However, Feng Qingxue was reluctant to set such a precedent.
If she were to adopt Gangzi, her home would become a safe haven, a real orphanage.
Were she to embody a spirit of selflessness, emulating those great female leaders, it would seem that she should do so. Following the growth of Lu Jiang's venture, a decade or two later, she would be recognized as a heroic mother, achieving both fame and fortune.
Taking these children in during the famine years would be akin to bestowing upon them new parents, a highly noble act.
But she simply was not that great; she was just an ordinary woman.
She had elders at home, young ones to look after, plus she had to care for Lu Jiang's comrades. Had their resources been limitless, it would have been fine, but they weren't. The supply only went out but never came in. There would come a day when they ran dry.