Chapter 87 Chapter 87 Mother and Son Meet

"Are you pregnant?" Lin Zhengrong blurted out. Although they used contraception, their frequency was high, so there was still a one in ten thousand chance.

"That's not it." Jiang Qiuyue said, "Your biological parents came to see you while you were on a mission, and you definitely can't guess who they are!"

Hearing this, Lin Zhengrong tensed up. He had thought of all kinds of possibilities as to why they didn't want him.

Can’t afford it?

Or can’t you take it with you when you flee?

Or maybe he should never have been born?

He had been struggling with this issue for a long time since he found out that he was not the biological child of Wang Chunhua and Lin Fugui.

Seeing Jiang Qiuyue so excited now, this should be a good result, right?

"Who...who is it?" Lin Zhengrong asked nervously.

"It's Sister Juanjuan's family!" Jiang Qiuyue was very excited. "You never thought, you are the brother that Sister Juanjuan has been looking for. At that time, Sister Juanjuan's parents had to follow the army, so they sent you and Sister Juanjuan to live with different families."

"You were sent to the Feng family for foster care. However, the male owner of the Feng family was a gambler. He lost all his property while fleeing, so he sold you to Zhang Shunli, who was also a kidnapper. It happened that Wang Chunhua and Lin Fugui found Zhang Shunli and said they wanted to buy a son, so Zhang Shunli sold you to them."

Lin Zhengrong's mind was buzzing, and he couldn't make sense of it for a while. "But didn't you say that Juan... Juanjuan's brother is older than me, and he was fostered somewhere else?"

"You were indeed fostered in a place far away from Taohua Village, but the situation was very chaotic at that time, so the Feng family took you on a long journey. As for your age, Zhang Shunli deliberately made you younger so that you could be sold more easily."

Jiang Qiuyue finished speaking in one breath and took a deep breath, "You have also met the Gao family. They have been looking for you. God really helps those who work hard. Finally, your family is reunited. No, it's our whole family!"

Lin Zhengrong swallowed hard, his hands trembling slightly. He didn't expect that his family would know him.

Besides, it’s not that they don’t want him, and they have never given up looking for him!

Seeing Lin Zhengrong's eyes moistened, Jiang Qiuyue hugged him, "This is a good thing. Fortunately, Zhang Shunli has the habit of taking notes, otherwise he would have died and it would have been even more difficult to recognize him. Over the years, your mother has been worried sick and has been thinking about you. Sister Juanjuan went to find you as soon as she got some news. We have finally been looking forward to this day. Now Mom is at our house. She must want to see you soon. I will go and call her!"

Just as Jiang Qiuyue was about to leave, Lin Zhengrong grabbed her wrist.

"I'm a little nervous." Even the calmest person would find it hard to remain calm at this moment. Lin Zhengrong thought about the last time he met Sun Fengying. He didn't have a deep impression of her. She just seemed to be a very gentle old lady.

Now that his identity has changed, he suddenly doesn't know how to face it.

"I understand you. You should adjust your mentality." Jiang Qiuyue said softly, "Anyway, this is a good thing. They are all very good people. You will have someone to love and care for you in the future."

Seeing that there was no one at the door, Jiang Qiuyue turned around and kissed Lin Zhengrong, "I'll go bring mom over."

After leaving the hospital, Jiang Qiuyue rode her bicycle home quickly. People on the road saw her riding back and forth and asked her to slow down.

Jiang Qiuyue couldn't wait any longer. She parked her car at the doorstep and shouted before she even entered the house, "Mom, what are you doing? Zhengrong is back, come with me!"

In the kitchen, Sun Fengying was washing rice. When she heard Jiang Qiuyue's call, she thought she had heard it wrongly at first. It was not until Jiang Qiuyue opened the door and told her to leave quickly that she came to her senses.

"Yes... yes, Zhengrong is...back!" Sun Fengying stuttered while speaking, her body trembling uncontrollably, and her eyes kept looking behind Jiang Qiuyue, "Where...is he?" After she finished speaking, her knees went weak, luckily Jiang Qiuyue was quick to support her.

