Chapter 277 Picked up Child

"Xiao Feng, you are an elder brother and have grown up to be sensible. You should share the burden for your mother instead of being a burden.

It's your choice whether to follow me or not.

If you come with me, we will go back to your brigade later, find the brigade secretary, and ask them to testify that I am not a kidnapper. "

Sheng Xiping had already thought about it. Regardless of whether the two women agreed or not, he would have to visit the brigade secretary after arriving in Lijiawa.

Let's have a good chat with them and find a way to make Shao Minzhi's life in Lijiawa better.

Sheng Xiping had already said everything, what else could Shao Minzhi say?

The young man had just gotten married, and the wife had just been pregnant for a few months. She was not thinking about his son, but was really thinking about their mother and son and planning for their future.

"Brother, that's all. What else can I say? You can take the child away."

It would definitely be a hundred times better for the child to follow Sheng Xiping than to stay with Shao Minzhi. Shao Minzhi must be ruthless for the sake of the child.

"There is no need to find a brigade secretary. My own son can make the decision himself."

Shao Minzhi held back her tears, not letting Sheng Xiping see her uncomfortable look, and said cruelly.

"Mom, don't you want me anymore?" Chen Feng raised his head and looked at his mother and uncle.

Although he longed for what his uncle said in his heart, his mother's words still made him uncomfortable.

Shao Minzhi knelt down and held the child in her arms, "Son, it's not that mom doesn't want you, she really can't support you two.

Uncle also wants to give you a way out, for your own good.

When you arrive at your uncle's house, you must be obedient, sensible, and work hard. You must not cause any trouble to your uncle and aunt, you know? "

By this time, Shao Minzhi couldn't bear it anymore and cried while hugging her son.

Chen Feng raised his thin arms and hugged his mother, "Mom, I know, don't worry, I will be obedient."

"Sister-in-law, you two really don't have to be like this. You act like you'll never see each other again."

Sheng Xiping was a little speechless, and even a little doubtful about the correctness of his proposal.

"Xiao Feng is going to my house for a while. I estimate that Brother Chen will be able to find a way to pick you up by next year at most."

This is just a temporary measure to make a transition. Do you really think he is willing to help others raise children for free?

"Let's go back to the village quickly. I still have a lot of things to do."

Sheng Xiping hugged little Chen Yue and turned around to leave. When the two women saw it, they quickly followed and returned to Lijiawa.

Old Gaotou has gone home a long time ago, and only the invisible Mrs. Li is in the house.

As soon as he entered the door, Shao Minzhi hurriedly took out two buns and stuffed them into the old lady's hands.

"Auntie, we came back late and didn't have time to cook. Here are two buns, try them."

"No, no, no, I ate for lunch, and I took out two of the vegetable dumplings we had left in the morning.

It’s better to save these buns for the children when they are growing up. "

The old lady has been blind for many years. She used to live alone. Anyway, she could cook and eat just by fumbling.

Besides, the weather is hot at this time of year, so the rice cooked in the morning is in the cupboard. Just take it out and nibble on it, and that's enough.

"Grandma, the buns are delicious. Please try them."

Xiao Yue'er ran to Mrs. Li, held up the old lady's hand, and brought the bun to the old lady's mouth, insisting that she eat it.

The old lady couldn't resist the child, so she opened her mouth and took a bite. Although the buns stuffed with celery and meat were a bit cold, the old lady still felt they were delicious.

"Mmm, um, it's delicious and fragrant."

Sheng Xiping really had no time to delay, so he asked Shao Minzhi where the brigade secretary's home was.

Seeing this situation, Shao Minzhi knew that she wanted to leave seriously with her children, so she led Sheng Xiping to the brigade secretary's house.

Lijiawa Brigade Secretary's surname is Li, and his family lives in the house behind the brigade headquarters.

It happened that they were on lunch break at this time, and Li Qingguo was at home. When he saw Shao Minzhi coming in with a well-dressed young man, he was quite puzzled.

"Minzhi, who is this?" Li Qingguo was confused for a moment as to what these two people were here for.

"Hello Secretary Li, I am Chen Ruiqing's brother. I came to the provincial capital for a meeting this time and happened to stop by to see sister-in-law Minzhi." Sheng Xiping extended his right hand towards Li Qingguo.

Li Qingguo also stretched out his hand with a confused look on his face and shook it with Sheng Xiping.

"Ah, are you a relative of the Chen family? Oh, do you have faith in Man Minzhi?"

