Du Manlin asked several villagers around her about the situation of Xiaohua's mother and daughter. The villagers all hesitated and avoided. Only one older villager who seemed very kind pulled Du Manlin to a secluded place and quietly took away Xiaohua's family.

The basic situation was told to her. When Du Manlin asked where the mother and daughter worked and who they worked for, the villager said vaguely that they were working as nannies for others. As for who they worked for, he did not want to disclose.

It was not convenient for Du Manlin to break the casserole and ask the truth.

Du Manlin had her lunch at Xiezi's house, where she had lunch with Secretary Li and Li Shimao. After the meal, she walked around the village alone, but did not find Xiaohua and her daughter. She wondered in her heart, could it be that mother and daughter

The two had already left the village. At this time, a little girl of thirteen or fourteen came over. Du Manlin grabbed her hand and faced her with a kind smile: "Little girl, auntie wants to ask you something."

The little girl said: "Auntie, are you looking for Sister Xiaohua?"

Du Manlin was slightly startled: "Yes, how did you know?"

"Follow me!" the little girl turned around and led the way.

After turning a few turns and passing through several lanes, the little girl stopped in front of a low wooden house: "Auntie, this is Sister Xiaohua's home."

The little girl called her sister several times into the house, and the door creaked open. Xiaohua, mother and daughter, stood at the door in a daze.

"You're not welcome, Auntie, Xiaohua." Du Manlin stepped closer.

Xiaohua's mother woke up from the shock and greeted her warmly: "Welcome, welcome, the general manager comes to the humble house, there is no reason not to welcome him. It's just that the house is shabby and there is no place for the general manager to rest."

While looking at the house, Du Manlin said: "Although the house is a bit old, this is where its value lies. Have you ever heard of the courtyard houses in Beijing? They have a long history. You can buy one at least a few million or more than tens of millions."

"That's Beijing. Our Bishui Cliff is far worse than Beijing."

"Not bad, isn't Bishuiya going to be developed now? The value of your house will rise soon!"

Du Manlin raised her feet and crossed the threshold and entered the house. The house was dark and damp, the furniture was old and tattered but neatly arranged, the windows were closed, and the musty smell was overwhelming. It was obvious that the house had not been occupied for a long time.

Xiaohua wiped a bamboo chair clean: "Sister, please sit down!"

As soon as Du Manlin sat down, a voice called Xiaohua's mother came from outside the house. Xiaohua's mother smiled at Du Manlin and went out.

Xiaohua casually picked up the mineral water on the table and handed it to Du Manlin: "Sister, drink water."

Du Manlin didn't answer and pushed back: "Sister, you're not thirsty, just drink!"

Xiaohua sat on the long wooden bench coquettishly, with her head lowered and her feet rubbing the uneven ground in front of and back.

"Is your name Xiaohua?" Du Manlin asked after a while.

"How do you know?" Xiaohua asked in surprise.

"Who doesn't know the great beauty and filial daughter of Bishui Cliff?"

"Don't listen to people's nonsense. I am just a girl from the mountains who works as a nanny with my mother. How can I be worthy of such a beautiful woman and a filial daughter?"

"Oh, I have never seen such a beautiful girl working as a nanny. Can you tell me where you work as a nanny?"

"No, the master wouldn't let me say it. If I did, he would slap my mouth."

The two looked at each other for a while, and then looked away at the same time. The room was so quiet that it made people palpitate. Du Manlin stood up tiredly, walked to the window, passed through the black stained window lattice, and looked at the things falling on the ground.

Fragments of sunshine. Suddenly, she pointed out the window and exclaimed: "Jiawei, isn't that Jiawei?"

"Jia Wei? Where is Jia Wei?" Xiaohua suddenly jumped up and rushed to the window like a gust of wind, "Why is Jia Wei here? Impossible, he can't walk at all."

It was quiet outside the window, and several big hens were freely foraging. Xiaohua suddenly woke up and immediately changed her mind: "Who is Jiawei? Sister, you scared me, I thought you were a thief!" She gasped deliberately,

Touching his chest, he looked frightened.

Du Manlin saw it in her eyes and knew it in her heart. She looked at Xiaohua intently, and suddenly asked: "How is Jiawei?"

"Okay!" Xiaohua responded casually, not knowing whether it was intentional or unintentional.

"Thank you!" Du Manlin suddenly grasped Xiaohua's hands, "Thank you, and thank you even more to your mother for taking care of Jiawei over the years."

Xiaohua began to become confused and shook her head desperately: "No, no, my mother and I don't know Jiawei at all. Don't talk nonsense. Don't talk nonsense."

Du Manlin stared at her, tears welling up in her eyes: "My good girl, don't hide it from me. I know that you and your mother have not left Bishui Cliff at all. You and your mother are working as nannies for Jiawei."

Xiaohua was shocked and shook her head: "No, no."

Du Manlin held her shoulders: "Xiaohua, Kang Jiawei is my husband. Do you know how long it has been since I last saw him? Three years, three whole years. Life is short, how many three years, twenty

,Thirty,,,don’t say how many, in short, a lifetime passes by in the blink of an eye. Xiaohua, do you know how many places I have searched for Jiawei in the past three years, and I have visited almost all of Jiawei before.

Or the place where I might go; I don’t know how many tears I have shed, I only know that I shed them all; I can’t tell how wronged the child has been, but the lyric I have heard the child sing the most is

"A child with a father is like a treasure; a child without a father is like a piece of grass."

Xiaohua's eyes blurred with tears when she heard this, and she looked at Du Manlin intently. Suddenly, he knelt on his knees, crying and complaining: "Sister, please forgive me for not telling you the truth. It's not that I didn't want to say it, but that I didn't dare to say it.

Today, I have figured it out. I don’t want to break up your loving couple, let alone destroy your happy family with a wise wife and a noble son. Let me tell you, Jiawei,,"

"Jiawei has lived with us for three years, and today we will let him return to his original owner." Xiaohua's mother stood at the door with a kind smile and a helpless and desolate tone.
Chapter completed!