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Jiang Yong wanted to go and see the child, while Zhou Juan wanted to go back to his hometown to have a look, so they immediately decided to go back to that mountain village.

The matter of Jiang Yong's adoption of a daughter had nothing to do with Li Rui and Zhu Yunxuan, but the two people who just confessed their love just happened to be a good time to mix things up. I can travel again.

They set off in the early morning of Saturday, and in the evening, they arrived at the small mountain village they had been to.

The situation in the village has not changed much from a few years ago, but Zhou Juan, who has left the village for a few years, has changed a lot.

Zhu Yunxuan and Li Rui walked in front, and Jiang Yong carried Sun Ling on his back and led Zhou Juan to the back. When they came here a few years ago, Zhu Yunxuan and Li Rui's legs were so weak and painful when they walked, but now, They were not very tired when they walked. On the contrary, Zhou Juan hadn't exercised much in these years, and she started panting after walking halfway. By the time she reached the destination, she had already taken off her coat and was sweating on her face. , if it wasn't for the excitement of returning to a familiar place, I'm afraid she would sit down and start resting!

"Here, it seems to be the same as when I left..." Zhou Juan looked at the familiar house and the familiar tree, and felt that all this was the same as a few years ago, but the person standing under the tree had completely disappeared. changed.

In the past, she would tie her hair up casually, and would always wear a thick cotton jacket to work in the fields in winter like this, and then her face would peel off due to dryness...

What about her now?When she got married, she went to have her hair cut, dyed her gray hair black, and finally curled it. She looked very fashionable. The clothes I wear are also very fashionable in the city...

"It's only been a few years, how much change can there be?" The more the city is, the faster the changes. Wende Town has developed a lot of places in the past few years. The entire vegetable market and a nearby residential area have been rebuilt, but here... Sun Ling smiled slightly. Unless the road was cleared, there would be no big changes here.

"Chen Xiaoming said, now that the state has allocated funds, we can start building roads next year." Jiang Yong said, and let Sun Ling go.

Sun Ling had bad legs and feet, but he was able to walk slowly with a cane in both hands. After he got off Jiang Yong's back, Zhou Juan immediately supported him, and the two walked towards the village together.

The one closest to the outside is, as usual, the elementary school, but now the school has been rebuilt, with the words "Hope Elementary School" written in large white paint on the outside.

A young man came out of the school. He was wearing a white sweater and a black down jacket. He didn't fit in with this school. When he saw Zhu Yunxuan and the others, his eyes lit up immediately: "You are from outside. What are you doing here?"

"We are here to visit relatives, yours?" Sun Ling smiled at the other party, and said that Zhou Juan had already married him, and the rest here were only a few relatives.

"I came here as an intern. I was a bit unlucky when I was assigned." The young man scratched the hair on the back of his head and said, seeming very annoyed. Thinking about it, too, few people are as willing to come to this small mountain village as Chen Xiaoming Hard times.

"The internship is only a few months, and he will be leaving soon." Sun Ling said with a smile. He also had the sentiment of being selfless and self-sacrificing for others. He once felt that his existence was to save the country, but what was the final result?He was lonely all his life, and his legs were crippled... He admired people like Chen Xiaoming, but he would not despise the young man in front of him.

"Yeah!" The young man smiled and chatted with them. Unfortunately, his understanding of the village was not as good as that of Zhou Juan, even Jiang Yong.

"By the way, is Teacher Chen there? We have something to look for him." Jiang Yong asked when he reached the school gate.

"Are you looking for Principal Chen? He went out in the afternoon!" When the young man mentioned Chen Xiaoming, he admired him a lot: "I guess Principal Chen is on a home visit, otherwise you can just wait in the school office. "

"Then let's wait first." Jiang Yong said, and found a place in the teacher's office to sit down.

The young man took out an exquisite box to make green tea for several people, and said, "Can you take me with you when you leave? Another teacher and I want to go out to buy something."

"Okay, why don't you go out by yourself?" Jiang Yong asked strangely.

