Lin Xinghua was worried when he heard that he was leaving, but in order not to cause trouble for them and to help take care of three children, he agreed.

"Okay, I guess she'll come again in a few days."

Xie Linan: "Why is she here?"

"Come and find Xiaoli. I told her that Xiaoli will be back in a few days."

Xie Linan: “…”

"Why did you tell her this?"

"After all, you are mother and daughter. You can't just not see each other, right? She gave birth to so many of you brothers, but you only have one daughter."

Xie Linan was speechless.

"Do you think she misses you? She wants to ask you to give it another try for the sake of her son. Seeing that none of us are suitable, she wants to ask you to give it another try."

Lin Xinghua was confused. "What do you mean?"

Xie Linan slapped his forehead and said, "Oh, I can't tell you. Anyway... oh, forget it, I won't say it anymore."

The question was so ambiguous that Lin Xinghua was scratching his head. "What's the matter? Explain it clearly."

Xie Linan ignored him and went straight upstairs.

Seeing them like this, Ye Xiaozhen persuaded the old man and said, "You saw it that day, right? Actually, the child is sick and needs treatment. Maybe... he needs help from big sister."

"Do you want to borrow money from her?"

Ye Xiaozhen: "..."

"I don't know either. Maybe the disease is a bit troublesome and needs to be treated in a big hospital in Haicheng. Lin An didn't mean anything else. He didn't want her to cause trouble to her elder sister."

"Oh!" Lin Xinghua sighed and said nothing more.

Ye Xiaozhen went upstairs and said to Xie Linan, "It's good to give it a try. If my sister doesn't work here, won't she have to think of other ways?"

Xie Linan: “…”

"You thought of that, too? You thought so, too?"

Ye Xiaozhen nodded, "Our guess is probably right. If we want her to come here on her own, this is the only way. But if we don't try with my sister, she won't give up."

"Oh! Okay, but it depends on whether Big Sister is willing."

"I know her. She would like it."

…

After the exam, Hongxia started to hang out with her classmates more frequently.

Lincheng is quite large and has many scenic spots.

Going out to play costs money, but at that time most families were not well off and might not be able to afford it.

Xie Linan thought, if Hongxia took the initiative to invite her family to play, it would be bad if she made things difficult for her family because of her family conditions.

So I took the initiative to pay for it, and gave Hongxia 100 or 200 yuan every morning so that she could be more generous in entertaining those classmates with whom I had a good relationship.

Finally, it was time to pick up the notice, and after getting it, she had to leave.

I'm a little reluctant.

After dinner, 늀 sat on a stool with a gloomy face.

"Oh! Time flies by so fast."

Seeing this, Ye Xiaozhen sat beside her and said, "All good things must come to an end. If you don't separate now, you will separate in two years. In this life, you will experience many separations and reunions. You are reluctant now, but you just can't get used to it. After a while, you will get used to it and slowly forget it."

"It's so familiar, will you really forget it?"

"Of course, do you still remember your classmates from Xigou Village?"

Hongxia nodded.

"What about the children in your mountain?"

Hongxia still nodded, but added: "I won't be reluctant to leave you. We have a bad relationship. You always laugh at me as a fatherless child and say that my father doesn't want us anymore..."

Here she stopped abruptly.

I didn’t understand it before, but now I understand it.

In fact, her father really didn't want us anymore at that time.

She smiled bitterly and said, "It's up to you to say it."

Ye Xiaozhen patted her shoulder and said, "It's all in the past."

"Um."

After a pause, she asked again, "Are we all going to leave?"

Ye Xiaozhen thought for a while before saying, "No, you guys go first. Your uncle and I will probably wait a little longer and leave after the New Year."

"Is that so?"

"What's up?"

Hongxia said: "In this case, I think Wen is quite pitiful."

"Um?"

"My parents are not kind to me. The money they give me is not enough for me to eat. Every day after dinner, my grandfather would ask me to bring some food to me as a midnight snack. After I leave, I will have nothing to eat."

Ye Xiaozhen thought that the child was indeed quite pitiful. What could she do?

Xie Zhili and Li Mei, those two evil-hearted people, actually did it on purpose.

They knew that the old man was soft-hearted. Hongxia told the old man that Xiaowen was not eating enough at school. The old man would feel sorry for her and would naturally help them solve the problem.

But after all, he is our son, and if we really have to wait until we all move away, we won't really let him starve.

But life is definitely not as good as it seems without the private subsidy from my father.

"We can't help you with these hardships."

Hongxia sighed and nodded.

I got the notification letter the next day, and Xie Li also came back on the same day.

Ye Xiaozhen drove to pick her up.

As expected of Haicheng, it has always been at the forefront of fashion.

Xie Li is tall and looks bright and beautiful after a little dressing up.

She permed her hair, pierced her earrings, and put on the big red lipstick that was popular in the Hong Kong style of that era.

The bias-cut sash dress accentuated her curvy figure.

How can she look like the country girl she used to be?

Xie Li took off her sunglasses and hugged Ye Xiaozhen.

"Jin, have you been waiting for a long time?"

"It's okay. I just got here."

"It was raining in Haicheng, and the plane was delayed for half an hour."

"It's okay, get in the car first."

There are a lot more vehicles on the road than in previous years. It's rush hour and there's quite a traffic jam.

The airport line of these two lanes is too narrow and should be widened.

Along the way, Ye Xiaozhen told Xie Li about what had happened recently.

After Xie Li finished listening, her attention was still on Zhou Yaozu.

"If that's the case, then is the child my father's?"

Ye Xiaozhen said, "How can we know without a paternity test? Last time when we drew blood, Xie Linan spent some money to let me take some of Zhou Yaozu's blood. A few days ago, he tricked Grandpa into going to the hospital, drew blood, and sent it for examination. But this is a bit slow, and the results will be available in a few days."

"What's up, Grandpa?"

"If we don't investigate grandpa, we have to investigate our brothers. But we are born from the same mother, and it is difficult to investigate with current technology. It would be easier to investigate grandpa only. Xie Linan has already asked."

"Well, oh! What if it really happens to my brother?"

"What can I do? Even if it's my real brother, there's nothing I can do. This disease is difficult to cure. The current technology is limited."

Xie Li looked at Ye Xiaozhen who was driving strangely, "Xiaozhen, I feel that you talk very strangely, always talking about how good the current technology is, as if you look down on the current technology."

Ye Xiaozhen: "..."

"I think the technology is pretty good now."

"Ahem, it's terrible, but it can be even better and needs to be improved."

The two of them arrived at the chattering time, and at about the same time Hongxia also came back with the notice.