Li Yufei stopped in front of the girl, waved his hand in front of her, but there was no reaction, confirming that she was indeed blind.
With tears in her eyes, Li Yufei asked, "Are you my sister, Zhu Xiaofei?"
"Yes, my name is Zhu Xiaofei. Who are you, and what brings you to my family's ancestral graveyard?"
Li Yufei placed the offerings and paper money on the ground, then took Zhu Xiaofei's hands and said, "I am the person you should hate, Li Yufei. I have looked for you many times over the years but could not find you. Where have you been all these years?"
Upon hearing this, Zhu Xiaofei's face turned extremely pale, and she said with tears in her eyes, "What are you doing here? Are you here to laugh at my family? No, everyone's dead, and I'm the only blind person left in the family?"
"Xiaofei, it's my fault. I caused your father's death back then. Can you give me a chance to atone for my sins?"
Li Yufei's voice choked up at the end. Wasn't the tragedy of Zhu Xiaofei's family all caused by themselves? If her father had been alive, her mother probably wouldn't have died.
Zhu Xiaofei said, "You are not worthy to atone for your sins to me. Go back."
Li Yufei could easily tell that she still hated him, and knew that she wouldn't listen to anything he said at this moment.
He walked to the grave, placed the offerings on the altar, knelt down, burned some paper money for Zhu Xiaofei's parents, and then kowtowed several times.
After burning the paper money, Li Yufei stood up and looked back. Zhu Xiaofei had already left, and she was walking towards the edge of the field, probing the way with a bamboo pole in her right hand.
Li Yufei ran to catch up with her, snatched the bamboo pole from her hand and threw it on the ground, then pulled her hand and walked towards the edge of the field.
Zhu Xiaofei cried, "Let me go!"
With tears in her eyes, Li Yufei said, "I've been searching for you like crazy all these years. Now that I've finally met you, do you think you can just leave? You have to come back with me today. I'll take care of you for the rest of my life."
Upon hearing this, Zhu Xiaofei burst into tears, crying, "What kind of fate do I have in this life?!"
Li Yufei helped her wipe away her tears, picked Zhu Xiaofei up from the ground, and walked towards the car.
He walked to the car, put Zhu Xiaofei on the ground, opened the passenger door, picked her up and put her in the car, and started the car and drove into the city.
Li Yufei drove home, got out of the car and helped Zhu Xiaofei out. She asked, "Where are we?"
Li Yufei said, "This is my home, and it will be your home too."
Zhu Xiaofei muttered to herself, "My home?"
Li Yufei said, "Yes, this will be your home from now on."
Dongqing and his wife were sitting in the living room talking with his mother-in-law when they heard the two talking in the yard. The three of them walked out of the villa into the yard.
Li Yuzhu asked, "Little brother, who is the girl?"
"I'll help her back inside first, and then I'll explain to you."
After Li Yufei finished speaking, he helped Zhu Xiaofei walk towards the living room.
Watching her younger brother and the girl disappear into the villa, Li Yuzhu said, "Dongqing, is that girl blind?"
Dong Qing said, "I can see that too; he must be blind."
The mother said, "Why did this child bring home a blind girl who just stares blankly?"
Dong Qing said, "Why don't we go in and ask?"
The group returned to the living room. It was summer, and Zhu Xiaofei hadn't showered for days; she smelled bad.
Li Yufei said, "Big sister, go to second sister's bedroom and find her some clothes so she can take a bath."
Li Yuqiu's clothes from before her marriage were all kept in her bedroom. She had plenty of clothes to wear, and she didn't take any of her clothes from her youth with her after she got married.
Li Yuzhu asked, "Little brother, who exactly is she?"
Li Yufei said, "Big sister, can you help her take a bath first, and then we can talk about it?"
This is just teasing! They bring back a blind girl with wide eyes and don't even offer an explanation before assigning themselves this kind of task.
Li Yuzhu didn't ask any further questions. She went back upstairs to her sister's room and found a dress and a set of underwear that her sister hadn't worn.
She returned to the living room on the first floor and helped Zhu Xiaofei walk towards the bathroom.
Stepping into the bathroom and closing the door behind her, Zhu Xiaofei pulled a small notebook from her pocket and handed it to Li Yuzhu, saying, "Sister, I don't have anything on me except this notebook. Could you put it away for me?"
Li Yuzhu took the notebook, opened it, and looked at it. There was nothing written inside except for an address and a name.
Li Yuzhu could guess that the person at the address must be very important to her, perhaps someone who had helped her before. She casually put the notebook into her pocket and then helped Zhu Xiaofei take off her clothes.
Zhu Xiaofei is not only beautiful, but also has a great figure with a high and full bust. If she weren't blind, she would definitely be a beauty.
The odor was even stronger after she took off her clothes. It's not hard to imagine that a blind woman like her couldn't possibly shower every day. Besides, she might not even have the means to shower every day. In this hot weather, she would develop an odor if she didn't shower for a few days.
Women often develop unpleasant odors if they don't shower or change their underwear for extended periods of time.
She was blind and left unattended. In the summer, with her body constantly sweating, she was most prone to developing body odor.
When Li Yuzhu was helping Zhu Xiaofei take a bath, she said, "Big sister, I can wash myself."
Li Yuzhu said okay, turned on the shower for her, and stood aside to wait.
Zhu Xiaofei stood in the rain, rubbing the grime off her body until it curled up. Li Yuzhu asked, "How many days has it been since you last showered?"
Zhu Xiaofei said, "How could a beggar like me have the means to take a bath? I'm staying at the old lady's house, and she doesn't have a bathroom either. I haven't bathed for about half a month. Occasionally, I'll fill a basin with water and wash myself in the house."
In this day and age, let alone in rural areas, even homes in urban villages generally don't have bathrooms. It's normal for Zhu Xiaofei to say that, since everyone lives in this era. Li Yuzhu wasn't surprised when she heard this.
Zhu Xiaofei makes a living by begging all year round, so it's normal for her to have such a strong odor in the summer.
Li Yuzhu used a scouring pad to scrub the ash off her back. After scrubbing all the ash off her body, she washed her hair and then applied shower gel all over her body. It took her more than ten minutes to finish the shower.
Li Yuzhu used a dry towel to help Zhu Xiaofei dry off, then put on her underwear dress, helped her out of the bathroom, and sat her down on the sofa in the living room.
Li Yuzhu used a hairdryer to dry her hair, and she asked, "Little brother, shouldn't you tell me who she is?"
Li Yuzhu believed there must be a story behind it, otherwise her brother wouldn't have brought back a blind girl with wide eyes. No matter how beautiful she was, she was still blind, and she was even more convinced that her brother didn't have such a fetish.
Li Yufei said, "She is Zhu Xiaofei, the biological daughter of my savior, Uncle Erwang. I met her today when I went to the cemetery to pay respects at Uncle Erwang's grave."
Everyone in the family knows Zhu Erwang's name except for Dong Qing. He had never even heard his wife mention him, and she didn't feel the need to bring up things from so many years ago.
Li Yuzhu's mother said with tears in her eyes, "My daughter, you are actually Zhu Xiaofei, the biological daughter of Erwang's brother. Have you suffered all these years?"
With tears in her eyes, Li Yuzhu asked, "Xiaofei, my father and I went to your house to look for you years ago, but your house had long since collapsed. Where have you been all these years?"
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