Bai Shuixian couldn't move above her neck, so when she saw the elders coming in, she quickly apologized, "Comrades, I'm so sorry. I can't stand up to greet you in this situation. Please forgive me for my impoliteness."
After saying that, he told his daughter: "Linglong, quickly move the stools and invite the two elders to sit down."
"Linglong's mom, you don't have to be so polite. Just lie down and don't move." Zhou Lanping walked to the bedside, took a closer look at her, and smiled gently: "Linglong is so beautiful, it turns out you take after your mom's looks."
The lights in the ward were a little dim. Now that she was approaching, Bai Shuixian was also staring at her carefully. She always felt as if she had seen her somewhere before, and there was an indescribable sense of familiarity when she saw her.
"Aunt Xiao Lu, may I ask your last name?"
"My last name is Zhou."
Zhou Lanping sat down beside the bed and introduced her to the man and son with a smile: "This is my husband Song Jinyao, and our youngest son Song Tao."
"Hello, Comrade Song." Bai Shuixian greeted simply.
Seeing that she spoke calmly and naturally, unlike other rural women who were so reserved and nervous, Song Jinyao sat down next to his wife with a gentle smile: "Hello, Comrade Bai, are you feeling okay after the operation?"
"Not bad, I'm recovering well. Thank you both for your concern and your help."
Bai Shuixian slightly moved her neck to look at them, her eyes fell on Zhou Lanping, and she smiled slightly: "Comrade Zhou, I feel like you look familiar, I think I've seen you somewhere before."
"oh?"
Zhou Lanping was slightly surprised. She didn't feel familiar with the mother and daughter of the Bai family.
Bai Shuixian was sure she hadn't seen her in Yang County. Remembering that Lu Jingchuan had said his family was from Kyoto, she asked, "Comrade Zhou, are you from Kyoto?"
"Yes, my husband and I are both born and raised in Kyoto. We were transferred to Tancheng for work six years ago."
Zhou Lanping had heard her son and nephew talk about her experience at home before, so when they started talking about it, she tentatively asked, "Linglong's mother, are you from Kyoto too?"
Bai Shuixian nodded slightly, "Yes, I was also born and raised in Kyoto."
She answered this question and didn't want to say anything else.
Looking at Zhou Lanping's face, a familiar but vague figure suddenly flashed through my mind, and I suddenly remembered: "Comrade Zhou, do you know Zhou Huaiyou?"
"Do you know my brother?" Zhou Lanping was slightly surprised.
Bai Shuixian smiled when she heard that. "I know you. I was saying you looked familiar. You look about three or four points like Zhou Huaiyou."
"Oh, so he's an acquaintance of my little brother."
Zhou Lanping smiled, glanced at her son and nephew, and introduced them to them: "There are five brothers and sisters in our family. The eldest and fourth are sons, and the second, third, and fifth are daughters. My eldest brother is the oldest, and I am the second oldest. Jingchuan's mother is the third oldest, Huaiyou is the fourth oldest, and we have a younger sister."
Some distant memories surfaced in Bai Shuixian's mind, and she smiled faintly as she said, "Zhou Huaiyou was a classmate of my second brother. Back then, he and a group of boys were mischievous and would often come to my house after school. I remember that he was particularly naughty and mischievous, and loved to bully girls. He would scare and tease female classmates every day, and would never stop until they cried. He was a devil that everyone hated."
"Ha ha..."
Talking about her brother's childhood, Zhou Lanping laughed heartily and nodded repeatedly: "Yes, he was a troublemaker since he was young. He was beaten every day. My father often chased him around the yard with a big club and beat him."
"He had countless mischievous deeds as a child, which left a shadow on the girls of his age. So much so that when he reached marriageable age, those girls who had been bullied by him in the past were unwilling to go on blind dates with him and refused to marry him no matter what."
"I was one of the girls bullied by him. Every time he saw me, he would pull my braids and pinch my ponytail, force me to climb trees to get bird eggs, and often catch snakes and eels to scare me. For a long time, I was afraid of hearing his name, so I had a very deep impression of him." Bai Shuixian is now laughing and crying when she thinks about it.
Zhou Lanping listened helplessly: "He was a scoundrel. I had many fights with him when I was little. I often joke with him now, saying that my hair is thinning because he always fought with me when I was little and pulled my hair so much that it stopped growing."
The three younger generations stood aside and listened to their conversation quietly. When they heard them talk about the interesting things in their childhood, they couldn't help laughing.
Lu Jingchuan and Bai Linglong were standing on the other side of the bed. Seeing that she knew her uncle, they interrupted and asked, "Auntie, have you and my uncle known each other since childhood?"
"We met when we were seven or eight years old. He was a classmate of my second brother. I was nearly four years younger than them. He used to come to my house often, but then your grandfather got transferred to the Northeast for work, so he also changed schools, and they lost contact."
"Yes, my father was transferred to the Northeast to work for six or seven years. Our whole family followed him there, and all five of my brothers and sisters went to study in the Northeast," Zhou Lanping continued.
Thinking about the past, Bai Shuixian sighed: "Thirty years have passed in the blink of an eye."
"Yeah, time flies by so fast. We are already old enough to be grandparents."
Although they had never met before, their relationship became closer because they had common acquaintances.
Bai Shuixian also took the initiative to ask with a smile: "How many children does your brother have now?"
"Three children."
"The eldest son is 21 years old. Like his father, he is a troublemaker who hates everyone and everything. He was sent to the army before he even finished high school."
"The second child is also a son, one year older than Linglong. He is 19 years old now. He has a more introverted and quiet personality like my siblings. He stays with our parents."
"The third child is a daughter, about sixteen or seventeen years old, currently in high school. She's also a naughty girl, but much nicer than her father and eldest brother."
"Having both a son and a daughter is so enviable." Bai Shuixian sighed.
Zhou Lanping smiled gently, looked at Bai Linglong, and said, "Sister, Linglong is beautiful, well-behaved, and filial. Your good fortune is yet to come. Others will envy you."
Bai Shuixian had a faint smile on her face. She only had one daughter in her life. Her daughter was really well-behaved and was her little cotton-padded jacket. It was indeed a blessing for her to have such a smart and filial daughter.
"Sister, can you please tell me your real name?"
Zhou Lanping thought that her second brother and younger brother were classmates, and her mother's family should be well-known in the Kyoto circle, and maybe she could find out about her family situation.
At this point, the faint smile on Bai Shuixian's face faded slightly, and she sounded apologetic: "Comrade Zhou, the person in front of you now is Bai Shuixian. The old me has long since passed away with my family. No one should remember me anymore, so there's no need to mention me again."
Zhou Lanping understood what she meant and had some guesses in her mind. It seemed that the affairs of her mother's family were very complicated, and perhaps there were many complicated people and things involved behind them.
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