"He's in the hospital, but don't worry, he just has minor injuries. He came back early last night. I just went to the hospital to see him."

Jiang Qiuyue helped her mother-in-law to sit on a chair. "Please calm down first. When you calm down, I will take you to see him."

Sun Fengying wiped her tears and said, "I can go right now. I'm fine. I'm really fine."

She was just happy because she could finally see her son.

Jiang Qiuyue wiped her mother-in-law's tears and brought her some warm tea. "Have a sip. Where are the children?"

"Going out to play." said Sun Fengying.

With so many children gathered together, they would definitely want to play, especially after being cooped up for several days. Although they cannot go out to play outside the family yard, running and jumping in the family yard is more fun than staying at home.

Jiang Qiuyue went to talk to Wu Shuangshuang, "When they come back, let them stay at your house first. I will take my mother-in-law to the hospital to see Zhengrong."

"Deputy Captain Lin was injured. How is he? Is he okay?" Wu Shuangshuang became worried subconsciously.

"It's nothing serious. My arm is slightly fractured and I need to rest for a while." Jiang Qiuyue and Wu Shuangshuang said this. When they returned, their mother-in-law had already changed her clothes and was looking at her expectantly.

The two rode their bicycles to the hospital. When Jiang Qiuyue took her mother-in-law to the door of the ward, Sun Fengying suddenly stopped.

"I...I'll slow down for a moment." The closer it got to this point, the more afraid she became, fearing that her son would blame them for being irresponsible parents.

She wiped her tears again and again until she calmed down a little, then she pushed the door open and went in. But when she saw her son's hand tied with a bandage, her tears immediately rolled down, "Zhengrong, I..."

Sun Fengying cried so hard that she couldn't speak, and Lin Zhengrong's eyes were also filled with tears.

The reunion between mother and son was the most touching moment. Jiang Qiuyue couldn't help shedding two tears. "Mom, I've already told Zhengrong that you haven't given up looking for him."

"It's... our fault. We didn't fulfill our responsibilities as parents." Looking at her son, Sun Fengying felt even more guilty. "Just hearing how hard your life was in the past, my heart aches. Zhengrong, you can blame us. Your father and I will make it up to you in the future."

She felt that her son had reason to blame them, after all, as parents, they had indeed failed to educate Lin Zhengrong.

As a soldier, now that he has figured out the whole story, Lin Zhengrong said he can understand it, but it's hard for him to adapt to this change. It's not that he doesn't accept the Gao family, but he himself doesn't warm up to them so quickly, and he has a strong sense of unreality.

"It's not your fault. Too many things went against our wishes." Lin Zhengrong said.

"Yes, the situation was too urgent at that time, and no one knew that this would be the result." Sun Fengying sighed as she stood in front of the bed. She had a lot to say in her heart, but when the words came to her lips, she didn't know where to start.

Seeing the awkward situation, Jiang Qiuyue finally spoke, "No matter what happened before, at least it's a good situation now. The hardships in the past are over, and we will be better in the future!"

She went to see Lin Zhengrong with a smile, "My parents gave us a large sum of money. During this period when you were not at home, it was also Mom who helped me take care of the children and do hygiene. They really feel guilty towards you."

"Yes, Qiuyue is right, we will make it up to you in the future!" said Sun Fengying.

Lin Zhengrong also nodded. He had previously asked his comrades to investigate, but there was no news at all. He thought he might not be able to find the child in his lifetime, but he never expected that there would be this day of reunion.

He should be content, "Yes, we still have a long time to go."

The three of them talked in the ward for a long time, until Jiang Qiuyue felt hungry and realized that she didn't have time to cook today.

"I'll go to the cafeteria to buy some food and have a quick lunch. What do you want to eat? I'll go buy it for you." She also had to prepare a portion for Chief Yu.

Sun Fengying said she would go with them, as there were several children at home. She would buy food and bring it to Lin Zhengrong, and Jiang Qiuyue could go home directly from the cafeteria.

On the way home, Jiang Qiuyue hummed a song all the way. She handed the lunch box to Xiao Li and said, "I'm sorry for the lunch break, Chief Yu. It was too sudden. Zhengrong is back today. I'll make you guys a salted fish stew tonight. You can talk to Chief Yu and ask him to come to my house for dinner someday when he's free. I'll cook a meal for everyone to eat together."

