When he walked to the door, he saw his son-in-law Su Wenjun standing there. Suddenly, Zhao Suotou's eyes lit up, and his eyes were full of uncontrollable excitement.
He strode forward and patted Su Wenjun's shoulder vigorously. His voice rose a few notes due to excitement and he shouted, "Oh, Wenjun, it's you!"
His face was filled with surprise and emotion. "This really fits the saying 'meeting an old friend in a foreign land'. It's truly unexpected and a pleasant surprise!"
As he spoke, Zhao Suotou quickly reached out to open the tightly closed door. As he pushed it open, he greeted everyone warmly: "Come on, don't stand outside. Come in and sit down. Let's go inside and have a good chat."
He was thinking that since they had met so far away from home, he should catch up on the old times and let everyone come into the house to have a good rest.
However, upon seeing this, the village chief quickly reached out to stop him, with a polite smile on his face, and said sincerely: "Wenjun's father-in-law, we appreciate your kindness, but it's not necessary. We in Sujia Village are still waiting outside. We are all tired after traveling all the way and are looking for a place to rest.
We just came over to say hello. Now that we all know each other, it's even better. Maybe we can look after each other in the future. But we won't disturb you and everyone else in the room for now. We'll be leaving now."
Zhao Chunhua's mother Zhang Xiaoyu was originally busy with some trivial matters in the house, when she suddenly heard someone outside saying that people from Sujia Village were also nearby.
She suddenly became anxious, dropped the work in her hands, and ran towards the door in a hurry.
When she ran up to him and saw Su Wenjun, she rushed forward without saying a word, stretched out her hand and held Su Wenjun's hand tightly. Her hands were trembling slightly with anxiety, and her voice was full of anxiety and worry: "Wenjun, where is Chunhua? Where are Chunhua and the others?"
Her eyes were slightly red, and her eyes were full of worry. She was hoping to know her daughter's whereabouts as soon as possible.
At this time, Zhao Chunhua's father, Zhao Suotou, also hurriedly grabbed his anxious wife. He turned to look at the village chief with a somewhat embarrassed expression on his face, and said to him sincerely: "Village Chief Su, you see, since we all know each other, it can be regarded as fate. We thought we could go over and say hello to everyone, and also visit our daughter by the way. What do you think?"
His eyes were full of anticipation, hoping that the village chief would agree to this matter.
After listening to what Zhao Suotou said, the village chief nodded slightly, indicating that he understood their feelings.
Then he asked them to follow him, and the group slowly walked towards the gathering place of the people from Sujia Village.
Along the way, Zhao Suotou and his family were both eager to see their daughter (sister) and felt deeply moved about this wonderful fate, so they unconsciously quickened their pace.
After a while, we arrived at the gathering place of Sujia Village.
When everyone saw the village chief coming back with a few unfamiliar faces, they all looked at him curiously.
The village chief cleared his throat and told everyone the whole story in detail.
When everyone heard that the people they met at Liu Shu were actually Su Wenjun's father-in-law and his family, they were so surprised that their eyes widened, with expressions of disbelief on their faces.
You know, they traveled all the way here from their hometown, and the journey was long and difficult. They thought that in this strange and distant place, it would be difficult to meet familiar fellow villagers except for the people from Sujia Village who were traveling with them.
I didn’t expect that I could meet fellow villagers in such a faraway place. It really surprised and delighted me.
For a moment, everyone's mood, which had been a little depressed due to the fatigue from running around, became better, and they began to talk excitedly about this wonderful encounter.
Then, Zhao Suotou and his family greeted everyone warmly.
After saying hello, they followed Su Wenjun and walked quickly towards the Su family.
A group of interested Su family members also followed behind and walked towards the Su family.
When they entered the Su family, Zhao Chunhua was sitting in the corner packing her luggage. She heard the noise, looked up, and saw her family members coming in.
At that moment, Zhao Chunhua was completely stunned, as if time had stopped.
Then, her eyes turned red instantly and tears flowed uncontrollably with excitement.
She suddenly stood up from the ground and staggered towards her relatives, her voice choked with excitement: "Dad, Mom, Big Brother, Second Brother, Third Brother, Fourth Brother, you...why are you here?"
The voice was full of surprise, confusion and deep longing, as if all the hardships along the way had turned into the joy of seeing relatives at this moment.
"Chunhua, my Chunhua!" Zhang Xiaoyu's cry filled with endless longing and worry suddenly exploded in the air.
I saw her eyes wide open, and they were instantly filled with tears. The tears were swirling in her eye sockets, almost bursting out.
The next moment, she rushed towards Zhao Chunhua regardless of everything, with an eagerness and ecstasy of regaining what she had lost.
She hugged her daughter tightly, her arms like two iron hoops, tightly holding Zhao Chunhua, as if she was afraid that the daughter she had finally seen would disappear from her sight again.
She pressed her face tightly against Zhao Chunhua's shoulder, and her tears flowed like a flood that had broken through the dam, wetting a large area of Zhao Chunhua's clothes on her shoulder.
Zhao Chunhua's eyes were also red from the shock of this sudden reunion. She hugged her mother back tightly, her hands tightly grasping her mother's back, her fingers slightly white from the force.
Her body trembled slightly, letting the hot tears flow freely down her cheeks, and the salty tears slid across the corners of her mouth, but she ignored it completely. At this moment, her heart was filled with longing for her mother and family.
After a while, the mother and daughter finally recovered a little.
Zhao Chunhua gently patted her mother's back, as if to comfort her, and then slowly released her arms.
She reached out and gently wiped the tears from her face. Then, holding her mother's hand, she carefully sat down on a stool nearby. She raised her head, tears still welling in her eyes, and asked with a choked voice, "Dad, why are you here? I thought... I thought I'd never see you again. Seeing you now is such a surprise."
Zhao Suotou stood there, his face full of fatigue and vicissitudes. He raised his head slightly and looked into the distance, as if recalling the hardships along the way. Then he sighed softly and slowly said, "Oh, Chunhua, you don't know how much we have suffered along the way.
We followed the villagers on their journey, and life was incredibly difficult. We barely had enough food to eat, and we had to be constantly on guard against all sorts of dangers. When we reached Sanhe County, who could have imagined we'd suddenly encounter a group of vicious bandits?
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