Siheyuan: Father Yi Zhonghai and Sister-in-law Lou Xiaoe

"You, why did you come back just now? Are you okay?"

Yi Zhonghai ran home without even saying hello to his neighbors.

As soon as he entered the door, an old lady thought he was some kind of criminal. His clothes were dirty and had several cuts on them. She was about to scold him, but when she found out it was Yi Zhonghai, she quickly looked him up and down and was relieved when she found out that he didn't have any injuries.

"The child is not dead!"

Yi Zhonghai rushed all the way back just to share the good news with the aunt. At this moment, there was a smile on his face mixed with tears, a bright smile, bitter tears, a smile of victory, and tears of regret.

"Really? Still alive?!"

The old lady's voice was trembling and sounded unbelievable.

"Yes, really alive!"

Yi Zhonghai picked up the teacup on the table and drank half of it in one breath.

"What about the child? Where is he now? Why didn't you bring him back?"

The aunt became anxious again.

"She is alive. The nurse from that year married two different families in the village. I searched three villages before I found her."

"She knew the child was alive and it was a boy, but he was taken away later. Several people came to the hospital at that time, and she didn't know who took him away."

"We are one group. The one who took your sister away is one group. I don't know who the others are."

"But she said that someone had looked for this child three or four years ago, and went to town and found someone else."

"Someone should have found the child by now, so I went back to town and to other places."

"That child is still alive and was adopted by someone else. However, the person did not leave his name, perhaps because he did not want others to know it."

"But people told me that the child should be in the Great Northern Wilderness, and the people who came to look for him at that time had connections with that place."

Yi Zhonghai briefly recounted his experiences over the past few days.

"He's really having a hard time over there in the Great Northern Wilderness. Let's go find him."

Auntie was a little anxious. Yi Zhonghai had never abandoned her over the years, which made her feel sorry for Yi Zhonghai and her sister.

The aunt felt that it was urgent to find the child.

"Don't worry, this matter was brought up by Yi Bufan, and Yi Bufan just came back from there. I think he might know something. Let's go to Yi Bufan's wedding first and ask him."

"Hurry up and take out my New Year's clothes. I'll wash them and change into them. Oh, and prepare a big red envelope."

Yi Zhonghai said this and quickly took off his clothes.

"Do you want to get some sleep first?"

It was only then that the aunt discovered that Yi Zhonghai's eyes were bloodshot, his look was tired and haggard, his face looked a little pale, he had heavy dark circles under his eyes, and his hair was messy with a few weeds on it.

"Forget it, let's go to sleep after this is over. I'll go to Yi Bufan and ask him about it before I rest. I've barely slept these past few days."

Yi Zhonghai casually fiddled with his hair a few times and then walked towards the basin.

"Wait a minute, I'll get you some warm water."

The aunt saw the persistence in Yi Zhonghai's tired eyes.

"Old Yi, you're back!"

Just at this moment, Liu Haizhong walked to the door.

"Yeah, I just got back."

Yi Zhonghai didn't look up and continued rubbing his cheeks.

"It's like this. Yi Bufan is getting married today. Can you arrange a table here so we can have two rounds of dinner?"

Out of consideration for Xu Damao and Xu Fugui's face, Liu Haizhong naturally had to get this done.

"Please clean up and set up two tables. Is there anything else you want to arrange?"

Yi Zhonghai asked as he wiped his face with a towel.

"Ah, two tables, that's it, basically nothing else."

Originally, Liu Haizhong thought that Yi Zhonghai had not returned, so he came to discuss it with the aunt.

After all, it was Yi Bufan who caused Sha Zhu to be arrested this time. According to Yi Zhonghai's previous character, he would definitely not let Yi Bufan go easily, so he naturally would not agree.

Now, Yi Zhonghai not only agreed, but also asked for one more table. Liu Haizhong even thought he was hallucinating.

"Well, let's arrange it. There's a table here. Let's see if anyone has an empty table and move one over."

"But it will take a while. I'll wash and change clothes first."

Yi Zhonghai felt that his body also needed to be cleaned. He felt that his life had changed now.

"Okay, you go ahead and do your work. I'll have them move in later."

Liu Haizhong didn’t know where Yi Zhonghai had gone these days, but he just agreed to it.

At this moment, Yi Bufan and Xu Xiaoran were riding a tractor to tour the city.

"Xiao Ran, where are we going?"

Yi Bufan looked around. He had never been here before and everything felt unfamiliar.

"Haha, my dad asked the driver to drive the tractor around Sijiucheng and then return to our courtyard, especially to drive slowly around the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill and our Street Office."

Xu Xiaoran knew that Xu Fugui just wanted to let people know that she was marrying in a grand manner because she wanted to save face.

"Okay, it seems my father-in-law is pretty cute, but how long do we have to go shopping?"

Yi Bufan felt his buttocks were numb from sitting.

"My parents said, your parents... (No)... Anyway, just don't bother with all the red tape. Just go back to the courtyard to pay respects and have dinner when it's almost twelve o'clock."

Xu Xiaoran and the others also didn't want to make Yi Bufan feel lonely and sad about this matter.

"Oh fine."

"Are you hungry?"

Yi Bufan didn't point it out and asked softly.

"I'm hungry. My mom wouldn't let me out early in the morning, so I didn't eat."

"I need to eat something before we get back."

Xu Xiaoran stroked her belly gently.

"Hey, you won't go hungry as long as I'm here."

Yi Bufan had an idea and opened the Emotion Mall. He quickly selected biscuits and White Rabbit milk candies, and then took them out of his pocket.

"Here, eat something first. I brought some biscuits and candies."

After Yi Bufan handed it to Xu Xiaoran, he also took out a kettle.

“You really brought it!”

Xu Xiaoran was stunned.

"There's nothing I can do. My brother, oh no, father-in-law, may ask me to do anything. I've prepared food and drinks. This is just what I need."

"Let's put it on first."

"If you feel uncomfortable sitting down, sit on my lap."

Yi Bufan patted his legs: "Absolutely comfortable."

"It's okay now! If I had known it would take so long, I wouldn't have done it." Xu Xiaoran took a bite of the biscuit: "This biscuit is quite expensive, isn't it? It's delicious!"

"I'll give you food. Nothing expensive, only good food!"

Yi Bufan smiled softly and took a piece to eat as well. He was also hungry.

"By the way, our supply and marketing cooperative may have bicycle tickets next month. I'd like to see if I can get one and buy you a bicycle. It will be convenient for you to go to work."

Xu Xiaoran was also busy and started planning their married life with Yi Bufan.