Xiao Li also knew about the Gao family's recognition of their relationship, and congratulated them, "Fortunately, Deputy Head Lin is fine, it's great that your family is reunited. Chief Yu should be free the day after tomorrow. He originally said that when he goes to the capital for the New Year this year, he will send all the New Year goods from his home to your family, since he won't need them anyway."

Of course, Yu Guanghui also kept Xiao Li's share. Now Xiao Li has a family and has become more mature.

Jiang Qiuyue agreed, and after sending Xiao Li away, she went to Wu Shuangshuang's house to call a few children to eat.

When the children learned that Lin Zhengrong had returned, they couldn't wait to go to the hospital after lunch.

Lin Zhengrong was discharged from the hospital the next day. However, his injuries were quite special and it was not convenient for him to walk. Xiao Zhou asked him to sit on a bicycle and pushed him all the way home.

When passing by Chen Guowei's house, Chen Guowei did not forget to tease, "Hey, whose daughter is this?"

Lin Zhengrong silently made a note of Chen Guowei in his heart, waiting for the day when he would get better.

After returning home, Lin Zhengrong wanted to walk by himself. Lin Beibei and Lin Nannan came over to support him, but he refused, "I'm not lame, go play."

He returned to the room and asked Jiang Qiuyue to help him apply the medicine.

Jiang Qiuyue handed the bottle of medicine over and asked, "Can't you do it yourself?"

One hand is broken, but there is still one.

Lin Zhengrong pointed at his pants and said, "It's not very convenient. Can you help me?"

He held Jiang Qiuyue's hand. They hadn't been together for a long time. Jiang Qiuyue had made Lin Zhengrong itchy yesterday, so when he came back today, he wanted to ask Jiang Qiuyue for help.

Meeting Lin Zhengrong's eyes, Jiang Qiuyue immediately knew what this man was thinking, "It's already like this, what else do you want to do?"

"Nothing, just kiss me first." Lin Zhengrong held Jiang Qiuyue's hand, "Don't you miss me?"

When a man becomes clingy, he is very different from his usual serious self. Jiang Qiuyue naturally thinks so.

But it was broad daylight and there were people at home, so she quickly kissed Lin Zhengrong and said, "Change the medicine yourself, I'll do it in the evening."

Hearing this, Lin Zhengrong smiled instantly. It was evening, so he could wait.

After Lin Zhengrong finished changing the dressing, Jiang Qiuyue went to prepare dinner. She stewed bone soup and used it to make noodles.

After the hand-rolled noodles are cooked, add a spoonful of radish and pork ribs soup, then sprinkle with chopped green onions and sauerkraut fried with pork fat. It is appetizing and has the sweetness of radish.

Chen Weiguo ate three bowls of hand-rolled noodles and his stomach was full. Lin Zhengrong also ate three bowls. He hadn't eaten home-cooked meals for a long time and he missed them very much.

At night, Jiang Qiuyue helped Lin Zhengrong change the bandages. The lights in their room were on until late at night. When Jiang Qiuyue went to wash her hands, she felt a little embarrassed, fearing that her mother-in-law was not asleep and would notice something unusual.

The next day she got up late, her mother-in-law had already bought breakfast, and the children had gone out to play.

Jiang Qiuyue was preparing to make sauerkraut dumplings. The family made their own salted fish. They didn't have time to buy New Year's goods this year. Now the things in the supply and marketing cooperatives have not only increased in price, but are also very difficult to buy.

"It is said that the road from Yu County is blocked and the trucks transporting goods cannot pass through, so the supply and marketing cooperative is in short supply of meat and fish." Sun Fengying went to the supply and marketing cooperative in the morning. Originally, each person was allocated two kilograms of pork, but today they could only buy one kilogram.

You can’t make many dumplings with a pound of meat, so you can only put more sauerkraut, leeks, and carrots.

