Chapter 50 (1)
"Master, what was the problem this morning?" The man glanced at the former master who was left out in the cold and whispered, "He checked for a long time and couldn't fix it, so he got so angry that he threw the crank and almost hit my foot."
"That's right. What's the point of being so powerful? This is what the old people say: a little skill but a lot of temper. It's only been less than two days, and you can imagine how much he's scolded us. We're all older than him, and we put up with his anger because we expect him to teach us some skills. But now he's just showing off."
"We don't need him to teach us anymore. Master Gu Yan is much better than him. He has a good temper and doesn't curse."
"Yes, let Master Gu Yan teach you."
"By the way, Master, how come you can repair tractors? What went wrong with that tractor this morning?"
Gu Yan swallowed the noodles in his mouth and silently took a few steps back.
"The clutch was not completely disengaged, which made it difficult to shift gears. Just adjust the clearance. These are all in the manual we got yesterday. You will understand if you read it carefully."
"Oh!" The men suddenly realized. After that, I admired Gu Yan even more. "Master, you are amazing. I couldn't understand what was written there, but you figured it out in just one night."
"It was actually used today, and that arrogant guy was embarrassed. It's really amazing, and it brings honor to us new students."
The master who was slapped in the face was completely left out in the cold. Gu Yan was driving the whole afternoon. At the end of the evening, she began to teach the men practical operations.
Get on the bus one by one. Press the clutch to shift gears, release the clutch and step on the gas, and start driving in a straight line.
"Remember where the brakes are. Don't panic if you encounter a situation, just apply the brakes to stop the car. Usually nothing serious will happen."
Beginners are most afraid of people sitting beside them and scolding them. He would not be very nervous to begin with. If you suppress and scold him again and again, he would step on the accelerator instead of the brake without even noticing. My mind is blank and I can't think at all.
Her nonchalant attitude gave beginners immense confidence. Everyone was muttering to themselves, "Step on the brakes, step on the brakes." Don't panic. In the end, everyone learned to start walking in a straight line. They got off the car one by one, jumping and cheering. You thought it was difficult? It's not difficult at all. Now that you can go in a straight line, turning a corner is just a matter of time.
"Thank you, Master."
A group of big men bowed to express their gratitude, but Gu Yan waved his hand and remained as cold as ever. "Let's go back quickly, it's getting dark."
"Master, do you want us to take you there?"
"Yes, let's go and take you there. It's dark here, and it's not safe for a woman like you to walk at night."
"Don't bother everyone, I can pick up and drop off my wife myself."
Li Zhongxia stood aside at some point and rejected the men's advances in time. Gu Yan smiled, tugged at his sleeve and waved to everyone.
"My man is here to pick me up. I'm leaving first. You guys should hurry back as well."
Li Zhongxia obviously enjoyed being addressed that way by his wife. The weather in late autumn is as smiling as the spring breeze. I took the bag from my wife and held it in my hand. Turning the corner of the last house in the commune, he reached out and held his wife's hand.
Gu Yan works hard all year round, but because of the high-tech hand masks of later generations, she does not have as many calluses as ordinary rural women. Although not delicate, it is soft and warm.
"How long will your study session take?"
"Two days have passed since we agreed on ten days, so there are eight days left. I am confident that everyone can learn it within eight days, and then we can drive tractors to deliver public grain to the commune. We can save the use of animals to plow the land, so that we can be more efficient."
"How come you are so confident that everyone can learn it? Could it be that you already know it?"
"That's about right. This thing isn't that difficult."
"My wife is amazing. She is just as capable as any man."
"The commune secretary has already said this, so you should change it to something new."
"That proves I have good vision."
The couple walked back hand in hand, chatting and joking all the way. When we got home and took out the sour dates we picked today, the children clapped their hands with joy.
"Mom, did you pick them on the road? Can we still see them at night?" Lei Lei took the sour dates and stuffed them into his mouth without forgetting to ask questions.
Gu Yan removed the core and fed it to Niuniu. She looked up at her son and said, "I picked them during the day. It's dark when you get off work at night. How could your mother see you picking sour dates?"
