Chapter 253 Two in One
"Okay, great."
Her daughter has a promising future.
Sun Shuqin's eyes became red again.
The fact that their child was able to get into college shows that the family that raised Feifei treats her very well.
But this was just a fleeting thought in her mind, and she couldn't help but ask: "Who else is in your family? How are they treating you?"
Mosquito said: "My grandpa passed away, and now I live with my grandma. My grandpa and grandma are very kind to me and love me very much..."
Mosquito spoke slowly and gave a brief account of what had happened over the years.
Sun Shuqin listened carefully, afraid of missing a word.
I heard that the family that raised her daughter had been persecuted, and Feifei followed her to the countryside for several years. She only returned to the city in recent years after being rehabilitated. Sun Shuqin felt as if her heart was being cut by a knife, and it ached.
"Is your grandma in good health? What is your full name now?"
The mosquito said them one by one.
Sun Shuqin nodded repeatedly and asked cautiously, "Is it convenient for me to go visit the old man?"
Mosquito didn't agree directly, and said, "I'll ask my grandma later."
"Yes, I should ask and seek the old lady's opinion." Sun Shuqin added, "Don't worry, I have no other intentions. I just want to thank her."
Her daughter has been found and has been raised well by her parents. She has now become a college student. Sun Shuqin is not in a hurry to get her daughter back.
The grace of raising a child is greater than anything else. She has experienced the pain of losing a child and does not want to compete with an old man.
Afterwards, Sun Shuqin talked about the process of how Mosquito was taken away that year.
Mosquito had heard Sister Ding Guo's general account of the incident, and now heard it again from Sun Shuqin. The despair of a mother who had lost her child was like a big net that covered her head, causing Mosquito to feel an inexplicable pain in her heart and her eye sockets to swell.
Sun Shuqin: "...Later, I divorced your father."
After her daughter was lost, she was almost on the verge of going crazy, had several emotional breakdowns, and quarreled with her ex-husband every few days.
Although I know that I am taking my anger out on others, I just can't control my emotions.
Especially, whenever she saw her ex-mother-in-law's face, she would think of her missing daughter. She naturally couldn't live like that, and her marriage with her ex-husband came to an end.
After the divorce, Sun Shuqin has been living alone for many years and has not started a family again.
Mosquito's biological father remarried five years after their divorce and had a new pair of children.
After so many years, Sun Shuqin no longer has much resentment towards her ex-husband. She hates her irresponsible mother-in-law and the human traffickers even more.
She also briefly talked about her ex-husband's current situation. Her daughter has the right to know, and whether to acknowledge it or not is up to the child herself, and she will not interfere.
"Your father's surname is Sheng, and his name is Sheng Hongwei. He returned to his hometown in Qi Province after retiring from the army. He works as the deputy director of a local machinery factory. He and his current wife have a son and a daughter. Your father also has an uncle, two uncles, and three aunts..."
The mosquito doesn't feel anything about this and just gets the information.
"The Section Chief Zhang I just met is a comrade-in-arms with your father. Even if I don't tell him, he would have contacted them. By the way, your previous name was Sheng Xiaofei." Sun Shuqin smiled and said, "But I think your current name is pretty nice. The Chang family raised you, so you are their child. Feifei, I don't ask you to come back, I just hope we can keep visiting each other often in the future, okay?"
After saying so much, Mosquito's anxiety gradually subsided. She nodded and said, "Okay!"
Although Mosquito agreed to meet, she never thought about leaving her grandmother or the Chang family. She would always be the daughter of the person in the photo on the wall of the house.
Next, Sun Shuqin talked about the situation on her own side. Mosquito’s grandparents are still alive, and her aunt and uncle have helped to find out the whereabouts of their daughter over the years.
Wait until Mosquito accepts her side, ask her daughter for her opinion, and find a time to bring her back for her family to meet her.
Afterwards, Sun Shuqin asked about Mosquito's major and his academic progress.
After chatting until around four o'clock in the afternoon, Sun Shuqin took Ding Guo and Mosquito to her home in the dormitory of the Ministry of Foreign Trade.
