When Lian Xiaomin, Tan Fanghua and her two sons left Xiliangtun, avoiding the militia all the way, and finally arrived at the truck two miles away, Zheng Ying was already waiting anxiously in the truck bed.
All three of them got on the truck, and the family hugged each other and cried with joy.
There is a gasoline barrel in the truck bed. If you need to refuel on the road, you are not allowed to have an open flame.
Liu Zhitai just lit a small flashlight to illuminate everyone.
Lian Xiaomin settled several people, sat in the passenger seat again, and directed Sun Xuefeng to drive to Yuhetun to pick up Sun Qingping's family.
Yuhetun is not far away, only five miles away.
Lian Xiaomin brought Sun Qingping home to reunite with his wife, children and elderly mother during the first month of the lunar year. Now that he is back for the second time, he is also familiar with the place.
As usual, she went to Sun's house alone to pick someone up.
After Sun Qingping was accused, his wife Cheng Qingxiu lost her job and had to return to her husband's hometown, Yuhetun, to farm with their frail and sickly little son.
She was no longer a city dweller and had suffered as much as Tan Fanghua.
Cheng Qingxiu takes care of the children and Sun Qingping's 60-year-old mother without complaint. The family of three has no strong laborer and lives a hard life.
In addition to their twelve-year-old youngest son Sun Yuliang, they also have an older son named Sun Yugang, who is eighteen years old and is working in a village under Qingyuan County, Guangdong Province.
Sun Qingping actually has two brothers, but after the incident, they had already distanced themselves from him.
Actually, there is no way around it. Although this is the case on the surface, there are still many people taking care of each other in secret.
As for my mother, Aunt He, she insisted on living with her eldest daughter-in-law, Cheng Qingxiu, as she couldn't stand the bullying of the two younger daughters-in-law.
The two women were both very hot-tempered, and were very afraid that their family would be affected by their eldest brother's affairs, but they did not stop the head of the family from secretly sending some food to their mother.
Aunt He had already decided that she would definitely move far away with her eldest son Sun Qingping's family. She couldn't bear to let her grandson Yuliang go because of his poor health.
The three people were picked up by Lian Xiaomin and walked all the way to the truck. Even when they got on the truck bed, they still felt like they were dreaming.
Are you really leaving now?
Sun Qingping excitedly comforted his family, hugged his youngest son and sat down inside, and gave the child an apple that was prepared in the truck bed.
The truck set off again, and its next stop was Junma Village, thirty miles away, to the home of Zheng Ying's younger sister Zheng Guilan, to pick up Zheng Ying's little daughter Zheng Haijie, whose nickname was Yueyue.
Yueyue is ten years old this year. Zheng Ying and his wife haven't seen her for a long time and miss her terribly.
Thirty miles, fifteen kilometers, it only takes half an hour to drive there.
Lian Xiaomin brought Zheng Ying to pick up the child this time, otherwise, Zheng Guilan would not let Yueyue be taken away by a stranger.
She picked up a small bag of flour, which was ten kilograms, and a piece of red checkered cloth, which was eight meters long, rolled up, and held them between her arms, intending to give them to Zheng Guilan.
Zheng Ying's sister is a good person. She immediately agreed to take care of her niece and has been doing so for more than two years.
With one more mouth to feed, it won’t be easy at home.
Zheng Ying took Master Lian and trotted all the way to Zheng Guilan's in-laws' home.
Fortunately, this yard is located in a remote area of the village, quite far away from its neighbors.
Seeing that it was beginning to get light, Zheng Ying hurriedly knocked on the door. As a result, the hardworking Zheng Guilan was actually up, while the rest of the family was still asleep.
During the busy farming season, she had to get up early to go to work, and she was feeding the two chickens in the yard.
When she heard the knock on the door, Zheng Guilan went to open it, and the person she saw was her elder brother. She almost screamed and quickly covered her mouth.
"Brother, why are you here? Are you running away?"
She asked in a low voice, and tears immediately flowed down her face.
I only have this one older brother, and they are the only two siblings in this world. How can I not worry about him? I often dream that something happened to my older brother.
There is a big age difference between the brother and sister, ten years apart.
Zheng Guilan was about 35 years old. She had given birth to three sons and a daughter, and she was very proud of herself in her husband's family.
My parents-in-law are all nice people and have never made things difficult for Yueyue when it comes to food and clothing.
That’s right, there are so many young boys, they are eating me out of money, and our living conditions are not that good.
However, Zheng Guilan's husband had a job in the commune, was on the public rations, and had a monthly income, which solved the problem and was barely enough to support the whole family.
Zheng Ying took out a letter that he had prepared long ago and put it in the girl's hand.
"Gui Lan, I don't have time to tell you in detail. I'm going to escape to Hong Kong. I'm here to pick up Yue Yue. For the rest, you can read the letter slowly later!"
"...If Big Brother does well there and makes more money, he will find a way to ask someone to help you, don't worry."
As he spoke, Zheng Ying stuffed the bag of flour and a roll of cotton cloth given to him by his master into Zheng Guilan's coat pocket, along with all his own money, a total of more than two hundred yuan.
Lian Xiaomin watched secretly from behind a big tree not far away, trying to avoid letting Zheng Guilan know of her presence.
In the letter to her sister, Zheng Ying never mentioned how she escaped, she only said that she had a way and a way.
He wrote more about missing his girlfriend and some things he didn't have time to say even if they met.
Zheng Guilan wiped away her tears, picked up the flour bag, hugged the cotton cloth, nodded silently, and turned back.
He first put the things in the utility room, and then went into his daughter Chunxi's room.
Chunxi is fourteen this year, and she sleeps in the same room with her cousin Yueyue. She asked in a daze, "Mom, are we going to get up?"
"It's not even daybreak yet, just lie down and don't get up yet. I'll call you later."
Without stopping his hands, he pulled Yueyue out of the quilt and silently put clothes on the child.
"Yueyue, come with me for a while, go to the toilet, and don't wet the kang."
She tricked the child into being obedient and letting her dress him, but in fact, the child, who was ten years old, had long stopped wetting the bed.
Yueyue said "hmm" obediently, without even opening her eyes, her aunt dressed her, carried her off the kang, and put on her shoes.
Zheng Guilan hugged Yueyue, thought for a while, and took out a bag of snacks from the kang cabinet, thinking that the child could eat them on the way.
When Yueyue was finally awakened by the cool breeze in the early morning, she found herself standing at the gate of the courtyard, with one of her small hands held in a big hand.
"My dear daughter, Yueyue, daddy is here to pick you up."
Zheng Ying picked up the child and turned to Zheng Guilan and said, "Guilan, close the door quickly. Just say that the child was taken away by your sister-in-law's family. From now on, no matter what happens, you will know nothing!"
"Burn the letter right after you finish reading it. Don't get into any trouble."
Zheng Guilan tightly grasped her eldest brother's arm and said, "Brother, you must take care of yourself and stay safe!"
"Don't worry, my brother's way of escaping is very safe, nothing will happen, don't worry about it, come back quickly!"
The two siblings said goodbye in tears. Zheng Guilan closed the gate and cried silently for a while with her face covered.
The eldest brother came to pick up the child, but he didn’t even stay for ten minutes, and the two of them didn’t say a few words. Just like that, they went their separate ways from then on, and I don’t know if they will see each other again in this life!
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