The New Year is just a few days away. How can we celebrate the New Year without meat at home? Jiang Qiuyue wanted to go to the city to buy meat. However, they were going to Gao's house to celebrate the New Year this year, and it was a good time to go to get a household registration. Jiang Qiuyue thought about it and decided to buy some meat when she went to Gao's house.

When Jiang Qiuyue was worried about not having meat to eat, Xiao Li and Yu Guanghui came over at noon. Xiao Li brought a pig leg, which was a welfare given to Yu Guanghui by the army, as well as a bag of millet, two kilograms of red dates, twenty eggs and two salted fish.

Compared to last year, Yu Guanghui's benefits have also been reduced. The reason is that transportation has been affected and supplies cannot be transported. So he only has these benefits. But his benefits are already good. Most people don't have that much.

Jiang Qiuyue immediately chopped up the pork leg meat and made dumplings. It tastes better with more meat, otherwise it would just be vegetables and no meat flavor.

There are many children in the family, so I beat ten eggs to make chive egg stuffing. Finally, I made a salted fish stew, which was not as good as what I had last year, but it was still rich.

"Come on, let's raise our glasses. As long as we are together, it is a good day!" Jiang Qiuyue suggested, raising her glass.

Lin Beibei was the first to agree, "Cheers!"

The others said in unison, "Cheers."

After the meal, Bai Xiuxiu wanted to help wash the dishes, but was pushed out by Xiao Li. She then went to the yard to talk to Jiang Qiuyue.

"Sister-in-law, there's something you'll never guess." She walked to Jiang Qiuyue mysteriously.

"What's the matter?" Seeing Bai Xiuxiu's amused expression, Jiang Qiuyue smelled the scent of gossip, "Don't keep me in suspense, tell me quickly."

Bai Xiuxiu looked back and saw that Xiao Li hadn't come out, so she said, "Fang Xia came to our place yesterday and specifically asked me to help make clothes."

"Make new clothes for the New Year?" Jiang Qiuyue thought for a moment, "If I make it now, can I finish it before the New Year?"

"It's definitely too late. There are fewer people making clothes this year, but it's the end of the year and we're still very busy. But she doesn't want to make clothes for the New Year, but for her wedding. Guess who she's going to marry?" Bai Xiu Xiu smiled with her eyes crooked. She wanted to talk about this yesterday, but the Lin family had too many things to do, so she didn't say anything.

Seeing Bai Xiuxiu's expression, Jiang Qiuyue thought of someone, "No way? Huang Yu had spent a lot of money to find a job for Fang Xia in order to get rid of her. Why is he going back to her?"

"See, you were just as shocked." Bai Xiu Xiu said, "Actually, Huang Yu approached me twice before I got married, but I was already with Xiao Li at that time, so I ignored him. When Fang Xia came yesterday, she was so proud that she even walked with the wind. Originally, someone else was going to receive her, but she insisted on waiting until I arrived before telling me that she was going to marry Huang Yu."

"You won't agree to it?"

"How could that be possible? Looking at her tone and expression, I know what she is planning without even having to think about it."

Bai Xiu Xiu snorted, "I said it's the end of the year, and I have a lot of work on hand. She can ask me to do it, but I'm not sure when I can finish it. As long as she can afford to delay, then wait. But I know that since she is marrying Huang Yu, she must have used some methods and is anxious in her heart. How can she delay the marriage?"

Later, Bai Xiu Xiu also asked around, but her colleagues all said they didn't know, and they didn't expect Fang Xia to marry Huang Yu again.

But they were all surprised that the two were still okay, and Fang Xia had lost a lot of weight. She was still dark, but she had dressed up specially. It was just that the bright coat on her made her look even darker.

"After I finished speaking, she asked me in a sarcastic tone if I felt uncomfortable. It was really funny. I'm married, and Xiao Li is much better than Huang Yu. Why should I feel uncomfortable?"

Bai Xiuxiu had just finished speaking when she saw Xiao Li coming out and hurriedly said, "If you find out later, remember to tell me. I'm going to work now."

Jiang Qiuyue was indeed curious about how these two people got together again, but she didn't know anyone around Fang Xia and Huang Yu, so she had no place to ask.