"Aren't we afraid of getting lost... But after walking with you, we should be able to remember all the roads." Although the roads in the mountains rarely fork, the distance to walk is not short after all. For those who have been there, it is still very strange.

Jiang Yong and the others sat down to rest for a while. The others were fine, but Zhou Juan felt restless.

"Go back and have a look, I won't go, after all, it's inconvenient to walk." Knowing that Zhou Juan wanted to go back and see her residence, Sun Ling said immediately.

"Mom, I'll go with you." Jiang Yong stood up. Zhou Juan's family members were not easy to get along with, and he was also afraid that Zhou Juan would suffer.

Zhou Juan wanted to go out for a walk, Zhu Yunxuan and Li Rui were also impatient to stay here, Zhu Yunxuan looked at Li Rui, and immediately said: "Uncle Jiang, you and Grandpa Sun are waiting here, I and Li Rui accompanied Grandma Zhou." He always called Li Rui "Rui Rui", but now that Li Rui is getting taller and taller, he really can't call him out.

Chen Xiaoming knew about that girl, but others might not. Jiang Yong himself came here for this child, so he naturally wanted to wait for someone here, so he nodded in agreement immediately.As for worrying about Zhou Juan's disadvantage... With Li Rui and Zhu Yunxuan around, how could Zhou Juan still suffer?Jiang Yong has long admired Zhu Yunxuan and Li Rui after being squeezed for many years.

Zhou Juan has always been nice to Zhu Yunxuan and Li Rui. She chattered on the road and talked a lot about the past in their village. After a short while, they saw those bungalows that had been built together.

These houses have been around for some years, and many walls have grass growing on them. Houses built of mud and stones are not as neat as those made of reinforced concrete, but they also give people a beautiful feeling, and the houses are warm in winter and cool in summer. It's very comfortable.

"I haven't been back for a long time, and I don't know how they are..." The closer she got to her former house, the more anxious Zhou Juan became.

Because of poverty in the mountains, because everyone is uneducated, she has her own way of dealing with things. When she lost her husband and was bullied alone with her children, she used to yell at others and scuffle with others. This is not bad. There are some women in the village who know how to play and roll, and that is real kung fu, such as her sister-in-law.

However, no matter what, everyone is just trying to live a better life. If there is no shortage of food, clothing and shelter at home, except for those who are really mentally ill, I am afraid that no one will tear and wrestle with others for a little thing. ?After leaving here, the most difficult neighbor Zhou Juan has ever met is countless times easier to get along with than here, but for some reason, she still misses this place very much.

"Grandma Zhou, didn't you know their news from the letter?" Zhu Yunxuan smiled and said, then reached out and took Li Rui's hand.

The unspoiled scenery here is really beautiful. If he gets old, he will definitely find a place with beautiful mountains and rivers and build a forest hut.The hut doesn’t need to be too big, but it must have its own personality. Some trees and flowers that are easy to feed should be planted around it, and then he will let them grow wantonly. A small pond must be dug in front of the door. Goldfish, but some freshwater fish can be kept... Such a beautiful place, maybe in a few years he can find a place to start slowly building?It doesn't cost much to build such a place in the countryside, right?

Zhou Juan smiled. What she knew from the letter was always different from the reality. Her nephew took over her house, got married, and gave birth to two daughters... This is an understatement in the letter, but in reality ... Zhou Juan could even imagine her sister-in-law's distraught appearance.

Many people in Wende Town only have one daughter, and no one thinks that the daughter is not good... But how many people of the older generation rely on their daughters to take care of them instead of their sons?Looking forward, Zhou Juan suddenly saw a familiar person: "Er Mao!"

"You, you are A Juan?" The woman named Er Mao looked at Zhou Juan in surprise, as if she couldn't believe it.

"It's me, I'll come back to see you." Zhou Juan smiled and looked at the person she had known since childhood.

The woman named Ermao seemed a little unbelievable: "Ajuan, I don't even recognize you. How have you been all these years?"

"Xiaoyong is a filial child, and of course I live a good life." Zhou Juan said, these years she didn't have to do any work, and she had good food and drink every day. In terms of material goods, it was definitely the worst life she had ever lived in her life. Happy days are over.

