Chapter 98

Abandon?

"Liu Xiaohong, you did a great job on your homework today. Yes, characters should be written like this, even though you are only in the second grade and it is not yet time for you to write an essay.

But I think you should start writing essays. Think about it, you will be working in government agencies in the future and you will have to hold a pen. You need to be good at writing essays from a young age."

"But Principal, today is a holiday and I should go back to my home on the farm," said Liu Xiaohong.

This yard actually still belongs to her family.

Well, after He Min came, through the operation of He Lanshan, this yard was given to He Min.

After he started working at the oil refinery, the house remained vacant and he moved into the refinery's dormitory.

The most important reason why Hermès was specially transferred to the base primary school to be the principal was because of this small courtyard.

You know, Rao Helanshan worked in the mining area, and a two-bedroom, one-living room house was very difficult to divide.

"Xiaohong, come and eat a pear." He's mother said as she peeled a big pear for He Junqiang and asked him to give it to Liu Xiaohong.

He Junqiang's voice was very hoarse. He held the pear for a long time, but couldn't say the word "eat pear". He just forced the pear into Liu Xiaohong's mouth.

The child was good at studying but was a bit dull. It was not that Liu Xiaohong disliked him, but he was not as polite as the three Nie brothers. He refused to eat the pear and returned it to He Junqiang.

"How is it? I heard that your mother has been controlling you since you had a little sister. I've seen you dozing off in class several times. Is it because you have to take care of your little sister and wash her diapers at night that you can't sleep well?"

"No, I have always lived separately from my parents. Also, I will never fall asleep in class again next time."

"Kid, lying is not a good thing. The Wang family treats you badly, right?"

"Principal, this is our family affair, and it's time for me to go home." Liu Xiaohong felt annoyed after hearing this, and picked up her schoolbag and prepared to leave.

To be honest, home is still home.

But now that her father had died and her brother was gone, she no longer missed this home. She had a warm home on the farm, so why should she stay here?

"Liu Xiaohong, I am officially telling you now that Wang Hongbing and his wife have given up raising you. Look how good our family is. Your uncle He is the director of the oil refinery. I will go to the mining area soon and will have a better position after running the business. We are a high-ranking family in the entire mining area. From now on, you will be adopted by me, okay?"

Suddenly, Wang Geming made such a request.

However, what shocked Liu Xiaohong even more was that she had always regarded the farm as her home. She was happier than anyone else when her mother gave birth to a younger sister. She never expected that she would return the farm so quietly.

Liu Xiaohong was unable to digest it for a moment. She was standing in the yard hesitating when she heard Nie Weimin's strange voice outside, "Liu Xiaohong, didn't you notice that He Junqiang's mother, my third aunt, is in poor health and his family is also in need of a nanny."

"Yes, his family wants you to be their mother." Erdan also said.

"If you want to stay at his house, you might as well go to my house." Sandan also said.

Well, three brothers, it turns out you have been eavesdropping here.

"As the saying goes, there is no gain without pain. Wang Geming wants to trick my Liu Xiaohong into working as a nanny for his family. Wang Geming wants to trick Liu Xiaohong into working as a nanny for his family."

Before Wang Geming came out with a ruler in his hand, Nie Weimin and his brother ran away.

Nie Weimin was the first to run home, and as soon as he entered the house he said to Chen Lina, "Comrade Chen, Wang Geming just said that Auntie wants to abandon Liu Xiaohong. Do you know what's going on?"

As they were talking, they heard a rumbling sound outside. They thought it was the car sent by the armed forces. Chen Lina hurriedly said, "Lao Nie, Lao Nie, go get the keys. Of course, the most important thing is to check the vehicle's introduction certificate in case we are stopped by the police on the way. They will check it."

Nie Bozhao was still in the study. He took a look outside and said, "Okay, okay, it's your sister who's here. But why is your sister here in our house?"

"Sister, what are you doing?" Chen Lili said as she walked in.

She was holding a little one in her arms. She looked unhappy when she came in, but she didn't say anything. She turned around and sat in the bedroom. The little girl in her arms was only five months old. She was wrapped tightly in the middle of winter.

"Here, some hot cakes. There are apples here. Do you want to eat them with them?" Chen Lina said as she brought over a plate of cakes and placed a kang table on the kang.

Because she married a poor man and her younger sister married a senior engineer, Chen Lili rarely visited the Nie family. Today, she suddenly came, so Chen Lina was of course happy. She greeted her warmly, thinking that there seemed to be oranges she bought from the mining area two days ago at home. She hurried to the small warehouse to look for them, but she couldn't find them.

So I went into the bedroom and found one hidden in the drawer of the sewing machine.

This must have been hidden by Sandaner.

Erdan only cares about himself, Nie Weimin eats carefully, but Sandan always likes to put whatever is available in the sewing machine and save it for her.

Chen Lili was obviously not very happy, but she picked up the cake and started eating it, and at the same time, she ate half a slice of orange.

"Come here, dear girl, let your aunt hold you." Chen Lina washed her hands and reached out to hold the child.