But in the afternoon, Fang Xia came to the door with canned food. When Jiang Qiuyue saw Fang Xia, she completely understood what Bai Xiuxiu felt when she said Fang Xia was very proud.

Fang Xia smiled, "Hello, sister-in-law, you are listening to the radio. You are having a really good time these days. I envy you so much."

After a pause, Fang Xia smiled to herself, "But after all the hardships, I finally got my wish. Huang Yu and I finally got married."

If she hadn't wanted to get gossip, Jiang Qiuyue would have sent the guest away, but now she acted shocked, "Huang Yu? How come you two are together again?"

"It's up to you to decide." Fang Xia sat on a stool. "At first, you all looked down on me and thought I was not worthy of Huang Yu, so I worked hard to lose weight. After I got a job, I was always the first one to go to the cafeteria and the hardest working one every day."

"We rural women are stubborn. We believe that a man is the only one. We will never look at what's in the bowl and eat what's in the pot. We will talk about one man after another." Her words were meaningful. Even a fool could tell that she was talking about Bai Xiu Xiu. "So, I have always cared about Huang Yu. I usually send him food, soup when it's cold, and help with laundry when it's hot. His comrades in the dormitory envy him so much. So, as time goes by, he saw my good side and wanted to marry me."

Jiang Qiuyue frowned when she heard this. Did this person come here specially just to show off?

What do they mean by thinking Fang Xia is not worthy of Huang Yu?

That's because Huang Yu herself doesn't want to do that!

When Sun Fengying came out and heard this conversation, even though she didn't know Fang Xia, she could tell that Fang Xia's tone was not so friendly, so she interrupted and said, "Qiuyue, if you have nothing to do, help mom sew the clothes."

Jiang Qiuyue understood what her mother-in-law meant, and she didn't want to waste any more words with Fang Xia. When she stood up to leave, Fang Xia also stood up.

"Sister-in-law, wait a moment. I came here today to ask you a favor." Fang Xia said.

"You don't have to say anything. I'm definitely busy." They were not familiar with each other, and Fang Xia even tried to put down Bai Xiu Xiu in some subtle ways. Jiang Qiuyue had now put down her pride.

Being directly rejected by Jiang Qiuyue, Fang Xia's smile froze, but she refused to leave, "Sister-in-law, you don't have to be so disrespectful, right?"

"We are all going to continue living in a family compound in the future. You don't even have a reason. Aren't you afraid that others will say you are difficult to get along with?"

Jiang Qiuyue was amused by Fang Xia. She crossed her arms over her chest, which was her posture when she was ready to have a quarrel. "You are really funny. Who am I to you? Or, who are you to my family? We have no relationship at all. Why should I help you?"

"You should think about whether others will say you are shameless and shameless for coming to someone's house to ask for help. Do you have any shame?"

Seeing Fang Xia preparing to retort, Jiang Qiuyue raised her voice, "Also, who you marry is none of my business. You came to my house to show off. Do you really think I'm crazy and can't hear your bad words? Get lost, it's really bad luck!"

Originally she just wanted to hear some gossip, but she was wrong and shouldn't have been so gossipy.

Fang Xia was stunned by Jiang Qiuyue's repeated remarks. She did want to show off, but she didn't expect Jiang Qiuyue to be so disrespectful.

"You're really going too far. Before, whenever your man went to the cafeteria, I would give him more. Now I'm just happy and have no one to talk to, so I come here to talk to you. Do you have to say this to me?" Fang Xia had just finished speaking when Huang Yu ran in. Her tears fell, but before she could say anything, Huang Yu dragged her out.

"Why are you pulling me? I've been bullied. You will be my man from now on, won't you help me?" Fang Xia grabbed the iron gate and refused to leave.

Huang Yu's eyes were dark. "What are you making a fuss about? I've already promised you to get married, why are you still making trouble in someone else's house?"

"Why am I the one causing all the trouble? I came here with good intentions to ask her for help. Look, I even brought canned fruit. Your comrades praised Jiang Qiuyue for her delicious banquet, so I wanted to ask her to prepare the banquet for us. But she called me shameless without saying a word, and you are blaming me?" Fang Xia cried.

