"Qingmin, Mingyue has been gone for all these years, haven't you contacted her?" Chu Jingqiu asked curiously.
Yu Qingmin sighed, "There are four children at home. After she left, she kept asking me for her mother. She was gone for about two months. I wrote to Haishi several times according to her old address, but they were all returned with a note saying no such person.
After that, I completely gave up and never contacted her again!"
As he was speaking, Yu Qingmin's eldest daughter came back with her youngest brother. Yu Qingmin's eldest daughter was already eleven years old. The little girl was wearing a white dress with red flowers and had a ponytail.
The youngest son was about 6 years old, wearing a gray cross-body vest and black shorts. Both children were dressed neatly and did not look at all like motherless children who were sloppy.
Seeing so many guests in the house, the little girl was very discerning and wanted to take her brother out.
Chu Jingqiu felt that these children had become victims of Hu Mingyue's deliberate plot to destroy their future. They were really pitiful, so she hurriedly stopped the two of them.
He took out a large bag of beef jerky and a packet of milk candy from his bag and handed them to the children. The little girl glanced at Yu Shujie, who nodded and said softly, "Lifen, these are from Aunt Chu. Take them!"
The little girl happily took the food, thanked Chu Jingqiu, and then took her brother out.
Gu Weimin asked Yu Qingmin some more detailed questions and left Yu's house at around 11:30. Although Yu Shujie repeatedly invited everyone to have lunch at his home, Gu Weimin refused on the grounds of official business.
After leaving Yu Qingmin's house, Chu Jingqiu and Gu Weimin carried the two large bags of things that Du Yueming had brought home to Du's house for him.
After Du Yuehai and Jinfeng got married, they had two more sons. The couple was full of energy and opened a tofu shop. Within a few years, they had rebuilt the five rooms of the old house.
Du's mother and father were still living in Du Yueming's courtyard. When they saw Chu Jingqiu and Gu Weimin, they refused to let them go and insisted on keeping a few of them for dinner at home.
It was already noon, and Chu Jingqiu couldn't refuse anymore, so she and Gu Weimin decided to stay at Du Yueming's house for lunch.
Gu Weimin felt embarrassed to eat at the Du family's for free, so he paid for it out of his own pocket and asked the driver to buy a few pounds of meat from a nearby store.
Du Jianguo specially asked Du Yuehai's daughter Erqing to go to his home and bring two bottles of good wine, and everyone had a lively lunch.
In the afternoon, Chu Jingqiu and his group came to the Hongqi Town Police Station. The County Public Security Bureau identified the identities of all the victims in the morning based on the portraits drawn by Chu Jingqiu.
What is shocking is that these thirteen women were all educated youth who came to Hongqi Town to work in the countryside, and without exception, they all married local people.
When the educated youth returned to the city on a large scale, these victims had divorced their husbands and planned to return to the city alone without their children.
The county public security bureau acted quickly and divided into several groups to go to the villages to investigate and visit the families of the victims, hoping to learn more information from them and provide more clues to solve the case.
Chu Jingqiu successfully completed her task of identifying the deceased. Instead of following the crowd to visit, she planned to visit her old friend Qian Yunyun.
She took out a few sets of toys, some snacks and pastries, and two ginseng roots from the space and came to the supply and marketing cooperative.
Qian Yunyun is no longer a salesperson. She has been promoted to the office director of the supply and marketing cooperative. After getting married, she gave birth to twin sons. Later, she gave birth to another son as a second child. Now she is the mother of three sons.
When Qian Yunyun saw Chu Jingqiu appear at the door of her office, she was stunned for a moment, then screamed in surprise, "Jingqiu!", ran over, and hugged Chu Jingqiu tightly.
Tears welled up in her eyes, and her voice trembled slightly: "Jingqiu, is it really you? Why did you come here without even saying hello?"
Chu Jingqiu's eyes also moistened. She smiled and patted Qian Yunyun on the back, and replied, "It's me, Yunyun. I came here to investigate the case and came to see you. I didn't expect you to be a mother of three children already. Time flies!"
She then took out the carefully prepared gifts from her bag and handed them to Qian Yunyun: "These are toys and snacks for the children. I hope they like them. And these two ginseng roots are for Uncle Qian. I hope he is in good health."
Qian Yunyun took the gift and said angrily, "Just come! Why buy a gift? You really think you are an outsider!"
The two sat on the sofa in the office. Qian Yunyun opened a bottle of soda for Chu Jingqiu, and the two chatted about the recent situation at home. "Yunyun, last time you wrote to me, you said that Uncle Qian had been transferred. Where is he working now?"
Qian Yunyun said: "My father is now the deputy county chief. He is very busy all day long and I can hardly see him!
Qian Xiaobao came back from summer vacation a few days ago and complained to me that his father almost treated our home like a hotel!
Chu Jingqiu sighed, "Uncle Qian is quite fulfilled! Oh! By the way, where does Qian Xiaobao go to school?"
Qian Yunyun smiled and said, "This kid is now quite successful at Tianjin University. He is the president of the student union of his school and he works part-time during the winter and summer vacations to earn tuition.
He saved all the money my dad gave him, and he also used his own earnings to buy gifts for his family."
Then he pointed to a silver bracelet on his wrist and said, "Look, this is a gift that Xiaobao bought me with his first month's salary. This child is really becoming more and more sensible and lovable!"
Chu Jingqiu nodded. "Xiaobao has indeed changed a lot after what he went through. Although his mother is not a good person, the child is still innocent. Your family is kind, and Xiaobao will follow your family."
Qian Yunyun nodded, "Isn't it? After all, he is still my brother. Although I felt a little awkward at first, the estrangement will disappear over time!"
The two were talking happily when a female employee walked in with a document in her hand. She handed it to Qian Yunyun with both hands, "Director Qian, I'm sorry to bother you, but I need your signature on this document!"
Qian Yunyun took it, looked at it carefully, took out a pen and signed her name.
The female employee took the document with a smile. Just as she reached out her hand again, Chu Jingqiu suddenly discovered that the female employee was wearing a dark green jade bracelet carved with a peony flower on her wrist.
She couldn't help but think of something, and asked with a smile: "The jade bracelet on this comrade's hand is really beautiful, and it looks very good. Can I take a look?"
Chu Jingqiu's words made the female employee slightly stunned, but then she smiled widely, gently raised her wrist, and showed Chu Jingqiu the dark green jade bracelet carved with a peony flower.
Qian Yunyun smiled and agreed, "Zhang Li's bracelet is very beautiful. Several of my colleagues at work like it very much!"
Chu Jingqiu carefully examined the jade bracelet. The dark green jade radiated a warm luster in the sunlight. The peony flower carving was lifelike. In the center of the peony flower was engraved the word "Hu".
This character is written in plum blossom seal script, and the strokes are full of artistic feeling. To those who don't know much about it, this character may look like a flower, but Chu Jingqiu recognized it at a glance.
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