When passing by the guard, Sun Shuqin reported Ding Guo and Mosquito's names to the guard, so that the two could come and register and enter directly in the future.
Sun Shuqin's house was allocated according to her position. It was a house of about 50 square meters, with two bedrooms and a living room, a kitchen and a bathroom, and it was very clean.
Sun Shuqin wanted to cook a meal for her daughter herself, but Mosquito declined for the time being.
She scratched her head and said, "Um..." Mosquito had not yet fully adapted to her identity. She had never called her "Mom" since she could remember. It was as if there was an invisible barrier blocking her throat, and she couldn't say it out loud. She could only mumble, "Grandma is waiting for me at home. Next time I come over, we can cook together and you can try my cooking skills."
Although Sun Shuqin felt empty inside, she understood and nodded, saying, "Okay, then you go back first. I won't be on a business trip during this period. Or, can I go to school on Monday at noon to bring you some food? Tell me what you like to eat. Don't hesitate."
With just one afternoon, it is not possible to fully understand my daughter's life over the past decade.
Sun Shuqin wanted to know more details.
Mosquito whispered a few dishes, none of which were complicated.
Sun Shuqin smiled and nodded: "I'll remember that."
Then he looked at Ding Guo: "Guo Guo, when you have time, come to Auntie's house with Fei... and Yueyue for dinner."
Ding Guo smiled and nodded: "Okay Aunt Sun, come over when you are free."
Sun Shuqin held Ding Guo's hand and told him sincerely: "Don't just say polite words, you must come. Auntie wants to treat you to a meal. Ask your partner and your son and daughter to come along."
She owed Ding Guo a great favor, which she could not even repay with a few meals. She would wait until Ding Guo graduated to see if he could help her find a good job.
As soon as this thought came to my mind, I suddenly remembered that Ding Guo was a top student at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, so many companies should be vying to recruit him, right?
However, the positions in good units are fixed and the competition is fierce. We'll see when the time comes. In case Ding Guo is not satisfied with the assigned unit, she can help adjust it.
Ding Guo smiled and said, "Don't worry, Aunt Sun, I'm thick-skinned. If I say I want to eat for free, I will definitely come. But don't complain that our family of four eats too much."
When she joked, Sun Shuqin felt more relaxed and said with a smile, "You can enjoy my family fortune of several decades."
Ding Guo laughed: "Then I will empty my stomach three days in advance."
As she joked, Sun Shuqin's disappointment at being separated from her daughter temporarily dissipated a lot. She walked the two of them to the dormitory entrance, watched their backs disappear around the corner, and then turned around and went back with a smile.
On the way, Ding Guo heard Mosquito let out a long sigh.
Ding Guo said with amusement: "Still nervous?"
Mosquito grinned: "It's okay, just a little uncomfortable."
Ding Guo smiled and said, "So what do you think of Aunt Sun?"
Mosquito's smile widened. "Very good. Very... warm."
It was really warm. When she hugged me, my heart felt like it was hit by a hammer. It's hard to describe the feeling.
I could also smell the scent of shampoo in her hair, mixed with a faint, slightly stuffy smell of cigarettes, as if it had been brought down from the train.
"Sister, I think... she should be a very open-minded mother."
This afternoon, she did not mention her small business in private, nor did she mention her past experience in the black market. For some reason, she was a little worried that Sun Shuqin would dislike her.
But when Sun Shuqin took the initiative to say that she was a child of the Chang family, Mosquito felt that she had a high level of ideological awareness and would not despise her for having been a speculator before.
In fact, it is still considered speculation and profiteering now, but there are more people engaging in speculation and profiteering now, and the inspection is not as strict as before. However, in the eyes of many people, it is still an improper thing.
Ding Guo smiled and said, "It must be!"
Mosquito refused Sun Shuqin's dinner invitation and she didn't lie. She wanted to go home to accompany her grandmother. The two separated halfway. Before they separated, Mosquito said, "Sister, if Sister Yuling and the others ask, just tell them directly. You don't have to hide it."
There's nothing to hide.
Ding Guo smiled and nodded, reminding her to be careful when riding her bike and not to forget that her bag was full of money.
“I can’t forget it!”
