After Wen Xiao changed her clothes, Ruan Xi went to measure her body carefully again.
After measuring, the three of them sat and drank tea and chatted for a while. Seeing that they had stayed long enough and there was nothing else important to talk about, Xie Dongyang and Wen Xiao did not disturb Ruan Xi any more. After all, this was not their free time.
Ruan Xi stood up and walked them out of the office, and asked Cheng Nuonuo to walk them a little further.
After seeing Wen Xiao and Xie Dongyang off, Ruan Xi returned to the office and sat down. He thought for a while and then picked up the phone. The call was connected after two rings. She said into the receiver, "Mr. Qian, let's have dinner together tonight. I'll treat you."
Qian Chuan was very perceptive and asked directly: "You are so happy, did you receive the compensation for the demolition?"
Ruan Xi smiled and said, "I can't hide anything from you, Aunt Wu."
Qian Chuan also laughed, "Okay, we haven't gotten together for a long time, it's a good opportunity for the family to get together in the evening."
After Ruan Xi finished calling Qian Chuan, she called the director's office of the Rose Pavilion Garment Factory. After the call was connected, she said the same thing as Ruan Cuizhi: "Director Ruan, let's have dinner together with your family tonight. I'll treat you."
Ruan Cuizhi naturally agreed, but she also said, "Let's not go out to eat. My parents don't like it and they always think it's too much trouble. Just buy some food and cook it at home. It's lively and lively. The elderly like it this way."
Ruan Xi thought for a moment and said, "Okay, then I'll get off work early and go buy groceries."
After hanging up the phone with Ruan Cuizhi, Ruan Xi called Ling Yao and Ruan Jie. Because Ruan Qiuyue was usually not in school and it was difficult to contact her, Ruan Xi did not go out of her way to call her.
As the family had agreed to have dinner together in the evening, Ruan Xi left work early. She drove to the market to buy vegetables, and went to the roast duck restaurant to buy a roast duck, and then drove directly to Ruan Cuizhi's house.
After parking the car outside the alley, Ruan Xi first carried a few vegetables into the yard. Before entering the inner courtyard, as soon as she reached the second gate, she began to shout, "Grandpa and grandma, I'm here."
Ruan Zhigao and Liu Xinghua were sitting in the yard chopping and mixing chicken food. When they saw Ruan Xi coming over, their faces lit up and they said with a smile, "Xiao Xi is here."
Ruan Xi carried the vegetables to the kitchen, "Feeding the chickens again?"
In order to prevent Ruan Zhigao and Liu Xinghua from being too bored when they came to the city, Ruan Cuizhi and others caught all the chickens from the countryside and raised them in the outer yard for the two to continue to raise and play with.
Liu Xinghua responded, "It will be ready soon."
Ruan Xi took some vegetables and went out to get more vegetables from the car. This time, as soon as he walked out of the yard gate, he ran into Ruan Yue who had just returned from school. Ruan Yue is now in the second grade of primary school and has become a lovely little girl.
Seeing Ruan Xi, she called out, "Big Sister."
Ruan Xi touched her head and said to her, "Yueyue is out of school."
After saying hello, she continued to get the food from the car. Ruan Yue followed behind and helped her carry two items.
After Ruan Xi brought all the vegetables into the kitchen, Liu Xinghua handed the task of feeding the chickens to Ruan Zhigao, and stood up to help Ruan Xi pick the vegetables. It was natural to talk while picking vegetables. Liu Xinghua asked Ruan Xi: "No movement yet?"
Ruan Xi knew what she was asking about, so she just smiled and said, "Grandma, there's no rush."
Liu Xinghua said to her, "Why aren't you anxious? You're almost thirty."
Yes, she will be thirty in two years, but Ruan Xi is really not in a hurry. After all, she has not had any free time in the past two years since she got married. In her previous life, she had not yet married at this age, so there was no rush for her to have a baby.
So Ruan Xi smiled and said, "Then I'll wait until I'm thirty and then be born again."
Ruan Xi and Liu Xinghua were picking vegetables and chatting. When they had picked half of the vegetables, Ruan Cuizhi and Yue Haofeng came back first, and then Ling Yao and Ruan Changsheng's family, and Ruan Jie's family all arrived one after another.
The adults were busy cooking together, while the three children, Ruan Dabao, Ruan Yue and Chen Xu, were playing on the side.
After feeding the chickens, Ruan Zhigao washed his hands and played with the three children.
While we were playing, dishes were served on the table one by one from the kitchen, and the atmosphere at home became more and more lively. Every time the family cooks and eats together, it is the happiest time for Ruan Zhigao and Liu Xinghua.
Dinner was ready and neatly placed on the table, and the family sat down at the table.
Everyone tacitly did not pick up their chopsticks. Ruan Xi cleared her throat and said, "Let me say a few words before we eat. Today we have two big happy events to announce in our family. One is that I made a fortune unexpectedly, and the other is that our Xiaojie has been promoted to deputy department head."
As soon as Ruan Xi finished speaking, Ruan Dabao clapped his hands in a very respectful manner, "Big sister and second sister are great!"
Seeing him clapping, Ruan Yue and Chen Xu followed suit, each with a voice more tender than the other: "Big sister and second sister are so great!"
