The winter in Qiongzhou Island is very comfortable, so Ye Zhi took her two children out today.
Because there are many trees in the village and the sea breeze is still a bit cool, Ye Zhi dressed them in long-sleeved clothes when she went out. Both of them wore exactly the same collared shirt. As long as you see them, you can tell that they are twins, so they attracted a lot of attention along the way.
At this moment, the two children have been able to sit steadily. They sit in the stroller, looking at the surrounding environment and babbling, and sometimes they like to pull the grass on the roadside.
When Ye Zhi saw this, she would throw away the grass they pulled because the little guys always liked to put it in their mouths.
At this moment, Chen Fang's mother-in-law was playing with the child. Because Ye Zhi had something on her mind, she just wanted to give the things to Chen Fang and then go home to talk about it with Lu Wei.
But we have just arrived, so we obviously can't go back now.
However, Ye Zhi planned to ask Chen Fang about the fishing tyrant's son.
Chen Fang's home is located in the first few locations at the entrance of the village. It is a uniform boat-shaped house with a yard in front of each house. The walls are separated by bamboo and are very low. You can directly see the environment in the yard. Chen Fang's son Gao Liang and two children of similar age are seen digging holes in the yard. The weather is obviously very cool, but the children are playing with sweat all over their faces.
Because the wheels of the cart made noises when they walked on the ground, Gao Liang was the first to spot Ye Zhi. He then dropped the shovel in his hand and ran into the house, shouting, "Mom, Aunt Ye is here."
Ever since Ye Zhi's child was born, she didn't take the child out anywhere because the child was still young. However, Chen Fang had taken her son to her house several times and had known her for a long time.
After a while, Chen Fang came out of the room with a bunch of bean sprouts in her hand. Ye Zhi had gone to Guangzhou before and bought a lot of mung beans. She taught her how to make mung bean sprouts, and now the white and tender bean sprouts had just come out.
Chen Fang just wondered which aunt her son was calling, but it turned out to be Ye Zhi.
Ye Zhi was pushing two chubby children. She bent over and wiped the saliva from their mouths with a handkerchief, saying, "Your teeth are growing again, right? Why do you like to chew things so much?"
Ye Zhi originally wanted to wipe their saliva, but the eldest brother Niannian snatched the handkerchief from Ye Zhi's hand and put it into his mouth and bit it a few times. Ye Zhi took the handkerchief away, and Niannian kicked his feet a few times on the seat of the stroller, as if he wanted to stand up and grab it back.
Niannian was still pulling at Suisui next to him, even tearing Suisui's collar open.
Ye Zhi helped Sui Sui fix his clothes, then stuffed a harder guava into Nian Nian's hand for him to grind his teeth on.
Who knew that this guy took a bite and threw it directly to the ground.
Chen Fang went forward and picked it up for the child, saying, "Oh, this is dirty and can't be eaten. Auntie will pick another one for you."
Ye Zhi said, "No need, Comrade Chen, he just played with it. He likes to throw it like this at home. Don't waste it."
"Okay." Chen Fang threw the dirty guava that had fallen on the ground directly into the duck shed, and then said, "Comrade Ye, let's go in and talk. It's a bit windy here."
"Oh, wait a minute." Ye Zhi looked at the two little guys on the cart, took the bag off the handlebars, waved to Gao Liang, and said, "Xiaoliang, I bought some snacks in Yangcheng. This is for you. Come and get it."
The bag is filled with snacks like fried dough twists, smiling dates and cow ears, which Ye Xiaoding loves to eat.
So when she came back from Guangzhou, she bought some more and brought some with her.
Gao Liang looked at the bag that Ye Zhi opened and saw the snacks inside. He had eaten these things before when he went to Ye Zhi's house. They tasted crispy and delicious.
But Gao Liang subconsciously looked at Chen Fang, as if asking for her opinion.
Ye Zhi smiled and said, "Come and get it quickly. Auntie has to carry my brother in, so she can't get it."
Chen Fang on the side said, "Xiao Liang, come here, come here and thank Aunt Ye." Then seeing Gao Liang coming over, Chen Fang touched his head again and said, "This child has been shy since he was young."
Gao Liang took the heavy bag of snacks from Ye Zhi's hand, and then whispered, "Thank you, Aunt Ye."
Ye Zhi patted his head and said, "You're welcome. Come to my house more often to play with Xiao Ding and your brother."
