1983 Small Island, Starting From a Large Farmer

Logically speaking, Zhou Xiaoying still has relatives, so more than ten years have passed and no one has contacted Zhou Xiaoying.

 Li Duoyu felt that something might have happened here, which was why he couldn't get in touch.

The old man waving the cattail leaf fan suddenly said:

“By the way, although the Zhou family have all gone to Hong Kong Island, you seem to still have a cousin here in Zhouzhuang.”

Hearing that there were relatives, Zhou Xiaoying was pleasantly surprised: "Does my cousin live here too? What's her name?"

The uncle pointed at a two-story house not far away with tiled exterior walls and said:

“The most beautiful house in front is your cousin’s house. Your cousin’s name seems to be Qin Huaiyun.”

“Thank you, uncle, Duoyu, let’s go over and see if my cousin is at home.”

Li Duoyu asked: "Uncle, do you know where Zhou Yuanqing was buried after he left? We want to pay homage to him."

The old man waving the cattail leaf fan began to think: "It's been too long. You suddenly asked me this, and I really can't remember it."

Li Duoyu and Zhou Xiaoying followed the direction pointed by the uncle and arrived at the two-story building with white exterior tiles.

 I found this house really nice.

The two-story building with an independent courtyard has a large iron door that opens in two directions. The courtyard is paved with cement and an imported motorcycle is parked.

In this day and age, it’s impossible to get even ten thousand or twenty thousand yuan. I didn’t expect that my cousin Zhou Xiaoying’s family was so rich.

 Li Duoyu knocked on the iron door.

 “Is anyone at home?”

Without thinking, just after knocking, a dog barking came from the yard. A big wolf dog on a chain rushed to the iron gate and kept barking, which startled Zhou Xiaoying.

 Following.

A middle-aged woman holding an iron basin came over and said impatiently: "Who are you looking for? Don't knock on the iron door. That dog is very fierce. I didn't close the iron door. If you are bitten later, I will I don’t care.”

Li Duoyu grinned and said, "Sister, is Qin Huaiyun at home?"

 The middle-aged woman was stunned for a moment:

 “Do you have anything to do with her?”

 Intuition told Zhou Xiaoying that this middle-aged woman was the person she was looking for, so she quickly introduced herself:

“That’s right, I am Zhou Shiqing’s daughter, Zhou Xiaoying, and Zhou Yuanqing is my grandfather…”

Before Zhou Xiaoying could finish speaking, the woman was not surprised. Instead, she looked frightened and said quickly: "You have found the wrong person. Qin Huaiyun does not live here..."

 After saying that, he immediately closed the iron door.

 Li Duoyu and Zhou Xiaoying were both stunned.

The two of them could clearly feel that the other party's attitude was not very friendly and he was deliberately avoiding them.

“Sister, I am really Zhou Shiqing’s daughter.”

 Zhou Xiaoying said it again.

 But the other party didn’t want to pay attention to them at all.

Li Duoyu had no choice but to repeat his old trick and hand out cigarettes to the passing villagers, but before even asking two of them, he already knew the general situation.

It turns out that the middle-aged woman just now was Qin Huaiyun. Although their family was very rich, people in the village looked down upon their family.

 Because none of their family members work or make any money, they rely entirely on the Zhou family in Hong Kong for financial support. Every year, their family is given thousands of remittance vouchers, and this money also covers the cost of rebuilding the old house.

But Qin Huaiyun got all the money and did not rebuild the Zhou family's old house at all. Instead, he built a new house for himself and bought imported motorcycles for his family.

After hearing this, Li Duoyu and Zhou Xiaoying immediately understood. No wonder Qin Huaiyun did not dare to see them. This was because he was afraid of being held accountable.

Li Duoyu knocked on the door again: "Cousin, we are not here to trouble you, we are just here to get the contact address of relatives on Hong Kong Island."

 But no matter how hard Li Duoyu knocked on the iron door, the other side ignored him.

After knocking at the back, the middle-aged woman said impatiently: "Who is your cousin? Please stop screaming. How do I know if you are here to extort money? If you knock on the door again, I will let you go." The dog called the police.”

