At noon, Lu Zhishen, who had been sent to the village to investigate the situation early in the morning, returned. He unloaded the rice, flour, oil and other food he had sold in the village on his back. These five young men had a very big appetite, and Aunt Sun's small amount of food was not enough for them to eat.
If they left money behind, no one would go to the village or the county town to buy food for Aunt Sun, and she would still have nothing to eat. So when Lu Zhishen left that morning, he asked her to bring back some rice, flour, and oil. Together with the vegetables he bought in the village, it was just enough to eat.
After putting down their things, several people went into the kitchen again. Aunt Sun already knew that when several people went into the kitchen, they had something to say, so she consciously went to the door to keep watch.
Although the old lady felt warm in her heart these past two days, she was still worried about her two grandchildren. They were deceived by Huang Xiaoju years ago and she hadn't heard from them since then. She didn't know where she sold them. Although Captain Jiang repeatedly assured her that he would definitely rescue the children, she couldn't rest easy every day she didn't see them. As a grandmother, how could she not worry?
In the room, Lu Zhishen was telling everyone what he had learned in the county town.
Last night, after dinner, Mimiyan and Sun Wukong went to the village chief's house to check on him. He then headed straight to the county town. Their first stop was the county party committee's family compound, where they pretended to look for someone. Because they were a little too early, they wandered around for over half an hour before spotting an old man out for a stroll.
He went up to ask about a random person, and the old man said he had never heard of this person. Then Lu Zhishen changed his tone and asked about the new family, saying that there were two children, four or five years old, who had just come to his house.
After hearing this, the old man immediately knew who he was asking about: the county magistrate's family!
Lu Zhishen hadn't expected Huang Xiaoju to actually give the child to the county magistrate's family. Otherwise, Aunt Sun would have said Huang Xiaoju hadn't said she was selling the child! Could the county magistrate's family ask for money? She'd gone there to live a good life and make a name for herself.
Lu Zhishen confirmed the ages of the two children with the old man again. After confirming it, the old man was quite surprised and asked, "You are not familiar with your own relatives. Are they real relatives?"
Lu Zhishen could only say that they had not been in contact for a long time, and then said that he was a relative from his hometown. Since the county magistrate was promoted, he had not been in contact with relatives in the village. The old man was also a wonderful person. He understood what Lu Zhishen said immediately. Then he talked about the county magistrate's two or three things that had to be said. As they talked, the old man warmly invited them back to his house.
It was usually early morning, so the old man asked Lu Zhishen to stay at his house for a while, thinking he could wait until the county magistrate had finished breakfast before going there. He said that this would not be annoying. Then he poured Lu Zhishen a bowl of hot water and sat across from him and continued to chatter. Lu Zhishen thought he might be meeting a chatterbox. Not only was he overly enthusiastic, but he also told him all about the county magistrate's family situation.
Well, it saves him from having to go out and ask.
The county magistrate's wife was the director of the purchasing department at the cooperative. In this day and age, being the director of a cooperative's purchasing department was a lucrative position, and it was the best of the lucrative positions.
It would be wonderful for the couple to have such good jobs and an enviable family. However, the only drawback is that they have been married for many years but have no children.
After seeing many doctors with no results, they adopted the two little brothers a year ago. They look so energetic, with those big eyes. On the other hand, I can't imagine what kind of family would be willing to give up these two brothers. But they have fallen into a lucky nest, being the sons of the county magistrate, what a blessing.
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