How I Tamed My Wolfish Husband Back in 80s-Chapter 386 - 388: Fake_1

Over the next two days, Li Qiao continued to take her sister and brother-in-law around, visiting museums, the Royal Palace, and the zoo.

The children were thrilled to see orangutans, pandas, and more.

"Wow, Auntie Three, what’s that? It looks so scary."

Li Qiao: "That’s a crocodile, and it eats people, so you must never get close."

"With the fence in between, we can’t get close anyway."

After the zoo, Li Qiao took them into a restaurant.

Li Jiaoyang said, "Qiaoqiao, you’ve been spending so much on us every day, won’t Jin complain about you?" In the past, her concept of money was the hundred or so yuan saved at home, and in their village, they were already considered wealthy.

But Qiaoqiao had redefined her concept completely, her wallet stuffed full of large banknotes.

By her estimate, there were five or six hundred yuan in total.

The amount they had spent on food and other expenses in these two days, always in twos and threes, made her feel distressed just watching.

Li Qiao: "He won’t." Qin Jin has money now, and he is quite generous with me.

If I spend too little, even grandma won’t be happy.

Of course, she wouldn’t say this out loud, to avoid making her sisters feel bad.

After all, in their minds, her current situation was directly related to the sacrifices they had made for her.

She then asked, "Second Sister, Second Brother-in-law, are you leaving tomorrow?"

"That’s the plan," Fang Chaonan said.

Li Qiao: "Then I’ll buy your tickets now. Big Sister and Big Brother-in-law, you should also get ready. Once I get back from buying the tickets, you’ll come with me. Jin has already found a place for you, a small house with its own courtyard, suitable for a family of five."

"Do your sister and I start work tomorrow?"

Li Qiao: "Jin will probably arrange something for Big Brother-in-law, you should stay at home to take care of the kids for now, as it’s still several days before the kids start school."

"Okay."

Li Qiao left.

Li Jiaojiao said, "Are you really staying here? The children’s accent is slightly different from the locals here; won’t they be laughed at in school?"

"My Auntie Three is a Top Scholar, who has the right to laugh at us?" Song Dani said proudly.

Li Jiaoyang agreed, "Exactly! Your Auntie Three is a Top Scholar; your Auntie Three’s husband is a big boss; you’ve already surpassed many people. If someone bullies you, tell the teacher. If the teacher doesn’t handle it, come back and tell your Auntie Three, and she’ll definitely sort it out for you. But don’t start bullying others just because Auntie Three has your back."

"Yeah, I know, Auntie Three has said that we can’t bully anyone, especially younger children."

"That’s right."

"...."

......

Li Qiao bought soft sleeper tickets for her second sister’s family and, after giving them the tickets, she reminded them to keep it safe. "Tomorrow morning, Li Jianguo will come to send you off."

"What are you and Jin doing?"

"Accompanying the kids to get vaccinated against polio, which requires parental signatures," explained Li Qiao.

The previous day, grandma consulted Nan Chuyi to estimate the child’s age, and Nan Chuyi deduced that the child was born around the eleventh lunar month. Today being the ninth day of the lunar new year, the child was about two months old and had a vaccine scar on his arm.

Now that there’s a charge for vaccination, families who can afford to pay for their children’s vaccinations definitely wouldn’t miss any shots.

There was also the name that had been smudged off the child’s swaddle, which grandma had painstakingly restored, revealing two characters: one ’Shang’ and one ’Yue’. frёeωebɳovel.com

The first character was the surname.

The only surname she could think of was ’Shangguan.’

The child must be named Shangguan something Yue.

She planned to contact Liao Fan later, asking him to help re-advertise in the newspaper, at her own expense, determined to find the child’s parents. She was worried that if they took too long, she wouldn’t be willing to give the child back when they eventually came looking.

"Why are you being so nice to a foundling? Isn’t just feeding him enough?" said Li Jiaojiao.

Li Qiao brought her wandering thoughts back: "That’s not enough in my house; I have to raise him with great care."

Song Dani: "Auntie Three, why don’t you raise me too? I don’t need vaccinations, and I can work."

Li Qiao laughed until she was out of breath.

Li Jiaoyang’s face turned red with anger, calling her a gold-digger. "Snob!" Just like her grandmother. "Just wait, and see how I’ll deal with you."

Song Dani pouted and hid behind Li Qiao.

After having her laugh, Li Qiao said goodbye to her second sister’s family.

She took her eldest sister’s family of five to catch a car. While waiting, she said to Song Dani in a serious tone, "Dani, what you said just now wasn’t right. You can’t talk like that in the future. If you think your parents aren’t well-off, then you should study hard and improve your conditions through your own efforts rather than looking for a shortcut by choosing new parents."

"Hm, my family isn’t so bad either, but we’re a far cry from yours."

Li Qiao: "That’s comparison, and it’s wrong. Even if your family isn’t the richest, your parents are unique; no one else in the world could give birth to you. You’re already special and different. What’s there to compare with others?"

The child suddenly saw the light: "Hmm! I won’t compare anymore."

Li Qiao patted the child’s head: "That’s more like it."

"......"

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After bidding farewell to her second sister’s family, Li Qiao led her eldest sister’s family to their accommodation. "It’s a bit shabby here, but it has everything you need, and the heating is sufficient. You can stay here until the factory is built."

Li Jiaoyang and Song Lin looked around the place.

The walls of the brick house were white.

The furniture was complete, and compared to their old home’s furniture, it was many times better.

There were grains, oils, and vegetables available.

Jin was really generous.

Such a nice house, rented out just like that.

The former asked, "When can the construction start?"

Li Qiao said, "It hasn’t started yet." The weather in Beijing was still very cold, and it seemed there might be snow in the next few days; they had to wait at least until March when the frost had melted. "If it can be put to use by the end of this year, that would be great."

"What about the land you bought? Isn’t it a loss to leave it like that? If you had planted crops before the new year, you could’ve had a harvest."

Li Qiao: "We had crops before, but plowed them under after buying the land."

"You really don’t know how to live."

Li Qiao chuckled. Wheat matures in the May or June of the lunar calendar. Were they supposed to wait until the wheat was harvested to start construction? Two months could delay so much. She didn’t argue: "If you’re hungry, there’s food in the kitchen. Help yourselves. I’m leaving now."

"Alright, take it slow."

"Hmm."

......

After leaving her eldest sister’s place, Li Qiao went straight to the Xue Family.

She got through to the criminal police in her hometown and contacted Liao Fan, telling him about her discovery: "I don’t know if that newspaper has published it yet."

"Today’s newspaper already has the report, with detailed descriptions, including the quilt patterns and material of the clothes. Several people came to claim the child. All were arrested."

Li Qiao: "Arrested? They were impostors?"

"Yes, they confessed they wanted to resell the child. It’s better not to publish your additional information in the newspapers. The more you disclose, the more people will take risks. If the child’s biological parents could see the first paper, they would surely recognize their own daughter."

Li Qiao was persuaded: "Alright, thank you for your help."

"No trouble at all."

Li Qiao hung up the phone.

Nan Chuyi said, "Didn’t you guys get the adoption certificate? Why are you still looking for her parents?"

"The certificate was just in case we couldn’t find her parents, so it wouldn’t be troublesome to sort it out when we go back home," Li Qiao said. But she was losing hope; the local newspaper, which several nearby cities read, had a wide enough distribution.

The past few days, only scammers had come.

It seemed the child had indeed been abandoned.

Could it be the child of some wealthy person’s mistress?