Ruan Jie patted Chen Xu gently and corrected him, "You have to call me mom and aunt."
Children speak without restraint. As soon as Ruan Jie finished speaking, everyone at the table laughed.
The main purpose of getting together is to eat and have a good chat. Without further ado, let's pick up our chopsticks and eat. But as he was talking and hadn't taken a few bites, he heard a knock on the gate of the courtyard.
Hearing the sound, everyone subconsciously looked outside. Ling Yao wanted to get up and go out to take a look, but Yue Haofeng raised his hand to stop him. Yue Haofeng stood up from the table, cleared his throat and said, "You guys eat, I'll go take a look."
As he stepped over the threshold and went out, there was another knock on the door, accompanied by the words: "Is anyone home?"
Yue Haofeng walked quickly through the second gate and arrived at the main gate. When he saw the person standing outside the gate, the words of greeting were on the tip of his tongue but he didn't say them. Because standing outside his door were two policemen and two young men.
He recognized the policeman because he was wearing an olive-green uniform. The two young people, a man and a woman, looked to be in their twenties. Judging from their dress and appearance, they seemed to have come from the countryside, and were covered in dirt and gray.
Seeing the police always made him feel a little nervous, so Yue Haofeng asked, "Comrade police, what's wrong?"
One of the police officers asked, "Is this Ruan Cuizhi's home?"
Yue Haofeng nodded: "Yes, it's Ruan Cuizhi's house."
The police said, "We won't go in. Please ask Ruan Cuizhi to come out for a moment."
Yue Haofeng was nervous and didn't know what was going on, but he turned back and went through the second door. He ran to the door of the main room and said to Ruan Cuizhi, "Cuizhi, two policemen suddenly came to the door and said they were looking for you."
Are the police coming?
Not only Ruan Cuizhi, but everyone else's expressions changed as well.
Ruan Cuizhi was stunned for a moment, put down her chopsticks and stood up. Ruan Xi hesitated for a moment, put down her chopsticks and followed her out. So the family didn't sit down to eat anymore. They all put down their chopsticks and followed Ruan Cuizhi and Yue Haofeng out.
Everyone gathered at the gate and naturally saw the police and the two young men.
The policeman asked, "Who is Ruan Cuizhi?"
Ruan Cuizhi hurriedly took two steps forward and responded, "Comrade police, I am Ruan Cuizhi."
The police then looked at the two young men and asked, "Is this the person you are looking for?"
The two young men paused for a while without answering, and then the young man suddenly cried out, "Mom, don't you recognize me? I am your biological son, I am Little Tiger!"
Little tiger? ? ?
Everyone in the family was stunned, including Ruan Cuizhi.
Of course Ruan Xi also remembered that Ruan Cuizhi's youngest son was called Xiaohuzi. When Ruan Cuizhi got divorced, Xiao Huzi was only five years old. If we calculate it today, he is probably about the same age as the young man in front of him.
But because it had been so long, people like Ruan Xi, Ruan Jie, Ruan Zhigao, Liu Xinghua and Ruan Changsheng couldn't remember what the little tiger looked like. Ling Yao had only seen him once and couldn't remember him at all. People like Qian Chuan, Chen Weidong and Yue Haofeng had never seen him at all.
Among all the people, only Ruan Cuizhi vaguely saw the shadow of the five-year-old little tiger on the face of the young man outside the door.
She stared at Liu Xiaohu for a long time, and suddenly heard the police ask: "Is this your son?"
Ruan Cuizhi came to her senses but said nothing.
The police then asked, "Is your hometown Fengming Mountain in Tianfeng Town?"
Ruan Cuizhi nodded subconsciously, "Yes."
The police understood, "You don't even recognize your own son? Take another good look, is this your son?"
Ruan Cuizhi hesitated for a while, not daring to lie to the police, and said, "I'm not sure."
The police were also surprised, "You don't even recognize your own son?"
Ruan Cuizhi said, "I haven't seen you for fifteen years."
The policeman was stunned. It was reasonable that he couldn't tell.
Liu Xiaohu was a little anxious, and hurriedly said, "Mom, my dad is Liu Xiong, and I have three sisters, Erni, Erni, and Sanni. You don't remember what I look like, but you remember these, right?"
Once these words were spoken, it was definitely Xiao Huzi.
The police asked Ruan Cuizhi again: "Is that right?"
Ruan Cuizhi still didn't dare to lie, and nodded after a moment, "Yes."
If that was the case, then the problem was solved. The policeman breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Since he is your son, take him in immediately. He has been running around on the streets for several days and sleeping on the main road every day."
The policeman finished his job and drove away without even a sip of water.
Liu Xiaohu and his wife were left standing at the gate of the courtyard, facing Ruan Cuizhi, Yue Haofeng, Ruan Xi and the others. The atmosphere gradually became weird, strange, and awkward, and gradually froze together.
Ruan Xi and the others didn't say anything, and Ruan Cuizhi didn't say anything either. Liu Xiaohu stood outside the door and said, "Mom, I came to Beijing to work, and I missed you here, so I brought Huijuan to see you."
Then he pulled the young woman next to him and said, "Huijuan, call me mom quickly."
His wife hurriedly said, "Mom, I am Xiaohu's wife."
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