"But don't you have to learn to drive a tractor during the day? My friends all know about it and they are so jealous of me."
"My mom drives a tractor, why should I envy you?"
Lei Lei was still thinking when Xiao Ya rushed to speak: "Because their mothers can't do it! They used to laugh at us for not having a father. Now we have a father and our mother can drive a tractor, so of course they are envious. Xiao Qing even gave me half a candy today, saying that when my mother drives a tractor, can she sit on it?"
"Haha..." All the adults laughed. It seems that vanity is human nature. This is just the beginning, and the little girl actually knows how to bribe her friends.
"Yes, mom is awesome. We are so proud of it."
Gu Yan handed Niu Niu to the man and went over to pick up his son. "I am proud of my mother. I am proud of it."
"Yes, I am proud of my mother." Lei Lei smiled and fed her the sour dates. "Mom, what do you mean by proud of me?"
"It's because mom is so amazing, and you feel honored as her children."
Lei Lei and the other girls nodded in unison. They are loved and approached by others just because their mother is so awesome, so of course the mother's children are very happy!
"The first thirty years are about the father respecting the son, and the last thirty years are about the son respecting the father. Parents and children share honor and disgrace and have always been one." The old lady also had a lot of life experiences to talk about. "We have been respected in the brigade for so many years, isn't it all because of Zhongxia's reputation?"
Gu Yan nodded, and the little ones also nodded. Although I don’t quite understand what it means, it’s never wrong to follow mom and dad.
"I want to be great when I grow up and make my mother happy." The little girl raised her little fist and set a grand goal. It was really nice to be flattered by her friends today, and she wanted her mother to be flattered because of her as well.
"I...I also want to be good and make my mother happy." Lei Lei imitated his sister and raised his little fist.
Gu Yan kissed each of them. "Okay, you are all good babies of your mother. Now, are you going to help your mother pour out the dirty water and replace it with clean water for your mother to wash her face?"
"Okay, right away."
The twins left with the washbasins, and Li Zhongxia went to the kitchen to take over Xiaohua's cooking. Niu Niu quickly ran to her mother's arms, raised her head and kissed her, then said two words like her older brothers and sisters.
"Happy."
Gu Yan also gave the little guy a loving kiss. "Yes, I am happy. Mommy is happy to see you babies."
The next day, after the students reported the situation to the commune leaders, the arrogant coach was immediately fired and sent back to his original position. This time the task was handed over to Gu Yan.
Gu Yan changed from an apprentice to a coach, and from working for free to being paid five kilograms of wheat a day. And you don't have to do anything except driving. While waiting for everyone to load the truck, she carried a basket and picked sour dates all over the mountain. When the work was finished and she drove her new tractor back to the brigade, her family already had several baskets of sour jujubes, enough to last them the entire winter.
Needless to say, when I drove this new gadget home, I received a lot of envious and curious looks and discussions. Gu Yan answered a bunch of curious questions and then let everyone research on their own. She parked her car in the brigade yard and went home with her husband, who was carrying 40 kilograms of wheat.
"Hey, what are you carrying?" the old lady asked curiously as the couple entered the door. The children also went forward curiously to touch it to see what good stuff it was.
"wheat."
"Where does all this wheat come from?"
"Your daughter-in-law earns money by teaching people how to drive." Li Zhongxia glanced at his daughter-in-law with a face full of joy.
"Oh, my daughter-in-law is really capable. She learned to drive a tractor and can earn so much wheat."
"Mom is awesome."
"Grind it into flour and eat it as steamed buns."
"I want a bunny."
"I want snake."
"Third sister, you are so annoying."
"Haha... stop arguing. Let's go grind the flour after dinner and steam big buns tomorrow. We'll have little rabbits, little flower dogs, and little flower cats."
"Oh!" the little girl cheered, "Mom still has my snake."
Gu Yan smiled helplessly and shook his head. I have said so much, why haven't you forgotten this? "Okay, and your snake. But mom is not very good at making snakes, so I may not do it well, don't mind."
