"Erwa, Erwa. Yan Shao! Come back for dinner!" Lin Minjun thought Erwa had gone to the alley to play, so she ran into the alley and shouted twice, but no one came out.

This is strange. The kid didn't eat much of the Houttuynia cordata he gave him at noon today. Logically, he should have been hungry a long time ago. Where is he playing now?

Lin Minjun didn't feel anything was wrong at this time. She went home to take a look at the braised pork. When the braised pork was cooked, she ran to the gatehouse to take another look.

She originally wanted to see if Erwa had come back, but when she got closer to the window, she realized something was wrong.

The house looked as if it had been ransacked; the food was gone, the bedding had been rolled away, and even the dishes and chopsticks had been taken away.

"Erwa!" Lin Minjun raised her voice and shouted, then pushed the door hard. It didn't open. She picked up the key and saw that it was locked.

There is no privacy in the big compound. Everyone will lock the door when they go out. If it is not locked, it can only protect against gentlemen but not villains.

Of course, if it is unlocked, it means that the owner is not away from home and will be back soon, but if it is locked, it means that the owner is away from home and will not be back for two or three days.

The house looked like it had been robbed, especially by thieves or bandits, but would bandits lock the door for others? I can only say that Erwa locked it himself.

But Erwa is an orphan with only an older brother who is a soldier. Where can he go?

Lin Minjun left the yard and ran to the alley to look for someone. She saw the grandmother from the big courtyard next door coming out and quickly stopped her, "Grandma, do you know where Erwa went?"

"I saw it. A group of people came in the afternoon. They said they were Erwa's relatives, his uncle's family, and they took the kid back home to celebrate the New Year." Grandma said with a smile.

Lin Minjun's head buzzed.

She had chatted with Erwa. According to Erwa, his relatives had only met a few times when he was a child, and they were not close to him. Later, his mother was classified as Category 5, and they stopped interacting with her at all. Otherwise, if he had relatives to help him, he would not have been able to live like this all these years.

To take a step back, even if he was really taken away by a relative, Erwa would not have failed to say hello to me. He usually would say hello to me before leaving the alley.

"Grandma, do they look like relatives to you? Does Erwa really know them? They are not kidnappers, are they?" Lin Minjun found that her hands were shaking and her voice was particularly nervous.

Grandma knew that she had a good relationship with Erwa, so she smiled and patted Lin Minjun's hand, "Don't be afraid, child, they are really relatives. When they came, Erwa recognized them and took the initiative to go with them."

Lin Minjun breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Why didn't he say hello to me? I brought him dinner. Do you know where he went?"

She wanted to chase after him to see if that relative was a good person. Could a good relative really not come to visit for so many years? She also wanted to see when Erwa would come back.

"I really don't know the exact direction. I just took a look and went home." The grandmother said, pointing, "Is that Old Xia? Go ask her. She was talking to her relatives at the time. She probably knows. She just left not long ago. You can still catch up if you go now."

Old Xia is Aunt Xia. Lin Minjun walked up to Aunt Xia who was just walking in from the alley. Because they were not familiar with each other, she was very polite, "Aunt Xia, do you know when Erwa and his relatives left? Which direction did they go?"

"Maybe it's heading south from the alley. You can look there, it shouldn't be far." Aunt Xia pointed in a direction.

Lin Minjun went home, locked the door, turned off the stove, then rode her tricycle and followed.

There was a group of people who came to pick up Erwa, and it was impossible for them to walk fast with so many people. She guessed that they were pulling a cart or riding a ox cart. If the direction pointed by Aunt Xia was correct, she would definitely be able to catch up.

But after searching along the street for a long time, even in the alleys, there was no sign of anyone. Lin Minjun even stopped to ask passers-by, but no one had seen this group of people.

They searched until dark, but could not find the place. And judging from the pace of the group of people, they should have reached the train station. So Lin Minjun gave up and turned the car back to the alley.

When we arrived at the alley, we didn't even have time to drink a sip of water before going to Aunt Xia's house.

"Auntie Xia, did you see it wrong? I looked at least five miles south and didn't see anyone." Lin Minjun was anxious and worried.

Aunt Xia was stunned for a moment, then suddenly said apologetically, "Xiao Lin, I'm sorry, I might have seen it wrong, they were probably heading east at that time."

Finally, Aunt Xia sincerely comforted Lin Minjun, "It's okay, Xiaolin. You heard Aunt Xia say that those people are really Erwa's relatives. I talked to them and they are relatives of Erwa's father. When they came, they also said that they hadn't visited for so many years and this time they came to bring the baby back to meet the relatives at home, uncles, aunts, and so that they can take care of him in the future. They also said they would buy new clothes for Erwa. Erwa also said at the time that he wanted to say hello to you, but his hometown is in Langfang, and he was afraid that he would not be able to catch the train, so he left in a hurry."

