305. Mother and daughter reunited

The figure was wearing a gray cloth dress, her hair was a little messy, and she was carrying a bundle in her hand, looking in this direction.

Lin Fu was stunned for a moment, then her eyes slowly widened.

She rubbed her eyes in disbelief and looked at them carefully again.

Finally, she screamed, "Mother!"

She shoved what she was holding into the little dumpling's arms, then took off running towards the door, running so fast she almost lost her shoes.

The woman at the door recognized her, and tears immediately streamed down her face. She opened her arms and sobbed, "Fufu! My Fufu!"

The mother and daughter embraced immediately. Lin Fu buried her face in the woman's arms, sobbing uncontrollably, "Mother! Why are you here? I missed you so much!"

Li Yuniang also cried, holding Lin Fuman tightly and stroking her head repeatedly: "I'm sorry, Fufu, it's all my fault. I shouldn't have left you and made you suffer alone."

Little Tuanzi and Jiang Xiyue followed behind, their eyes also reddening as they watched this scene: "Mother, Sister Fufu has found her mother, that's wonderful."

Jiang Xiyue nodded, wiped her eyes with a handkerchief, and felt a mix of warmth and sadness in her heart: "Yes, it's so good, we're finally reunited."

After crying for a while, Lin Fuman finally raised her head, her eyes red, and took Li Yuniang's hand, asking, "Mother, why did you suddenly come back? Didn't you go to a faraway place with Father?"

Now, she doesn't have to call her aunt anymore; she can call her mother.

Li Yuniang wiped away her tears, held her hand, and said with a tone full of guilt and fear: "I heard from outside that you went to the south and there is a plague there. Your father and I were so scared that we couldn't sleep all night."

"Your father told me not to stay with him anymore and to pack my things and come find you."

“I rushed back immediately, changing cars several times along the way, just in case something happened to you.”

“I heard from people on the way that you almost got into danger several times. Your mother’s heart is breaking. I feel so incompetent that I shouldn’t have left you alone.”

As she spoke, she burst into tears again, hugging Lin Fuman tightly: "Fufu, your mother will never leave again. I will stay with you, and we will live a good life together and never be separated again."

"Yes! We won't be apart anymore!" Lin Fuman hugged her back, tears falling again.

Jiang Xiyue stepped forward and looked at the mother and daughter embracing and weeping. She couldn't help but sigh, "Alas, I actually wanted to say back then that you shouldn't have left the child so young to accompany the Duke of Anguo. But thankfully, it's not too late to turn back now. Spending more time with the child in the future is better than anything else."

Li Yuniang nodded and bowed to Jiang Xiyue: "Thank you, Madam, for taking care of Fufu during this time. Without you, Fufu would have suffered so much more. I will remember this kindness for the rest of my life."

"Don't be so polite," Jiang Xiyue quickly helped her up. "I'm a mother too. It's only right that I help out when I see a child in distress. Besides, Fufu also helped my Yue'er."

The four of them stood at the door and chatted for a while. Li Yuniang asked Lin Fuman about her experiences during this time, and Lin Fuman also asked Li Yuniang about her days away from home.

The little dumpling chimed in, praising Lin Fuman's bravery and how she helped make medicine to save people, gradually shifting the atmosphere from sadness to warmth.

As they chatted, Lin Fuman frowned and turned to look into the courtyard.

She had sensed something was wrong earlier. Why were there people who looked like servants carrying things out, and they were all her belongings?

The wooden crates under the table, the withered branches in the corner, and the broken pottery jars she had piled up under the eaves... all those things she had painstakingly collected were now being moved out one by one.

"Hey! What are you doing!" Lin Fuman exclaimed in shock, pushing open the courtyard gate and rushing inside.

As soon as he entered the courtyard, he froze.

The yard, which was originally filled with all sorts of clutter, is now so empty that a horse could run across it.

It was unbelievably clean.

