Qianqian hurriedly threw the photo in her hand aside, took out the handkerchief from her body and bandaged Boyi's wound.
At this time, an old woman with white hair came up to the two men. The old woman was leaning on a wooden stick with one hand and holding a little girl of three or four years old with the other hand. The little girl was holding a rusty iron bowl in her hand. Both of them were dressed in rags.
"Girl, boy, please be kind and give me some money to buy something to eat!"
The little girl was very sensible. As soon as the old woman finished speaking, she held the bowl in front of Qianqian.
Qianqian looked at the well-behaved and sensible little girl and felt pity for her. Without saying a word, she took out some change and put it in the bowl.
The old woman was so grateful that she burst into tears! She nodded repeatedly to express her gratitude. The little girl also said in her childish voice: "Thank you, auntie! Thank you, uncle! May good people live a peaceful life!"
The old woman was so moved that she wanted to kneel down to Qianqian, but Qianqian hurriedly got up and helped her up.
I just did a simple thing, and I feel a little unworthy of the enthusiastic gratitude from the grandparents.
"It's okay, it's just a small matter. Grandma, you're really annoying me. Hurry up and take your little sister to eat something!"
After Qianqian finished speaking, she sat back on the ground and picked up Shumei's photo on the ground.
"Brother Boyi, how about we go back first? It's no use looking for a needle in a haystack. Let Sister Shumei calm down. Maybe she'll figure it out tomorrow and come back."
The old lady did not leave in time. She saw the photo in Qianqian's hand.
Isn’t the person in this photo the one who helped me up when I fell this morning?
"Girls, are you looking for someone? I see you've been looking around all morning."
"yes!"
"Are you looking for the person in this photo?"
The old lady pointed at the photo in Qianqian's hand, which was a little wrinkled because she went to help Boyi.
"yes!"
"Can you show me?"
Qianqian handed the photo to the old woman, who looked at it carefully.
"It is she, that is she; I saw her this morning."
The old woman spoke in an excited tone, and Boyi and Qianqian were so excited that they were caught off guard.
Boyi, who had been listless just now, suddenly perked up. He stood up from the stone steps excitedly and held the old woman's hand tightly.
"Old woman, have you really seen her? Are you sure it was her? Then you really don't know where she went?"
Boyi asked one question after another, and couldn't wait to know where Shumei was.
"Boyi, don't get excited. Calm down and listen to what grandma is saying. If you keep asking questions like this, which one of your questions will grandma answer?"
Seeing that Boyi was too excited, Qianqian pulled him back and asked him to calm down. This way, the old woman would have a chance to answer his questions.
"I fell down this morning, and she helped me up. She felt sorry for us and wanted to give us some money, but then she said, feeling very embarrassed, that she had to go find her daughter, who she had been separated from for many years. The journey was long, and every penny she had would be useful. She also asked me to forgive her for not being able to help me."
The old woman briefly told Boyi and Qianqian what happened in the morning.
"That old woman, did she say where she was going?"
After hearing this, Qianqian felt that these seemed to be of no help to them, so she could only ask directly.
"She seemed to say she would go to the county seat first, and then visit some surrounding towns. She said that if she was lucky enough to find her daughter, she would bring her to visit me and my granddaughter."
County town? So Shumei went to the county town. Shumei, how cruel are you? Do you want to disappear from my life like this?
Without giving it much thought, Boyi listened to the old woman's words and ran to the bus station, where he found a bus that had already started and was about to leave for the county town. He raised his hand to stop the car, and the driver had to slam on the brakes.
For this, he was scolded by the driver.
"Are you trying to kill yourself? If I hadn't braked in time..."
He had no time to care about these things. He slammed the car door open and squeezed in.
Qianqian chased after him. The car had already started. She followed it, shouting, "Brother Boyi, don't be so impulsive. It's not too late to make arrangements at home first! Do you have enough money on you?"
Boyi stuck his head out of the car window and said, "Qianqian, give me Shumei's photo. Hurry up! Drive faster. Driver, driver, I need to get something. Please stop the car."
Boyi stretched out his hand, ready to take the photo from Qianqian's hand, but because the car was going too fast, Qianqian lost her footing, but she was still just a hair's breadth away from the car. Boyi frantically yelled at the driver to stop, but the driver, probably still mad at him for stopping the car, pretended to ignore him and stepped on the accelerator even harder.
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