Yes, these relatives sound really nice.

But if they said that they didn't dare to get close to Erwa's mother because of her background, then it's been several years since the label was removed and the reform and opening up has been going on for several years. Didn't they think of Erwa during those years? Why did they think of her only now?

Lin Minjun thought about it over and over again and felt that something was wrong. She felt even more uneasy because Erwa left without even saying goodbye.

But she didn't know who to blame for this matter. Aunt Xia said she was wrong.

"Okay, then thank you." Lin Minjun said hello to Aunt Xia and went back to her home. She walked through the hanging flower gate and saw the gatehouse under the moonlight. It looked so lonely and desolate.

After I got home, I ate the braised pork by myself, but it just didn’t taste as good as when I ate it with Erwa.

Lin Minjun comforted herself in her heart that she would be back after the New Year anyway, and her second child would have to come back to school when school started.

If he really doesn't come back by then, she will go look for him.

The most important task right now is to celebrate the New Year and make good money. Only when I have money can I go find Erwa and bring him back.

In a blink of an eye, the first Spring Festival after rebirth passed. On the day of the New Year's Eve dinner, Zhao Ning came to the house and asked Lin Minjun to go home to eat the New Year's Eve dinner together, but Lin Minjun declined. Lu Deping also found this place and looked for her at the door for a long time.

Lin Minjun only now realized that Lu Deping was a boring person. They were husband and wife in their previous life, but their relationship had broken down, so she filed for a divorce.

Besides, she has never been married in her life. She also said that she doesn't want to get married or have children, but Lu Deping still comes to her and makes her uncomfortable.

So, Lin Minjun pretended not to be at home, didn't say a word, and waited until Lu Deping left before leaving.

On the New Year's Eve dinner, she had a hotpot at home by herself and felt very comfortable.

After the New Year's Eve dinner, Lin Minjun set up the stall again while the streets were full of people on holiday. There would be many people during the Spring Festival, so she could make a lot of money.

It’s the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and it’s been almost a month since Erwa left, and he hasn’t come back yet.

There were obviously fewer people on the street. The students had gone back to school and the workers had gone back to work. Lin Minjun became more and more worried about this little guy. Why didn't he come back yet?

She really wanted to go look for him and see if she could bring Erwa back, but her business was not going well during this time.

It is said that Lin Minjun launched a new product called Houttuynia cordata before the Chinese New Year, but at that time, she could only sell one portion in a day.

After the Chinese New Year, everyone's taste has become more picky. The original fried potatoes are selling the same as before, and the ones with zheergen added can't even be sold.

Lin Minjun even tried tasting, but it didn’t work because many people who were willing to try the food would leave with a frown on their face after eating, or they would order the original flavor.

If you think about the reason carefully, it's simply because no one has ever heard of this thing, and it smells stinky, so no one is willing to try it. Lin Minjun is worried about this.

Lin Minjun was lost in thought as she thought about her second child and the poor sales of her new product.

"Hello comrade, what are those whisker-like things in front of you?" Another customer came to the stall and immediately pulled Lin Minjun back.

She began to introduce it skillfully, "This is called Zhe Er Gen, a condiment from Yunnan. It can be used as a seasoning. We have some ready-made here. How about I make some for you to try?"

"Okay, let me try it. If it tastes good, give me one portion," said the customer.

Lin Minjun quickly fried a few potatoes, mixed them with watercress and seasonings, and passed them over.

The customer took a bite and immediately looked miserable. "Forget it, just give me the same one as before, only with cilantro and green onions."

Once again, the promotion of Zhe Er Gen failed.

Lin Minjun was a little suspicious. Was this product really not suitable for the capital? Should they sell all the products they had and then take them off the shelves?

Just as I was thinking about it, two more people came. The one on the left was wearing bell-bottom pants, with his hands in his pockets and a blank expression on his face, as if someone had made him unhappy. The one on the right looked a bit silly, wearing sunglasses, and was particularly tactless. He stretched his head to see what kind of seasonings Lin Minjun had. At first glance, he was the kind of hooligans who hung out on the streets and didn't learn well, and looked rude.

Lin Minjun thought about it. These two people had never sold their own fried potatoes, but they asked, "Give me two fried potatoes, the one that smells bad."

You have never eaten fried potatoes, and you want to try it right away?

Lin Minjun was quite happy after selling two servings of zheergen flavor. However, looking at these two hooligans, one was brainless and the other was unhappy, both had malicious eyes. Why did she feel that these two people seemed to have bad intentions?

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