Gao Liang is about the same age as Xiao Ding. When he first went to their yard, he didn’t dare to play with Ye Xiao Ding. But later, he started to play and ran all over the beach.
Gao Liang looked at Ye Zhi's smiling face, then nodded shyly and said, "Okay."
Ye Zhi gave the things to Gao Liang. Chen Fang on the other side had already picked up Nian Nian from the cart. Ye Zhi then handed another bag of red dates and osmanthus cake and other things to Chen Fang's mother-in-law, and then picked up Sui Sui who was stretching out her arms on the cart and followed Chen Fang into their home.
The house is not very big, has a thatched roof, and the light is a bit dim.
Because Chen Fang's husband and father-in-law both died while fishing at sea, she is now raising a child and her mother-in-law by herself. Originally, Chen Fang was a deputy director of a workshop in a textile factory with a good salary, but it was still a bit difficult for her to support a family alone.
Her mother-in-law lived on the sea for many years when she was young. Later, her son and husband suffered a shipwreck. She no longer goes out to sea. She grows some food and vegetables at home. Sometimes she goes to the supply and marketing cooperative to exchange some vegetables for the wives of soldiers in the family compound. Although she doesn't earn much, it can help out.
Chen Fang invited Ye Zhi to sit at the table where they usually ate, and then said, "Don't be surprised that our home is simple."
Ye Zhi held Sui Sui and sat down, then asked, "How could that be? Do we still need to be so polite?"
Although Ye Zhi had not returned to work at the textile factory yet, Chen Fang often went to her to deliver vegetables, seafood and the like, so they had a good relationship.
The two of them sat together and chatted about the children. After chatting for half a day, the two children started crying.
Ye Zhi was ready to take them home.
After getting on the stroller, the two little ones stopped crying as if they knew they were going home.
Chen Fang said, "I'll take you to the family quarters."
Ye Zhi happened to have something to ask Chen Fang, but Chen Fang's mother-in-law was there, so she didn't know how to ask.
So after the two of them walked out of her village, Ye Zhi asked while pushing the cart: "Who is the village bully in your village? How many children are there in his family? Do they have a son? How old is he?" Because Ye Zhi didn't know what their village bully's name was, she could only call him that.
Ye Zhi always felt that the person was very familiar, but she was not sure.
Because the man she had just met briefly looked like her third brother Ye Zhenhua, Ye Xiaoding's father.
But when Ye Zhi recalled it in her mind, she found that her impression of her third brother was very vague.
Her third brother went to Guangxi Province to join the army when he was about 16 years old. At that time, Ye Zhi was only 12 years old, still an ignorant age.
Later, Ye Zhenhua was always busy and only had one vacation to return home after three years of military service.
Ye Zhenhua at that time was no longer the same as the third brother that Ye Zhi had in mind. He was more burly and more resolute.
The reason why Ye Zhenhua went back to Xitang Town that time was because Zhang Xiaomei urged him to come back and marry, who was Ye Xiaoding's mother who took half of the pension and ran away.
Ye Zhenhua and Ye Xiaoding's mother got engaged after meeting each other, and then they got married quickly and held a wedding banquet. After the wedding, Ye Zhenhua hurried back to the team.
Until Ye Xiaoding was born, Ye Zhenhua had no time to return to his hometown.
Not long after, news came that Ye Zhenhua had died heroically, and even his complete body could not be found.
Only two military comrades brought them pension and a set of worn-out military uniforms that Ye Zhenhua had worn before his death.
So, later on, Ye Xiaoding's mother abandoned Ye Xiaoding and married another man.
Having not seen each other for many years, Ye Zhi could not remember Ye Zhenhua's appearance clearly, but when she first saw the man, she felt that he was very familiar. He looked like her father and somewhat like Ye Xiaoding.
Although the man's skin was tanned and shiny, he was tall and thin, and dressed like a local Li man, with no clothes on his upper body and a black towel hanging on his body, and a scar on his face, although I only saw him once, I still felt as if I had seen him before.
Chen Fang looked at Ye Zhi with some confusion, but then she remembered that her husband was a soldier and might want to know about the situation in the village.
So Chen Fang said, "The bully in our village is called Gao Mingjing. He has five children, four daughters and one son."
