Early the next morning.
Song Xinfu went to the countryside to visit Song Anmin.
Xu Guiying took Song Yangmin to Biandan Village, which was the hometown of the second son's wife in her previous life. However, Xu Guiying had only been there once, and decades had passed since then, so she couldn't remember clearly. She would talk about it when she got to Biandan Village.
Song Yangmin carried a cloth bag containing cakes and water for the mother and son to eat on the way.
Song Yangmin couldn't help but ask, "Mom, where are we going?"
They changed buses and arrived in the town, then asked for directions along the way before finally reaching Biandan Village, after an hour's journey.
Grandma Xu walked briskly and never complained of being tired.
"You complain of being tired after just a few steps? Are you weak-legged?"
Song Yangmin: "..."
Song Yangmin wasn't tired, he just had no idea what to do.
The second son's wife was named Qian Yu'an.
Xu Guiying couldn't directly ask where Qian Yu'an lived, as that would arouse suspicion, so she could only search for the house she remembered.
In his previous life, just six months later, Qian Yu'an's niece fell into the water. Coincidentally, the army canteen was collecting vegetables by truck in the area, and the second brother rescued her. However, when he got ashore, his leg got tangled. After lifting the little girl ashore, the second brother fell into the water.
However, Xu Guiying and the others thought that the second son was about to die, but unexpectedly they found him downstream. The second son had injured his leg and was lame.
The Qian family was grateful to Song Yangmin, and Qian Yu'an also liked Song Yangmin. The two hit it off and got married. The second son, that blockhead, felt incompetent and didn't want to stay in the army anymore, so he took his allowance and left. The army assigned the second son a job in a factory.
Little did they know that the third son would gamble and incur debts, so Xu Guiying and her husband sold their house. But then, the second son's factory went bankrupt not long after.
The second son even used the money he and his wife had saved to pay off the third son's gambling debts. After they could no longer afford to rent a house, the second son and his wife went back to live with the Qian family. Later, the second son worked odd jobs in town to earn money, while Qian Yu'an farmed at home.
Thinking of her second son from her past life, Xu Guiying spoke to Song Yangmin with a gentle expression:
"Second brother, before you become the second brother, you need to take care of yourself first. After you get married, you should focus on your own family. Your father and I have jobs now and can receive retirement pensions in the future, so you don't need to worry about us."
Song Yangmin was surprised that his mother suddenly brought up this topic.
His eyes widened in shock. "Mom, what's wrong?"
This isn't like my mom at all.
Even though his mother didn't scold him, Song Yangmin felt uneasy all over.
Xu Guiying was too lazy to say anything more to him, and cursed him as a little brat.
Not long after they walked, a house ahead vaguely resembled one from her memory. Xu Guiying thanked God and prepared to take Song Yangmin there.
At the bottom of the slope, I met a little girl, about two or three years old, who was squatting by the roadside picking flowers.
The more Xu Guiying looked at her, the more familiar she seemed. After racking her brains for a while, she tentatively asked, "Tao Tao?"
Qian Tao is the little girl that Song Yangmin saved in his previous life.
Qian Tao looks quite alike with Qian Yu'an; they both have big, dark eyes, but their skin is a bit dark.
Qian Tao looked up. "How do you know my name?"
Xu Guiying didn't want to be mistaken for a human trafficker. She looked around and saw an old woman in the field not far away raise her head and walk over.
Xu Guiying was wearing her new clothes that had been stored away in a trunk, and Song Yangmin was also dressed up quite nicely.
Old Mrs. Qian and Old Mrs. Xu Guiying were about the same age.
Old Mrs. Qian approached with a hunched back and asked them, "Who are you looking for?"
Following her prepared statement, Xu Guiying said, "We've come to visit relatives, specifically to see Qian Derong."
Qian Derong?
Old Mrs. Qian thought for a long time, then said, "We don't have such a person here. You've come to the wrong place."
Xu Guiying frowned and asked doubtfully, "Is this Biandang Village? We didn't go to the wrong place. We came from the city. We used to have a relative who lived here. We haven't seen him for decades, so we came to visit."
Song Yangmin looked at his mother in shock once again.
Xu Guiying didn't even glance at him.
Seeing that the two men didn't seem like human traffickers, Old Lady Qian said, "This is Biandan Village, not Biantang Village. There is no Biantang Village! And there is no one named Qian Derong here!"
Xu Guiying frowned and sighed heavily, "My mother must have remembered it wrong. She's not very bright!"
Old Mrs. Qian led Qian Tao home to prepare dinner.
Just then, Song Yangmin's stomach growled loudly.
Song Yangmin's face turned bright red.
Xu Guiying smiled with satisfaction. Her second son had finally done his job. "Second son, are you hungry?"
Before the second son could answer, Xu Guiying said to Old Lady Qian, "Auntie, we've been walking for an hour or two, and it's almost noon now. Is there anywhere to eat nearby?"
Old Mrs. Qian stared at the two of them for a long time before saying, "Then come to my house for a meal. It's simple food, nothing more."
Xu Guiying said no, "How can this be? It's too much trouble for you. It's a pity that we've made this trip for nothing."
Old Mrs. Qian didn't think Xu Guiying was a bad person. "We don't have much food, and there are no restaurants in the village. Come with me."
Xu Guiying said again, "Then we can't trouble you, Auntie. We still have a piece of bread. We can just come to your house to ask for some water. After eating the bread and drinking some water, we'll feel full!"
Old Mrs. Qian smiled at Xu Guiying's words. The old woman was a kind person, and said, "Let's go then."
The Qian family's house was just an ordinary brick and tile house, similar to the Song family's, but not as spacious.
Old Mrs. Qian had only one son, who married a woman and had two children, Qian Tao's father and Qian Yu'an. Qian Tao's father and his father helped people saw timber, while Qian Tao's mother went to help people pick tea.
The second son followed Xu Guiying the whole time, still not understanding what his mother was up to.
Xu Guiying looked around the house but didn't see Qian Yu'an. The tables, chairs and benches inside were all broken, but the house was clean and bright.
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