Mosquito waved and rode away on his bike, with a look of joy behind him.
On this side, Ding Guo rushed over as soon as he entered the door.
Her husband also came with her.
"You're back?"
Pei Che smiled and said, "I came back in the afternoon. Dayong said you went out with your friends."
Ding Guo: "I went out with Mosquito to do something." She raised her eyebrows and smiled, "It was a good thing."
Dayong and his classmates have suspended their studies and came to the East Courtyard.
Song Yuling had sharp ears. When she heard this, she lifted the curtain hanging at the door and asked, "Sister, what's the good news?"
Ding Guo entered the room and immediately had two pendants hanging on her left and right legs. She moved over to wash her hands and said with a smile, "Mosquito has found her real mother."
The room was silent for a moment.
Ding Dayong came back to his senses first: "Mosquito...my biological mother?"
Why can’t I figure this out?
All they know is that Mosquito's father had died a long time ago and now lives with his grandmother.
Could it be that her mother had abandoned Mosquito and left, and now she is back?
In just a short moment, everyone was imagining, and Ding Guo then told the mosquito's true life story.
Song Yuling felt distressed when she heard this: "Oh, I never thought Yueyue was actually a child picked up by her grandparents. Then her biological mother, back then was..."
Ding Guo briefly explained how Mosquito was lost, and then she looked at Pei Che: "Do you remember Aunt Sun, whom we met on the train the first time we took Dabao and Xiaobao back to Huiyang for the New Year?"
Pei Che nodded: "Remember."
He remembered that the other party was very tolerant of them and even suggested changing beds.
"I didn't expect it to be such a coincidence that Aunt Sun is actually Mosquito's biological mother. I went to Yangcheng two days ago, and on the train..."
After recounting what happened last week, everyone felt a little sad.
After knowing each other for such a long time, I finally realized that Mosquito is not Grandma Chang’s biological granddaughter.
But looking at how they get along, they are almost like biological children.
Aunt Qiao: "Human traffickers are so despicable. They should be shot immediately if they are caught." She sighed, "But fortunately, God has mercy on us and reunited the mother and daughter. Guoguo, you have done a great thing!"
Ding Guo smiled and said, "I can only say that they are destined to be together as mother and daughter."
Ding Guo thought that Sun Shuqin would not go to Chang's house so soon, but unexpectedly, Mosquito came on a bike early the next morning, bringing Grandma Chang with him, carrying large and small bags of things, and invited Ding Guo to his home for dinner.
Ding Guo said he couldn't bear it and glared at Mosquito: "If you have something to ask, just tell me. Why let the old man come to ask me?"
As he helped Grandma Chang into the house, he said, "Grandma Chang, your family has something important to do today, so I won't go over. I'll visit you at home another day."
Grandma Chang said, "You are our family's great benefactor. No matter who else wants to go, you have to go."
Ding Guo: "Grandma Chang, what do you mean by benefactor or not? You are treating me as an outsider when you say that."
Mosquito said beside her, "Sister, come over." Seeing Pei Che was also at home, she said, "Brother-in-law should also come over to have some fun. Are Brother Dayong and the others here? Come to my house and have some fun. We don't have many people in our family, and it won't be fun just with the three of us."
She was also worried that if it was just her mother and grandmother, the atmosphere would be very silent, and it would be more comfortable if there were more people and more noise.
In the end, there was no choice but to follow Grandma Chang to Chang's house with a bunch of things. Ding Guo gave Aunt Qiao and Sister Chunhua half a day off and came back in the afternoon.
Just before leaving, she ran into Aunt Zhang who came over. Aunt Zhang didn't expect Xiao Che's family to be so lively. After asking a few questions, she found out that Ding Guo had actually facilitated a reunion. She smiled and congratulated Grandma Chang.
She came to deliver mutton, and Ding Guo took the mutton as a gift to the Chang family, and also got some vegetables from the vegetable cellar.
Grandma Chang tried to stop him, but failed, so she had to give up.
Mosquito went to pick up Sun Shuqin.
Not long after they arrived at Pengbo Hutong, Mosquito came in with Sun Shuqin, who also had a lot of bags.
