How I Tamed My Wolfish Husband Back in 80s-Chapter 169 - 171: Adoption_1

"What? Can the village chief agree to this? If the Qin family’s public grain is given away, can they still be exempt? In the future, Old Mrs. Qin will be following Li Qiao to school, and if no one’s at home, who will collect the grain for the Qin family?" Yu Feng exclaimed in shock.

"The village chief himself doesn’t foster anyone, and he wouldn’t allow others to give a child away? If the old lady is not at home, the Loser is always around, right? With a few acres of land, he could beckon a few worthless friends, and they’d collect the harvest in a day. Why would he need the team to help?"

Yu Feng felt uneasy. She originally counted on picking peaches in the future, but now with the child given away, where would she pick them? "They don’t foster anyone, so why draw lots?"

"Wasn’t it the village chief who insisted on drawing lots at that time? Why are you so concerned about the child? Is it yours?"

"Don’t talk nonsense!" Yu Feng scolded twice, feeling guilty and walked away.

Before long, the weekend arrived.

Li Qiao arrived early to wait for Xu Feng by the roadside.

Around eight-thirty, a minibus stopped at the intersection.

Li Qiao thought it was Xu Feng and his relatives. The door opened, and a young, handsome, and vibrant face came into view, one hand raised to rest on his shoulder, with a bag hanging behind, looking carefree.

"Oh, came all the way here to wait for me? Miss me so much you’re going crazy?" Qin Jin said with a mischievous smile, not quite behaving.

Li Qiao was startled for a moment, "Just you alone? Where are the other two? Where’s your bicycle?"

Qin Jin: "I left it in the courtyard. Li Jianguo and Feng Fugui got injured and are in the hospital."

"Injured? How did they get injured? Where? Is it serious? Are you okay?" Li Qiao stepped forward to inspect him.

Qin Jin, still feeling the close shave, said: "I’m fine. We ran into bandits on the way back and got beaten up. It’s not too serious." Those guys even had muskets; he almost died there. Luckily, his wife’s five-cent coin in his chest pocket blocked a bullet for him. Feng Fugui and Li Jianguo weren’t as lucky.

One got an arm injury, and the other a leg injury.

Luckily, all their possessions were intact, and he even managed to rob the bandits back. Now his wallet was bulging.

Li Qiao couldn’t believe it; she had only heard that the public security wasn’t too good nowadays, but bandits still existed? "Is there no law? Isn’t anyone dealing with them?"

"Let’s not talk about it." Qin Jin put his arm around her shoulder, speaking in a low and suggestive tone, "Did you miss me?"

Li Qiao cleared her throat and confidently said, "Of course, so much that I couldn’t sleep."

"Hahaha." Qin Jin laughed heartily. "Me too. I bought you clothes and even a big gold bracelet. Let’s hurry home and check them out."

Li Qiao paused, "There’s something I have to tell you." Not waiting for him to ask, she told him about picking up the child.

"Damn it!" Qin Jin exploded, "What right does the village chief have to decide to give the child to us to raise? And to exempt from grain? To hell with their exemption! I don’t give a damn about their grain! Take the child back to his house right now!" Raising someone else’s child, especially one abandoned by the neighboring house, clearly meant taking him for a sucker!

Damn it!

It was clear that while he was not home, they took advantage of the two women. He knew his grandmother the best. Even if she didn’t have much money in her pocket when meeting a beggar on the street, she would still give them one.

Giving them a child, of course, she wouldn’t bear to abandon it.

Li Qiao immediately added, "We have already found a family for the child. I am actually waiting for someone right now."

Qin Jin, displeased, "So you’re not waiting for me?" Making him falsely excited for nothing.

Li Qiao looked around; there was no one on the road. She tiptoed up and pecked him on the face, "Consider it waiting for you."

Qin Jin touched his face, forgiving her for the kiss, "I won’t mind it. Let’s wait together."

Almost an hour passed.

Xu Feng arrived, followed by a couple in their early thirties with regular features, dressed respectably, carrying quite a few gifts.

"You must’ve been anxious waiting, I’m really sorry. I just missed the previous minibus and had to wait a long time for the next one," Xu Feng explained, then introduced the middle-aged couple to Li Qiao, "This is my cousin aunt and cousin uncle." He then introduced Li Qiao and Qin Jin to them.

