Chapter 183: Even after eating, you still need to eat a few more bites
Jiang Hao: "Mom, we need to prepare more staple food. My brother and I can eat a lot. We didn't prepare enough for dinner last night. I was hungry before midnight."
Liu Cuihua looked at the three people who had to use bowls to eat, and then thought of the eldest brother who had a bigger appetite, and she felt overwhelmed.
"You are only in our house. If you were in someone else's house, you would be hungry every day. These days, everyone just wants to eat a little bit to fill their stomachs. But you are different. Even after you are full, you still have to eat a few more bites. You will never say you are full until the food is up to your throat."
As Jiang Hao spoke, he pushed Liu Cuihua towards the kitchen. "Hey, Mom, hurry up. I'll go steam some buns for you. I saw you kneading two large basins of dough this morning. They must have risen by now. I'll use that basin of flour to steam some sugar triangles for Huhu. Huhu will definitely love them."
Shi Luo held Huhu on his lap and said softly, "It's time for lunch soon, what do you want to eat, Huhu?"
Huhu thought about the egg custard he had eaten a few days ago, sipped his saliva, and said in a baby voice, "Egg custard."
Shi Luo said loudly towards the kitchen, "Brother, you can make some rice and egg custard later."
"Okay, got it." Jiang Hao kneaded the dough in his hands, then turned to Liu Cuihua and said, "Mom, look at Luo Luo. She never used such a gentle tone when talking to me."
Liu Cuihua was very happy today. The most important thing in her heart was solved. "I think Huhu is a sensible person. The child is still young. Don't tell the child that he is not your biological child. Educate him well. When you are old, you won't be afraid of no one taking care of him.
My son, you don’t know, ever since you came to Beijing, I’ve had nightmares every night. I dreamed that you were old, that Luo Luo passed away first, and that after you sent Luo Luo away, you were all alone in the house, so lonely.
Later, you passed away too. You lay on the ground for four or five days without anyone finding you. Then you started to stink and rot. It was only when the neighbors smelled the odor and called your nephews that someone finally buried you.
Sometimes I dream that you passed away first, and Luo Luo was left alone, with no one to accompany him in the house, and your nephews didn't care about him. In the end, there was no one to collect his body.
Listening to Liu Cuihua's vivid description of her nightmare, Jiang Hao was helpless. "Oh my god, what are you thinking about all day? I still have brothers and sisters, and so many nephews and nieces. How is it possible that no one would notice I'm gone? Let's not talk about the others, even Dongdong couldn't have ignored Luo Luo."
Liu Cuihua rolled her eyes and whispered, "Otherwise, I would say you are stupid. No matter how good your nephew is, he is not as good as your own son. Look at the relationship between your uncle's children and our family. Your uncle and your father had a good relationship before, but now look at them.
Your brothers seem to be doing well now. In the future, they will all have their own families, and their focus will definitely be on their own families.
Another thing is that their children are still young. When they grow up and those who are supposed to get married and have children will have done so, they will have even less time to take care of you. If they can't even take care of you, let alone Luoluo, who is not even related to them by blood.
I can't even rely on my brother, let alone my nephew. Your father and I are old and it's impossible for us to accompany you for the rest of your life, so I have to find a guarantee for you. Huhu is that guarantee.
If possible, after a few years, you should register Huhu under Luoluo's name. In this way, even if there is no blood relationship, at least there is a legal responsibility, and you are not afraid that when you are old and you pass away first, Luoluo will have no one to take care of him.
But no matter what, you all must educate him well. I don't need him to have any great future, but he must have good character, be filial, and have a sense of responsibility.
Don't worry, our family won't mistreat him. Our family's foundation means he won't suffer any injustice even if he doesn't achieve anything in the future. When you're old and he takes over your job, I'll leave him some money and things. I can't expect Huhu to become rich, but he will definitely live a peaceful and smooth life."
Jiang Hao's eyes became sore when he heard Liu Cuihua's words. He paused kneading the dough and abruptly changed the subject, "Mom, how is the greenhouse in our brigade this year? Is it making a lot of money?"
When Liu Cuihua heard about the greenhouse, she couldn't stop smiling. Her hands became more nimble when she cut vegetables. "A lot, of course it's not a lot. Your father brought more people to expand the greenhouse this year. Our team has earned more than double the amount of previous years. When the money is distributed in the spring, we can get a lot more.
Add to that the money we earn from selling the peaches from the peach trees on the hill behind us, and we're going to be very successful this year. Oh, you wouldn't know, but now all the young men and women in the surrounding villages want to marry someone from our team."
When Jiang Hai entered the room, he saw the little kid happily playing with his son. He handed the net bag to Shi Luo and said, "These are the coffee beans I asked someone to bring. There's a hand-cranked grinder in the kitchen. Luo Luo, help me grind them."
Shi Luo saw Jiang Hai winking at him, nodded, and said to Jiang Dong, "Dongdong, watch out for it, don't let him get hurt."
After saying that, she picked up the net bag and went to the kitchen with Jiang Hai.
Seeing that everyone was present, Jiang Hai slowly began to talk about the investigation he had conducted this morning.
"I asked someone to check. It's true that Yu's father-in-law is ill, but he's not bedridden. As for her mother-in-law, she's healthy and there's no problem taking care of her father-in-law.
So Yu's wife went back to her hometown not to take care of the elderly, but to take over her father-in-law's job. Her father-in-law was a worker in their local cotton textile factory, sitting in an office, with a monthly salary of 38.7 yuan plus some coupons.
Mrs. Yu has been in the army for so many years without a job, and now that she has one, she wants to go back to her hometown and take over the job of her old man.
She was so anxious for two reasons: money and her eldest son. He was in the second year of junior high school and would go to high school next year. If he didn't have a job in the next two years of high school, he would have to go to the countryside.
Her father-in-law's health clearly couldn't sustain him for another two years, and her mother-in-law couldn't take his place because she had to take care of him. So, to keep her child from going to the countryside, she had to go back and take over the job, preserving it for her son.
Jiang Hao sneered, "Just listening to what she said yesterday, I really thought she was a good person who was only concerned about her children."
Shi Luo thought of the big bag of money he had just put into the space this morning, and asked in confusion,
"Even though it's hard to find a job right now, his son still won't need one for another two years. He can still find a job in those two years if he's willing to spend the money. The money he got from adopting Huhu could buy him ten jobs, not just one. She gave up Huhu for a job back home. It's like throwing away a big picture for a small one."
Jiang Hai ground coffee beans and said in a playful tone, "When Yu Hong applied to adopt Hu Hu, the military officer in charge of this matter signed an agreement with him in advance. Hu Hu's family money, including the pension, will be temporarily held by the military and will be returned to Hu Hu after he turns eighteen. So, if Sister Yu adopts Hu Hu, she will only receive Hu Hu's monthly allowance and nothing else."
Jiang Hao frowned after hearing this. "But when I went to handle the paperwork this morning, the person in charge just applied to the higher-ups and gave me the money and everything, but didn't mention anything about signing an agreement."
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