Chapter 20
During the day, Youyou was waiting outside the meat processing factory, but there was no sign of her uncle.
She wanted to ask someone to help her go in and shout, but the security guard angrily drove her away, yelling that she was just a poor relative.
Later, the aunt workers who passed by talked about how something big happened in the family of the director of the meat processing plant. The daughter they had raised for nearly 30 years turned out not to be their biological daughter. An uneducated boy from the village was adopted instead. That poor boy was Youyou's uncle.
Xu Weiwei immediately guessed that her stepmother and Youyou’s mother were twin sisters.
No wonder everyone said that the stepmother seemed like a different person after she woke up. Her speech and temperament were different. Now, everything makes sense.
Afterwards, it started to rain heavily. Xu Weiwei said that it was not a good idea to just wait there, so she took Youyou back to the village.
The bus encountered a breakdown halfway through its journey. The driver had no choice but to stop the bus on the side of the road and tell the passengers in a hurry to get off first, while those who were not in a hurry could wait for the next bus.
Youyou and Xu Weiwei didn’t know where to go, so they sat in the carriage and waited.
Gradually, Youyou fell asleep. Little Tuanzi was not sleeping deeply and had a frown on her face. That was because she had another dream.
In her dream, she saw her mother tied up tightly and locked in a small room, unable to move.
The room was pitch dark and Youyou couldn't see anything at first, but in her dream she was so worried about her mother that she tried her best to look for clues.
Finally, she saw a window.
Outside the window is a large cowshed.
There was a heavy rain in the dream, and my mother was alone at home. She was struggling, but no one came to rescue her.
So Youyou woke up in shock.
After waking up, she was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, and begged Xu Weiwei to take her to Xiangyu Village.
At first, little Tuanzi was not sure if her mother was there. After all, when she went to her grandmother's house with her stepmother, she did not notice any movement in other rooms.
But fortunately, she still insisted on her own ideas.
At this moment, Youyou finally heard the noise coming from the house. She was both happy and anxious.
Little Dumpling was soaked like a drowned rat. Her bangs were wet from the rain and stuck to her forehead. Her eyelashes were also wet. She pushed the door hard, but couldn't open it.
Before grandma went out, she locked the door.
At this moment, the room was pitch black, and only the sound of heavy rain could be heard. Meng Jinyu was lying on the kang with her hands and feet tied.
She had already become numb because she didn't have enough to eat every day and couldn't go out.
But just now, she heard Youyou's voice.
Meng Jinyu had been locked up for a long time, so long that even though she looked out the window every day to watch the sun rise and set, she could no longer count how much time had passed.
She was worried about the situation at home, worried that the children were not well fed and clothed, and she was particularly concerned about Youyou and Shanshan.
They are still young. How will they live without their mother?
"Mom! Youyou is here to save you!"
"Don't be afraid, I'm trying to find a solution!"
The sound of thunder and rain almost drowned out the child's voice, but Meng Jinyu was extremely excited. However, her mouth was stuffed with rags of cotton and could only make a buzzing sound.
She tried to stand up.
This would be impossible under normal circumstances, because Li Guimei tied her ankles tightly, but the coarse hemp rope had become loose after being struggled with for so long. Meng Jinyu used all her strength to sit up from the kang, and even in this weather she was so tired that beads of sweat rolled down her forehead.
After sitting up, it was not so difficult to try to get up. She pressed her cheek against the yellow mud wall and with some effort, she leaned her head over to knock on the window.
“Boom—boom—boom—”
She was in a hurry, not caring whether she felt any pain or not, she just knew that this was her only hope.
"Knock, knock, knock--" After a while, there was a response.
The little ball was jumping outside the window, and the little knot that Xu Weiwei had pierced on its head was also jumping around happily.
With hope of survival, Meng Jinyu finally got excited. She forgot how hungry she was, and pressed her cheek against the window, pushing hard out.
After a long time, the window was pushed open with a "click".
Youyou jumped in surprise, grabbed the window frame with her little hands and climbed up with all her strength.
"Wow!" The child shouted in a baby voice, his short legs dangling, his face flushed red, and he encouraged himself, "Youyou, don't give up!"
Until with a "gulp" sound, the little meat ball finally turned over!
Meng Jinyu was confused, but not completely stunned. She moved on the kang and leaned her upper body forward, wanting to hug the child.
Youyou pursed her lips and tears welled up in her eyes.
