Soon, a week had passed. During this week, Xiaomingxuan's aphasia had recovered, and the four children would run out every day after eating and not return until dark.
Xiao Mingxuan is much happier than when he arrived. Indeed, what can heal psychological trauma is a pure smile.
This weekend, after breakfast, the children went out to play as usual. Ruan Ruan sat in her rocking chair, chatting casually with her grandmother. Wang Qun had already gone to harvest vegetables from the field with a basket on his back. It was already the end of August, and school would start in a few days. After school started, the weather would get colder day by day. Harvesting the vegetables from the field early would allow them to plant some more cabbages and radishes, so they would have fresh vegetables to eat during the winter.
Around 9 or 10 o'clock, they heard a car approaching. Ruan Ruan wondered if it was Lan Chaolin coming to pick up the child. If it was Lan Chaolin, she wouldn't need to get up and could just wait for him to come in. But as soon as the car stopped, she heard her uncle talking to someone, and then her aunt came in.
"Ruanruan, come up first. Your great-uncle and your cousin are here. Your aunt will help you up and you can greet them."
No one expected that Lan Zhiyu, the head of the Lan family, who is over 70 years old, would come to Yuncheng without a word. If Lan Chaolin hadn't called Commander Gu yesterday afternoon to tell them, they really wouldn't have known.
Speaking of the phone, yesterday afternoon, Lan Chaolin called to tell Commander Gu that his grandfather and uncle had arrived and would visit him first thing tomorrow morning. Then he hung up the phone without even giving him a chance to ask any questions.
This morning, Commander Gu and Teacher Shen ate breakfast early and waited outside.
Ruan Ruan was startled when she heard that her aunt Lan's family had come. Didn't they say they would come in a while? Why did they come so soon?
With her aunt's help, Ruan Ruan slowly got up. As soon as she stood up, her uncle led them in. Besides Lan Zhiyu, who was walking in front and holding a cane, Commander Gu, Lan Haofan, and Lan Chaolin behind him each had a lot of things in their hands.
As Ruan Ruan was about to walk towards them after they came in, she heard the old man say, "Just stand there and don't move. We're already in. Do you need to come and greet us?"
Lan Chaolin had told them before that the Ruan family girl was pregnant with twins, and now that they saw her, she was indeed a lucky one. Although the yard was kept quite clean, it was paved with pebbles, and it wouldn't be good if someone kicked one.
"Ruanruan, quickly greet them. This is your maternal uncle, Comrade Lan Zhiyu, and the one behind him is your cousin, Comrade Lan Haofan." Originally, Teacher Shen wanted to help Ruanruan go out to greet them, but when she heard the old man say this, she told Ruanruan not to move and walked a few steps quickly to the old man's side. As a woman, she couldn't help him, so she could only follow half a step behind.
"Uncle, cousin, what brings you here? You could have just called if you needed anything."
After everyone entered the house, Grandma placed the tea in front of them. "Comrade Lan Zhiyu, this is some tea that we made ourselves in the countryside of Northeast China. I don't know if you like it, but please make do with it and quench your thirst."
Lan Zhiyu looked at the old woman pouring water for them. He knew her; she was Huo Chunjiang's lover. During the war, everyone who had been on the battlefield had heard of Huo Chunjiang. Back then, he followed the rear of the troops, collecting information about the war and reporting the situation in a timely manner. If Huo Chunjiang held the gun, a weapon to defend the country, then the pens in the hands of these scholars were what made the cruelty of war visible to everyone.
Back then, Lan Zhiyu and Huo Chunjiang were hailed as a formidable duo, one wielding a deadly gun; no one could escape his grasp unless they ran out of bullets. But the moment he drew his broadsword, it proved that the enemy would not be left with a complete corpse. The other, wielding a pen, with sharp and incisive writing, dissected the invaders' intentions in waging war, ruthlessly analyzing the traitors and collaborators, using words to utterly demoralize them, sending them fleeing China with their pens and cameras.
But none of them could understand why he disappeared with his wife and children after the war ended. If it weren't for Ruan Ruan's connection, no one would know his whereabouts to this day.
But this is for the best. The Lan family is the best example. As long as Lan Zhiyu is still around, those people will live in fear. So, when he learned that they were targeting the Lan family, he had to leave for the sake of the whole family. However, Lan Zhiyu is a sword hanging over their heads. One day, he will definitely pick up his pen again and expose what those people have done to the world.
"Sister-in-law, you're too kind. These days, a little tea is already a blessing. Please have a seat. It's been decades since we last met. I never imagined that we would meet again because of something like this."
Now they are both over fifty years old, their hair has turned white, and given their current situation, they have both thought that they may never see each other again before they die.
Hearing Lan Zhiyu still call her sister-in-law, the old lady didn't stand on ceremony and sat down directly next to Ruan Ruan.
"Yes, so many years have passed in the blink of an eye. The children have all grown up." Looking at Lan Haofan and Lan Chaolin beside Lan Zhiyu, she asked, "I didn't expect Chaolin to be your child. When you left, Haofan and his brothers weren't even married yet, and now his grandson is so grown up." Speaking of Xiao Mingxuan, no wonder she felt a sense of familiarity when the child was brought here. Now, seeing Lan Haofan, she knew where that familiarity came from. Xiao Mingxuan was practically Lan Haofan as a child.
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