“It’s you!” Wang Qian stared intently at Lin Xiaoyu.
"I?"
Lin Xiaoyu asked in surprise, "Didn't you choose this name? When did it become my choice?"
"You did indeed choose this name!"
After saying this seriously, Wang Qian's gaze became unfocused.
After a moment, he narrated as if to himself, "I had a very, very long dream."
“In my dream, before you were even born, I abandoned you and left home to go to a very far place.”
"I didn't come back until ten years later."
“By then, Mom and Dad were no longer here, and you had left home with our son.”
"Later I found out that you named our son 'Wang Niangui'."
Wang Qian seemed to have used all his strength to say these words.
After he finished speaking, his face was full of bitterness, and his expression was filled with self-blame and guilt.
"It was just a dream after all."
Lin Xiaoyu quietly reached out a hand from under the covers, took his hand, and comforted him, "You don't need to do that. It was just a dream, not real."
Was it just a dream?
Wang Qian suddenly felt a little dazed.
At this moment, Lin Xiaoyu said again, "Qian, why don't you go back?"
"go back?"
Wang Qian suddenly realized, "Go back to where?"
"Go home!"
Lin Xiaoyu said, "Now that my child and I are safe, and Mom is here with me, you should hurry back to do your business. I'm afraid my brother won't be able to handle it."
"But……"
Wang Qian wanted to refuse again, but Lin Xiaoyu said, "It's okay, you can come back and pick me up when you're done with your work."
She paused for a moment, then added, "That's all your hard work. I know you value it a lot. I'm already very touched that you put all that aside and stayed with me in the hospital for so many days. Now that you're alright, you should go back home as soon as possible."
Seeing that Wang Qian was still frowning, she pretended to be angry and said, "You not only spend money here, but you also can't take care of the children. You're just getting in the way."
Wang Qian's expression froze.
At this moment, Lu Aihua, who was standing next to her, couldn't help but laugh and said, "Xiaoqian, Xiaoyu is right. You should go back and take care of your business first. You can come and visit again when you come to the county town every day!"
Since Lin Xiaoyu and Lu Aihua had both said so, Wang Qian considered it carefully and could only nod, "Okay, then I'll go back and take a look first."
Once he made up his mind, he secretly slipped a thousand yuan to Lu Aihua and told her to buy whatever she wanted to eat, and not to be frugal in any way just to save money.
Lu Aihua readily agreed.
Wang Qian didn't linger any longer and went to the station to take a horse-drawn carriage back to the village.
Originally, he trusted Lin Chao quite a bit.
He's honest, introverted, and hardworking; he shouldn't cause any trouble.
However, his return was a great disappointment.
The only person buying potatoes and corn in the yard was his father, Wang Yuanguang.
As for his brother-in-law Lin Chao, whom he had invited five days ago, he had already disappeared.
Where is Superman?
Wang Qian glanced around, but still couldn't see anyone, and his expression immediately turned rather grim.
Young people are indeed too impetuous and unreliable.
If it's just because they're playing around and running off to slack off somewhere, that's fine.
If greed arises, the nature of the situation changes.
"Xiao Chao is gone!"
Wang Yuanguang's face was also filled with disappointment. "This young man is very honest in his work, but after returning from the county town today, he said he had something to do, gave me the money, and ran away."
"Have I given you the money?"
Wang Qian was somewhat surprised. "Dad, how much money did he give you?"
"More than twelve thousand!"
After a pause, Wang Yuanguang added, "Xiao Chao gave me the exact amount of money he owed me. I remember exactly how many kilograms of potatoes and corn I bought yesterday, and that's exactly the amount I made selling them in the county town."
"What about the ones before?"
Wang Qian pressed further, "Is the money I earned these past few days also with you?"
"Here I am!"
Afraid that those around him would hear, Wang Yuanguang lowered his voice and said, "I have a total of 42,000 yuan saved here, all of which I earned in the last few days."
Then, he said anxiously, "Xiao Qian, this business is making way too much money. And since you guys aren't here, I'm afraid to sleep at night."
Wang Qian frowned instantly.
According to his father, during the days he was away, Lin Chao did not embezzle any money, nor did he run away with the money.
If Lin Chao hadn't done anything wrong, why did he run away?
Does it mean you think I won't pay you and don't want to work for free?
"Didn't Xiao Chao say anything about what to do before he left?"
Surprised, Wang Qian asked again.
"No!"
Wang Yuanguang shook his head.
Then, as if he had thought of something, he added, "But when he left, I saw that he looked very anxious, so he must have encountered some emergency."
"I see..."
After thinking for a moment, Wang Qian still couldn't figure out the reason, so he could only sigh and say, "Never mind, I'll ask him carefully when he gets back."
Next, as usual, he continued to sit down and personally purchase potatoes and corn.
Yang Shenglong and others helped sort the purchased potatoes and corn and pile them in the yard.
However, Lin Chao still hadn't returned by evening.
While Wang Qian was surprised, he couldn't help but feel secretly fortunate.
Fortunately, Lin Xiaoyu let him come back; otherwise, his father wouldn't have been able to handle things alone after Lin Chao left.
Buying the goods at home was no problem, but transporting them to the county town to hand them over to Li Guangsheng was something his father simply didn't know how to do.
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