for adoption, there was no way he would charge less money. In fact, he was selling his own son.
After Qian Jincai knew Qian Longbin had such thoughts, he began to take it seriously. In order to appease Qian Longbin, he said that he would go out to work and earn money to help him raise the child.
The work on the construction site was dirty and tiring. Qian Jincai was scolded so many times for working slowly that he was almost fired. He didn't know how he managed to persevere.
Anyway, in order to keep this job, he gave up all the reputation he had accumulated throughout his life.
He usually eats and lives on the construction site, and even after receiving his wages, he is reluctant to spend them lavishly as he did in the past. He keeps some for himself and gives the rest to his son Qian Longbin.
In order to get more money back, Qian Longbin instigated Old Man Qian to sue Qian Jinling and Qian Jingui, asking them to pay child support for the old man.
In the end, the court ruled that the two should pay the old man 800 yuan in child support each month.
For rural people, 1600 yuan a month is a good living. But with Qian Longbin, the Pixiu, at home, it is destined that there is not much money to spend on the old man.
Old man Qian, who had no one to take care of him and was in financial difficulty, missed his deceased partner more than ever.
When the old lady was alive, he never thought she was that good. Although he seemed to obey her on the surface, he always cursed her in his heart, calling her a shrew and asking her why she didn't die earlier.
But when the old lady really died, Old Man Qian realized that he was totally wrong.
If he didn't have the money to support the old lady in this life, he would never have lived so comfortably.
Perhaps it was God's will that the old lady died before him, so that he could experience the hardships of life. Only in this way could he appreciate the little kindness the old lady had done him.
Old man Qian looked at the dire situation of his family, at his eldest grandson who was once the most precious to him but has now fallen into depravity, and at his little great-grandson who was helpless, slovenly and extremely thin all day long, and he felt mixed emotions.
Since Mrs. Qian passed away, he became depressed, rarely went out, and rarely spoke. A few months later, he died of a sudden illness.
Old man Qian's funeral was as simple as usual. He was buried together with the old lady. However, his family only built a larger grave mound for the two of them and didn't even bother to erect a cement tombstone for them.
As for their descendants going to their graves to burn paper for them? That was something the two people in the tomb could not wait for.
The old couple of the Qian family used to be able to walk around the village with their children's help. This tragic ending is really sad.