Grandma Yangyang got angry as soon as she heard this. "I don't know where she ran off to. I suspect the Qi family hid her."
When did you run away?
"He ran away after returning from the county hospital."
"You asked about the Qi family?"
“We asked them, but they denied it and demanded that we return their daughter. They said they would never let us off the hook if we didn’t give her back.”
Xiaoman thought for a moment. "Did your daughter-in-law say anything to you before she ran away?"
"No."
"You didn't even tell your son?"
"No."
On the other side, Ouyang Jiahui stared intently at his son. "I thought I'd never see you again in this lifetime."
Yangyang tucked the blanket around his father: "Dad, you still have a long life ahead of you."
Ouyang Jiahui gave a weak smile. "Don't try to comfort your father. Yangyang, I'm sorry. Your grandparents were supposed to be my responsibility. But I... Yangyang, from now on, your grandparents are in your care."
Yangyang said with red eyes, "You haven't done anything wrong to me. You'll get better. Don't give up."
Ouyang Jia Hui coughed a few times. "Alright, Dad won't give up."
Grandma Yangyang came in with the medicine: "Son, take your medicine."
"good."
Yangyang helped his father up.
While feeding her son his medicine, Yangyang's grandmother asked, "Yangyang, how did your second aunt and the others know we were here?"
"My second uncle is a division commander, and my second aunt is also very capable."
Grandma Yangyang thought Yangyang was still living with his biological mother. The second uncle and aunt Yangyang mentioned were his stepfather's younger brother and sister-in-law. "What about your stepfather? What does he do? Is he good to you?"
Ouyang Jia Hui was also concerned about this. "Yangyang, is your stepfather good to you?"
Grandpa Yangyang remembered Yangyang saying that the food in the artificial hill was almost gone and realized things weren't so simple. The food in the artificial hill was for emergencies. There hadn't been a famine in recent years. Besides, since Yangyang said his second uncle was a division commander and his second aunt was very capable, his stepfathers shouldn't be eyeing that food. "Drink your medicine first. We'll talk after you finish your medicine."
Grandma Yangyang thought it was just a matter of a few words. "It won't interfere with taking your medicine. Yangyang, is your stepfather good to you?"
Grandpa Yangyang: "Of course it's good. Look at our Yangyang now, he's tall and strong, and he's very energetic. Besides, if he didn't treat our Yangyang well, he wouldn't have let his sister-in-law bring Yangyang to see us."
Yangyang knew that his grandparents and father would be very sad if they knew that his mother had abandoned him not long after they left. If his father were healthy, he would have told them. Now, Yangyang didn't want to make his father and grandparents sad. "Grandma, they are very good to me."
“I also think they should treat you well. But Grandma still wants to hear you say it yourself. Son, come on, drink your medicine.”
"good."
After taking the medicine, Ouyang Jiahui fell asleep.
Grandpa Yangyang looked at Grandma Yangyang and said, "You stay here and watch over our son. I'll have my grandson help me with some chores."
"OK."
Grandpa Yangyang took Yangyang out but didn't see Xiaoman, so he went back to Ouyang Jia Hui's house. "Old woman, where did Yangyang's second aunt go?"
She said she was going out for a walk. I don't know where she went.
"She's unfamiliar with this place, why aren't you with her?"
"I told her. She said no."
Yangyang followed her in: "Grandpa, Grandma, don't worry. My second aunt will be fine."
Grandpa Yangyang: "I'd better go out and look for him."
Yangyang: "No need. Didn't I just say? My second aunt is very capable. Grandpa, what do you want me to do for you?"
"Really not going to?"
"Um."
"Alright then. Let's go out."
"good."
After coming out of the house, Grandpa Yangyang took him to the place where the firewood was stored. "Yangyang, tell Grandpa the truth, are your stepfather and his family really good to you?"
"Um."
Grandpa Yangyang looked at Yangyang and asked, "Then why did you say you've almost finished eating all the food in the artificial hill? Yangyang, how have you been living these past few years?"
"I……"
"Yangyang, Grandpa wants to hear the truth."
“Okay. After you left…” Yangyang told his grandfather everything.
After hearing this, Yangyang's grandfather angrily scolded Yangyang's mother. "Yangyang, you'd better take good care of your current parents, as well as your second uncle and aunt."
"Okay. Grandpa, I'll tidy up. You go inside and rest for a while."
"No need. Grandpa isn't tired."
On the other side, after Xiaoman, Yangyang, and Yangyang's grandma left, Grandma Qi plopped down on the ground.
Qi Dazhu's wife was startled. "Mom, what's wrong?"
"Nothing much."
Qi Dazhu's wife came over and helped Old Mrs. Qi up from the ground. "Mom, let me help you back to your room."
"Um."
Old Man Qi was taken aback when he saw Old Lady Qi being helped in by Qi Dazhu's wife. "What happened to you?"
"Nothing much." Old Mrs. Qi glanced at Qi Dazhu's wife. "You can go now."
"Um."
After Qi Dazhu's wife left, Old Mrs. Qi looked at Old Man Qi and said, "Old man, we might be in trouble this time."
Old Man Qi heard Yangyang's words from inside the house. "What's there to be afraid of about a little kid?"
“You don’t know. He told me quietly that the grass on the grave of the person who sent his grandparents and father to the countryside is taller than him.”
Old Qi took a puff of his cigarette: "He's definitely just trying to scare you. How could a little kid like him have that kind of ability?"
“I also think he didn’t. But he didn’t come alone. He brought a woman with him. That woman didn’t look like someone to be trifled with. She glanced at me, and I was terrified.”
Old Qi frowned. "Go find someone and ask around. See who that woman is."
"How do we find out? The Ou family is here for renovations. Apart from our silly daughter, no one else wants to talk to them."
Old Qi thought for a moment and said, "I'll go find the village chief. When outsiders come to the village, the village chief needs to know who they are, right?"
"Yes. Let's go now."
"Um."
A little while later, Old Man Qi returned.
Grandma Qi immediately asked, "Did the village chief ask? Who is that woman?"
"Military dependents".
"What rank is her husband in the military?"
"That little brat said it's a military secret and can't be told."
"What? A military secret?"
"Um."
"It's over." Old Mrs. Qi plopped down on the kang (a heated brick bed). "We've definitely offended a high-ranking official."
Old Qi also felt that he had offended someone he shouldn't have. However... "As long as Xiuxiu doesn't come back, they won't dare to do anything to us."
“Then I’ll have our sons wait at the village entrance. If they see Xiuxiu, they should hide her. If the Ou family comes to cause trouble again, we’ll make them give Xiuxiu back to us.”
"Yes. Let the grandchildren go too."
"good."
Old Man Qi and Old Woman Qi had a good plan. But man proposes, God disposes. Not only did Qi Xiuxiu return, but she was carried back by Little Black.
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