Liu Tiao's impression of "train rides" is that they are fun. However, he woke up too early in the morning and was sleepy, so when he got on the train, he huddled together quietly and didn't make any noise. He only told his mother that he wanted to eat when he was hungry.

Cheng Zhenzhu gave each of the four children a hot steamed bun and a boiled egg, then took a steamed bun for herself and ate it slowly while looking out the window.

The scenery outside the window changed constantly, and so did her emotions. This was mainly due to the dream she had last night. If little Gu Zhiqing and the others were still alive, it would truly be a blessing...

"Mom, is the place we are going to much farther than grandma's house?" Yi Tiao asked after finishing eating a steamed bun.

"Yeah, it's a lot farther. It's a very cold place..." Sanshi Island is very far from Liaohai City, as far as two islands away. When she heard the voice yesterday saying that the child was in Liaohai City, she even thought they were lying to her.

Comrade Lu's unit is in Cao City, his home is in Tangshui City, and his two children have no relatives or friends in Liaohai City. How could they be there?

Later, the voice told her that Liaohai City was Comrade Lu's temporary transfer station. Little Gu Zhiqing had originally brought her two children to visit Comrade Lu, but something unexpected happened. Little Gu Zhiqing hurriedly paid money to entrust the children to the care of a nearby farmer...

The train continued northward, and Cheng Zhenzhu was a bit confused about how many days and nights she had spent on the train. It was San Tiao who corrected her. She had hoped to sleep soundly, hoping to dream of Xiao Gu and the others again. However, the more she thought about it, the more she couldn't fall asleep. She didn't dream of them, and she became confused...

Before getting off the bus, Cheng Zhenzhu asked the children to change into thick cotton clothes and shoes, and then put hats on them and wrapped them in scarves. The winter in Liaohai City is a bit drier and colder than in Hai City. Even after getting off the bus, the children, wrapped in thick clothes, still couldn't help shivering.

"Hiss, hiss, hiss~" A bird was breathing out big mouthfuls of white air.

"It's so cold!" Er Tiao tightened his neck and put his hands in his pockets to prevent his skin from coming into contact with the cold wind that bit his bones.

Three of them were tucked in between the two brothers like a ball. Six of them tried to squeeze but couldn't move, and then realized that the wind seemed to be weaker behind the brothers, so they decided to hide behind them and walk.

Seeing that it was getting dark and very cold, Cheng Zhenzhu quickly took the letter of introduction and found a guesthouse, and asked the children to go to bed and tuck in. When she opened the door to get some hot water, she unexpectedly saw a familiar face at the door of the room at the end.

"Sister-in-law Cheng, why are you here?"

"Comrade Dawei, what a coincidence." Cheng Zhenzhu called out the man with a familiar square face walking towards her.

Comrade Dawei and Comrade Lu were close friends, and he probably came here because of the child. Cheng Zhenzhu remembered that all the information she had received about her coming here was from a voice of unknown origin, so she simply said, "Little Zhiqing Gu sent me a letter a while ago."

After hearing this, Qian Dawei naturally assumed that the letter also contained the content of asking him to take the child away. However, Jiamu had already sent a letter to him, so why would his sister-in-law send one to Cheng's wife?

What if he took the child away first? And Cheng's wife has several children at home, so how many children should she bring to pick up the child? "By the way, Cheng's wife, where are Yitiao and the others?"

"In the room."

Tiaotiao in the room seemed to hear his mother calling his name. He got out of bed, opened the door, and stuck his head out, "Uncle Dawei!"

"One." Qian Dawei smiled when he saw the excited child, and the worries he had been feeling these days finally relaxed for a moment.

He had only received Jiamu's letter two weeks ago, which was encrypted.

Jiamu said that his mission this time was a bit tricky. The educated young man Gu brought the child to see him, and then got involved in some trouble. He had to temporarily leave the child in the Qinqiao Township of Liaohai City with a family named Zhao Dagui to help take care of him.

Jiamu also said that they were not out of danger yet, and a large number of precious cultural relics had fallen into the hands of foreign forces, so he wanted to ask him to help take the child back first...

So he finished his work, took a leave, and hurried over. Unexpectedly, he ran into Cheng Saozi and the others here...

The letter Jiamu sent him was encrypted, indicating that the situation was extremely critical. How could Cheng's sister-in-law receive a letter? Qian Dawei suppressed his doubts.

Regardless, Cheng's wife is definitely trustworthy. I just wonder how Jiamu is doing. I just regret that I retired due to my foot injury and can no longer fight alongside Jiamu...

Meeting Qian Dawei was unexpected for Cheng Zhenzhu, but having a companion was good. After exchanging some information, the two decided to leave for Zhao Dagui's house early the next morning.

"Hello, is this Zhao Dagui's house?" The next day, Qian Dawei and Cheng Zhenzhu and their group followed the directions of several aunts and spent more than two hours, and finally found a house with a yard.

"Who are you looking for?" The tall, thin woman saw a group of people standing at the gate of the yard. The adults and children were all well dressed. She put the iron basin aside and asked.

"We are here to pick up the child." Cheng Zhenzhu said straight to the point.

When Liu Xiaofang heard the woman in front of her say she was here to pick up the child, her expression changed slightly. Then she opened the courtyard door and said in a cold tone, "Wait."

This auntie seems a bit fierce, San Tiao thought silently as he stared at the tall and thin figure.

Soon, two tiny, shivering children were brought out, followed immediately by a sturdy, fat boy wearing a beautiful, warm, new cotton-padded jacket, waving his fist with a look of triumph.

Looking at the tiny twins, now dressed in thin, ragged clothes, their faces blue from the cold, they huddled up in a ball. They had no shoes, only a pair of long, ripped socks, revealing a few blue and purple toes. The children were filthy, but their noses and hands, red from the cold, could still be seen...

Cheng Zhenzhu slowly approached the child, feeling a surge of anger in her chest, wanting to vent it all, but the woman kept saying,

"Now that the child is given to you, you have to give me money."