Xie's father and mother are not heartless people. If the family was not well off in the past, they would not have cared about anything. There are so many poor children in the world. If they have such kindness, they might as well save the food for their own children.
Raising a child is not that easy. It's not like raising an animal to eat.
But things are different now. The third son's wife is a capable person. Not only is she a high school student who can write books to earn money, but she can also take care of four children. Besides, the third son is also happy and the family can afford to support him.
Besides, Li Dan was definitely a pitiful child. They were heartbroken after listening to the third child’s story, and Xie’s mother even cried until late at night.
So she supported the third brother's family in adopting Li Dan, but Xie's mother raised one point: no matter whether it was Li Dan, Tiedan or Baoya, they would belong to Hu Zi and Shi Tou in the future, and they could not snatch them away. They were all good children, and she felt sorry for them, but in her heart she still favored her two grandsons.
Xie Zhengchuan not only looked pleased but also gave a promise to Xie's mother.
Now, as Xie's mother looked at her children, her face was beaming with kindness.
The family had a lively lunch. Just as they were about to clean up and wash the dishes, the village chief Li Waishan came over with Li Dan's great-grandfather and several uncles.
Su Li and Xie's mother hurriedly moved stools for the people and poured sugar water.
Seeing so many elders from his own clan, Li Danqian's originally calm heart suddenly became nervous.
Several relatives of the Li family were also a little uncomfortable. They had heard about Li Dan's situation from the village chief and were holding their breath. The young men in the family even wanted to go to Xie Sanwan's house and beat him up, but no matter how angry they were, it was definitely not okay for Li Dan, a one-year-old child, to live alone.
Isn't this just poking at the spine of those people with the surname Li?
However, the village chief suggested that Li Dan live in one of their homes. He also discussed with the team leader that he could get one more adult's food ration every year, but the child must be taken good care of. After all, not only the doctors in the county hospital knew about this, but they would also call the police.
Besides, Su Li and his wife also know that Xie Zhengchuan will still be the director of the police station next year. It is said that all these things have been filed with the police station. If this happens in someone's home, they will be held responsible.
It was heard that women who were given extra rations would persuade their men to adopt the children, but this situation made the Li family shut up.
I just want to get one more person's food ration, but I don't want my family to pay for it. This is just a firecracker, and it might blow up my family at any time.
Li Waishan had expected the Li family's reaction. Every family in the village had a hard time. Most of them only had two meals a day. Even those who liked to visit would just stay at home after lunch. No one would be as wealthy as Su Li and strive to adopt a child.
Li Waishan really admired Xie Zhengchuan and Su Li's desire to adopt Li Dan, and conveyed this idea to everyone in the Li family.
The Li family was of course happy that their urgent problem had been solved, but they still felt a little embarrassed.
"It's not like all our Li family members are extinct. How can you agree to this?"
"That's right, huh! Fighting to raise them, are you eyeing one person's food supply? That's a lot of food in a year."
"Let's just say that bitch Su Li made so much money writing books, and now she wants to take advantage of the little bit of advantage. It's really despicable."
"Isn't it? It's not like he doesn't have a son. Look, he not only adopted Wang Tiedan and Wang Baoya, but now he wants to raise our Li family's children. It's probably because he can't have children, but he wants children, and he's jealous when he sees other people's children."
"Hahaha... I heard it a long time ago. Giving birth to twins damaged her foundation. Her belly will be useless from now on."
"Oh! How can she still be a woman? Xie Zhengchuan will definitely divorce her sooner or later."
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A group of women started talking at once, apparently not noticing that the village chief Li Waishan's face had become very ugly.
"Bang!" Li's great-grandfather slapped the table.
Everyone was frightened into silence.
"That's enough, you are a bunch of gossipers, women with long hair and short vision. How dare you criticize Su Li? If you think she is taking advantage of you, then take the child home. If you don't want to, just shut up. Xie is willing to raise our child, Li. You should be grateful! Don't you feel guilty saying these things?"
The group of women were so frightened that they fell silent and dared not say a word.