"As long as you live a good life, I'll just say that the child is a good one. How could it be possible to take you out so hard just to make you a free servant?" The man named Ermao put down the wooden barrel in his hand, Open your mouth.

"A servant who doesn't need money? Who said that?" Zhou Juan regarded Jiang Yong as her own son, but she didn't want Jiang Yong to bear such a stigma for nothing.

"It was your sister-in-law who said that Jiang Yong has a child to take care of and an old man with a broken leg to take care of. He must want you to go out and be a free servant... I was worried about you No, I feel relieved now, your complexion is much better than before, this dress...is this bracelet real?" The woman looked at the jewelry on Zhou Juan in surprise.

"My old man gave it to me...I got married a few days ago, and it was Sun Ling who came with Xiaoyong." Zhou Juan said, not feeling embarrassed at all. In fact, when her husband had just died, There are quite a few people who want to marry her, thinking that she can have a son and work no worse than the eldest daughter of Huanghua, but she didn't agree at that time because she was afraid that others would treat her son badly, and gradually no one would marry her. Bring it up.

"No wonder, but his legs and feet are not good, and marrying you is only beneficial..." The Ermao nodded and said, with envy in his eyes, but at this time he saw Li Rui and Zhu Yunxuan again: "This is what happened back then." Those two children, right? Now you have found a wife, not only a husband, but also a son and grandson, so lucky!"

People used to say that she was unlucky, that's why she killed her husband and her son. Now that she heard such words, Zhou Juan couldn't help but find it funny. Li Rui and Zhu Yunxuan were not her grandsons, but she didn't mean to defend herself , They came here this time to adopt a child. If other people find out about this... Maybe there will be some disturbances!

Now that it was already dark, Zhou Juan entered the village while chatting with people, and after a short while, the news of her return spread, and a large number of people gathered here, and the people here had nothing to do in the evening. It was very empty.

So in the end, a group of people surrounded Zhou Juan, Zhu Yunxuan and Li Rui.

When Zhou Juan left, none of these people thought that Zhou Juan's life would be good in the future, so now seeing Zhou Juan coming back in a good dress, they were a little jealous, and several women touched Zhou Juan's clothes and expressed admiration Some people even touched Zhou Juan's bracelet: "Oh, this bracelet is not hollow, but solid! Such a pair of bracelets cost a lot of money, right?"

"Ajuan! Ajuan!" Suddenly, someone called Zhou Juan's name and squeezed in from outside: "Ajuan, look, I told you that you would have a good life if you followed Jiang Yong away? If it wasn't for me at that time , how can you live such a good life?"

Seeing her sister-in-law again, Zhou Juan didn't even know how to address her, and felt very helpless at her shamelessness.

"Ajuan, are you rich now? We are still suffering here!" Zhou Juan's sister-in-law looked Zhou Juan up and down: "Oh! I should have let your nephew go out with you if I knew it. Now, I can always help you!"

That nephew of hers can still help her?Zhou Juan smiled slightly: "It's getting dark, if I don't go back, they will probably come over to remind me..."

"It's rare for you to come back. It's good to come to my house for a meal, but now the mushrooms are not selling well, and there is nothing delicious at home, as long as you don't dislike it." Zhou Juan's sister-in-law hurriedly said, Zhou Juan came back from outside, it must be For those with good things, she doesn't care about anything else, she always drags Zhou Juan to her home first.

"Grandma, Uncle Jiang is still waiting for us to go back. If we don't go back, we won't be able to see the way clearly." Zhu Yunxuan squeezed forward with a smile, and took Zhou Juan's hand.

When the three of them finally came out of the village, they all felt relieved.

When they returned to school, Sun Ling and the trainee teacher were eating, but Jiang Yong and Chen Xiaoming were not there. After asking, they found out that they had gone to the next village to find the girl.

"How is it? How do you feel when you go back and see it?" Sun Ling asked Zhou Juan. The old saying that troublesome people come out of poor mountains and evil waters is also true. In this village, there are simple and kind old farmers, but there are also more people because of their own knowledge. The reason is people who don't know what quality is.

