The scenery in the mountains is better than that in the city. Lao Qin's house also occupies a good geographical location. Sitting in the yard, you can see the continuous huge mountains covered with silver.
Ever since Ye Yun and Qin Zheng left, Luo Xiujuan has been taking care of the old lady wholeheartedly.
In the morning, Qin Xiang'e went out to sell mung bean cakes, and she stayed at home to accompany the old lady, basking in the sun while doing housework. In the afternoon, when Qin Xiang'e returned home, she rode her 28-inch bicycle to the town to take a look at Wangshan Tower.
B&Bs are being expanded around Wangshan Tower.
Ruan Boli is a businessman who never wastes time. He hired a professional construction team and personally built a homestay similar to a holiday village around Wangshan Tower.
The most important of these is a hot spring pool.
Ruan Boli said that he wanted to build a unique hot spring villa.
The expansion project inevitably raises dust. The inside of Wangshan Building is fine, but there is a layer of dust outside that Luo Xiujuan cannot clean.
Ruan Boli and his companions lived in Wangshan Building and often helped to clean the inside. As for the outside, they unanimously decided to do a thorough cleaning together after the surrounding expansion was completed.
As usual, after visiting Wangshan Tower, Luo Xiujuan returned home just in time to finish cooking.
She filled a bucket of water and washed the big piece of meat that Qin Xiang'e brought back from the town at noon, planning to stew some noodles with wild vegetables and meat in the evening.
It has to be stewed until very soft, preferably one that will fall apart at the touch, so that the old lady's teeth will be able to bite it.
Luo Xiujuan was washing the wild vegetables carefully, feeling emotional. She had never thought that she could live such a life before.
Although she was embarrassed to eat the big piece of meat, the smell of it was enough to satisfy her craving.
In the past, she and her son had to sleep in the open air, and they had no idea where to eat. They had to store up dry food for three days. How could they have meat for every meal like they do now?
Her son is doing well now.
Every once in a while, Ye Yun would call the villagers to tell them about Xiaohai's recent situation and ask Xiaohai to say a few words to her.
She knew that Xiaohai lived better than her in the county town and had access to education.
These were given to Xiaohai by Ye Yun and Qin Zheng. Ye Yun and Qin Zheng treated Xiaohai as their own son. She remembered all the kindness they had shown to her and her son.
As she thought about it, Luo Xiujuan began to miss her son.
Naturally, she had nothing to worry about since the little guy was with Ye Yun, but they had been separated for so long that she, as a mother, couldn't help but miss him.
"mother!"
A childish voice suddenly sounded.
Luo Xiujuan, who was washing wild vegetables with her head down, couldn't help but be stunned and looked up in surprise.
It turned out that she was washing vegetables with her head down and was so distracted that she didn't even notice there was a car parked at the door of her house.
Next to the car, Coal Ball was excitedly circling around the car and shouting.
Xiao Hai leaned against the car window and shouted.
Seeing Luo Xiujuan looked up and discovered him, her young eyes and eyebrows lit up with joy for an instant. After Qin Zheng opened the door for her, he immediately jumped out of the car and ran towards Luo Xiujuan like a little monkey.
“This, this…”
Luo Xiujuan looked at Xiao Hai who was running towards her in astonishment, until the little guy suddenly hugged her, held her neck tightly, and buried his little head in her arms.
As if he had missed her for a long time, the little guy hugged her neck and started crying quietly.
Despite his young age, he suppressed his emotions and made no sound. He buried his head and sobbed. All that could be seen was his little shoulders twitching.
Only then did Luo Xiujuan come back to her senses.
She quickly dropped the wild vegetables in her hand, wiped her hands with her apron, held Xiaohai's face, and asked anxiously, "Xiaohai? Why are you back?"
Xiao Hai looked at her without saying a word, tears falling down his face.
This look made Luo Xiujuan even more anxious. Could it be that Xiaohai had gotten into trouble in the county town and was sent back by Ye Yun and Qin Zheng?
"Juanzi..."
At this moment, another trembling voice came into Luo Xiujuan's ears.
Luo Xiujuan was stunned.
This voice seemed to have spanned centuries, so long ago, so long ago that she couldn't even believe that she could still hear this voice that she was about to forget.
But it still struck her as soon as it appeared, and her thoughts were instantly in chaos.
Luo Xiujuan turned her head in disbelief and saw a thin but familiar figure getting out of the car. It was Xun Xiangbin.
Her heart sank, and she could hardly believe what she saw.
"Juanzi, do you still recognize me?" Xun Xiangbin saw the shock in Luo Xiujuan's eyes, and a hint of bitterness rose in his brows.
He walked up the slope step by step, shakily, leaning on a crutch.
He came to see Luo Xiujuan before his body had fully recovered. Nearly three days of this had made him extremely weak and he could only walk steadily with the help of a crutch.
As he approached Luo Xiujuan step by step, the shock in the woman's eyes became clearer and deeply hurt Xun Xiangbin's eyes.
He looked at Luo Xiujuan greedily.
Look at her mixed black and white hair, look at the fine lines at the corners of her eyes, look at her face that is no longer the same as before.
But she is not yet thirty years old.
Just five years.
The girl with pigtails, innocent eyes, who used to sit with him in the mountains and watch the clouds roll by, now looks as old as a woman in her thirties.
Luo Xiujuan looked at a loss.
She didn't expect to see Xun Xiangbin so soon. He had been gone for so many years and there was no news from him. She even thought that she would never see him again in this life.
Unexpectedly, she saw it.
Not only did I see it, but it happened so suddenly.
"What are you all doing standing in the yard? Aren't you cold?" Lao Gao got out of the car cursing and shouted as he entered the yard.
He first looked Luo Xiujuan up and down with an unclear expression, thinking, is this the girl that Xun Xiangbin can't forget?
Luo Xiujuan is not really good-looking now. Not long ago, she was a beggar with a child. She was skinny and had a pale face.
Although she had recovered some spirits during this time at Lao Qin's house, the damage to her energy and appearance was not so easy to recover. The fine lines at the corners of her eyes, a few strands of white hair on her temples, and the tips of her hair as dry as grass made her look rustic and poor at first glance.
Lao Gao turned his head and glared at Xun Xiangbin.
"You kid, are you stupid when you see people? You want to freeze in the yard, and I don't want to accompany you!" Lao Gao said, and walked into the main room in a familiar manner.
Ye Yun and Qin Zheng then slowly walked in.
Qin Zheng was still holding large and small bags of things he brought back from the city.
Inside were cotton-padded jackets that Ye Yun had specially made for the old lady and Qin Xiang'e, as well as some food.
There was also a small schoolbag containing Xiaohai's homework. He brought it back to show Luo Xiujuan and let her see Xiaohai's handwriting.
“Woof woof woof—”
The dog was extremely excited to see Qin Zheng. It followed Qin Zheng and barked at him, wagging its tail as if it was about to take off, and jumped on Qin Zheng from time to time!
Pat the dog! Pat the dog!
“Good dog!”
Qin Zheng was in a good mood. He patted the dog's head and said some compliments to satisfy it.
"Girls, you guys go home."
As soon as Luo Xiujuan saw Ye Yun, she didn't care about Xun Xiangbin and hurried to take the bags from Qin Zheng's hands.
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