"Yun Qiao is a doctor. She learned all this from books. If you don't believe me, go to the hospital and ask a doctor to see if Down syndrome is hereditary."
Qin Lin was silent for a moment, then said, "Okay, I understand. In that case, let's forget about this marriage."
He wanted to find a support for his adopted daughter for the rest of her life, not to cause her trouble.
Feng Juan heaved a sigh of relief when she heard his words. She said happily, "Then it's settled. You should reject this offer later. Otherwise, when you have a few idiot grandchildren who only know how to giggle and drool all day, you'll be doomed if your colleagues and neighbors laugh at you!"
"I'm not that foolish. I let Yuanyuan marry him even though I knew it was hereditary." Qin Lin pinched his swollen forehead and said, "I'm just worried about the explanation over there. You know, my old boss didn't ask me for anything in these matters. Except for this one..."
"I can't agree to this one thing! This isn't about anything else. Marriage is a big deal, how can you force someone to do something out of their own will? That would be like asking for something in return!" Feng Juan said coldly, "If you feel it's too difficult to ask, just send someone to bring Yuanyuan to me. By then, Yuanyuan won't be in the capital anymore, so it's only natural for you to refuse, and she won't be able to say anything."
"Okay." Qin Lin agreed and asked, "Just send Yuanyuan over? What about Aunt Feng? Is she okay?"
Feng Juan said, "Don't let Aunt Feng come. She's almost ten years old and not in good health. She shouldn't be traveling back and forth."
I don’t know how long it will take to return home. If it takes only ten days, Aunt Feng will be almost seventy years old by then, and I’m afraid she will have to stay in this place forever.
"Besides, Aunt Feng can cook for you and clean the house if she stays in the capital. Otherwise, if you stay home alone, focusing only on work and ignoring your life, by the time we return to Dong, the house will be so uninhabitable that you'll have ruined it."
Qin Lin felt a headache when he heard her muttering, and hurriedly said: "Okay, okay, whatever you arrange, I will listen to you, I will listen to you."
Changing the subject again: "Also, Eleven is almost two months old, and I still don't know what she looks like. When can you send me a photo of her so I can see it?"
"Let's wait a while," Feng Juan said. "It's too cold here. The child can only stay indoors and can't be carried. There's really no way I can take him to the photo studio to take pictures."
"If we can't afford a photo studio, you can ask your son-in-law to borrow a camera from someone and take a couple of pictures at home." At this point, Qin Lin suddenly had an epiphany. He thought, "I've thought about it carefully. Cameras aren't very expensive. Many of our neighbors have them. We can buy one and put it at home. We can take pictures whenever we want, which is more convenient than borrowing one. Let's buy one."
Feng Juan nodded. "Of course that's good. But a good camera would cost more than two hundred yuan, wouldn't it? And it's hard to buy. I've never seen cameras in the grocery stores here."
"Small places are short of supplies, and even if you have money, you can't buy anything. The grocery stores in Beijing have a wide variety of things. I'll take care of the camera." Qin Lin said, "I'll have someone send Yuanyuan to the Northeast in a few days, and I'll have someone bring the camera back with her."
Feng Juan nodded: "Okay."
Qin Lin: "Anything else? If not, I'm hanging up."
Feng Juan: "Well, hang up now."
After hanging up the phone, Feng Juan looked up at the wall clock and found that it was ten minutes to two o'clock.
Yunqiao goes to work at two o'clock in the afternoon.
Feng Juan quickly quickened her pace and ran home, pushing the door open. She looked up at the wall clock and saw that it was ten minutes to two.
Feng Juan breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, there was still time.
Yun Qiao came out from the inner room and asked Feng Juan, "Mom, did you get through on the phone? What did my dad say?"
Feng Juan nodded. "I got through. I told your father everything that's going on, and he agreed to reject the marriage and send Yuanyuan to us in a few days."
"That's good." Yun Qiao's heart finally settled down.
Feng Juan looked at Yun Qiao and said with a look of relief, "Your father is always stubborn, but he listened to my advice this time, thanks to you. If you didn't understand these things, Yuanyuan would definitely have been promised to someone else this time."
Yun Qiao smiled and said, "Actually, you can't blame Dad for this. He's from the older generation and still has old-fashioned ideas. He thinks it's natural for girls to get married and have children. Besides, Yuanyuan isn't very smart, so he definitely wants her to get married and have children so that someone can take care of her in the future."
"Yunqiao, actually, it's not just your father who thinks this way. I also want to find a husband for Yuanyuan." Feng Juan sighed and said, "Sometimes I think that if she could have a child of her own, she would have someone to take care of her in her old age."
Yun Qiao was a little confused: "But mom, Yuanyuan doesn't know anything. Is it really good for her to marry into another family so ignorantly?"
"But I can't support her forever." Feng Juan sighed and said worriedly, "When I get old, how will she survive on her own?"
Yun Qiao laughed and said, "And me and my brother, Mom, have you forgotten about us? Am I so unreliable in your eyes?"
"Of course I haven't forgotten," Feng Juan said. "I just feel that it was me who insisted on adopting her. She is my responsibility, not yours. This way, when I'm old, she'll have her own children to take care of her, and she won't be a burden to you."
"Mom, you're worrying too much. Looking across the country, our family is upper-middle class. Raising another child, Yuanyuan, isn't really a burden." Yun Qiao laughed and said, "Anyway, I think since our family can afford to support her for the rest of her life, we should just keep raising her. Why marry her off and let her make a living in someone else's family? No matter how good her in-laws are, they won't treat her any better than we do, right?"
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