How I Tamed My Wolfish Husband Back in 80s-Chapter 382 - 384: The Plan_1

Peng Chunhua retorted, "If I run off to take care of someone else’s child, who will take care of mine?" Though Li Qiao hadn’t explicitly stated that she couldn’t bring her own two children, even if Qin Jin hadn’t spoken up yet, if Li Qiao agreed, he would surely say, "Only you can go to Beijing."

What about her own children?

"I’ll take care of them for you. You go earn money, and just send a bit back to me every month," she offered.

Peng Chunhua gave her a cold stare, "If you want to go, you go!" She would not leave her children.

She had resigned herself to her bad luck for losing one daughter.

With the remaining two, even if she were so poor she had to beg, she would raise them herself.

Yu Feng was furious, stomping her feet at the wasteful wife who didn’t appreciate such a good opportunity. She went to find Feng Hu to talk and prepared to persuade him to deal with Peng Chunhua....

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After sending away the neighbors who had come asking all sorts of questions, Li Qiao called for Qin Jin to buy baby formula, "Make sure to pick the expensive ones, cheap ones are no good."

Qin Jin thought to himself, she is after all the young mistress, our family’s ’Gold Thigh,’ of course she needs to eat the best and most expensive ones. Not only did he have to buy the best things, but also new clothes for her, which he immediately went out to buy.

Li Qiao borrowed cotton from the neighbors to make a small pillow for the baby.

Old Mrs. Qin said, "Let me do it, you watch over her."

"Okay."

Old Mrs. Qin added, "The baby will stay with me at night. You two young people sleep so soundly, don’t accidentally squash her."

Li Qiao was a bit worried herself; once she fell into a deep sleep, she was oblivious to everything else, and Qin Jin was even more so, definitely not suitable for sleeping with the baby in his arms.

Once they arrived in Beijing tomorrow, she would find a carpenter to custom-make a baby crib. The room would be heated, and there was no need to worry about the baby sleeping alone and getting cold. She replied, "Alright, if she wakes up at night, I’ll come over to prepare her formula."

Old Mrs. Qin said, "Just call Jin, let him learn how to take care of the baby in advance."

Li Qiao thought to herself, he would probably find it troublesome.

Old Mrs. Qin spoke again, "We still don’t know what to name the child, you should pick one."

An idea struck Li Qiao, "I remember when I was little, my mom... my mother, would have my name on my quilt. I don’t know if this baby has one, let’s check."

She went out to the yard to inspect.

Qin Jin had taken apart the quilt cover to wash it and had hung it out neatly. If there were any words, they should be immediately visible.

But after looking around, she couldn’t find any words.

Instead, she discovered stitches that didn’t seem to be part of the sewing; could it be the child’s name?

She looked closely, unable to discern what the word was, but based on the length of the stitches and the range they covered, she felt the name was quite long.

One, two, three, four.

Four marks.

Was the child’s name four characters long?

Since the quilt was hand-sewn, excluding the manufacturer’s name, at this point she grew more suspicious that the child was stolen and deliberately abandoned.

Because any information about the child’s identity had been deliberately erased.

She brought her thoughts back and decided to give the child a new name. Back in the room she said, "She was picked up in the grass, and in such cold weather, without getting frostbitten, it’s a sign of great fortune and a strong life. Let’s call her Manman, the ’man’ with the ’grass’ radical."

In the Book of Songs, there is a verse: "There are creeping grasses in the wild, dew-soaked indeed. There is a lovely girl, pure and graceful indeed. A chance encounter, just as I wished indeed."

Moreover, ’Man’ conveys the meaning of flourishing, easy to raise.

It suits the child well.

"Qin Manman? It sounds nice," she said.

"Single or double character both work," Li Qiao stated.

Just as the grandmother and granddaughter were agreeing on the baby’s name, a commotion arose from outside.

"Li Qiao! You little wretch, come out here!"

Li Qiao walked out the door.

It was Dong Lamei, full of fury, and Li Shengcai, who was meek and cowardly.