"Speaking of his son, he was lucky. Usually, the villagers go fishing together. That time, there happened to be a strong wind and rain at sea, which directly capsized several boats. Someone saw that the fisherman's son was also swept into the sea, and it was impossible to save him. But the fisherman didn't believe it, so he went to the sea to fish for two days. Who would have thought that he really managed to pull his son back. Maybe it was the miracle of Guanyin of the South China Sea..."
After saying this, Chen Fang paused before realizing that she had said the wrong thing. In this era, feudal superstition was prohibited and not everything could be said casually.
Ye Zhi smiled when she heard this and said, "It's okay, there's no one else here."
Chen Fang swallowed her saliva and asked, "Why are you asking this? Did the fisherman's son do something wrong again?"
Ye Zhi shook her head. She had been thinking about what Chen Fang had just said. She was a little absent-minded at the moment, so she shook her head and said, "No, I just asked because I just ran into her."
Chen Fang thought about her good relationship with Ye Zhi, so she said, "Actually, Gao Mingjing's family isn't that bad. They're good people, but they have a bad background. Although his son was rescued from the sea, he became sick after returning. He became deaf, dumb, and disfigured. The scar on his face scared the children in the village. He seldom went out in the first one or two years after he was rescued."
Ye Zhi paused and then asked, "Is he deaf and dumb?"
Chen Fang nodded, and then said, "Yeah."
Ye Zhi was silent for a moment, and now she wanted to go back to Lu Wei as soon as possible to discuss this matter.
As they walked, the two talked about the fishing tyrant's family history. Ye Zhi listened carefully and memorized all the useful information.
The two chatted and soon returned to the gate of the military camp. Ye Zhi said, "Comrade Chen, you don't have to see me off. Go back and cook."
"Look, he said he would invite you to have dinner at home. It's not easy for you to come here from so far away, and you brought two children with you." Chen Fang bent down again and teased the children twice.
Ye Zhi smiled and said, "There will be a chance. The child is too young to do anything. I will come to your house to play next time."
"Okay, then you're welcome to come often."
Ye Zhi stood at the gate of the staff quarters and watched Chen Fang go back. Chen Fang turned around, waved at her, and smiled.
Until Chen Fang's figure turned into the path back to the village, Ye Zhi raised her hand, looked at the time and found that it was still early, so she pushed the child in the stroller towards the staff quarters.
However, she was not going back home, but was going to Lu Wei's office.
After walking for about ten minutes, Ye Zhi finally arrived at the office building of the military camp.
Before she entered, she saw Li Guoliang. There was a new soldier standing next to him. They both called out to her, "Sister-in-law."
Ye Zhi smiled and nodded at them, and asked, "Is your Lu Tuan in the office?"
Li Guoliang nodded and said, "Yes, Lu Tuan is upstairs."
Ye Zhi remembered that Lu Wei's office was on the third floor, but there was no elevator in the building. It was a bit difficult for her to get there with two children.
Before Ye Zhi could speak, Li Guoliang said, "Sister-in-law, let me help you carry a child up."
Hearing this, Ye Zhi smiled and said, "Thank you then."
Nian Nian and Sui Sui had seen Li Guoliang countless times. When they heard him say that he wanted to be hugged, they immediately opened their arms and asked Li Guoliang to hug them.
Li Guoliang was not very fond of children at first, but after hugging Sui Sui, the little guy made a few laughing sounds and hugged his shoulders with his chubby hands, which made a certain part of his heart soften.
No wonder Lu Tuan is always in a hurry to go home after get off work. With two such lovely children, who wouldn’t want to go home?
Who wants to deal with a bunch of stinky old men like them every day?
Ye Zhi followed Li Guoliang holding Nian Nian. Li Guoliang had long legs and walked fast. He went up to the third floor in one breath, and then Ye Zhi came up slowly.
When Lu Wei saw his son being held by Li Guoliang, he frowned and wanted to ask him why he was holding his son, but the next second Ye Zhi's voice came: "Comrade Li, thank you, just give the child to Lu Wei."
Lu Wei stood up from his seat and was about to take Sui Sui from Li Guoliang's hand. Li Guoliang, whose face never smiled before, suddenly smiled at Sui Sui and said, "Sui Sui, your father is here."
Lu Wei glanced at Sui Sui and saw that the little guy was holding on to Li Guoliang's epaulettes tightly, and his saliva was almost flowing on Li Guoliang's body.
