Qian Yibo nodded and said, "Yeah, my mom also said she's tired. Is it because men feel tired?"
Qian Duoduo almost burst out laughing when he heard this, while Wen Yugui's face stiffened. This kid, why does he blurt out all this nonsense! He even said something so embarrassing.
Qian Rao glanced at his wife beside him, thinking to himself, "I haven't offended her at all lately, so why did she suddenly say something like that?"
Qian Sheng coughed lightly at the topic, put his hands behind his back, and walked out, indicating that the topic had nothing to do with him.
Jin Jinxiu glanced at Qian Rao, who seemed a little confused, and then at Wen Yugui's expression. She smiled. "There are things you shouldn't say in front of children. See? That's being careless."
Lu Fen gave an awkward laugh, while Qian Yibo sighed, "You people!"
Qian Rao immediately walked over and stretched out his hand to Qian Yibo: "Hey kid, come here!"
Qian Yibo turned his head and said, "Dad, are you tired of living?"
Qian Rao sighed and said, "I wasn't tired before, but I am now."
Qian Yibo tilted his little head and looked at Qian Rao seriously, then said, "Dad, you've worked hard!"
One sentence almost brought Qian Rao, the old father, to tears. Oh my god, why are you being so sentimental? You couldn't even hold back your own emotions.
Watching the interaction between the father and son, Lu Fen suddenly felt that it wouldn't be bad to have such a cute baby of his own.
Jiang Sisi looked at Qian Rao's almost tearful expression and couldn't help but laugh. A child who knew nothing could make him like this with just one sentence. This person was nothing at all.
Looking at Qian Rao like this, Lu Yuan felt that this was true nature. Only a person with love in their heart can cultivate a soft yet strong inner self.
Lu Fen and Lu Yuan stayed in Beian Village for ten days. During this time, they not only became friends with the villagers, but also visited the tofu workshop and offered some suggestions. This greatly increased the villagers' goodwill towards them. As expected of Qian Duoduo's classmates, they could offer excellent suggestions even with just a casual remark.
Of course, they also secretly went to the cowshed where the Lu family had been sent to work. Because no one had lived there for a long time, the already dilapidated house was now in a terrible state. Not only had the courtyard wall collapsed, but the house inside had also become a dangerous building. You could see the cracks in the earthen walls through the windows without even getting close.
Lu Fen's eyes reddened: "Back then, did my grandparents, my parents, my second uncle and aunt live in a house like this? I thought the educated youth compound we lived in was already very dilapidated, but compared to this, it was still considered good."
Lu Yuan sighed and said, "No one has lived here for the past few years, so no one has maintained it. It's much worse than when I first came here."
When I first came here, the place was quite dilapidated, but that was only the surface. Later, when my elder brother came to Shangzhi County as the secretary, he secretly asked Qian Mao to find someone to repair the house. However, given the current situation, he didn't dare to do it openly.
By all accounts, my grandparents were considered quite well-off in Beian Village. They weren't frequently dragged out for public criticism, and they did the same work as everyone else in the village. For example, my grandmother, who wasn't in good health, was made by the village chief to cut pig feed like a child. Where else would they do that?
Lu Fen nodded and said, "Yes, that's why I should take better care of Qian Duoduo at school."
Lu Yuan said, "That's right. Back then, Qian Duoduo saved my grandparents' lives. That's why my older brother and I take good care of the Qian family. Of course, the Qian family members are all great. I really think that this family has a very strong sense of unity, and even the children of Uncle Qian's family are the same."
Lu Fen nodded and looked at Lu Yuan, saying, "Did you have feelings for Qian Duoduo back then?"
Lu Yuan looked at Lu Fen in surprise: "How could you think like that? Qian Duoduo was just a little kid back then, and I was only a teenager. How could I be so despicable?"
Lu Fen looked around, saw no one, and asked in a low voice, "When did you start to like her?"
Lu Yuan rolled her eyes at him: "We might share something like this with an older single woman like you. If I were to tell someone, I'd definitely tell Duo Duo! You trying to get information out of me here and then sell me out to Duo Duo? Humph, I'm not stupid!"
Seeing that the other party hadn't fallen for the trick, Lu Fen stopped asking and directly changed the subject: "Yuanzi, do you think our brother is still waiting for that person?"
Lu Yuan was taken aback, a slender figure flashing in his mind. His eyes turned cold: "Sister, you'd better forget about that person. Even if you run into her, pretend you don't know her. Back when our family was all the rage in Beijing, she did so much by relying on her affair with my brother. But as soon as our family fell on hard times, she turned around and threw herself into someone else's arms, showing no regard for my brother. I will hate her for that for the rest of my life. When I return to Beijing and run into her, I will definitely teach her a lesson."
Lu Fen listened to Lu Yuan's words without saying a word. He had no connection with that woman, but he and Lu Qing were about the same age and had a good relationship in the past. However, the two sisters had no choice but to go to the countryside and lost contact with each other. Lu Qing threw all the things that woman had given her into the trash can.
Lu Yuan said, "Right now, only Grandpa, Dad, and Uncle are holding things together in Beijing. My eldest brother is the vice mayor here, so he's considered the leader of our family in politics. As for the military, we have Brother Cheng and Brother Xing, and Brother Zhi," he looked up at the distant sky and said slowly, "Just being alive is enough!"
Lu Fen nodded. In families like theirs, love is sometimes a rare thing. For example, Lu Cheng married a military doctor in the Northwest, and Lu Xing married the sister of a comrade-in-arms on an island. They had never met either of their sisters-in-law and didn't know when they would meet them.
Lu Yuan sighed, lowered his head, glanced at Lu Fen, and said, "Big brother is indeed getting on in years, and grandparents are quite anxious about it. I heard that he's going to be set up on blind dates this time he returns to the capital."
Upon hearing this, Lu Fen's eyes lit up: "I'm very curious, what will my brother's blind date be like?"
Lu Yuan laughed and walked with Lu Fen, saying, "Don't say you're curious, I'm curious too. When I heard about it, I wanted to go back to the capital to join in the fun, but Grandma wouldn't let me go back no matter what. I think it's because my face is more handsome than my older brother's, and she's afraid it will affect the aesthetics of his blind date, so she refuses to let me go back to the capital."
Lu Fen stopped and looked at Lu Yuan, saying, "Brother, face is a good thing, why don't you want it?"
Lu Yuan snorted: "A face is a good thing. If you lose it, you can't watch the show. Don't you think that's a loss?"
Lu Fen paused for a moment, then calmly said, "A loss!"
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