“Okay, I’ll pass it on for you,” Chen Lu agreed.
She went to the village entrance to take an oxcart. Now that the fields are not too busy, some of the older and younger members of the commune don't have to go to work.
There were five or six old women sitting on the oxcart. She got on and squeezed in with them.
Several elderly women didn't recognize her, so one of them spoke first, asking, "Young lady, are you a new educated youth? We've never seen you before."
“I’m not an educated youth.” Shen Mengya carefully considered how to introduce herself to them. “Well, you know that the brigade leader here has a sister who married someone else, right? I’m her third son, Lu Zhengting’s fiancée.”
"Fiancée? So he already has a fiancée."
Lu Zhengting and Lin Qingyan had only recently started dating. To others, they were still just a patient and a doctor, and no one knew that they were dating or even married.
They were all surprised to hear what Shen Mengya said.
An older woman asked her, "You're Comrade Lu's fiancée. Why didn't you come out with him when you came here to see him?"
“I, his leg just makes it inconvenient for him to go out, and I’m afraid I’ll disturb his rest.”
"Comrade Lu's leg has just healed? Wasn't it already healed and back in the army?"
Shen Mengya didn't know how to answer: "Oh, he went back to the army. I came here specifically to visit his grandmother and help him fulfill his filial duty."
These aunties and grandmas usually work in the fields, and even when they have free time, they like to gossip. No one has the time to specifically target any particular person in the brigade.
They didn't delve into what Shen Mengya said, since these matters had little to do with them and there was no need to investigate further.
The oxcart quickly arrived in the county town. Shen Mengya got off and went straight to the post office. After speaking with the post office staff, she picked up the phone and dialed a number. "Hello, is this the Yi family in Beijing? I know where the child you're looking for is… but you have to keep it a secret. No one else can know I told you…"
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Beijing Yijia
After hanging up the phone, Yi Mingjun immediately went to find his wife, Liu Xiangrong.
"Xiangrong, Xiangrong. We found her, we finally found her, we found the child."
Liu Xiangrong was feeding her seriously ill eldest son in a bedroom when she heard her husband calling her. She immediately put down the bowl in her hand and went out.
She left the room, gently closed the door, and then gestured for Yi Mingjun to be quiet.
"Keep your voice down, don't disturb Jin'er." She pulled Yi Mingjun aside, and only after making sure the children in the room couldn't hear them did she lower her voice and ask Yi Mingjun, "Mingjun, you just said you found a child, is it our child?"
"Yes, yes, it's him. Someone just called me and said that the child is out of town, and gave me the specific address. If we find him and bring him back, he can give our Jin'er a blood transfusion, and our Jin'er can be saved."
Liu Xiangrong nodded: "Then let's hurry up and find him. Our Jin'er can't suffer any more."
The couple were overjoyed that their eldest son could be saved, and they did not care at all about their younger son, who was also their own flesh and blood and blood, whom they wanted to find to make blood bags for their eldest son. They did not think of any kinship or blood ties.
Going back more than sixteen years, Liu Xiangrong was pregnant with twins.
Just as she was about to give birth, a torrential downpour began outside.
As soon as she gave birth to her eldest son, the rain outside stopped immediately, the cloudy sky turned sunny, and the sky was filled with rosy clouds.
The family all said it was a good omen, a symbol of good fortune, and that her eldest son was a reincarnation of a lucky star who would bring prosperity to the Yi family in the future.
It was shortly after their eldest son was born that Yi Mingjun's former superior sent people to their home.
Yi Mingjun once served as an officer in the army, but was forced to retire due to violating military regulations. This time, due to external reasons, a large number of soldiers need to be mobilized to fight abroad.
Because of the urgent need for manpower, many retired veterans were recalled.
His former superiors and subordinates told him that if he could make a contribution on the spot, his future would be bright and it would be a great opportunity for him to stand out.
After a brief discussion, Liu Xiangrong agreed.
She had been living in the countryside for over a year and was already fed up with the hard life there. She dreamed of going back to the city.
“Mingjun, go. This is a rare opportunity, so you must seize it. Look at me when I gave birth to our son, the rain cleared up, the sky was full of rosy clouds, and this good news came. It proves that our son can bring us good fortune. When you go to the battlefield, our son will also bless you to achieve great military exploits and return in triumph.”
Yi Mingjun nodded. "Alright, since you agree, I'll go."
After giving birth to her eldest son, Liu Xiangrong was pregnant with another child.
But her youngest son refused to come out of her womb. She was in excruciating pain from the contractions, which made her writhe in agony on the bed.
Four or five hours had passed, and the youngest son still refused to come out.
At this moment, the bright sunshine outside turned gloomy again, and soon it started to rain.
The joy brought by the eldest son seemed to have been washed away by the gloom and rain brought by the youngest son.
Because they lived in the countryside, they had no choice but to endure the pain of having a cesarean section at a city hospital.
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