This is what a mother is like. Even though she is tied up and looks pale and weak, she is still worried that she has been wronged and wants to give her a hug.
Youyou couldn't hold back any longer and sat in front of her mother crying.
She cried so hard that her little shoulders kept shaking. It took her a long time to control her emotions.
This made Meng Jinyu very anxious. She moved left and right, making a "buzzing" sound, signaling Youyou to take out the rag stuffed in her mouth.
The rag in her mouth was pulled away by her daughter, and Meng Jinyu finally found her voice: "Daughter, why did you come alone? It's so dangerous to be alone in such heavy rain. Where are your father and brothers and sisters? Didn't they come?"
That day, Meng Jinyu was knocked unconscious and when she woke up she was already at her parents' home.
Her mother tied her up and didn't let her move, fearing that she would alarm other villagers, and she also gagged her.
She could only eat one meal a day, and could only speak when eating. But no matter how she asked, the old lady always had a guilty expression on her face and did not say a word.
Meng Jinyu usually sleeps and wakes up all the time, and she didn’t even hear Ruan Wenwen and Jiang Huanming bringing Youyou over last time, but she always had faith in her heart.
She thought her in-laws would come looking for her.
But who could have thought that the person who came was her little daughter.
"Dad and my brother and sister were taken away by my stepmother." Youyou said in a crying voice.
"Stepmother? Your father found a stepmother for you so quickly!" Meng Jinyu's eyes widened, "He is really promising."
Youyou started to untie the hemp rope with a "huff and puff".
Li Guimei tied the knot with great force. Youyou tried her best but couldn't untie the rope. She was so anxious that she looked everywhere for a pair of scissors.
"The scissors are in your grandma's room." Meng Jinyu reminded quickly.
The house was leaking everywhere, and because of this, Youyou had to go to the corner and light a kerosene lamp.
There was finally light in the room, and Youyou quickly started looking for a pair of scissors.
From Meng Jinyu's perspective, her daughter's back was small, but seemed full of strength.
The child rummaged through the cabinets one by one, from the inner room to the main room, and then to her uncle's room.
Finally, Youyou was tired of walking through the accumulated water, so she simply took out the clothes and winter quilt from the closet, threw them on the ground, and stepped on them with her little feet.
Meng Jinyu was amused by the child, her eyes gradually became moist, and tears appeared in her smile.
After a lot of effort, Youyou found the scissors.
She held the scissors, ran back to her mother, and cut the hemp rope carefully.
After her hands were untied, Meng Jinyu took the scissors and untied her feet.
Finally, the mother and daughter hugged each other tightly.
Meng Jinyu didn't know what had happened in the past few days. She just patted her little girl on the back and said, "Youyou has been wronged."
Youyou felt really aggrieved and nodded her little head like a chicken pecking at rice, but she was afraid that her mother would worry, so she shook her head quickly.
Meng Jinyu's eyes turned red, and she said seriously: "From now on, with mom here, no one can bully you."
No one can bully them mother and daughter!
"Mom, let's go. Otherwise, when grandma comes back, she will tie us up." Youyou said.
"I'm not unconscious, no one can tie me up!" Meng Jinyu held Youyou's hand and said, "Let's go later. Tell mom what happened recently and who became your stepmother. I think your dad is quite honest, how can he be so shameless!"
…
Zhai Jinbao and the people he brought with him went straight towards Jiang Huanming, cursing.
But "Meng Jinyu" didn't have the mind to care about so much. At this moment, she felt extremely frightened because of Xu Weiwei's words.
Xu Weiwei was not wrong, her name was Ruan Wenwen, and she was once the daughter of the director of a meat processing factory.
In her previous life, in the first twenty years of her life, she lived a colorful life.
She never liked studying since she was a child. She was forced to go to junior high school, but before she graduated, she refused to continue her studies.
Her parents were both educated people and were very angry with her at the time, but they just couldn't persuade her.
In the first few years after she dropped out of school, she didn't work. Her parents supported her anyway, and she had good food and drink every day. She used a lot of cloth to make clothes for herself, and she dressed very gorgeously. Not only did her parents let her do whatever she wanted, but when she reached the right age, they also found a partner for her.
Although Ruan Wenwen is lazy and likes to eat, she comes from a good family and is pretty, so many people want to marry her.
However, she had high standards and looked down on the factory workers, who were neither high-ranking nor low-ranking. As a result, she got older.
