Lu Qianqian put down the backpack and helped Zhang Anan sort out the medicinal herbs on the ground.
"Qianqian, why are you here today? Isn't the team busy?"
Zhang Anan heard her conversation with Lu Chenlin.
"I'm not busy right now. The two kids are clamoring to come over, so I'm taking this opportunity to come and see you and bring you something."
"What are you going to do? We don't need it. Your fourth brother is still working and getting paid. If you have it, keep it for yourself. Don't send it to me."
"Fourth sister-in-law, it's nothing. It's just some wild game that Brother Gu got in the mountains, and some mushrooms that I picked. It's not like you don't have time to prepare it, and it's not that expensive."
Seeing that her fourth sister-in-law had some misunderstanding, Lu Qianqian immediately explained.
"This is already very valuable. You can take it to the county town to exchange for something else. Don't do this next time, or I won't let you in."
Zhang Anan didn't want them to be like this every time. Their lives were not easy either, and they definitely couldn't compare to their family's.
"Fourth sister-in-law, my good fourth sister-in-law, I know."
Lu Qianqian quickly hugged Zhang Anan and acted coquettishly, but only she knew whether she listened or not.
"Why are you acting so spoiled? Let me go."
"Sister-in-law, what's going on with my parents? As soon as we arrived at the brigade, someone came up to me and asked if I was going to see them."
Lu Qianqian couldn't help but ask.
Zhang Anan saw her bewildered expression and knew that she had come in a hurry and left Gu Jinyao and the child behind. She must have heard something. After she came, she kept it to herself and didn't ask, thinking that she didn't want to know.
"I haven't inquired about the specific reasons, but I heard from your fourth brother that Dad has thought about leaving. Mom had a fever a while ago and she looked like a different person after waking up.
When your fourth brother went to see her, I thought he would be scolded, but when he woke up, he didn't ask anything. I don't know how the family split up later, and my eldest sister-in-law and the others lived with her."
Zhang Anan briefly told her what she knew, and asked Lu Ming to decide whether to tell her the details or not, as this involved matters related to their Lu family.
After hearing this, Lu Qianqian was stunned for a while and said nothing.
Gu Jinyao took the two children to a place not far from Lu Ming's home.
"Uncle, is it over there?" Xiaojun pointed in a direction.
"Stupid, that's not the place. That's an old man's house. There's no old man at my uncle's house."
Dajun slapped Xiaojun's arm away and pointed in a direction.
"Look over there, your sister Yaoyao and the others are waiting for us."
Gu Jinyao looked in the direction they originally came from, his pupils dilated instantly. He didn't expect to see him here. Although it was still some distance away, he wouldn't be mistaken.
Countless thoughts suddenly popped up in my mind. Did he come here alone, or was he accompanied by someone? How did he get here...
"Uncle, hurry up, let's go play with our brothers and sisters," Xiaojun said and started running.
Gu Jinyao was immersed in his own thoughts and ignored them, letting them run on their own.
"Brothers and sisters, hello, I'm here,"
"Hello, brother and sister."
"Brother Dajun, Brother Xiaojun, welcome,"
Brother Dajun, Xiaojun, welcome to our home.
When the children met, they hugged each other happily and greeted each other.
Gu Jinyao's wandering thoughts were interrupted by the children's cheers, and he looked at their smiling faces.
I felt happy inside and put all my random thoughts aside.
"Come in quickly!"
"Uncle, uncle..."
"Okay, go in and play inside,"
There was no one watching them outside to worry that they would run away into the mountains.
"What's wrong with you? Why do you look so unhappy?"
Seeing that Gu Jinyao was in low spirits after entering the yard, Lu Qianqian was a little worried that someone might have said something to him from behind.
"Ah, what did you say?"
"I said, what's wrong with you? You've been absent-minded. What are you thinking about?"
Zhang Anan waved to signal the children to stay away from them and not to disturb them.
"Oh, it's nothing, don't worry, don't frown,"
When Gu Jinyao saw her worried face, he knew that she was thinking about something else.
"Then why are you like this? It's easy to make people think too much."
"It's okay, you'll know soon. I'll go find my fourth sister-in-law to find out some things."
Lu Qianqian didn't know what he was going to do, so she followed him.
"Fourth sister-in-law, do you know the full names of your neighbors? Do you know where they are from?"
Gu Jinyao looked at Zhang Anan nervously and asked.
Zhang Anan knew from what he said that he had seen them, and probably knew others, so she nodded.
"Their names are Zhang Heping, Liu Ya, and Brother-in-law. I think they're from the capital. They haven't said anything about this, so I'm just guessing. Do you know them?"
When Gu Jinyao heard the word "Beijing", he knew it was them.
He nodded and said, "I know them. They are the parents of my comrade-in-arms. They taught me lessons before and were very kind to me. I was in the capital at that time thanks to them, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to stay there."
Lu Qianqian also knew why he looked so absent-minded just now.
Tentatively asked,
"Did you see them just now?"
"Well, I saw it from a distance, and I don't want to come back and confirm it with my fourth sister-in-law and the others."
"You have good eyesight and can see from so far away, but the situation up there is not good, so they come here just to get some peace and quiet.
We haven't been in such close contact lately. When your fourth brother comes back, ask him to take you there!"
Zhang Anan knew that since he had seen them, he would definitely go and see them to feel at ease.
"Thank you, Sister-in-law. I'd be worried if I didn't go and see them. They took such good care of me before. I'd feel bad if I didn't go and see them."
Gu Jinyao directly expressed his thoughts. After all, he still had to trouble others and some things needed to be made clear.
"We are all family, so we should help each other. You just need to be careful not to cause trouble to them or your own family.
We live so close, we'll definitely be able to help if anything happens, so don't worry too much."
Zhang Heping's family,
"Old Liu, I seemed to see someone familiar just now."
"What are you yelling about? Who did you see? Who would come to see you? They'd rather stay away from you and avoid getting into trouble."
Liu Ya was a little impatient that he interrupted her work.
"I'm serious, but he took the two kids to our neighbor's house. Maybe I made a mistake."
After hearing what she said, Zhang Heping began to doubt whether he had seen it wrong.
"He must have seen it wrong. If he knew you, you must have seen him, and he must have seen you too!
Why didn't I come to see you? You must have made a mistake. Go away and don't delay my work."
Liu Ya pushed him out directly. Not only did he not help her, but he also always disturbed her. She was really annoyed.
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