Rong Yan caught a glimpse of Fu Jingsheng's expression, which alternated between frowning and smiling, and knew that this man was starting to overthink things again.
Okay, let him be a drama queen for a while.
Shen Xingzhi received news that her best friend had set off. She and the caregiver waited in the ward and called Ye Jianming and Xiao Baihe to ask them to come over together.
Many hands make light work; perhaps we can come up with a good solution.
Fearing they might disturb the patients in the next ward, the group went to an open space outside to discuss the matter.
In the end, everyone agreed that it would be most suitable for everyone to go to Jinshi together, except for Shen Xingzhi. Even if they ran into the eldest sister's ex-husband, they wouldn't be afraid of having a large group.
Shen Xingzhi pouted: "Why can't I go? I'm fine now, I can be discharged early."
“Even after you’re discharged from the hospital, you can’t take such a long car ride. Listen to me, stay home and wait. We’ll keep you updated in the group chat.” Rong Yan stopped Shen Xingzhi.
“I have clients in the gold market who have worked with me before. If necessary, I can just make a phone call and they will give me face,” Fu Jingsheng said.
"Leave the Jin City area to me. Don't forget what I used to do. I have friends from all over the country. I can organize a whole company in minutes with just a shout in the Jin City group." Ye Jianming is good at finding people.
“Okay, you can take over. Be a substitute. Don’t make a big fuss when you come up, or you’ll scare the old folks.” Rong Yan adopted Ye Jianming’s suggestion.
The group prepared to act as soon as possible.
However, considering that I still have work to do, I will arrange things tomorrow, head to Jinshi in the evening, and try to return to Tiancheng the day after tomorrow afternoon.
The caregiver almost knelt down to thank everyone, but luckily Rong Yan was quick and pulled the woman's knees back.
Lanshan Garden.
Fu Jingsheng received his big reward—an expensive watch.
The man looked at the expensive watch face, feeling a mix of emotions.
In the past, a watch worth 100,000 or 200,000 would have been nothing to him, but now he actually wants his wife to give it to him.
Rong Yan didn't buy anything more expensive, afraid that Fu Jingsheng wouldn't want it.
She said it was a Qixi Festival gift, with the initials of their names engraved on the back, which was quite meaningful.
Fu Jingsheng hugged Rong Yan and said, "Wife, thank you."
To raise money for compensation for his employees, Fu Jingsheng sold his most expensive watches.
Rong Yan had noticed his bare wrist long ago, so she gave her husband a new watch under the guise of Qixi Festival.
She rested her head on Fu Jingsheng's arm, chatting with him, and fell asleep without realizing it.
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The next evening, after arranging their work, the group went directly to the airport to meet up.
Rong Yan, Fu Jingsheng, and the nurse were the first to arrive at Tongfeng Village. The three of them went up the mountain first.
Ye Jianming and Xiao Baihe were waiting at the foot of the mountain.
The hour and a half after the plane landed in Jinshi felt exceptionally long for the caregiver.
When he came out, the business car that Ye Jianming had rented in advance was already waiting in the parking lot.
It's a two-hour drive from the airport to Tongfeng, and if all goes well, it should be ready by 10 o'clock.
The caregiver couldn't remember exactly how long she had been gone, but it seemed to have been at least three years. Jinshi seemed unchanged.
The car passed through the most bustling urban area, where the level of liveliness was only equivalent to that of a night market in Tiancheng.
After passing through the city center, the roadsides became noticeably desolate.
Everyone will stay at the foot of the mountain tonight, and Rongyan and the others will accompany the caregivers up the mountain after dawn tomorrow.
Upon arriving at the hotel, Rong Yan learned that it still took half an hour to drive from the county town to Tongfeng Village.
Back in the familiar city, the caregiver couldn't sleep at all at night.
She sat on the balcony, staring blankly out the window.
She stayed up until dawn, then put on her best clothes. She was about to see her daughter, and her hands trembled with excitement.
Rong Yan and the others also got up on time.
Even Rong Yan, who has the best mental fortitude, became nervous as they approached the village.
Fu Jingsheng held his wife's hand the whole time.
The car stopped at the foot of the mountain, and the caregivers got out. Ye Jianming and Xiao Baihe waited at the foot of the mountain.
“This is the road; tricycles can go in and out,” the caregiver said as they walked. “There’s a primary school over there, a small shop over there, and fields over there.”
"The scenery is very nice." The air in the mountains is fresh, the trees are lush, and there aren't many houses.
Those houses look very old.
"It's just ahead." After walking for a while, the caregiver stopped.
She mentally prepared herself and continued climbing.
Rong Yan and the others were led to a small house that looked like it was about to collapse.
Is this Xiao Ruo's home? Rong Yan's heart skipped a beat.
"Right here," the caregiver said, pointing to the unchanged house.
Just then, a little girl emerged from a nearby haystack. She saw the stranger and touched her head.
Xiao Ruo has grown taller, but her appearance hasn't changed much. The caregiver squatted down and hugged her daughter.
The little girl seemed to recognize her mother, touching her mother's face with her dark little hands.
The elderly person went to work in the fields, but when the caregiver asked the child what they wanted for lunch...
The little girl pointed to the stove in the yard and said that her grandmother had put the potatoes in and she would cook them herself.
As a mother herself, Rong Yan burst into tears upon seeing the potatoes in the pot.
With Grandma not around, the caregiver could have taken the child away directly, but after hearing Xiaoruo say that Grandma treated her very well, the caregiver gave up on that idea.
They chatted with Xiaoruo, who is seven years old and hasn't gone to school yet.
Xiao Ruo said that her grandmother didn't go home at noon so she could do more work, so a few people went to the fields to look for her.
The old man was well aware of the debt his son owed to his daughter-in-law.
She looked at her daughter-in-law appearing radiant and then at her own tattered clothes and mud-covered cloth shoes, and she understood.
The daughter-in-law is living a good life in the city, and now she wants to buy Xiaoruo to take her away.
The old man kept wiping away tears, his hands like withered old tree branches, making it hard for any of them to speak first.
After a long silence, the caregiver knelt down and thanked the former mother-in-law with tears in her eyes, asking if she could give Xiao Ru to her.
The old woman was naturally reluctant to part with him, but even though she had never been to school, she still knew that her child would not have a good life with her.
No matter how reluctant she was, she couldn't keep Xiao Ruo by her side.
The old man cried for a while before saying, "Xiao Ruo will be better off with you. Da Niu only comes back twice a year. I'm old and can't stay with the child all the time."
The caregiver banged his head on the ground several times.
"Mom, will you come with me?" The caregiver, who hadn't expected her former mother-in-law to be so easy to talk to, called out "Mom" again after several years.
The old woman shook her head as she looked at the crops covering the ground. "I can't bear to part with these, Mother. I've lived in the mountains my whole life. I never went there when you were down there. Why would I go anywhere else?"
The old man put down his work and went home with Rong Yan and the others.
Things went so smoothly, I didn't expect it to be so easy.
But when the caregiver said that since she had agreed, she would take the child away that afternoon, the old woman suddenly felt reluctant and asked if she could wait two days. She sold the corn in her home to buy Xiao Ru a pretty dress and looked at it for a long time at the market.
At that moment, Rong Yan completely broke down, burying her head in front of her husband, her tears soaking his clothes.
She took two more days off, and the caregiver stayed with her.
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