"That's all right. I can do it. I know what a snake looks like."
"Rabbit, I don't want to eat it." When Niu Niu heard them say this, she thought they were going to eat her little rabbit. She anxiously grabbed the cage her father had made for her, her face full of fear.
Everyone turned around and saw the little guy, and they all laughed. The little girl took her sister's hand, pointed at the rabbit inside and talked to her.
"I'm not going to eat your rabbit. Mommy made you some noodle rabbit."
Niu Niu was confused and didn't understand what it meant. Li Zhongxia squatted down and touched her daughter's head: "Don't worry if the rabbit doesn't eat Niuniu's. The little rabbit is Niuniu's friend and will accompany her."
Don’t eat rabbits, Niu Niu understood. The little head nodded, finally relieved. The little girl took her to put the rabbit cage, and the two girls whispered to each other like children. Gu Yan went out to wash the wheat, and Li Zhongxia followed him, and the couple left the house together. Men and women working together made the work not tiring. They quickly washed 20 kilograms of vegetables and hung them in a large basket to drain the water.
The family had dinner and originally planned to let the children sleep at home. The two adults went to grind flour, and the little ones were so excited that they insisted on going with them.
The adults had no choice but to take them to the mill.
"Xiaohua, just clean up the dishes and stay at home with grandma. Mom and Dad are taking care of your younger brothers and sisters, so don't worry about them."
"It's okay, I'll come find you guys later. I've finished my homework at school, and the three of them will be going to bed soon, so I'll go and bring them back."
"No, don't walk back and forth after dark. Ask your dad to take them back if they get tired."
"Mom, I want to go play with you guys, too. Why don't you let me go?"
"Silly girl, then just follow us now. Don't worry about the pots and pans until mom comes back." We are going to work, why are you all thinking about playing?
"Oh!" Xiaohua cheered, took off her apron and jumped up to follow.
The couple took their four children to the mill, laughing and talking all the way. If you didn't know, you would really think they were going somewhere to have fun.
The mill located in the south of the village is about ten square meters and is very solid and sturdy. After hanging the two lanterns he brought at both ends, Gu Yan turned on the flashlight he brought, and the small room suddenly became bright.
Xiaoya and Leilei were very happy to follow their parents. Since they couldn’t reach the milling pole and couldn’t help, they just squatted on the ground and played. Niu Niu was placed on the roller coaster by her father, and moved as the man walked, as if she was riding in a car.
The creaking sound was endless, and the snow-white flour slid down the stone holes onto the chassis. Li Zhongxia remembered something and turned to ask his wife.
"The first time you met my father was at the mill, right?"
"Yeah. Dad came here alone carrying corn on his back. It was a bit desolate in the middle of the night."
"It's all my fault that I was unfilial. I left home when I was young and never showed filial piety to my parents."
"It's hard to be both loyal and filial. They all know that. And now you're back, right? Look how happy mom is lately. She's smiling all the time, and the sadness that used to come all the time is gone."
Li Zhongxia nodded and bent down to kiss his daughter. Not only was his mother happy, but his daughter also kissed him a lot during these days. When he needs to pee at night, he will pull his dad to him, and when he needs help, he will also look for his dad. He is finally no longer a stranger to the children.
Suddenly, the sound of children playing was heard outside, and Xiaohua turned her head to look outside. The two little guys on the ground heard their friends cheering, and they stood up and ran out on their short legs.
"Xiaohua, go and look after them."
"That……"
"Don't worry about this. Your father and I are all that's needed."
The child nodded and ran out to play. It’s great to have a father, there is always someone to carry the burden for you. I no longer have to worry about what my mother will do when she is alone, and I don’t have to worry about being unable to leave at any time. I dare not really think of myself as a child.
"Rise up, those who refuse to be slaves, and use our flesh and blood to build our new Great Wall..."
Several children who have just started school are learning to sing the national anthem. The sonorous and powerful rhythm emanates from the children's tender voices, and every word and sentence is filled with the hope of a nation and the rise of a country.
