Rebirth 90: The Long Road to Finding a Son

After Qian Jingui and his family of three arrived home, Shen Nan did not forget to warn him: "I've told you, if you are soft-hearted towards the old Qian family again, I will divorce you, and you will never see Xiao Gezi again. I will take her to live somewhere else, out of sight, out of mind."

Qian Jingui quickly responded: "I understand. I am different now than before. I know that I am not the same as them. Let's live our own lives from now on..."

But he said hesitantly: "However, they just said they would go to court to sue me and asked me to give them pension money. If the court really makes the ruling, we still have to give it, right?"

Shen Nan replied, "We'll talk about it then. Anyway, you can't take the initiative to contact them. Also, I'm thinking that when we save some more money, we'll take Xiao Ge to the city to study, so that the Qian family won't be able to find us."

If this had been said in the past, Qian Jingui would have definitely hesitated and felt under great pressure. But now the family's life is getting better and better, and moving to the city has given them a future.

Qian Jingui agreed immediately. When they go to the city, they can continue to do this small business. Besides, Shen Nan learned many kinds of snacks in the beginning, so he can also open another snack cart. The couple can each run a stall, and the income will definitely be more.

Another thing is that living in the city has convenient transportation, and it is easier for him to go out and look for his children.

Moreover, he could stay away from the Qian family, so that they wouldn't act like scoundrels and ask for things from him.

While the couple was discussing things, Qian Baoge couldn't wait to put all the new clothes and shoes on the kang, took off her thick cotton coat, and put on new clothes. One of them was a sweater top in the style of a skirt, which Qian Baoge liked the most.

"Mom, Dad, can you guys chat later and see if I'm pretty?" Qian Baoge asked excitedly while wearing a small skirt with the back zipped up.

Qian Jingui and his wife smiled and said, "Beautiful, our little pigeon looks beautiful in anything she wears!"

Over the past year, their family has been together most of the time, and the house is filled with laughter, which has diluted some of the grief of losing their son.

But they never gave up looking for their son. During Qian Baoge's summer vacation, Qian Jingui went out for a month to visit places he had never been to before to inquire about the whereabouts of his child.

During the winter vacation of the children, Qian Jingui went out for half a month again, asking for information in nearby places. Unfortunately, he still got nothing.

But no matter what, they earned money this year and had some savings, which finally made them see greater hope in life.

Being interrupted by his lovely daughter, the unhappiness brought by the Qian family was swept away.

Shen Nan let the child play by himself for a while while she went to prepare some food for the New Year the next day. Qian Jingui used this time to chop some unchopped firewood.

This year's Chinese New Year, their family finally had some festive atmosphere. Shen Nan put a frying pan on the stove and fried some carrot balls and meatballs, and fried a box of spring rolls as a snack for lunch today.

She also bought spareribs and stewed them in a large iron pot in advance. She also boiled meat in another pot and used the broth from the meat to make stew.

The family of three had a delicious lunch. After the meal, Shen Nan pasted up the Spring Festival couplets, blessing characters and window decorations that he had bought at the market.

This is the first time they have felt like pasting red ribbons at home since their son was lost.

Now, Qian Jingui and Shen Nan are both without any relatives or support, and they don’t even need to visit relatives during the Chinese New Year.

That is, she would go to Shen Nan's parents' home to give some gifts to her parents, but she would not even pay attention to her other brothers. After all, these blood relatives, like the old Qian family, stood by and watched when she was in the most difficult time.

When the Qian family kicked Qian Jingui and his wife out, Shen Nan's sisters-in-law were afraid that Shen Nan would return to her parents' home to take advantage of them, so they had already made it known that Shen Nan must not be allowed to return to live there.

It was also because they were afraid that she would return to her parents' home that those brothers were willing to come forward and go to the Qian family to help Shen Nan and his wife get back the money they had deposited with Old Lady Qian.

The couple had lived frugally for more than ten years and had never seen a stitch or thread from her natal family. Therefore, apart from fulfilling her obligations as a daughter, she had no intention of reconciling with her natal brothers.

In the first two years, Shen Nan's sisters-in-law were very dissatisfied with her because she did not buy anything for her nephews and nieces when she returned to her parents' home.