Huang Yu looked at Jiang Qiuyue and the others standing under the eaves. He felt so embarrassed. He yelled at Fang Xia, "I have no relationship with you. Why should I help you with the banquet? Are you leaving or not? If not, I'm going back home right now!"

After hearing what Huang Yu said, Fang Xia could only leave in anger, but she was flexible and began to coax Huang Yu halfway through the conversation, "Hey, don't be angry, I just want to save your face. We prepared a good feast, and many people will praise us for our generosity in the future."

"Humph, don't think I don't know what you're thinking."

Huang Yu walked faster and faster, "You just saw that Deputy Head Lin's wife and Bai Xiuxiu were having a good time, and she only helped Bai Xiuxiu to keep the table, so you deliberately went over to hate them. And I also know that you went to the supply and marketing cooperative to look for Bai Xiuxiu yesterday. She's married, and has nothing to do with me, so why did you go to look for her?"

Fang Xia paused and quickly found an excuse for herself, "I was going to make clothes, not to see her. Don't listen to what those people say, I just happened to run into her and talked to her for a few more words. Just like you said, you two have nothing to do with each other anymore, so we don't have to be so hostile to each other and never have anything to do with each other again, right?"

Huang Yu snorted and said nothing. He didn't believe what Fang Xia said.

Fang Xia had to jog to keep up with Huang Yu. "But if you don't want to, I won't talk to them anymore. Don't be angry. I'll stew pork elbow for you tonight. How about that?"

The canteen was running low on meat, and she had finally managed to get an elbow, which she wanted to stew for Huang Yu.

Huang Yu said he didn't want to eat. "I'm going back to the army, don't follow me. I will do what I promised you, but the premise is that you don't make trouble. If you still make trouble, I will just quit the army and go back to my hometown to farm."

"No, I promise you, I won't cause any more trouble!" Fang Xia was scared when she heard Huang Yu talking about going back to her hometown. She knew Huang Yu could really do such a thing. But she had finally established herself in the family compound, and she absolutely could not go back to her hometown in disgrace.

Seeing Huang Yu walking away, she thought of Bai Xiuxiu and Jiang Qiuyue, and she knew that Huang Yu couldn't let go of Bai Xiuxiu. Wait and see, she wanted to compare, where was she inferior to Bai Xiuxiu?

At this time, Bai Xiu Xiu didn't know that Fang Xia went to find Jiang Qiuyue. When she got off work in the evening, she saw Jiang Qiuyue waving at her from across the supply and marketing cooperative, so she hurried over.

Jiang Qiuyue told her what happened during the day, "Fang Xia is a very bad person. Stay away from her from now on. Although it has been a long time, she must still be resentful of what happened before. People like her are like shit. Even if you wash it off, your hands will still stink."

Bai Xiuxiu frowned when she heard this, "I'm sorry, sister-in-law, I've caused you trouble."

"What's the point of saying sorry between you and me? I didn't suffer any loss, I just gave her a good scolding. And I don't care about her if I want to. You haven't been promoted yet, so you should be careful."

Jiang Qiuyue reminded, "Besides, I'm leaving the day after tomorrow, so she won't be able to cause trouble for me even if she wants to."

Jiang Qiuyue packed her luggage and they were going to Gao's house to prepare for the New Year. After Lin Zhengrong came back, he only saw Sun Fengying and hadn't met other people from the Gao family yet.

Bai Xiuxiu knew that the Lin family was going to the Gao family to celebrate the New Year, and thanked Jiang Qiuyue, "Thank you, sister-in-law, I will pay attention to it, and I will tell Xiao Li later. But as long as she cares about Huang Yu's future, she won't dare to do anything, at most she will be annoyed."

"Indeed." Jiang Qiuyue went home after she separated from Bai Xiuxiu. She stewed the pork bones before going out. When she got home, her mother-in-law had already fried the vegetables, so she only had to eat the ready-made ones.

Early in the morning the day after tomorrow, Jiang Qiuyue took Chen Weiguo and his sister to the city to buy new clothes.

Lin Zhengrong's legs were not convenient for him, so he, Sun Fengying, Beibei and Nannan waited at home until noon before getting in the car sent by the Gao family to pick them up.