Chapter 301 News
"Well, does anyone remember what was on the note?"
Su Tong asked unwillingly.
The old village chief took a few puffs from his pipe before he spoke:
"Although many people know about this, there were only three or two people who were involved at the time. They were all my age and could barely recognize a few words. How could they remember an address from 20 years ago? Besides, the situation was not good in those years, and they were here to look for a child. It's hard to say whether the girl left her real name or address..."
Su Tong was very disappointed, but she knew it was the truth.
The village committee of a backward village does not even have decent office conditions, so how can it keep a piece of paper for twenty years?
Not to mention remembering an out-of-town address that has nothing to do with you.
Moreover, the child would not appear in the temple for no reason. Since her mother had been looking for her again and again, there must have been a compelling reason for her to lose the child.
In that situation, it is hard to say whether the name and address left behind are real.
Right now, I know the news, but I don’t know where to start.
When she returned to Gangzi's home, her grandmother had already prepared dinner and was waiting for her.
Hearing that Su Tong didn't ask anything, he advised her:
"Don't worry! Eat first! Then slowly ask around, there will always be a way!"
As expected, Gangzi’s grandmother made steamed dumplings. Although they were coarse grains, they had a strong bean flavor and were sour and spicy, with a unique flavor.
While eating, Su Tong asked Gangzi's grandmother.
"Has the Zhang family never seen their little girl in all these years?"
Grandma Gangzi said, "Ever since Old Zhang's little girl was adopted and got 500 yuan, the story has spread more and more. People say that his family sold their daughter, and the rumors are getting worse and worse. To put it bluntly, everyone is jealous! That was in the 1950s, and you couldn't save a few yuan a year. 500 yuan is a number you wouldn't even dare to dream of! To put it bluntly, you can't get that much money even if you really sell your daughter! It's just that the girl is kind-hearted and has money."
"Anyway, the Zhang family hasn't mentioned this little girl in these years, and we can't let anyone else mention it. Anyone who mentions this in front of them will be scolded."
"A few years ago, Mrs. Zhang had a serious illness and almost died. I heard that she kept complaining about wanting to see her little girl, and was severely scolded by Old Zhang. After she recovered, she didn't dare to mention it anymore. The money they paid was meant to buy her out, and they wouldn't let them know where she was going."
Su Tong nodded, buried his head in eating, and didn't ask any more questions.
While cleaning up the dishes, Grandma Gangzi's two sons and their wives came back one after another.
They all took advantage of the slack season in farming to do odd jobs in a brick factory more than ten miles away and earn some work points.
I was very surprised to see guests coming to my house.
After Grandma Gangzi explained it to them clearly, the eldest son Dazhu said:
"No wonder I heard Mrs. Zhang standing at the door cursing on my way back just now..."
Gangzi's grandmother said, "No one provoked her, why did she start scolding people for no reason?"
Dazhu looked at Su Tong and said hesitantly:
"It's said, it's said, someone came to her and said that the real owner of the family has come to look for his mother, and the adopted child in their family will be returned! Maybe even the money they gave before will be returned... When Mrs. Zhang heard this, she stood at the door and started to curse!"
Su Tong was a little amused and helpless. She hadn't said anything yet, but just came to inquire about the news. Those people had already imagined a big drama in their minds.
She didn't explain too much. First, she couldn't explain it. She did come here to inquire about her background, but she didn't know more than the villagers. Second, even if she explained, it wouldn't stop others from making up their own stories.
She waited for Gangzi's grandmother to finish cleaning up, then pulled her aside and asked:
"Auntie, you've seen that girl twice. Do you remember her name? What's her accent? Or any other notable features?"
Grandma Gangzi frowned and thought for a while and said:
"It was so long ago. I just remember there was such a girl and such a thing. She was very pretty, dressed very elegantly, and her accent... was definitely different from ours. She spoke very nicely, but I can't explain it. I haven't been far away, so I don't know where her accent came from..."
As she spoke, Gangzi's grandmother called out to the outside:
"Dazhu! Dazhu!"
Dazhu ran in, "Mom! What's going on?"
"When the girl who was looking for her child came to our house, you were already in your teens. You have a good memory, can you still remember anything? What was the girl's name? What was her accent? If you can remember anything, tell Miss Su about it."
Dazhu touched the back of his head and said, "I don't remember! You asked me to call her aunt, but I didn't know her name. I just remember that she bled our grandma's finger, and she complained of a headache, but the pain went away after that!"
“Yes, yes!”
Gangzi's grandmother said, "That's what happened! At that time, Dazhu's grandmother was still alive and complained of a headache. The girl took out a needle and pricked her grandmother's finger, squeezing out a few drops of blood. Then the pain went away. It was amazing!"
Know Chinese medicine? It turns out that my mother also knows Chinese medicine?
Su Tong turned around and asked, "Anything else? What do you remember?"
Dazhu thought hard, but still shook his head and said:
"It's been too long! If it weren't for the fact that there were not so few people coming from outside back then, I wouldn't remember all this. I just remember that she bled my grandma and told me to study hard and get into Kyoto University when I grow up! I couldn't even recognize a few words, so how could I get into Kyoto University? I didn't even know where Kyoto University was!"
After Dazhu finished speaking, he smiled naively.
"Kyoto University? You said she mentioned Kyoto University?" Su Tong asked.
"That's what they said. I didn't understand it at all at the time. It was only many years later that I realized that Jingda was a university in Jing City."
Beijing University? Beijing city?
Su Tong memorized it silently.
Seeing that he couldn't ask any more questions, he changed the subject and chatted with Gangzi's grandmother about other things.
Grandma Gangzi warmly invited Su Tong to stay at her house and sleep on the same kang with her.
Su Tong readily agreed.
In the afternoon, Grandma Gangzi and her family went to work in the fields, and Su Tong also went out for a walk around the village.
The villagers were all very welcoming to her, and spoke to her as if she was the "real person" who was looking for her relatives. They seemed very happy to see the "adopted daughter" that the Zhang family had sold being returned.
After wandering around for an entire afternoon, they didn't get any useful information. Everyone knew similar information, but Gangzi's family knew more details. However, Su Tong did see the yard of Old Zhang's family.
A single-family house made of large blue bricks. When other families were still living in a cave with several people, the Zhang family had already built a three-room blue brick house with a large yard.
It is the only one of its kind in this area, no wonder it has aroused the envy of so many people.
When Su Tong returned to Gangzi's house, Gangzi's grandmother had already returned and seemed to be waiting for her.
Because there was another woman sitting in the yard, who was in her forties. As soon as she saw her come in, she stood up, pinching the corner of her clothes, looking a little embarrassed.
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