Mr. Gu asked, "Can you tell me what kind of birthmark it is?"
Seeing that his grandmother was confused again, Han Jinjun took over the conversation, "I have heard my grandmother talk about my aunt since I was a child. She said that there was a red birthmark on the lower back of my aunt that was the size of a little finger and looked like a branding iron."
Old Man Gu knew about the birthmark. When he first met her, her clothes were too small and her waist was exposed when she raised her arms. The birthmark was on her lower back. It was already late autumn at that time and she looked particularly pitiful, so his husband felt pity for her.
The old man looked at Gu Qianru and told her to make her own decision.
Han Jiujiang looked at Gu Qianru without saying a word: "Xiaoru, when mom took you to the county market, there was a riot on the street and you were separated. Mom's leg was broken and she fainted. When she woke up, she was in the clinic.
After that, my family has been looking for you, but there has been no news of you. If we hadn’t met by chance today, and if mom hadn’t kept saying that you were Xiaoru and forced Jinjun to chase you, we wouldn’t have heard of you.”
Gu Qianru was already five years old when she came to the Gu family, but she had been separated from her family for a long time. She followed a group of older children to beg for food everywhere and had no idea where her home was.
Apart from her name, she only remembered that a group of people separated her from her mother: "I don't remember much about my childhood, I just remember that I got separated from my mother, and then I met my adoptive parents, who kindly adopted me."
Mr. Gu asked, "Where did your sister get lost?"
Han Jiujiang replied: "In Bishan, we searched Bishan thoroughly but couldn't find my sister. My family thought she might have died in the chaos, but my mother kept saying that my sister was still alive and well."
The old man glanced at Gu Qianru and said, "We met her in Chongqing. She was a small person at the time. She was holding a bowl bigger than her face and begging for copper coins from passers-by."
My husband took pity on her and adopted her, and later we moved back to Beijing."
The old lady stood up and said, "Xiao Ru, go home."
Tears welled up in Gu Qianru's eyes because she was sure that she was really the daughter of the Han family. Not only did she remember that her name was Han Qianru, she remembered that she and her mother were separated by someone, and she also remembered the mole under her mother's ear.
Gu Qianru hugged the old lady and burst into tears.
The old lady kept patting Gu Qianru on the back: "Don't be afraid, Xiaoru, go home."
After everyone calmed down, Gu Qianru said, "I do have a red birthmark on my lower back that looks like a branding iron."
As he spoke, he gently lifted up his sweater, revealing the birthmark so that everyone could see it clearly.
When the old lady saw it, she reached out her trembling hands and touched it: "My Xiaoru, it's my Xiaoru, the birthmark."
Han Jiujiang and Han Jinjun also had tears in their eyes. They were relieved when they saw the old lady slowly calm down.
I learned from Han Jiujiang that he has a younger brother who still lives in Bishan, and he was transferred to work in Beijing many years ago.
The old man said, "This is probably God's will. If you hadn't worked in Beijing, you wouldn't have met. Now your mother has finally fulfilled her wish."
We learned from Han Jiujiang that his wife is Peng Guihua, and he has two sons and one daughter. The eldest son is Han Jindong, the youngest son is Han Jinjun, and the middle child is a daughter named Han Ruixue. They are all married and have children.
Gu Qianru also talked about her situation and introduced her family members.
After chatting for a while, Han Jiujiang was ready to say goodbye. They had agreed to have dinner together on the sixth day of the New Year, as a way of recognizing each other as relatives.
At first the old lady refused to leave no matter what and held Gu Qianru's hand for fear of getting lost again. Eventually she was persuaded.
Gu Qianru sent them to the taxi and watched them walk away before turning around and walking home.
He raised his head and met Luo Haotian's inquiring gaze: "What do you want to ask?"
Luo Haotian smiled gently: "It seems to be God's will."
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Gu Qianru asked: "Why do you say that?"
Luo Haotian smiled and said, "You forgot, I originally wanted to go to Daoxiang Village, which is not far from home, but you said that today is the second day of the Chinese New Year, and this place is full of family members, so there must be a lot of people queuing, so we turned over there to buy it."
Gu Qianru thought about it and laughed: "Maybe it's God's will."
When he got home, the old man whispered to Gu Qianru, "This is a good thing."
Gu Qianru walked up to the old man and said, "Dad, no matter what time it is, you are my dad. Although we are not related by blood, I have never lacked the love of my parents since I entered this family. In my heart, you are no different from my biological parents."
The old man smiled when he heard this: "Dad understands, you are a good person, this will always be your home."
(End of this chapter)