Back To The 80s: President's Doted Wife

Chapter 1317: Chapter 1318: A Half-Baked Scheme for a Substitute Child

Mother Qi had just been casually talking, but after she spoke, she slowly came to realize that her suggestion was feasible.

The idea of raising a child has been around since ancient times. Some families couldn’t have sons, so they would adopt a boy, hoping to bring luck and eventually have a son.

Even now, it’s not uncommon. There’s a family in the neighboring village; they had several daughters and finally adopted a boy. Later, they truly had a son.

Currently, Qi Fengping is pregnant. It’s difficult to abort and even harder to raise the child. Why not just give the child to Cheng Su and Qi Taiguo to raise? After all, it’s a close uncle. What’s the big deal?

Cheng Su and Qi Taiguo were stunned and looked at Mother Qi as if she were a monster.

”This method is feasible and preserves the reputation. Since you all think that the ex-convict can’t be married, and it’s hard to have an abortion, I think this is the best option. Give birth, let you raise the child, and maybe next year, you both will conceive a child too!” Mother Qi’s eyes shone brightly.

Father Qi dropped his cigarette, burning his leg without even noticing.

Cheng Su stood up abruptly, her face darkened, and said, ”Mother, do you mean for us to raise Fengping’s child?”

What kind of person could come up with such an absurd idea!

”What’s the big deal? She’ll be your niece or nephew, and they’ll call you mom and dad in the future.” Mother Qi said, ”Isn’t that good?”

Cheng Su was so angry she laughed: ”Oh, it’s great. Now they’re advocating having boys and girls equally, pushing for single-child families. If we raise the child, then should Taiguo and I have our own or not in the future?”

It’s so ridiculous to ask them to raise the kid? The father is that kind of person—are they crazy?

”Does adopting mean you can’t have any?” Mother Qi was stunned.

”Whether you can or can’t, it simply can’t happen.” Cheng Su said coldly: ”Fengping made a mistake, and she should bear the consequences herself. It’s not right for us to bear it instead. Mother, you shouldn’t allow it. Now she’s unmarried and pregnant, if she has a child for us to raise, what about next time? Will we have to raise another one too?”

”Who said...”

”Shut up!” Father Qi suddenly shouted, ”What nonsense are you thinking? It’s shameful, go back to your room!”

”How am I shameful? I’m just trying to solve the problem.” Mother Qi said.

”Mom, the problem can’t be solved like this,” Qi Taiguo said coldly: ”Cheng Su is right. Fengping made a mistake and has to bear the consequences herself. She should remember this lesson.”

”Alright, alright, it’s all my fault, while you’re all right.” Mother Qi cried: ”Can’t you see I’m just trying to do what’s best for the Qi family, for her and for all of you? Doing things that harm our moral integrity results in nothing good—it brings bad luck and shortens our lives.”

Cheng Su stood up abruptly, staring coolly at Mother Qi: ”This is impossible. Mother, if you insist on doing this, then I’ll tell you now—sure, you can have the child adopted under our name, but I will no longer give birth to a grandchild for the Qi family. You choose!” Finished speaking, she went back to the room.

She wanted to see if Mother Qi would rather have someone else’s child than the Qi family’s blood.

Mother Qi stood stunned, pointing at Cheng Su’s retreating figure: ”She, she, she...”

”Be quiet! What a terrible idea.” Father Qi pulled her hand down, glaring fiercely at her: ”Don’t ever bring this up again, all this nonsense!”

Mother Qi was infuriated, looking around the room, seeing everyone’s disapproval, she snorted and went back to her room.