Lu Wei quickly took the child and wiped his saliva the first thing he did.
Just after taking the child, Ye Zhi walked towards the office. Her fair face was red and she was a little out of breath. She said, "Lu Wei, come and hold your son. I'm so tired."
Lu Wei had already walked towards her, picked up one in each hand, and said, "Why are you here now?"
Usually, Ye Zhi would call him when she came here, and it was almost time to get off work, so why would she come here at this time?
Li Guoliang on the other end saw this and said, "Lu Tuan, sister-in-law, I'll be leaving first. You guys can chat slowly."
Ye Zhi walked him out to the office door and said, "Thank you, Comrade Li. Take care."
Li Guoliang scratched the back of his head in embarrassment. Normally, a group of grown men like him would never be so polite. He didn't know what to say for a moment and said twice: "You're welcome."
After watching Li Guoliang leave, Ye Zhi closed Lu Wei's office door, only to see that Lu Wei had already thrown the children on the sofa and was playing with them.
Ye Zhi walked over, sat next to Lu Wei, and said, "I'm so tired..."
She hasn't done any exercise in half a year, and it's difficult for her to even climb the stairs. Her physical fitness is really poor. No wonder Lu Wei always says that she has poor physical strength after every intimacy, and she complains of being tired after just a few rounds.
Lu Wei saw the two children playing with things on the table, and then said, "Take a break if you are tired. I will take care of the two children."
There is still an hour before the end of get off work, so Ye Zhi can still take a break.
But Ye Zhi leaned towards him and whispered, "There is something I want to tell you, but I don't know how to start."
The matter about the three Ye Zhenhuas was a bit confusing. She didn't know whether Lu Wei would believe her or help her after she told him.
Lu Wei picked her up and put her on his lap. He looked her straight in the eyes and said, "Then talk slowly. I have time."
Ye Zhi rarely comes to his office directly. She must have encountered some urgent issues that she couldn't solve alone.
Ye Zhi felt Lu Wei's grip on her waist gradually deepen, and she hissed in pain. After thinking for a while, she said directly, "It's about Xiao Ding's father."
After saying that, Lu Wei frowned and asked, "Did you go to Chen Fang's place just now?"
Ye Zhi: “???”
Lu Wei was silent for a moment, then said, "I was planning to tell you about this tonight, but I didn't expect you to notice it."
Lu Wei immediately let her go, and then quickly grabbed Nian Nian, who was about to fall to the ground, and put her back on the sofa, and said: "I met a very familiar person in Chenfang Village before. Later, I asked my comrades in Guangxi Province to find a photo of your third brother. I just received it." After that, Lu Wei stood up and walked towards the desk.
Ever since Lu Wei met that man in the village, he called Xitang Town and found an excuse to ask Ye Zhi's elder brother to find Ye Zhenhua's photo. However, Ye's elder brother said that not even a single photo was left.
So Lu Wei asked his former classmates from the military academy to find the military camp where Ye Zhenhua was. After several months of searching, he actually found a photo of Ye Zhenhua and his comrades.
Lu Wei opened the drawer of the desk and took out a thick envelope, which contained photos and some personal information of Ye Zhenhua.
He handed the item to Ye Zhi and asked, "Is the person in this photo your third brother?"
Ye Zhi took the thing from Lu Wei with trembling hands, then recalled it carefully and nodded: "Yes, it was him."
Ye Zhi remembered that this was the time when Ye Zhenhua returned home after three years of serving in the army. He got married in the same military uniform as in the photo.
Apart from a photo, there are also Ye Zhenhua's military service deeds and various reports.
Lu Wei's expression gradually became serious, and then he said: "That's fine, but I still need some time to check this person here, so don't go looking for him for the time being."
Ye Zhi immediately breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out that Lu Wei had already known about it. He must have spent a long time looking for connections to find this information.
Ye Zhi paused, then said, "Don't tell my mother about this for now. I'm afraid she won't be able to handle another blow."
After so many years, Zhang Xiaomei should have let it go, but there is still no definite news. If I tell her and the man is not the one I want, wouldn't it be another heavy blow?
Lu Wei leaned against Ye Zhi's face from behind, caressed it, and then said, "I'll listen to you."
Ye Zhi looked at the photo in her hand, fell into deep thought, and said: "I just saw him in Chenfang Village. He gave me a very familiar feeling, but he looked very calm."
