"I'm your uncle, dear."
Chu Weian looked at her face greedily, as if he saw his sister from many years ago.
Wen Rui: "They say nephews resemble their uncles, but you actually look more like your mother. Only your nose looks like your uncle."
"Your mother is my sister, Chu Weishu, and your father is Yan Jialin." Chu Weian paused, "They are both dead."
Ning Xi didn't expect things to turn out like this.
"When did it happen? Don't you have any other relatives?"
Chu Wei'an said solemnly, "He died unexpectedly in 1957. You still have grandparents and an older brother named Yan Xun. They have all been sent down to Province D."
"My grandparents are still in Mingjiang City. After the accident, they cut off all ties with them through a newspaper announcement. I also have a son, your cousin Chu Hongchen, who has also joined the queue."
Ning Xi thought to herself that she was indeed related to Chu Hongchen by blood.
"You were stolen just two weeks after you were born. We loved you so much, how could we possibly abandon you?"
Seeing her husband's low mood and red eyes, Wen Rui also wiped away her tears and said, "After you were lost, my eldest sister didn't even take care of the confinement period. She followed everyone out every day in the freezing snow to look for you."
"We still couldn't find her. She wasn't in good health and had been in the hospital for several months."
Suddenly she realized something and quickly added, "But the couple died in an accident, so it has nothing to do with looking for you."
Chu Wei'an stood up and bent down to Ning Xi: "Child, we are sorry for you, but we are unable to compensate you now. Your uncle apologizes to you."
Ning Xi quickly pulled him up and said, "It's okay. As long as you have faith in your heart, your life will get better and better."
Chu Weian didn't expect that Ning Xi didn't blame him, and even comforted him instead. He was deeply moved.
"Uncle didn't expect that after stumbling upon the Northwest, he would meet you by chance."
After they had signed up their son to go to the countryside, they applied to go to the Great Northern Wilderness and had everything settled on it, but unexpectedly the location was changed and their file was sent to Qing Province.
It seems this is fate.
Wen Rui felt bad watching from the side. When Ning Xi was lost, she was dating Chu Wei'an, and she also went out with them to look for her.
At first she was a little puzzled. Her eldest sister was not in good health, but she insisted on going out with everyone to look for the child. As a result, she fell ill halfway, which increased the burden on everyone.
It was not until she became a mother herself that she clearly understood how desperate her eldest sister was when she lost her child.
If it were me, I would definitely go crazy.
"Old Chu, you've said so much, why don't you get down to business?" Wen Rui climbed onto the kang, opened the box and took out a small bag.
"Xiaoxi, can I call you that? Here's some money we brought from home, and some local Mingjiang coupons. Take this as a token of our appreciation."
Ning Xi still wanted to refuse. Their current conditions were not good and they definitely needed money, and she had everything she needed.
Chu Weian looked at his wife gratefully and stuffed the money into Ning Xi's hand.
He said without letting anyone refuse, "Child, take it. Otherwise, your uncle and aunt will feel bad. Whether you recognize us or not, these are what we want to give you."
It’s a pity that they can’t come up with anything better now. I can only hope that there will be a chance to make up for it in the future.
"I'll take the ticket and accept the kindness. Thank you, uncle and aunt. I won't take the money. You guys need it more here."
The tickets of Mingjiang City can only be used in Mingjiang, and they are just waste paper outside, so Ning Xi accepted the tickets.
Seeing that the couple was sincere to her, she did not reject their kindness.
Wen Rui didn't take the money she handed back: "No, no, no, take it. Your uncle and I still have salaries here, plus the local subsidies, there are more than 40 yuan, which is enough."
Both he and his wife work at a machine repair station and are paid, but they have no freedom like the locals.
The scope of activities is limited to the farm. If you want to go to the county, you have to report and apply, and only after approval can you go with someone sent by the higher authorities to accompany you.
There is almost no place to spend money.
"Okay! I'll take it then. Thank you, uncle and aunt." Ning Xi put the money in her pocket. Since they had no place to spend the money, she took it.
I'll buy some more things for Chu Hongchen and send them to him later.
Chu Wei'an heaved a sigh of relief when he saw her accept the things: "When your uncle is able to, I will buy you candy, toys, and skirts!"
"Okay, then I'll wait for my uncle to buy me some candy and a skirt."
"By the way, uncle and aunt, you think it's a coincidence that you met me here, right?"
Chu Wei'an and Wen Rui were stunned by her question and said in unison: "Yes, what's wrong?"
Ning Xi smiled and said, "I have something even more coincidental to tell you!"
"I went to the countryside before, in Nanji Province, and met a 16-year-old educated youth named Chu Hongchen. He was from Mingjiang City, and his parents worked at a mechanical research institute."
Chu Weian and Wen Rui both turned into wooden men, standing there in a daze, unable to believe that such a coincidence could happen in the world.
Wen Rui burst into tears: "How is Xiaochen now? Can he endure the hardship?"
Ning Xi shook her head solemnly. "I can't bear it. I simply can't bear this hardship. He was the only one in the entire educated youth center who wore a white shirt while working in the fields. On his first day, he was one of the only two people who fell in the fields."
"Is he injured?" Wen Rui asked anxiously.
After asking, she felt sad. Even if he was injured, as a mother, she had no way to visit him and could only feel some unnecessary heartache.
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