After everyone exclaimed for a while, they stared ahead blankly. During this period, a baby was lying quietly on a wooden board in the river. The baby was tightly wrapped in swaddling clothes, and the baby's white and tender face was faintly visible.
No one has ever seen such a scene. A baby can float in the river just relying on a wooden board, and the ripples in the water follow it. It is simply a magical scene! The first person to react was the slightly older Sister-in-law Li.
Then he said to everyone, "Let's rescue him quickly!"
After Mrs. Li reminded them, everyone immediately woke up and worked together to rescue the baby ashore, and that baby was naturally Xiao Chu.
At this time, Xiao Chu just opened his eyes. He didn't know what happened after he fell off the cliff. At this time, he just felt like he had woken up.
What caught his sight was a group of women who looked like peasant women. At this time, he was being held in Mrs. Liu's arms, gently arranging his swaddling clothes. All the women gathered around Xiao Chu, looking at him with appraising expressions.
Xiao Chu.
"Huh? Still a baby? I fell off a cliff and didn't die?" Xiao Chu was puzzled for a while. With such a high cliff and fast river water, it was a miracle that he didn't die after falling from it!
Could it be that I have the aura of the protagonist? I am unknowingly being taken care of by the Creator?
"But it's great to be alive!" Xiao Chu thought with a click of his tongue.
"He smiled, he smiled." Mrs. Liu, who was holding Xiao Chu, said to everyone with a smile. She felt that the baby's smile was like the sweet spring in the mountain stream, giving people a refreshing feeling.
Everyone was surprised when they saw the smile on the baby's face. The baby had been floating in the river for who knows how long. Not only was he not drowned, but the first thing he did when he woke up was not crying, but also smiling at everyone. It was really amazing.
ah!
Xiao Chu glanced at the crowd and saw that he was being held in the arms of a woman wearing coarse linen clothes, looking at him with joy.
This can be regarded as the rest of my life!
Xiao Chu couldn't help but sigh. It seemed that the Creator was very kind to him. He survived such a disaster after traveling through time. He was reborn twice!
"It seems that we really have to achieve something, otherwise we will fail the care of the Creator!" Xiao Chu thought secretly in his heart.
When the women saw Xiao Chu's little eyes looking back and forth at everyone, they couldn't help but be surprised. It was really strange that the swaddled baby didn't cry loudly!
"Oh, isn't he hungry?" said a woman next to him.
Hearing what the woman said, everyone woke up. The child had been floating in the river for who knows how long. He must be hungry. However, none of the women was breastfeeding. What should we do?
"Sister-in-law Xiao, don't you have goat's milk at home? Go and get some for this little guy." Hearing what everyone said, Ms. Liu suddenly remembered that she had two goats at home and happened to have goat's milk to drink.
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Mrs. Liu then handed the baby into the hands of others and told them to take good care of the baby and she would return soon.
About a cup of tea, Mrs. Liu retrieved the milk from home, but there was a man following behind her. This man was Mrs. Liu’s husband, Xiao Changan. He heard Mrs. Liu said that he had picked up a child in the river, and he was curious.
Then I came over to take a look.
After bringing the goat's milk back, Mrs. Liu carefully fed the goat's milk to Xiao Chu.
When Xiao Chu drank the first sip of goat milk, he said to himself, "I'm really hungry!"
After a while, Xiao Chu drank to his fill. When everyone saw the baby not crying or fussing, they couldn't help but nodded and praised, this child is so sensible. However, they were also a little curious as to why this baby
Will not cry a single cry.
But then Mrs. Li said from behind, "This child is full, but he was picked up in the river after all. How should we place this child?"
Sister-in-law Li's question made everyone think deeply. Even though this child is well-behaved and cute, the people in the village are not very wealthy. It is not easy to meet the family's food and drink expenses. If you want to adopt a child, you still have to pay for it.
It's really difficult.
Ms. Liu held the baby tightly in her arms, silently, staring at the baby with her eyes. Then she saw a smile appear on the baby's white and tender face, and his eyes were staring at her.
Then Liu said to everyone, "I decided to adopt him!"
After Mrs. Liu finished her words, Mrs. Li nodded, and then said, "This is also a good idea. You are the only one who has two goats in our village. You can feed him with goat's milk in the future, and you don't have to worry about breastfeeding the baby."
problem.”
Just after everyone responded in unison, Xiao Changan, who had been outside the crowd, walked up from behind, with a look of embarrassment on his face, looking at the baby in his arms, and then said to everyone's surprised eyes, "
I disagree!"
As soon as these words came out, the faces of all the women and Mrs. Liu changed color. I didn't expect that Xiao Changan, who was a benevolent person in the village, would stop this matter. You know that it could be a living little life, but he could not bear it.
Leave it alone?
"Ms. sir?" Mrs. Liu looked a little surprised. She didn't know why a kind husband would make such a decision.
Xiao Changan faced Mrs. Liu, then sighed and said slowly, "Our family's life is not rich. It is enough to satisfy our family of three. Besides, we will need to send Su'er to elementary school in a while. Once
If Su'er goes to school, the cost will be even greater. How can we have the energy to adopt this child?"
"But" Mrs. Liu looked at the baby again, and saw the baby's big watery eyes staring at her, extremely endearing.
Mrs. Liu was a little reluctant. She held the baby in her arms and refused to let go for a long time. As a mother, she naturally loved the baby very much. At the same time, the cute and smart look in the baby's eyes also made Mrs. Liu unable to put it down.
Seeing Mr. Liu's look of reluctance, Xiao Changan said again, "It's not that I don't want to keep him. Take a closer look at his swaddling clothes. This is fine silk, not something we commoners can afford. This shows that
This child must come from a wealthy family."
Xiao Changan paused, then glanced at everyone, and continued, "But this child floated from the river. There are only two situations. The first is that the family encountered an accident. The child fell into the river, and the family tried to save his life.
Let him drift with the water to find a way to survive. Secondly, it is possible that the baby's family will not be able to raise him, so he will have to leave him to drift in the water and let him fend for himself."
After listening to Xiao Changan's analysis, everyone seemed to suddenly realize it. They didn't expect that a simple question could make Xiao Changan analyze it so thoroughly. People who have read the book are really different!
Seeing the change in everyone's expressions, Xiao Changan continued, "If we adopt him, it may even bring disaster to the village. So, let him return to the water. Whether he lives or dies depends on his fate."
"After saying this, Xiao Changan closed his eyes slightly and did not dare to look at Mrs. Liu again.
"Damn it, you bad old man, you are really bad. Even if you don't save me, you won't let others save me. You even made up rumors about the trouble and cursed you in a circle!" Xiao Chu secretly said in his heart.
With one curse, Xiao Changan was cursed hundreds of times.
Hey, it’s really uncomfortable to feel like your destiny is in someone else’s hands!
Just when everyone fell into silence, Ms. Liu, who had been silent until now, spoke with determination, "No, I want to adopt this child!"
Liu's tone was firm and her attitude was positive, as if no one could stop her decision.
Xiao Changan seemed to feel the firmness in Liu's eyes and tone, and couldn't help but reveal a hint of embarrassment.
After a while, Xiao Changan sighed and said again, "Okay, you can adopt him if you want, but it depends on the fate of this child."
Everyone was confused about the meaning of Xiao Changan's words, and then looked towards Xiao Changan.