Chapter 19
"Don't go!"
Meng Jinyu couldn't let Youyou take the money and the notebook away, so she propped herself up and tried to chase after her. However, she had to act decently after banging her head against the wall just now. When she stood up, her feet went weak and her head felt dizzy.
"Don't worry about her. She grew up in this village. Are you afraid she'll get lost?" Jiang Huanming said angrily. "She'll be back soon."
Meng Jinyu's wrist was being pulled by Jiang Huanming. If she pulled it away directly, it might arouse his suspicion, so she said, "I'm worried..."
"I'll go look after Youyou." Jiang Cheng turned and walked out.
Mrs. Jiang helped Meng Jinyu back to the inner room and said, "Don't worry about it. Lie down on the kang and take good care of yourself."
Meng Jinyu had no words to express her grievances and her face was gloomy.
…
Youyou left Jiang's house and asked many uncles and aunts in the village when the last bus would arrive, but they didn't tell her.
They also advised her to go home early, saying how could a little kid take the bus by herself?
Youyou begged them to take her to the meat processing factory again, but the adults were unwilling to take responsibility and directly refused, urging her to go home for dinner.
Youyou walked and stopped in the village, stopped and walked.
She has no home anymore.
The night gradually deepened.
Stars dot the night sky and the bright moonlight shines on the earth.
Youyou's little feet felt a little sore, so she stopped and leaned against the tree stump to rest for a while.
"Mianmian, this is your favorite paper boat. The paper boat can go very far. Do you see it?"
At this time, the villagers have turned off the lights and rested, why are there still people talking?
The little dumpling stood up and slowly walked forward a few steps.
By the stream, a beautiful figure stood there.
She was dressed in black, with her thick black hair draped over her shoulders. She had her back to Youyou and spoke gently and softly.
"I'm sorry, Mom, I'm sorry Mianmian." She stopped talking and sobbed softly.
This is the village chief’s daughter-in-law. They met last time.
Youyou felt at that time that this aunt was the unhappiest adult in the village because there was no light in her eyes.
"This boat is so beautiful." Youyou walked closer, stood on tiptoe, and looked at the boat floating farther and farther away on the stream.
Xu Weiwei murmured to herself: "Will Mianmian like it?"
"Yes! Every child will like it!" Youyou nodded vigorously and asked in a low voice, "Auntie, what's wrong with her?"
"At that time, Mianmian went to a ditch in the field with her friends and she slipped and fell into it. The children went to call her grandmother, who saw that she only had a small scratch on her forehead, so she put her on the kang and went back to work in the kitchen." Her voice seemed to come from far away, light and even her eyes were empty. "When her father and I came back from work, the child on the kang was already ice-cold."
When talking about the saddest moment, Xu Weiwei had already wiped away her tears.
"I promised to fold a paper boat for Mianmian once I learned how to do it, but I didn't do it in the end. I wonder if Mianmian will blame me." Xu Weiwei lowered her eyes.
"No." Youyou said firmly.
Xu Weiwei was stunned: "Why are you so sure?"
"Because no child will blame his or her mother! Auntie is the one who likes Mianmian the most, and Mianmian is the one who loves Auntie the most." Youyou said softly.
Xu Weiwei's nose felt slightly sore and she subconsciously looked at Youyou.
The little girl's face was rosy and there was a peaceful smile on the corners of her mouth, like a warm breeze blowing into her heart.
"Don't blame yourself anymore. Sister Mianmian will feel bad." Youyou said again.
Xu Weiwei hesitated and said, "But don't you also blame your mother? The whole village knows about you and your mother."
"That's different! She is my stepmother, and my biological mother is missing." Youyou puffed out her chest unconvinced.
"Stepmother?" Xu Weiwei was confused. She had never heard that the third son of the Jiang family remarried.
"Even if I told you, you wouldn't believe it." Youyou lowered her head, "Because my stepmother looks exactly like my mother. Auntie, I want to find my mother. She may be in the meat processing factory. Can you take me there?"
The more Xu Weiwei listened, the more confused she became: "Tell me what happened."
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Jiang Cheng hid in the dark and followed Youyou all the way. He blamed his sister for always making their mother angry, but at the same time, he was worried about her.
Fortunately, at this moment, my sister went to the village chief's house.
As a result, Jiang Cheng breathed a sigh of relief.
When Jiang Cheng returned home, the house was pitch dark.
Passing by the inner room, I heard my mother's voice coming from inside.
"This girl is untameable. If she continues like this, I can't handle it."
