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Chapter 7 Picking up a (father) father-in-law

Shen Jinggui was slightly startled when he saw the pedal tricycle, then looked at the old man on the ground who was looking at him because of his arrival, and asked: "Old man, are you okay?"

"No, it's not very good." When the old man saw Shen Jinggui coming with the two children, he forced a smile with some embarrassment, tremblingly took out a few dollars from his arms and handed them to him: "Eldest nephew, I am here today. I’m afraid I won’t be able to leave, do you think you could take me in as an old man for the time being? Just treat this money as my accommodation fee, okay?”

"Let's not talk about it for now." Shen Jinggui did not take the money, but raised the finger holding the lantern to point at the pedal tricycle and asked him: "Is that tricycle yours? I'll help you get on the car first. Take you back."

"Hey, thank you first, young man." The old man thanked him gratefully and slowly took the money back.

When Shen Jinggui saw that he agreed, he put Shen Yuxiu on the ground first. After he helped the old man onto the carriage and hung the lantern on the handlebar, he picked up Shen Yuxiu again and came to the old man: "Please hold the child first. She is injured and may not be able to walk."

"Hey." The old man agreed and quickly opened his hands, letting Shen Jinggui put Shen Yuxiu in his arms, and then hugged her tightly.

After everything was done, Shen Jinggui saw his stupid son still standing there, and said angrily: "What are you looking at? Go to the back and push the cart."

"Oh." After hearing this, Shen Yulin hurriedly ran to the back to push the tricycle, while Shen Jinggui was in front controlling the direction and pushing the tricycle toward home.

On the way, Shen Jinggui happened to meet Shen Laoer who was still looking for someone, so he asked him to help ask the barefoot doctor from the neighboring village. By the way, he told the other brothers that the person had been found and there was no need to look for him anymore.

Therefore, not long after Shen Jinggui arrived home with an old man and two children, the barefoot doctor came.

After examining the two injuries, the barefoot doctor found that the old man was fine after taking the medicine, but Shen Yuxiu had knocked out two front teeth, a chipped lip, forehead, nose, etc. I had some skin scratches, but because I was wearing two layers of cotton-padded jackets on my hands and feet, I managed to escape without any injuries.

Fortunately, the two front teeth she lost are deciduous teeth and will grow back in time, so there is no need to worry about it. Her cut lip is still bleeding. There is no bleeding on her forehead and nose, but there is blood on the wound. Soil is a bit difficult to deal with.

"Ah..., ah..."

When Shen Yuxiu was being sterilized by the doctor in Shen Jinggui's arms, she kept screaming in pain. Grandma Fang next to her looked at her and kept oozing, as if she was being sterilized, and it hurt. She is also wearing the same clothes.

Fang Yan came back at this time. Seeing her daughter in such miserable condition, she was both angry and distressed.

What do you think this child is causing trouble for? If he loses his appearance, how will he find his parents-in-law when he gets older?

The old man who was brought back by Shen Jinggui felt extremely guilty when he heard Shen Yuxiu's screams like he was killing a pig.

If he hadn't fallen in a different place when he fell ill, this little girl wouldn't have been knocked like this.

But for some reason, the more he looked at this little girl, the more familiar she seemed, and he felt that she really looked like his little son who didn't know where he was now.

Maybe it's because people are similar, or maybe my mind is starting to get a little crazy?

The old man sighed softly, and waited for the barefoot doctor to finish disinfecting the little girl and applying medicine. When he looked away, he accidentally glanced at Grandma Fang's face. He couldn't help but be startled. Then he wiped his eyes hard in disbelief and looked again. , the whole person suddenly started to tremble.

"Child, baby mother..."

The old man stumbled towards Grandma Fang, which shocked Grandma Fang. Just as she was about to push him away, she heard him cry: "I, I am in good hands."

Grandma Fang couldn't help but be startled when she heard the name. She looked carefully at the old man in front of her, and sure enough she saw the shadow of her own man back then. She asked in disbelief: "The boss?"

"Yes, yes, I am Fang Youshun, the head of your household." Because he was so excited, Fang Youshun even forgot that there were people in the room. He hugged her and burst into tears: "I have found you."

As soon as she heard his cry, Grandma Fang's nose felt sore and her tears fell down: "Didn't you die long ago? Where did this come from?"

Everyone in the room looked at this sudden change and were stunned for a while.

The children didn't understand anything, but Shen Jinggui and Fang Yan understood the meaning of their words. They looked at each other involuntarily as if they had been struck by lightning.

Why, together with your daughter, you picked up a father-in-law for them?

When the barefoot doctor saw this situation, he knew that something was wrong with the family. It happened that Shen Yuxiu's wounds had been properly treated, so he packed up the medical box and left.

After seeing off the doctor, Fang Yan looked at the old man who was still talking to her mother in confusion.

When she and Grandma Fang fled, she was only eleven or twelve years old. Now twenty years have passed, and her father's appearance in her memory has long been blurred. What's more, the old man's face was covered with wrinkles, his hair was a bit long, and he had an unkempt beard. He was not even remotely close to the biological father she remembered.

But her mother can still recognize him, so he’s probably really her father, right?

Grandma Fang had already collected her emotions. When she saw her daughter and son-in-law, she stared at them. She immediately wiped the tears on her face and pulled Fang Youshun to introduce them to him.

"Come on, old man, this is our daughter and this is our son-in-law. These are the children of our daughter and son-in-law in the house."

"Dad." Although Fang Yan was a little hesitant, she still called out obediently. When Shen Jinggui saw his wife calling, he quickly followed suit and called her dad.

"Hey, hey, okay, okay." At this time, Fang Youshun could only nod his head, but he was so excited that he couldn't say a word.

He really didn't expect that after looking for a wife and children for so many years, he would meet her by such a strange combination of circumstances. Should it be said that God is wise?

Upon seeing this, Grandma Fang also knew that it was not a good time to talk, so she asked Shen Jinggui and Fang Yan to take the children back to the house to sleep first, and they would talk about the rest tomorrow.

"Xiaoxiu, just sleep in this room. This child's face is covered with wounds. Your room is crowded, so don't let the child touch you anymore." When the others left, Grandma Fang left Shen Yuxiu behind.

When Fang Yan and Shen Jinggui took the children back to their house, Grandma Fang immediately started busy mixing water, washing the faces and feet of the old and young children who were covered in dirt. When everything was tidied up, the three of them lay in the warm room. Only in the coziness of the quilt did Fang Youshun bother to ask Grandma Fang how she had been doing over the years.

"Why are you living with our daughter? Where are our sons?"

"The second child is dead, the eldest and the youngest... I hope they are still alive." Speaking of the past, Grandma Fang choked up as soon as she opened her mouth: "At that time, our dam broke, and our parents, the eldest, and the youngest were all alive." They were all washed away by the flood. My second brother and my daughter were lucky enough to be rescued. After we were rescued, I searched for them for a long time but could not find them. They were alive and dead but not their bodies. Later, I really couldn't find them. So I took the children to look for you, but there was a lot of chaos in the city at that time. Some people said that you were killed by the Japanese, so I could only take the two children and follow the fleeing people to the north. I met some fighting people on the way. The second child was blown up to death..."

As she talked, Grandma Fang felt so sad that she couldn't help but shed tears.

Thinking about those days, it was really chaotic. Japs were killing people everywhere. The Nanjing government at that time didn't care about the life and death of the people. She could only take her children and follow the people who fled in a daze.

The immigrants here were in trouble, and she didn't know if she and her daughter were still alive.
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