"Oh, your hands are dirty from making pancakes. Don't touch Niu Niu." Chen Lili said, and hugged the girl back.

Chen Lina pursed her lips and looked at her for a long time. After all, she was her sister's daughter. She really liked children, but she really couldn't stand Chen Lili's temper.

Look, after a long while, He Laner also came in.

"Mom, if you guys are coming, why don't you come together on the tractor? My sister will take the tractor and you will walk?"

He Laner sighed and said, "What? I was hauling the tractor with your sister. I coughed twice on the way and she said that my coughing might make Niuniu sick, so she wanted me to get off the tractor. I was walking here halfway."

"Sister, you have never been held by anyone since you were born, right?"

"Do you know what bacteria are? Do you know what infection is? The nurses at the mining area health hospital have said that the child needs medical care. Look at the mother's hands, they are so dirty. What if the child gets infected by holding the child?"

He Lan'er worked in the countryside, and even when she arrived at the frontier, she had to earn work points because she was the mother-in-law of the production farm manager, and she couldn't fall behind. Who wouldn't have bad hands as a farmer?

She was also angry, and she sat on the edge of the kang and said, "Speaking of children, we really love them, but I also gave birth to two, Lili, and I didn't give birth to such a protective child like you did. Okay, I won't hold you even if you give it to me, and you can take care of this child by yourself."

"Tell me, why did you come here today?" Chen Lina understood that her sister was not here to visit.

"Xiaohong, can we return to the welfare home?" Chen Lili asked, and Chen Lina was so angry that she said, "Yes, we can, right now, right away."

"No, Lina, Xiaohong is a really good kid. Your sister is just impulsive. If she doesn't want to raise her, your father and I will. Well, we'll just treat it as raising another daughter. We'll raise her at all costs. Don't listen to her."

With a cry, Chen Lili covered her mouth and sat down on the kang and started crying.

"Lina, it's not that I don't want to raise a child. I didn't think about it that much before Niu Niu was born. But recently, I heard from the educated youth in the farm that not only elementary schools, but also middle schools and universities will all have to resume classes in two years.

By then, everyone will have to go to school. You can say that if it is just Niu Niu, I can support her by earning work points on the farm.

But if we add Xiaohong, that’s two. I must give birth to another son for the Wang family. If I give birth to another son, there will be three. With only your brother-in-law’s salary of 15 yuan and my work points, how can we support three children?”

"so what?"

"Director Guan of the welfare home in the mining area has also been to the farm. I am now preparing to send Xiaohong back to the welfare home. She is grown up now, and there should be many people in the mining area who want to adopt her. When the time comes, I will give her some money, and that will be all, right?"

Chen Lina understood that now that she had her own child, Chen Lili was unwilling to give up her adopted child.

"I clearly told her that if she really wants to go to college, I will pay for her tuition."

"There are three more children in your family, and each of them must go to school. Add in Liu Xiaohong, how can you support them?" Chen Lili said.

He Laner also said, "Okay, I'll support you. Your father and I will support you. I'll borrow money to support your child's education. Really, who would raise a child halfway and then give it up?"

"Does Xiaohong know about this?" Chen Lina suddenly remembered. Oh, that little girl had such a bad fate. Even she didn't expect that Chen Lili, who had made such a promise, would regret it once she had her own child.

"She has been living at Wang the Revolutionary's house recently because she is rehearsing for a show." Wang Hongbing was talking outside the door and almost trotted in.

Chen Lina understood. No wonder Nie Weimin had said this to her without any reason.

Chen Bingcang followed and said as soon as he entered the house, "Lina, your sister, please persuade the child. We can't send her away. Hongbing and I just rushed to the welfare home to explain the situation, and she came to you again."

"I've said it before, children are not pets, and adoption is not just about adopting a pet. You said it very nicely at the time. You said that you felt sad as soon as you saw her eyes. That's your daughter, Chen Lili. I remember everything you said at the time." Chen Lina said, and went back to the kitchen.

"No, Lina, why don't you think of a solution? Why are you still making pancakes here?" He Laner followed in.

"My whole family is going on a trip, so of course I need some pancakes, otherwise what are we going to eat on the road?"

"Then you should persuade your sister first. We don't want to send Xiaohong away, but your sister's mood, if the child knew, she would be very sad."

"Do whatever you want. I don't care." Chen Lina was really angry.

When He Laner saw that there was no other way, she went to look for her second son-in-law.

Unlike Wang Hongbing who is casual, Ye Gong has a temperament of not wanting to be disturbed by strangers. It’s not that they are afraid that he will get angry, but because he is always busy. Most people are afraid of disturbing him and delaying his business.

"Then, Boss Nie, why don't you persuade Lili?" He Laner said.

Nie Bozhao raised his head and let out a cold breath, "Why are you trying to persuade me? From today on, Xiaohong won't have to go back to the farm. She will live in my house and we will take care of her."

"No, we are willing to raise her. Just help us persuade Lili."

