Chapter 95
Hearing Pei Xingzhi's words, Meng Wanqiu opened her eyes, turned over, and leaned against Pei Xingzhi's chest. "So... you suspect someone is deliberately targeting your family."
If he hadn't had a suspect, Pei Xingzhi wouldn't have asked such a question.
Pei Xingzhi pulled up the quilt to cover Meng Wanqiu, revealing her slender shoulders. "Hmm, I have some ideas."
When the Pei family was in trouble, Pei Xingzhi was still young and didn't quite understand what happened. Now that he's older, he's finally realizing something he once overlooked.
Xu Huizhu and Tao Yongchang were once first loves, but they separated when Tao Yongchang left the country. The Xu and Pei families were once family acquaintances, but the Xu family fell into decline, and both Xu's parents passed away. Before their death, Xu Huizhu was told that the elders of the Xu and Pei families had once been engaged, but the Pei and Xu families each found a partner and never mentioned the matter again.
By the time of Xu Huizhu's generation, the Xu family fell into decline and her parents passed away, and only then did she remember this incident.
So, Xu Huizhu came to the capital and took refuge with the Pei family. Pei's parents kept their promise. At that time, Pei Zhongyuan had no one he liked and he was at the age to get married, so he married Xu Huizhu naturally. Soon after the marriage, they had Pei Xingzhi.
In Pei Xingzhi's heart, his parents have always respected each other. Pei Zhongyuan is busy with work and has little time to accompany his family, but Pei's grandparents are very understanding and have explained to Pei Xingzhi the special nature of Pei Zhongyuan's work.
On the contrary, in Pei Xingzhi's memory, Xu Huizhu always had a sad and resentful expression on her face. She had grandparents and nannies and servants at home, so she didn't need to be tired of taking care of the children, nor did she need to go out to work, but the Pei family never stopped Xu Huizhu from doing anything.
All her requirements would be met. When he was a child, Pei Xingzhi didn't understand why his mother always had a sad face.
Later, after experiencing dramatic changes in his family, Pei Xingzhi realized that his mother had never liked his father, nor did she like the Pei family that gave her shelter.
She is sensitive and needs to be loved all the time. She doesn't like men like Pei Zhongyuan who don't understand romance. She needs someone who can accompany her every day and express her love to him.
During the half month he stayed at the Tao family, Pei Xingzhi realized that Tao Yongchang was different from his father.
Also during that half month, he met Xu Huizhu, who had never smiled in the Pei family.
He would not comment on the affairs of his elders.
But... when did Xu Huizhu get in touch with Tao Yongchang?
Meng Wanqiu rested her head on Pei Xingzhi's arm. "Jingxuan and Yating will be returning to the capital in a few days. Let's ask them to help ask Uncle Sun. Uncle Sun is in the capital, so he should be able to find out something about the Tao family."
Uncle Sun is Sun Yating's father. He is a student of Grandpa Pei. He used to be a national capitalist and is now a high school teacher.
Pei Xingzhi nodded and hugged his wife in his arms, "Okay, go to sleep. You'll know when you get back."
My father is still in custody, unable to move freely and restricted in all aspects. He has a wife and children with him and cannot go to the capital at all.
We need to take our time investigating the Tao family.
I stayed at home for almost a month, and when it was almost January, I was finally leaving.
During this period, Meng Wanqiu lived a very fulfilling life in her hometown. She took Pei Xingzhi to see the cave where she hid things, and followed Li Lanxiang to her grandmother's house, where she saw the scene where Meng Aiguo, at such an old age, was still being lectured by his old father-in-law.
Because of this incident, Meng Mingxia laughed secretly on the side and was scolded by his father Meng Aiguo when he got home.
At the same time, when Meng Wanqiu and Pei Xingzhi went to Uncle Zhang's house to pay New Year's greetings after the Chinese New Year, they happened to meet Jiang Bo. When the other party saw Meng Wanqiu, he wanted to come forward and say something, but was stopped by Pei Xingzhi.
Meng Wanqiu didn't know what the two of them talked about. Anyway, both of them looked very unhappy that day. She wanted to ask Pei Xingzhi, but she was bullied by him when she got home, and she forgot what she wanted to ask.
This time when they came back, they also went to meet Yao Jin from the farm. He is now married. He met his partner through a blind date. Both of them have similar backgrounds. Now Yao Jin's wife is pregnant, and he will be a father soon.
The mute they rescued has now become a formal employee of the farm. His sister is already in junior high school and has excellent grades. I heard that the farm has reserved the girl and she will go directly to work on the farm after graduation.
Yao Jin has been worrying about the marriage of the mute. The mute is almost thirty years old and has not yet married. Although the mute has given up on this matter, he understands his own shortcomings and only wants to raise his sister and repay Yao Jin.
However, Yao Jin understood the mute's sincerity and was deeply moved, so he didn't want the mute to remain single. On the farm, the mute was completely on Yao Jin's side, and if anyone said something bad about him, the mute would be the first to deal with that person.
When Meng Wanqiu and the others left, they heard that Yao Jin's wife had introduced the mute to a girl who also had a fever and damaged her throat. They were dating and didn't know if there would be any good results in the future.
Secretary Xu's family was at odds with Director Yao, and Xu Ying, the former lover of Xu's daughter Yao Jin, married Jiang Wen. The Jiang family was very popular in Qinghe Village for a while, but after Meng Mingxia came back, the two families were even again.
Every parting is painful and sad. The large and small bags of mountain products and bacon that I carry with me are all the love of my family, half each for Meng Wanqiu and Meng Mingxia.