Li Duoyu said: "If you don't believe it, I have a photo of Zhou Shiqing here. You can come out and confirm it."

"Is there anything to confirm? I have long forgotten what Zhou Shiqing looks like. Who knows if you lied to me on purpose."

After hearing this, Zhou Xiaoying suddenly felt sad and aggrieved, and her eyes instantly turned red. She just came to see her relatives, but she didn't expect this to be the result.

“Duoyu, stop knocking, let’s go.”

Zhou Xiaoying gritted her teeth and pretended that she had never been here before. She planned to set off now and return to Dandan Island immediately.

After finally coming here, Li Duoyu was a little reluctant and continued:

“Cousin, if you are unwilling to give us the contact address, then tell us where Grandpa Xiaoying is buried, and we can go pay our respects.”

"Impossible. Why should my relatives worship you two outsiders?"

After hearing this, even though Li Duoyu had a good temper, he couldn't help but cursed: "Damn you, you are such a long-lost woman."

At this moment, the old man who was waving the cattail leaf fan came over with two large slices of cut watermelon, followed by a middle-aged man.

 The two look very similar.

After looking at the two of them, the uncle said, "I guessed that you two might not even be able to get in. This Qin Huaiyun is not a good guy."

Li Duoyu smiled bitterly and nodded.

“Come on, it’s too hot in summer, come and eat two slices of watermelon to relieve the heat.”

 “Thank you, sir.”

Li Duoyu was not polite. After taking a piece of watermelon, he bit into it. His mouth felt rusty and a little cold.

“Uncle, your watermelon must have been soaking in the well for a long time.”

“Yeah, I’ve been soaking it for a day. On such a hot day, if you don’t put the watermelon in the well, it won’t be interesting to eat.”

Seeing that Zhou Xiaoying was embarrassed to take it, the uncle handed it to her directly: "Here, eat one too, this melon is very sweet."

"Thanks."

Zhou Xiaoying took the watermelon and ate it. Although this relative named Qin Huaiyun was quite bad, the uncle from her father's hometown was quite nice, which made her feel a little less grievance.

After they finished eating the watermelon, the uncle continued: "Don't throw away the skin, I can make pickled watermelon rind."

 “The pickled watermelon rind is delicious.”

The uncle said: "My family has marinated a lot. If you want to eat it, I will give you a small vat."

Li Duoyu waved his hand quickly: "You're too polite. It's inconvenient for us to carry things in the car." The uncle continued:

"I almost forgot to tell you. My son had contact with the Zhou family more than ten years ago. He has the address of the Zhou family in his hand."

After the uncle finished speaking, the middle-aged man behind him took out a yellowed envelope from his pocket.

Qin Huaiyun, who had been peeking, saw the envelope and cursed:

"Zhang Damao, don't mind your own business. Those two are liars. If you are deceived by them, I don't care."

Zhang Damao shouted towards the courtyard: "The whole village knows that your family is the most heartless. Now that the real owner is back, you still dare to call me a liar. Is that okay if I have photos?"

 Not long after.

Many onlookers gathered in this urban-suburban junction. Some people gloated: "Now it's interesting. The real owner is finally back. It's best to cut off Qin Huaiyun's overseas remittance coupons and see if she still behaves."

“Yes, those children of hers are really annoying. They always ride motorcycles in the middle of the night and wake me up several times.”

Seeing everyone talking about it, Qin Huaiyun said angrily: "Don't be in front of my house, I've taken off the dog leash."

The passers-by who were watching laughed and said: "Hurry up and untie it. If you dare to let it out, we will have extra dinner in the evening. We haven't eaten dog meat for a long time."

“Now, I finally know I’m afraid.”

“Heaven is watching what you do, and you can’t be too Qin Huaiyun.”

Led by Zhang Damao, Li Duoyu and Zhou Xiaoying bought some sacrifices, incense and paper money at a nearby supply and marketing cooperative.

They then went to Zhou Yuanqing's cemetery together. The cemetery was in a desolate place. When the four of them arrived there.

