The Blessed Beauty Returns with a Dimension
Chapter 182 - 172: How You Harm Your Own Son

Chapter 182: Chapter 172: How You Harm Your Own Son

But Qin Dazhi couldn’t say anything.

As a father and elder, if he starts making a scene like his wife, he’d be the one losing face.

He Guixiang said angrily, "You people talk as if it’s easy. What’s wrong with us rural folks? Rural folks are also without food, I still have three sons and two daughters at home, each of them waiting for food. This year there’s a snow disaster, and the relief food can’t even be distributed.

The eldest doesn’t care about the family, if only he helped out a bit, why would we be here looking for him? Ask him if he’s ever gone home since he started working in the county?"

Pointing unhappily at Qin Ming.

Chief Wei spoke up. He quickly understood the crux of the matter after Jiang Xiaoxiao’s speech.

Frankly, these parents are just being unreasonable.

Naturally, he had to stand up for Qin Ming.

"Uncle, Aunt, please get up and go inside to discuss this. You are truly wronging Qin Ming. While others may not know, how could I not? Qin Ming has only worked at our factory for six months. And for three months, he wasn’t even at work, I’ve heard he went with his wife to her parents’ home during those months.

This kid is still so young, Qin Ming has only been working here for three months. When they brought their child back, we never saw you visit your granddaughter. You probably don’t even know what your granddaughter looks like.

He’s here working, how would he have time to go back?"

The other people hearing this thought it reasonable; they all worked at the power plant, where each position was like a radish in its hole.

While they could rest one day a month, on that rest day, with such a young child at home and a busy wife, how could they not be busy?

And furthermore, anyone listening could tell; the man’s wife just had a child.

Yet the grandparents haven’t even come to see.

Relationships between people involve interactions, and neither the grandmother nor grandfather came to see their granddaughter.

Expecting the son and daughter-in-law to bring such a small child back to see them.

Is this appropriate?

It’s about mutual respect. The uncaring parents expecting filial piety from the son and daughter-in-law is just unreasonable.

Moreover, wasn’t there a snow disaster?

Snow blocking roads, how would one return?

Every family has rural relatives; in the village with roads blocked by snow, nobody finds it easy to get out.

Even in the county, walking is inconvenient, let alone the roads in the village.

How could one return!

He Guixiang wanted to say something, but Qin Dazhi slapped her.

"Get inside quickly. Why embarrass us here? You claimed that Qin Ming’s house has four or five hundred pounds of grain. Which eye did you see it with? I told you not to babble nonsense; this is your own son, how could you harm him so? Do I not know what kind of person Qin Ming is?

The eldest may have just one pound of grain, but he’d rather give half to his parents than eat it himself. Would he really hide four hundred plus pounds of grain in his own home and refuse his parents any? Is this your son? How could you harm your son like this? If you don’t go in, I’ll beat you to death."

Qin Dazhi definitely dared to act; the slap left He Guixiang’s face swollen.

Jiang Xiaoxiao shook his head speechlessly, thinking Qin Dazhi likes to play smart; he was dealing with officials, see how he spoke.

Always protecting his own son, but there was an underlying meaning to his words.

Qin Ming’s house has four or five hundred pounds of grain and isn’t shared with his parents; what does this imply?

The surrounding villagers may not be so shrewd; hearing this would probably incite anger.

Who is He Guixiang? Although stunned by her husband’s slap, upon hearing these words, she understood immediately what her husband intended.

This is certainly a solid handle.

The grain the eldest has in his house; she’d seen it earlier. Otherwise, would she be making a fuss here? Isn’t it just because the eldest is hiding so much grain yet not giving any to his parents?

Saying this out loud, no matter how much pension Qin Ming gives his parents, there’s a shortage of grain now, and money can’t buy it.

Hiding so much grain in his house while his parents starve, this isn’t reasonable if said out loud, surely people would side with the couple!

More importantly, the problem is with inequity, not scarcity. Seeing Qin Ming with so much grain while families are hungry would immediately stir jealousy.

"It’s not that I don’t want to protect our eldest, but our family is starving to the point we can barely drink porridge. We two originally came to see our granddaughter, but earlier I inadvertently saw so much grain in Qin Ming’s main room.

At least four or five hundred pounds, which gave me the idea that our son could spare a hundred pounds for us, so at least the elderly and young at home could have food. If we endure, we can get through to the autumn harvest.

I’m doing this for whom if not for the family? Aren’t these Qin Ming’s siblings? Do we really just watch them starve? Otherwise, would I harm my own son?

No matter how, the eldest was born from my womb. He’s my flesh and blood whom I raised from infancy. Damaging his reputation does good to whom? We’re desperate; absolutely desperate from hunger.

I’m just thinking they have a child and monthly state grain supplies; even tightening their belts they could get through, but our family can’t endure!

Being rural with no autumn harvest, even if I’m told to think of a way to produce grain, I lack the ability. If I had divine powers from heaven to create grain from nothing, I assure you I wouldn’t trouble the eldest couple."

He Guixiang quickly shifted, now acting the part of a pitiful mother, holding her face and weeping mournfully.

The surrounding crowd’s vision changed; admittedly, although the two showed good reason earlier by offering a pension of a thousand, at this time, in these rural areas, supply grain wasn’t available, and having money couldn’t buy grain.

Grain from the station required not only money but grain tickets as well. Rural folks had no access to grain tickets, generally they spoke truly.

If Qin Ming really had four or five hundred pounds of grain at home while ignoring his near-starving siblings and parents, this wouldn’t seem right, no matter the grievances, using this issue to extort the parents now isn’t justified.

This is a fundamental issue.

Qin Ming wanted to argue, but couldn’t just say that his house indeed had over four hundred pounds of grain, part brought by Jiang Xiaoxiao and saved by them.

Could he say these grains were to be taken by Jiang Xiaoxiao?

If he said it, the surrounding people wouldn’t understand, they’d think he’s neglecting family for an aunt. What would this mean?

This is favoritism outside the family.

Who could be more significant than one’s parents?

And saying it would disgrace Jiang Xiaoxiao, surely these people would drown her with spite.

Qin Ming truly wished he could just end himself.