"Yes, my brother Chen is currently at the Jiapigou Gold Mine in Huadian. I met him a while ago and asked me to deliver a message to my family." Sheng Xiping still said the same thing.

Li Qingguo became happy when he heard this, "Oh, that's great, Minzhi and his wife are finally expecting good news.

Hey, it's not easy for these three mothers. They have to endure a lot of hardships. "

When he saw Shao Minzhi coming with a young man just now, he thought something was going on. When he heard that there was news about Chen Ruiqing, Li Qingguo also breathed a sigh of relief.

"Secretary Li, I'm here today because I have something to ask you for help.

I want to take the eldest son of Brother Chen's family home to stay for a while. I'm afraid that my sister-in-law is worried and wants to testify for us in front of Secretary Li. "

Sheng Xiping didn't mince words and directly stated his intention.

When Li Qingguo heard this, he thought, oh, that's what co-authoring is all about.

"Hey, that's a good thing. If it's okay, I'll be your witness."

Everyone understands that Shao Minzhi has no job and no household registration, so it is impossible for one person to raise two children.

The childless man mentioned before that he wanted to adopt Chen Feng, but Shao Minzhi disagreed.

If Li Qingguo comes to see it, sending the child out is the right way, but if you keep him around you won't be able to support him. Isn't it a pity that a good child will starve to death?

So after hearing Sheng Xiping's words, Li Qingguo immediately agreed.

“Sister-in-law, then you go back and fetch Xiaofeng, and I’ll have a few words with Secretary Li.

Later, I will ask Secretary Li to write a document for us and issue a certificate for me, and then I will take the child with me. Do you think this is okay? "

Sheng Xiping still had something to say to Li Qingguo alone, so he sent Shao Minzhi away.

Shao Minzhi nodded and left with tears in her eyes. She went back to pack her son's things and the two of them said goodbye.

Here, as soon as Shao Minzhi left, Sheng Xiping took out the things he bought before from his backpack.

"Secretary Li, I came in a hurry and didn't prepare anything. I just bought some cakes, canned food and cigarettes from the commune store.

I have no other intention, I just ask Secretary Li to take more care of my sister-in-law Minzhi in the future. "

It's true that Li Qingguo is the secretary of the brigade, but in the countryside here, there is no side job, so he just farms, and his life is very difficult.

Li Qingguo's eyes widened when he saw the fragrant rice cakes, cans, and especially the box of cigarettes.

"Oh, little brother, look at you, this is too polite.

Minzhi was originally a girl from this village. Now she is back with her child. We will take care of her as much as we can. "

"Secretary Li, supposedly, this is your brigade's business, and it's not easy for me as an outsider to interfere." Sheng Xiping smiled.

"My brother Chen has made great achievements at the Jiapigou Gold Mine, helping to improve the technology of gold refining. There is a report over there to take off his hat.

Secretary Li should also know, what did I, Brother Chen, do before? People are only in temporary difficulties now, and sooner or later they will get up again. "

"I think Secretary Li also knows about my brother Chen's temper. He is a master who will repay the favor with a spring of water.

He was just memorizing words for a moment, and he was about to turn over.

In the future, when my brother Chen recovers, he will definitely come to pick up their mothers.

Secretary Li, no one dares to say that there will be no time to ask for help in a lifetime, right? "

Sheng Xiping's words were a deliberate nod to Li Qingguo.

It stands to reason that Shao Minzhi is the girl who went out from Lijiawa.

Now that she came back with her child, Lijiawa's side reached out and registered the three mothers' household registrations, so that Shao Minzhi could work in the fields with the commune members to earn work points.

Even if it's a little less, life won't be so bad.

After all, Li Qingguo is also the secretary of the brigade. Can't he hear the good and bad words? He immediately sighed.

“Little brother, this is really not the fault of the team.

Back then, when Minzhi's parents were gone, I really wanted to take this opportunity to transfer Minzhi's and his wife's household registration to our team again.

Isn’t it just a family of one, two and three? We have so many people and so much land in Lijiawa, how can we just need three people to eat and drink? "

"Oh, it's his two sisters-in-law. They are afraid that Minzhi and his wife will lose their household registration, so they are even more dependent on them. They come to my place to cause trouble several times.

I was at my wits end, so I didn’t dare to mention it. "Li Qingguo sighed and said.

"Secretary Li, I know that you have difficulties, and I understand.

Whether the hukou is settled or not is just that, Secretary Li can take more care of her from now on.