Niu Niu nodded to the rhythm and hummed something trying to sing, but unfortunately she was too young to make such difficult sounds.
"The Chinese nation has reached its most dangerous time..."
Li Zhongxia didn't know whether he was infected by the children or his daughter, and he began to hum along with the childish voice outside. His voice was low, and the melody was even more magnetic in the dark night. Combined with his handsome and elegant face, Niu Niu was attracted and reached out to hug her father's neck.
"Be careful baby, don't fall."
"Dad sounds nice."
"Really? Then Daddy will continue to sing for Niuniu."
"Sing for Mom."
"Okay, sing for mom." The man lowered his head and kissed the baby. "You can never forget mom. You are closest to mom, right?"
The little guy giggled and reached out to Gu Yan: "I want mommy."
"You come hold her." He handed the daughter to his wife, "You two go play over there, I'll push the cart myself."
Gu Yan held Niu Niu in his arms, and both mother and daughter were smiling happily. "Isn't this too much of a bully for you?"
Li Zhongxia rolled up his sleeves and lowered his head to push the milling rod. "It's my pleasure." As the head of the family, your job is to shoulder the responsibilities.
After grinding the flour, Gu Yan added the starter that night and put it in a basin to wait for it to ferment. The next day at noon, I steamed two baskets of big white buns. The cage was filled with all kinds of small animals that the children liked. Although they did not have the various colors of later generations, the cute shapes made the children love them.
There was a little rabbit in the small bowl in front of Niu Niu. The child had been staring at it for a while but still had no desire to touch it.
"Baby, why don't you eat? Aren't little bunnies delicious?"
Gu Yan lowered his head and tilted it to talk to the child. The little guy turned around and smiled, pointing to his small bowl: "Rabbit is good, I don't want to eat rabbit."
Gu Yan was helpless this time. When he looked up, he was met with the man's helpless smile. The woman spread her hands and asked, "What do you think we should do?"
"Break off some ordinary steamed buns for her." As he said this, he had already torn off a piece for his daughter and put it in her small bowl. "Then eat this and save the bunny for you to play with."
The little guy nodded, and the little tuft of hair on his head swung back and forth. The appearance of Teletubbies made everyone laugh.
"Mom, we will have a ten-day autumn holiday starting tomorrow. I will take my brother and sister to the fields to pick up ears of grain."
"No, the millet has been harvested and is being threshed in the threshing ground. You can play with them at home. If you have time, help mom cook. If you don't have time, you don't have to do anything."
"Okay, I see." It's great to have a father. Someone to share the burden with mom. She seems to have completely become a child. The biggest task is to play with my younger brothers and sisters.
In the afternoon, Gu Yan drove a tractor between the fields and threshing grounds, transporting the remaining millet and bean stalks back and forth. When the children saw the cars, they stopped playing and insisted on riding on the tractor with her.
Looking at the three little kids, she was worried for a while. Such a small baby cannot sit steadily on the sides, and it is not fun if he falls down.
Later, she found a few seat belts in the space, put the children in their seats, and tied them to the seats underneath them. The woman clapped her hands, saying that everything was fine. There are also two poles tied to the car seat for children to hold on to maintain balance. As for the youngest Niu Niu, she let the child stand in front of her. The little girl was thin and small, so she could fit in just the right place.
Puff puff puff puff! The tractor started moving. The children were very excited. Especially Xiaoya and Leilei, it was their first time to ride in a car driven by their mother. They enjoyed the envious looks of their friends. They held their heads high and were prouder than their mother, the driver.
"Hey, why did you bring all these here?" Sister Xu stood at the edge of the field and reached out to hug Niu Niu.
"If you insist on riding on the tractor, I have no choice but to take them all with me."
"Okay. Don't mention it. I want to go up there and sit down and feel it for myself."
"No, you're so pregnant. This tractor is very bumpy and not suitable for pregnant women to sit on."
"Haha, I'm just saying. My sister is a tractor driver, so I can ride on her anytime. When the baby is born next year, you can pull me along when we go to the market in the spring. That will be so glorious."
