A fire in the villa burned Lu Wanqing and her husband alive. As she died, she felt a fierce struggle in her belly, her three precious babies... Who could be so cruel? She roared in despair...
Led by the villagers, Zhou Mufeng trekked for another two hours before finally finding a village with a telephone.
Lu Wanqing was already on the train when she received the call.
Like Zhou Mufeng, she originally wanted to buy plane tickets, but due to heavy rain, the flight was repeatedly delayed, so she had no choice but to take the train with Lin Ye.
They brought a team, all of whom were athletes who usually enjoyed adventure.
She had already received a call from the assistant who was sent to the county hospital, and knew Miaomiao's exact location.
Now that they've received Mu Feng's call, they can finally breathe a sigh of relief.
Afterwards, she called Zhou Ling and informed her of Zhou Mufeng's situation.
Zhou Ling cried loudly on the other end of the phone: "Wanqing, I beg you, bring Mufeng back. I was wrong before, please don't abandon him."
She was unfamiliar with the situation here and had no means to come herself, so she could only ask Lu Wanqing for help.
For Miaomiao's sake, Lu Wanqing agreed.
Even if she didn't say anything, she wouldn't abandon Miaomiao. Grudges don't go through generations, and she's not someone who can't distinguish right from wrong.
After getting off the train, the pre-arranged car was already waiting at the station. There were several SUVs, and the driver was a local veteran who drove very fast.
In the Miao village, Mu Feng persuaded Miao Miao to leave so that she could reunite with her parents.
Miaomiao pointed to her legs and pouted, "How can I go out like this unless someone carries me?"
"My parents wouldn't really walk two hours through the mountains to get to the village, would they?"
She couldn't believe that her mother, a powerful businesswoman, would walk down a muddy path to find her.
However, she underestimated the love parents have for their children. When the car reached a dead end, Lu Wanqing and Lin Ye changed into flat shoes and started walking.
The two held hands, followed by several burly men, exuding an air of importance.
Lin Ye originally came from the countryside, and stepping onto these paths again gave him a sense of familiarity and warmth.
Lu Wanqing also found it refreshing. There were green plants and trees everywhere, and the air was full of negative oxygen ions. No matter how relaxing she was usually, it was not as relaxing as breathing this kind of air.
Returning to the countryside, the two experienced a rare sense of freedom and played around like children, astonishing those who were protecting them.
When they saw their daughter, both of them were covered in mud, which made Miaomiao burst into laughter.
"I told you they'd come," Miaomiao said, quickly telling them where they could take a bath.
Zhou Mufeng had become acquainted with the nurses at the health center and had become their guide.
"Okay, let's go take a shower, and I'll cook you something delicious tonight."
After Lu Wan finished showering, she chatted with the nurse and learned that there were no restaurants nearby, but there was a canteen, and the food was all local cuisine, which they couldn't get used to at all.
“Auntie, I heard from Miaomiao that we can cook at a fellow villager’s house. I’ll buy a snakehead fish and make soup myself,” Zhou Mufeng suggested.
There are no snakehead fish for sale here. If you want to eat them, you can ask the locals to catch some.
To promote wound healing, Zhou Mufeng disregarded all difficulties, obtained a snakehead fish, and learned how to kill and scale it, making a fragrant snakehead fish soup.
When he returned to the ward with the fish soup, he found a table with dishes such as chicken stew with mushrooms and leek and egg stew, all steaming hot and clearly freshly made.
Zhou Mufeng immediately understood that Lu Wanqing must have directly paid her fellow villagers to cook and bring the meal over; this was probably the power of capital.
While everyone was eating together, Zhou Mufeng recounted how he found this place.
Lu Wanqing listened thoughtfully, then instructed the person who had been following her to find that family and give them 10,000 yuan. If they refused, she suggested offering them a job.
In short, good deeds should be rewarded, and good people should not be discouraged.
Miaomiao hugged her neck and said sweetly, "Mom, you can see for yourself, this place is remote and poor, there isn't even a school. The children here have to walk more than ten miles into the mountains to get to school."
But there's a group of people here who know tie-dyeing techniques and can dye fabrics in all sorts of colors using natural dyes. I really hope that these techniques can be widely adopted.
Miaomiao kept talking, her intentions quite clear: she just wanted her mother to buy the tie-dye technique.
"Miaomiao, this place has dealt you such a big blow, why are you still willing to invest here?" Lu Wanqing asked, puzzled.
As Miaomiao left the tie-dye workshop and walked along the mountain road, she suddenly heard a rumbling sound. At first, she didn't pay attention to it, but by the time the mudslide came down, it was too late.
One assistant is gone forever, and another has a broken leg, which is said to leave him with a limp after he recovers.
She was the luckiest; she only suffered a minor scrape.
If it were someone else, they might have considered this place an ominous spot and wanted to leave immediately.
However, she saw the harsh environment and the difficult lives of the villagers and wanted to help them.
Since Miaomiao brought it up, Lin Ye, who dotes on her the most, offered to pay 100,000 yuan to repair the road that collapsed before Lu Wanqing could even respond.
"Dad, isn't this too little?" Miaomiao shook Lin Ye's arm.
"I don't have much either. Your mother controls the family finances." Lin Ye passed the buck.
Lu Wanqing smiled and said, "I understand. I will discuss with the leaders of the Miao village in the name of the group. The roads, hospitals, schools and so on here should all be included in the construction plan. The conservative estimate is that it will cost 20 million yuan."
The only condition is that the tie-dyeing technology be transferred to the group as a patent, to be applied to future fabric printing and dyeing.
She can do charity, but not without expecting anything in return.
Just like those who help Miaomiao will receive a reward from her; since she spent money, she naturally expects to get more than her fair share.
The Miao village has beautiful scenery, but it is far from the national highway and transportation is underdeveloped.
Once the roads are opened up and various supporting facilities are built, it will naturally attract people who live in concrete jungles all day long.
After deciding to invest, Lu Wanqing took Lin Ye around the Miao village in the following days, figuring out where to build what facilities.
Every morning, they would walk hand in hand and see many children carrying schoolbags passing by.
They get up early, around six o'clock, and the children get up early to walk to the neighboring village, otherwise they won't be able to get there before class.
When someone in a Miao village falls ill, even if it's not a serious illness, they have no money and no suitable transportation, so they have to call a barefoot doctor to come to their home.
Barefoot doctors are usually fine for treating minor ailments like headaches and fevers, but they can't handle anything more complicated.
What they saw strengthened their resolve to develop this place and make its people prosperous.
Just as Han Tao was leisurely conducting his inspection, bad news came from his company...