When I, Brother Chen, come back in the future, I will definitely not forget Secretary Li’s kindness. "Just stop talking, don't say too much.

Just at this time, Shao Minzhi led Chen Feng back, and Sheng Xiping and Li Qingguo stopped talking.

Shao Minzhi brought Chen Feng into the room. Chen Feng knelt down in front of Sheng Xiping and kowtowed three times to Sheng Xiping.

"Uncle, from now on I will be your child, whatever you say will come true.

When I grow up in the future, I will definitely never forget my uncle. I will provide for him in his old age. "Xiao Chen Feng said this.

"Hey, look at you kid, what are you talking about? I've already said it, you just want to stay at my house for a while.

When your father's side has established a firm footing and is free to pick you up, I will send you back to your father's side and your family will be reunited.

Give me some support in my old age. I have a child of my own. Your little brother or sister is still in your aunt's belly. How can I use someone else to take care of me in my old age? "

Sheng Xi was stunned. She couldn't laugh or cry, so she hurriedly stretched out her hand to help Chen Feng up.

"Secretary Li, how about this? You can help find an educated person in the team to write a special document to explain the situation.

Either I occupy someone else's son, or I take the child away and raise him for a while.

By the way, this is my letter of introduction for coming to the provincial capital for a meeting. You can read it. I'm not lying.

I will write you my home address later. When my brother Chen comes back in the future, I will ask them to pick up the children at the address. "

This matter must be explained clearly, lest people think that he wants to adopt Chen Feng.

When Li Qingguo saw that Sheng Xiping was sincere, he nodded immediately and went out.

Not long after, he came back from outside and was led by a gentle man wearing glasses.

"This is Teacher Xu of our brigade, a cultural person. Let him write it for you."

Sheng Xiping hurriedly shook hands with Teacher Xu, and then wrote a document explaining the situation according to Sheng Xiping's wishes.

There were two copies of the document. On Shao Minzhi's copy, Sheng Xiping's home address and contact information were also written down.

On the share Sheng Xiping took, he also wrote Lijiawa's address, the brigade phone number, etc., so that each other could be contacted.

"Oh, you don't need to write the date. This is not an IOU or anything like that. You have to write down a date and when to pay it back." Sheng Xiping specifically told the other party that there is no need to write a date.

The document was in duplicate, and both Shao Minzhi and Sheng Xiping kept it.

Afterwards, Li Qingguo went back to the team headquarters and issued a certificate to Sheng Xiping, explaining that Sheng Xiping and Chen Feng were relatives and there was no child abduction.

These things were regarded as a back-up that Sheng Xiping kept in case Shao Minzhi and Chen Feng contradicted each other one day. Of course, he hoped that he would never need to use them.

After the document was written, Shao Minzhi, Sheng Xiping, and Li Qingguo all signed and fingerprinted it.

Li Qingguo also stamped the brigade's official seal on the brigade's certificate.

In this way, Sheng Xiping collected the documents and left 20 yuan and ten kilograms of food stamps to Shao Minzhi.

Shao Minzhi naturally refused to accept it and kept rejecting it. Sheng Xiping only said that it was for Xiao Yue'er and asked Shao Minzhi to keep an eye on Xiao Yue'er's situation.

If the diarrhea is not good, go to the hospital for a check-up. Don't mess around and harm the child.

When Shao Minzhi thought of her daughter, no matter how great her ambition was, she had no choice but to accept the money and food stamps, and promised again and again that she would return it to Sheng Xiping when Chen Ruiqing came back.

The matter here is almost settled, Sheng Xiping is about to leave with Chen Feng.

"Comrade Xiao Sheng, if you do this, don't go back to the commune. It's still troublesome. There is no car back to the provincial capital in the afternoon.

I will arrange for someone to drive our team's carriage and take you directly back to the city. "

Li Qingguo had benefited from Sheng Xiping, so of course he had to make it easier, so he immediately arranged for someone to hitch a carriage and take Sheng Xiping and the others back to the city.

Lijiawa was forty or fifty miles away from the provincial capital. The man drove a carriage and drove Sheng Xiping and others into the city in less than two hours.

After that, they drove away again.

Sheng Xiping took his children to find a hotel to stay in. After asking where there was a place for haircuts and bathing, he took Chen Feng to shave his head first, and then went to the bathhouse to have a good scrub.

It wouldn't work otherwise. The conditions at Mrs. Li's house were full of lice and fleas. How could Sheng Xiping take the child back?