When the train arrived in Lingnan, Meng Mingxia left first and returned to report to the army.
Pei Xingzhi and Meng Wanqiu went to visit Aunt Wang who lived in the county town, and distributed the things they brought from home to Aunt Wang. They stayed at Aunt Wang's house for one night and took the bus back to July 15th early the next morning.
When we left, there were four of us. It was snowy, windy, and the whole town was desolate. When we returned, only the three of us were left. The jujube tree in the yard had sprouted new buds, and life had arrived in the vibrant springtime.
As we approached Xinghua Lane, we saw the neighbors greeting each other from door to door. We could hear Xiao Hui's cry from a distance. They returned to Qinghe Village, and Xiao Hui was entrusted to Uncle Feng and Aunt Feng's care.
I can only say that it is worthy of being mixed with wolf blood. Its nose is too sensitive. It can smell their scent from such a distance. When it sees them, the little gray tail is almost broken by shaking.
Little Xixi also tilted her head and looked down, and she smiled when she saw Xiaohui. It seemed that she still remembered another member of the family. Xiaohui also remembered his little master and jumped up to see Xixi.
The couple went to Feng's house first. When they entered the house, the old couple were listening to an opera leisurely. When they saw them come in, they quickly got up and carried Xixi to him, calling her a little darling.
After resting here for a while, the couple left Xixi here and went back to clean up the house.
The house hadn't been occupied for so long, so it definitely needed some cleaning and tidying up. And even though it was spring, there was no fire in the house, and the stone-polished floors kept it cool.
After cleaning up and heating the kang, he went to pick up Xixi. At the same time, Xiaohui, who had been eating and drinking for free at Feng's house for a month, also returned to his own nest.
When Meng Wanqiu was roasting the fire, she also heated up the mat in Xiaohui's nest. As soon as Xiaohui came back, he went back to his own nest to sleep.
In the afternoon, Meng Wanqiu went to buy a lot of food, intending to invite Bai Fengyao, Gao Dajie, and the others over for dinner in the evening. Pei Xingzhi went to work, notifying everyone to come over in the evening while checking on the work.
In the evening, everyone who could come came.
Because the weather was cold, Meng Wanqiu made hot pot. She made her own spicy hot pot base and used the dried mushrooms, wild vegetables, and dried bamboo shoots she brought from home as the dishes. Everyone sat around the hot pot, warming themselves by the fire and eating the steaming hot pot from above. It was very comfortable.
Drinking wine and eating hot and delicious hot pot, friends gathered together, chatting about everything under the sun. Little Xixi sat in a walker nearby, paddling around the house with her little feet, and the room was filled with her clear laughter.
Aunt Feng, who was worried, watched from the side and kept telling her to be careful. The loyal bodyguard Xiao Hui was also there, and whenever Xixi was about to hit the wall, he would step forward to block it.
Pei Xingzhi drank some wine, his eyes moistened and his face flushed. He looked around, seeing like-minded friends, a teacher who taught him attentively, and elders who cared about him.
He looked at his daughter playing on the ground again, and finally his eyes fell on Meng Wanqiu beside him.
Meng Wanqiu was carefully putting food into her bowl when she noticed the fiery gaze next to her. She followed the gaze and looked over.
When her eyes met Pei Xingzhi's, the scorching gaze made Meng Wanqiu blush.
Seeing Pei Xingzhi's expression, she knew he was drunk. She put down her chopsticks, leaned close to his ear, and asked softly, "Do you want to go back and rest first?"
Pei Xingzhi shook his head, took her hand under the table, held it tightly, and with his other hand raised his index finger and gestured to Meng Wanqiu.
It was rare to see him so childish. Meng Wanqiu raised her eyebrows and leaned over to listen. She wanted to know what he wanted to say.
There was a hint of laziness in the magnetic and cold voice, and the warm breath mixed with the aroma of wine went straight into her ears. She heard him say:
"Wanwan, I love you."
Meng Wanqiu's face flushed all the way to her neck, but the corners of her mouth couldn't help but turn up, and her heart was beating fast.
It was obviously not the first time I heard it, but every time I heard him say he loved her, I had new feelings.
This time, for a split second, Meng Wanqiu's mind seemed to erupt with fireworks. In the pitch-black night, a cluster of brilliant, multicolored fireworks lit up in the sky. It was fleeting, incomparable to the stars, yet still captivatingly beautiful.
"hehe--"
Pei Xingzhi saw the smile on Meng Wanqiu's face. Under the light, she was so stunningly beautiful that he couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth unconsciously.
She hugged his arm and moved closer.
Pei Xingzhi felt the warmth on his face and heard her say with a smile:
"Me too."
Three years later.
"Daughter, let's come down, okay? Daddy will take you somewhere else to play!"
The sunlight shone through the light clouds and slanted onto the floors of the yard. On the right side of the yard there was a lush jujube tree.
On the branch of the jujube tree, there was a delicate little girl sitting. She was wearing a blue short-sleeved shirt and shorts, revealing her chubby, white and tender arms and legs.
The little girl has two small buns tied on her head with a red rope. She has long and curly eyelashes, big and bright eyes, a small and straight nose, and healthy red lips. She is a very cute and beautiful girl.
The little girl is Pei Jingxi, the daughter of Pei Xingzhi and Meng Wanqiu.
Pei Jingxi sat on a branch of the jujube tree, shaking his head and swaying his little legs. "It's okay, Dad. I'm not afraid."
But I'm scared!
Pei Xingzhi's heart was in a knot, but he couldn't show it on his face, nor did he dare to scold this little ancestor, for fear of scaring her.
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