60s: I have a store

Chapter 55: Old Cheng's Heartache

"Suqin, Suqin! Two children came outside and said they were your nephews." An aunt shouted.

A woman came out of the house in the right corner of the backyard, holding needle and thread in her hand.

"My nephew?"

This reminded her of her sister's two children. She had not seen the two children since her sister passed away. Mainly because she had a very bad relationship with her brother-in-law and always felt that he was heartless and unfeeling.

When my sister died, my brother-in-law made it clear that she was not welcome.

From that time on, she never paid any attention to the two children left by her sister.

In fact, she liked the two children very much, especially after she learned that her husband was infertile.

"That's right! The kid said you are their aunt, go out and take a look!" an aunt urged.

"Hey!"

Huang Suqin quickly put down what she was holding and trotted to the front yard. When she saw the two children, she almost didn't recognize them.

On the one hand, we haven't seen each other for many years. When my sister died, the two children were not big, especially the younger one. On the other hand, the two children were too thin.

But she saw the shadow of her sister in these two children.

"Aunt!"

The older child called for help first, then pulled his younger brother and asked him to call for help.

His younger brother then timidly followed his brother's shout, and then quietly tightened his torn pants with his right hand, while his left hand was at a loss, as if he was afraid that others would dislike him.

Huang Suqin could no longer hold it in, her eyes suddenly turned red, and she went forward to hug the two children, as if they were two skinny babies.

"What a sin! How could your father raise you like this?"

Huang Suqin felt both distressed and angry.

As the older brother, Shengli finally found someone to talk to. He poured out all the grievances he had suffered in the past few years, including the incident when his younger brother fainted from hunger not long ago.

Huang Suqin was so furious after hearing this that she almost wanted to go find that scumbag brother-in-law to argue with him.

"Suqin, take them inside to take a bath, change clothes, and eat something!" an old lady reminded.

As an outsider, she felt indignant when she heard how two children, and their biological father, were treated. Was he a beast?
"Yeah!"

Huang Suqin reacted and took the two children to the backyard.

The women in the front yard have already started talking.

"Suqin doesn't have any children either. In my opinion, she should just come here and raise them herself so that she can take care of them in her old age."

"That also requires the consent of the biological father!"

"How could he not agree?"

"Are you kidding me? He's my own son, and you can't make the decision?"

"Even a tiger won't eat its own cubs. It's really not a human being."

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When they got home, Huang Suqin noticed that Shengli was carrying a bag. She thought it was the brothers' clothes or something, but after touching it, it seemed not to be the case.

"Victory, what is this?" she couldn't help but ask.

"Aunt! Didn't I just tell you? My brother fainted from hunger. By chance, a kind-hearted man on a bicycle passed by and left some taro for us. We ate one." Shengli even opened the bag and showed it to his aunt.

There was indeed taro inside.

Huang Suqin sighed: There are still many good people!

My scumbag brother-in-law is not a human being.

"Remember the kindness others have shown you." Huang Suqin taught.

Shengli nodded: "Aunt, I remember." Huang Suqin was glad that her two nephews did not "grow up crooked" and at least they knew how to be grateful.

Then, she scrubbed the two children's baths. Seeing that the two brothers had very little flesh on their bodies, she almost couldn't hold back her tears. She cursed someone's ancestors for several generations in her heart.

There were no clothes for the children at home, so she had to borrow two sets from others.

Their yard was quite harmonious, so it was easy to borrow two sets. There were many patches and they didn't fit well. But for now, this was all they could do.

Huang Suqin made two bowls of noodles and, unusually, beat two eggs into the noodles.

But she was thinking in her heart how to win the two children over.

Noodles with eggs were placed on the table. Although Shengyi wanted to eat it very much, he still had to wait for his brother's opinion. No matter how hungry he was, he had to endure it until his brother gave the order.

"Eat quickly!"

"Aunt! We don't need to eat so well, as long as we have something to eat, I will help my uncle with the work." Shengli said.

In his mind, if he didn't work, he wouldn't have food. So when he and his brother went to live with their aunt, they naturally hoped to exchange their labor for food.

Otherwise, he was really worried that his uncle would see his two brothers eating free meals and drive them away.

Huang Suqin sighed in her heart and was also pleased with the understanding of her two nephews.

"Eat! You two can't eat your aunt and uncle down. You should have brought your brother to your aunt's place earlier and let your aunt decide for you."

After thanking them, the two brothers started eating.

"After you've eaten, stay in the yard and don't run outside. Your aunt will go to find your uncle." Huang Suqin couldn't sit still. After giving some instructions, she went out to the machine repair factory where her husband worked.

The machine repair plant is actually a small factory affiliated with the First Steel Plant, with less than a thousand workers.

Her husband Cheng Siguang is a workshop team leader in the factory and also a level 6 mechanic. He has a good salary and a bright future.

My only worry now is that I don’t have children.

"Old Cheng, my sister's two children, Shengli and Shengyi, came to our house. They..." Huang Suqin recounted what happened to her nephew and then expressed her own thoughts.

When Cheng Siguang heard this, he felt a little excited and started thinking immediately.

Originally, the couple wanted to adopt one or two children. Now the situation is so difficult that the subdistrict office is almost worried about the people who flee to the city every day.

It’s okay for adults, just let them fend for themselves, but we can’t ignore children!

Therefore, the street office encouraged families with the ability to adopt children.

However, adopting those children is not safe, after all, we don't know their background, character, etc.

Some people say that you can teach slowly, and even a stone can be warmed up, but a child’s character can often be seen at the age of three, and a child’s character is basically determined at a few years old.

Of course, there are exceptions. Some children were very bad when they were young, but they can become good people through influence.

It’s just that the proportion is really not too large.

"Suqin, you go back first. I'll think about it carefully. We have to sever the children's relationship with their father, otherwise we will be in trouble in the future." Cheng Siguang said calmly.

It’s not that he’s afraid that the children will go with their father in the future. Doesn’t he have the confidence to keep the children?
But I'm afraid that man will take advantage of the fact that he is the child's biological father and come to ask for money from time to time, which no one can stand.

"Well! Okay, I'll go to the cloth shop to buy some cloth. Shengli and Shengyi have no clothes to wear." Huang Suqin even took out the cloth coupons at home.

Cheng Siguang shook his head: "Just go buy ready-made clothes! You don't need that little money."

Since he decided to adopt his two nephews, Cheng Siguang would not be stingy and spend the money he needed. With his salary, supporting a family of four was not a problem at all.

Back in the workshop, Cheng Siguang's mind was not on work.

The workers noticed something was wrong, asked around, and gave him some advice. As everyone knew, Lao Cheng's biggest concern was having a child.

Thanks to brother benbenben for the 1500 reward and brother cyndi1982 for the 100 reward!

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