"I've seen many vicious stepmothers, but this is the first time I've seen someone give away an adopted child after having her own. Can such a person still be considered a human being?" Nie Gong asked.

With a cry, the child on the kang started crying, and coughing a little.

"Mom, look at you, you are the one who infected the child, right?" Chen Lili had gone a little too far in pampering the whole family. She was really quick to blame and would scold the whole family if the child coughed even a little.

After a stack of fried pancakes are baked, I still have to cook tea eggs.

You should know that eggs boiled in plain water will basically go bad after two days, but eggs salted in tea leaves are different and can be kept for at least four days. So, it is better to eat tea leaf eggs than boiled eggs in plain water on a trip.

Each person planned for five eggs, so for a family of five, that would require three pounds of eggs. Fortunately, there were more egg coupons this year, so we had more stored at home.

After cooking half a pot, Chen Lina went out and saw that the whole family was sitting in the living room. Chen Lili, the woman in labor, was eating fried cakes in the master bedroom with her child in her arms, with a bitter face, as if someone owed her money.

As soon as Chen Lina came in, she asked, "Hey, have you washed your hands? Have you cleaned yourself before coming in?"

"Okay, sister, hurry up and leave. My house needs ventilation, and I'm afraid Niuniu will be frozen."

"This is your niece, you are not afraid of freezing her, Chen Lina, are you twisted because you don't have children?"

"It's not because I don't have a child that I'm twisted. It's because I can't take care of you. I love Niuniu, but I can't afford it. I'm afraid that if she coughs here again, it will be my fault again."

"Why are you like this? If you want to leave, I'll leave right now." Chen Lili said as she wrapped the baby in swaddling clothes and really prepared to leave.

Chen's father and mother, along with Wang Hongbing, had originally planned to let Chen Lina persuade others, but when they saw what happened, they were so dismayed that the whole family packed up and left.

"Sister, I have to tell you, when I leave your house today, our sisterhood will be over, so don't regret it."

"I also want to tell you that you can protect the dog, but don't be too conceited, Chen Lili. Look at the air outside. It's the same whether it's the capital or the border. Look at the water we drink. It's the same whether we are leaders or farmers. When a child is born, he or she has to breathe the same air and drink the same water. If he or she is exposed to the wind, he or she will catch a cold. If he or she drinks raw water, he or she will have diarrhea. If you can find me a child who has never been sick since birth, I will admire you. Let me ask you, do you think there is such a child in the world?"

"People get sick from eating all kinds of grains. If you are sick, just take medicine or get an injection to cure it. This is how everyone gets sick. Now you complain about your mother's dirty hands.

When you were a baby, lying in your mother's arms, drinking her milk, why didn't you find her hands dirty? "

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Good guy, after being scolded, Chen Lili's eyes immediately turned red. "Sister, that's not what I meant."

"You are. I feel that our whole family is not worthy of serving you. I told you that you are sick, do you know?"

I guess Chen Lili had some postpartum depression, and some women experience this kind of depression for a period of time after giving birth.

Because the child was too young, I was at a loss as to what to do, and I had to breastfeed day and night, so I took out all my resentment on my parents and husband.

"Mom, let me hold my sister. I can make her behave well, okay?" Everyone in the yard was in a stalemate when Liu Xiaohong ran in and, without saying anything, prepared to take the child from Chen Lili's arms.

He Lan'er was afraid that Chen Lili would not let her hold the baby, but in the end, Chen Lili actually let go and gave the child to Liu Xiaohong.

Everyone in the yard was staring at her, feeling embarrassed, so Chen Lili said, "Alright, alright, Xiaohong, let's go home quickly."

"Hey, Chen Lili, didn't you just say you wanted to abandon her?"

"Look at you, sister. I just said something like that in anger, but you are so serious?" With that, Chen Lili pulled Liu Xiaohong and ran away.

"Comrade Xiao Chen, Chen Lili has been abandoned, so why did you send Liu Xiaohong to her home?" After they all left, Nie Weimin was very unhappy.

"I have thought about kicking you into the Baiyang River. Women's hearts are very fickle, especially when they are tired.

My sister gave birth to a little one, so her mentality was bound to fluctuate, but the farm was Liu Xiaohong's home, and she loved that home. Even if you left her here, she might not be happy. On the farm, even if my sister treated her averagely, my brother-in-law and my parents really loved her. "said Chen Lina.

"You, really want to kick me into the Baiyang River?" Nie Weimin looked incredulous.

Chen Lina said sincerely, "It's not just you, it's also Erdan and your father."

"Oh, this is indeed a stepmother." Erdan howled outside the door. The baby was crying so sadly.

Sandan was very happy to hear this, because his mother didn't tell him to kick him into the river too.

"Mom, are we going to put the eggs in this broken warming pot? Why?" Sandan ignored the boiling eggs and started helping his mother with the work.

"Because eggs can easily roll out and break. This broken kettle has no guts, so it's just right to cover it with a lid. We can eat while walking." Chen Lina said with a smile.

That's right, Sandan'er is the most obedient. No matter who she kicks into the Baiyang River, she won't kick him in.