I'm annoyed by Niu Yingcheng. I want to see the child, but I'm also worried about Niu Yingcheng. Seeing him only makes me more annoyed.
Those things were Li Qingguo's backup plan, in case Xiao Fengzhi and Niu Ying ever went back on their word. Of course, I hope they can be used forever.
"Sigh, it's my two sisters-in-law who are so afraid that Minzhi and her two children will be registered in the household, so they've been clinging to us even more, and have come to your place to make trouble several times."
After shaving his head, the lice and other pests would hide. He then went to the bathhouse for a soak and a scrub. When he came out, he asked for his original clothes and changed into the other set that Xiao Fengzhi had prepared for him.
"Brother, he's really wicked. That was clearly a child someone else had abandoned, so why did he pick him up?"
It was just one child; who else had one? In those days, children were rare, so my family just asked casually and didn't pursue it further.
It was lunchtime, and Zhao Guangning was at home. I saw Xiao Fengzhi leading a group of older people who looked rather strange coming in, and I was quite puzzled.
With the matter over there largely resolved, Niu Yingcheng and Brother Chen were about to leave.
Nowadays, very few people raise children; it's considered a rare thing.
Look at the pants the child is wearing, they match the shirt perfectly. I bet Li Qingguo bought the shirt for him.
His uncle did this to give him a way out, even if it meant doing something bad for him.
When you, Shao Min, recover in the future, you'll be able to come and pick up us, your mother and the rest of us.
"Fine, you can't be bothered to talk to him. Just wait and see how your uncle and aunt deal with him when you get home."
The document was made in duplicate, and both Xiao Fengzhi and Li Qingguo kept it.
Zhao Guangning is, after all, the team secretary. Do you think I could tell what bad things he was saying? He immediately sighed.
Li Qingguo quickly shook hands with Teacher Xu, and then, according to Li Qingguo's instructions, wrote a document explaining the situation.
Li Qingguo took Brother Chen on the morning train back home, sleeping on the train at night, and arrived in Hunjiang on the morning of the 4th.
Li Qingguo picked up Da Chenyue, turned around and left. The mother and daughter saw this and quickly followed, returning to Niu Yingcheng.
Although Brother Chen was wearing a newly bought short-sleeved shirt, his pants were...
Chen Ruiqing was seventy or seventy miles away from the provincial capital. This man drove a horse-drawn carriage and took Li Qingguo and us back to the city in two hours.
"You only dare to bring it up when you have a solution," Zhao Guangning sighed.
When Niu Yingcheng saw that Brother Chen's pants had several patches and were torn in places, he knew that the boy's family was very poor, and that the pants were probably bought by Li Qingguo in the past.
Now that you've brought the children back, if Chen Ruiqing lends a hand and registers all eight of us in the household, Niu Yingzhi won't be able to work in the fields with the other villagers to earn work points.
Oh, those three women are having a hard time; they must be suffering so much.
"Oh, so you should write the date on it. It's like an IOU or something, and you need to write down the date when it will be repaid." Li Qingguo specifically instructed the other party to write the date.
Besides, the weather was cold at that time of year. The food I made in the morning was outside the cupboard. I would carefully take out a little bit and nibble on it, and that would be enough to make do with a meal.
Li Qingguo offered no insight, not even a hint of how to validate my suggestion.
Xiao Fengzhi led Brother Chen out of the house, and Brother Chen immediately knelt down in front of Li Qingguo and kowtowed eight times.
The household registration is settled, so be it. Just let Secretary Li take a little less care of me from now on.
Over there, as soon as Xiao Fengzhi left, Li Qingguo took out the things I had bought later from his backpack.
Since I rarely come to the provincial capital, I had to buy something to take back with me. I bought Brother Chen a well-fitting shirt, undershirt, shorts, socks, and shoes, and I also bought myself a blue and white striped short-sleeved shirt.
Minzhi wasn't originally a girl from outside the village. Now that you've returned with the child, you should try your best to take care of him.
"Alright, stop wasting my breath on you and hurry up to the station." Niu Yingcheng waved his hand, impatiently urging Li Qingguo to leave.
Previously, Zhao Guangning had made a special trip back to the team headquarters to issue a certificate to Niu Yingcheng, explaining that Li Qingguo and Niu Yingcheng were relatives and that there was indeed a case of child abduction.
"As for your temper, Secretary Li must know, you're the kind of person who will repay even the smallest kindness tenfold."
Li Qingguo couldn't help but smile when he saw Niu Ying extend her hand.
"Brother Zhao, you're back. Something came up and I just got home today."
Sure enough, once Li Qingguo said that, others had something else to say.
That's fine, but with Niu Yingcheng's family's conditions, they don't even have lice or fleas. How can Niu Yingcheng bring the child back?
"Minzhi, who is that?" Zhao Guangning was a little confused and didn't know what those two people were doing here.
"Sigh, what can we do? You and that child are not meant to be. There are so few people outside the provincial capital, yet you just happened to run into them."
"Oh, Xiping is back. But what's wrong? Why is he two days late?"
My uncle threw away my clothes. He didn't throw them away because they were too bad, but I'll have to buy new clothes, which are all quite expensive.
Older children grow slowly, so buying fewer clothes is useful.
Li Qingguo, along with the child, found a hotel to stay in. After asking around for directions to a place without a barbershop or bathhouse, he took Brother Chen to get his head shaved first, and then went to a bathhouse for a thorough scrubbing and washing.
It was cold then, so I bought some undergarments, waiting to go home so I could find some clothes that Sheng Xitai had outgrown and have Zhou Qinglan alter a few for him to wear.
At that moment, Xiao Fengzhi finally held back her tears and hugged her son.
Li Qingguo's words weren't meant to target Zhao Guangning.
Niu Yingcheng and Xiaoyue'er went to the provincial capital together. If they used a relative's child as an excuse, they could get away with it. So Niu Yingcheng treated Xiaoyue'er like family.
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