Li Qiao followed up with greetings to her cousin aunt and cousin uncle, but Qin Jin secretly pinched her.

She almost cried out in pain and looked at him puzzled and confused, giving him a dark glare.

Qin Jin glared back. "What aunt and uncle-in-law?"

People who don’t know might think you are the beau of one of their nieces.

The woman who was called aunt, Ji Zhengyun, smiled, "You must be Li Qiao, the Top Scholar of this year’s college entrance exam. You’re really handsome. You and your partner are a perfect match."

Li Qiao also smiled.

Qin Jin pulled out cigarettes to offer to Xu Feng and his aunt’s husband Gan Conglin, chatting as they all walked toward Feng Family Village.

Approaching the doorstep, they immediately saw Old Mrs. Qin sitting under the shade of a tree, holding a child and chatting with the working aunts.

Yu Feng was also looking out at the entrance. Seeing three unfamiliar faces following Li Qiao, a sense of foreboding rose within her.

"Grandma," Li Qiao called out.

Old Mrs. Qin turned around, the joy in her heart transforming into a smile, "Jin’s back."

"Yeah." Qin Jin stepped forward, reaching out to lift the cloth covering the child’s face. "Why so dark and ugly? Disgusting!" If this couple doesn’t adopt today, I’ll throw him at the village chief’s doorstep right away. He’s an eyesore.

Old Mrs. Qin slapped away Qin Jin’s hand and covered the child again. "A child in its first month can’t be exposed to the wind."

Qin Jin sneered, "It’s not like it’s mine. Why do you care if she catches the wind? Misplaced kindness. Sentimentalism of women."

Li Qiao introduced Xu Feng and his aunt and uncle-in-law to Old Mrs. Qin.

The couple quickly greeted her with "Hello, Auntie."

Old Mrs. Qin nodded slightly, welcoming the group into the house.

Li Qiao’s room was bright and tidy. She brought the child into Li Qiao’s room and placed it on the bed.

The child was asleep at the time.

Having been cared for nearly a week, its cheeks were chubby, and it looked especially endearing with its eyes closed.

Ji Zhengyun instantly took a liking to the child, "What a handsome baby."

Old Mrs. Qin, "It looks even prettier when it opens its eyes." She thought it looked better than the one Yu Feng had left behind.

"What do you think?" Ji Zhengyun asked Gan Conglin.

Gan Conglin, "It’s a bit too small, I’m afraid it won’t be easy to raise."

Old Mrs. Qin, "It only seems small because it didn’t get enough nutrients in the womb, but we’ve had it checked at the hospital, and it’s healthy. It gained three ounces just yesterday. This child is well-behaved, hardly ever cries." Unlike the one Yu Feng left, which would cry at night often enough to wake her.

This little one would only wake up at night for feeding, would pee or poo after eating, and then go back to sleep.

Old Mrs. Qin, worried they might not believe her, even took out the hospital’s physical examination report for the couple to see.

Ji Zhengyun felt they could raise the child, but Gan Conglin was hesitant, still worried about it being too small and potentially having health issues.

The husband and wife were not in agreement and wanted to go home to discuss it.

Qin Jin, "By the time you’ve made up your minds, the child might not be available anymore." He was planning to send the child away today. His bed was only meant for his future precious daughter.

Ji Zhengyun understood that they would be contacting others for adoption. Over the years, she had taken care of two children. One was taken back by the parents shortly after they had regrets. The other child was seen as a cash cow, and they would come to them every so often demanding money.

The situation left them with no choice but to give the child back.

Now, this child was found by the Top Scholar, so certainly there wouldn’t be so many bizarre issues.

She pulled Gan Conglin outside to recall their experiences of trying to have a child and mentioned the troubles they encountered when adopting from other families. "We’re not getting any younger, and we should really have a child by our side. This girl is young; we can raise her from the start, and she will definitely be close to us. She’s also pretty, chubby-cheeked."

Gan Conglin was moved by the last two sentences and, after some hesitation, agreed to adopt.

Having convinced her husband, Ji Zhengyun returned and said, "We’ve talked it over and decided to adopt. From now on, this child will have nothing to do with you all. First of all, let’s be clear, you can’t come to see her. If you want to know how the child is doing, you can ask Feng."