After Song Yingying and Qian Yu'an left, the elderly Song couple chatted with Song Xinfu and his wife for a few more minutes.
Everyone here is an honest and law-abiding person.
The second son isn't well yet, so we can't hold that girl back.
Being friends is fine, but if you want to develop the relationship to a deeper level, you'll have to think it over carefully.
The second brother moved back to the three brothers' room, and he still slept on the side by the window.
The middle position originally belonged to Song Anmin.
To make it easier to take care of his second brother, the fifth brother moved to the middle of the room.
Song Jianmin, ever the gossip, knew Song Yangmin wouldn't understand, but still asked:
"Second brother, is Qian Yu'an your girlfriend?"
"Second brother, I've never heard you mention this before."
"Second brother, you've kept this a secret really well. Even Mom knows, but we don't."
Xu Guiying's angry voice came from outside, "Song Jianmin, if you're not going to sleep, get out of here!"
Song Jianmin quickly pulled the blanket over himself. "Mom, I know!"
Now, Song's grandparents live in the house that used to belong to Song Guomin and his wife. Song Xinfu checked all the doors and windows and told Song Rongrong to close them properly. After making sure they were all tightly closed, he closed the main door and went back to his room to sleep.
Because of Yu Fang's situation, Xu Guiying hasn't been sleeping well at night lately.
I keep dreaming about Yu Fang's pale and fierce face.
That very night, Xu Guiying dreamt again that Yu Fang was chasing her with a knife in her dream. Xu Guiying was unarmed and ran desperately. Just when she was about to escape, she heard a childish voice behind her.
"Sister, run!"
Run! Don't get caught!
Xu Guiying was extremely anxious in her dream. She looked around and finally turned around, only to see a ragged child running towards her.
Xu Guiying called out loudly in surprise, "Brother!"
In the blink of an eye, the child's face transformed into Yu Fang's.
...
Xu Guiying suddenly woke up and sat up.
"Old woman, what's wrong?"
Song Xinfu had only been asleep for a short while when he heard Xu Guiying having a nightmare and calling out her younger brother's name.
Xu Guiying's face was covered in sweat, and her gray hair gleamed silver in the night.
Song Xinfu sat up. "Why are you calling your brother that?"
Xu Guiying gasped for breath, shook her head, and recounted the scene from her dream.
Xu Guiying's father was a native farmer whose hometown was not in the capital but in the Northwest. Her mother was a teacher who taught Xu Guiying to read from a young age.
Xu Guiying's father was the eldest son in the family, with several younger brothers. When Xu Guiying was about ten years old, her parents went to the river to catch fish and drowned. From then on, Xu Guiying, a girl, raised her eight- or nine-year-old younger brother alone.
More than 20 years ago, there was a famine. At that time, Xu Guiying had just turned 20 and her younger brother was 12. There were too many people in the family to afford food, so the Xu family began to flee the famine.
Finally, unable to afford food and starving to the point of being skin and bones, Xu Guiying's second uncle and several brothers discussed sending Xu Guiying to be sold in exchange for some rice.
After knocking Xu Guiying unconscious, they planned to sell her to a casino. Xu Guiying's younger brother secretly went to rescue his sister, pinched her buttocks to wake her up, and told her to run away and never come back.
What happens if you sell it to a casino?
Xu Guiying couldn't imagine it.
She wanted to take her younger brother with her, but he absolutely refused.
Xu Guiying still remembers her brother's words to this day.
"Sister, I'm a son, and my father's last child. They wouldn't dare do anything to me. Besides, they don't know that I let you go. You should go. If you get sold to a casino, it will be difficult for me to redeem you later."
—Sister, let's go quickly.
Seeing that her second uncle and his men were about to arrive, Xu Guiying had no choice but to run away.
Xu Guiying was hungry and tired, so she ate tree bark along the way. Whenever she saw a kind family, she would follow them, keeping a safe distance. When they arrived near the capital, the situation improved and there was no shortage of food. Xu Guiying started working to earn money and kept looking for opportunities to go back to find her brother.
Later, Xu Guiying met Song Xinfu, got married and started a family. She also learned to read and worked at the supply and marketing cooperative. She never gave up looking for him all those years, but there were no clues. In recent years, Xu Guiying still occasionally dreams about her brother.
Song Xinfu knew about Xu Guiying's past, and he sighed, "Yu Fang's matter has a great impact. What you think about during the day, you dream about at night. It's normal for you to dream about your brother."
Xu Guiying frowned: "Alright, go to sleep."
Xu Guiying lay down on the bed. Over the years, she had sent people back to the Northwest to inquire about news. Occasionally, when she met someone with a Northwest accent at the supply and marketing cooperative, she would ask them a few more questions. None of the Xu family members were in their hometown anymore, and she didn't know where they had settled.
If my younger brother were still alive, he would be almost forty now.
Days passed by, and there was still no news about Yu Fang.
Plainclothes police officers are still stationed near Heping Lane. Some have set up stalls to sell straw sandals, some sell dumplings, and some have rented houses in Heping Lane to live in.
June 2nd.
Song Jianmin was promoted to deputy director of workshop number three. He was overjoyed. His supervisor even told him privately that if he could get into university, he could be promoted even higher in the future.
Song Jianmin is quick-witted and resourceful. He has also been very steady in recent months, and his superiors have high hopes for him.
Song Jianmin grinned, showing his white teeth.
On June 3rd, Song Jianmin was instructed by his superiors to deliver a batch of goods to a transit station. This batch of beer was to be transported to the south for sale. The head of the freight team accompanied Song Jianmin.
The transfer station is located in the suburbs.
As Song Jianmin sat in the car, his eyes couldn't help but dart around.
The police told him that plainclothes officers would be following him so that they could appear in time to arrest Yu Fang if she made a move against Song Jianmin.
The transfer station is located in the suburbs, and the large area is very spacious.
Song Jianmin and the freight team leader watched as the beer was packaged, loaded onto the truck, and collected the documents and invoices. Then, the freight team leader said he needed to go to the restroom.
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