After Shen Nan played a prank on them, they never dared to say anything behind Shen Nan's back again.

Shen Nan rarely goes back to her parents' home. She used to go back every Chinese New Year, but now she only goes back during the Chinese New Year. She only buys food and drinks for her parents and doesn't care about anything else.

On New Year's Eve, Qian Jingui and his wife worked together to cook ten dishes for good luck, implying perfection. They also bought Qian Baoge her favorite orange juice.

Qian Baoge ran around the house and yard in her new clothes, eating a small piece of fried food from her mother from time to time. Although she was young, she could clearly feel the changes in the family.

She thought that if her brother came back, the house would be more lively. But she also knew that every time her brother was mentioned, her parents would be sad, so she could only hide her hope in her heart and pray silently.

On the second day of the Chinese New Year, Shen Nan went back to her parents' home as usual. She didn't bring Qian Jingui and Qian Baoge with her, she went back alone. Anyway, when they were poor, no one in her parents' home liked her husband and children, and they didn't even want to take care of their family for a meal.

The things Shen Nan bought for her parents were not very fancy, just a box of milk, two bags of soy milk powder, and a box of fruit. It was pretty much the same in previous years, but this year she planned to give her parents another 100 yuan.

The Shen family is separated from the Qian family by several villages, about half an hour by bike.

It was winter and the wind was biting cold. Shen Nan rode his bike out fully armed and arrived at her mother's door more than half an hour later.

Her parents live in a separate yard. She has four brothers, all in the village. They each have their own residential plot and have built a new house.

The door of the Shen family was open, and she entered the house carrying her things. The old couple were both lying on the kang to rest. It seemed that they were tired from serving their son's family for the past two days.

When Old Lady Shen saw Shen Nan coming, she glanced at the things in her hands, curled her lips and said, "Other families can borrow money to raise their daughters, but I can't see my daughter all year round, and I can't even think about getting things or money..."

Shen Nan placed the New Year gift on the cabinet in the room with an expressionless face and said, "You know how poor your daughter's family is. Her husband's family is all dead, and there is no help from her parents' family. It's strange that she can live a good life!"

Old Mrs. Shen knew that her daughter was fearless when she went crazy, and seeing Shen Nan being so resentful, she didn't dare to say anything.

Several sisters-in-law knew that Shen Nan was going back to her parents' home today, so they came over one after another. They heard that Shen Nan's snack stand was doing well, and if they could ease the relationship with this sister-in-law, they could still benefit from it.

After all, before Shen Nan's son was lost, Shen Nan had never been stingy towards her mother's family.

This time, the sisters-in-law learned to put on a show to Shen Nan: "Why didn't you bring the child? Can you have lunch at home?"

Shen Nan responded: "I would like to bring my child here, but no one will give us New Year's money, and they will even complain that we are wasting food. I don't dare to bring my child here to be bullied."

She saw that her sisters-in-law only called her to eat but had no intention of cooking. Could it be that they were waiting for her to cook for the whole family? What a wishful thinking.

Shen Nan was too lazy to talk nonsense with them. He went into his parents' room and took out a hundred yuan: "If you don't like the things, just feed them to the dog. If you don't like the money, I will take it back to avoid wasting it..."

Old Mrs. Shen quickly took the hundred yuan from Shen Nan's hand and muttered, "I want to give your parents some money, but you still don't want to give it to them..."

Shen Nan didn't waste any words and said directly: "Okay, I'll go back if there's nothing else. The children are still waiting for me to cook!"

Several sisters-in-law of the Shen family thought that Shen Nan would give New Year's money to the children if she was living a good life, so they brought all the children with them. When they saw Shen Nan was about to leave, they called her aunt one by one.

But Shen Nan just responded without any response. The sisters-in-law wanted to say something, but when they thought of Shen Nan's mention that they had never given Qian Baoge New Year's money, they swallowed their words back.

Shen Nan only stayed at her mother's house for about half an hour. On the way back, she thought a lot and felt that it was urgent to move to the city. First, she wanted to give her daughter a better learning environment, and second, she wanted to stay away from Qian's family and her mother's family.

She had lost a child once and didn't want anything to happen to her daughter again.

