Bai Jiaojiao touched the fabric in Bai Shiqing's hand: "Children should use this kind of fabric."

Bai Jiaojiao told Bai Shiqing about the time she asked Shen Heng to deliver cotton to Old Madam Su. Bai Shiqing shook her head: "Poor old lady, she has to go out to earn work points in such cold weather."

"Her two sons are really awful."

Bai Shiqing scolded Old Mrs. Su for a long time.

When Shen Heng returned home, he had a blank expression. Bai Jiaojiao could immediately tell what was wrong with him: "What's wrong, Heng-ge? Did something happen?"

"Old Mrs. Su has passed away."

Shen Heng's words plunged Bai Jiaojiao into an icy abyss: "How could you just leave like that? Didn't you go to see her the day before yesterday?"

"She seemed to be in good spirits that day, but today, Grandma Su, who had promised Zheng Xu she would come, has been late. The brigade leader went to her house and found the boy crying while holding his grandmother's body."

Zheng Xu only informed Shen Heng after seeing him deliver gifts to the grandfather and grandson last time.

Bai Jiaojiao's heart skipped a beat upon hearing this: "At this age, who knows, the next second might be the end of life? No one can predict these things. What about Zhigao?"

"Zheng Xu has notified his two uncles in town, but those two didn't care about Su Zhigao when she was alive, so how could they care about her now that she's dead?"

"What should we do, no matter what?"

“His two uncles have been wanting to ‘send’ him to someone else’s house for a long time. Just you wait, this kid might have to leave in the next couple of days.”

Su Zhigao is only four years old, not very old, and there are plenty of families waiting to adopt him.

Upon hearing that she was to be sent away, Bai Jiaojiao suddenly remembered something from her past life.

A high-ranking military leader suddenly arrived in the village, saying he was looking for his son. However, he couldn't find him and heard that his son had been sold by a relative.

In her past life, Bai Jiaojiao looked down on the people of Shili Village. She was spoiled by Shen Heng and stayed at home all day, never listening to others chat. She was very out of touch with the world. But now that she heard that Su Zhigao was going to be sent away, everything made sense.

The reason why Bai Jiaojiao, who was always cooped up at home, was disturbed in the previous life was because this matter caused a great deal of trouble. Su Zhigao's father almost ran over his two younger brothers with a four-wheeled cart.

"How did Zhigao's father die?" Bai Jiaojiao asked, somewhat puzzled.

"He was serving in the army and it seems he was sent to the border to carry out a mission and died. I'm not really sure, but I haven't heard from him for several years. His wife remarried a long time ago."

Shen Heng was not one to inquire about such gossip, and he only had a superficial understanding of it.

"I'll ask my sister tomorrow. If Zhigao really has nowhere to go, could you bring him to our home?"

"Huh? Bai Jiaojiao, what are you saying?" Shen Heng thought his wife had gone mad. "If you really wanted a child, wouldn't it be simple? Why did you have to take someone else's?"

Bai Jiaojiao glanced at Shen Heng as he tried to touch her inappropriately and said, "Get lost!"

Less than two months later, Su Zhigao's father arrived in a jeep, clearly a high-ranking official. Bai Jiaojiao, while wanting the father and son to reunite and feeling sorry for Su Zhigao, also frankly admitted that she didn't want to miss such a good opportunity to get to know him.

Having more friends means having more options; it's not just a saying.

Another thing Bai Jiaojiao couldn't understand was that even if the children were sent away in just two months, they should have been able to come back easily. After all, Su Zhigao's father was already powerful and influential at that time, so it wouldn't have come to the point of crushing his two younger brothers.

Therefore, in his previous life, his two brothers definitely didn't simply find adoptive parents for Su Zhigao.

Bai Jiaojiao thought about it carefully and felt a little scared.

Shen Heng, observing Bai Jiaojiao's expression, raised an eyebrow: "No, you really want to raise her?"

"Let's keep him for a couple of days and see. You can't really let his uncle sell him, can you?"

Bai Jiaojiao thought, raising a child for two months in exchange for a huge favor from a high-ranking person, only a fool wouldn't do such a good deal.

Most importantly, if she hadn't lent a hand, this child's life would likely have been filled with hardship and uncertainty.

"Fine, sell him then, Jiaojiao. I'll let you have your way with everything else, but raising a child isn't something you can do overnight. Once the novelty wears off, do you think you can just abandon him like a kitten or puppy?"

Shen Heng advised him.

"Giving him some food is enough; the child is pitiful. Why doesn't the brigade leader contact Zhigao's mother? Although she remarried, she heard that Old Madam Su has passed away. She can't bear to really abandon the child, can she?"

Bai Jiaojiao changed the subject.

Shen Heng followed up, saying, "Not all mothers in this world love their sons."

“Okay, let’s bring the child here first, and contact his mother. If she doesn’t care and his uncle insists on finding him an adoptive family, we’ll help vet them. I’m afraid… his uncle will just sell him off to some random place for money!”

Hearing that Bai Jiaojiao had considered things and didn't intend to support Su Zhigao for a long time, Shen Heng nodded: "Support him for two days if you want."

That's like saying they brought Bai Jiaojiao a toy to play with for a couple of days.

When Shen Heng went to tell Zheng Xu about this, Zheng Xu was dumbfounded.

Bai Jiaojiao's willingness to take care of him really solved a big problem for him; otherwise, Su Zhigao would have been left unattended these past few days.

But why?

Zheng Xu stared at Shen Heng.

Why are you two so young and in such a hurry to adopt a child?

He didn't dare ask, only saying, "Have you thought it through?"

"Jiaojiao said that his uncle probably wants to sell him, so our family can let him stay for two days. Captain, can you help contact his mother? If he really has no one to take care of him, we can find him adoptive parents, and we can find him a good one."

Zheng Xu couldn't agree more with what Shen Heng said.

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