The neighbors watched on.

Li Qiao, now unconcerned, immediately shot back, "You’re the little hoof! You despicable hoof!"

"You, you, you!" Dong Lamei stammered with rage.

Li Shengcai got straight to the point, "I heard you adopted a dead girl?"

Li Qiao: "A dead girl yourself! What’s it to you?"

"Unfilial daughter! Send that child away at once!"

Old Mrs. Qin: "We’re not asking you to take care of her."

"I’m talking to third sister, not you," Li Shengcai told Li Qiao, "You’d rather raise someone else’s child than respect your own father, right?" He didn’t want to make a scene, after all, since the eldest and second were close to her. If she got benefits in the future, looking after the two sisters could also work out in his favor.

But he couldn’t tolerate her raising someone else’s child.

Li Qiao: "You’re not my father. Why should I respect you?"

Li Shengcai: "......"

Dong Lamei cursed, "Unfilial daughter, denying your own father."

"My real father wouldn’t let you, this cruel stepmother, bully me. Not only did you marry me off to a thug, but after he died, you wanted to marry me off to another hoodlum. The whole village has seen this," Li Qiao brought up the past.

Dong Lamei was left speechless, unable to find another excuse, sticking with the same line: I was doing it for your own good.

Li Qiao: "Stop saying it was for my good, it’s disgusting. Hurry up and leave. Otherwise, when Jin comes back and finds out you’ve been causing trouble again, a beating will be the least of your worries. Jinniu can forget about working with his brothers."

Dong Lamei suddenly regained her composure.

As soon as Jinhua had spoken, she had gone mad with rage.

She had completely forgotten that Jinniu was counting on Qin Jin for help. She quickly looked for an out, "Let’s forget it. I won’t stoop to arguing with a younger generation." Her attitude changed: "Where did you pick up this child? Have you registered her in the household yet?"

"I don’t want to talk to you! Hurry up and go. Just seeing you gives me a headache."

Dong Lamei: "....."

Li Shengcai wasn’t stupid, realizing that his son’s fortune was tied to Qin Jin, he quickly backed down, "We heard about the child and came especially to have a look. We were just joking with you earlier."

Old Mrs. Qin was shocked by their shamelessness.

If she had had half their nerve when she was down on her luck, she wouldn’t have often gone hungry.

The onlooking neighbors let out taunting laughter.

The commotion woke the child who had been sleeping inside the house, and they began to cry.

Old Mrs. Qin was livid, "I had just put her to sleep, and you woke her up. What kind of people are you?" She went inside to soothe the child.

Li Qiao pointed towards the doorway and directly ordered Li Shengcai and Dong Lamei to leave, "Or else when Jin returns, you won’t be able to leave even if you want to."

Li Shengcai, afraid of being beaten by Qin Jin again, dragged Dong Lamei away in a dejected manner.

Li Jinhua saw from a distance Li Shengcai and his wife walking out of the Qin family’s yard and felt very disappointed. They were dismissed so quickly? Why didn’t they anger Li Qiao enough to harm the baby? If Li Qiao had an accident because of anger, she’d have to stay at her hometown for bed rest.

She probably wouldn’t go to Beijing then.

And if she were to give birth here, with another little baby around, Old Mrs. Qin, preoccupied with the adopted child, would not be able to attend to her own, making it easier for her to switch the babies.

Once Li Qiao left her hometown, how would she carry out the baby-switching plan?

"What are you gawking at again? Always slacking off! Your sister-in-law is weeding the field; you should go help too. Thinking you can rest just because you’re pregnant with a girl," scolded Mrs. Feng.

Li Jinhua was annoyed and held resentment towards Mrs. Feng in her heart.

What’s wrong with a girl?

Li Qiao had gone out of her way to adopt a girl, once, twice, didn’t each have something to do with the Qin family? Old Mrs. Qin didn’t mind at all and was busy taking care of things. You’re the only one making trouble. No foresight, never going to get rich in your lifetime.

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