Chapter 605: Lost Child

Let’s finish the work here as soon as possible.

It’s better to go back early than anything else.

When I save up enough money in the future, I’ll see if I can install a telephone at home.

At that time, no matter where you go, you can communicate in time.

Always knowing the situation at home will make you feel more at ease.

Fu Jingyou was thinking about something, so he borrowed a pencil and paper from the lady at the front desk.

I went upstairs and rustled around under the light, and made a quick note of the stores I had seen during the day that had good products.

When it was late at night and everyone was asleep, Fu Jingyou felt that he had almost finished summarizing everything, so he twisted his neck, asked for hot water, washed up, and rested.

What is the current situation of the Fu family courtyard in northern Beijing, which is often missed?

After Fu Jingyou left home, Tang Mei took her three children to sleep with Lu Miao at night.

Lu Yuanzheng was resting alone in the room and thought it was a waste to heat the kang, so he didn't do it at night.

The small courtyard is different from the airtight bungalow of the Lu family. It has a tiled roof and its heat retention effect is poor.

Without a heated kang and a stove nearby, it would be hard to endure a cold winter night.

The final result is predictable.

Just because he saved those few pieces of coal, Lu Yuanzheng's voice changed when he woke up the next day and he started coughing and sneezing.

Tang Mei asked him what was going on, but he was silent.

When Tang Mei went into the side room to clean up, she immediately realized something was wrong.

I reached out and touched the kang; it was ice cold.

Tang Mei was so angry that she laughed. She usually talked about the young couple, but this was the first time she talked about Lu Yuanzheng:

"You must be very young, and you still think you're in your twenties or thirties?"

"You don't even heat the kang in such a cold weather, why do you have to suffer this?"

"You usually give away everything, but you save on these few pieces of coal?"

"Is it because I'm old and my brain isn't working anymore?"

"At such an old age, I still have to worry about my family!"

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Lu Yuanzheng used to be the one who had the final say and was used to being the head of the family.

After the children came back, Tang Mei became the person who took care of the household.

Tang Mei kept nagging in the yard for the whole morning, and Lu Yuanzheng was speechless because of her nagging.

After living a life of luxury for too long, Lu Yuanzheng realized that his body was not as strong as before.

Afraid that the disease would be transmitted to the delicate younger ones at home, Lu Yuanzheng packed up some things and planned to go back to school for a few days.

"What did I say wrong? Xiaobao is pregnant, and there are three crying babies to feed. They are all very fragile."

Tang Mei followed him out of the yard and continued to mutter:

"Look at you, not only did you not help out, but you also kept making trouble... What's going on now? I just said a few words to you, and you're running away from home?"

Lu Yuanzheng rubbed his forehead and sighed helplessly:

"No, you go inside. I'll come back when I feel better so I don't pass my illness on to the little ones."

Tang Mei stopped talking and said worriedly:

"The school is closed for the holidays, and the cafeteria is closed. How are you going to eat?"

After taking a breath, Tang Mei advised:

"Why don't you just stay at home? It'll be more convenient for me to take care of you. You don't have to carry around the kids for the time being."

Lu Yuanzheng insisted on his own idea:

"I'll come back for dinner and wait for two days."

After saying that, he waved his hand and turned into the alley with his things.

Tang Mei shook her head, sighed, and closed the gate.

When Lu Miao woke up at noon, he asked where Lu Yuanzheng had been.

She gets tired easily and has a heavy sleep during pregnancy.

In addition, after Tang Mei got up in the morning, she dressed the three children and put them on the kang to play next to her.

The children were babbling and Lu Miao was half asleep, only able to hear some of their chatter occasionally.

In contrast, the noise in the yard was distorted and covered up.

Tang Mei was afraid that she would worry about Lu Yuanzheng's situation, so she didn't explain it in detail.

He just said that Lu Yuanzheng had other things to do and would be busy for a few days.

Lu Yuanzheng is not an ordinary person after all.

He holds a military rank and is also the president of a university, so he should have a lot of things to do and meetings to attend at the end of the year.

Lu Miao nodded without any suspicion.

After lunch, she peeled two snow clams by herself, preparing to soak them and stew them later, and then went back to the house.

Lu Miao put two pieces of coal into the kang and closed the stove.

The children were playing house games on the warm kang, while Lu Miao was leaning against the kang reading a newspaper to pass the time.

About half an hour later, Shi An slid down the kang, put on his shoes, and hugged Lu Miao's hanging legs:

"Auntie, I want to go out and play."

Lu Miao put down the newspaper, touched his head and said:

"It's windy and cold outside."

Shi An shook his head: "I'm not afraid, I'll go and take a look."

Lu Miao tilted his head to look at Dabao and Erbao.

The two little ones were still fiddling with the mini chairs sent by their grandfather from the countryside, and had no intention of going out at all.

The three little guys are usually inseparable. If Dabao and Erbao don’t go with them, Shi’an can’t stay outside for long.

Lu Miao thought about it and nodded, then sat up and pulled Shi An's collar tightly.

Put a small hoodie on him, carefully covering his little ears:

"Then go ahead and play for a while and come back, or you'll catch a cold."

"Um!"

Shi An nodded and ran away.

Lu Miao thought he was playing in the yard, so he didn't take it too seriously. He shook the newspaper and continued reading.

After a long time, Lu Miao realized that the child had not come into the house. He felt something was wrong and turned to look out the window.

There was no one in the yard, but the gate was ajar.

Lu Miao's heart skipped a beat. He put down the newspaper and quickly got off the kang.

After looking back and forth between the back room and the kitchen, he couldn't find Shi An. Lu Miao got a little anxious and moved towards the gate of the yard and shouted:

"Shi An, Shi An?"

Tang Mei was busy scrubbing the bottom of the pot when she heard some noise and came out of the kitchen:

"What's wrong? What happened to Shi An? Wasn't he just sitting next to your legs and playing?"

"He said he wanted to go out and play, and I agreed because I thought he'd be fine in the courtyard. Now I can't find him!"

"Don't worry."

Tang Mei rubbed her hands, which were stained with the gray and black dirt from the bottom of the pot, on her shirt and let Lu Miao go into the house.

"Maybe he went to play with those little tiger guys in the alley. I'll go check it out first."

Lu Miao was worried because he had two little ones at home who needed someone to look after them, so he could only nod anxiously.

Tang Mei comforted her, took off her jacket without putting it away, and hurried out of the yard holding it in her hand, and went to several houses in the alley where there were children and she was familiar with her to ask about the situation.

Lu Miao sat on the edge of the kang, watching over Dabao and Erbao, feeling extremely confused.

Just now I seemed to hear someone beating a gong outside and shouting "someone is selling tofu". Could it be the same as the beating of beggars and kidnapping of children in later generations?

Deliberately make a noise to cover up the movement, and when no one is paying attention, pick up the child and put him in the car and run away?

Shi An is so young, what can he resist?

Lu Miao was restless and waiting anxiously.

After waiting for a long time, Tang Mei didn't bring back any news. Instead, the neighbors in the alley beside the house started shouting:

"A child is missing in the alley! Go find him!"

"Whose is lost?"

"It's the eldest son of the Fu family. Don't ask too many questions for now. Mobilize everyone quickly!"

“Oh, oh oh!”