Because Ye Zhi is the youngest child in the family and also a younger sister, all her brothers love her.
If it was really her third brother, Ye Zhenhua should have recognized her, but that person was too calm. Could it be that he had lost his memory?
But she was not very old when Ye Zhenhua joined the army, and her memory of this third brother was not as deep as that of her eldest and second brothers.
Looking at the photo now, the memory slowly comes back to me.
As my childhood memories slowly emerged in my mind, I felt that person becoming more and more familiar.
Lu Wei nodded and said, "I thought he looked like that when I first saw him."
If one person thinks they look alike, it may be an illusion, but if two people think they look alike, then it may not be a coincidence.
Ye Zhi was silent for a moment, stroked the person in the photo with her slender white fingers, and then told Lu Wei what Chen Fang had told her about that person.
After that, Ye Zhi said, "It depends on the situation. He may have been hurt and lost his memory."
Lu Wei nodded, his eyes fell on Ye Zhi's expression, and said: "I will check this matter thoroughly, don't let your imagination run wild. If that is really your third brother, I will definitely let him go back to his parents."
If that person was really Ye Zhenhua, Lu Wei didn't care what the fishing tyrant's mentality was to treat a stranger as his own son.
But as Ye Zhi's husband, Lu Wei would never allow Ye Zhenhua to change from a glorious soldier to the son of a fishing tyrant with a questionable background, either in private or in public.
Moreover, if that person is really Ye Zhenhua, then it can really make up for a lot for Ye Xiaoding.
It can also give Ye Zhi's parents hope again.
Ye Zhi nodded, looked at Lu Wei, and said, "Lu Wei, thank you..."
Before she finished speaking, Lu Wei suddenly lowered his head and kissed her on the lips, saying, "If you want to thank me, put the child back in the crib this year."
Because the child was getting older, the crib was a bit narrow, so sometimes Ye Zhi was too lazy to carry the child back to the crib after he fell asleep while breastfeeding, so she just placed him between the two of them.
Sometimes when Lu Wei reached out to hug the child, he would unexpectedly touch the child's feet. The little guy was sleeping sideways, and he almost kicked him under the bed.
Ye Zhi felt that she seemed to have neglected Lu Wei in the past few days, so she smiled and nodded.
Ever since both of them suspected that man's identity, Ye Zhi has been waiting for news from Lu Wei.
I thought I would have to wait for many days, but unexpectedly, Lu Wei went home with a lot of information after two days.
However, Lu Wei waited until Zhang Xiaomei fell asleep before taking out the information.
Lu Wei placed his qualifications on the table where Ye Zhi had eaten before, and said, "I recently had someone check it out. The son of this fishing tyrant is called Gao Tianyou, and he is 25 years old this year. Your third brother should be 28 years old this year, with a difference of only a few years. Gao Tianyou accidentally fell into the sea a few years ago, and was later rescued by his father on the beach. The local barefoot doctor said that he could not hear or speak because he had drowned, and he also lost his previous memory. But..."
Ye Zhi asked anxiously: "But what?"
Lu Wei's face became more serious, but he said, "But some people said that when Gao Tianyou was rescued, he had a gunshot wound on his thigh. If he just fell into the sea, how could he have a gunshot wound?"
Ye Zhi frowned and said, "So..."
Lu Wei said, "I have a guess. Gao Tianyou is not necessarily deaf or dumb. It's because he doesn't know the local language, so Gao Mingjing simply let him pretend to be deaf and dumb."
The local Li people have their own dialect, and these people from other provinces have been here for so long but still can’t understand it. If that was really Ye Zhenhua, he was originally from Jiangnan and definitely didn't know the local Li language. It is not ruled out that the family simply asked him to pretend to be deaf and dumb.
Having said that, Ye Zhi had roughly guessed it.
That person should be her third brother.
However, he didn't recognize himself, probably because he had lost his memory. Because he had lost his memory, he didn't resist at all. He treated the fishing tyrants as his family, so he did whatever they said.
Although Chen Fang said that the family treated Gao Tianyou very well because he was their only son.
But if that person is really her third brother, Ye Zhi thinks she should let her parents know, take him home, give him a new identity, and resolve the matter.
Ye Zhi said, "How about we go to the Li Village tomorrow?"
Lu Wei nodded: "Okay."
