Chapter 304 - 0304 - To Foster or Not to Foster 2_1
However, Feng Qingxue was reluctant to set such a precedent.
If she were to adopt Gangzi, her home would become a safe haven, a real orphanage.
Were she to embody a spirit of selflessness, emulating those great female leaders, it would seem that she should do so. Following the growth of Lu Jiang’s venture, a decade or two later, she would be recognized as a heroic mother, achieving both fame and fortune.
Taking these children in during the famine years would be akin to bestowing upon them new parents, a highly noble act.
But she simply was not that great; she was just an ordinary woman.
She had elders at home, young ones to look after, plus she had to care for Lu Jiang’s comrades. Had their resources been limitless, it would have been fine, but they weren’t. The supply only went out but never came in. There would come a day when they ran dry.
What was most critical was this: who in the ten mile radius did not know everyone else’s business? If she housed this many kids, would not suspicions arise?
Others couldn’t feed their own kids, so what made it her responsibility to feed so many?
Orginally, when she registered Guan Cheng and Guan Yu - the two brothers - under her family’s household, unlike Jiang He who registered separately, there were already whispers and idle chatter behind her back. During the busy farming season, while weaving corn, many asked Feng Qingxue if she was still willing to take in more children, be they relatives who could no longer care for their child or those who planned on abandoning their newborn.