From everyone's fragmentary words, Xiao Jiahua pieced together the reason.
The person who "kidnapped" the two children was not an outsider, but their biological mother, Li Cuizhi.
Later, Xiao Dabao and Xiao Shitou were very excited to learn that their PLA father would be discharged from the army and return home the next day.
Early in the morning, they refused to go to school and insisted on staying at home to wait for their parents to come back.
Cui Lifen was happy that her son-in-law was coming back, so she went to school and asked for leave for her two children.
After taking leave, as soon as she returned home, she saw her second daughter-in-law, Li Cuizhi, squatting at the door, holding candy to tempt Xiao Shitou.
When Li Cuizhi was getting a divorce, she was only interested in keeping the pension for herself. She ignored her two children and either beat or scolded them. Xiao Dabao was very resistant to her.
Xiao Dabao knocked the White Rabbit candy from his brother's hand and said firmly, "Go away. We don't want to eat your candy. My mother said that we can't eat anything given by strangers!"
"Bullshit, I am your mother, who is Xiao Jiahua?" Li Cuizhi was so angry that she wanted to twist Xiao Dabao.
"Li Cuizhi, how dare you come to our house?" Seeing this, Cui Lifen hurriedly held her two grandsons in her arms.
Li Cuizhi cursed inwardly, "You old fool," but smiled apologetically, "Mom, I don't have any other intentions. I just came to see the two children. After all, they are my own flesh and blood!"
Cui Lifen didn't believe it: "Bah, if you were interested, why didn't you come over in the past two days?"
Li Cuizhi endured it for a moment, took out an envelope from her pocket, and said tentatively: "Mom, I was wrong about the pension. Here is five hundred yuan, just consider it as my apology to you. Can you let me take Dabao and Shitou... home to stay for two days?"
"Take it away, I don't want your money!" Not to mention that the school's family is not short of money now, even when they were so poor that they couldn't even make ends meet, Cui Lifen would not sell her children and grandchildren.
Li Cuizhi bit her tongue, squeezed out two tears, and said in a sobbing voice: "I know the Xiao family doesn't like me, but my mother is sick and dying. She cries every day for her grandson. She just wants to see her grandson one last time before she passes away... Mother, please go to my in-laws, I beg you!"
People are soft-hearted and will not tolerate harsh treatment. The former second daughter-in-law was so humble and submissive out of filial piety. Cui Lifen could not help but feel soft-hearted. After all, who would tell lies and curse their own mother?
Cui Lifen kindly asked, "Is your mother still in Lijia Village? I'll go with you to take a look."
Li Cuizhi said hurriedly: "No, no, I will take the two children there myself. There are almost no people over there, and it's very gloomy. I'm afraid it will offend you!"
She used her trump card again, "Mom, I have been with Xiao Lao Er for so many years, although it didn't end well, but the love between husband and wife is not fake. Can I still harm my own child?"
When talking about her poor second son, Cui Lifen's eyes also turned red. For the elderly, the greatest pain is to see their children die before them.
Li Cuizhi assured again and again that she would send Xiao Dabao and Xiao Shitou back in the afternoon. In the end, the old man agreed to let her take her two grandchildren away.
Xiao Dabao and Xiao Shitou are both filial children. When they heard that their grandma was sick, they were willing to visit her. After all, the old man was nice to them in the past.
After leaving the village, the three of them got on a passing pickup truck. After walking for a while, Xiao Dabao gradually realized that this was not the way to his grandmother's house in the next village!
He yelled to get off the car, but Li Cuizhi scolded them, "Grandma is very ill. She is not in Lijia Village, but in the county hospital. If you dare not obey me, I will throw you out of the car right now and kill you!"
Little Stone was frightened and cried, and pushed her away in rejection: "I want my mother, not you!"
Xiao Dabao was afraid that his brother would fall, so he hugged him tightly and stared at Li Cuizhi vigilantly.
It was inevitable to run into people on the road. Li Cuizhi was afraid that they would talk nonsense, so she pretended to coax them, "Well, Xiao Jiahua works in the county town. After you visit grandma, I will take you to find her?"
After hearing this, Little Stone gradually stopped crying. Xiao Dabao had no choice but to follow her and wait and see what happens.
After arriving at the county town, Li Cuizhi took them into the shantytown, and after many turns, they entered a dirty and dilapidated tube-shaped building.
After knocking three times, a drunk, fat, black man opened the door impatiently. As soon as he saw Li Cuizhi, he cursed, "Damn it, why did you take so long?"
Li Cuizhi couldn't help but complain, "It's all that damn old woman's fault. She made me waste half a day's saliva!"
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