It is almost the end of the year, and every household has gone out to the sea these days, intending to pick up more seafood and sea duck eggs. If they are lucky, they may even catch wild sea ducks in the mangroves.
Before Ye Zhi went out, she fed the two children a meal of shrimp and crab meat porridge. Now the two guys were full and not making much noise.
Zhang Xiaomei also took Ye Xiaoding and followed He Jinfeng to go fishing.
Lu Wei was preparing snacks for the children, letting them have something to chew on, otherwise they would make a fuss again.
Before going out, Lu Wei took a photo that he had finally obtained from his comrade-in-arms. Although it was a group photo of several people, because all the members of the Ye family were particularly handsome, Ye Zhenhua could be spotted at a glance. He had regular features, an upright posture, and bright eyes. He was very outstanding.
Lu Wei was thinking that if it weren’t for that accident, his current achievements would definitely be higher than his own.
Ye Zhi followed Lu Wei out and asked, "Every household has gone to the sea, how can we find him?"
Lu Wei pushed the cart, the metal wheels making rumbling sounds. He glanced at Ye Zhi and said, "If we go to the sea, it will be easier to find it."
As the son of a fishing tyrant, he naturally would not go fishing with ordinary villagers.
Although Lu Wei had only met him once, he could see that Gao Tianyou, or maybe Ye Zhenhua, had no one around him to talk to.
Moreover, the fishing tyrant taught him a lot of fishing skills. He dared to go to places that others did not dare to go.
Ye Zhi paused and asked, "Ah? Aren't there a lot of beaches? How do I find them?"
Lu Wei didn't say anything, but just straightened Ye Zhi's collar and asked, "Are you cold? I asked you to put on an extra coat."
Although the winter on this island is not too cold, the sea breeze is a bit strong.
Ye Zhi smiled and said, "It's not cold. There's sunshine here, so how can it be cold?"
Sleeping is the most comfortable thing in this kind of weather. If Ye Zhi didn't have something to do, she might really sleep in.
The two walked and talked all the way. The closer they got to the village, the more nervous Ye Zhi became. She asked Lu Wei, "Lu Wei, if that man is really my third brother, how can we prove that he is my third brother?"
In the past two days, Ye Zhi asked Zhang Xiaomei some questions about his third brother in a roundabout way, but Ye Zhi knew that his third brother had no special birthmarks or scars to testify.
Moreover, there is no technology for paternity testing in this era. Even if we find the child, if he has really lost his memory, there is really nothing we can do about him.
Lu Wei didn't care that this was still outside, and couldn't help but pinch Ye Zhi's fair face and said, "If you can really confirm that it is your third brother, the organization will help you prove it."
Ye Zhi smiled upon hearing this and said approvingly, "And our Captain Lu!"
Lu Wei smiled conceitedly. His wife finally knew that her husband was a regiment leader.
The two of them walked without stopping all the way to Chen Fang's village.
This is the time when everyone goes out to catch seafood. There are not many people in the village. There are a lot of trees here, each of which is more than ten meters high, like a small forest.
Just as they were about to walk towards the fishing tyrant's house, a man came towards them. This time, he was wearing clothes on his upper body. Although it was tattered, it at least covered his upper body.
But the shiny dark face, coupled with the scar on the left cheek, did make the face look a little hideous.
No wonder Chen Fang said he had scared several children to tears.
But when Ye Zhi looked at the man walking towards her, she felt a sudden pain in her nose for some reason.
She never thought that she would meet her third brother who had been "sacrificed" for many years. Moreover, her third brother should have been a glorious soldier, but now he has become the son of a down-and-out fishing tyrant.
The next second, the man looked up and met Ye Zhi's eyes. His originally calm expression froze for a moment, but he quickly lowered his eyes and passed by her silently.
Lu Wei suddenly grabbed Ye Zhi's arm, signaling her not to speak, then raised his voice and shouted, "Comrade Ye Zhenhua."
Obviously, the person in front paused, but then walked forward again.
Lu Wei then said, "I know you can hear me. I have something to ask you, Gao Tianyou."
This time, the man in front actually stopped.
He turned around, frowned, and glanced at them sharply.
What kind of scene has Lu Wei not seen?
At this moment, there was no trace of retreat or fear. Instead, he looked back calmly.
The man lowered his eyes again, pointed a finger at a small path on the side, and then walked in first.
