Back to 1984: Earning Money, Raising Kids, and Keeping the Household Busy

Chapter 123 Huang Yuezhen Takes Goods

Lin Qin shook her head speechlessly and said, "What I mean is that I can help you find adoptive families for the child. Once the child is adopted, he/she will have nothing to do with your family or our family anymore. Please don't go back on your word and come back to us asking for the child's whereabouts, making us feel like we're in a bad position. After all, adoptive families certainly don't want the child to have any contact with his/her biological parents anymore. Do you understand?"

"Yes, yes, yes, that's for sure!" Mr. Zhu said before his wife, Zhu Fugen, could even reply.

Lin Qin was also afraid that Zhu Fugen and Li Lan would go back on their word, so she immediately took out a notebook and a pen from the drawer. "Uncle, I'll write a guarantee. You have my cousin and his wife sign it, and I'll sign it too, so that we won't have any disputes later. With this guarantee, I can help you with peace of mind."

"Okay, okay," Zhu's father said with a smile. He only cared about whether Lin Qin agreed or not; he didn't care about anything else.

He definitely wants a grandson, so why would he bother inquiring about the whereabouts of a worthless brat!
Li Lan hesitated, but since her father-in-law had already agreed and her husband remained silent, she had no right to speak.

In this way, Lin Qin finished writing the guarantee, making two copies, and had the three members of the Zhu family sign them. Those who couldn't sign their names put their fingerprints on them. Because Chen Wenjun was in business, the family still kept red ink on hand.

The guarantee has been signed.

Mr. Zhu chuckled and said, "Well, niece, I have to rush back to the village to farm, and your cousin and his wife also have to go to work. It's really inconvenient for us to raise this child. Since everything is settled, why don't we leave the child to you?"

Lin Qin made a show of resistance.

Zhu's father resorted to pleading and begging, and Lin Qin finally reluctantly agreed to let the child stay, though her expression was not very pleasant.

Fearing that Lin Qin might change her mind, Zhu's father refused to drink the tea and quickly left with his son and daughter-in-law.

Lin Qin followed them to the gate at the gap and watched as the family was seen off by the boatman. Only then did she decisively close the gate and quickly go inside.

After carefully examining the child, Lin Qin discovered that the child's diaper was covered in feces and urine, indicating that it had not been changed for a long time, and the child's voice had become hoarse from crying.

With a dark expression, she cursed Zhu Fugeng's entire family in her mind before rushing to the kitchen to get hot water to wash the child's bottom and change his diaper.

When I noticed the baby's bottom was red, I applied some more powder, carefully wrapped the baby up, and then brought in some boiled and cooled goat milk.

The child was clearly starving and finished most of the bowl of goat milk.

Then he fell into a deep sleep.

As usual, Lin Qin carried her child in a baby carrier, along with the child's diapers and goat milk, and rushed to the senior university for her class.

She's been doing this all along. Classes at the senior university are from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m., and the administrator is used to it. She'll even let Lin Qin leave her child with her so she can help take care of him.

It's only two hours anyway, which is no big deal for the administrator. Of course, it's also because the child is easy to manage; usually, the child sleeps during Lin Qin's class and doesn't make a fuss.

After Lin Qin finished her get out of class, she would put on a diaper, warm up some goat milk, and feed the child before taking him away.

At noon, Lin Yi picked up the two children and returned home. Knowing that the Zhu family had brought the children back early in the morning, the three of them were so excited that they rushed into the house to see the children.

The three of them were overjoyed to see their child return.

Lin Qin told Lin Yi about the Zhu family's demands and read the guarantee to him.

Lin Yi nodded in satisfaction, "That's good! You're so smart, you know to be careful. If I were here, I really wouldn't have dared to make that request. Who knows if they would have come to make trouble later. With this guarantee, they can't interfere with whoever we give the child to, and they can't make things difficult for us in the future!"

As he spoke, Lin Yi looked at Lin Qin and tentatively asked, "Are you and Wenjun going to adopt?"

Lin Qin hesitated and shook her head. "It's not like my uncle's family will never come to our house again. If we adopt them, they'll definitely know. What's the point of this guarantee then?"

Lin Yi choked, speechless, then muttered, "Then let's wait a bit, let's raise the child a little longer. Anyway, the child is still young, there's no rush to give him away."

Lin Qin knew Lin Yi was reluctant to part with the child, but she didn't object. When Huang Yuezhen returned in the afternoon, she breathed a sigh of relief upon learning that the child had been brought back, and immediately said she would continue to take care of the child that evening.

Time flies, and it's November before we know it, the month for lotus root planting. Lin Yi and Huang Yuezhen are getting busier and busier.

By the time they finished their work in the fields, it was already December.

Once the twelfth lunar month begins, a thorough cleaning must be started to prepare for the New Year.

Lin Yi counted the days, and whenever the day of the prayer arrived, he would dig up some calla lilies a day in advance and have Chen Wenjun deliver them to Nangang for wholesale sale.

I must say, this stuff is quite valuable, at least much more expensive than other vegetables.

At this time, Lin Qin and her two children were on winter vacation.

Lin Qin hurriedly took them to get haircuts, buy New Year's goods, and pick out new clothes for the two children for the New Year.

The three of them had made a good plan, but the city was too crowded. Lin Qin, being a pregnant woman, didn't dare to squeeze in with the crowds, so she only took her two children to the hair salon and then went back.

After learning about the situation, Lin Yi planned to ask Huang Yuezhen to go with him.

Before the two even set off, Gao Lei's cargo ship returned first.

I also brought a lot of clothing, including children's clothes, as well as clothes for adults and the elderly.

Upon receiving the news, Chen Wenjun decided to have his whole family go to Gao Lei's place to choose clothes, hoping to buy a few more items.

Huang Yuezhen was thinking of wholesaling clothes to set up a stall. When she went to look at the goods, she was very careful. She originally planned to pick and choose, but she found that the clothes were so beautiful that she wanted every single one.

So she gritted her teeth and borrowed five thousand from Lin Qin, which she used entirely to purchase goods.

She can't take all 5,000 worth of goods at once; she can only take them in batches.

Gao Lei was easy to talk to. He gave Huang Yuezhen his contact information and wrote down her address, telling her to call him if she needed anything, and he could arrange for delivery.

The most troublesome problem has been solved.

The next day, Huang Yuezhen asked Huang Wenlong for leave.

Huang Wenlong didn't think much of it; instead, he breathed a sigh of relief. "Actually, I was planning to tell you even if my sister-in-law hadn't asked for leave. We're wrapping up work early this year."

"What's going on?" Huang Yuezhen asked, completely bewildered.

Huang Wenlong exhaled a puff of white smoke, looking somewhat melancholy. "It got cold too quickly this year. Right now, the temperature drops to one or two degrees Celsius at night, and the weather is bad during the day too. It's either gloomy or rainy, cold and freezing, so we can't do a lot of work. I might as well let everyone rest early and we'll talk about it again after the New Year. I'll let Brother Wenjun know when we need to start work, and then he can contact you."

"Good, good, good," Huang Yuezhen thought to herself with delight, believing that even God was on her side.

Once she returned to Nanyu, she immediately packed her bags and prepared to go back.

Before leaving, Huang Yuezhen specifically told Lin Qin, "I'll go back first and sell these clothes as soon as possible to see if I can pay back the money I owe you before the New Year."

She felt uneasy about borrowing so much money; if it weren't for Xu Dahai's example, she wouldn't have dared to take such a risk.

(End of this chapter)