Song Fuyu walked for half an hour and finally found the address in the letter with the help of a map and passers-by.
It is an old bungalow with only one floor. The white wall paint has peeled off, revealing the original gray-green bricks.
Song Fuyu walked closer and found that the double doors were not locked, so there should be someone inside.
She knocked hard on the door.
After waiting for a while, there was no movement from inside, so she knocked harder.
Finally, after her persistent and loud knocking, the person inside finally heard the sound and came over to open the door.
The person who opened the door was an old lady who looked to be around sixty years old. When she saw Song Fuyu, her eyes immediately filled with tears.
"Miss, are you Miss Yuan Xi?"
"Ms. Yuan Xi, you finally came to see Aunt Zhou. I waited for you so long. I thought you had forgotten me."
She excitedly grabbed Song Fuyu's hand, tears streaming down her face uncontrollably.
Listening to her words, Song Fuyu already knew that the person in front of him was Zhou Ma mentioned in the letter.
"Miss, Aunt Zhou misses you so much."
"What happened to your head? How did you get hurt? Didn't your uncle take good care of you?"
Song Fuyu watched her holding his hand and crying, and he obviously mistook the original owner for her biological mother. However, this was enough to confirm that the mother and daughter did look very similar.
"Grandma Zhou, you misunderstood. Lin Yuanxi is my mother, and I am her daughter. My name is Song Fuyu."
After hearing her explanation, Zhou Ma wiped away her tears and looked at her seriously.
Miss Yuan Xi is already 36 years old this year. The little girl in front of her doesn't look that old. She should be the little girl she brought here at the beginning. At that time, the little girl was only about one year old.
"Miss, I'm sorry, I made a mistake. You and your mother look so much alike. I haven't seen you for more than ten years, and I thought Miss Yuan Xi appeared before my eyes."
Song Fuyu heard Zhou Ma calling Lin Yuanxi Miss all the time, and for a moment he didn't understand what the relationship was.
Maybe it was someone from Lin Yuanxi's maternal family, but the original owner didn't have any memories of her grandmother's family.
She doesn't even know if she still has grandparents.
"Grandma Zhou, is there anyone else at home? Why don't we go in and talk."
Song Fuyu looked around and luckily there was no one nearby.
Mother Zhou was quite emotional and kept muttering "Miss". In this sensitive era, if this word was heard by someone with ulterior motives, it would cause disaster.
"Look at me, I'm old and slow, I even forgot to greet you to come in."
"Come in quickly. I live alone in this house. My son and his family usually live in the factory and only come back on weekends."
Mother Zhou made her a cup of malted milk.
"Little Miss, drink something quickly. The wound on your head will heal faster after drinking it."
Mother Zhou looked at her with pity. The young lady was really too thin. Could it be that Miss Yuan Xi and the others were not living well? This shouldn't be the case.
At the beginning, the lady told me not to go look for her and to wait for her at home. I didn't expect that I would have to wait for so many years.
"Grandma Zhou, please don't call me Miss. Just call me Fu Yu."
"Look at my mouth. I was so used to yelling that I forgot I can't yell now."
"It's okay, Grandma Zhou, you can sit down too."
Song Fuyu pulled her to sit on the chair next to him.
It is obvious that Zhou's mother has a very deep friendship with the original owner's biological mother, Lin Yuanxi, and it seems that the other party does not know that the Miss Yuanxi she mentioned has passed away. She is afraid that Zhou's mother will not be able to bear it after she finds out.
"Fu Yu, where's your mother? Why did you come here alone? Why didn't she and her uncle come?"
Mother Zhou looked at her expectantly. From her first words, it seemed that she had been waiting for Lin Yuanxi to appear all these years, which made Song Fuyu not know how to start talking for a moment.
She was thinking about how to organize her words so that Zhou Ma would be able to accept them more easily.
In the end, I still feel that a short pain is worse than a long one.
"Grandma Zhou, my mother passed away fourteen years ago."
After hearing this, Mother Zhou seemed to not understand at first, or she thought she had heard it wrong. After she came to her senses, she fell straight back.
Song Fuyu quickly stood up and supported her before she fell.
After quickly pinching her philtrum, Mother Zhou finally recovered.
After helping her sit steadily, Song Fuyu took a cup from the table, pretended to pour water, but actually poured a cup of spiritual spring water into the cup and handed it to Zhou Ma.
"Grandma Zhou, please drink some water first."
"Look at it more positively. My mother probably doesn't want to see you sad."
Seeing Zhou Ma drink a sip of water, Song Fuyu finally felt relieved.
"Miss Yuan Xi, my Miss Yuan Xi, why is her life so miserable!"
Mother Zhou cried and slapped her thighs.
Then she suddenly thought of something. She held Song Fuyu's hand tightly and asked anxiously, "Where is the son-in-law? Where is he?"
"I severed ties with him yesterday and will no longer have any contact with him. He is no longer my father."
She picked out a few typical things that happened to the original owner after her mother passed away and told them to Zhou's mother.
"brute!"
"He is a beast! Miss Yuan Xi treated him so well! In order to be with him, she even..."
Mother Zhou choked up and stopped to wipe away her tears.
"If Miss Yuan Xi had taken you with her and left with the master and the mistress, you and your daughter would not have had such a hard time. Miss Yuan Xi...she would not have passed away so young."
"Are they my grandparents? Are they still alive?"
It seemed to Zhou's mother that she obviously didn't know that she had grandparents... Well, she was so young at the time, how could she know about the past.
After calming down, Zhou Ma began to tell Song Fuyu about the past events.
"In the past, the Lin family was a well-known large family in Heng City, the kind that could have a say in the entire province. The family was large and prosperous, and even had dozens of servants at home."
"The master, that is, your grandfather, is the eldest son of the old master. After getting married and having children, he took over the position of head of the family."
"The master is very capable. Not only that, your grandmother is also very capable. She is good at both housework and outside work. Soon, the couple worked together to expand the family's business to several times the original amount. There are many Lin family businesses all over the country."
"Although the Lin family is rich and powerful, they have always adhered to the principle of monogamy, so there has never been the kind of intrigue that occurs in other large families, and the family relationship is very harmonious."
"The master and his wife had three children in total, and your mother was their only daughter. His wife and I had children at the same time, but after she gave birth to the young lady, she had insufficient milk, so as a child of the Lin family, it was natural for me to become the young lady's wet nurse."
When she said this, her expression revealed a hint of happiness.
"The young lady has been loved by her family since she was young. In order to prevent her from becoming arrogant, Madam has been very strict in her education. Therefore, the young lady has learned much more than the average lady from a wealthy family."
"When she grew up, the young lady was very thoughtful. She did not choose the job arranged by her family. Instead, she secretly took the exam to work at the steel mill. It was at the steel mill that she met your father."
"At first, the master and his wife did not agree with them being together. After all, there was a huge gap between their social statuses. But in order not to make their daughter sad, they chose to compromise."
"At first, the son-in-law was really nice to the young lady, and they were very affectionate. Soon you were born, and slowly the master and the mistress also accepted your father's existence and stopped trying to stop him."
"But then the national situation changed. The master must have received the news in advance. In 1959, he suddenly proposed to move his family south to Hong Kong. The master, his wife, and the two young masters were reluctant to leave the young lady and wanted to take you with them. However, the son-in-law was unwilling to leave, and the young lady finally chose to stay for him."
After hearing this, Song Fuyu felt that he still didn't understand why Song Hao was unwilling to leave. The Lin family was so rich, shouldn't he be able to gain more benefits if he followed them?