"Just give her away. Although the family in Zhaijia Village is poor, they can at least give her food to eat. We still have Guoguo. If you like girls, you can have another one..."
My mother's voice was filled with tears.
After a while, my father's serious voice came: "Tomorrow morning, I will go and find out clearly whether they really want her."
"Send him away earlier, send him away tomorrow, okay?" Meng Jinyu pleaded.
Outside the house, Jiang Cheng's heart skipped a beat.
Did he hear it wrong?
How could mom and dad not want a younger sister?
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The next day arrived in a blink of an eye. This day was a difficult one for both Jiang Huanming and Meng Jinyu.
The weather was really changeable. It was sunny during the day, but after the sun went down, it started to drizzle.
Jiang Huanming was disturbed by the sound of rain.
"Haven't you found Youyou yet?" Meng Jinyu came over and asked.
"I didn't find her. Didn't Guoguo say she went to the village chief's house this morning? I went to the village chief's house to ask, but there was no one there. It seemed that the village chief's daughter-in-law took her to the meat processing factory." Jiang Huanming said irritably, "Why are you meddling in other people's business? Why are you playing with a child?"
Meng Jinyu's temples were throbbing.
He went to the meat processing factory, and he hasn't come back yet even now!
Could she have discovered something?
"What should we do? Zhai Jinbao is not someone who can be fooled easily. The verbal agreement also counts. If we don't send the child to them before sunset, I'm afraid they will make a scene." Meng Jinyu pulled Jiang Huanming's arm, "If things get out of hand, the villagers will laugh at us—"
Jiang Huanming shook her hand off irritably: "What can I do? It was you who insisted on sending her away."
He originally planned to send the child far away and tell others that the relative had no children and that he wanted to take Youyou away.
But if Zhai Jinbao and his wife really come to make trouble, won’t it be impossible to keep it secret?
By that time, the Jiang family will no longer be able to hold their heads up in Fenglin Village.
"I'll ride my bike to Zhaijia Village now to talk to them and comfort them." Jiang Huanming was still worried, and he went to ride his bike as soon as he left the main room, regardless of how heavy the rain was outside.
Meng Jinyu looked worried, but fortunately at this moment, she glanced and saw Xu Weiwei's figure.
The heavy stone in her heart fell instantly and she ran over quickly.
But halfway through the run, she was stunned: "Where's Youyou?"
"She went to find her mother." Xu Weiwei said with a smile.
Meng Jinyu's face froze: "Nonsense, I am her mother!"
Xu Weiwei sneered: "Do you dare to speak louder?"
Just then, several tall and strong men came to Fenglin Village in the rain.
They stood at the entrance of the village and shouted at the top of their lungs: "Where is Jiang Huanming? Come out! Your wife has received the money, so you don't want to sell the baby? How can this be so cheap?"
The villagers reacted faster than Jiang Huanming. They poked their heads out of the windows one by one with curious looks on their faces.
Meng Jinyu looked terrified and rushed forward, trying to persuade Zhai Jinbao to go back.
But her arm was held tightly by Xu Weiwei.
Xu Weiwei came over and said in a very soft and slow voice: "Ruan Wenwen, I heard a very interesting story at the meat processing factory today. I wonder if you are interested?"
It was like a bolt of thunder striking down on her head, and "Meng Jinyu", also known as Ruan Wenwen, froze completely.
They actually knew her true identity.
…
There was heavy rain and wind.
At this moment, Xiaotuanzi rushed to Xiangyu Village in a hurry.
"Is this the little granddaughter of Mrs. Li? It's raining heavily today and the house is leaking. Your grandma has gone to her sister's house in the next village to take shelter from the rain!" An old woman came out to collect the baskets. Seeing the heavy rain coming, she hurriedly said, "Is your mother behind you? Ask her to take you home!"
After saying that, the old woman turned around and went into the house, closing the door tightly.
But Youyou had no intention of stopping.
The rain flooded over the little feet, ankles, and calves, and the little dumpling had difficulty moving forward.
Finally, she arrived at her grandmother's house.
“Mom——” Youyou knocked on the door with her little hands.
The heavy rain suppressed Youyou's voice.
No one answered.
"Mom, Youyou is here!" She did not give up. She raised her childish voice and knocked on the door again.
I don’t know how much time had passed.
"Bang", a loud noise came from the room, followed by the sound of twisting like a struggle.
The moment the sound came, Youyou’s eyes opened wide, and she covered her little mouth to hold back her tears.
She really found her mother!
“Mom, don’t be afraid!” Little Dumpling took a deep breath and shouted with red eyes: “Youyou is here to save you!”
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