Fortunately, when she was 29 years old, she finally found a good home.
The other party is the son of a cadre and looks decent. Although he has no ability, he works in a good unit after all, and he will definitely let Ruan Wenwen live a good life.
In that era, 29 years old was considered a typical late marriage. Ruan Wenwen was very satisfied with the other party and agreed to get married immediately.
The four major items needed for a wedding were naturally complete, and the other party's family even gave more than the four major items. They had relatives overseas, and they had stacks of foreign exchange coupons. They brought all kinds of novel gadgets into the house, making Ruan Wenwen smile from ear to ear.
But who knew that everything would change just when they were about to get married.
Her parents suddenly found out that she was not their biological daughter.
It turned out that Meng's father was not that poor at that time, and he sent his daughter-in-law to the hospital to give birth.
The hospital conditions were poor and the system was incomplete. The factory director's wife gave birth at the same time as Meng's mother, but the factory director's wife lost consciousness on the spot due to heavy bleeding during labor, and did not know whether she was giving birth to a boy or a girl.
The ward was in chaos at that time. Mrs. Li favored boys over girls. She was afraid that if she brought two girls back to the village, they would be laughed at by the villagers and treated harshly by her mother-in-law, so she and her husband secretly exchanged the children.
The doctor was very busy, and the newborn baby was taken care of by a new nurse. She was young and inexperienced and had no idea what was going on.
After the rescue, the factory director's wife survived and the family was overjoyed, not noticing at all that the child had been switched.
Without anyone noticing, Mrs. Li managed to hide the truth and brought back a pair of twins who looked nothing alike, a boy and a girl, to the village.
After the truth about his previous life was revealed, Meng Jinguo was recognized and renamed Ruan Jinguo, while Ruan Wenwen's engagement was cancelled. She returned to Xiangyu Village and returned to her original form.
It is difficult to go from extravagance to frugality. She can't stand the hard life every day and she hates her family - her mother and sister.
Until her sister's selfless dedication finally moved her...
But her sister's life was so good that she was jealous even in her dreams.
Later, Ruan Wenwen had an accident and would spend the rest of her life in bed.
During that period, she read a lot of novels.
The time-traveling girl in the stepmother novel replaces the original heroine's identity and lives a colorful life. She dreams of exchanging souls with her sister to replace her life that was like a cheat.
Ruan Wenwen died with hatred in her heart, but she didn't expect that after completely losing consciousness, she would wake up and be reborn.
There is no time travel, but she can create artificial soul swaps.
Ruan Wenwen looked at Xu Weiwei in panic, her voice trembling, "Where did Youyou go to find her mother?"
Xu Weiwei had already guessed from the factory security guard that the child who was swapped in the factory director's home should be Youyou's mother's twin sister. She originally wanted to reveal her true identity in front of the villagers, but on second thought, she did not do so.
In such a heart-warming moment, the protagonist should be the real Meng Jinyu.
So Xu Weiwei said, "Youyou went to find her mother, but we didn't meet her uncle, and the child didn't know where her mother was. Now I'll give you one last chance, where did you keep her mother?"
Ruan Wenwen was stunned for a moment, then a gleam of light flashed in her eyes, and she suddenly understood.
It turns out that they haven't discovered her trump card yet.
"Where did Youyou go?" Ruan Wenwen asked tentatively.
"The child was stubborn. We looked for him everywhere in the town, in the meat processing factory, the state-owned restaurant, the supply and marketing cooperative..." Xu Weiwei did not reveal the fact that she had already sent Youyou to the entrance of Xiangyu Village.
Ruan Wenwen breathed a sigh of relief, but she didn't completely believe it: "Aren't you going to help people to the end?"
"I want to help, but how can I? She's waiting at the entrance of the meat processing factory, and she'll eventually get her uncle. If I stay, won't I have to spend money to stay in a guesthouse? Your family can't do so much for your child, so why should I?"
Ruan Wenwen looked at Xu Weiwei with an inquiring look.
It costs several dollars to stay in a guesthouse for one night. Besides, she was in a hurry to go out, so she must not have gone to the village committee to get a letter of introduction.
Just now I almost thought the sky was going to fall, but now, Ruan Wenwen carefully analyzed Xu Weiwei's words and knew that there was still room for improvement.
It was windy and rainy outside, and if a child was wandering outside, he might get lost like Jiang Shan if he wasn't careful.
