Siheyuan: Fighting against Japanese Aggression in Beijing

Chapter 209 Qin Huairu Visits the Yi Family

When she arrived at the Yi family, Qin Huairu walked straight in because the door was not closed. Then she saw that there was indeed a little boy of seven or eight years old in the Yi family. At this moment, Li Fengjuan was happily picking up food for the child, and the child was eating with oil dripping from his mouth, as if he was a starving ghost reincarnated.

"Huai Ru, why are you here?" Yi Zhonghai looked up and asked.

"Haha, Uncle Yi, I heard that you adopted a child, so I came to take a look! Is this the child? He looks so handsome, what's his name?" Qin Huairu said with a smile.

"Call me Zhien, Yi Zhien." Yi Zhonghai said with a smile.

"What a nice name! Uncle Yi is the one who can come up with it," Qin Huairu said with a smile. "By the way, Uncle Yi, where did you adopt this child? He's already this big? Are his parents willing to give him up?"

"He's from the countryside. His father died of illness and his mother ran away with someone, so he's an orphan. I adopted him out of pity for him. You know what, he's really obedient, right Zhien? He calls me dad." Yi Zhonghai said with a smile.

"Dad." Yi Zhien called timidly, then lowered his head to eat again. He choked accidentally and started coughing continuously.

"Zhi'en's dad, look at yourself, the child is eating, why did you call him dad? Now you're done!" Li Fengjuan scolded.

After saying that, he picked up the cup and fed the child water. "Drink some water. Your dad is really a fool. You too. Eat slowly. It's all yours. We won't snatch it away from you."

Seeing Li Fengjuan's disgusting look, Qin Huairu said with contempt in her heart, "Why is a chicken that doesn't lay eggs pretending to be a mother? And Zhien's father talks as if he were her biological child. You will never be a mother in this life."

But even though she despised him, she still smiled and said, "Uncle Yi, look at Aunt Li. She is different now that she is a mother. Look how good she is to her children."

"Haha!" Yi Zhonghai smiled. He didn't know how to answer Qin Huairu's question.

"Uncle Yi, this child is so lucky to be with you! He is so lucky. He is the same age as Banggeng. When I see him, I think of Banggeng. Our Banggeng is still in the juvenile detention center. I don't know if he is eating well." Qin Huairu said pitifully.

"Hey, it must be fine. Food and drink are provided, there won't be any problem. I heard that they also teach some cultural skills!" Yi Zhonghai said casually.

"Maybe! Uncle Yi, I'm going to see Banggeng tomorrow. I guess the kid wants meat. You know my family's situation. Do you have any extra meat? Lend me some and I'll bring some to Banggeng." Qin Huairu tentatively said. She just wanted to see the reaction of Yi Zhonghai and his wife.

When Li Fengjuan heard about borrowing meat, before Yi Zhonghai could say anything, she said, "Huai Ru, you know, this child is from the countryside, and his health is not good! We need to give him some good nourishment, but the meat coupons we have at home are not enough! So you better find a way yourself!"

Seeing Li Fengjuan’s refusal, Qin Huairu looked at Yi Zhonghai again.

"This……"

"Hmm, hmm." Li Fengjuan hummed twice.

"Haha, Huairu, your Aunt Li is right. Our family is not having a good time right now. Look, your child is not in good health, so you have to figure out a solution yourself!" Yi Zhonghai also refused.

"Oh, okay, hey! They are all poor children! Then I will figure out a way myself. You guys take good care of the children, and I will just come over to see them." Qin Huairu said disappointedly.

"Okay, then I won't keep you here, go!" Qin Huairu had no choice but to leave.

After Qin Huairu left, Li Fengjuan quickly stood up and closed the door, then said, "Old Yi, look, what did I say? Look at my Zhien, she's here to get some money. She's been planning on us for a long time, and now she knows we've adopted a child, so she's anxious and came here to check on us."

"I know. Do you think I can't see it?" Yi Zhonghai said unhappily, "Do you think I'm stupid?"

"That's good to know. We will take good care of Zhien and teach him well in the future. He will definitely repay the kindness, right Zhien?" Li Fengjuan said.

"Mom, when I grow up I will definitely honor you and dad. Thank you for adopting me. My uncle said that if you hadn't adopted me, I would have starved to death." Yi Zhien said. His uncle had taught him before that he must be sweet-mouthed and speak nicely to the people who adopted him, so that he would not be wronged.

"Oh, this child is so well behaved." Li Fengjuan said with a loving face.

"Ji'en! You won't have an uncle from now on. You only have a father and a mother. You are a member of the Yi family. Do you understand?" Yi Zhonghai taught.

"Dad, my uncle is still alive? How come he is gone?" Yi Zhien asked puzzledly. In his mind, gone means dead. When his father died, everyone said he was gone.

"Kid, you understood it wrongly. What dad means is that you are the child of my Yi family from now on. Mom and Dad will treat you well. Your previous uncle is a person with an outsider surname, and I will not allow you to have any contact with him in the future. Do you understand?" Yi Zhonghai explained.

"Oh, I'm from the Yi family. My previous uncle can't have any contact with me. I understand, Dad." Yi Zhien said. Although he didn't understand why he didn't recognize his uncle, his uncle said that he had to listen to his new parents.

"By the way, just listen to us," Yi Zhonghai said with a smile, "You should be grateful. Your mother and I raised you, so you must be good to us and listen to us. Do you understand?"

"I understand, Dad. I will treat you well in the future and take care of you in your old age." Yi Zhien said according to what his uncle taught him.

"What a good boy! Lao Yi, you should eat too." Li Fengjuan said with a smile.

On the other side, seeing Qin Huairu coming back with a disappointed face, Jia Zhang knew that she had not gotten the meat, so she asked, "Did you see the child?"

"Yes, Aunt Li is very kind to him, feeding him mouthful by mouthful," Qin Huairu said, "We may really be at a loss now."

"And you're feeding her mouthful by mouthful?" Jia Zhang was speechless. "She's not your own child. She's really a chicken that doesn't lay eggs. A chicken that has never seen a child, yet you pick up an egg and treasure it."

"They've taken the child as their baby, what can we do? And I see Yi Zhonghai is very concerned about it too, he probably really wants that child to take care of him in his old age." Qin Huairu said dejectedly.

"It's useless for him to think about it. A child of that age can already remember things. He will definitely run away when he grows up. You should seize this opportunity to persuade him." Jia Zhang suggested.

"Mom, I'm an orphan. My dad is dead and my mom ran away. Where did she go?" Qin Huairu said.

"An orphan?" Jia Zhang said, "This is really hard to deal with. I thought it was someone's family who couldn't afford to raise him and gave him away."

"So, I don't know what to do. I just said I was going to see Bang Geng tomorrow and asked them to lend me some meat, but they refused, saying that his family Zhien also needs to replenish her body."

"It's best if you die, you little bastard. Why are you trying to snatch something from my family? It's best if you die." Jia Zhang said viciously.

"Mom, don't say those useless things. Please help me think about it. What should I do?"

"That's right. Think about it carefully. Wait for a few days, I'll think about it carefully, and you can also find out about that bastard's situation, and then we'll talk about it. Anyway, the Yi family's money and house must belong to our family, no one else."

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