CHAPTER 118: CHAPTER 118: XU DAHAI SETS UP A STALL

He didn’t elaborate much, but the three of them understood the unspoken meaning.

Lin Qin nodded, "Then please trouble brother-in-law to look after her for a few days. Wenjun just said that Gao Lei won’t be back until three days later. When he arrives in An City, it will probably be four or five days later. By then, maybe the police station would have found someone."

Xu Dahai deeply agreed.

The matter was settled, but the problem of the child’s food remained.

Lin Yi struggled for a long time and took out his last bit of money to find Lin Qin, "I know your cousin and his wife weren’t fair, but on the Zhu family’s side, your cousin is the only male. Your uncle definitely wants a grandson. If their family could pay the fine, they wouldn’t have abandoned the child.

Don’t be mad... Of course! Dad isn’t making excuses for your cousin, just on your mom’s account, I don’t want to argue."

Lin Qin’s eyes reddened, her emotions very intense, "Dad! I don’t care what Zhu Fugen and Li Lan think. I’m just sad for the child. She was just born, and because she isn’t a boy, she was abandoned by her biological parents. If Wenjun hadn’t recognized Ping’an’s items, who knows what would have happened to her!

Even if the couple couldn’t raise her, couldn’t they at least pay the hospital fees and properly find a well-off family for the child to be adopted by? In my opinion, the two of them are irresponsible and selfish, nothing else!"

Lin Yi couldn’t argue back, only repeating to reassure Lin Qin, "I’m just worried the child won’t have enough to eat. Such a young baby can’t just keep drinking rice soup. I wonder if someone would share some milk?"

Lin Qin had a severe headache, "Dad! We live on an island, where can we find a woman with surplus milk? And even if we found one, they might not be willing to share."

Lin Yi immediately took out his money, "See if you can buy some first, just keep the child alive for now. It’s only a few days, it won’t cost much."

"Dad, it’s not about the money. Our family isn’t really short of this little money... Forget it, we can’t clarify this between us. Let’s wait for the police investigation, but I have to tell you in advance, what my cousin and his wife did was wrong. They’ve already been blacklisted by me, and I don’t want anything to do with them in the future.

We’ll wait for the police investigation results and see what they say. If they really deny it, then from now on, this child has nothing to do with them! You don’t need to tell them the child’s whereabouts, swear you won’t say a word!" Lin Qin stared unblinkingly at Lin Yi.

Lin Yi nodded quickly, "Don’t worry, your dad isn’t senile yet."

Having received Lin Yi’s promise, Lin Qin visibly relaxed.

The immediate issue was indeed the child’s food. The father and daughter discussed it.

Lin Yi would ride a bike to Shanglin Village to find a family that raised goats to buy goat’s milk.

Originally, they wanted to buy breast milk, but that’s hard to explain and would likely lead to gossip. Saying it’s for the family’s child to drink goat’s milk, no one would suspect.

There are only a few families raising goats in Shanglin Village, and Lin Yi is somewhat acquainted with them. They mainly raise goats for meat to sell at the end of the year, and they don’t have many dairy goats.

Lin Yi found a family that was easier to talk to and arranged to buy four jin of goat’s milk from them, agreeing to collect it every afternoon.

When he returned with the goat’s milk, the child had just awoken, crying from hunger.

Xu Dahai quickly took the goat’s milk and boiled half a jin for the child.

That half jin could last until evening.

With enough goat’s milk, the child was full and fell asleep again.

The adults all breathed a sigh of relief.

In the evening, when Ping’an and Yaya returned, they were thrilled to learn there was a new little sister at home, staying in Xu Dahai’s guest room, not wanting to leave.

Xu Dahai, at this time, was helping Huang Yuezhen with farm work alongside Lin Yi.

Leaning against the door frame, Lin Qin leisurely asked, "Do you guys prefer a little brother or a little sister?"

"We like both!" Ping’an turned her head, looking eagerly at Lin Qin’s belly, "Mom, when the little brother is born, we’ll have both a little brother and a little sister!"

Lin Qin laughed, "How do you know it’s a little brother in mom’s belly? What if it’s a little sister?"

"That doesn’t matter! Just like Yaya, she’d be my good little sister!" Ping’an said loudly.

The little one murmured something, turned his little head, and suddenly opened his eyes.

Lin Qin’s face changed, "Oh no! She woke up. Probably pooped and is hungry! You guys watch your sister first, mommy’s going to heat the milk."

By the time Lin Qin finished her chores, it was completely dark, and by her reckoning, Chen Wenjun should have been on his way back.

After putting the child back to sleep, she had Ping’an and Yaya do their homework and then went to the kitchen to make dinner.

That night was Xu Dahai’s first time alone with the newborn baby.

Thankfully, Huang Yuezhen got up twice in the night to remind him, and Xu Dahai fed the baby and changed the diaper. The child was so well-behaved that even Xu Dahai, such a big man, felt tender-hearted.

The next morning, he couldn’t help but lament to everyone, "The baby’s biological parents are so cruel, to abandon such a good little girl just like that!"

Xu Dahai shook his head, carried his hoe, and returned to his work in the fields.

For the next three days, there was no word from Shen Wenfeng, but Gao Lei returned first with a boatload of goods.

At around eight that night, the cargo ship passed by Nanyu and stopped outside Chen Wenjun’s house.

Gao Lei shouted a couple of times before Lin Yi came out to open the door.

Seeing it was Gao Lei back, Lin Yi hurriedly welcomed him in warmly, explaining, "Wenjun is still delivering goods and will return around ten. You can come in and sit for a while."

Gao Lei stopped in his tracks, "Since brother Wenjun isn’t here, I won’t sit. The goods are on the boat. Whoever wants to wholesale, uncle, call them over. They can come on board to pick or I can have someone bring out samples."

"Then bring them out, and I’ll call some people over to pick," Lin Yi said while running toward the house.

Meanwhile, Gao Lei called his men to start unloading samples.

Everyone gathered in the courtyard, and Lin Yi turned on the courtyard lights. A group of people surrounded the dazzling samples, occasionally exclaiming in amazement.

Having been reborn, Lin Qin was a seasoned observer and knew what clothes were selling well at that time. She helped Xu Dahai pick several items of women’s blouses, some in Dacron and other materials, ranging from elegant and pure to vivid and grand. Except for the Dacron, which was a bit more expensive, the wholesale prices were reasonable.

Wholesale for three yuan, sold in town for five yuan or a little over four yuan, all with decent profit margins.

Most women’s skirts were long, costing one or two yuan more.

The men’s fashion was simple; the trendy items were always in demand.

As for shoes, there were summer sandals and leather shoes. Since it was summer, the leather shoes were mostly last year’s stock. Gao Lei helped clear the stock, which came with a low purchase price and a low selling price to Xu Dahai.

After hearing Gao Lei’s offer, Lin Yi was tempted, wanting everything he saw.