The Delicate Darling with Her Rough Man novel Chapter 212

Chapter 212: Chapter 211: Good Days Are Ahead

"Jiandong, you’re a good man. Taking them in during times this hard... Sweet Girl and Xiao Yang will have to repay your kindness well in the future."

"Those two are sensible children. You’ve got good days ahead of you!"

The neighbor wasn’t wrong. Sweet Girl and Xiao Yang were very capable. If she didn’t already have several children at home, she would have wanted to take them in herself.

Lin Jiandong put on an honest smile.

"Yes, you’re right. Sweet Girl and Xiao Yang are truly good kids. Their father and I were close brothers. Now that he’s gone, Sweet Girl and Xiao Yang are like my own children."

The neighbor nodded.

Turning, she saw the thin clothes on Sweet Girl and Xiao Yang and couldn’t help but mention it.

"Those children’s clothes are too thin. They offer no warmth at all. It must be agony wearing them in this cold. You should figure out a way to make them a new set of clothes."

In the past, the neighbor wouldn’t have said such a thing.

But now that Lin Jiandong had adopted them, he was their father. Naturally, he couldn’t let Sweet Girl and Xiao Yang wear clothes that weren’t warm enough.

Lin Jiandong quickly agreed.

"We’re making them!"

"It’s just not that fast. The fabric is old, but the cotton filling is brand new. I wanted to buy them a new set, but it was too expensive."

Times were hard for everyone.

Even the biological children of well-off families didn’t necessarily get to wear new clothes. Having old ones to wear was already quite good.

The two of them chatted for a bit from a distance, and by then Sweet Girl had already brought Lin Daya and Lin Tie Dan over.

Seeing them, Lin Jiandong ended the conversation.

They went inside and began to eat, everyone gathered around a single table.

Lin Daya and Lin Tie Dan each got a bowl of steamed egg custard drizzled with sesame oil, and they also each got a two-flour steamed bun.

The adults also had two-flour steamed buns, along with two griddle cakes each.

Sweet Girl and Xiao Yang each got one cornbread bun.

When the soup was served, each member of the Lin Family got a bowl of thick corn grits porridge, while Sweet Girl and Xiao Yang only received a bowl of the thin broth, without a single grain of corn.

Sweet Girl and Xiao Yang were already used to this.

The weather was good today, so Jin Meifeng had made a special trip out to ask around about families looking to adopt a boy.

Jin Meifeng had just gotten back when Sweet Girl returned, so they hadn’t had a chance to talk about it yet.

Now that they had sent everyone away, it was time to discuss Xiao Yang.

A smile appeared on Jin Meifeng’s face as she lowered her voice.

"I found someone. There’s a couple in the County Town. They’ve been married for several years without any children, so they’re thinking of adopting."

"But they couldn’t find a suitable child. So I mentioned Xiao Yang. At first, they were hesitant because of his age, but luckily I’m smart. I told them his story, and as soon as they heard he was an orphan, they immediately agreed."

People looking to adopt don’t like older children because they can already form memories. They worry that after raising the child, he’ll just turn around and go looking for his birth parents. Then all their effort would be for nothing.

Xiao Yang’s birth parents were both dead. Once the couple heard he had no parents, they were naturally delighted.

Even when the boy was grown, no one would come to take him back.

Chen Shulan didn’t care about any of that. What she cared about was how much money they would get.

"Mom, what about the price?"