When Lu Su drove his car to the village, the boys in the village were busy catching cicadas.
Recently, there have been fewer cicadas on this side, so they had to go farther away to catch them.
Hearing that a car had entered the village, the children threw away the pennies in their net pockets and quickly returned to the village.
These days, two wheels are not very common, let alone four wheels. If you have a chance to look at one, you can brag about it for a year.
Not to mention that the children would not miss this opportunity, even the adults couldn't help but come out of the house to see what was going on.
The car drove very slowly and stopped in front of Gu Huai's house.
Everyone was even more excited to eat melon and watch the excitement.
Gu Huai heard the honking of the car outside and had already expected that such a day would come. He said to Xiao Xiao who was lighting the fire: "Someone is looking for you. Go out and have a look."
Xiao Xiao wiped his gray face.
Looking for her?
In fact, she has no sense of presence in the village. Except for Dahu, almost no one will take the initiative to look for her.
With a face full of questions, Xiao Xiao walked to the door and saw the black car.
Xiao Xiao had more questions.
She knew this car, it belonged to Aunt Lu. But what was she doing here?
Lu Su got out of the car, hugged Xiao Xiao and started crying without waiting for Xiao Xiao to say a word.
Xiao Xiao was even more confused.
She looked at Secretary Mei next to her as if asking for help. The secretary also wiped away her tears and explained to Xiao Xiao:
"Miss Xiao, you are the person our Mr. Lu is looking for."
Xiao Xiao struggled and wanted to say that he had made a mistake.
The person they are looking for is already in his thirties, and she is only over nine years old. How can he have a relationship with her?
Secretary Mei continued: "Your mother's pseudonym is Xiao Mei, but her real name is Lu Meimei."
So all these years, they have never found her.
Xiao Xiao still felt a little unconvinced.
But she is greedy for the warmth of Lu Su. Because she is really good to herself, even though she is a stranger.
Lu Su quickly regained his composure.
She asked Xiao Xiao: "Which hospital is your mother...in?"
When she came, the secretary had already investigated the matter clearly. The reason why she asked Xiao Xiao was just hoping that Xiao Xiao could go with her.
As expected, Xiao Xiao began to hesitate.
Russo said: "You can bring someone with you."
Gu Huai embarked on the road to a mental hospital.
Xiao Xiao has saved a lot of money recently, all of which she got from Gu Huai. She already has a deposit of nearly thirty yuan in her hand. She feels that Gu Huai can't pay for ten more yuan.
Sell her for money.
After all, without her, who would go to the drugstore to sell the cicada?
With money, Xiao Xiao's trust in Gu Huai reached a peak.
Xiao Xiao's mother was sent to a nursing home outside the village.
Because they had no money, the place they were sent to was poor, and the place they lived in was not much different from a pigsty.
Seeing the crumbling walls outside, Lu Su still couldn't hold back his tears.
They say people are timid when they are close to home. When she came here, she was a little afraid to go in.
The considerate Secretary Mei understood Lu Su's thoughts and asked in a low voice: "How about I go get Sister Mei Mei out?"
Lu Su shook his head.
She took a deep breath, held Xiao Xiao's hand, got out of the car, and walked into the nursing home.
The inside of the sanatorium is worse than the outside.
There were brown residues of vomit on the steps, as well as some red rust-colored spots.
Maybe it's blood, maybe not.
Several people were slightly uncomfortable, but Gu Huai looked as usual. Apart from disgust, there was no other superfluous expression on his brows.
Xiao Xiao timidly said: "Well, this shouldn't be human blood."
She comforted everyone.
She used to come to this nursing home often to help her mother with bathing and food. But then she got busy because of Gu Huai and couldn't take care of it, which made her feel a little guilty.
There are only a few caregivers here, and everyone is very busy and doesn't have time to take care of a few people.
So it was Xiao Xiao who led Gu Huai and others to find Xiao Xiao's mother's room.
Xiao Xiao opened the door, and inside there was a long-haired woman sitting on the bedside, looking out the window.
The light from outside shone in, making her outline look a little blurry.
Just from the back, she is a very beautiful woman.
Lu Su burst into tears almost immediately.
She said with a trembling voice: "Meimei..."
The figure on the other side seemed to pause for a moment.
"mom!"
Only then did Lu Meimei turn her head.
She looked at Xiao Xiao with warmth in her eyes: "Xiaoxiao, are you here?"
Lu Meimei looks very normal, not like a madman at all.
But Gu Huai knew in his heart that this was how she was under normal circumstances. When she was not normal, she almost strangled Xiao Xiao to death.
But Xiao Xiao doesn't blame her.
She knew that it was because of her existence that her grandmother suffered so much criticism, and it was precisely because of her existence that her grandmother was unable to start a new life of her own.
Xiao Xiao squatted in front of Lu Meimei and pushed her hair away.
"Mom, can I take you out of here?"
She knew that the purpose of Lu Su's coming here this time was to take her mother away.
Lu Meimei looked gentle and touched Xiao Xiao's face: "If you don't want to leave, it's good for Mom to stay here."
After hearing her words, Xiao Xiao couldn't hold it back, lowered his head and started sobbing.
She understands what mom means.
There is a crazy mother, she will only be discriminated against, bullied by the children in the village, and laughed at.
Only by leaving her can Xiao Xiao live a normal life.
Lu Su didn't know much about life in the village, but that didn't stop her from figuring out something from Xiao Xiao's face.
She knelt down and said to Lu Meimei who was sitting on the bed:
"Meimei, do you still know me? I am my sister."
Lu Meimei looked up at her and didn't speak for a while. She seemed to be carefully identifying who she was, but she didn't seem to be looking at anything.
After a long time, she continued to turn around and talk to Xiao Xiao.
Time has long left traces on both of their faces. Lu Meimei did not get any information from Lu Su's face.
Until Lu Su took out a family photo and showed it to Lu Meimei:
"Meimei, do you still remember this?"
The black-and-white photo has become a little yellowed, but the family's smiles are still full of smiles.
A woman who looked very much like Russel was standing next to a gentle man, and there were two little girls beside her.
Lu Meimei was attracted by this photo.
She looked at the photo and suddenly started to cry.
Lu Su trembled and pointed at one of the little girls: "Remember? This is you."
Pointing to another one: "This is me."
Lu Meimei's tears soaked the photo. She suddenly nodded hard, took the photo, put it close to her chest, nodded hard, nodded hard, nodded hard.
But she still didn't recognize Lu Su.
She only knows pictures.
Being able to recognize the photo already made Lu Su very happy.
She reached out and hugged Lu Meimei, who did not refuse this time.
Lu Su burst into tears.
Lu Su took Lu Meimei away and left Xiao Xiao with Gu Huai.
She originally wanted to take Xiao Xiao away with her, but Gu Huai's words gave up her idea.