"It's nothing...do you know the specific situation of that girl?" Zhou Juan asked without turning the topic.

"Understood, that girl is almost eight years old and is in the second grade. Her parents stopped her from going to school at the beginning of this semester, and Chen Xiaoming didn't know about it," Sun Ling sighed. "According to Chen Xiaoming, the child Quite smart, but the birthmark on his face is a bit bigger."

"What does it matter if there is a birthmark? As long as the child is smart." Zhou Juan wanted to adopt a child, but what she was most afraid of was adopting a stupid one—the couple who lived downstairs and ran a small restaurant had no children and picked them up. One went home to raise her, but because the child was a fool, the two ended up getting divorced.

"The child, Chen Xiaoming, has repeatedly praised his cleverness. It should be true... They are going to pick up the child now, and they will be back in two hours." Some points can still be taught well, he believes in his own ability!As for the appearance, isn't it possible to have plastic surgery?

Zhu Yunxuan and Li Rui were also very curious about the unmasked child who was about to become Jiang Yong's adopted daughter, but when they really saw each other, they felt very uncomfortable.

This girl is very thin and looks like five or six years old at most. She has a large birthmark on her left cheek, which makes her look even more ugly. Now she is being held by a middle-aged man, looking at the people in the room timidly.

Jiang Yong and Chen Xiaoming followed behind the middle-aged man, but their faces were not very good-looking.

When the middle-aged man saw Zhou Juan in the room, a smile appeared on his face: "Isn't this A Juan, so you want this child!"

"Sigouer, I remember that you have never had a child. This girl..." Zhou Juan was very surprised. The man in front of her was from the next village and had never had a child. Later, she seemed to have picked one up to raise... She doesn't know what kind of child the other party picked up, but according to her age, it should be the girl in front of her, right?

"That's right, she is the one I picked up back then. I finally had a child, and I planned to raise it well, but isn't this my wife who is finally pregnant? Now my family is too poor to afford it." She's gone," the middle-aged man's eyes flickered, "Look, I've raised her for so many years, and now I can't give it to you for nothing, how about 2000 yuan?"

That's a child, not cargo!Zhu Yunxuan could clearly see that the girl was trembling, but she still held onto her adoptive father's clothes tightly.In this world, there are more people living in hardship than he imagined.However, after hearing what the other party said, Zhu Yunxuan knew the reason why Jiang Yong and Chen Xiaoming's faces were so ugly.

"Really, as long as 2000 yuan, I guarantee that she will be yours in the future, and I will not go to her again, and she was not born to me anyway." The middle-aged man was still talking, and the woman The child was already wiping away tears.

After listening to Chen Xiaoming's introduction, Jiang Yong had a very good impression of this girl, but now seeing such a scene, he couldn't help but soften his heart.

The family itself is poor, so poor that if they want to adopt a child in the village, no one else is willing to pick one up to raise. Under such circumstances, they have another child, will they treat this girl well?

Seeing that the four dogs offered to sign an agreement without any contact in the future, Jiang Yong finally agreed.

2000 yuan is not a lot for Jiang Yong, but he doesn't have that much cash on him. On the contrary, Zhu Yunxuan and Li Rui still have hundreds of yuan, all of which are enough together.

"Father..." The girl sat at the door, watching her adoptive father press his fingerprints, took the money and left, tears kept streaming.

The eight-year-old child is also the governor..."Good boy... If you don't want to leave, you can stay." Jiang Yong softened his expression and tried hard to learn how to coax the child.

"Uncle, Teacher Chen said you are a good person, will you hit me?"

"I won't hit you." Jiang Yong's face changed when he heard the other party's question. At the same time, he checked the other party's body, and he saw a lot of wounds.

That beast!He even hit the child!

"Uncle, I don't eat much, I'll go with you." The girl spoke again.

"Call me Dad." Jiang Yong hugged the child up. Today's incident actually made him very uncomfortable. He bought a child with money... He thought he would never allow such a thing to exist, but now...

He will take good care of the child, and hopes that the child can live a happy life in the future.