"Okay, I'll hold you."
"You have to take us too!" Several women who had a good relationship with each other came out, put the grain on the car, and started to make the request.
"Okay, as long as the branch secretary agrees, I'll bring you all along."
"Hey? Why do we need the secretary's consent?"
"Because the secretary is in charge of diesel, how can you push this thing when it has no oil?"
"Haha... After all this time, Gu Yan, you are just ordering a maid to get the keys, but you are not in charge of the household affairs."
"That's right. The highest leader of our brigade is the party secretary. I dare not seize power."
We are all in the same team and are used to joking around. They chatted while working and soon filled the car. Gu Yan took out a rope, tied the pile of millet tightly, turned around, got in the car and set off.
The children stole the show after spending the whole afternoon riding on the tractor with their mother. On the last trip back, only half a cart of millet was left. Several of my friends sat in the back bucket, laughing and shouting happily all the way.
After unloading the car at the threshing ground, Gu Yan passed by his home on his way back and asked the children to get off. I also brought down several of my own children. Tell Xiaohua when she gets home from school.
"Look after my brothers and sisters. Mom will go deliver the car and come back to cook."
"Mom..." Gu Yan turned around and met his daughter's hesitant face. "Want to play?"
"Well, take the car driven by mom."
"Come up, then."
"Ah? Aunt Gu, we want to sit too." The little ones who had just gone down also started shouting when they heard the voice. Gu Yan smiled and asked everyone to get on the back bucket.
"You need to squat or sit down, hold on to the side of the bike, and hold your younger siblings close."
"Yes. As you command."
Gu Yan immediately became the leader of the child soldiers, pulling a cart of children uphill towards the team. She drove very slowly along the way, almost as slow as a turtle. If her teammates from her previous life saw this, they would be so scared that their eyes would pop out of their heads. Is this still our leader who drives at 200 miles per hour? Gu Yan, is it really her?
As a mother, Gu Yan put her children's safety first. She drove to the brigade at a snail's pace, parked the car, and led the group of children back.
"Go back to your own homes and find your own mothers. Don't follow me anymore!"
With a shout, the little ones scattered and went home to find their mother. The five of them, mother and daughter, also quickened their pace to go home. It was getting dark, and they had to go home quickly to cook.
Li Zhongxia is working overtime threshing grain today and hasn't come back yet. Gu Yan asked Xiaohua to play with the children while she went to the kitchen, poked the fire and added some coal. Boil water in the pot and make porridge for dinner. There are still some steamed buns for lunch. Make some more pancakes. Everyone eats dry food while working, so she won’t be noticeable this way.
The next day, Xiaohua had a day off and started taking care of her younger siblings. After harvesting the millet, they started harvesting soybeans. Gu Yan continued to drive the car.
The road was dusty as she ran back and forth, so she tied a pink printed scarf around her head. The texture is the worst and the workmanship is not very good, very much like the gauze scarves of this period. Even this made the women who only had earthen towels envious, and everyone who saw it wanted to come up and touch it.
Gu Yan was really annoyed, so he went home at noon and changed into another piece of floral cloth. Her long braid hung down in front of her chest with flowered cloth folded and tied on top, just like the tea pickers of later generations.
"It's so beautiful." Xiaohua liked it very much and looked at her mother left and right. Li Zhongxia was also full of admiration and amazed at his daughter-in-law's dressing skills.
"Who is prettier, mom or this handkerchief?"
"They all look good. Because mom is pretty, so she looks good no matter how she dresses."
Of course Gu Yan was happy to be praised. After all, what woman doesn't love beauty? But thinking that she might be surrounded by women to see what kind of cloth it was, she decisively changed it to a blue square handkerchief which was the most common in that era.
"Mom, the one just now looked so good, why do you want to change it?"
“Isn’t this pretty?”
“…Not as pretty as that.”
Gu Yan ignored his daughter's words and turned to look at Li Zhongxia. The man immediately said: "They all look good."
