Rebirth Counterattack with Space-Chapter 49 - Differentiate Treatment

“That makes sense. You don’t have much land anyway. Your second uncle can take care of it on normal days, and during the busy farming season, he’ll simply call on your eldest uncle and your brothers for a bit of help, and that’s that. You don’t have to farm in the city, but the food there is pitifully little; that’s one area where we country folks are better. At least, we haven’t had people starve to death here in the past few years. I heard it’s bad in the city,” the eldest uncle’s wife nodded, putting away any small thoughts she had. After all, there weren’t many acres of land, and even if they helped with the farming, the produce wouldn’t end up in their pockets. Since the second eldest’s family needed to work on it, she let them take on the task, which was theirs to bear.

“As long as you’ve thought it through, it’s fine. If you can’t settle down in the city, you can always come back,” said Lu Aiguo’s eldest uncle, who was not a man of many words. His two sons, Lu Aiguo’s two cousins, had the same temperament—also men of few words.

After a bit more casual talk, Lu Aiguo said his goodbyes and was ready to leave. Before leaving, he remembered to say, “Eldest uncle’s wife, those two cans of meat can’t be kept for too long. They’ll go bad in six or seven days at most, so eat them quickly and don’t leave them lying around.”

“Okay, don’t worry, we won’t let them spoil,” the eldest uncle’s wife nodded and decided to eat the canned meat the next day. If they let it sit too long and it really spoiled, wouldn’t that be heart-wrenching?

“Xiaoyun, let’s go back,” said Lu Aiguo.

Lu Yun hurried to his side and asked, “Dad, Mom, are we going back now?”

“Say goodbye to great-grandpa, great-grandma, eldest uncle, second uncle, eldest aunt, second aunt, and your brothers and sisters,” Xia Yuan patted her head.

Lu Yun obediently said her goodbyes, and the family of three then left.

Lu Yun also took a long breath of relief. Playing with little kids really wasn’t for her.

Earlier, she had stared at those three little brats for a while, finding nothing to talk about. In the end, she pretended to take out a handful of White Rabbit Creamy Candies from her pocket, gave three each to everyone, and finally, they sat down “happily” to eat the candy together. To be correct, she watched them eat.

At night, lying in bed, Lu Aiguo and Xia Yuan talked. He took out the money the second aunt had given them to count it; there was a total of five hundred dollars, most of them were ten-dollar bills, with some miscellaneous ones and ones with different denominations, clearly showing they had emptied their savings.

“It seems Auntie Lu favors you more than others, Xia Yuan,” she mused as she put the money away. “We’ll also have to treat them differently from now on.” It’s natural for people to show varying degrees of closeness.

It’s not that Uncle Lu’s family treats Lu Aiguo poorly, but everything pales in comparison. Actually, Uncle Lu and his wife’s reactions are typical of normal relatives.

So it’s no wonder Lu Aiguo feels closer to Auntie and Uncle Lu. Just the thought that they would guess your troubles and empty their life savings for you, without even asking, without fearing that you won’t return it, and for fear of causing you psychological pressure, they didn’t even let their own children know. Probably, not many parents could do this.

People are brought up differently despite being raised under the same conditions. However, the fact that people now have more children plays a role. When there are more children, they become less cherished, resulting in some parents who only think about exploiting their children instead of supporting them. Therefore, a person who can sacrifice so much for their nephew becomes even more precious.

“When I was little, I always thought I’d treat Uncle and Auntie Lu like my own parents when I grew up. I’ve thought about turning this money into shares—giving dividends if we earn profits or returning the principal if we don’t. In any case, we can’t let Uncle and Auntie Lu’s life savings go to waste. What do you think, wife?”

Lu Aiguo hugged Xia Yuan tightly, waiting expectantly for her response.

“Of course, it’s a good idea. Let’s do it as you said. That’s how it should be,” Xia Yuan nodded.

“Wife, actually, I might…”

Lu Aiguo hesitated and ultimately swallowed the words he wanted to say. As a child, he had heard some dubious claims from the villagers that Auntie and Uncle Lu were his real parents. He half-believed and half-doubted these words, fluctuating between thinking it could be true and feeling it was unreliable. He had kept it to himself, never daring to think too much or ask questions.

Forget it, it’s best not to torment my wife with such uncertainties.

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“Wife, we won’t suffer any losses,”

Lu Aiguo said confidently. That afternoon, he had talked things over with Shitou and was full of passionate zeal, brimming with hope for the future.

“I believe in you,”

Xia Yuan leaned in to kiss his cheek and then, her own face blushing first; this was one of her rare moments of taking the initiative with Lu Aiguo. He immediately became excited, hugging her and showering her with kisses.

The next day, early in the morning, Xia Yuan woke up Lu Yun, who was still in a deep sleep.

“Mmm… Mommy, I’m still sleepy,”

Lu Yun opened her eyes to see her mother waking her. She glanced at the dim light outside and couldn’t quite shake off the sleepiness as she turned over and buried her head in the pillow to continue sleeping.

“Get up quickly and eat, or we’ll miss the mule cart,” Xia Yuan patted her little bottom.

Yushu Village is dozens of miles from the township. Walking quickly takes at least two to three hours, but for someone with a slower pace, like a young child such as Lu Yun, it would take at least four. By mule cart, however, it’s much faster, taking just an hour and a half.

So someone came up with the idea. They convinced Uncle Lu, the party secretary of the brigade, under the guise of serving the people, to set up a regular mule cart service to the township, leaving at six in the morning and returning at three in the afternoon.

After that, it became much more convenient for everyone to go to the township; even people from nearby villages who wanted to go there would come to catch a ride.