"What?"
Shen Xiao's face turned pale, and he looked at Qiao Baozhu in disbelief.
"People are starting to spread rumors that I'm going to take care of Bai Hongmei during her confinement?"
Qiao Baozhu opened her mouth and was about to explain that it was just a joke and that people outside were not so outrageous.
Shen Xiao was seen turning around twice in a rage.
He turned his back to Qiao Baozhu, took a deep breath and calmed himself down. Then he turned around and said to her, "The spread of this rumor has a lot to do with my lack of sense of propriety."
"You are right. I need to communicate with Bai Hongmei's family as soon as possible. Wei Dong's future, Bai Hongmei's childbirth, and..."
Shen Xiao put one hand on his waist and raised his other hand to point out the window: "She is pregnant now and has applied for unpaid leave. Who will take care of the children after she gives birth? The children are too young and no one can take over her job. If she doesn't go to work, the money Yan Da left for her will soon be spent. What about the children?"
Qiao Baozhu curled her lips and said sarcastically in her heart, of course you are the one who raises it. The entire family compound knows that Wei Yanda entrusted his son to the care of others before his death. Who else could Bai Hongmei turn to if not you?
"What is Bai Hongmei's own plan? Haven't you discussed this before?"
Qiao Baozhu felt that Shen Xiao was not a careless person, and this matter should have been planned when Bai Hongmei stayed.
But from Shen Xiao's tone, it seems that no one has thought about this?
"When she came to the army to look for me, I was away on a mission. Seeing that it was not easy for a woman like her to raise three children, the leader asked her to stay there first and discuss it with me when I came back."
"Later, she moved into Lao Hao's house. After I came back, I also asked for her opinion. Bai Hongmei wanted to give birth to the child, and I thought so too. The child was Yan Da's flesh and blood. I was also impulsive at the time. I told my sister-in-law that if she had financial difficulties, I could support her with some money every month. My sister-in-law cried very sadly at the time. Since I was willing to support her with some money, why not just adopt the child."
"I got excited at the time and said that as long as my sister-in-law was willing to give the child away, why not I adopt the child?"
When Qiao Baozhu heard this, she rolled her eyes speechlessly in front of Shen Xiao.
"Since you are willing to adopt the child, why can't you just marry the child's mother as well? Then you can live a legitimate life together. Isn't this a good way to have the best of both worlds?"
Shen Xiao's expression changed, and he blurted out: "How can that be possible?"
"She is my brother's woman. You can't bully a friend's wife! I can support her financially, and I also have the responsibility to raise Yan Da's children, but I absolutely cannot touch Yan Da's wife."
Shen Xiao's righteous look made Qiao Baozhu feel that her thoughts were indeed dirty.
She shrugged, touched her nose awkwardly, and smiled bitterly: "Many people subconsciously think that if you marry her home, all problems will be solved."
Qiao Baozhu had always been confused. Since Shen Xiao had such a deep relationship with Bai Hongmei, why didn't he divorce Qiao Xifeng?
While he and Qiao Xifeng were living like enemies, he had to support Bai Hongmei's family.
His love triangle has been talked about by locals for decades.
Now Qiao Baozhu finally understood that Shen Xiao was spending money to buy peace of mind. At the same time, it also proved that Shen Xiao was indeed an inhumane man as he had said to Qiao Xifeng.
It is estimated that Shen Xiao's idea of adopting Bai Hongmei's unborn baby was not entirely out of soft-heartedness. He was injured in that part and couldn't have children, so he wanted to adopt a child.
Shen Xiao was confused by the pity in Qiao Baozhu's eyes.
"This matter needs to be resolved as soon as possible. I'm going to discuss it with Lao Duan. I won't be back for dinner tonight."
After saying that, Shen Xiao hurried out the door.
As soon as he left, Qiao Baozhu was overjoyed. She didn't have to cook in the evening, so she could continue knitting the woolen trousers and then find the scraps of cloth to make a jacket.
Shen Xiao went to Instructor Duan's house to discuss Wei Dong's matter, while Wei Dong was being severely scolded by his mother at this time.
"I asked you to go get food coupons, and you brought me back half a bag of cornmeal?"
"Wei Dong, are you out of your mind or is there something wrong with you? I don't eat cornmeal, don't you know? Go find your uncle Shen now and tell him that I have acid reflux from eating sorghum rice. I'm pregnant, I have to eat fine grains."
When Bai Hongmei saw the food Wei Dong brought back, she almost got angry.
His eyes were blazing with anger and he cursed at Wei Dong.
"Mom, where did you hide the noodles? I want some noodles, and I want an egg!"
While her mother was scolding Wei Dong, Wei Fang rummaged through the drawers in the house looking for noodles.
When Bai Hongmei heard Wei Fang's words, her voice became several degrees higher in anger: "You still want to eat noodles? Are you destined to eat noodles? You are just licking your face and asking for noodles. Noodles, noodles, I think you look like noodles!"
Wei Fang shouted unconvincedly, "Why is there no noodles? Qiao Baozhu told me that she sent you noodles and milk powder. Where is the noodles? Did you eat them secretly?"
When Bai Hongmei heard that this was said by Qiao Baozhu, she gritted her teeth in anger.
"Listen to her bullshit! She said she would give me noodles, so she gave me noodles? Who saw it? She saw that you two were young and didn't want to give you fine food, so she lied to you to go home."
Bai Hongmei glared at Wei Dong and said, "Where is your usual smartness? Can't you see that Qiao Baozhu is playing tricks on you?"
"I've already told you that if you want food coupons, you have to wait until your uncle Shen is at home. With Shen Xiao here, Qiao Baozhu won't dare not give them to you. But you have a pig's brain and asked her for things. Let her fool you!"
Wei Dong said coldly: "Uncle Shen is at home! Uncle Shen said that if there is anything in the future, you have to find Qiao Baozhu."
"How is that possible?"
Bai Hongmei looked unconvinced
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