Chapter 2 The child she picked up is a lucky doll!

Jiang Daguo is an honest and simple village man.

He always thought that if he didn't have children, then he didn't have children. Having a wife was enough.

Besides, some people don’t even have a wife, but they still live their lives just the same, don’t they?

Seeing that Liu Xihua liked it, he did not object, "Okay, let's take it back."

Jiang Xiaoxiao opened her eyes slightly, grinned and blew bubbles, [Mom and Dad are good people, stick with mom and dad]

In the original book, Xiang's mother threw her into the trash can, and it was Jiang Daguo and Liu Xihua who picked her up.

But the original owner was a stupid and ungrateful person. When she grew up, she found out that she was a daughter of the Qi family and ran to the Qi family to recognize her relatives.

But the Qi family only wanted to use her to form an alliance and save their lazy and gambling-addicted son.

The Jiang family advised her not to be fooled, but the original owner thought that the Jiang family was ignorant and had ill intentions, so she severed ties with them. Even though Liu Xihua was seriously ill at that time and Jiang's younger brother was taking the college entrance examination, which was a critical moment and he could not be distracted, the original owner left without hesitation.

The original owner was PUA'd by her own mother and married to a lame old man as his second wife. The man received a huge betrothal gift but did not give her a penny.

After she married into her husband's family, her mother instigated her to empty her husband's family's property to save the Qi brothers.

Her husband's family property was squandered by the original owner, and she was not able to pay off the huge gambling debts owed by the Qi brothers. Her mother scolded her for being useless.

After the original owner was beaten up, divorced and kicked out of the house by her husband's family, her biological mother refused to let her enter the Qi family.

The Jiang family members were also disappointed and no one recognized her.

The original owner died of illness on a snowy street.

[Why don't you recognize such good parents? I will never leave mom and dad again. Mom, take care of yourself. I will be able to hold my brother next year! ] Jiang Xiaoxiao despised the original owner's stupidity in her heart.

Liu Xihua looked at the child in her arms, and seemed to hear the child saying that she would have good luck next year.

Tears began to fall again.

Can she really give birth to a fat boy next year? If so, the child she picked up is a lucky doll!

Liu Xihua and Jiang Daguo took Jiang Xiaoxiao back to the ward.

The child was too dirty and was crying, so Liu Xihua asked Jiang Daguo to find a nurse to help.

The nurse on duty had probably seen this happen many times. When she heard that they had found a newborn baby girl in the trash can, the nurse on duty, who was in her thirties, said calmly, "The child needs to be cleaned, disinfected, and fed some milk. She can then be discharged after registering with the head nurse."

In 1980, it was very common to find abandoned baby girls in hospitals.

Worse still, it’s a dead baby.

It is a blessing for the child that he is found alive.

The nurse shook her head, took the child and took him away.

Liu Xihua was afraid that the nurse would lose the baby, so she asked Jiang Daguo to follow the nurse to watch the baby being washed.

There were five or six other hospitalized patients in the same ward, as well as several family members accompanying them.

Among those who are hospitalized, some are having abortions because they do not want too many babies, some are there to preserve the fetus, some are hospitalized after giving birth, and some are waiting to give birth.

All of them are pregnant women.

When they saw Liu Xihua picking up a child, they all asked, "Is it a boy or a girl?"

"It's a girl." Liu Xihua looked happy.

When they heard it was a girl, everyone's faces were filled with confusion and contempt.

Because Jiang Daguo and Liu Xihua were dressed too shabbily.

Jiang Daguo's trouser legs were patched, and in the March weather, he was barefoot wearing a pair of tattered Jiefang rubber shoes. Liu Xihua was dark and thin, and looked like a refugee. Such a poor family actually picked up a child to raise. Are they mentally ill?
Liu Xihua saw their expressions, pursed her lips and said nothing.

Let them dislike her daughter, she likes her anyway.

After Jiang Xiaoxiao was washed clean by the nurse, she was wrapped in new clothes and blankets. "All of these are from the hospital, you have to pay extra." The nurse handed Jiang Daguo a receipt, a small bottle and a small packet of milk powder, and told him how to make the milk powder.

Seeing that he had spent another large sum of money, Jiang Daguo squeezed his empty purse and put the receipt into his pocket.

You need to pay a deposit at the hospital before being admitted. The fees will be settled when you are discharged, and any excess will be refunded or supplemented.

Now that we have another child, it’s impossible to have any surplus.

Jiang Daguo carried Jiang Xiaoxiao back to the ward, and Liu Xihua hurriedly took her in her arms.

Jiang Xiaoxiao smelled fragrant all over, and Liu Xihua liked it very much. She put her face against Jiang Xiaoxiao's.
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After Liu Xihua underwent a miscarriage and curettage, she needed to stay in the hospital for three days to recuperate according to the doctor's advice.

But the couple was afraid of spending too much money, and since they had adopted a child, their expenses had increased. So they had the surgery the day before, settled the hospital bill the next morning, and left the hospital.

Just as Jiang Daguo had expected, after the settlement, not only was there no extra money, but he had to pay an additional five yuan and eighty cents.

To go back to the village, I have to go to the bus station to take a bus home, but the hospital is about ten stops away from the station.

Take the bus to the station.

Liu Xihua didn't want to spend too much money, "Daguo, the bus is too crowded, shall we walk to the station?"

Today is Wednesday. Early in the morning, buses of all routes are crowded with people going to school or work.

Looking at the bus that was as packed as pickled radish strips in a can, Liu Xihua glanced at the child in her arms and frowned.

Jiang Daguo moved the bag he was using for the hospital stay to his shoulder and shook his head, saying, "You just had surgery, how can you walk that far? No, no, wait a little longer, there will definitely be an empty car."

He put down the luggage bag, water bottle and washbasin, and helped Liu Xihua sit on the luggage bag.

But Liu Xihua refused to wait for the bus no matter what.

Jiang Xiaoxiao fell asleep but was awakened by the sound of cars and people talking on the street.

She suddenly remembered something. When Jiang Daguo and his wife were holding her and waiting for the bus, someone dropped a very important file bag at the bus stop and couldn't find it. They even broadcast an advertisement on the radio station offering a reward for finding it.

[It would be great if mom could pick up that file bag. The person who lost it would reward mom handsomely.]

[There are so many people today. I wonder if the file bag I dropped on the platform was picked up by others.]

Liu Xihua was arguing with Jiang Daguo about whether or not to take the bus when she suddenly heard her daughter's voice and was stunned.

Portfolio? What kind of portfolio?

Bus stop?

Isn't she sitting at the bus stop?
Just as she was wondering, Liu Xihua discovered a khaki paper bag under the luggage bag she was sitting on.

The words "file bag" were written on the paper bag.

She stood up and called Jiang Daguo to pick it up.

Jiang Daguo and Liu Xihua have both attended literacy classes run by the village brigade. They can recognize thousands of characters and most of the place names in the province.

Jiang Daguo read the words on the file: "Name: Hu Qingsong; Unit: A City People's Broadcasting Station."

Liu Xihua was surprised and said, "Oh, this file bag looks very important. Who lost it?"

Jiang Daguo looked around, holding up the file bag in his hand and shouting, "Who lost the paper bag? Who lost it?"

People waiting for the bus, passers-by, and those selling newspapers and cigarettes on the roadside all looked at him.

A few people came over curiously, took a look at the file bag in his hand, and then walked away.

Jiang Daguo called out several times, but no one came to claim the body.

"Daguo, let's wait a bit. The person who lost the things will definitely come looking for us." Liu Xihua said.

"Well, let's wait." Jiang Daguo did not object.

(End of this chapter)