FSC [QT] Chapter 192.1

“Ahem, this is also what the commune leaders meant. Don’t worry. You are not asked to pay for this child’s food. No matter who raises this child, the commune will provide a part of the subsidy. For now, it’s tentatively set at 40 catties of rice and 40 catties of sweet potatoes a year. Besides, this is a boy, so he will be able to help with the work when he grows up.”

When saying this, Miao Dashan felt a little guilty.

Eighty catties of grain does not sound like a small amount, but you have to know that forty catties of it are sweet potatoes. This thing is empty and heavy before it is dried and ground into powder, as most of its weight is made up of abundant water.

If you really talk about the weight, forty catties of sweet potatoes may not be able to equal seven or eight catties of sweet potato powder.

The tied-up boy looked to be about eleven or twelve years old, which was the age when he could eat a lot. It is said that a teenager can eat his father to bankruptcy. This amount of food might not be enough for the kid to eat for half a year.

Moreover, raising a child is not enough just to feed him. You also have to find him a bed to sleep in. If you can’t make new clothes for him, you have to pick up an old one, which is also a precious treasure in the countryside.

Of course, what the villagers feared most was Miao Dashan’s words just now.

The boy in front of them was not an ordinary child. He was found by Xu Sanqiang in the mountains. He could not speak human language and was like a wild beast.

When Xu Sanqiang rescued him from the trap before, he was bitten by him. How could they expect such a child to help with work?

They would probably have to live in fear every day, fearing that he would treat other people in the family as food and eat them alive.

This was not raising a labor force for the family, but raising an ancestor for the family.

“Whoever picked it up should raise it.”

In the crowd, some ruffians shouted loudly.

Xu Sanqiang’s whole family turned pale.

Especially Xu Sanqiang.

He brought the wolf cub down from the mountain because of human nature. He couldn’t bear to see a good child learning the behavior of a beast.

But he didn’t want to raise the child also because of human nature.

The Xu family is a large family. Xu Sanqiang alone has four sons and two daughters. Most of these children had started their own families and gave him many grandchildren.

How could he have the energy to raise a child who was not related to him by blood?

“I will raise it!”

At this time, Xie Xiuzhu suddenly jumped up.

All the arguments stopped. Everyone looked at Xie Xiuzhu with surprised expressions.

“My family has the best conditions. At this time, we should also make more contributions to everyone. Let my family raise this child.”

Xie Xiuzhu suppressed her inner excitement and ecstasy.

Because of her rebirth, the way that person appeared was also different. However, Xie Xiuzhu did not care about these details. As long as the result was good, the process was not important.

“My little sister-in-law is probably sick and confused, so don’t take her words seriously.”

Zhang Xiaojuan jumped up in anger.

She didn’t even want to raise her disabled brother-in-law who had made so many great contributions to the family, let alone the wolf cub who looked difficult to mess with.

“Xiuzhu is a soft-hearted child, so how can you take a child’s words seriously? We have many children in our family, and life is tight. It’s not easy to raise another child.”

Miao Fengmei never thought that her good daughter would suddenly say such a thing.

But Miao Fengmei was more patient than her daughter-in-law after all. After rejecting her proposal to adopt the child, she also praised her daughter for her kindness and won a good reputation for her daughter.

“Mom, let’s just raise that child. You see how pitiful he is. Let’s just consider it as a blessing. What the captain said is also true. He’s a boy, and when he grows up, he can go to the fields and earn work points. He’s not a child anymore, so we don’t need to raise him for many more years.”

Xie Xiuzhu knew better than anyone how capable the wolf cub, who was now despised by everyone, would be in the future. He gave Xie Wu everything that every woman dreams of, including a villa, a luxury car, and endless gold and silver jewelry. After marrying him, Xie Wu never had to worry about money again.

The man didn’t even care that Xie Wu had been obsessed with another man and had done so many shameful things.

And all this was only because when the boy was sent to the Xie family, only Xie Wu and her family showed him kindness.

Now that it was her turn, she would naturally be more likely to be liked by the boy.

At least, that was what Xie Xiuzhu thought.

“My little sister is really kind-hearted. She even cares about outsiders. My poor Aijun, he was asking me for candy a few days ago. If I had known that my little sister-in-law was so caring and loving toward outsiders, I should have let Aijun ask you, his Little Aunt, for a piece of candy.”

Liu Landi’s voice was soft, but everyone present could hear her dissatisfaction.

Her words seemed to be praising Xie Xiuzhu’s kindness in the same tone as Miao Fengmei, but in fact, she was belittling her.

She pointed out that Xie Xiuzhu was treated exceptionally well in the Xie family and that she had easy access to candies that even the grandson couldn’t eat.

She also secretly blamed Xie Xiuzhu for not having the bearing of an elder and for wanting to support an outsider of unknown origin, which showed that she was a hypocrite.

Miao Fengmei felt that Liu Landi’s words were a bit weird. She frowned and prepared to teach her daughter-in-law a lesson.

“Aunt Miao is so modest. If your family is also struggling in our production team, then we might as well not live anymore. I think Xiuzhu’s suggestion is good. Let’s give the child to your family to raise.”

 

 

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