These two families have made Shen Nan see too much of the fickleness of human nature, especially the Qian family who live in the same village. Since the Qian Laoer couple can do something to their son, there is no guarantee that the Qian family will not be desperate and have bad intentions towards their daughter.

After returning home, she would remind Qian Jingui to take good care of the child and never let any member of the Qian family get close to him.

Although the school is in the village and many children go to and from school by themselves, her daughter must ensure to pick up and drop off their children every day to ensure that they can get to school and return home safely.

Shen Nan was also thankful that Qian Meijuan had dropped out of school. If she was still in school, she would be in the same school as Qian Baoge. If she wanted to do something to Qian Baoge at school, the couple would be defenseless.

Coincidentally, when Shen Nan returned home, the house was bustling with activity. It turned out that the Qian family thought that Shen Nan had gone to her parents' home and would not come back until she had finished lunch.

While Shen Nan was away, Old Mrs. Qian came again with her old man and eldest son and forced Qian Jingui to hand over the money.

Qian Jingui refused, so they started to rob him. They searched all of Qian Jingui's pockets, but couldn't find any money.

The Qian family would not give up until they saw some benefits. Qian Jingui could not stop the three people, so he let a few more people break into the house and try to look for money in Qian Jingui's cabinets.

Qian Jingui was cornered, and without caring about his brother or parents, he started to fight with the three men. But even though he was very strong, he couldn't beat the three men.

The more the Qian family thought about Qian Jingui not listening to them, the angrier they became, and they completely forgot that Qian Jingui's wife was a crazy woman.

Qian Baoge watched the fighting scene in the house. Seeing her father being pinned down and beaten by three men, she cried out of fear.

Shen Nan heard her daughter crying before she even entered the house, so she hurried into the house and happened to see three people beating Qian Jingui.

Fortunately, Qian Baoge was not injured by those beasts. Shen Nan did not go into the house directly. Without saying a word, he went to the invincible stove outside to get a firewood stick, and returned to the main room to stab the Qian family members without any regard.

This tool is an iron rod that is about 70 to 80 centimeters long, as thick as a finger and with a pointed tip. If you pierce it into the body with force, it will leave a bloody hole.

The Qian family should be thankful that it is winter now, and everyone is wearing big cotton pants and big cotton jackets, which makes the power of the stove stick that Shen Nan threw out much smaller.

However, Shen Nan was used to doing farm work. She was tall and strong, and she stabbed the Qian family members all over, and her clothes were pierced through many of them.

The three members of the Qian family were stabbed and screamed like ghosts and wolves, running around and heading out the door. The old couple had weak legs and feet, and were soon caught up by Shen Nan. Both of them were stabbed several times in the legs and arms, and no one knew how badly they were injured.

As for Qian Jincai, he ran faster than a rabbit and simply left his parents behind.

Finally, the old couple returned home wearing cotton clothes with cotton exposed and blood-stained. Because of their injuries, they could not be said to have walked back, but seemed to be supported, limping, and it was almost the same as crawling back.

Qian Jingui was really shocked when he saw Shen Nan's crazy energy. He thought that Shen Nan's madness had been aroused again.

After watching the old couple walk out of his house, Shen Nan threw the firewood stick away, put his hands on his hips and cursed a few words at the door before he finally felt better.

Then he turned around and scolded Qian Jingui again, saying that he was useless.

In fact, Shen Nan also knew that Qian Jingui still cared about the two old people, who were his parents, and could not bring himself to do anything ruthless. So she simply let her do the bad guy. Anyway, she was very familiar with this "business".

It was not enough to just drive away the Qian family members. Shen Nan called the police without hesitation and said that his house had been robbed and two thousand yuan had been stolen.

This was a big case, and the police station responded quickly. The case was reported at noon, and the police came to the door before lunch time. They learned about the general situation from Shen Nan and his wife.

The house was in a mess because the three members of the Qian family had turned it over and there was a fight inside. Qian Jingui and Shen Nan did not clean up at all in order to preserve the evidence.

Originally, when the Qian family went to the cabinet to look for money, they were afraid that it would be too messy and Shen Nan would find out when he came back, so they were a little cautious.

In order to make the matter more serious and prove the Qian family's guilt, Shen Nan took things out of the cupboard and threw them all over the floor, making it look like a crime scene to anyone who saw it.