Chronicle of the 70s

The topic of adoption brought silence to everyone; Li Xianglu, who lay on the kang watching the scene unfold with cold eyes, was also shocked. Adoption? When did this come up?

Upon hearing his brother’s words, Li Dafu was also slightly taken aback. Indeed, it was no longer feasible for Xiang to return to Er Fu’s house, there was too much estrangement between the mother and daughter. In such a case, his mother would certainly want the child to come live in his own house, but with such a large family to care for, Li Dafu sighed, involuntarily glancing towards where his wife was.

At this moment, Liu Aidang’s eyes also lit up. Yes, after hearing about the things said by Er Fu’s house’s Jianqing who came back, she had started to think that Xiang might not be able to return to Er Fu’s house this time, and so her own family would have to take her in. Although Xiang was a good girl and hardworking, her own family had many matters to attend to and really couldn’t allow a child, reunited with her parents, to live here. Besides, her parents were alive; whom would she belong to once she grew up? When married, wouldn’t she still call her biological mother? There’s no such thing as overnight hatred between mother and child; maybe it wouldn’t be long before the two reconciled. Wouldn’t she then be raising an ingrate?

Seeing her husband looking her way, Liu Aidang knew his thoughts aligned with hers. She couldn’t help but slightly curve her lips, gave an almost imperceptible nod, then leaned towards Mrs. Wu and said, "Mom, what are you talking about? What’s this adoption or not adoption? They’re all children of our Li Family; if there’s really no other way, then just let Xiang come to our house. We have enough food, it’s not like we’d starve her."

Li Xianglu looked on coldly at the scene before her. This great-aunt really had heavy scheming.

Er Fu, witnessing this, shook his head and said, "No, if raised in my big brother’s house, she’s still my child. This woman might come up with more trickery any day. It would be better to adopt her out to someone else’s family; then she would become their child. I’d like to see what havoc she could wreak then, and if so, we could just have the police arrest her and send her to jail!" His words were spoken through clenched teeth!

Li Dafu’s expression shifted slightly, revealing some hesitation.

Old Mrs. Wu glanced at the stupefied Ge Sanmei sitting on the floor, then at Er Fu, whose stance was rigidly firm, and sighed, "We’ll have to discuss this matter of adoption at length. Er Fu, you go back for now, and let Xiang stay at your big brother’s house for a few days. We’ll continue to discuss the adoption."

It was already dark. No matter how important, matters had to be dealt with one by one.