"Don't worry, sister and brother-in-law. Once the storm is over and we have enough money to pay the fine, we will get the child back into our name. We will definitely not take up your place."
It’s hard to say what the situation will be at that time.
If they refuse to take it back, just leave it at your doorstep and let them foster it, then everything will be easy.
As soon as these words were spoken, Xiao Chengda and Gu Xiufang's faces turned black instantly.
Gu Xiufang didn't care about the dignity among relatives: "You are so arrogant and scheming. You want to give my son the child after he is born. It's a pity that you can say that."
"I don't know if she's shameless or her family is so poor she wants to hang herself, but she came to our house pretending to be poor. If she had known she couldn't afford to have or raise a child, she wouldn't have gotten pregnant in the first place!"
Ding Qiu had a feeling that Gu Xiufang was going to get angry, but he remained calm even after being scolded, and kept nodding in agreement.
Xiao Chengda looked like he didn't want to continue the conversation: "We won't agree to this. It's useless to talk about it. It's getting late, and my family is going to sleep. You guys go back and think of other solutions."
Jiang Shan sobbed loudly, wishing her heart would break: "The child was conceived accidentally, and you are the child's blood relatives. You can't just watch the child abort."
"That's right. We are all family. You are thinking too much wrongly. We came up with this solution because we were desperate. Could it be that we came to you for money?" Ding Qiu lied with confidence.
While others might get angry, Jiang Zao and Xiao Shuisheng managed to keep their composure.
The county town has electricity, but the voltage is unstable at night and the yellow light of the tungsten filament bulbs is dim.
Jiang Zao's fair and delicate face was flawless, and her facial features were particularly soft under the dim light. She opened her red lips slightly and said in a soft voice, "It turns out that we misunderstood Auntie's difficulties."
"Since Auntie didn't come here for the money, even if she has real difficulties, we can't just stand by and watch."
Huo Xiaoman looked at Jiang Zao speechlessly. What an idiot! He went to be raised by someone else?
Gu Xiufang and Xiao Chengda were also worried.
Jiang Zao left a very good impression on them. He was nice to Xiangdi and them, kind-hearted and easy to talk to, and never initiated conflicts with others.
Ding Qiu and Jiang Shan were crying miserably. She wouldn't believe it, would she?
Xiao Chengda wanted to get rid of Jiang Zao: "Shuisheng, take your wife back to the house and go to sleep. Your mother and I will handle this matter."
Xiao Shuisheng's gaze lingered on Jiang Zao for a moment: "No, I want to hear what Zao'er has to say."
Being able to take out all the dowry from the Jiang family, his Xiao Zaoer is definitely not a kind-hearted person without bottom line.
His expression was calm and he drank a sip of water leisurely.
Ding Qiu and Jiang Shan looked at Jiang Zao expectantly.
I felt that Jiang Zao was going to compromise, but I also had a feeling that something was wrong.
Jiang Zao sat there quietly, smiling, but revealing a murderous and decisive aura. She said to Ding Qiu, "Give us 200 yuan in child support every month, and then we will put the child in our name. We'll pay it monthly, and if it gets out, no one will think your family is taking advantage."
200?
200 yuan!
Jiang Shan earns 17 or 18 yuan a month.
Xiao Mingsheng's salary is more than 40 yuan.
The head of the family, Xiao Chengqi, only earns more than 50 yuan a month. Ding Qiu doesn't work, so the combined income of the adults is about 100 yuan.
Ginger and jujube cost 200 yuan!
With adults and children, there were six or seven mouths waiting to eat in their house.
Who lives just waiting for food?
I usually have to buy cloth and soles, take medicine for medical treatment, buy seeds to plant some crops in spring, maintain some social relationships, and occasionally give some pension money to the old man and the old lady. The money is not enough to spend, and I am lucky if I can save 10 yuan a month by living frugally.
Ginger and jujube cost 200 yuan.
Ding Qiu realized that he had underestimated Jiang Zao: "Shuisheng, my wife, if you don't want to help, you can just refuse directly. There's no need to ask for such high prices."
Jiang Shan's eyes were like fire and thunder: "I have long said that Jiang Zao is not a good person. She has schemed her family to the point of leaving nothing behind. You still think she is good. Now you have seen it, this is her true face!"
"Nothing is gained without profit. Money is the key to success. A miser who wants to suck everyone's blood dry."
"Puff..." Gu Xiufang was drinking water and she sprayed it out when she heard Jiang Zao's words.
Why is her daughter-in-law so talkative?
There was a hint of unknown awe in Xiao Chengda's eyes when he looked at Jiang Zao.
The people in their family are either too shy to argue with others, or like Huo Xiaoman, they don't have the brains to argue with others.
There has never been a case of Jiang Zao, who fights with outsiders with a smile on his face.
It’s so satisfying!
Everyone wants to take her to the unit to meet those old guys.
Xiao Wensheng: “…”
It's an eye-opener.
Xiao Yetong: I learned it!
Only Huo Xiaoman became more wary and looked down on Jiang Zao.
Jiang Zao said innocently, "Auntie, you misunderstood me. I was thinking about you. You are also working people with dignity. If you don't pay a little more and want to register the child under my name, people will say that you have ulterior motives and are greedy for money. You see that Shuishengzi and I are rich but have no children, and you are relying on your kinship to foster your child with us, hoping to use the child to share our money."
Ding Qiu closed his eyes, stroked his chest with his hand, and swallowed hard.
"We... didn't think that at all... Please don't slander us."
Jiang Zao still smiled, revealing a shallow dimple: "I know Auntie wouldn't think so. I mean outsiders, outsiders would think so."
"After all, no one can tell when you will take the child back. In a few months or a few years?"
"We have no children, but we have to have one."
"If you give more money, everyone will praise you. If you don't give money, everyone will just say that you are using the child to steal my and Shuisheng's property."
Ding Qiu couldn't sit still any longer. He sat up tremblingly, held An An in his arms, and put a hat, gloves, and scarf on him. "Ye Tong, you put on the hat yourself. Let's go home. We treat some people as our relatives, and some people treat us like monkeys."
What good intentions are there for them? It's just a way to humiliate people.
Jiang Shan still didn't give up: "Mom, are we just leaving like this?"
Ding Qiu glared at her and half-shouted, half-cursed, "If you don't leave, will you give her 200 yuan every month?"
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law took the two children home in a hurry.
There is no one here to see you off.
Ding Qiu was so angry when he got home that he fainted and fell on the bed, groaning, "What am I going to do now?"
Before she could calm down, people from the family planning office came again the next day and persuaded Jiang Shan to have an abortion.
Jiang Shan and Ding Qiu were sure they wouldn't abort the child, so they failed to reach an agreement. The people from the Family Planning Office took away their valuable wardrobe, television, and sewing machine.
The family planning office staff said: "When you figure it out, come and get your things back from us."
When people were carrying the things away, Jiang Shan's eyes turned red: "What are you doing? This is my sewing machine, my wardrobe, and my TV!"
"Put the things down, or I'll fight you to the death!"
She rushed forward like a madman, slipped and fell to the ground, a sharp pain in her waist and abdomen, a warm current spreading from between her legs, and red blood seeped through her thick cotton pants...
"Child, my child!!!"
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