Fang Qiao gave a polite yet slightly awkward smile.
She didn't understand the meaning behind Li Dan's words to her.
After all, she's not a goddess who grants children; what's the point of telling her if you want a child?
"If you ask me, a marriage is only complete if the couple has a child. Although Lao Liu has a daughter, she went to Hong Kong with her first wife. It's so far away that I don't know if I'll ever see her again in this lifetime. It's almost the same as not having one."
Li Dan sighed as she spoke, "You are so lucky to have An'an and Tian'tian. The second one, though not your biological daughter, is even better than your own. I am truly envious of having two such beautiful daughters raised by you."
I really don't know how Sweetie's biological father could be so heartless, just dumping the child on you and then ignoring her completely. If I had such a cute and well-behaved child, I would never treat her like this.
Fang Qiao sighed, "Once you have a stepmother, you have a stepfather. When you bring a new bride home, the children left by the previous wife will only be an eyesore. There will be no regrets about them."
"It's a real tragedy. They don't know how lucky they are. They should taste what it's like to want a child but can't have one no matter what."
After Li Dan finished speaking resentfully, she tentatively asked, "By the way, Tian Tian is over three years old now, right? You can't just have one child, An An. What are you going to do when there are more children in the future? After all, you're just an aunt, you can't just raise your niece forever, can you?"
"We'll have to raise her, what else can we do? Her mother died in childbirth, and her father remarried and now he thinks she's a burden. If her uncle and I don't take care of her, who else can she rely on?"
Fang Qiao said casually, "It's just a matter of adding a pair of chopsticks; it's not like we can't afford to feed them."
"How about..." Li Dan suggested, "Why don't you find her a good family to adopt her? While she's still young and doesn't remember much, wouldn't it be better to have a good family raise her instead of you keeping her by your side all the time?"
Fang Qiao smacked her lips, tasting the flavor.
All this talk is just a pretext; there's more to it than meets the eye.
Is this because she couldn't conceive and then considered adopting a child?
And they even set their sights on Sweetie?
Fang Qiao had no such intention.
She started raising Tian Tian when she was just over one year old, and she's practically her own daughter.
Giving her up for adoption? She couldn't bear to do that.
She advised Li Dan to give up on this idea.
“Tian Tian is like my own daughter, I can’t bear to send her to someone else’s home.” Fang Qiao said with a smile, pretending to be angry, “This is the first time today, I won’t hold it against you, but you’re not allowed to mention it again in the future, or I’ll turn against you.”
Li Dan was a little disappointed, but seeing the seriousness behind Fang Qiao's smile, she didn't dare to say anything more and forced a smile: "Okay, okay, I was just joking, I won't mention it again."
After seeing Li Dan off, Fang Qiao's smile instantly vanished.
If you can't conceive and want to adopt, go to an orphanage. What kind of behavior is it to try to take the neighbor's child?
Does she look like an aunt who can't stand her niece?
What is that?!
Fang Qiao disgustedly wiped the stool that Li Dan had sat on with a wet towel again and again, and it took her a long time to catch her breath.
Xiaochengzhuang Village, Henan Province.
In what used to be Fang Qiao's house, now Xiao Qiang's house, Third Aunt and Wang Qiuju's mother were sitting together, picking locust flower petals into a bamboo vegetable basket.
When you pull acacia flowers off the tree, they come with branches along with them, so you have to gently pull them off by hand, one by one.
Leaves cannot be included; it takes quite a bit of time to remove them one by one.
The two chatted as they worked, their lives becoming more and more promising, and smiles gracing their faces.
Just then, a knock came from outside the door: "Is anyone home?"
"Who is it?" Auntie San put down the locust tree branch in her hand, stood up and went to open the door.
"The post office is delivering mail; there's a package for your family." The male voice sounded somewhat familiar to Auntie San.
"They're here."
The third aunt opened the outer door of the house and saw the postman outside. Her smiling face instantly turned gloomy.
"Su Chen? It's you?"
Su Chen is Tian Tian's biological father and also a postman at the county post office. He is not responsible for mail in the villages and towns below, so it's really hard to know why he delivered this package.
"I happened to see the package for Grandma when I was sorting goods at the county warehouse, so I took leave to deliver it back." Su Chen said with a shameless smile, "Third Aunt, what are you doing at my brother-in-law's house? Where's Tian Tian? I came to see her."
"What are you looking at? Sweetie is so unlucky to have a father like you!" Auntie snatched her package from Su Chen's hands and said fiercely, "Alright, the package has been delivered, you can get lost now."
After saying that, she was about to close the door.
Su Chen held the door shut to prevent her from closing it: "Third Aunt, let's talk this out, don't close the door."
He was a man after all, and he was very strong. His aunt, a woman, was no match for his strength. No matter how hard she tried, the door wouldn't budge.
Auntie San spat out, "Pah! You think you're worthy of my respect? Tian Tian has been gone for almost two months, and you didn't even know? You still have the nerve to say you're coming to see Tian Tian? There's no father like you in all the surrounding villages!"
"Gone?" Su Chen's expression changed. "Where did they go?"
"Why should I talk to you? Who do you think you are?" Taking advantage of his inattention, his aunt kicked him in the shin, and then, taking advantage of his distraction, shoved the door shut.
"roll!"
Su Chen came with a mission, and since he hadn't seen Tian Tian, he naturally didn't want to just leave like that.
After inquiring around Xiaochengzhuang, he learned that Cheng Baidong had been assigned a job in Beijing and had moved his whole family there. He had even sold his old house to his third aunt's family.
So you've decided to stay in the capital from now on?
Su Chen smacked his lips, feeling a little regretful that his relationship with Cheng Baidong had soured back then. Otherwise, as his brother-in-law, he could have benefited from it, right?
Sweetie is now over three years old. The little girl next door, who is also over three years old, is already very sensible. She can wash dishes, sweep the floor, and look after her younger brother.
What a pity.
I couldn't get any cheap deals, and the nanny left too.
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