When Zhang Damao arrived there, he cursed on the spot: "This Qin Huaiyun is really nothing. Your Zhou family gives her so much money every year, but she has never come to worship her."

Li Duoyu looked at the old grave in front of him. There was no tombstone, it was overgrown with weeds, and it was all covered with clumps of reeds.

 If Zhang Damao hadn't said anything, no one would have known there was a tomb here.

 Li Duoyu asked: "

“Uncle Zhang, are you sure this is the place? It would be embarrassing if you worship the wrong grave.”

Zhang Damao patted his chest and promised: "As long as you are Zhou Shiqing's daughter and son-in-law, you will definitely not visit the wrong grave. I was the one who helped Mr. Zhou when he was buried."

 “Then we’ll be relieved.”

Li Duoyu rolled up his sleeves, held the borrowed hatchet, and scraped up the reeds and weeds on it.

Zhou Xiaoying also took a **** and hoeed away the weeds nearby.

Zhang Damao also wanted to help, but Li Duoyu quickly stopped him: "Uncle Zhang, there's really no need. We can do this ourselves."

“Okay, we’ll wait for you at the foot of the mountain.”

 It took Li Duoyu and Zhou Xiaoying about more than an hour to get the shape of the tomb.

Zhou Xiaoying placed the sacrifice on the grave, and then lit the incense. But for a moment, she didn’t know what to say. After brewing for a long time, she only had one simple sentence.

“Grandpa, your granddaughter Zhou Xiaoying is here to see you.”

Li Duoyu, who was holding the incense, said: "I am your grandson-in-law, Li Duoyu, don't worry, I love your granddaughter very much."

Zhou Xiaoying was stunned for a moment, and her originally complicated emotions were slightly amused by what he said.

After the two of them paid their respects, this relative who had never met before burned a lot of paper money before leaving the hillside.

 When we come to the foot of the mountain.

Li Duoyu left the address of Dandan Island to the enthusiastic uncle:

“Uncle, my life with Xiaoying is actually pretty good. If you want to visit the island in the future, or if you need any help, just write to us. As long as we can help, we will definitely help.”

The uncle shook his head and said, "Don't be so polite. I'm not your relative. There's no need."

Li Duoyu smiled and said: "To be honest, some relatives are really not as good as good neighbors."

The uncle sighed and accepted the note handed over by Li Duoyu: "Okay, if we want to go to the island in the future, we will write to you."

“Then Xiaoying and I will leave first.”

 “Slow down, come back often when you have time.”

"Yeah." Zhou Xiaoying nodded. When she left, she looked at the collapsed ancestral house and felt particularly unhappy.

As soon as I got back to the hotel, I got into bed and started crying.

“No wonder no one has written to me for so many years.”

Li Duoyu comforted him: "We have got the address. Your relatives have gone to Hong Kong Island, and they are not all gone." If there is a chance in the future, I will take you to find them. "

Li Duoyu patted his chest and said, "Believe me, husband. When I get my business done, I will take you to find your relatives."

"How is it possible? It's easy for them to get over. How can we get over?"

Zhou Xiaoying took out the letter: "But the address given above is very vague. It just says Tai Hang Road East, Kowloon Tong. There is no specific address. How can we find it?"

“Why, don’t you believe in your husband’s ability? I told you that he will take you to find relatives, so I will definitely help you find them.”

 Li Duoyu pressed forward.

Zhou Xiaoying, who knew what Li Duoyu wanted to do, pushed him away: "Don't make trouble, I was so angry that I came early today."

"No way."

 Zhou Xiaoying nodded.

"well."

Li Duoyu was discouraged on the spot. Many happiness between husband and wife are often blocked by the physiological level.

 After arriving in Jinling, Li Duoyu always remembered the old man who lived in the military village. After all, he took away a water pump from someone else, so he had to help others get things done.

 Go to his hometown to help him see if anyone knows the whereabouts of Ma Xiumei.

Li Duoyu and Zhou Xiaoying had just finished wiping themselves and planned to go to bed early, when there was a rapid knocking and kicking at the door.

 “Open the door.”

 “Open the door quickly.” (End of chapter)