Chapter 426 The Unwanted Child
Xu Ruoxue became even angrier after hearing what her mother said, "Dad, Mom, aren't you plotting against Jiadong and me? Why should I raise this child? Where is the child's father? Can't you just give the child to the child's father?"
Don't say Xu Ruoxue is cold-blooded. Originally, she and her youngest sister had a bad relationship. When her younger sister came to Hai City to stay, she had a quarrel with her. It was disgusting to say it. Her younger sister actually wanted to seduce her brother-in-law. Humph, now she was asked to raise this child. Don't even think about it.
"Oh, it would be great if we could find the child's father. Xiao Shuang, that damn girl, left without saying anything."
Speaking of this, Xu's mother gets angry. A good girl has given birth to a child before she even gets married. If the news gets back to her hometown, the old couple will have no way to live and will lose all their face.
At this time, Father Xu looked at Yang Jiadong and pleaded, "Jiadong, I know this request is too much, but you can see that we are too old to raise a child. Of course, the most important thing is that if we bring the child back home, people will know about it. It's difficult! So, you and Xiaoxue, please be kind and pity this child. In this way, I will give you 500 yuan every month as the cost of raising this child, okay?"
Father Xu also has a pension, and now he works as a school gatekeeper, earning several hundred yuan a month, so he can take out five hundred yuan.
"Hey," Yang Jiadong glanced at his wife, "Xiaoxue, look..."
Xu Ruoxue held her husband's hand, then touched her belly and whispered, "Mom and Dad, please don't make things difficult for Jiadong. I'm pregnant, and I'm going to have a second child. I really don't have the energy for this child. Do you want me to abort my child and raise someone else's?"
"What? Xiaoxue, you are pregnant? How come I didn't know?" Yang Jiadong was surprised. Since the birth of their eldest son, except for the first few years when they consciously used contraception, they let nature take its course in the following years, but the child just didn't come.
Xu Ruoxue took out the test paper she had taken in the morning and said with a smile, "I just took the test this morning. I didn't have time to tell you. I wanted to bring my parents over first, but they gave me a big scare."
Mother Xu was stunned. She glanced at her husband, pursed her lips, and asked, "Are you really pregnant? Xiaoxue, you are not lying to me, are you?"
"Mom," Xu Ruoxue quietly rolled her eyes, "Why would I lie to you? Jiadong and I were planning to have a second child, and it would be even better if we have one now. So, you guys can handle Xiaoshuang's child yourselves!"
"Oh, what should we do? Old man, what do you think we should do?" Xu's mother was really anxious. Before coming here, she was thinking about how to persuade her second daughter to keep the child. Now, oh, what should we do?
Father Xu lowered his head and remained silent. This is a little life, not some random cat or dog. He has to raise it once he takes it over!
Xu Ruoxue glanced at her anxious mother and suggested, "Mom, why don't you call and ask my eldest brother and sister-in-law? They often say they want a daughter, so this would be perfect."
"Hey, you're right. Let's ask the eldest brother," Xu's mother's eyes suddenly lit up.
"Well, call and ask. Jiadong and I will go out to buy some food and some daily necessities for you. You can stay in Hai City for a few more days. It's a rare trip for you."
"Hey, go ahead!" said Xu's mother, waving her hand.
Downstairs, Xu Ruoxue held her husband's hand and walked straight to the vegetable market, saying as she walked: "Jiadong, I'm telling you, if my parents ask us to adopt that child again, you must refuse outright, understand?"
Yang Jiadong nodded repeatedly and replied with a smile: "Xiaoxue, we are going to have our second child now. We don't have the energy to take care of the child. Mom and Dad won't say anything anymore."
Xu Ruoxue glanced at her husband and whispered, "You are stupid, I just lied to my parents. I am not pregnant. My period has just ended. How can I be pregnant?"
After saying that, he looked around carefully, afraid that his parents would suddenly pop out from some corner.
"Fake? No, Xiaoxue, doesn't that test paper have two bars?" Yang Jiadong was a little confused.
"It's expired. I tested it last month. Well, don't let it slip." Xu Ruoxue whispered.
Yang Jiadong was a little confused. "Xiaoxue, what if your elder brother and sister-in-law don't want to have a child? You can't just throw it on the street, right? That's against the law."
"Why do you care so much? Since my parents have taken over, they should find a way. Don't think I'm stupid, my parents are preparing for me to take over. I have my own children, why should I raise someone else's?"
As the middle child, Xu Ruoxue received the least attention and even less favoritism since she was a child. So she developed the habit of putting herself first in everything, and it was only after she met her husband that she changed.
"Well, forget it. I don't care about your family's affairs."
"That won't work. You can't just ignore it. If my parents really force me to recognize the child, then you have to stand up and say no, or drag your mother, my mother-in-law, into it. Got it?"
Xu Ruoxue thought that the best excuse was actually her parents-in-law. As long as she said they didn't agree, her parents would have nothing to say. But she didn't want to let her parents-in-law know until the last minute.
Yang Jiadong twisted his wife's face and said jokingly with a smile: "Oh my, Xiaoxue, it's really not easy to be your old woman. I have to take the blame for you."
Xu Ruoxue blushed and defended herself, "I am doing this for the good of your Yang family. Well, at worst I can pack a big briefcase for my parents during the Chinese New Year."
"Hey, taking the blame and getting a big red envelope is a good deal."
"Okay, stop talking and go buy some groceries." Xu Ruoxue said with a smile, holding her husband's hand.
When they returned home, she understood what was going on when she saw her parents looking dejected.
"Mom, what did my brother and sister-in-law say?" Xu Ruoxue peeled an orange and handed it to her mother.
"What else can I say? He doesn't want to. Tell me, when you didn't have one, you kept saying you wanted a daughter, but now that I've given her to him, he doesn't want one anymore."
Mother Xu was a little anxious and irritated, and she felt like bubbles were coming out of her mouth, so she stuffed the orange into the mouth of her husband beside her.
Xu Ruoxue bit the orange and asked vaguely, "What did you tell them? Did you say it was Xiaoshuang's child?"
"No, am I stupid? Your eldest sister-in-law is a big mouth. If she knew about this, everyone in my hometown would know about it in less than a day. I will say that there is a foreigner here who gave birth to a girl and can't afford to raise her, so he wants to give her away. I will ask them if they want her, and if they do, I will take her back." Xu's mother was not stupid either. Since she said she would keep it a secret, she would keep it a secret to the end.
"What should we do? How about you take him home and raise him?"
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