Even if she didn't get lost, there was no way she could know her mother's whereabouts. Without any evidence, she could just say that Youyou made a malicious accusation because she didn't want to be sent away.
Next, she just needs to find a time to go to Xiangyu Village and solve the big problem of her twin sister.
From now on, she is the real and only "Meng Jinyu".
Seeing Ruan Wenwen's frown relax, Xu Weiwei sneered in her heart. Instead of surrounding Zhai Jinbao to watch the fun like other villagers, she turned around and left.
She didn’t know whether Youyou had found her mother. She had to first finish the task that Xiaotuanzi had asked her to do, and then go to Xiangyu Village to take a look.
If Youyou’s mother is not in Xiangyu Village, she has to take the child home, otherwise she will be in danger.
The important matter was resolved. Ruan Wenwen walked up to the embarrassed Jiang Huanming, looked around at the villagers who had come out to have fun, and said to Zhai Jinbao in a sincere tone: "I misunderstood what you meant. I thought you wanted me to make some clothes for the child, so I took the money back. After all, we have clearly said that a family like ours would never sell a child."
Zhai Jinbao laughed angrily: "You just don't want to admit it, right? You took the money, but you won't give me the child——"
Ruan Wenwen interrupted him: "I will return the money to you. Also, we agreed to give the child to you because we thought you really loved the child. I didn't expect you to be so vicious. We won't give the child to you." After she finished speaking, she slowly said, "Tomorrow morning, I will send 30 yuan to your home, not a penny less."
Hearing her tone, Zhai Jinbao's fellow villagers were unhappy, but before they could show their anger, they saw a surprised and flattering smile on Zhai Jinbao's face.
"Yes, yes, yes. I've thought about it carefully and I've come to my senses a little bit. No wonder my wife said that a girl must not wear her son's stinky clothes. I really hope you can help make clothes with the money. Both our families love our little girls..."
As Zhai Jinbao spoke, he turned around and walked away happily. Before leaving, he said, "Don't forget to return the thirty yuan to me. There are so many people in your village listening."
When he was out of the village, he was very happy and said to the people around him, "I have met a sucker this time. I gave her five dollars to buy a daughter, and now she gives me thirty dollars to buy the daughter back! It's different when someone in the family works in a state-owned enterprise. They are very generous!"
…
After sending Zhai Jinbao away, Ruan Wenwen began to comfort the Jiang family.
"I never thought that Youyou would be so stubborn that she would run away from home." She shook her head and sighed, "It's really a waste of time to raise her to this age."
The matter of spending money to buy a child had been properly resolved by her. Although she lost twenty-five dollars, people who achieve great things should not care about the money. She comforted herself in this way in her heart.
"The child is so young, where can he go alone?" Mrs. Jiang's heart ached.
"We can't just ignore her, can we?" Jiang Ersao said, "This child is really ignorant. If she is kidnapped by a kidnapper, her life will definitely not be as good as it is in the Zhai family. Mother, what do you think we should do?"
Old Lady Jiang rubbed her temples and said, "No matter how hard it is to find them, we have to find them. We have to find Shanshan and Youyou too."
The family discussed it for a whole night but couldn't come to a conclusion. Finally, Jiang Huanming waved his hands irritably and said, "Let her be. Do I owe her anything? I'm tired after a night's work. I'm going to sleep."
He turned and went into the house.
Ruan Wenwen followed him, went back to the inner room and closed the door.
On the other side, Jiang Cheng came out of the house while no one was paying attention.
The rain was still heavy, so he quickened his pace and wanted to leave the village to find Youyou.
However, as soon as he reached the entrance of the village, he was stopped by Xu Weiwei.
Xu Weiwei was waiting for him at the entrance of the village. She asked, "Where are you going?"
Jiang Cheng said: "Youyou has gone to town, I have to go find her."
"Youyou is right." Xu Weiwei glanced at him calmly, "You are just a kid, how are you going to town now? The last bus has stopped, are you going to walk?"
Jiang Cheng was stunned for a moment, then he looked down at his feet and gritted his teeth and said, "Even if I have to walk, I have to find my sister!"
Xu Weiwei said calmly, "It's raining so hard and the mountain road is slippery. If you accidentally fall down and become disabled, how will Youyou feel comfortable with it? Will she have to sacrifice everything to take care of you in the future?"
