In an impoverished backwater like this, just getting enough to eat was a blessing. Adopting a child? Wouldn't that just make life even harder?
A baby might not eat much, but they take up so much time. How would she work? Was she planning on taking the Little Red Carp with her everywhere?
Besides, it was already hard enough for an unmarried young woman with a simple-minded brother to find a husband. Now she'd picked up an infant to be her sister!
The burden was too heavy. No man would be willing to take that on!
After the meal, Zhao Nuanyue held the Little Red Carp, and with her brother and Hua Yusen in tow, went to the home of Li Guihua, the director of the Women's Federation.
Li Guihua had also just finished her meal. Seeing Zhao Nuanyue arrive with a baby in her arms, she grew curious. After looking the child over, she realized it wasn't one of the village kids and asked, "Nuanyue, whose child is that?"