After shaving my hair, I couldn't hide the lice. Then I went to the bathhouse to soak and rub myself. When I came out, I discarded my original clothes and put on another set prepared by Shao Minzhi.

Although it was very worn, it was free of lice and fleas.

"Okay, let's do this for now. I'll take you to buy clothes tomorrow morning."

After the two of them finished cleaning up, Sheng Xiping took a look and realized, isn't this a very clean and delicate child? Much more pleasing to the eye than before.

In this way, the two of them found a place to eat something and went back to the hotel to stay. The next morning, Sheng Xiping took his children to visit several department stores in the provincial capital.

It was rare to come to the provincial capital, so I had to buy something back. I bought Chen Feng some fitting shirts, underpants, pants, socks, shoes, and a blue and white striped half-sleeve.

It was hot at this time, so I didn't buy a coat. I just waited to go home and found some small clothes for Sheng Xitai to wear, and asked Zhou Qinglan to change into some clothes.

Children grow up quickly, so there is no point in buying so many clothes.

Chen Feng put on the blue and white striped half-sleeves bought by his uncle, and looked down at them fondly.

But when he thought about the money his uncle spent just now, his little face wrinkled up again.

The uncle threw away his set of clothes. It would be great if he didn't throw them away, so he wouldn't have to buy new clothes. These are quite expensive.

However, he did not dare to say anything, but cautiously reached out and took Sheng Xiping's hand.

Sheng Xiping couldn't help but smile when he saw Chen Feng reaching out.

In the previous life, this brat was shameless to him. He relied on others when they met. He didn't treat him as an elder at all. The two of them got along like buddies.

In this life, I hope this brat can achieve something, and his run away will not be in vain.

Sheng Xiping took Chen Feng back on the afternoon train, slept on the train at night, and arrived at Hunjiang on the morning of the 8th.

Have something to eat outside Hunjiang Station, and then continue taking the bus to Songjiang River at around 1 p.m.

Sheng Xiping calculated that there was a bus back to Qianchuan on the 7th yesterday, a bus to Ma'anshan this morning, and a bus to Manjiang tomorrow morning. The southern route was too far away, and there was no way to go back to Qianchuan through the woods.

But they can't stay in Songjianghe for two days. A trip out would take a lot of time. The family may be in a hurry and they still have to find a way to get back.

After thinking about it, there was only one way. Go to Zhao Guangning and see if there were any buses from nearby forest farms to handle the business, so that he could take a ride home.

After making up his mind, Sheng Xiping led Chen Feng to find a place to have a meal, and then the two of them walked from the train station to the bureau building.

Sheng Xiping had been here before, and the man guarding the gate knew him. When he heard that he was looking for Zhao Guangning from the transportation department, the man waved his hand and let Sheng Xiping in.

"Brother Zhao, I'm back. I was delayed because of something. I just got home today."

Sheng Xiping saw Zhao Guangning in the office and smiled sheepishly.

"Hey, Xiping is back, what's wrong? Why are you back two days late?

I'm still wondering why I can't wait and see you come back. What happened? "

Zhao Guangning was happy but also puzzled when he saw Sheng Xiping. He had only been in the meeting for three days, so he should have been back long ago.

"Ahem, forget it. I picked up a child. I led him to look for his parents and relatives for two days, but he couldn't find them." Sheng Xiping pointed at Chen Feng and lied casually.

On the way, Sheng Xiping made an agreement with Chen Feng. When he returned to Qianchuan Forest Farm and met the Sheng family, he would tell them that the child was picked up.

There is no way, he can't say that he is the child of a friend's family. He has never been to the provincial capital before, and it is impossible to have friends in the provincial capital. There is no way to explain this matter.

It's easiest to say that you picked it up, so you don't have to bother explaining it to your family.

And saying this can also explain why he came back late and was delayed in helping his children find their parents in the provincial capital.

Sheng Xiping and Zhao Guangning went to the provincial capital together. If they used relatives' children as an excuse, they would not be fooled, so Sheng Xiping treated Zhao Guangning as if he were one of his own family members.

Zhao Guangning glanced at the boy next to Sheng Xiping and couldn't help but sigh.

"Brother, you are so kind-hearted. This is obviously a child that someone threw away because they couldn't afford it. Why did you pick it up again?

There are six brothers and sisters in your family, and your wife is also expecting a baby in a few months. You said you have picked up a baby, but how are you going to support it? "

Although Chen Feng is wearing the newly bought half-sleeves, the pants are not.

