How I Tamed My Wolfish Husband Back in 80s-Chapter 385 - 387: Target_1

After leaving the Xue Family, Qin Jin went out to take care of some business.

Li Qiao and Old Mrs. Qin returned to their own home to look after the children. By evening, when Qin Jin came back from outside, the whole family went together to the guesthouse to meet up with the sisters.

This time Qin Jin had booked a large restaurant, and the entire family sat around one table.

While waiting for the dishes, Li Qiao planned tomorrow’s activities, "First, I’ll take you to visit my school, then we’ll tour the ancient city. That’s as much as we can cover in one day, the day after tomorrow we’ll..."

Li Jiaoyang: "We’ll do whatever you say."

Li Jiaojiao said, "Are you all going together as a family? Won’t the children catch cold in this bitter weather?"

"I’ll just bring you along," said Li Qiao.

"Is it easy for Old Mrs. Qin to look after the children? Jin, being a grown man, won’t it be difficult for him to constantly stay home and entertain the children?"

Old Mrs. Qin: "You all just go and enjoy yourselves, don’t worry about the house."

"Alright then."

The dishes were served.

The children gobbled down their food, making Li Jiaoyang wish he could find a hole to crawl into. The conditions at home were much better than before; they could afford meat once a week. Why did the kids act like they just got out of jail once they entered the city? "No one is competing with you, can you eat a bit slower?"

"Just let them eat," Li Qiao was pleased, watching the children eat with gusto increased her appetite, and she ate half a bowl more rice than usual.

After dinner, Qin Jin drove his sisters’ families back to the guesthouse, and Li Qiao told them not to wander off at night. The city streets could be bewildering for people who always lived in the countryside, and not knowing the surroundings well, could easily lead to getting lost and, if encountering bad people, they couldn’t avoid being taken advantage of.

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The next day, Li Qiao arrived at the guesthouse early, invited them to breakfast first, then took a car to visit the school. The children, seeing the vastness of the school and the constant stream of students, no longer dared to be naughty and walked properly in line.

The sisters and brothers-in-law were touched:

"College is really great."

They started to educate the children about studying hard, aspiring to get into a university in Beijing, and securing a respectable job upon graduation.

The children didn’t know what a job was like, but they were already awestruck by the scene before them. Their school was a low brick house with a dirt floor, while here, the school had buildings, cement floors, brick paths, clean and tidy.

Even on rainy days, shoes wouldn’t get dirty.

From then on, the older children had a goal to strive for.

After touring their own campus, Li Qiao took them to visit the neighboring university, and visiting both places took an entire morning.

The children and adults were all tired: "These schools are really big. They’re even larger than our village."

Li Qiao couldn’t help but laugh lightly. "Hungry, right? Let’s eat here in the cafeteria, the food is just as good as in big restaurants."

"Okay."

Li Qiao gave them meal tickets and let them go to the serving windows to get their food.

During the vacation, there were few people, and many windows were not open.

There was no need to queue for meals.

After everyone got their food, they found a spot to sit down and eat together.

Dani said enviously: "No wonder Auntie Three is prettier than mother and Auntie Two, she eats better daily than what we have for festivals. It must be nourishing." Auntie Three is really rich.

Li Qiao smiled: "If you get into college, you’ll also have such good meals."

"Yeah, I’m currently the top student in our class, I’m definitely going to get in," the child said with certainty.

Li Qiao affirmed, "I think you’ll get in too, and you all should work hard. I’ll be waiting for you in Beijing."

"Okay!"

"Okay!"

"...."

There was an air of joy among the whole family as they stuck to the plan and visited the ancient city in the afternoon; Li Qiao arranged for a photographer to take pictures.

The family enjoyed themselves immensely.

It wasn’t until evening that Li Qiao parted with them to return to her own home. Old Mrs. Qin and Jin were not at home, and the children were out too. She tidied up the room a bit and sat at the desk to draw the design for the baby bed, planning to give it to Qin Jin to commission a carpenter to make.

The two children were about the same size.

They would sleep in the same bed, with rails around it and an additional partition in the middle.

She measured the room; there was enough space for it.

She turned around and convinced Qin Jin to stay in the big communal courtyard, while she would move back to her school dorm at the start of the term, freeing up space here for the nanny to stay.

Before nightfall, Old Mrs. Qin came back, cradling a child snugly wrapped in blankets.

Li Qiao said, "Grandma, where have you been? Have you eaten?"

"Played around in the big communal courtyard, yes, I’ve eaten."

Li Qiao said, "All that way? Isn’t it tiring to carry the child?"

"Zhuyun took me there, and just now Liu Er dropped me at the entrance to the alley, I didn’t really have to carry the child." Old Mrs. Qin said.

"They haven’t left yet?"

Old Mrs. Qin said, "Tomorrow’s ticket."

"......"

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After nine o’clock in the evening, Qin Jin came home shrouded in the cold, telling Li Qiao that he had found two nannies to take care of the child, one arriving tomorrow, the other’s schedule still uncertain. "You and Grandma observe the first one, if she’s not efficient, we’ll switch to the other."

"Okay."

Li Qiao took out the baby crib she had drawn up.

Qin Jin asked, "Why did you add a railing in the middle?"

"The one in my belly will be born, then there will be two of them."

Qin Jin’s eyes narrowed slightly, she really treated them as if they were her own. "Perhaps in a couple of months, the child’s birth parents will be found."

"Whether or not they can be found, since we’ve gone through the adoption process, let’s treat them as our own, right? Don’t you really like daughters? Here’s one ready-made for you, and I became a mom without the pain, how great is that?" Li Qiao said.

Qin Jin slightly lowered her lashes, concealing the emotions in her eyes, adopting a child had become a perfect situation for her.

If she were to give the child away, wouldn’t she just cry to death?

He hardened his heart and said, "She’s not my own. I can’t grow to like her. If I raise her, she’ll have to repay me in the future, like, maybe marrying into a business family?"

Li Qiao got annoyed, "Cut it out! If you want to arrange a marriage, go do it yourself."

Qin Jin laughed, "But someone has to want me first."

Li Qiao: "...."

Qin Jin added, "I’m just kidding. What I mean is that no matter how much I like her, I can’t love her more than I would my own flesh and blood." Blood ties are a magical thing; if the child were his own, he would surely only have eyes for her.

If not, no matter how cute or pretty she grows up to be, he can’t bring himself to love her.

Li Qiao couldn’t refute that and thought for a while before saying, "The child is still young, we can raise her to be close. Let’s try to treat them equally."

The two of them were discussing this.

When the child next door started crying.

Qin Jin said he couldn’t grow to like her, yet he was quick to act.

He immediately went to soothe the child.

Li Qiao put on a cotton coat and followed.

Old Mrs. Qin said, "Probably hungry, mix some formula milk."

Qin Jin expertly mixed the water and prepared the formula, while Li Qiao bent down to pick up the child.

Old Mrs. Qin said, "Qiaoqiao, put her down, you’ve got another one in your belly, don’t tire yourself out."

"It’s not tiring."

The child’s face suddenly turned red after feasting.

Qin Jin said, "That’s it, she’s starting to poop."

Li Qiao couldn’t help but laugh; taking care of the child really brought experience.

They cleaned up the child and coaxed her back to sleep, and by the time they returned to their room, an hour had passed.

Qin Jin sighed, "Taking care of one is hard enough, how do we manage two?" From now on, he would only want one child. Childcare was not meant for humans.

Li Qiao said, "The nanny is coming tomorrow, isn’t she? From now on, we only need to check on them occasionally, we won’t have to do everything ourselves and it’ll be much more relaxed."

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