"Xiao Liu, I'm here."
"Little Six, Mom is behind you."
"Little Six, here, here."
"Little Six, I'm here! Hey, I ran away again! Come and catch me!"
In the Yao family courtyard, a family who came down to experience life were playing blind man's tag.
This round, Xiao Liu will be the blind man.
The little one with short legs fumbled around blindly for a long time after hearing the prompts, but couldn't even touch a piece of clothing.
Yao Chunhua sat at the entrance of the main room, quietly watching the family having fun, feeling quite envious.
It's been a long time since our house has been this lively.
If her parents were still alive, if her marriage hadn't been unfaithful, if her child hadn't been lost in the fall, perhaps her home would still be filled with such pure joy and laughter.
Now only my grandmother and I are left. Our family is so small; it seems it will never be the case...
"Hahaha, I caught her! Is it Mom? Ah, it doesn't seem like it. Dad? No, not him either."
"Oh, I know, it's Grandma Yao, Grandma Yao, it's your turn to be blind."
When the blindfold was removed, Xiao Liu was dumbfounded. "How did I end up at the door? Oh, Grandma, it's you! Weren't you back in Beijing with Grandpa?"
The visitor seemed flustered and tried to pry the child's hands away before a voice suddenly sounded from behind, "Who are you looking for?"
The voice she had longed for, even though she hadn't heard it for decades and the voice had changed, she could still recognize it.
She turned around abruptly and saw white hair, wrinkles beneath it, a haggard face, and a thin body, all of which told her that the other person was old and could not withstand any more blows.
She quickly lowered her head, but that kind face lingered in her mind, taking root there.
Her mother, whom she missed most, had grown old.
"I...I've come to the wrong place."
Turning around, her eyes reddened. She silently pried open the child's small hands that were holding her, trying to run away, but the little hands tightly gripped the hem of her clothes.
"Mom and Dad, look! This person is a kind grandma."
Xie Lin remained motionless in the tree, having already recognized the person. With just a moment's thought, he understood her intention in appearing.
She wanted to secretly go home to visit her relatives, but whether it was this family or not was uncertain.
Shishi had already climbed the courtyard wall when she deliberately revealed her location. She wanted to see Xiao Liu run into the south wall, but instead she ran into a flesh wall.
Then she saw the wall of flesh.
Before she was about to bury the body alive, she had mentioned it to Guagua, and unexpectedly, speaking of the devil brought him to justice.
The person is right in front of us; without asking, it must be the family's lost daughter.
“Auntie, why don’t you come in when you’re home? You said you weren’t going home, so I thought you didn’t have a home anymore. That’s why when I saw the photos of your home, I wasn’t sure if the person smiling so beautifully was you.”
Home?
A word that seems so distant.
After being abducted, she never had a home again.
No matter how many children she had, that rooftop with its blue tiles would never be her home.
Yao Suining's body stiffened, and she dared not turn around. Her tear ducts collapsed, and tears streamed down her face.
Mother, if you knew what I've been through, would you still acknowledge me? Could you accept that I'm not the same person I used to be?
The word "home" made Grandma Yao's heart pound, and she called out the name she had longed for day and night with some uncertainty: "Sui Ning? You are my Sui Ning, aren't you? Aren't you?"
Hearing her mother's sobs, Yao Suining couldn't hold back any longer and turned to hug her elderly mother.
"Mother, it's me. Your daughter is unfilial and I'm sorry."
The mother and daughter hugged each other and cried in the house.
After more than twenty years of separation, I thought we would never meet again, but little did I know that we would meet again one day.
Fate is truly wondrous; the person who saved his granddaughter was also the one who saved his daughter.
Grandma Yao experienced a rollercoaster of emotions in a single day: her granddaughter was buried alive, her missing daughter returned home, and she finally collapsed from exhaustion.
"Mother, Mother, don't scare me."
Yao Chunhua silently shed tears.
“Aunt, Grandma has suffered too many blows over the years. I’m worried she can’t take it. You stay with her while I go and call the village doctor to come and take a look.”
A small hand rested on the old lady's wrist. "It's alright, she's just missing me too much and can't catch her breath right now. She'll be fine after a rest."
Yao Suining was pleasantly surprised, "Young comrade, you know medicine?"
"Yes, I can. Auntie, can you cook? We're hungry."
Looking up, I saw several pairs of expectant eyes.
"Okay, I'll go cook right away. You guys wait a bit."
Yao Suining composed herself and quickly prepared a meal.
I killed a chicken after my niece reminded me.
Although it wasn't a very lavish meal, besides chicken (which only had eggs), a spicy sauce with a hint of pork fat, and some dried small fish, the rest was mostly green vegetables and pickled vegetables.
But if the atmosphere is right, even a meal consisting entirely of vegetarian dishes will be a feast.
When it was time to eat, Grandma Yao woke up. The Yao family had never been so lively. The old lady went from being sad to happy, her appetite improved a lot, and she ate an extra bowl of rice.
After dinner, Yao Suining learned about her brother, sister-in-law, and niece's ordeal and was about to cry again. Just as she wiped away her tears, the courtyard gate was pounded on loudly.
"Yao Chunhua, you old hag, get out here! How dare you call the police to arrest my son? I'll never forgive you!"
"Heavens above! Come quick! The Yao family is bullying us too much! Yao Chunhua should be drowned in a pig cage for finding a man, but why are they arresting my Guozhi?"
Yang Guozhi's mother, Old Lady Yang, was making a scene at the door, crying and wailing, rolling on the ground and threatening to bang her head against the wall, attracting the attention of the surrounding villagers.
Old Mrs. Yao thought to herself, "I haven't even had a chance to settle accounts with the Yang family yet, and they've already delivered themselves to my doorstep. Since that's the case, I'll risk my old bones to beat Old Mrs. Yang to a pulp."
Anyway, since the granddaughter is getting a divorce, it's uncertain whether Yang Guozhi will come back, and there's no longer any question of the two families maintaining a relationship.
She went to grab a broom from behind the door, and when she turned around, she was dumbfounded.
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