When Zhao Guangning saw that Chen Feng's pants had several patches and some areas were torn and unpatched, he knew that this child must come from a poor family, and Sheng Xiping must have bought the shirt because he couldn't stand it.

Zhao Guangning couldn't help but hold his forehead. This brother of his was so kind-hearted and would show his heart to everyone.

I picked up a child and delayed my return trip for two days in order to find the child's parents.

If you can't find it, just send it to the police station. Good guy, I got it back.

"I want to see how you will explain to your uncle and aunt when you go back, and your wife. It would be strange if your wife is happy with it."

Zhao Guangning couldn't help but sigh. This is really true. How have I ever seen such an honest person?

"Hey, what can we do? I have a fate with this kid. There are so many people in the provincial city, but I just happened to meet him.

Since we have this fate, let's keep him alive for now. He is just a child. No matter how little he saves, he will still have something to eat. "Sheng Xiping smiled nonchalantly.

"Well, I'm too lazy to talk to you. Let's see how my uncle and aunt deal with you when we get home."

Zhao Guangning glared at Sheng Xiping, then picked up the phone on the table and called Sentie's dispatcher to ask if there were buses going to Qianchuan, Shuguang, and Shengli Forest Farms in the afternoon.

“What a coincidence, your forest farm happened to send a tractor for maintenance, and it’s still in the machine repair shop.

I've made an agreement with Sentie, you should go there quickly. "After Zhao Guangning inquired about the news, he hurriedly told Sheng Xiping.

"Oh, thank you, Brother Zhao. I'm going to Sentie now. Next time I come, I'll treat you to a drink."

When Sheng Xiping heard this, he was very happy. As long as there was a car, it would be easy. Otherwise, he would have to risk everything. He led Chen Feng and they walked back along the train track.

It's probably almost midnight when they get home, so he can do it, but the child can't bear it.

"Come on, don't talk nonsense to me here. Go to the station quickly." Zhao Guangning waved his hand and chased Sheng Xiping away with an impatient look.

It wasn't that he was annoyed with Sheng Xiping, he just didn't want to see the child. Mainly because he was worried about Sheng Xiping, so he simply stayed out of sight and out of mind.

Sheng Xiping smiled and didn't take Zhao Guangning's words to heart at all. He led Chen Feng out of the bureau building and walked eastward to the Forest Railway Station.

Over at the train station, the internal combustion engine pulled the loading plate, and the crawler tractor was already parked there waiting.

Seeing Sheng Xiping running over, the driver of the internal combustion engine hurriedly waved to him, asking him to get in the car quickly.

There were a few people in the car who were riding back to the forest farm. They all knew each other. When they saw Sheng Xiping leading a little boy, they were all puzzled.

"Xiping, didn't you go to a meeting? Whose family does this child belong to?"

"Oh, my relatives' children come to my house to play for a few days."

The excuse of "picked up children" is used to deal with family members and close friends, because the relationship between them is very good, and they can't fool them if they know the basics, so they can only use "picked up children" as prevarication.

As for other people who are not very familiar with it, it's hard to say this, otherwise the uproar spreading all over the forest farm will have a bad impact.

Moreover, Chen Feng will continue to study in the forest farm. If those naughty children in the forest farm know that Chen Feng was picked up, they may not be able to discriminate against Chen Feng.

No way, who told Sheng Xiping to insist on bringing Chen Feng back?

He knew it would be troublesome to get it back, but he still insisted on it, so he had to find a way to get through it by himself.

Sure enough, when Sheng Xiping said this, others had nothing else to say.

It’s just a child, who doesn’t have one? It's not unusual these days, so everyone just asked casually and didn't bother with it anymore.

Chen Feng followed Sheng Xiping on the train for the past two days and gained a lot of knowledge. Faced with everyone's scrutiny, Chen Feng was quite calm and did not panic at all.

Everyone looked at the child and roughly guessed that it was a poor relative of the Sheng family who couldn't raise the child anymore and sent it to the forest farm for the Sheng family to help raise the child.

Look at the pants the child is wearing. They don’t match the top. The top was bought by Sheng Xiping.

In this day and age, there are so many people who can’t afford to raise children, it’s not surprising.

But some people, like Zhao Guangning, began to worry about the Sheng family.

As the old saying goes, it's better to add a bucket of food than to take a bite. Raising a child is not easy. It's not as simple as a few mouthfuls of rice. I really don't know what the Sheng family is thinking about helping others raise their children at this time.