Yan Yu didn't see her father when she got up. When she saw that Sanbao was not there, she knew that her father had left the village.
Just after breakfast, Mrs. Qi came.
"Last night, when my fifth child came back, he came to see my mother and asked her if she knew how much gift money was needed to get married in Guanzhou. She also asked her if there was anyone in the west and north of the village that she liked. She thought she liked him.
After asking who he was, I found out that he was thinking about his fourth brother. My fourth brother was so embarrassed that he kept beating his brother."
Mrs. Qi followed Li Xuemei's example and sat cross-legged on the kang.
Not to mention, this kang is connected to the stove. I just finished cooking in the morning and it is hot from below. It is very comfortable.
Li Xuemei: "It's time for the fourth child in your family to take a look. Do you have anyone you like?"
Madam Qi: "Originally, my mother wanted to hire a daughter from Da'an Village. Our two villages have always had close ties. Although our village is not wealthy, we are all serious people, so Da'an Village is willing to hire a daughter from Da'an Village.
After getting married, there are many people in our village whose natal family is from Da'an Village.
But you know what my family is like, girls, where the fourth and fifth go to work...
When I heard that no one was happy, and so were several nearby villages, my mother stopped thinking and thought about finding someone further away to ask.
This delay has been delayed until now. Our whole village has traveled from Qishan to Guanzhou, who would have thought."
Mrs. Qi was a little sad.
Li Xuemei cheered up. The three of them knew nothing about the original person's past and had to rely on exploration.
They had thought before that the two Yan brothers had no elders, but Da Ya and Heng'er must have a maternal family, and she, where is her natal family? How many people are in the family? What is the situation?
However, they had no way of asking these questions, and it was hard to ask outsiders about them, so they kept them in mind.
"There are quite a few daughters-in-law from Da'an Village in our village." Li Xuemei said along the lines.
"No, those from the Cui family, Luo Er's daughter-in-law from the village head Luo's family, the Wang family, the Hu family...the third uncle from the old Song family is also from Da'an Village." Mrs. Qi said.
Li Xuemei said in her heart: It's really a lot. I really wouldn't know if you didn't tell me. No wonder these families are so close to each other. It turns out that the daughters-in-law in the family are all from the same village.
"Da'an Village has a better life than ours. The third uncle of the Song family... why do you think of letting him come to our village?" Li Xuemei stopped.
"When the stepmother came into the house, she naturally couldn't accommodate the children she had given birth to before, so she tried her best to drive them out..." Madam Qi was talking, hurriedly slapping herself in the mouth, and looked at Li Xuemei anxiously: "Sister, look at me!
, I'm sorry, this..."
"It's okay, every family has its own scriptures that are difficult to recite." Li Xuemei already understood, she also has a stepmother?
"I wonder what their current situation is?" she asked deliberately vaguely.
As expected, Madam Qi continued: "What could be the situation? Just run away like us. Sister, don't be sad. You see, although Yan Er was careless before, he is sensible now. He knows that he feels sorry for you and is good to you. Our woman is so
What do you want to do with your life? Why don't you just want to know how to feel hot and cold?
Let me tell you from the bottom of my heart, your uncle is not a good person. How does your step-aunt treat you? She pretends not to see you under the same roof? It is not right to smear all the black and gray on a woman.
, I guess we will never see each other again in the future, alas! If you are really worried about her, just ask the Cui family, she has a girl who married to Xiaoli Village..."
Li Xuemei: It turns out that my natal family is from Xiaoli Village. I don’t have a stepmother, but an aunt. It sounds like she’s not very kind to me.
Since I live with my biological uncle, my biological parents are probably gone.
I don't know if I have any brothers or sisters.
Mrs. Qi talked for a while and then changed the topic back: "I think mom is still thinking about her cousin. She has a hard life. She is just a living relative. She wants to kiss her and talk about her cousin at home.
Come, my cousin is happy to come. The fourth and fifth children in our family are all good, but my eldest cousin thinks our family is living a poor life and is afraid that the girl will suffer hardship when she comes to our family...
Now that we have hope for life, I was thinking, can we ask Brother Yan to pay more attention when he goes out to see if the people from Da'an Village followed us to Guanzhou?"
"It's okay to ask around, but...will they come?"
Mrs. Qi: "I'm not sure either. When we were leaving, the village chief didn't let us go outside. He didn't let us go out to deliver the message until the last day. We said we were going to Guanzhou, but where would they go?
It’s really hard to say.”
"Maybe we'll go to Fucheng, which is closer." Li Xuemei added, "Maybe we'll go south?"
"No matter where you are, it's good to be alive." Mrs. Qi's mood was a little low.
After Mrs. Qi left, Li Xuemei thought for a while and went back to the Cui family to find Mrs. Cui.
Mrs. Cui saw her coming and said hello: "Come in quickly and get on the kang. The fire in my stove has not been removed, and the kang is still hot!"
Li Xuemei was not polite, took off her shoes and sat on the Cui family's kang.
"Try this, my two dogs found it in the mountains." Mrs. Cui brought up a handful of washed small fruits.
"Black Star?" Li Xuemei blurted out.
"Yes, that's the name. Master Lu and others also said so, but the head of my family is also named Long.
Look, it looks like a dragon. I think it should be called a black star. It's round and black, so much like it." Ms. Cui said plausibly.
Li Xuemei smiled and twisted one, put it in her mouth, and bit it lightly, getting the familiar popping texture.
"It's delicious." It's the taste of my childhood.
"What's more, I'll take it back to give it to the little ones at home to try when I leave." Mrs. Cui said diligently.
Li Xuemei sighed, not polite.
After telling Mrs. Cui that Mrs. Qi was looking for someone, Li Xuemei said: "Although it is like finding a needle in a haystack, it is still just a thought. I thought about asking the people in the village and helping everyone to inquire.
I heard the waiter and her uncle said that after we settle down, we have to go back to our place of origin to deliver official documents. In the current situation of Hu Ju, it will probably be later. It may be wrong. When we get over here, we should know what the situation is over there.
If we can find out, as long as the person is still there, whether he is in his place of origin or has settled somewhere else, we will have an idea in our mind, and we will know where to look for him in the future."
When Mrs. Cui heard this, she burst into tears.
"Isn't that right? It is said that a married daughter throws water away. When we leave the house, we belong to the husband's family. But after all, it is the meat that fell from the mother's belly. How can I not worry about my mother's family? I don't care about other people's families.
I know, but my mother-in-law must have come to Guanzhou. Brothers and sisters, you don’t know how I feel. I think about it every day and I am in pain. How difficult it is for us to go all the way, especially in Leshan Prefecture.
…
Wuwuwu! I regret it. Why did they have to come to Guanzhou? I don’t know how they are doing now. I don’t even dare to think about it. Wuwuwu..."