Since Zhang Yingqi was planning to visit the Ye family, he acted decisively. After buying some presentable gifts at the market, he drove a mule cart himself and set off with his wife Jiang and son Huzi.
Going directly to Rongxi Village from his home, taking another road without going through the capital, would actually be faster.
After staying overnight, we got up early the next day and set off on our journey, arriving at Rongxi Village just before noon.
It was the first time for Hu Zi to travel so far away, and he was very excited along the way. Except for the time for eating and sleeping, he basically lay by the window looking outside.
Jiang sat in the car and said worriedly, "It's not a good time for us to arrive. It looks like we're just going to get lunch for free.
"Why don't we find a place to eat first before going over?"
"Why didn't you tell me earlier..." Zhang Yingqi said helplessly, "I just asked someone, and there's only one village on this road, Rongxi Village. There's definitely no place to eat along the way, unless we turn back."
Jiang thought about it and realized that it seemed like he had been walking for half an hour since he turned onto this road. It would be a waste of time to go back to eat and then come back, so he had to give up.
"Don't worry, the Ye family are all honest people and won't have any bad intentions."
"The more honest they are, the more we should pay attention to them." Jiang pondered for a long time and asked, "How many children did you mention last time in the Ye family?"
"Five boys and one girl." Zhang Yingqi thought for a moment, "At the time, Guo was still pregnant. She should have given birth almost immediately. I don't know if it's a boy or a girl, and I forgot to ask Qingtian."
Jiang took out the copper coins she had brought with her on the road, and strung them together into seven strings with a red rope, each string containing fifty copper coins. She planned to give them as a gift to the children of the Ye family.
Hu Zi, who had been leaning against the window looking out, suddenly shouted, "Dad, Mom, I saw Uncle Ye!"
Although they had only met once, Boss Ye had saved Hu Zi, so he remembered it very clearly.
"Where?" Zhang Yingqi asked.
"He's right behind us. Master Ye is also driving a carriage, a horse-drawn carriage!"
Today happens to be the day when Boss Ye brings Qingtian back to the village.
He was driving the horse-drawn carriage and was gradually catching up with Zhang Yingqi's mule-drawn cart from behind.
Hu Zi had already begun waving desperately behind him, shouting, "Uncle Ye, do you still remember me?"
Boss Ye looked up when he heard the shout, squinted his eyes and looked for a while before he remembered.
"Isn't this Hu Zi?"
Upon hearing this, Qingtian also stuck his head out of the car and looked forward.
“It’s really Tiger!
"Why did he come to our village?
"Could he have been abducted and trafficked here?"
Seeing Hu Zi waving his hands and shouting desperately, Qingtian suddenly had a wrong idea and shouted to Ye Laoda: "Dad, we have to save Hu Zi!
"If he were lost, Uncle Zhang's family would be terribly worried."
Looking at Hu Zi's happy face, Boss Ye really couldn't tell that he looked like he had been kidnapped.
Zhang Yingqi sat on the shaft of the cart, turned his body to look back, and sure enough, he saw Boss Ye driving the cart from behind.
He quickly stopped the car, got out and said, "Brother Ye, I didn't expect to meet you here. It seems I didn't take the wrong road!"
"Uncle Zhang!" Qingtian was very surprised to see Zhang Yingqi. "That's great, Hu Zi wasn't kidnapped!"
After hearing this, Boss Ye and Zhang Yingqi both burst into laughter.
Boss Ye rubbed Qingtian's head and said, "Tell me, what are you thinking about every day in your little head?"
Zhang Yingqi praised, “If you ask me, it’s great that Qingtian thinks this way.
"Brother Ye, to be honest, I have been a police chief for several years.
“Let alone Tianjin, even in our small Ninghe County, many children are stolen and abducted every year.
"It's really rare for Qingtian to have such a sense of vigilance at such a young age. It's obvious that you and your sister-in-law have taught him well."
“It’s because I went to Beijing to buy New Year’s goods before the New Year, and Niannian was almost kidnapped.
"So now the children in my family are very wary of these things."
"That's right. Every year around the New Year and the New Year, there are the most child abductions."
Ye Laodao said: "Hey, let's stop standing here in the wilderness and talk. Let's get in the car and talk when we get home."
Two cars entered the village one after the other.
The yard of Old Ye's house was bustling with activity at this time. People who had just finished building the house were gathering around the well to draw water and wash their faces.
Mrs. Ye San was busy cooking in the kitchen.
Apart from anything else, her skill in cooking big pot meals has improved by leaps and bounds during this period.
The meals prepared by the Ye family have always been very good.
Every day at noon there is one meat dish, one mixed meat and vegetable dish, two vegetarian dishes, one hot and one cold, and a big pot of soup.
Moreover, the Ye family is generous and willing to use oil and ingredients, so everyone who has had lunch at the Ye family praises it highly.
Some people who originally didn't want to work would always take time out to help for a day just to get a bite to eat.
Zhang Yingqi could hear the noisy crowd from a distance.
"Brother Ye, the house is so lively, are there guests coming?"
"No, my family is building a house recently. Since the villagers came to help, I naturally have to provide them with meals." Boss Ye did not mention the wages. He parked the car at the door, tied the horse to a tree trunk nearby, and walked in with Zhang Yingqi and his family of three.
As he walked, he shouted into the house, "Mom, look who's here."
Old Mrs. Ye was sitting on the kang and chatting with Ye Juaner.
Recently, Liu Quan has been helping the Ye family build a house, so Old Mrs. Ye simply invited both of them to her home for dinner, so that Ye Juan'er wouldn't have to cook alone at home.
Ye Juan'er's meal was not in vain. She helped Mrs. Ye San pick and wash vegetables every day, and also chatted with Old Mrs. Ye.
There was nothing she didn't know about the affairs of the families in the village.
When Mrs. Ye heard that her eldest son had returned, she hurried out of the house.
She was a little confused when she first saw Zhang Yingqi and his family of three.
Then she suddenly slapped her thigh and thought, "Isn't this Captain Zhang?"
"Auntie, are you feeling well?
"We were so smart when we met last time. I was so busy with things at the yamen that I didn't even have time to rest during the New Year.
"Thanks to the sunny weather recently, I got a few days off, so I quickly brought my wife and kids over to see you!"
Old Lady Ye looked at the bags Zhang Yingqi and his wife were carrying and scolded them, "Look at you, kid. You're so thoughtful to come all the way here to see us, but why are you carrying so many things?"
Although the people in the yard were still busy washing their hands and faces, their attention was already focused on Zhang Yingqi's family of three.
This captain of the police doesn't speak like someone from Beijing, but rather with an accent like someone from Tianjin.
The Ye family’s network of contacts is really getting wider and wider!
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