"Why did you marry into Baili Village?" Ruan Qiqi asked curiously.

"My mother arranged it. She was seriously injured and knew she didn't have much time left. She was worried about me staying in Tanzhou City. Baili Village was carefully chosen by my mother. It's a remote and poor place in the mountains. The Japanese couldn't find it. My mother died after I got married."

Xie Taozhi looked sad. When she was a child, she was not close to her mother. She felt that her mother was too strict and not as gentle and kind as her aunt and aunt. But after the accident, she realized how strong her mother was. She managed to arrange everything despite her seriously injured body. An ordinary woman would never be able to do that.

Besides, her mother loved her. She was the one that her mother was most worried about when she was dying, so she asked her to live well and not think about revenge.

"Your mother is great!"

Ruan Qiqi admired it sincerely.

"Yes, I'm not even one-tenth as good as my mother." Xie Taozhi nodded.

If she had one-tenth of her mother's means and character, her life would not be so miserable.

"You are very capable, but things are unpredictable."

Ruan Qiqi comforted her, saying that the fact that Xie Taozhi had raised Bai Fengshou so well showed that she was a smart and strong woman.

And now she is 100% sure that Xie Taozhi's cousin is Mo Qiufeng.

This world is indeed small.

"Just stay in the guesthouse and I'll give you an answer within three days."

Ruan Qiqi stood up to say goodbye, and called Bai Fengshou outside, stuffing him with a handful of money and bills, "Here, these are for your grandma. Don't go home for the next three days. Take the old lady out for a walk and wait for my good news."

"I brought money. I haven't spent the two hundred dollars you gave me last time."

Bai Fengshou didn't want to accept the money because he couldn't afford it.

"It's not for you, it's for your grandma. Take her out to eat delicious food. Don't skimp!"

Ruan Qiqi's tone was very serious, Bai Fengshou didn't dare to refuse and accepted it.

After returning to the compound, Ruan Qiqi went to find Mo Qiufeng first. He was not off work yet, so she went to his office.

Mo Qiufeng was reviewing documents. Ruan Qiqi knocked on the door and went in, smiling and calling out, "Uncle Mo!"

"Sit down. What's the good news?"

Mo Qiufeng asked with a smile.

"What a great occasion! Uncle Mo, you will definitely give me a big red envelope."

Ruan Qiqi kept it a secret, and Mo Qiufeng was intrigued. He asked, "So, it seems like this is my happy event?"

"Yes, Uncle Mo, do you know someone named Mo Taozhi?"

Ruan Qiqi didn't keep the question in suspense and asked directly.

Mo Qiufeng's expression changed slightly, and he asked anxiously: "Do you know her? Qiqi, do you have any news about her?"

That year, the Mo family found only 23 corpses, two were missing, and the food and medicine in the dark room were also missing. Mo Qiufeng knew that someone must have escaped, but he was not sure who it was.

He asked someone to secretly inquire about it, and even now, he is still inquiring, but there is still no news.

Mo Qiufeng guessed that they were most likely dead.

But now, hearing the familiar name from Ruan Qiqi, Mo Qiufeng's hope was rekindled. He changed from his usual calm and rational state and could not even sit still.

"Don't worry, Mo Taozhi is still alive. Her name is Xie Taozhi now. When the Mo family got into trouble, she and her mother escaped, but were seriously injured. Your second aunt arranged for her to marry in the village next to my hometown. She used to live a peaceful life, but she was classified as a landlord a few years ago. So she was worried that her status would affect you, so she planned to recognize you privately."

Ruan Qiqi explained what Xie Taozhi meant.

"What impact does it have? She is still as cautious as before. Qiqi, where is she now?"

Mo Qiufeng stood up excitedly, wishing he could see his cousin right now.

"I'll arrange for her to stay at the guesthouse. Wait a minute, Uncle Mo, don't be so excited. Calm down. How about you change your clothes first?"

Ruan Qiqi chased after him, feeling a little amused and helpless. It was the first time she saw Mo Qiufeng lose his composure.

"Wait me a moment."

Mo Qiufeng calmed down. His cousin was now a landlord, and it was indeed inconvenient for him to meet her in military uniform. After they met in private, he would make arrangements for his cousin and would definitely bring her to Tanzhou City. She would not be able to live and suffer in the mountains anymore.

In order not to attract attention, Mo Qiufeng and Ruan Qiqi rode their bikes there, and he also wore casual clothes. When they arrived at the guesthouse, they happened to meet the grandparents and grandchildren who were going out for dinner.

Seeing the white-haired Xie Taozhi, Mo Qiufeng's eyes couldn't help but tear up. His cousin was only 61 years old. How come she looked so old?

Xie Taozhi also saw him and was stunned at first, but soon burst into tears and murmured, "Xiao Feng?"

Ruan Qiqi's mouth twitched. Uncle Mo's nickname was so cute.

"It's me, second sister."

Mo Qiufeng stepped forward and held his cousin's hand tightly. The brother and sister finally met again after forty years.

"Xiao Feng, you are still alive. I knew you were not dead. I finally found you!"

Xie Taozhi threw herself into Mo Qiufeng's arms, crying excitedly and almost fainted several times. Ruan Qiqi gave her a few slices of wild ginseng.

"Second sister, I've been looking for you and Second Aunt all over the city. Where are you hiding?"

"I hid in the countryside to recover from my injuries. My mother and I were both injured, and my mother was more seriously injured. We dared not stay in the city. The oracle bones that the Japanese took away were fake. If they knew, they would definitely retaliate. We also sent you a telegram, asking you not to come back, so why did you come back?"

Xie Taozhi looked at her brother with tears in her eyes, she could never see him enough. She finally found her brother, but she didn't have many days to live.

God is always so stingy and refuses to favor her more.

"I didn't receive the telegram. My clan members called me and told me something happened at home, so I rushed back. Such a big thing happened at home, I must come back to let my father and his body rest in peace."

Mo Qiufeng was also in tears.

The brother and sister talked about a lot of past events. When Mo Qiufeng learned what his relatives had experienced that night, he clenched his fists in hatred. When he rushed back, his relatives had turned into charred corpses. He didn't know what exactly had happened.

Xie Taozhi said that she had something private to say to Mo Qiufeng, so Ruan Qiqi and Bai Fengshou left the house, leaving the two siblings in the room.

"My mother was very weak at the time, but she managed to arrange my marriage. She passed away on the day of my wedding. She told me to find you and hand the things to you personally."

"Is it the box of oracle bones?"

Mo Qiufeng guessed that what the Japanese had snatched away that year was a fake, and the real one must be in the second sister's hands.

Because my second aunt's father was the best antique maker in the pawnshop, he passed this skill to his daughter, his second aunt. After his second aunt married my second uncle, she was responsible for the antique maker in the pawnshop.

"There are others, which are treasures accumulated by the Mo family over the years. My mother made them into ordinary ornaments and brought them with me to Baili Village as dowry. I have been hiding them all the time. Even when those people came to search our house, they couldn't tell that they were treasures."

Xie Taozhi spoke with pride. Her mother taught her the skill of making old things. Her mother also praised her for her talent in this skill, saying that her other siblings could not compare to her.

[I have finished writing the third update. I am going to rest now. Good night.]