Otoharu

Chapter 8 Foster Care
In the wing room, Mrs. Jiang was sitting face to face with Jiang Zhongheng and his elders.

"Mother, just do as I say." Jiang said calmly.

Xu looked hesitant, "So... can Shunzi agree, and your mother-in-law..."

"Second brother, I will convince him. As for my mother-in-law, you know what kind of person she is. As long as you give me enough money, she will have no objections." Jiang dispelled Xu's doubts.

"Just do what my daughter said!" Xu was still hesitating, but Jiang Zhongheng had already made a decision, "Shunzi and Miss Zhou's family were getting married a few years ago, this child can no longer stay in our house, otherwise time will run out." Long, it’s time for the neighbors’ gossip to rise, there is no impenetrable wall in the world, you have to send people away quickly.”

"Okay..." Knowing the stakes, Mrs. Xu nodded and agreed. In fact, she still likes Jiang Shanqing very much in her heart. Such a cute doll, Yuxue, was born at an untimely time.

"The silver taels for your mother-in-law..." Mrs. Xu was thinking about how much money she would have to give Mrs. Li so that she would be willing to help raise the child.

"You don't have to worry about the silver taels. The second brother said that the child's mother left him 100 taels, which should be enough for him to eat and wear when he grows up."

"100 taels, that's a lot!" The two elders were surprised at the same time. Jiang Yanzhi had never mentioned this amount of money to them, so their reaction was so big.

"Of course it's not all for my mother-in-law. It's enough to give her 50 taels. A child can eat as much as he can. I'll keep the other 50 taels for him. Whether he wants to study, learn crafts, or do business , all from this money." Mrs. Jiang had already made plans, and said slowly.

Xu Shi and Jiang Zhongheng also felt that this was the best arrangement so far, so they nodded.

Xu held Jiang's hand with some distress, "I still have to trouble you in the end, and I thank you for Shunzi and the child."

"Mother, Shunzi is my younger brother. As the eldest sister, I naturally have to help him. Don't worry too much about your father and you, and prepare well for his marriage. Whether our family can be better in the future depends entirely on the second brother."

Jiang knows that only when her mother's family is well, can she have confidence in front of her mother-in-law, so she spares no effort to help her younger brother.

Seeing that the time was almost noon, Mrs. Jiang got up and said, "It's getting late, I'll call the two children back for lunch."

As soon as Jiang walked to the entrance of the yard, she saw Li Meier and Jiang Shanqing coming one after the other. Li Meier held a small grasshopper made of grass leaves in her hand and ran ahead happily, while Jiang Shanqing followed without expression. later.

"Mother, look, this is the straw grasshopper that brother Shanqing made for me." Li Meier blushed and held up the little grasshopper in her hand to show off to Jiang Shi.

Jiang knelt down, took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat off her daughter's face, and then praised: "It's so beautiful! Did Mei Er thank Brother Shanqing?"

Li Meier looked back at Jiang Shanqing, then giggled and said, "This is a thank you gift from brother Shanqing, I don't need to say thank you."

Mrs. Jiang was a little puzzled when she heard the words, she glanced at Jiang Shanqing who still had a stern face, and asked curiously: "Then why did brother Shanqing send Meier a thank you gift, what did Meier help brother Shanqing?"

"This is a secret between us, we cannot tell others." Li Meier replied mysteriously.

Jiang Shi smiled, but didn't take it seriously, just regarded it as a game between the two children, got up and took Li Meier's hand, and then went to pull Jiang Shanqing who was beside her.

"Okay, it's time for you to wash your hands and eat lunch. Mother will take you to wash your face and hands."

Mrs. Jiang took the two children back to the wing room, and Mrs. Qin, the family helper, came in with hot water. Mrs. Jiang poured the hot water into the washbasin and twisted the handkerchief to help the two children wash their faces.

Li Meier still asked Jiang to wash her face and hands as usual, but when it was Jiang Shanqing's turn, he took the initiative and said, "Auntie, I'll do it myself."

Mrs. Jiang just smiled softly and said, "Shanqing, you are still young, and you can't clean it by yourself, so Auntie can help you."

Jiang Shanqing shook his head stubbornly and said: "Auntie, I usually wash it myself, I can clean it myself."

Seeing his insistence, Mrs. Jiang followed him and handed him the twisted handkerchief.

Jiang Shanqing carefully washed his face and hands with soap, really more carefully than adults.

Jiang's sympathy for Jiang Shanqing was a little bit more, this child must have suffered a lot since childhood, so he is so sensible and capable.

"Mother, I have to wash myself in the future." Li Meier felt a little ashamed when she saw Jiang Shanqing's actions. She has been pretending to be an ignorant child these days, and she almost forgot that she is already a big girl who is about to age. It's better to do it yourself.

Jiang looked at Li Meier with a smile, and praised: "Our Mei Meier has also grown up, knowing that she can do her own thing, that mother will be more relaxed in the future."

Li Meier blushed, and stole a glance at Jiang Shanqing, seeing that he was looking outside, as if he was wandering, and couldn't help being a little discouraged.

Lunch was much richer than breakfast, not only the chicken soup stewed by Mrs. Xu, but also Dongpo pork and sweet and sour fish.

The cooking skills of the Jiang family's cooks are better than those of the Li family's. Li Mei'er's mouth is full of oil, and she is very satisfied.

Mrs. Xu kept picking up vegetables for Li Meier, for fear that she would not be full, and she kept muttering: Our Mei Meier has lost weight, so we need to eat more meat to make up for it.

She knew that Mrs. Li was so picky, her daughter and granddaughter must have a lot of mouths on weekdays, and they had to go back to their mother's house after a long time, and they still couldn't eat enough.

Li Mei'er was half full after eating, and then she was distracted to look at other things. Only then did she realize that Jiang Shanqing on the side hadn't eaten much, and the amount of bone scum in her bowl was twice as much as his.

"Why don't you eat meat? The braised pork is delicious." Li Meier and Jiang Shanqing asked in a low voice.

Jiang Shanqing glanced at her, and slowly replied: "I have no appetite."

He can't look down on the dishes in front of him. He has eaten so many delicacies, but he can't get used to such rough dishes.

"It's not good for kids to be picky eaters, they won't grow taller in the future!" As she spoke, she put a piece of fatty braised pork into Jiang Shanqing's bowl.

Jiang Shanqing looked at the [-]% fat braised pork in the bowl, his face turned green.It’s not true if you really eat it, and it’s not true if you don’t eat it.

"Mei Meier, you don't need to add vegetables to Shanqing, he doesn't like meat."

Jiang Yanzhi couldn't help laughing when he saw Jiang Shanqing with a wrinkled face.

By the way, he put the piece of pork belly in his bowl into his own bowl.

Jiang Shanqing breathed a sigh of relief immediately, thinking to himself, foster father is really my savior.

(End of this chapter)