She froze, then let out a sharp, piercing scream: "Where are my things? Where are all those things? How did they all disappear?"

Saying that, he turned and ran outside: "I'll go find them! They can't have gone far!"

Li Yuniang quickly grabbed her, her face full of heartache: "Fufu, don't go! Your mother had someone move it."

“Look at your yard, it’s piled with junk, withered branches, old jars, broken planks, and some other indistinguishable pieces of debris…”

"Fufu, how did you end up relying on scavenging these things to make a living?"

"It's your mother's fault. Clean up all this garbage, and let's live a good life together, okay?"

Lin Fuman uttered a sound like a boiling kettle: "Trash? What trash? That's my treasure!"

Li Yuniang felt even more heartbroken, thinking that her child had suffered too much. Holding the trash, she cried out to her child, "Silly child, how can you keep these as treasures?"

God knows how heartbroken she was when she saw her child living in a garbage dump.

Jiang Xiyue also chimed in, "Fufu, your mother is just worried about you. Those things do look a bit old, but it's okay to throw them away. I'll buy you new ones later."

The little dumpling shook its head vigorously, saying earnestly, "Sister Fufu, Yue'er knows! Those aren't trash! Sister Fufu can use these treasures to make lots and lots of amazing things!"

Everyone was stunned by these words. Li Yuniang looked at Lin Fuman with a hint of doubt in her eyes: "You use those to make things?"

Lin Fu nodded emphatically: "Yes, you can make a lot of things, although the failure rate is also very high, but they are free!"

Li Yuniang was at a loss: "Then, then Mother, go and pick it up? Maybe it's still in the nearby garbage dump."

Lin Fuman shook her head and sighed, "Forget it, Mother. It's been snowing for days. Those things must be wet and rotten by now. They're just garbage."

Seeing her say that, Jiang Xiyue quickly smoothed things over: "It's okay, it's okay. Out with the old, in with the new. I'll buy you some new ones to make little trinkets, even better than the old ones! Let's clean up the yard together first, so it'll be more comfortable to live there."

"Yes, yes!" The little dumpling nodded and echoed her mother.

Lin Fuman accepted it.

Everyone rolled up their sleeves and began to clean up the remaining snow.

Li Yuniang also started wiping the table and sweeping the floor, her movements were very quick and efficient.

The little dumpling wasn't idle either; it took a small broom and followed behind, sweeping up pebbles. It wobbled along, making it hard to tell whether the person was using the broom or the broom was carrying the person.

In no time, the yard was tidied up, the ground was clean, and the tables and chairs were arranged neatly, making it look much brighter.

Looking at the tidied courtyard, Li Yuniang nodded in satisfaction: "This is so nice, so clean and tidy, it's so comfortable to live here."

While resting, the little dumpling held Lin Fuman's hand, her eyes crinkling with laughter: "Sister Fuman, congratulations! Your mother is back, so you don't have to live alone anymore. You have someone to keep you company, isn't that great!"

Lin Fuman smiled and whispered in the little dumpling's ear, "I'll have to be more careful when I pick things up in the future. My mother will definitely think they're all trash. If she sees them again, she'll be sad and think I've become a scavenger."

Upon hearing this, the little dumpling immediately offered a suggestion: "Then Sister Fufu should hide in the basement! Hide it so that Sister Fufu's mother won't find out!"

Lin Fu's eyes lit up: "That's right! You're so smart!"

Speaking of the basement, Lin Fuman discovered a new problem: "By the way, Little Moon, what should I do with all the instruments I've hidden in the basement?"

"I can't move out either. What if I decide to stop renting it someday and the landlord finds out?"

This is indeed a very tricky problem.

The little dumpling frowned and thought for a moment, then had another idea: "Then let's buy it! That way the basement will be ours, and we can hide whatever we want without anyone bothering us!"

"Buy it?" Lin Fu was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized and slapped her forehead. "That's right, I have money! The money you gave me before is enough for me to buy this little courtyard!"