This is what Youyou asked Xu Weiwei to help her do. Although she did not tell her about the fate of her elder brother in her dream, in Xu Weiwei's opinion, the child's concerns were reasonable. The Jiang family was already in chaos enough. If Jiang Cheng got into trouble while looking for his sister, it would be a headache to think about it.
"If you love your sister, you should trust her unconditionally, instead of blaming her and worrying about her like this. It was you who followed the two of us in the village last night, right? Doing this is useless, it will only make you feel better. Youyou will still be hungry and cold." Xu Weiwei said.
Jiang Cheng lowered his head: "Then do you know where Youyou is now?"
"She went to find her mother. I will watch her. She is safe." Xu Weiwei said.
After she finished speaking, meeting Jiang Cheng's unbearable gaze, Xu Weiwei suddenly realized, "You still don't believe that the one at home now is not your biological mother, right? You've grown up so big, but you're not as good as your two brothers and sisters. You can't even recognize your own mother. Your mother really loves you two in vain." She ran out of patience and waved her hand, "Go back and don't cause us any trouble."
After much difficulty, Xu Weiwei managed to drive Jiang Cheng back to the Jiang family before setting off for Xiangyu Village.
…
The village chief's family has a bicycle, but the village chief always keeps it like a treasure and rarely rides it out. That's why the bicycle that Jiang Huanming bought not long ago is so rare among the villagers.
At this moment, Xu Weiwei rode her bicycle to Xiangyu Village.
The rain had subsided, so she went straight to the small house at the end of the village.
She thought she would hear the mother and daughter hugging each other and crying outside the house, but she was wrong.
There was a slight fragrance coming from the room!
Is anyone cooking?
The door was locked from the outside. Xu Weiwei looked around and saw a window that was still open, so she climbed in.
As soon as I entered the room, I saw mother and daughter sitting at the round table.
When Xu Weiwei saw the real Meng Jinyu, she was stunned for a moment. Without saying anything, the twin sisters really looked exactly the same.
However, next to the real Meng Jinyu, Youyou is well-behaved, cute and likes to act coquettishly.
Just now, the mother and daughter made a fire and cooked together, and found all the edible things in the house.
It's just that the family's conditions were poor, and all they could find were cornmeal cakes and coarse cakes. There was not even any meat at all. Fortunately, Meng Jinyu remembered the bacon that the old lady had pickled, and after rummaging through the cupboard for a long time, she finally found it!
If it were a normal day, Meng Jinyu was very frugal and would definitely not be willing to eat so much meat, but this time it was different.
She was very weak, and the old lady was unkind, so she was unjust.
A pot of bacon was served in a coarse porcelain bowl. Youyou swallowed her saliva greedily. She stood on tiptoe to eat it, with the corners of her mouth raised high, revealing a pair of sweet dimples.
It was not until then that Meng Jinyu saw Xu Weiwei.
Just now, little Tuanzi told her a lot of things that happened in the past few days. Meng Jinyu was confused, but from the child, she learned that Xu Weiwei helped a lot.
Before, Xu Weiwei had never gotten along well with the women in the village. After Mianmian's death, she became even more isolated, so Meng Jinyu was not familiar with her.
At this moment, the two of them stared at each other, and Meng Jinyu just wanted to thank them.
"I'm so glad I found you." Xu Weiwei said, "The child needs a mother."
"Aunt Weiwei, come and have dinner, my mother's cooking is delicious!" Youyou greeted Xu Weiwei like a little host.
As soon as Xu Weiwei sat down, she told him what she had heard at the meat processing factory and figured out the cause and effect of the whole incident.
Meng Jinyu frowned and concluded, "So, the one who knocked me out was my sister."
Youyou nodded quickly: "Your sister is our stepmother!"
Only then did Meng Jinyu finally wake up.
It turned out that the images that were circling in her mind after she was knocked unconscious that day were all real, everything that happened in her previous life.
In her previous life, after Ruan Wenwen returned home, she did not get along well with her mother.
Meng Jinyu is already married, but she is used to making sacrifices, so she often goes back to her parents' home to show care and concern for her younger sister.
At that time, Ruan Wenwen laughed at her for working like a slave for the family and still not getting any good results. However, she didn't expect that a few years later, Jiang Huanming would go into business and live a rich life with his family of six in the 1980s when gold was everywhere.
All of her children are capable and extremely filial.
Meng Jinyu did not forget her twin sister. Although they were not close, blood was thicker than water, so Meng Jinyu gave her a chance and led her to live a good life.