Sun Shuqin brought a lot of things, some were tied to the back seat, some were hung on the handlebars, and there were two bags hanging on Mosquito's bicycle.
As soon as she entered the door and saw Grandma Chang, Sun Shuqin took two quick steps forward, knelt down, and kowtowed several times.
"Ouch!" Grandma Chang exclaimed and hurried to help, her old eyes slightly red: "Good child, you have suffered a lot these years."
This made Sun Shuqin unable to control her emotions. She couldn't help but hug the old woman in front of her and burst into tears: "Auntie, you saved my life!"
Grandma Chang also cried and gently patted Sun Shuqin on the back: "It's all in the past, it's all in the past. Yueyue is very successful now."
Sun Shuqin controlled her emotions and said, "You taught me well!"
He stood up again and bowed to Grandma Chang, expressing his gratitude in words that could not be expressed enough.
Grandma Chang pulled the person up, patted Sun Shuqin's hand, and said, "Okay, the future will be good. You have made it through, and Yueyue will have someone to rely on in the future."
What Grandma Chang was most worried about was that her body would not last for a few more years, and Yueyue would be left alone after she was gone. She had been thinking of finding a good marriage for her, but she didn't expect that there was no good marriage yet, and she found her biological mother instead.
As long as Yueyue’s biological mother is a good person, she will feel relieved.
Grandma Chang waved to Mosquito: "Yueyue!"
Mosquito came over and said in a low voice, somewhat embarrassedly: "Mom!"
Sun Shuqin burst into tears, nodded repeatedly, went over to hug her daughter, and choked up, "Ah, ah!"
Grandma Chang touched her granddaughter's head with a smile, tears in her eyes.
Her granddaughter will also have a mother in the future.
After Sun Shuqin calmed down, she hurriedly invited people into the house.
Grandma Chang didn't say anything polite about the things Sun Shuqin brought. She understood the mother's feelings. After losing her daughter for so many years, she naturally wanted to make up for the love and care she had received over the past decade in one go.
When Sun Shuqin entered the house and saw it full of people, she was not surprised. On the way, her daughter told her about the people who were invited to the house today.
But her eyes were red now and she felt a little embarrassed. She smiled and let Mosquito introduce them to her and greeted them one by one.
When they reached Pei Che, Sun Shuqin smiled and said, "Comrade Pei Che, we meet again."
"Hello Aunt Sun, congratulations Aunt Sun."
"Thank you, thank you. It's all thanks to Guoguo. Guoguo is our family's great benefactor."
Pei Che hurriedly said a few polite words.
Sun Shuqin lowered her head to look at the pair of little kids on the ground, and said in amazement: "They have grown so tall."
Ding Guo asked Dabao and Xiaobao to call her "Grandma Sun".
The two kids called for help obediently.
Sun Shuqin took out two red envelopes. Ding Guo knew the amount was quite large after pinching them, so he quickly pushed them away: "No, Aunt Sun, this is not possible."
Sun Shuqin was very determined: "Why not? I'm Grandma Sun, can't I give a red envelope to the two children?"
He snatched the red envelope and stuffed it into the two kids' pockets. The two kids went to look at their mother in a daze. Ding Guo had to smile and let the two kids thank him, and confiscated the red envelope.
It is indeed lively when there are many people.
Sun Shuqin and Grandma Chang had endless things to talk about.
Dabao and Xiaobao's mischief lubricated the atmosphere and prevented it from being too stuffy.
At noon, although Mosquito repeatedly tried to stop her mother from cooking, Sun Shuqin still insisted on cooking a meal herself.
Grandma Chang held Dabao and Xiaobao in her hands and said with a smile, "Let your mother do it. She will feel uncomfortable if she doesn't do it."
Sun Shuqin turned around and smiled, "Auntie, you still understand me."
Mosquito helped, and Ding Guo and the others also helped with some minor chores.
When he had time, Mosquito came over and whispered to Ding Guo, "Sister, my mom bought me several sets of clothes. What styles do you think some of them are?"
Is there any need to guess?
Ding Guo laughed: "Our goods?"
