Chapter 1142 Unrest
Lin Xian glanced at Ling Yuan with amusement and explained to Lu Miao:
"It's just that the water pump in the farm's well seems to be broken. He's been trying to thaw it with hot water for the past few days, but it won't pump water. He spent two days trying to fix it himself and couldn't. He was talking about it on the way here, wanting to ask Brother Xiaoliu if he had time to go over and take a look. But since it's still the Lunar New Year, he was too embarrassed to ask when he got here."
Lu Miao laughed and joked:
"That's it? I thought it was some big deal. I was almost scared to death just now."
"Ha ha……"
She said it playfully, and everyone else in the room was instantly amused.
After laughing for a while, Fu Jingyou touched Ling Yuan's shoulder and said:
"I'll go with you and take a look."
Ling Yuan nodded first, then shook his head and said embarrassedly:
"There's no rush. We can wait a few days until after the New Year."
How can I really not be anxious?
People can just shovel some snow and melt it to deal with the problem. There are still so many livestock on the farm!
However, due to the current time, Ling Yuan was really embarrassed to trouble Fu Jingyou as Lin Xian said.
Fu Jingyou hadn't considered this at first, but after Lu Miao's reminder, he naturally understood Ling Yuan's difficulties, and chuckled:
"Right now, the only thing left to do is celebrate the New Year in the West Second area. It's just right to go there later. It won't delay anything."
Ling Yuan then nodded, smiled and did not refuse.
In the afternoon, Fu Jingyou drove the Ling family back home and stopped by Lingyuan's farm. As soon as they left, people from the Xue family came over.
At first, Lu Miao thought it was just a simple New Year's greeting, but when he asked Aunt Xue and Uncle Xue to sit down, he realized it was not the case.
It turns out that last night, except for a few big shots in northern Beijing, no one had a peaceful New Year's Eve.
The Xue family and the Nie family in the neighboring Wing District of the city also lived in unrest.
Nie Yunge goes to school in Beijing North and usually lives in the Xue family.
But as the New Year is approaching, it is reasonable for him to go back to his home in Yi District for a few days.
After all, the child’s mother is gone, but the child’s father and grandparents are still there, and Aunt Xue has no suitable reason to keep him.
Before sending Nie Yunge back this time, Aunt Xue had already discussed with the child that she would pick him up at the latest on the third day of the New Year.
I just didn't expect something to happen on New Year's Eve.
The Nie family called and asked Aunt Xue to go pick someone up. It was already past two in the morning when Aunt Xue and her husband rushed over.
The elders and women of the Nie family went back to their rooms to rest, and only Big Brother Nie and Nie Yunge's father were standing in the living room.
As for Nie Yunge?
Although the Nie family had the stove burning, the door was open.
The half-grown boy was wearing a thin sweater and was tied up with a rope and forced to kneel on the ground. He was hit on the head by something and half of his face was covered in blood.
His eyes looked like they wanted to eat someone, and he stared straight at his father.
Aunt Xue was almost frightened to death.
The Nie family didn't give any explanation. Under the circumstances, Aunt Xue didn't think of asking, and hurriedly took the child to the hospital with Uncle Xue.
Aunt Xue came to the Fu family at this time empty-handed.
An hour ago, the couple accompanied their child to be transferred from Yi District to Jingbei Hospital, and they had no time to buy it.
Aunt Xue spread her index finger and thumb two centimeters apart and gestured to Lu Miao:
"With such a long cut on his eyebrow, the eye wouldn't be saved if it went any lower! Yesterday at the Wing District Hospital, his uncle went with him to the hospital and said the child fell down the stairs. I don't believe that at all! A child in his teens, not three or two years old, how could he roll down the stairs while walking?"
Even if the child really fell by himself, what is the point of tying him up with ropes like a criminal?
Aunt Xue concluded that it must be the woman that Nie's father married later who was restless and was stirring up trouble.
Thinking of this, Aunt Xue took Lu Miao's hand and pleaded:
"My dear sister, the child is feeling a little better now, but he won't tell me anything I ask him. I'm at my wit's end and can only come to you for help."
In the past, Nie Yunge always came to the Fu family to play, and Lu Miao was also familiar with him.
But although Lu Miao was distressed when she heard about this, to be honest, what could she do to help?
As if she could see Lu Miao's confusion and embarrassment, Aunt Xue wiped her tears and said:
"That child loves playing with Xia Xia the most. Can you ask Xia Xia to go with me? Let Xia Xia coax him..."
As Aunt Xue spoke, her eyes turned red and she began to sob again.
"this……"
Lu Miao was a little hesitant, but thinking about how the other children in his family often went to Xue's house to play in the past, he nodded again.
Lu Miao was a little worried about letting his daughter go alone, so he said that the children had a good relationship and asked Aunt Xue to take Shi An and Ming Yi with her.
Aunt Xue nodded, and Lu Miao went to call the children.
Aunt Xue and Uncle Xue drove here, and the car was full with several children.
Lu Miao walked them to the door and got them into the car, and told Shi An to look after his younger siblings from the side of the car window.
He also reminded Mingxia to be careful with her words and not to make her little brother sad.
After that, they greeted Aunt Xue and made an agreement that they would go to see Nie Yunge and pick up the child when the child's father came back from paying New Year's greetings later.
After sending Aunt Xue and others away with great concern, Lu Miao asked Xu Xiangcao to go to the market to see if he could buy a pigeon.
She made some soup so that when she visited later in the evening she wouldn't go empty-handed, and the child could also have something nutritious to eat.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, all the state-owned meat shops were closed, so how could there be any stalls outside?
Xu Xiangcao ran in vain.
Lu Miao had no choice but to settle for the second best and asked Tang Mei to kill a chicken.
Divide the chicken into two, stew one half into soup, and wash the other half and stir-fry with mushrooms and black fungus and simmer.
It was already past six in the evening when Fu Jingyou came back from work.
Lu Miao filled two thermoses, took a pair of chopsticks and a few bowls, and hurriedly pulled him out. Only after they got into the car did he slowly explain the situation.
"What's wrong with our family? Why do we always have such miserable little cabbages? We've already started the year with something so awful. How are we going to get through the rest of the year? Can things go smoothly?"
Lu Miao sighed and muttered.
Fu Jingyou understood her and knew that what she hated most after becoming a mother was hearing or seeing her children bleeding or crying, so she was not really complaining.
He freed one hand to drive, covered her hand with it, patted it gently and said soothingly:
"There's always one bad or biased person among ten people. How can we guarantee that all of them are good? Once the kids get over this hurdle, everything will be fine, okay? Don't overthink it."
What else could Lu Miao do except nod?
Sighing, Lu Miao turned the topic and asked another question:
"Did you go to Lingyuan to see what was going on? He didn't seem to be in good shape again. He used to be quite cheerful."
Fu Jingyou said, "The water pump just has a few rotten screws, and the wiring inside is loose, so it's not making good contact. I'll just replace it with a new one... There's nothing wrong with his farm management, but there aren't many young people besides a few old helpers. He's been alone for so long, so he's a little unfamiliar with communicating with others."
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