“Sister-in-law Huaihua, the jade pendant hanging around the child’s neck is a keepsake I left for him. Also, this lady’s watch is imported. If you take it to a pawn shop in the city, you can get a lot of money. Keep it for when you need it. And keep these ten or so silver dollars as well.”
"Comrade He, please leave these few silver dollars with my fellow villagers!"
...
When Grandma Song remained silent, Old Mrs. Chen spoke again: "Sister Huaihua! Sister Huaihua, do you still remember me? I'm Xiao He. Years ago, I passed through Songjiagou Village with the army and gave birth to a child there..."
"Comrade He, you don't need to say more. I remember it. I've always remembered it all these years!"
Grandma Song's thoughts were pulled back by Grandma Chen's voice. She grasped Grandma Chen's hand and patted it gently, saying, "It's good that you're still alive, it's good that you're still alive!"
With tears welling up in her eyes, Grandma Song invited Grandma Chen and the others into her home.
Inside the main room.
After everyone was seated, Grandma Chen said to Grandma Song sitting next to her, "After the country is established, I will come to find you..."
Listening to Old Mrs. Chen recount her years of suffering in searching for her son, Grandma Song felt a pang of sadness. After Old Mrs. Chen finished speaking, Grandma Song said, "It was my fault for not explaining things clearly to you back then. My family lived in Songjiagou Village, but when the child got a little older, our area was plagued by famine and then repeatedly swept away by those heartless bastards."
With no other choice, my husband had to take me and our children and leave our hometown, hoping to escape those ruthless people and find something to eat. We traveled on and off, and finally settled down in Shisong Village.
Before I left Songjiagou Village, I always thought of you, but year after year passed and you never came to visit. I began to wonder if you were gone. But rest assured, all these years...
The child you entrusted to my care is doing well. He not only has his own wife and children now, but he's also the accountant for our village. He's a good kid. You sit at home and wait a while; I'll go to the gate and call a boy to go to the brigade headquarters and fetch Sanhe. You two can have a good reunion.”
Grandma Song was about to get up as she spoke.
"There's no rush."
Grandma Chen held onto Grandma Song's hand, preventing her from getting up, and said, "Actually, we've already met that child." To avoid Grandma Song misunderstanding, Grandma Chen added:
"About ten days ago, my husband and I came to the machinery factory's staff hospital to see Dr. Song Lan. Unexpectedly, we ran into you, Sister-in-law Huaihua, in the corridor outside Dr. Song's clinic."
To be honest, sister-in-law, that child looked so much like my brother from my maternal family that I recognized him immediately as the child I entrusted to your care years ago. Later, when my husband and I were examined by Dr. Song, we learned that...
She is your granddaughter and also my child's daughter. I couldn't hold back and told her directly about what happened back then, and asked if I could find you, my sister-in-law, and my child to recognize our relationship. But Dr. Song immediately stopped me, saying that you had just had cataract surgery and she didn't want any accidents to happen to you during your recovery period.
And so, I had to suppress my desire to reunite with my family for the time being.
A week ago, my husband and I both underwent surgery performed by Dr. Song. Today, we were discharged from the hospital and came all the way to this village to find you. I hope you won't think our visit is abrupt.
"It turns out we met ten days ago."
Grandma Song showed no unusual expression, nor did she feel the slightest discomfort. She smiled and said, "It seems that Sanhe and you really have a deep mother-son bond, otherwise how could it be such a coincidence that we met at the hospital where Lanlan works?"
When talking about her beloved granddaughter Song Lan, Grandma Song couldn't help but become more talkative.
"Let me tell you, Lanlan's medical skills are really good. I thought my eyes were just like that, but when Lanlan found out that my eyes were in trouble, she called her dad and said that she could cure me. In just a short time, she completed the surgery on my eyes."
On the third day after the surgery, I could see again. To be honest, I am so happy to have such a wonderful granddaughter as Lanlan!
Now that you've told me that Lanlan performed surgery on you and Comrade Chen again, I feel that our two families have a very deep connection!
"You're right, elder sister. Our two families do indeed have a deep connection!"
Grandma Chen smiled broadly and happily echoed Grandma Song's sentiments.
Brigade Headquarters.
"Accountant Song! Accountant Song, hurry and go to your older brother's house. There are two cars parked in front of his yard. I heard the people in the cars are looking for Aunt Huaihua. Your older brother and the others are all working in the fields."
"Aunt Huaihua lives alone at home. If you don't go back to check on her, what will happen to Huaihua if something happens?"
The person who came to inform Song Sanhe was none other than Zhu Guihua, the woman who had been in a "love-hate" relationship with Li Jumei since childhood, through marriage, and still lived next door to Song Sanhe and Li Jumei.
Upon hearing this, Song Sanhe suddenly stood up, knocking over the chair behind him. But after a moment, he realized what he had done and said to Zhu Guihua, "I understand. I'll go to my older brother's house after I've tidied up a bit."
He casually put the account book on the table into the drawer and locked it. He thanked Zhu Guihua, then walked out of the office, greeted the captain who was walking towards him, and headed towards Uncle Song's house.
Zhu Guihua walked beside Song Sanhe and asked, "Accountant Song, do you know who's in those two cars?"
"Auntie, that's a strange question. I haven't even seen him yet, how would I know?"
After glancing at Zhu Guihua, Song Sanhe quickened his pace, clearly intending to distance himself from her.
"Accountant Song! Accountant Song, why are you walking so fast? I, Zhu Guihua, am not a tiger, I can't eat you, haha~"
As Zhu Guihua spoke, she couldn't help but burst into laughter, but this did not affect her pace; she was almost right behind Song Sanhe.
"Auntie, aren't you a little too idle?!"
Seeing Zhu Guihua following him closely, Song Sanhe casually uttered a remark.
"Accountant Song, have you forgotten? My family has plenty of able-bodied men, so I don't need to go to the fields to earn work points."
What Zhu Guihua said was true, because whenever the men in the family and her sons went to work, they were guaranteed ten centimeters. Based on this, the men in the family had no objection to whether Zhu Guihua went to work or not.
"mother!"
As Song Sanhe entered the courtyard of Uncle Song's house, he immediately called out, "Grandma Song."
"It's the third son! Come quickly to the main room, I have something to tell you."
Upon hearing Song Sanhe's voice, Grandma Song looked towards the door of the main room, her gaze fixed on Song Sanhe, and waved with a smile.
"Auntie."
Zhu Guihua shamelessly followed Song Sanhe into Song's uncle's courtyard. At this moment, she stood at the entrance of the main room and greeted Grandma Song with an awkward smile.
"Guihua's here. We have guests at home. Is there anything I can help you with?"
Grandma Song asked.
"No, nothing, I just came to drop by."
Is the old lady sure she wasn't asking a question she already knew the answer to?
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