Gu Yan gave him a look that said, "You're right." Xiao Hua looked at her father and said, "Dad, what's that look?"
The old lady sat on the kang and added: "The eyes are covered with eye mucus."
"Hahaha..." The whole family burst into laughter. Niu Niu grabbed the scarf that her mother had taken off and handed it to her, and it was obvious that she wanted her to change it back.
Gu Yan squatted down and kissed the child: "I can't change it. Mom will be annoyed to death by those women. Niuniu likes this one, so I'll give it to you. You can tie it yourself."
The little guy nodded when he heard it and put it on his head happily. Her arms were too short and she failed to put it on properly after trying twice. Gu Yan reached out and tied it for her, and the little girl turned around on the ground happily. As a result, the scarf was too long and she almost tripped. Gu Yan quickly picked her up.
"Baby, let's not have this scarf anymore, okay? It's too long and you'll fall if you step on it."
Niuniu thought about it and shook her head, "Yes, it looks good."
Xiaoya and Xiaohua both laughed. My little sister is so vain even though she is so young. She actually likes this scarf. Although they both like it, they always feel it is too cumbersome to tie it in their hair.
The little guy was puzzled, and Gu Yan had no choice but to use a pair of scissors to cut the scarf into a size suitable for the child. He tied the belt for her without taking it away and told Xiaohua to look after her younger siblings. The bell rang in the team and it was time to go to work.
The two adults went to work separately. At five o'clock in the afternoon, the third child of Sister Xu hurried to find her. The child was panting, and she couldn't speak because she couldn't catch her breath. He just pointed eagerly in the direction of the village.
"Don't be anxious, don't be anxious. Drink some water slowly, and talk slowly if you have something to say." Handing the kettle to the child, Gu Yan had a bad feeling in his heart. Did Lei Lei do something stupid again? This brat is so troublesome. After all I’ve said, doesn’t he learn his lesson?
Xu Sansan gulped down two mouthfuls of liquid and finally he breathed a sigh of relief. "Niuniu is missing. Sister Xiaohua is so worried that she is crying. We have been looking for you and Uncle Li everywhere. You should go home and check on them as soon as possible."
Gu Yan’s face turned pale all of a sudden. What did he mean by Niu Niu was missing? How could a healthy child just disappear?
"Let's go, get in the car."
After pulling San San along, Gu Yan stopped loading his things and started the tractor to drive back.
"Where did you lose it? Have you looked everywhere for it?"
"We were playing at the mill at the west end of the village with a lot of friends. Everything was fine at first, but then Sister Xiaohua shouted that Niuniu was missing, so we started looking for her together. But we searched everywhere nearby and couldn't find her."
"So now, where is Sister Xiaohua?"
"Still looking there."
Gu Yan nodded and went straight to the mill in the west of the village. When Xiaohua saw her driving over, she ran over crying from a distance.
"Mom, my sister is missing and I can't find her."
The child's small face was full of panic, his cheeks were black and yellow, and his fingers were still bleeding. Gu Yan covered her fingers with a handkerchief and held the child in his arms to comfort her.
"Don't cry, don't cry. Tell mom what happened in detail. Where was Niu Niu lost? Who was nearby at the time?"
Xiaoya and Leilei held hands and pointed to something not far away. "There it was. We said we were going to pick some flowers for her, and she promised to be quiet, but then she disappeared."
Xiaohua sniffled and added to her brother and sister's words. "At that time, many children were playing here. We picked flowers and leaves to play house, and Niuniu sat on the stone. She was playing with her scarf, and I turned around to look for something and she disappeared. Then I started looking for her, and my classmates also helped me look for her.
Woohoo...but I didn't find it. Later, Xu Wa and San San also found out and helped to look for it. We couldn’t find them, so they went looking for you and dad…”
"Okay, stop crying. It's not your fault." Li Zhongxia arrived at the scene at some point. He checked the place pointed out by the child, then came over and said something to Xiaohua.