There was a period of time in her previous life when she could feel that Ruan Wenwen was sincere to her.
But slowly, Meng Jinyu lived in a beautiful apartment, a luxurious house, drove a luxury car, had a driver, went to the beauty salon every day, and saw the world with Jiang Huanming. From a crude rural woman, she gradually became radiant, and even developed a common language with Jiang Huanming, and their relationship became better and better...
So her sister became jealous and wanted to take away everything she had.
But as soon as Ruan Wenwen tried to approach Jiang Huanming, she was discovered by Youyou.
At that time, Youyou had grown into a bright and childish little girl. She was very smart and as clever as she was when she was little. She hinted several times, asking Ruan Wenwen to give up.
Ruan Wenwen didn't want to miss this good opportunity, so she went to win over the twin boy and girl in her family.
The twins are not very smart, not as clever as Youyou, but they also side with their biological mother in their hearts. Ruan Wenwen is at a loss, so she takes the opportunity when Meng Jinyu is out traveling to run to Jiang Huanming's room, and uses despicable tricks to pretend to be the older sister.
Unfortunately, all of this was seen by Youyou. The little girl was no longer polite and exposed her true identity on the spot. Jiang Huanming realized that he was tricked and almost recognized the wrong person, so he directly kicked her out of the house.
Ruan Wenwen lost face and ran out of the small building crying, and accidentally got into a car accident.
She didn't die, but her lower body was paralyzed and she spent the rest of her life in a wheelchair.
After returning from her trip and learning the whole story, Meng Jinyu could only sigh that she had let a wolf into the house.
After all, they are sisters. She single-handedly paid for Ruan Wenwen's surgery and the cost of the sanatorium for the rest of her life, but the two sisters never met again.
In those pictures, Meng Jinyu lived a prosperous life after 1983, and everyone who saw her would express envy, but how is this possible?
Therefore, she did not take it seriously and just thought it was a beautiful dream during her last moments of life.
Unexpectedly, this is true because she does have a sister.
And this sister really wanted to rob her of her life.
There is a connection between the twin sisters. Maybe the past life she sensed was also sensed by her younger sister...
In this way, the logic makes sense.
In her previous life, she treated her mother and sister so well, and they actually joined forces—
Meng Jinyu frowned, her eyes gloomy.
"What are your plans next?" Xu Weiwei said, "The old lady went out to avoid the rain. Now that the rain has stopped, she will probably come back early tomorrow morning. Will you confront her then? I'm afraid she will cry, make a fuss, or even hang herself... Besides, your sister has completely replaced you now. If you go back now, there will be another big fight..."
Xu Weiwei looked at Meng Jinyu with sympathy, guessing that the road ahead for her would be difficult.
Firstly, the old lady is unreasonable, and if she keeps talking about filial piety, she will be criticized. Secondly, I'm afraid there is no place for her in the Jiang family now.
However, just when Xu Weiwei was worried about Meng Jinyu, the other party spoke.
"I've thought about it." Meng Jinyu said, rubbing Youyou's head, "For the sake of the baby, I can't give in."
…
Meng Jinyu was full and not so weak anymore.
She first climbed out of the window, picked Youyou up, and then reached out to help Xu Weiwei down.
It's late at night and the rain hasn't stopped yet, so we have to find a place to stay first.
But Meng Jinyu didn't plan to return to the Jiang family.
Because just now, Youyou pulled her clothes and whispered to her that her brother was lost.
Little Tuanzi was afraid that his mother would be sad, so he chose to tell her the news after she had eaten.
"I'm sorry, Mom. It was Youyou who failed to protect my brother."
For Meng Jinyu, the experience of the past month was almost like a near-death experience. However, when she heard the news of Jiang Shan's disappearance, she was still shaken.
Youyou lowered her eyes, her eyelashes were wet.
In fact, she felt guilty deep down. If she hadn't let her brother go out with her that day, so many things wouldn't have happened.
Youyou felt that she was wrong, but now, her mother saw her disappointment and patted her back gently to comfort her.
Mom said it wasn’t Youyou’s fault, and that they would definitely find your brother and take him home.
The bicycle wheels rolled forward, and the two adults and one child finally arrived at the entrance of Fenglin Village.
Meng Jinyu and Youyou thanked her sincerely and said goodbye to Xu Weiwei.
"Where are you going?" Xu Weiwei was stunned.
