Lu Qingyan and her friends spent three days and three nights on the train before arriving in the city one afternoon.

Then they went back to the county, and Lu Qingyan and her friends went to the hospital. They heard that her father-in-law was dying and was taken home by his family.

They immediately picked up their things and ran to the bus station with their two children.

When they arrived at the commune, Lu Qingyan said to her parents, who were also exhausted, "Mom and Dad, you go home first. I'll take the children back first. If anything happens, I'll write to you."

"Okay, if you have any problems, please write to us as soon as possible." Father Lu also knew that it was not appropriate for him and his wife to leave suddenly, so he listened to his daughter and sent her and his grandson to the hired ox cart. The two old people went to the state-owned restaurant to eat something and walked slowly back home.

"Brother Liu, Brother Li, why don't you find a guesthouse in the commune to stay in? Otherwise, it will be inconvenient for you and me to go back to the brigade." Lu Qingyan led the children to sit on the ox cart and said to the two people sitting next to them.

"No need, we two will take you back to the team, and we will make our own arrangements." The two of them were responsible for protecting Lu Qingyan, so they couldn't leave her too far away.

But they couldn't cause trouble for others, so they sent the person to the team and found a place where they could see Lu Qingyan at any time.

When Lu Qingyan heard them say this, she could only nod in agreement.

Then she turned to her two sons who were looking listless, "Mom knows you are feeling miserable now, just hold on a little longer, we will be there soon, and when we get there, I will let you have a good rest, okay?"

"Okay." The two children also knew that their mother came back for something, otherwise she wouldn't have made such a fuss.

Seeing that their mother's face was a little pale, she comforted them regardless of her own discomfort, and they all nodded obediently and said yes.

"So good." Lu Qingyan smiled and patted her two sons' heads, then looked ahead with a worried look on her face, hoping that nothing would happen to her father-in-law.

But no matter how much she looked forward to it, when the ox cart followed the road she pointed out and arrived at Gu Minghai's house, she saw a group of people in the yard and her heart skipped a beat.

"Is the fourth son's wife back? Where's Mingze? Why hasn't he come back?" Gu Minghai was squatting in the yard thinking about something when he suddenly heard a noise at the door. He looked up and saw that it was the fourth son's wife who had brought the two children back.

He hurried over, but couldn't find the fourth brother after searching for a long time, so he could only ask Lu Qingyan with anger in his eyes.

"Mingze is on a mission, and I can't contact him." Lu Qingyan said softly, and then asked anxiously: "Second brother, where is Dad? Take me and the two children in to see Dad."

"No need to look. Dad and Mom passed away together. They were buried yesterday." When Gu Minghai heard that the fourth brother was going on a mission, his heart was completely cold. He immediately lost the desire to talk to Lu Qingyan and turned around and walked into the yard.

Lu Qingyan looked at the person who entered the yard with a frown on her face.

She knew they came back late, but even so, she couldn't just turn around and leave without even asking them to come in.

Fortunately, before Lu Qingyan took the child in, Xu Lihua ran out and pulled the three of them out of the house.

Lu Qingyan entered the house and said to Xu Lihua in a hoarse voice: "Second sister-in-law, when I received your telegram, I bought a ticket and took the train back, but Kyoto is too far from our home, and it took three days and three nights by train."

Section 136

"Fourth brother's wife, you don't have to say anything. Second sister-in-law knows it. It's not your fault. It's because our parents left too quickly." When Xu Lihua said this, she couldn't help wiping away tears.

It’s no wonder she cried. Even if her father-in-law and mother-in-law were bad people, she had lived with them for so many years, so she had some feelings for them after all.

Now that the person has passed away suddenly, she still feels reluctant to let him go.

"Lihua, go make some food, let the two children eat and take a nap. Fourth son's wife, come out, we have something to tell you." Gu Minghai and the others were discussing the matter of the third son.

Thinking that only the fourth son's wife could save the third son at this moment, he called his wife to cook at the door and asked Lu Qingyan to come out and talk.

"Jingming, Qiming, I have some food in my pocket. If you are hungry, eat something first. The kang is still warm. If you feel sleepy, take off your shoes and go to sleep on it. I am outside and will come in soon. If you have any problems, call me, okay?"

When Lu Qingyan heard the voice of his second uncle, he knew that it was not a good thing to look for her.

She comforted the two children, then tidied her clothes and walked out.

"Brother, second brother, tell me what's going on. I came back late for my parents' funeral. It's our fault. I'll pay for whatever it cost you to bury them." Lu Qingyan came to the yard and looked at the strangers next to her without saying hello. She went straight to Gu Mingtao and Gu Minghai in the middle of the yard and said,

"You are indeed wrong about what happened to you, Dad and Mom. As for how much it cost, we'll calculate it later. We came to you because of the matter concerning the third child." Gu Mingtao tapped the old dry tobacco in his hand, and said with a sullen face without even raising his eyelids.

"Brother, I came back mainly for our parents' affairs. As for the third child, I can't control him." When Lu Qingyan heard this, she said without thinking that she didn't care.

"This was also our parents' last wish. They just wanted us brothers to be well. Now the third brother is in prison, and only your family can save him. Don't you want to ignore our parents' last wish now?" Gu Mingtao stood up when he heard Lu Qingyan's refusal and said angrily:

"Brother, let me say it again, I came back for my parents' affairs. It was thanks to you that my parents were buried. I will make up for whatever you spent. As for the rest, I really don't have the energy to care." Lu Qingyan didn't care if the life in front of her was not angry. She came back only for her father-in-law's affairs.

Now that even her mother-in-law is gone, she can just count the expenses and make up for it herself, which will also be a way to fulfill her wish.

As for Gu Minghe, she won't care.

"Fourth Brother's Wife, everyone is saying that your family has become high-ranking officials and no longer recognizes us poor relatives. We didn't believe it at first, but now we see that you don't even care about Fourth Brother's brothers, but only care about your family. They are really right."

A middle-aged woman next to her, looking at Lu Qingyan's expression and hearing her words, suddenly said sarcastically

"Auntie, my Mingze is not like what you said, he is a high-ranking official, and Mingze has never ignored the people in his hometown. My third brother broke off relations with Mingze, and now he has nothing to do with our family. Why should I care about him?"

When Lu Qingyan heard what the woman in front of her said, her face turned blue with anger, but she still suppressed her anger and said in a deep voice: "You don't have to look at me as a woman and bully me here. I said I don't care about it, and no one can force me to agree."

"Since you said so, then you should leave our Gu family now and don't have any contact with us in the future."