Gu Yan looked at the man and said, "Let's split into three groups. Xu Wa and the older kids will look for the north, and you will look for the south. I'll go find the Party Secretary and ask him to mobilize the masses to help."
The child is so young and the time is so short, this is definitely not something that can be played by chance and is not something that can be found in the short term. You have to find it immediately, otherwise something unexpected might happen if you take too long. Li Zhongxia nodded, and several older children also nodded to show that they understood. Gu Yan gave more instructions.
"Ask everyone you meet if they have seen Niuniu. She is holding a pink scarf, wearing a yellow dress with white flowers, and camel-colored corduroy pants."
Explain the child's characteristics clearly and everyone starts to act according to what she says. Gu Yan drove the tractor up the hill to the party branch, but the branch secretary was not there, as he had gone to the fields. After finding out where it was, she shifted the car into highest gear and stepped on the gas, heading straight for her destination.
I found the branch secretary and explained the matter to him. He was very puzzled about it. "It's Wanqiao. Could it be that someone is playing a joke on you and deliberately took the child away to make you anxious?"
"No way?" Gu Yan was surprised and anxious. Which bastard is so bored to do such an anxious thing. Doesn't he know how important children are to a family?
"That's possible. Last year, that guy... Wasn't the younger son of the Huang family in the north deliberately hidden by a neighbor? It made the whole family extremely worried. In the end, it was just a false alarm. Don't be afraid. There's no outsider here. Someone must be playing a joke on you."
"Yes, Gu Yan, don't be so anxious. Some people are so annoying, they will make any joke. Seeing you anxious, he is secretly happy behind your back. Our neighbor loves to do this kind of thing. He hid my little son and made us look for him anxiously before he finally let the child out."
A woman who was digging radishes also smiled and comforted her, and Gu Yan's burning sense of urgency in her heart eased a little. People of this generation generally have low quality and many of them do things without proper sense of propriety. We all live in such an atmosphere and have gotten used to it. Afterwards, at most they would just laugh and scold me a few times. But for her, who had experienced life and death in the future, such a joke was really too much.
"Secretary, please help us. We have been looking for it for a long time. If it was really hidden by someone as a joke, I think it should be returned. But there has been no movement so far..."
"Okay. It's almost time to get off work. I'll have someone notify the team leaders and have them look for it on the roads when they get off work."
"Thank you. And the people from the Han family, please pay attention to what they are doing this afternoon."
"You are too suspicious. Why would they steal your little baby?" The secretary said angrily, but still agreed. "Got it. I'll have someone check it out."
She drove the tractor back to the village in a hurry. She parked the tractor in a wide area in the middle of the village and got off the tractor to look for the child.
He was going crazy, asking every household. See who sees your baby. Those who stay at home are generally elderly people, and after asking everyone for a long time, there is still no result.
The only place Gu Yan hadn't visited was the Han family. It was a place he hadn't been to since his divorce, and he hardly spoke to their family. He didn't hesitate any more and walked into the Han family's yard. He trotted down the stairs.
"Have you seen my Niu Niu?" The person at home at this time must be Old Lady Han. She directly lifted the door curtain of the main room.
"No. You've come here three times in a short while. What? You, the Li family, think that our Han family is easy to bully, right? You come to our house to look for your lost child. Why do we need your money-losing stuff..."
The old lady started to yell at her angrily when she saw her. Gu Yan looked around but didn't find anything wrong. Without saying another word, he turned around and walked out. With her speed, Old Lady Han had no chance to catch up with her and scold her.
"I'm in a hurry to be reborn."
Gu Yan was so anxious that he didn't care whether others scolded him or not. If you can send my daughter to me intact, I will let you scold me to your heart's content.
After leaving Old Han's house, the three groups of people met up on the street. They looked at each other, shook their heads and sighed.
"Didn't you go to ask the Party Secretary for help? Where is he? Why can't I see him?"
"They all said that it might be someone they knew who stole it away on purpose, which made us anxious..."
