Qinghe smiled gently and said, "I see. Thank you." Then she turned and left.

Xiangchun looked at her receding back and breathed a sigh of relief!

Now that the most difficult step has been taken, the next step is to find a way to get her to wear it on the birthday party...

After Qinghe entered the room, Yao Furong was so busy happily chatting with her about the white parrot that she forgot about the bracelet for a moment.

When it was time for lunch, Jiang Yaonian asked casually, "Qinghe, do you have an aunt with the surname Yu Shi?"

Ever since he learned that someone was investigating Qinghe's background, Jiang Yaonian ordered people to go to the prison to re-interrogate Li's mother and daughter. As a result, he unexpectedly learned a lot of news that shocked him!

For example, it turned out that Li was not Qinghe's biological mother, but someone she met by chance while fleeing famine!

But Qinghe fell ill and had no memory of the past, so Li took advantage of the situation and said that she was her mother and had made a lot of money by relying on her.

In addition, the fat girl with a crooked neck and a big head also confessed that her mother gave all the money Qinghe earned to a man named Yu, because Li originally wanted to sell Qinghe secretly to that family, but she ran away quietly halfway.

So the man surnamed Yu threatened Li with human kidnapping and threatened to report her to the government!

Li had no choice but to write her an IOU for three thousand taels of silver, and only then was the matter finally settled.

It’s just a pity that Qinghe was busy every day, getting up early and going to bed late, but in the end all the money she earned with hard work went into the hands of her enemy.

Jiang Yaonian was determined to take revenge on this evil-hearted woman, so he first asked her whether the matter was true or not...

Qing He frowned and thought for a while, then said, "I heard from my mother that this aunt was adopted by another family when she was young, so she changed her surname to Yu. I have been to her home once, why do you suddenly remember to ask this?"

Jiang Yaonian hesitated for a moment and said, "Something happened in her family recently!"

Qing He was startled, "Ah, Bilian is still living in her house, what happened?"

Yao Furong and her brother became very nervous after hearing this, because they were the ones who rescued Qinghe halfway!

Jiang Yaonian pressed the issue, "What kind of person are you, Aunt Yu?"

Qing He thought for a moment and said, "Since we moved to Qingtang Town, we have lost contact with our relatives in our hometown. The only one I still remember is my aunt in Ji County. My mother took us to her home once."

Qinghe remembered that her aunt's home was in an alley on the edge of Ji County, in a small courtyard that was very clean and luxurious.

Her mother told me that her aunt was adopted by a family with the surname Yu in her early years, so she also changed her surname to Yu, and they treated their family very warmly at that time.

Qing He had just recovered from a serious illness. She had a high fever and could not remember much of the past after the fever subsided. Li introduced Yu to her with a smile on her face, "Qing He, come and call me aunt. I loved you the most when you were a child!"

Qinghe looked at the fat woman in front of her with a warm smile, and her mind went blank. She didn't remember at all that she had such a relative.

At Li's urging, she hesitated and softly called her aunt, and she agreed with a smile on her face. She looked Qinghe up and down with her eyes, and a satisfied smile appeared on her chubby face. She turned to Li and said, "Oh, Juxian, if you hadn't told me, I wouldn't have recognized you if we had met on the street! I didn't expect you to grow up to be such a beautiful girl!"

Li smiled and continued, "That's right. If it weren't for the chaos and war, we wouldn't have escaped here. It's all fate! Come on, Bilian, Furong, Chengzu, call aunt!"

The three of them called her aunt, and Yu agreed, "Hey, dear! You've grown up so much. Since you're here today, don't be in a hurry to leave, stay a little longer. My old man is out delivering goods, and it will take more than ten days for him to come back. Your coming here will save me from being alone at home."

At noon that day, Yu prepared a large table of sumptuous dishes, including steamed fish, braised spareribs, fried prawns, braised chicken, vegetable and meatball soup, cold-mixed crispy melon, spiced dried tofu, and the best daughter's red wine.

Aunt Yu warmly invited everyone to eat, "Come on, come on, eat more. Now that you are at my house, there is nothing special to offer. There is plenty of food! Qinghe, you need to eat more. You are too thin!"

As she spoke, she picked up a piece of fish and put it in Qinghe's bowl, then invited Chengzu Furong to eat the dishes, saying warmly: "Don't be polite when you come to your aunt's place, just eat as much as you want!"

The Li family of five fled all the way here due to famine, and they had not had a full meal for a long time, let alone meat. The road was crowded with refugees, and even a bowl of thick porridge was a luxury. Qinghe and her brother were already listless with hunger.

But they didn't expect that after passing Wuyun Ridge, there would be such a peaceful place!

Not only was there no decline in the people's livelihood, but basically the daily lives of ordinary people were not affected at all.

Moreover, it was obvious that this aunt's family lived a very good life, and the small courtyard with two entrances was kept very clean.

The front yard is the living room, kitchen, woodshed, and where the little maid who does odd jobs lives. At the back are five clean and spacious houses. The furnishings in the houses are very exquisite. The hardwood furniture is spotlessly polished, there are tea sets on the tables, landscape paintings hang on the walls, and the intricately carved bed is covered with brocade bedding. It is a completely well-off standard of life!

There were also two or three maids and a cook at home, who helped to serve tea and water. That night, Li and Qinghe and their brother stayed here.

The next morning, the aunt prepared a sumptuous breakfast for them and asked them enthusiastically whether they slept well last night.

In the morning, several guests came to the house. They were all middle-aged wealthy businessmen with fine clothes. They said they were friends of my uncle and came to visit us by passing by.

The maid brought tea and my aunt chatted with the guests.

At lunchtime, several guests stayed to eat. During the meal, the aunt introduced Li's mother and daughter to them. "These are my sister-in-law and her niece and nephew who came to see me. Juxian, these are your brother-in-law's friends. This is Mr. Lin from the silk shop! This is Mr. Zhang from the rice shop! This is Mr. Shi from the medicinal materials business, this is Mr. Zhao from the pawnshop, and this is Mr. Wang from the restaurant."

Li responded one by one. Among them, the boss Zhang, who ran a rice shop, was about fifty years old, fat, smiling, and had two small mustaches. He smiled and praised: "I didn't expect to pass by Brother Ma's house today and meet my sister-in-law's family. What a coincidence! This is our first meeting. I have a small gift for you. I hope you will accept it!"

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