Chapter 127 Old Lady Liu
Although Liu Mei was from the village, she had high aspirations and before she got married, she was determined to find a city man to enjoy a life of comfort and escape the rural environment.
Although the blind old woman said her future would be good, she was still not satisfied. She wanted a smooth life without any surprises.
Liu Mei managed to obtain Song Lubai's birth date and time, and the blind old woman began to calculate it.
As soon as she opened her eyes, Liu Mei asked impatiently, "How did it go? How did she bother me?"
The blind old woman said, "She has a good life; she is a person who accumulates wealth and is blessed."
Liu Mei didn't want to hear any of this and pressed on, "Then how will it bother me? Can it be resolved?"
The blind old woman said, "I originally thought it wasn't a big problem, but after calculating it, I realized that if you are weak, she is strong. But no matter what, it won't stop you from enjoying your children's blessings in your old age."
Liu Mei doesn't want to just enjoy her old age; she wants to live a good life forever. "Tell me, how can I not let her get in my way?"
The blind old woman shrugged.
Liu Mei thought she was too greedy, so she gave her all the money in her pocket.
"Destroy her marriage, prevent her from getting married before she turns thirty, and then her luck will decline after she turns thirty."
The autumn after the fortune telling, Liu Mei gave birth to Lin Jinyao.
She was not satisfied with the baby girl.
While she remembered the blind old woman's words about enjoying the blessings of having children, she also didn't believe that she could only have one daughter. Although she loved Lin Jinyao, she still hoped that she could get pregnant again.
She didn't get pregnant for several years, and just when she gave up on having a son, she became pregnant last year.
When she found out she was pregnant, she cursed the blind old woman in her heart for cheating her out of a lot of money.
Since she got pregnant again, it means the blind old woman's calculations were inaccurate.
She was naturally overjoyed to be able to conceive again.
But now that I think about it, everything from the past matches what the blind old woman said.
Her youngest son is dead! She can no longer have children!
Song Lubai was indeed in her way.
If it weren't for Song Lubai, she wouldn't have ended up in this situation!
How could Liu Mei not hate this!
Just as Liu Mei was consumed by hatred, the person in charge of guarding the adobe factory arrived.
The person in charge heard about her suicide attempt and naturally offered some words of advice upon arriving. After giving her his advice, he took out a letter from his pocket.
“It was sent from your family.”
Liu Mei opened the letter expressionlessly, read it, and then let out a cold laugh.
In the letter, her nephew said that his family could no longer stay in the village and were preparing to come here. They had sent a letter to Lin Shuhong and were waiting for his reply before setting off, but they never received a reply from him.
There was nothing they could do but try to find out about them through connections and write a letter to let them know in advance.
Judging from the time on the letter, the whole family is already on their way, and may have already arrived.
Her family hurt her deeply; they even killed her youngest son. Liu Mei wants to sever ties with them.
Liu Mei tossed the letter aside and said to the team leader, "My husband is missing, and my child has no one to take care of him. Please help me find a solution."
The captain was infuriated by her self-righteous attitude.
"Let's talk about it when you're better."
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Although Song Lubai didn't get an answer from Liu Mei, she felt sorry for Lin Jinyao.
Before it got dark, she asked around and walked five miles to find the construction team's location, looking for Lin Shuhong.
As it turned out, the construction team said that Lin Shuhong had never returned since she left with the children.
There was nothing she could do since the person had disappeared, so she could only return to the farm headquarters and book a room in the only guesthouse.
There were no rooms with beds available, so she had to stay in a guest room with a makeshift bed on the floor.
"We have double rooms and quadruple rooms available. A double room costs 15 cents a night, and a quadruple room costs 10 cents a night. You'll also have to pay an extra 15 cents for the bedding, 10 cents for the mattress, and 5 cents for the lamp oil. Which one do you want to stay in?"
Song Lubai asked, "Are all the people living in the multi-person rooms female?"
The staff member rolled their eyes. "Of course."
Song Lubai said, "Then I'll take a double room."
The staff began registering the guests. "That's 45 cents in total, just for one night, right?"
Song Lu nodded.
This price was much cheaper than she had expected; in her hometown, a night in a guesthouse would cost several yuan.
After registering, Song Lubai followed the staff to the warehouse to get the quilt.
The duvet cover is clean, but I still have to put it back on myself.
The floor of the room was paved with bricks, and a bed had been laid out on the left side, with someone lying on it.
Song Lubai laid out the mattress on the right side, and the staff stood at the door watching.
Song Lubai thought to herself that the staff at the guesthouse must have a very easy job.
People who come to stay at the guesthouse not only have to pay for their own accommodation, but also have to make their own beds.
After she finished making the bed, the staff member instructed her: "Please don't get the bed dirty. The duvet cover I gave you was just washed. The thermos is in front of the duty room. Come find me if you need anything else."
Song Lubai carried an enamel mug in her cloth bag. After drinking some hot water, she went to sleep.
She was starving, but she had no food coupons and it was getting late, so she had no choice but to endure it.
The next morning, starving, Song Lubai went to the entrance of the state-run restaurant to wait for people, hoping to get money from the people eating there in exchange for some food coupons. She bought two pancakes to eat first.
Among the people who came to the state-run restaurant were those who were both well-off and kind-hearted. Song Lubai successfully exchanged her two ounces of grain coupons and bought two mixed grain steamed buns and a bowl of sweet potato porridge at the restaurant.
After eating and drinking her fill, she strolled leisurely to the transportation department.
Compared to the proper transportation department in Shicheng, the transportation department of the Second Branch Farm was nothing more than a parking lot.
Tractors, tarpaulin carts, donkey carts, and trucks were parked haphazardly in this area.
As Song Lubai looked around, she spotted a familiar-looking old lady.
Among the large group of people who looked travel-worn, there were mostly women, as well as six or seven young children.
They looked around, their eyes filled with confusion; it was clear they were new to the place and didn't know where to go.
Song Lubai retreated to sit on the earthen platform behind the donkey cart.
She wasn't afraid of being recognized by this group of people, because she had hardly ever met Liu Mei's family members. She wasn't even sure if the old lady was Liu Mei's biological mother, so how could this group of people recognize her when she was wearing a headscarf?
The group of people quickly arrived.
"Mother, did Shuhong and Meizi not receive our letter? We've found our way here, what are we going to do now? Where will we stay tonight?"
Old Lady Liu is just old, but she has no experience traveling far from home. Her whole family, including her children, are counting on her, and she is very confused.
"They said on the bus that we should go to the gate of the machine shop and ask which company needs people. They said that we are short of people here, so we won't be without a place to go."
After saying this, Old Lady Liu breathed a sigh of relief.
Seeing Song Lubai sitting by the roadside wearing a straw hat and her face covered with a headscarf, Old Lady Liu tremblingly stepped forward and asked, "Where...where...is...the...machine...gate?"
Song Lubai pointed her in the right direction, and only after everyone had left did she look away.
She rested her chin on her hand, gazing at the sky, pondering an impossible question.
Is she still able to transfer her household registration back to her hometown?
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