"So you came back by yourself? Gu Yan, if it was lost..." Li Zhongxia stopped talking halfway. He looked at his wife with guilt in his eyes and raised his hand to slap himself in the face. No matter how anxious he is, he can't think like this. Thinking like this is the biggest insult to his wife as a mother.
"I'm sorry, I'm not..."
"The teams will search for the roads in and out of the village when they return home. We will continue searching in the village."
Gu Yan didn't listen to his explanation, nor did he say any nonsense to defend himself. He bent down and wiped the tearful face of Xiaohua. "Be good, don't cry. Take your brothers and sisters home. Mom and Dad will go find Niuniu. Cook for grandma and put your brothers and sisters to sleep. Don't cry anymore."
Xiaohua is very sensible. No matter how guilty I feel, I know this is not the time to be willful. My brothers and sisters are tired, and grandma is still at home and can't move. She has to take care of them.
"Okay, Mom, you must find sister Niuniu."
"Well, mom will go find it right away."
After settling the children back home, they continued searching in the village. Even after all the members who had finished work entered the village, there was still no news. There was nothing wrong with the Han family running back and forth delivering food in the afternoon.
Now my heart felt like it was being fried in hot oil. With so many people, they almost searched all the roads in and out of the village. There is no one in the village, and there is no one outside the village. Could it be that the child has grown wings and flown away?
Gu Yan had already asked San San and the others again who they played with in the afternoon. Now we have asked about the situation door to door. The result was also nothing.
The sun had already set, and the peaceful night was disrupted by this sudden news. The whole team was in an uproar, all looking for the missing little girl.
Sister Xu held Gu Yan's cold hand, not knowing what to say to comfort her. They are not like ordinary families, they are a reorganized family. Her child was lost along with his child. If they can't find them, can this couple still live? This is so fucking weird. Except for one child who was taken away by a wolf outside the village, no other child has been lost in all these years. There are so many children in every family, who would want someone else’s baby? Still a girl doll.
The people who came to help gradually withdrew. Outsiders had done their best in this matter, and all they could do now was to leave it to fate. Only the neighbors from the Xu and Li families, who were closest to Gu Yan, were helping to look for him. Xiaohua prepared the meal and came out to eat with them. She looked at the adults' serious expressions timidly and didn't dare to call anyone.
Gu Yan came over and hugged the child, then turned to talk to everyone: "Everyone eat first. No matter what you want to do next, you have to eat enough to have strength."
After she finished speaking, she squatted down and looked at the child: "Don't cry! It's not your fault. Even adults can't avoid this kind of thing. It was an accident. Don't blame yourself anymore. Mommy will ask the police for help. Maybe your sister will be found soon."
"Mom..." Xiaohua was a sensitive child. She was afraid that her father would blame her for not taking good care of her sister and that he would vent his anger on her mother. I’m afraid this family will fall apart. Her young heart could hardly bear the tremendous pressure. When she heard her mother's comforting words again, she couldn't help but throw herself into her mother's arms and cry bitterly.
"I was really paying attention to Niuniu. She was sitting there playing with the scarf and having a great time. How could I just turn around and find her? There's no dangerous place around, so how could she disappear?"
"Okay, okay, okay, don't cry. It's not your fault..."
"Don't cry. Daddy was too anxious and said the wrong thing to Mommy. Don't cry, Xiaohua."
Li Zhongxia squatted on the ground at some point and reached out to hug the mother and daughter in his arms. He could see the worry and fear in the child's heart. He absolutely did not mean to blame Xiaohua, but his daughter was missing, and he was extremely anxious and spoke without thinking. The result was naturally that the daughter-in-law and the sensible daughter were hurt.
This matter was just as Gu Yan said, it was just an accident. At this point it is almost certain that this was a targeted accident. There are no outsiders in the village, so this must have been done by someone from the village. After checking everyone in the village, he could think of only one family who might have done this.
With the help of mom and dad comforting her at the same time, Xiaohua finally calmed down. She stood up sobbing: "I'm fine. Mom and Dad, please go to the commune and call the police. The sooner the police come, the better chance we have to find my sister."
Gu Yan nodded, stood up and went out
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