Li Waishan said, "I don't care about your gossip, but can you say this? You want food but don't want to raise children. How can you have such a good relationship? Besides, Su Li said that she would let Li Dan go to school with several children next year. It only costs eight yuan for one child to go to school for one year. Can you do it? Whose children don't go to work early to earn work points, so if anyone talks about this in the future, don't blame me for deducting work points."
When I heard that Li Dan was going to go to school,
The women who were discussing heatedly just now now looked embarrassed. They don’t have the money to send a stranger to school, and their own children haven’t even gone yet?
Besides, what kind of situation is this? We actually want to let the child go to school. What a fool! What's the point of going to school? Although Su Li makes money by writing books, how many people can make money by writing books?
Didn't you see it? The educated youth in the village looked down on Su Li at first. I submitted my work myself, but I haven't heard back yet.
It was Su Li who often went to the county town and bought a lot of things every time he went there. It wasn't just to get money for books.
The great grandfather of the Li family made the final decision on Li Dan's fate, and no one else in the clan dared to say anything.
So several people from the clan, including the great-grandfather of the Li family, followed Li Waishan to Xie Zhengchuan's house.
Xie Zhengchuan handed a cigarette to each member of the Li family one by one. Their hands were shaking as they took them. These were foreign cigarettes, costing 1.5 yuan a pack.
"All the elders are here, my parents are here too, Su Li and I are not talking nonsense, I will definitely treat Li Dan as my own son, everything that Hu Zi and Shi Tou have, he will definitely have, including food, drink, and schooling."
After hearing this, Li Dan felt a sour nose and his eyes turned red again.
The great-grandfather of the Li family was very satisfied with what Xie Zhengchuan said. After all, Old Man Xie and Zhang Guihua were there, and he could trust the character of this child.
"You and your wife are both good kids, but Li Dan has been bullied and beaten a lot in Xie Sanwan's house. Can you promise not to beat him in the future?"
Xie Zhengchuan was silent for a moment and said, "I can't guarantee this."
Li Dan raised his head and said, "Uncle Zhengchuan?"
Xie Zhengchuan gave Li Dan a soothing look, "I can't guarantee it. It's unavoidable to educate children sometimes. A person's life is very long. I hope that he can strive to be an upright and kind person with ideals and ambitions. If he does something wrong and harms the people or the country, I will wake him up like a father."
After Xie Zhengchuan finished speaking, Li Dan was already sobbing.
The people in the Li family also felt that what Xie Zhengchuan said made sense.
Su Li watched Xie Zhengchuan speak. The man was calm and reserved, and his deep voice was so sweet that it made the ears pregnant. Su Li felt that his whole body was glowing.
Li Dan's great-grandfather said, "Zhengchuan! Since you say so, I will shamelessly give Li Dan to you. If he can become a useful person, it will be worthy of you two."
Then he turned to Li Dan and said, "Child, it's not that we in the Li family don't want to raise you. It's just that life at home is difficult. Even if you go, you will inevitably have a hard time. Grandpa only asks you to be obedient and live well, so that your father and grandmother can rest in peace in heaven."
"Okay! I'll be obedient." Li Dan rubbed his eyes hard.
Su Li walked over and hugged Li Dan in her arms. Before she could say anything, the door was suddenly kicked open.
"Xie Laosan, you are a wicked little bastard. You did such a wicked thing. No wonder the army doesn't want you. How dare you come to our house to snatch people? You are a shameless thing." Grandma Miao walked in front of Xie Sanwan with her small feet.
Qian Maizi followed behind holding Xie Guangliang.
They heard that Li Dan was discharged from the hospital. Not only did he recover, but the village chief also gave him a year's adult's food ration. This was a huge blessing. They didn't expect that he could make some contribution to his family after his illness. But before they could be happy, they heard that Xie Zhengchuan's family wanted to adopt Li Dan.
This was unacceptable. Qian Maizi was Li Dan's biological mother. It was impossible for him to abandon his own mother and go find a foster mother. So the whole family rushed over in a hurry.
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