Ye Zhi looked at the remote grove with dense bushes over there, and immediately looked at Lu Wei with a little fear in her eyes.
Lu Wei looked at Ye Zhi, whose eyes were red, and said to her softly, "Don't be afraid, I'm here."
"Take Nian Nian and Sui Sui and wait for me at the village entrance. If there is any emergency, take the children directly to find Li Weimin. He is on duty in the military camp today."
Ye Zhi shook her head and finally said, "I'm not afraid. I think he is the third brother."
He obviously knew that this was not the right place to talk, so he asked them to go over to the path.
Lu Wei stroked Ye Zhi's cheek, and then said, "Be obedient and don't go over there. I'll talk to him first."
Lu Wei now roughly knows what the situation is.
That man was definitely not deaf and dumb, he could hear people talking, but he just seemed to have no idea what was happening.
I don’t know if it’s amnesia or what, there are still many mysteries.
Lu Wei didn't dare to guarantee 100% that the man would not cause harm to the child and Ye Zhi, but at this moment he definitely would not let a dangerous and strange man get close to his beloved.
After Lu Wei said a few words to the two children, the two children thought that Lu Wei was going to hug them, so they stretched out their hands and babbled together.
Ye Zhi comforted them and said, "Wait a minute, Dad has something to take care of, please wait a moment."
"Go ahead, don't waste time."
Lu Wei nodded and motioned for her to wait at the intersection.
Ye Zhi also obediently pushed the two children to the intersection. They were now quite close to the military camp. If something really happened, she could just shout and the soldiers would come out over the wall.
Lu Wei walked for a while and then saw Gao Tianyou in a relatively open grassland.
He was standing with his back to him, his waist slightly bent. Although he was thin, he was full of strength.
Gao Tianyou heard the footsteps and asked in a trembling voice: "You... know me?"
His voice was like that of an old man, hoarse like sandpaper scraping across a concrete floor, making a low sound.
Judging from the voice, either his voice is damaged or he hasn't spoken in a long time.
Lu Wei looked into the eyes that were almost identical to Ye Xiaoding's and asked, "How much do you remember?"
As expected, I was not wrong.
Gao Tianyou just shook his head, then patted his head subconsciously and said, "No...I don't remember."
Lu Wei asked again: "Did the fisherman threaten you?"
He shook his head. "He... is... fine."
Lu Wei frowned. It seemed that the fishing tyrant couldn't accept the blow of losing his own son, so he picked up Ye Zhenhua on the beach and treated him as his own son.
Lu Wei said directly: "The female comrade just now is my wife, and also your sister. Her name is Ye Zhi. Do you remember?"
Gao Tianyou was stunned for a moment, as if trying hard to find his memory, but finally shook his head.
Lu Wei asked him a few more questions, including about his parents and Ye Xiaoding, but he just shook his head, obviously not remembering anything. He only knew that his original name was Ye Zhenhua.
Ye Zhi, who was waiting at the intersection of the village, looked anxiously towards the grove over there. After waiting for a long time, there was no movement and no one in sight.
There were only a few children playing in the village. Not long after, Lu Wei came out of the grove and walked quickly towards Ye Zhi.
Ye Zhi pushed the two little ones who were babbling and walked towards Lu Wei.
Suddenly, there were two sounds from the trees on the right, and the man came out from the bushes ten meters away. He looked at Ye Zhi, nodded stiffly, and then walked away carrying a pair of buckets.
Lu Wei walked to Ye Zhi's side, looked at Ye Zhenhua's departing back, and whispered to Ye Zhi beside him: "It's him."
"Your third brother."
Ye Zhi breathed a sigh of relief.
She really wasn't surprised at all by the news.
From the first moment she saw him, Ye Zhi knew she had not recognized the wrong person.
Ye Zhi's eyes suddenly turned red as she looked at her third brother's departing back, feeling strange yet familiar.
Seeing this, Lu Wei, who was standing by, hurriedly wanted to take out his handkerchief, but found that he had forgotten to bring it. There were only two candies in his pocket. In the end, he simply wiped away her tears with his hands.
Ye Zhi suddenly hugged Lu Wei, her eyes red, and she choked up and said, "Lu Wei, it's so good to marry you."
If they hadn’t followed Lu Wei to Qiongzhou Island, the Ye family would probably never have known that Ye Zhenhua was still alive.
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