Back to the 60s: The Struggle Career of a Charmed Wife
Chapter 1167: Eliminating Future Troubles 9

"Comrade Secretary Zheng, I’ve been wandering with my younger brother since I was very young, begging for a living until Auntie took us in and gave us a place to settle down. Regarding our parents and hometown, we truly have no recollection of our previous life," Guan Cheng insisted on the same story. "She insists she is our mother, and since she came, she has made me support her and the group of children she brought along. She has caused endless trouble in our brigade."

Guan Yu, holding onto Secretary Zheng’s sleeve, said pitifully, "I don’t even recognize her, and she’s so fierce, threatening us constantly. If we don’t support them, she says she won’t let us live in peace. But my brother and I don’t have a home either. We now live in Auntie’s house, and all our living expenses are paid by Uncle and Auntie. Our food is the only thing we earn with our labor. We can’t even support ourselves, my brother can’t even find a wife, and my school fees are paid by Grandpa Lu. How can we possibly support them? She’s causing such a commotion that our brigade is in turmoil."

Guan Yu, only fourteen or fifteen years old, with fair skin, a handsome face, and a pair of watery eyes framed by thick, fan-like lashes, looked so close to crying that it was heartbreakingly pitiful.

Secretary Zheng patted his arm, "I understand. Don’t worry, I will handle this matter fairly and justly."

Chen Xingguo secretly admired the calmness of Father Lu and the generosity of the elders and fellow villagers of Wanglou Brigade.

Not one of them said that Guan Cheng and Guan Yu were descendants of the Guan Family, nor did anyone deny it, leaving much leeway for the future. The debate that unfolded around whether Wang Xiangmei was the biological mother of the two children was like a battle of words. Wang Xiangmei was probably still confused by how she was led in circles by the people of Wanglou Brigade.

Those elders and villagers probably wanted to get rid of her before it got dark, and when they couldn’t drive her away, they had a reason to send her to the commune, but under what pretext did Wang Zhengguo do it?

Oh, he suspected that she was threatening the internal unity of Wanglou Brigade, worried that she would become enraged and set fire to the brigade or hurt people out of spite.

Tired from a whole day’s ordeal and gaining no benefits, thirsty and hungry with her stomach growling, Wang Xiangmei’s eyes sparked with anger as she said to Secretary Zheng, "You are a cadre of the commune, you come to uphold justice for us. My own sons don’t recognize me and refuse to support me, you tell me what should be done!"

The topic had come full circle again. Guan Cheng touched his forehead, thinking it might have been better to have just taken his brother and left.

Wang Xiangmei repeated the same topic over and over. Everyone was fed up, and he was exceedingly disgusted; tonight’s time had been completely wasted on this trivial matter.

Secretary Zheng cleared his throat and said seriously, "Regardless of what Guan Cheng and Guan Yu’s backgrounds were, whether or not they are your biological sons, considering that they have long forgotten their past and were adopted by Comrade Feng Qingxue during their wandering days, they have no relationship with you and no responsibility to support you!"

"What are you saying? Are you covering for them?" Wang Xiangmei yelled out, her face full of dissatisfaction.

"What do you mean ’covering’?" Secretary Zheng became unhappy immediately, "My judgment is based on the law and precedent! How could it be that easy—the parents who gave them up and the orphans who were adopted and raised with great difficulty by others—to demand recognition or forsake their foster parents to support their biological ones instead?"