Chapter 39: Aunt
"Little Four."
Lu Quan was holding the boat, watching as he happily fished out a girl from the river meadow with a small net bag on the bow.
It's inappropriate to call her a girl. She is dressed in khaki clothes, with fluffy hair tied at the sides, and a pair of big black and white eyes embedded in her dark little face, making it impossible to tell the difference between male and female.
"Dad, what's going on?"
Lu Quan swallowed hard and asked cautiously: "Don't you want to see your aunt?"
Yesterday, Mrs. Qiu asked her if she wanted to see her aunt, but the child refused.
But at night, Lu Quan tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, and felt that he should take the child to see him.
Something happened to the Lu family, something happened to the Shen family, this aunt was probably the closest relative Xiao Si had left in this world.
If he doesn't take his children to see him, he always feels that he feels sorry for them.
In the end, it was Mrs. Qiu who made the decision. You should go anyway, but don't admit it if you admit it, so as not to bring disaster to the children.
Just take a look at her from a distance to make sure her aunt is okay, and it will satisfy the child's filial piety.
When Mr. Qiu said this, Lu Quan was determined.
It's not good to not see her, and it's not good to see her. It's better to take a look at her from a distance than to do nothing while knowing that your aunt will be released from the county jail today.
When Lu Quan asked Xiao Si again, Xiao Si did not refuse and just followed him to Nanyang City.
"No!"
Lu Xiaosi picked up the small net bag from the water and looked at it. There were only aquatic plants and no fish or shrimps. He put it back happily and muttered in a low voice, "I have forgotten what my aunt looks like."
She really couldn't remember, everything in the fragments of memory was blurry.
"Xiaosi,"
Lu Quan looked at the childish Lu Shege and breathed a sigh of relief, "Your aunt is your biological aunt after all. Let's just go and see it this time. Just see from a distance whether she is really released. I know your aunt is in prison."
It feels relieved to be released, right? As for..."
At this point, Lu Quan hesitated. Could he say that he would not let the child recognize his aunt?
What should a child do if she cries and wants to follow her aunt when she meets her biological aunt?
Chen Shizhen was a pavilion chief before he ran away. He was able to marry a daughter of the Shen family and be a brother-in-law to the owner of the village. He was not a small family in the local area.
Unlike his family, who were so poor that they didn't even have the money to buy good food for their children.
But Lu Quan was extremely worried if the child was handed over to her aunt.
In the Lu family, from the death of Lu Yuanshan to the burning of Lujiazhuang to the ground, there were rumors that the Lu family was involved in bandits.
Lu Quan didn't believe that Lu Yuanshan would collude with bandits, but if it was Chen Shikui, he believed it was possible.
Now, Chen Shizhen has run away and Lu Yuanshan is dead.
But Lu Quan has no idea whether the matter is over or not.
"Xiao Si, can we just see it from a distance?"
Lu Sheige blinked his big eyes and looked at Lu Quan, pursed his lips and said nothing, with a puzzled look on his face.
She knows everything, but she can only pretend not to understand.
"You...the matter with your biological father hasn't been over yet. I'll take you to see your aunt this time. If you make a fuss and go with your aunt, I'm afraid, I'm afraid..."
"Dad, I can't do it. I am my father's child."
If the child hadn't been born so well, Lu Quan himself would have quickly believed Lu Xiange's words that this was his child.
But he knew that his family could not produce such a good child.
Beautiful, smart and transparent...
If Master Lu hadn't died and Lu's village hadn't been burned down, this child wouldn't have known which big family he would go to as a clan wife.
Now I follow them and endure hardships. I really feel sorry for my children!
Lu Quan was still struggling. Lu Xiangge once again picked up the fishing net from the water and held it up to Lu Quan happily: "Dad, look, there are fish."
In the net, a small silver fish jumped happily.
"Put them in a bucket and raise them. Then catch a few more and ask your mother to make soup for you later."
Hearing what Lu Quan said, Lu Xiangge became more and more interested.
It’s not that she is playful, but she has never experienced the experience of catching fish in the river with just a net.
Before the boat arrived in Nanyang County, Lu Sheige had already fished out four or five various miscellaneous fish from the river, plus two lively grass shrimps.
That's it. Although it's not much, it's still enough to make soup when I go back.
Seeing that the sun was still early, Lu Quan simply stopped the boat in the middle of the river and cast a few nets.
Now, Lu Sheige's fish bucket was full, and there was already more than half of the bucket filled with wild fish.
"Dad, this fish will be sold in Nanyang County later and can be exchanged for some food."
Lu Xiangge was tired from fishing, so he simply sat on the bow of the boat with his knees in his arms, staring at the sparkling lake in a daze.
When the boat arrived in Nanyang County, Lu Quan found a dock and tied up the boat. He spent another two cents and bought a bamboo stick. This bamboo stick was very similar to the bamboo sticks used by the baggage carriers at the dock, but it was not as long and wider.
One end is painted red and the other is painted green, and there is a number ten-three in the middle of the bamboo sign.
This bamboo sign is used for storing ships at the pier, and the number 13 indicates that it is the ship moored at the 13th position of the pier.
At such a small pier, you can park the boat for an hour, charge two cents, and use a bamboo sign to get the boat.
If we change to a larger pier, it will cost at least five cents an hour.
After parking the boat, Lu Quan carried the bucket and led Lu Xiangge along the river embankment into the city.
Nanyang City is built on the mountains, and the entire county is surrounded by mountains and rivers, with beautiful and pleasant scenery.
The county government office was not very close to the dock. By the time Lu Quan led Lu Shengge to the county government office, it was already the time when the sun was rising.
The father and son did not come near, but found a shady place to squat near a tea stall opposite the county government office.
"Dad, are we just going to stay here?"
Lu Sheige looked at the Nanyang County Government Office. He seemed very calm and couldn't see anything different.
"Well, wait."
They arrived early, and it was estimated that the county government officials had just started running errands when they saw several people wearing government uniforms coming in and out.
The two of them waited at the gate of the county government office for more than an hour. When the sun was high in the sky, they moved several times following the shadows of the trees, and then they saw a woman in shabby clothes and a dull expression walking out of the corner door next to the county government office.
It was probably because the light was too bright, or because the person felt a little weak just after leaving the cell.
The woman walked out the door, raised her hands to cover her eyebrows, and swayed twice before she could stand still.
Didn't anyone answer her?
Lu Xiangge turned his head and glanced at Lu Quan. Lu Quan opened his mouth, sighed silently, and continued to squat.
Seeing that Lu Quan didn't move, Lu Shege didn't move either.
At this time, at the tea stall next to them, a woman who had arrived earlier than them and had already drank three or four pots of tea led the young man beside her to stand up.
"Brother Ming, pick up the car and take your aunt home."
The young man stood up and responded cheerfully: "Hey, I'll go right away, kid."
aunt?
Lu Shege suddenly turned his head to look at the woman. She had asked Lu Quan that there were only four siblings in the Shen family.
In other words, apart from the two uncles who died together with her mother Shen Qinghe, there was only this aunt Shen Qinglian who had just come out of the cell. When did another person named Aunt Shen Qinglian appear?
Could it be that her mother and brothers came back from the dead?
Chapter completed!