"Let's go to the town and look for Shanshan along the path where she was lost. We'll go to every police station and ask if we can get any news about Shanshan," said Meng Jinyu.
"Don't you want to go home first?" Xu Weiwei asked.
Meng Jinyu said: "It's not just one or two days since the man and the child were kidnapped. Now it's more important to find the child."
Xu Weiwei was stunned for a moment, and suddenly felt that Meng Jinyu had become different. She was no longer noisy, and was very decisive, as if she had suddenly come to her senses.
"Wait a minute." She called to the mother and daughter, stepped forward quickly, and stuffed the tightly clenched bicycle key into Meng Jinyu's palm: "Don't say anything, find the child first!"
…
Meng Jinyu rode a bicycle with Youyou on it, traveling along the mountain road leading to the town.
If it were someone else, who had been tied up for such a long time, without enough food or sleep, they would probably need to be well taken care of, but her physical fitness was excellent, and she recovered most of her strength after eating.
The heavy rain has just stopped, and there is a crisp scent in the breeze.
The village chief’s bicycle has a rear seat, and Youyou sat on the back, her little hands tightly around her mother’s waist, her cheek resting on her back.
The wind was very strong and Youyou felt a little cold.
She really hopes to find her younger brother, hopes her older brothers and sisters can wake up, and also hopes her family will not listen to her stepmother.
But now, Youyou doesn’t have to think about anything for a while.
Because her mother is back, she can become a child again and hide behind her mother.
Moreover, Youyou now has a home.
Wherever there is mother, there is home.
It was already late at night when we arrived in town.
The streets were empty.
In a few hours, it will be daybreak, and then we can report to the police.
But when Meng Jinyu was about to call Youyou, she found that the child was leaning on her back and fell asleep.
Youyou has suffered enough, and Meng Jinyu wants her to have a good sleep.
She took out the purse that Youyou brought from home, gritted her teeth, and went to look for the guesthouse.
But the management of the guesthouse is very strict. If you don’t have a letter of introduction, you will not be allowed to stay there even if you have money.
"Do you have any relatives here?" The other party saw that she was in trouble and said, "Take your children to your relatives' house and stay for a night."
This actually served as a reminder to Meng Jinyu.
Xu Weiwei said that her brother was taken back to the meat processing factory to be treated as a son.
She had been so good to him in the past. No matter whose son Meng Jinguo was now, he was still her brother!
Meng Jinyu decided to take her daughter to her brother's house to have a good rest for the night. No matter how important the matter was, they had to wait until dawn to discuss it.
…
The sun rose slowly, and dewdrops were still hanging on the flowers and plants in the meat processing factory's staff compound.
There were more people coming and going in the yard.
"Did you hear what the security guard said? Wenwen from Director Ruan's family came here late last night!"
"The girl who was taken away by mistake? Director Ruan and Director Chen are quite pitiful. They raised their daughter for nearly 30 years, but suddenly she became someone else's. Now they have a son. How long will it take to cultivate their relationship?"
"I heard that when she came back yesterday, she was all dirty and brought a pretty little girl with her. I don't know whose girl she is. I guess she's not having a good life. I wonder if Director Ruan and Director Chen will take her in."
"I guessed it. Wenwen used to be lazy and ate a lot. Now she has to go to the fields to earn work points when she returns to the village. The food and drink she gets are not as good as those at Director Ruan's house. How can she live a good life?"
There was a lot of discussion in the compound, but Ruan Zhenli and his wife Chen Liping were naturally unaware of the situation.
At this moment, they stood in front of their "daughter" and sighed deeply.
Last night, their former "daughter" came back with a child.
After so many years of relationship, Ruan Zhenli and Chen Liping would definitely not drive her away. They even felt distressed and worried about her miserable appearance.
"You said the child is not easy. She didn't dare to go to her old room to sleep when she came back yesterday, and asked us to take her there."
"As soon as she lay down on the bed, she fell asleep immediately, without any care. How could this happen if she wasn't too tired or had a hard life? But whose child is this that she brought back?"
"It's not her fault that the baby was switched. She was just a baby back then, what could she understand? Why don't we help her, whatever we can..."
As the couple talked, tears welled up in Chen Liping's eyes.
But the little ball on the bed suddenly moved, and she quickly wiped the corners of her eyes with her fingers.
Youyou rubbed her eyes and woke up.
