Chapter 52: Chapter 52 Nominal Adoption

    The remarks were given without any courtesy, but the Yue Family was not one to be trifled with either.

    Lin Chunju stood up at once, pointing at Zhang Tieniu’s nose.

    “Say that word again, and I swear I’ll chop you up with a kitchen knife!”@@@@

    Her voice was loud, startling Niu Lihua into retreating a couple of steps.

    “You, you wouldn’t dare.”

    Lin Chunju scoffed, “Why don’t you try me and find out?”

    Yue Jiannan taunted in a mocking tone, “Mom, no need for you to dirty your hands, I can handle it. I heard someone say I’m not of age yet, so even if I did something, I probably wouldn’t get a heavy sentence.”

    Such an assured tone indeed frightened the two of them.

    Yue Jiandong spoke coldly, “Once Yingzi married into our family, she became one of us. What are you to criticize her like this?”

    Zhang Tieniu trembled with anger, not expecting his useless daughter to be so well protected.

    Niu Lihua completely lost face and finally realized that Lin Chunju’s reputation for being fierce in the village was not without basis.

    If it weren’t for the thought of scouring something from the Yue Family, she would have turned and walked away.

    The Yue Family used to be so poor they weren’t even worthy of a visit, were they?

    With the conversation having reached this point, even thick-skinned people might find it hard to stay any longer.

    But Niu Lihua still wanted to make a final struggle. She secretly pinched Zhang Tieniu’s arm, signaling him to speak up.

    Zhang Tieniu chewed on his back teeth over and over before finally parting his lips.

    “Yingzi, I know you bear some grudges, but I did indeed raise you and marry you off when you were of age. Now that the household is in difficulty, you can’t just wash your hands of us.”

    “Besides, like your mother said earlier, the baby you picked up outside...” He swallowed the words forcefully and changed what he was about to say, “We don’t know where that child comes from. What if his biological parents come looking for him one day? He might just pack up and leave.”

    Yue Jiannan said sarcastically, “What’s it to do with your family? Mind your own radishes, it’s none of your concern.”

    Zhang Tieniu didn’t even glance at him but continued to speak directly to Zhang Ying.

    “You have a daughter in your house, and she can’t carry on the family name. Jiandong can’t die without someone to drop the offering lid for him. Let me tell you the truth, your brother’s wife is already pregnant. We paid for a secret check, and it’s a boy in her belly.”

    “Once the child is born, your mother and I can officially adopt him over to Jiandong. Wouldn’t you have a son then?”

    Carrying on the family line was of utmost importance in the village; any family without a son couldn’t hold their head up high.

    Ever since the country allowed only one child, families with only daughters were subject to ridicule.

    Niu Lihua refused to believe that, with such a big bait dangling before the Yue Family, they could resist taking the bite!