After Jiang Yuyang and Jiang Yuping disappeared, Jiang Chunming hasn't had a full night's sleep.
I was so tired that I lay down on the kang. I was awakened just after falling asleep for a while, and then I couldn't fall asleep again.
After the two children disappeared, he looked for them like crazy at first, but later gave up when he had nowhere to look.
The fourth brother told him to stay at home and wait, he would find the two children.
But how could he feel at ease? It was okay to work during the day as it distracted him.
Being alone at home at night is very tormenting.
When he couldn't sleep, he just started weaving small bamboo baskets. His two younger brothers and sisters had a good business, and they could use whatever he made. The money he made also comforted his spiritual pain.
When he heard the village chief knocking on the door, he came over and heard the conversation between him and his parents clearly.
"Chunming, have you thought it through?" He Xiuyun asked the boss.
The eldest brother has lost a lot of weight these days. She knows he is feeling sad, but she doesn't know how to comfort him, so she can only endure it.
"Yes." Jiang Chunming said, "No matter what, she is the mother of Yuyang and Yuping. We can't let her be left alone!"
He knew his ex-mother-in-law, and she could be really cruel when she got angry!
If Wang Dan's body is not collected, it is possible that his body will remain in the county hospital morgue.
He didn't want Pingyang and Yuping to resent him when they grew up.
"Okay, now that you've made up your mind, just do it. Dad will go with you." Jiang Jianguo walked over and patted the eldest brother's shoulder.
"I'll go with you. Let's go to my house first to harness the cart." Qi Fusheng said.
The three men disappeared into the night, and He Xiuyun sighed.
"How can a good person just disappear like that? What a sin!"
After Shen Qinghe finished the call, she sat on a bench in the hospital lobby and waited.
There were not many people in the hospital late at night, and the nurse on duty was dozing off.
The light above her head shone down palely, and Shen Qinghe's face also looked pale.
A burst of messy footsteps broke the silence of the night.
Shen Qinghe turned her head and saw Jiang Chunming, Jiang Jianguo, and the village chief. She stood up and said, "Dad, big brother, village chief."
The three of them nodded.
Shen Qinghe led them to find the staff. When the staff heard that it was the ex-husband who came to collect the body of the deceased, they were very surprised, "Is there no one in her family?"
No one spoke.
The staff thought that all the relatives in the mother's family had died, and opened the door of the morgue with some sighs.
Shen Qinghe did not go in. She and the village chief stood at the door waiting.
"Qinghe, is there any news about Yuyang and Yuping?"
After Jiang Jianguo and Jiang Chunming went to the morgue, Qi Fusheng asked Shen Qinghe.
Shen Qinghe glanced at him and said, "There is news. He should be back soon."
"That's good, that's good." Qi Fusheng breathed a sigh of relief.
On the way here, Jiang Chunming's face was tense and he didn't dare to say much.
If the two children didn't come back, he didn't dare to think about how Jiang Chunming would live in the future.
Soon, Jiang Jianguo and Jiang Chunming pushed out a bed with Wang Dan lying on it, covered with a white cloth.
No one spoke.
Jiang Chunming pushed Wang Dan to the back door of the hospital, and Jiang Jianguo pushed the cart over.
Wang Dan's body was stiff, so two people lifted her up, one by the head and the other by the legs, and put her on the rack and into the car.
Jiang Chunming covered her with a quilt.
"Village chief, father, brother, you go back first, I'll wait for Jiang Chunlin." Shen Qinghe said to Jiang Jianguo and Jiang Chunming.
Jiang Chunming's lifeless eyes shone with light. He looked at Shen Qinghe, wanting to ask but not daring to.
On the way to the hospital, he thought a lot and was glad that he was there to collect Wang Dan's body.
If it were Yuyang and Yuping, he would have no need to live and would have been buried with them.
Shen Qinghe smiled at him and said firmly, "Jiang Chunlin will go pick up Yuyang and Yuping. When they come back, we will go home together."
"Qinghe, thank you!" Jiang Chunming's eyes were red and he bowed to Shen Qinghe.
Shen Qinghe quickly stepped aside and said jokingly, "Brother, if you let me shorten your life span, Jiang Chunlin will beat you up!"
All three men laughed, easing the dull atmosphere.
"Qinghe, be careful. We are going back now. I'll ask your mother to roll some noodles and make some oil-splashed noodles for you when you come back." Knowing that his two grandsons would be back soon, Jiang Jianguo said with a smile.
Shen Qinghe smiled and said, "Hey, I want to eat two bowls."
"Okay, I'll go to my private plot and pick some more green vegetables for you to eat." Jiang Jianguo said with a smile and glanced at Jiang Chunming and Qi Fusheng.
Jiang Chunming looked at Shen Qinghe with gratitude, nodded at her, and then pulled the cart back.
Jiang Jianguo and Qi Fusheng held the cart on the left and right, and pushed it when it encountered an uphill slope.
Zhou Yan was on duty. When he saw Shen Qinghe come in, he quickly stood up.
He was also waiting for Deputy Director Cai and others.
"Comrade Xiao Shen, let me pour you a glass of water."
Zhou Yan was always grateful for the food he had eaten. When he saw Shen Qinghe, he thought of the delicious dumplings and poured her some water attentively.
Shen Qinghe was both amused and confused.
The two sat there chatting idly until they heard the sound of a car at the door.
Shen Qinghe stood up and in panic knocked over the teacup in her hand. The white porcelain cup fell to the ground and shattered.
The boiling water splashed on her legs, but she didn't care and walked out quickly.
"Aunt!"
Jiang Yuyang and Jiang Yuping cried out in grievance when they saw Shen Qinghe.
"Hey!" Shen Qinghe responded crisply, walked over, touched their faces, looked them up and down, and fortunately, they were not injured.
Just terrified.
When Jiang Yuping saw Xiao Xiao, he burst into tears and hugged his neck and refused to let go.
Jiang Chunlin carried him all the way back.
Jiang Yuyang was two years older than him after all, and he was also very scared, but not as useless as Yuping.
"It's good that you're back!" Shen Qinghe touched the two boys' heads, and then saw several men and a woman getting out of another car.
When Jiang Yuping saw the woman, he hid in Jiang Chunlin's arms in fear.
Jiang Chunlin patted him on the back and signaled him not to be afraid.
Shen Qinghe recognized at a glance that it was this woman who took Jiang Yuyang and Jiang Yuping away from school.
The woman had never seen Shen Qinghe before. She glanced at her indifferently, thinking that she was also a police officer, and was pushed inside by Ge Yong.
Several policemen came back panting on their bicycles, each with a child in the front of the bicycle, and some of them also had children on the back seat.
Cai Li said to Shen Qinghe and Jiang Chunlin, "The two children are frightened. You should take them home. We will notify you when we need their cooperation later."
"Thank you, Deputy Director Cai." Shen Qinghe said gratefully.
Cai Li waved his hand. He was still busy interrogating those people overnight and notifying the parents to take the children back home. He had no time to chat with Shen Qinghe. He just waved his hand and went in.
"Let's go home!" Jiang Chunlin said to Shen Qinghe.
Shen Qinghe smiled and said, "Okay, let's go home."
Jiang Chunlin asked Jiang Yuping to sit on the front bar of the bicycle, and Jiang Yuyang to ride on the back seat. He pushed the bicycle and walked towards home with Shen Qinghe.
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