She looked at her mother's face, left and right, until her mother subconsciously hugged her in her dream, and then she smiled with relaxation.
Then she tilted her head again and looked at the two strangers in front of her.
Looking at this scene, the factory director and his wife were even more confused.
Just at this moment, Ruan Jinguo got up, walked out of the house, took a big white flour bun from the dining table, stuffed it into his mouth, and walked through the room lazily.
"Uncle." Youyou called him in a crisp, sweet, baby voice.
Ruan Jinguo almost fell down. He rubbed his eyes hard to make sure he was not mistaken. He turned into the room, ran quickly to the bed, and took a closer look.
"Jin Guo, don't worry about it. Wenwen ran into trouble yesterday, so she came back."
Ever since her son came back, Chen Liping always felt that there was a distance between them and him. She was afraid that he would misunderstand that they were still thinking about their ex-daughter, so she hurried to explain.
But why does this child call him uncle?
Ruan Jinguo scratched his back, looked at Youyou, then at Meng Jinyu, and asked in shock, "Sister, why are you here?"
Meng Jinyu had a headache from the noise, but her whole body felt relaxed.
She slowly opened her eyes. Wow, she had slept so soundly.
"If I didn't come to see you, you would have forgotten that you have a sister like me!" said Meng Jinyu.
"Sister, you are wrongly accusing me! I went to Fenglin Village to look for you, but every time I went to the production team, you sent people to drive me back, saying that you were busy. I didn't even see you, and I thought you didn't recognize me." Ruan Jinguo said angrily.
Meng Jinyu looked at her brother's expression and knew he was not lying: "That's not me."
"If it's not you, who else could it be? Who else could look like you—" Ruan Jinguo said, becoming more and more puzzled. He scratched his head, and his voice became softer and softer.
Ruan Zhenli and Chen Liping were stunned, looking at each other.
Only then did they realize that Ruan Wenwen had a twin sister in the countryside.
I was woken up when I was half sleepy yesterday, and the room was dark, so I didn't react.
But, what is she here for?
He even walked into the house and slept all night so openly!
Youyou sat up, holding up her messy hair, and said softly, "It turns out you really can make a mistake." As she spoke, she said to herself seriously, "No wonder the stepmother was able to take away Youyou's father, brother and sister."
Director Ruan took a while to come back to his senses: "Who is the stepmother you are talking about?"
Chen Liping followed up: "Could it be Wenwen?"
Meng Jinyu sat up and stretched lazily, "Jin Guo, take me to the nearest police station. I want to report to the police."
It was like a bolt of thunder, and the factory director and his wife were completely stunned.
What exactly happened after their Wenwen was recognized?
…
In the afternoon, Ruan Wenwen finally seized the opportunity, secretly broke away from the production team, and sneaked out of the village.
She wanted to go back to her parents' home and hide the real Meng Jinyu.
It would be best if my mother took Meng Jinyu and remarried in the mountains, where she would not be able to come back even if she wanted to.
However, when she ran to the end of Xiangyu Village, she was stunned.
The door to my mother's house was closed tightly and the windows were also shut tightly and sealed.
Ruan Wenwen grabbed an old lady and asked, "Auntie, do you know where my mother went?"
"I went to your aunt's house in Shangtanzi Village. It rained heavily yesterday, so I took shelter. Jinyu, I just wanted to ask you something. Your mother said recently that Jin Guo went to work in the city and stayed in the house all day without going out. She even covered the windows tightly. I don't know what happened..."
Ruan Wenwen breathed a sigh of relief and went home after leaving Xiangyu Village.
Along the way, she went over the cause and effect of the whole incident, and the more she thought about it, the more she felt that nothing would go wrong.
There is no way Youyou could find her grandmother's house. Even if she did, Li Guimei wasn't at home, so who would open the door for her?
There is no way a five-year-old child could be so powerful!
Maybe she was kidnapped by a kidnapper in town last night!
Thinking of this, Ruan Wenwen went to the butcher shop outside the commune to buy a piece of meat, and went home happily.
A family of six has become a family of four, and the two troublesome people have been solved. Can't she sleep soundly from now on?
We have to celebrate it properly.
…
What Ruan Wenwen didn't know was that at this moment, several police officers came to Tanzi Village.
The police took Li Guimei away, and Meng Jinyu followed behind them.
All the villagers in Tanzi Village were stunned.
What did Mrs. Li have to do to cause her own daughter to report it to the police?
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