Chapter 265 Adopting a younger brother
Fan's mother shut up.
Fan Qian and Sun Jinhua fought for the food that the second brother's family gave them to survive the disaster, and they would raise Zhaodi. When she grew up, they would still want her back. How could they sell her?
If they sold her, they would not be able to get her back.
Fan Jin came over, holding Shuiqing in one hand and Zhaodi in the other, and went straight to the old village chief and asked: "Old village chief, my husband and I are not buying Zhaodi, but adopting her. She will be our daughter in the future.
In return, give the eldest brother's family 1,000 kilograms of black flour. If they agree, we will sign a contract now."
Yan Qiuxing, who returned to Jianghehu, was delighted when he heard this.
They didn't know what adoption was, but they knew that the younger sister would be a real family with them in the future!
They ate, slept, studied and worked together just like the previous two months.
"Adopted?" Sun Jinhua murmured.
In the past, there were adopted children in the village. The rule of adoption is that they will have no relationship with their biological parents in the future. They will only take care of their adopted parents, and others will not say a word. On the contrary, if they are good to their biological parents, they will be accused of being ungrateful.
How can this be possible?
Fan Qian breathed a sigh of relief, pulled Sun Jinhua, and whispered: "Fortunately, it's just a daughter. Anyway, a daughter can't take care of us, so it's adopted. We didn't lose anything."
Sun Jinhua looked up at the head of the family. Is it really not a loss?
Fan's mother kept nagging: "One thousand catties of black flour is too little."
"Zhaodi works very well, why is it only this little?"
"The four older grandchildren at home all eat a lot, so why not add some more."
The old village chief ignored Fan Qian's family and only asked Fan Jin and Shui Qing: "This is a girl, are you sure to adopt her?"
The good thing about adopting a girl is that the family property will not be divided, and she can be married off in the future; but the disadvantage is also the same, if she is married off, she will not be able to take care of them in their old age, so in the past, boys from the same clan were adopted, and no daughters were adopted!
Especially Fan Jin and Shui Qing already have two daughters and three sons, and they have both sons and daughters. Knowing that their eldest brother is calculating, are they sure to jump in?
That's a thousand catties of black flour.
Even if they don't care about Zhaodi, the villagers won't say anything.
Fan Jin and Shui Qing nodded at the same time.
Only by adopting can Zhaodi really get rid of her blood-sucking biological parents and have her own broad world in the future.
They couldn't really buy Zhaodi, that would be too cruel to her, and they couldn't just keep her, because she would still be sold.
They didn't care about the thousand kilograms of black flour. To be precise, they thought it was a good deal to exchange it for Zhaodi.
Shuiqing smiled and said, "It's just right to make up three good words, many people, prosperity."
The old village chief looked up at Shuiqing and was really shocked this time.
This woman is really broad-minded!
He looked at Fan Qian and asked, "Do you agree?"
Fan's mother interrupted, "It's too little. Zhaodi might have done it! It's not a loss to raise her."
The old village chief suppressed his anger and gave her an account, "It's not a small amount. One thousand kilograms of black flour. There are only seven of you. Three kilograms a day can make porridge, which can last for nearly a year.
And the winter wheat will be harvested in the first half of next year. After the harvest, rice will be planted and harvested in the second half of the year. It will be enough for your family to survive the disaster year."
Fan's mother was still not satisfied, "Three kilograms is not enough? My four grandchildren can eat three kilograms in one meal.
Besides, porridge is all water, how can it fill you up? Making black flour buns is a waste of flour."
This time, the old village chief didn't need to speak up. The aunts and aunts watching couldn't stand it anymore!
"Mrs. Fan, do you know what the price of black flour is now? Six coins per pound! One thousand pounds is six taels of silver! Ask around in the city, can an eight-year-old girl be sold for one thousand pounds of black flour?"
"Life is hard to make, and yet they still have to eat black flour buns, and they don't care if they are full. I think they are still not hungry enough! This is like a beggar complaining about bad food. If this is the case, why are you afraid to raise an extra Zhaodi?"
"There are all kinds of people. Today is really an eye-opener!"
After Fan Qian pulled Sun Jinhua, he went to pull his mother. Afraid that they would cause public outrage if they continued to talk, he smiled and said to the old village chief: "Come on! I think it's okay, listen to the old village chief."
The old village chief's face was gloomy and ugly. He glanced back at the little girl protected by Shuiqing, took a deep breath and said: "You are also literate. You wrote the contract, and both parties signed and sealed it. Everyone present is a witness."
Fan Qian asked: "What about the grain?"
"In my warehouse, after signing the contract, my eldest brother and nephews can move it back."
Fan Qian and Fan Dazhu and others relaxed.
Fan Qian's family did not have paper, inkstone, and writing brush, so the group moved to Fan Jinshuiqing's house.
Zhaodi turned around and wanted to pack her clothes, but Yan Qiu and Xing Hui grabbed her and whispered, "Little sister, don't worry, we still have clothes you can wear."
"Mom cleaned up a room with everything two days ago. I know today that it was for you, so you don't need to bring anything."
They have seen and understood the aunt's character. As her biological daughter, Zhaodi actually didn't get any special treatment. If she went to pack her things, she might just get beaten and scolded.
Not worth it!
After hearing what the elder and second sisters said, Zhaodi felt that she couldn't help crying again.
She walked between the two of them, not looking back once along the way.
Sun Jinhua watched her daughter walk away without looking back, feeling disappointed and secretly hating.
After all, daughters can't be tamed.
Fan Jin entered the main house and quickly took out two identical deeds. There was a large blank space next to the deeds for everyone to sign and seal. He also brought out the pen and ink.
Under the onlookers of the villagers of Shanshui Village, both parties signed the deeds.
Fan Jin waited until the pen and ink dried, handed one to Fan Qian, and carefully put away the other.
After Fan Qian stuffed it into his sleeve, he hurriedly asked: "Where is the black noodles?"
Fan Jin went to open the warehouse.
It revealed neatly stacked bags of black noodles.
Fan Qian swallowed his saliva and suddenly regretted that he agreed too readily.
He should have asked his mother to come forward and ask for more. Who knew that his second brother's family had so much!
He said with a shameless face: "Second brother, borrow your donkey cart to carry it."
"It's really unfortunate that all the carts at home have to carry soil, so I can't borrow it, big brother." Fan Jin looked calm, and made a perfunctory excuse, without any embarrassment.
Fan Qian gritted his teeth, snorted, turned his head and looked at the old village chief to borrow a cart.
Li Wen and Wang Guifen gave the same reason.
They asked several people in a row, and all of them were the same.
Fan Qian understood that he was looked down upon, and he probably wouldn't lend them the money.
Fan Sanzhu said impatiently: "Dad, we can each carry a bag, and we can carry it back in two or three times! There is no need to borrow a car from them."
Several people started to carry the black noodles, and the dozens or hundreds of men acted as if they didn't see anything, and had no intention of helping at all.
Over there, Shui Qingyan Qiuxing led Zhaodi to her room.
"You are lucky, today is the day to kill a pig, and you can drink the pig soup."
"The room that your mother cleaned for you is very clean."