Mosquito nodded: "Bell-bottom pants, sweaters and jackets, all of them are ours. I haven't told my mother about this yet, I'll find a chance to mention it later."
Sun Shuqin bought more than just clothes. She gave Mosquito a savings book with 5,000 yuan in it. Mosquito refused it and struggled with Sun Shuqin for a while. In the end, Sun Shuqin forced the money into his hand, so Mosquito had to keep it.
There are also various kinds of fabrics, some that can be used by mosquitoes and some that can be used by Grandma Chang.
I also bought a lot of malted milk, milk powder, cakes, and canned food. Some of them were imported snacks, which I just opened and gave to the kids at home.
The lunch didn't end until three in the afternoon.
Ding Guo and his friends returned to Zizhu Bridge, packed up and prepared to return to school.
Unexpectedly, the next night, Sun Shuqin, who knew that Ding Guo was a day student and did not live on campus, came to the house again, carrying large and small bags of things to thank Ding Guo.
This cannot be pushed away.
Ding Guo brought some vegetables and fruits as a return gift, and Sun Shuqin did not refuse. Being too polite would have seemed rude.
Time passed quickly and it was mid-to-late December. The article "Reform at home and open up to the outside world" was published in the newspaper, causing great jubilation.
However, the wind of reform will not blow to the market economy all at once, but this news is a signal that has made many private stall owners feel relieved.
The signal has come out, how far can this wind blow to them?
Just like the article in May this year about "Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth", the news of the reform decision was announced just over half a year later.
These are all dawns!
Ding Guo also ran to Guangzhou again as the dawn was getting closer.
Lu Wenming talked to a small manufacturer, and Ding Guo went there on behalf of their three-person team to discuss cooperation matters.
I couldn't finish all the work during the weekend, so I asked for two days off from school.
The head teacher did not quite agree, but Ding Guo guaranteed that no matter whether it was the monthly exam or the final exam at the end of the year, her position as the first in the department would not be changed, and only then did she get the leave note.
I went to inspect the private manufacturer, looked at the fabrics in their warehouse, and ordered a batch of bell-bottom pants and a batch of wide-leg pants, enriched the pocket decorations, and added a trademark.
The brand name was decided after discussion among the three people. It should not be too Western and should be in line with the characteristics of the times. It is called "Feiyue".
It can be regarded as laying the foundation for the initial creation of the brand.
In addition to pants, we also reached a cooperation agreement on backpacks.
It is also a private factory. The state-owned factory currently does not accept private orders.
After finalizing the cooperation with the manufacturer, Ding Guo asked Lu Wenming to help rent a yard specifically for storing goods.
The quantity of this batch of goods is too large, and it is a bit difficult to rely solely on the help of the flight attendants. She decided to wait until the goods are produced and put into the warehouse, and then find an opportunity to send Lu Wenming away and use the space to collect a batch.
The excuse was that her brother's former employer, the transportation company, helped.
Of course, it's just an idea at the moment and the house hasn't been found yet.
This time the main investment was in the factory. There was not much investment left, so we bought a small batch of goods and took them back.
Mosquito invested the money her mother gave her.
She also found an opportunity to tell Sun Shuqin about what she had done and what she was currently doing.
Sun Shuqin then realized that Ding Guo's last trip to Yangcheng was to purchase goods during the weekend. She was a little shocked: "You are so bold!"
These young kids are so enterprising.
Although he was shocked, he did not object. He was just a little worried about the safety of the matter. He asked a few more questions and finally said, "If you want to do it, just do it. If there is anything, don't hide it from me. I have some connections and can help you deal with it."
The mosquito responded.
Ding Guo came back and sold the goods he brought.
Several of the people below them didn't get much share, and they were a little anxious: "Comrade Ding, why is it so little this time?"
Ding Guo smiled and said, "There will be a new batch of goods in a while, which will be unique in the market."
Someone believed it and said a few words of expectation with a smile.
Some people shook their heads and turned away, thinking that they could look for other wholesale cooperation.
There were other wholesalers of this kind in the capital, but he heard that they couldn't get bell-bottom pants. The pants they brought back were average in style, but they were cheap. The profit was not high, but they sold well. After all, every little bit counts.
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