Chapter 196 Do you want to raise it?
Huang Xinghua suddenly covered her mouth and widened her eyes, "Su Tai, do you think the person who abandoned the child deliberately threw the child there because of the good conditions of your family? It's impossible for him to be interested in Cripple Shen! He's a lame man. How can a bachelor, dependent on an old woman who can’t work, afford to raise a child?”
The more Huang Xinghua thought about it, the more she realized that this was the case, and she was inexplicably angry, "Those people are really interesting! Seeing that they are really evil, they will act rogue, and even do such immoral things as throwing away children, without fear of retribution."
Su Tai's expression gradually became serious, and when Shen Yi came back, she told him Huang Xinghua's guess.
"I think what Aunt Huang said is not unreasonable. The other party is most likely really coming to our family. Firstly, I have just given birth to a baby and I have milk. Secondly, our family has good conditions and can raise another child." Come on, and everyone knows that you are kind and righteous, and you will not ignore death. "
Shen Yi met Su Tai's resentful eyes and rubbed her nose, "Daughter-in-law, if the other party really comes to our house, what should we do? Should we care or not?"
Su Tai was a little depressed, "I have my own child, and I don't want to raise someone else's child, not to mention that I don't know what the child is! What if my elbows turn outwards when I raise them in the future? What if I gave birth to my own child? I accept it as unfilial, and I can’t accept raising other people’s children to become white-eyed wolves.”
Shen Yi nodded, "You are speaking from your heart. I understand. The child is currently being raised at the village chief's house. The village chief is also inquiring about the child's life experience. He will only consider letting the villagers adopt him if he cannot find out."
"What if no one adopts her?" Su Tai tilted her head and looked at him nervously.
Shen Yi stroked her hair lovingly, "We'll talk about that later. I'll go to the village chief tomorrow and ask, and I'll tell you when I get back."
The next day, Shen Yi finished his business matters before running to the village chief's house.
As soon as I got there, I found that Su Tai was there with her children.
When Shen Ying saw him, she immediately stepped forward enthusiastically and said, "Shen Yi, you are finally here. I was just telling your wife about the baby girl! Yesterday, I reported the situation to the township head, and the township head also I told the town official.
The town official attaches great importance to it. After all, the lives of the people in the eight villages and towns have been pretty good in the past two years. It is rare to hear of any family that abandoned their children. We have asked all the villages near Shenjiazhuang and there is no suspicious family, so this matter is a bit tricky.
Your family is in good condition and you don’t have many children. I was just discussing with your wife whether to let you take her back and raise her? "
After saying this, Shen Ying's heart was lifted. Seeing that Shen Yi was calm and composed, she couldn't figure out what he was thinking, and said: "This is a matter of accumulating evil! After all, we can't really take a human life." No matter, if you adopt that child, your family's reputation will be good, right?"
Shen Yi looked at Su Tai, who was tense, and sat down calmly, "I understand what the village chief meant, but I just asked Shen Zizi to find out the situation. It seems that Shen Zizi and his mother want to adopt the girl. Ying, why did the village chief avoid Shen Laizi and come to our house?"
Shen Ying laughed awkwardly. Because of her guilty conscience, she didn't have the confidence to speak, "Isn't it because your family's conditions are so good! How can a man like Shen Laizi raise a child? Besides, it's hard for him to support himself and his mother, so it's up to you to do so. The family has just saved some money, so I don’t feel comfortable leaving the child to their family!”
The most important thing is that he promised to the township chief that he would find a wealthy family for his children, and the township chief even praised him for this, so he couldn't beat himself up.
Shen Yi shook his head and sighed, "The village chief is very concerned about a baby girl of unknown origin, but he doesn't know how to consider it for the villagers of Shenjiazhuang."
Shen Ying's expression changed suddenly, "That's what you said! I have devoted my whole life to our Shenjiazhuang, why didn't I think about the villagers?" Seeing that he was anxious, Shen Yicai explained: "I mean that the village chief should think about the villagers before thinking about it. Besides, you also said that Shen Zizi's family situation is not good and he is not in a good position to get a wife. He also knows that he does not plan to get married. How can you bear to see him die alone in the future? Now that he finally has a child by his side? It was clearly God's gift to their family. With that child, Shen Laizi had hope for the future.
In the future, when the child grows up, if he is filial and can find a son-in-law, he can also live a life surrounded by children and grandchildren. How do you think it is most suitable for the child to be given to Shen Laizi?
Of course, there is another point. Although my family's conditions are good, the village chief also knows how busy our husband and wife are. We have limited energy to take care of our own children, so how can we take care of other people's children?
People's hearts are biased, and I don't want my wife to worry about an unrelated child anymore.
Of course, the village chief's concerns are not unreasonable. Fortunately, although Shen Zizi's family is poor, Shen Zizi's wife can still do light work. Taking care of the children for a few years is not a problem. They don't have to worry about it when the children are older. Money I can make some supplements in that respect.
In the future, I will send some food and clothing to Shen Zizi's family from time to time to help him share some of his burdens. If so, my reputation will not be bad, right? The village chief said? "
Shen Ying saw that Shen Yi spoke clearly and eloquently, taking everything into consideration, clearly coming prepared. It took him a long time to come back to his senses, and smiled bitterly, "You have thought so carefully, what else can I say?"
He couldn't say that he wanted to give the child to Shen Yi because Shen Zizi's family conditions were not as good as Shen Yi's. In that case, he was afraid that Shen Zizi would hate him and the villagers would have some opinions about him.
Shen Yi smiled, stood up, hugged her daughter, and then helped Su Tai get up, "In that case, I went to tell Shen Zizi and asked him to come over to pick up the child in a while. It just so happened that there were a lot of things at home that my daughter used when she was a child. , all sent over together.
Oh, right! That child should still be drinking milk! Our ewes produce endless amounts of goat milk every day. My wife occasionally gives goat milk to her children, which can be used as food for the children. "
Shen Ying couldn't even hold on to the last reason for persuasion, so she waved her hand tiredly, "Okay, you can just discuss it with Shen Laizi."
Shen Yi took his wife and children away with satisfaction.
Shen Ying complained to his daughter-in-law Zeng.
In turn, Mr. Zeng scolded him, "I said you're really not a good village leader. Who wouldn't think about the people in the village if something like this happened? You'd better worry about that child first!"
"Isn't this because of the township chief? The township chief has been reminding me openly and covertly to find a good family for my child. What can I do?" Shen Ying felt that she was innocent.
Zeng became even more angry, "What's going on? Is that child from his family?"
"Ha! Don't say such nonsense!" Shen Ying hurriedly covered her wife's mouth, "How old is the township chief's grandson! With such conditions, do you need to throw away the child? But I do suspect that the child came from Liujiazhuang. Otherwise, why is the mayor so concerned? I just don’t know which family it is from!”