Chapter 240 Uncle
Next to Aunt Shi was a middle-aged man in a coarse linen shirt and all dirty.
He looked tall, but slightly hunched, with sunken eye sockets and thin cheeks. His hair had not been cut in who knows how long, and it hung on his shoulders, not even past his earlobes. He was carrying a snakeskin bag, and his dark, rough hands were covered with frostbite.
You don't need to touch the clothes on his body to tell how thin they are, with threads ripped everywhere and no patches on the holes. His pants have probably never been washed, with holes at the knees and you can't tell the original color. The old bachelors in Xiahe Village are more particular than this guy.
His image was not good at all, he looked like a homeless person fleeing famine. If he had not spoken politely and had a kind look in his eyes, and did not look like a madman, Aunt Shi would not have dared to talk to him.
Calling Jin Fenglian, Aunt Shi smiled happily, pointed at Jin Fenglian, and said to the homeless man, "Brother, this is the third aunt of your Bai Wei's husband. Just go with her!"
The homeless man suddenly looked up at Jin Fenglian, his eyes burning as if he was looking at a piece of braised pork.
Perhaps he had been waiting for too long, and hope suddenly appeared before his eyes. The man didn't know how to speak for a moment.
Jin Fenglian simply didn't react at all, wondering where did Bai Wei's relative come from?
Aunt Shi saw that the two of them were staring at each other without saying anything, which was very awkward, so she consciously acted as a middleman.
He introduced Jin Fenglian, "Fenglian, this is your niece's uncle. It's his first time visiting you. Why don't you take him home for some tea?"
"What! You said this person is, this is Bai Wei's uncle!"
Over the years, Miss Bai Wei's style has been deeply rooted in Jin Fenglian's heart. She is not happy with her uncle, a big capitalist who has spoiled her like this.
Jin Fenglian always thought that the other party was an old fairy child who was even more detached from the world than Bai Wei, the kind who would not even eat the skin of a steamed bun.
What did she see? This unkempt tramp was actually the old fairy boy!
After Jin Fenglian screamed in surprise, she was petrified on the spot, slowly repairing her fantasy about Uncle Bai Wei over the years.
Uncle Bai thought that Third Aunt was not very welcoming to him. Years of hard labor on the farm had made him feel a little awkward.
"Um, aunt, where is my Xiaowei? Can you help me find the way?"
"Oh, okay, come with me, I'm dizzy. Where did you come from, uncle? This is super heavy."
"No, no, it's not heavy, how can I let you take it? Just help me lead the way."
Jin Fenglian was brought back to her senses by Uncle Bai's words. She hurriedly wanted to help him get the snakeskin bag, but Uncle Bai persuaded her not to do so.
Just as Jin Fenglian was about to grab a few more pieces, she remembered that Aunt Shi was beside her. She turned around and hurriedly thanked her, "Thanks to Aunt Shi this time. Come to my house for tea tomorrow. I'll go back to work first, but I'll definitely come."
Send away Aunt Shi,
This place is still one minute away from Ye Dajun's house. For the first time, Jin Fenglian felt that this road was so long and she seemed to have no idea where to end.
She walked in front and Uncle Bai followed behind. He wanted to speak but didn't know what to say. An awkward atmosphere filled the air between the two of them.
Jin Fenglian's initial surprise faded, and now her stomach was filled with a craving for more. Didn't Bai Wei say that this person didn't recognize her? Why was he running to her eagerly again?
Uncle Bai also wanted to speak. He was almost anxious to death and was eager to know how Bai Wei had been doing over the years. That girl had never even washed a pair of chopsticks. How had she survived in the countryside for more than ten years?
But the people in front of him were Bai Wei's in-laws, even if they were her ex-in-laws. Uncle Bai was afraid that he would say something wrong.
"Uncle-in-law, you and Bai Wei,"
"Auntie, you and Xiaowei,"
They both spoke at the same time, with the same lines.
Not expecting the other party to speak, Jin Fenglian immediately forgot her words and simply gave up and asked directly,
"Her uncle, where are you from? I heard Bai Wei say that you two had some misunderstanding."
Uncle Bai didn't understand the subtext behind Jin Fenglian, so he answered the previous words.
"I just came back from the grasslands and was sent back to Shanghai the day before yesterday. I saw Xiaowei's letter in the mailbox of the old house, so I rushed here overnight. I didn't have time to buy a gift, so I came empty-handed. Please forgive me."
After Uncle Bai was rehabilitated, he was sent back to Shanghai. The Bai family's ancestral home and a western-style building were returned to him. In the mailbox of the ancestral home, he found a letter for help that Bai Wei had sent a long time ago.
He didn't have time to think about anything else, and didn't care about the risk of being discovered. He used a shovel to chisel open a part of the courtyard wall, which was the place where he had hidden the money before the incident.
At that time, he thought that if someone in his family could come back alive, they would find the money sooner or later and be able to rebuild the family business.
If no one at home can come back, then just give it to someone who is destined to find it.
The walls of the ancestral home are all made of blue bricks, except for this one, which was changed into hollow bricks by Uncle Bai.
There are thirty gold bars inside.
He didn't know how Bai Wei's child was doing now, whether he was still alive, nor did he know how Bai Wei, who was divorced in the village, made a living. He knew the child he raised well, and he thought that he probably didn't have enough to eat.
He stuffed all 30 gold bars into the snakeskin bag.
Taking Bai Wei's letter for help, he went to the street office to get a visiting certificate, set off overnight, and headed straight for Xiahe Village.
Jin Fenglian didn't know that Bai Wei had sent a letter to her parents' home when Ye Ling was sick, but when she heard that Bai's uncle had rushed over overnight and didn't even get a good night's sleep when he arrived in Shanghai, she knew that he really loved her.
The uncle and nephew haven't seen each other for more than ten years. How could they miss each other? They couldn't help but feel some sympathy.
"Uncle, what are you talking about? Even if they are divorced, Bai Wei is still Xiaoling's mother, right? We are still a family. Why do you need to bring any gifts when you come to our house? Please don't be so formal."
"Hey look, we're here as we're talking. It's the house in front. Bai Wei stayed here last night."
Jin Fenglian pointed to the yard in front where a black Mercedes-Benz was parked and asked Uncle Bai to come in quickly.
Although Uncle Bai had been in labor reform on the farm for many years,
But he had been a capitalist for half his life, and he used to ride in Mercedes-Benz frequently. The car in front of him was imported, and the price was not expensive for him more than ten years ago.
But where did the Ye family get the money to buy a car? Didn't Xiaowei say in the letter that they couldn't even raise the 200 yuan for surgery?
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