Chapter 504 Return from Labor
Chapter 504 Return from Labor
"Oh, by the way, Yueyue, please stay."
An Yue looked back and saw Magistrate Qi walking towards her.
As he walked, he said, "I have something else that I would like to ask Yueyue for help with."
An Yue listened carefully to what Magistrate Qi was going to say next.
Magistrate Qi walked quickly to An Yue, looked around, and came close to An Yue.
She whispered, "Yueyue, Jin'er has been worried lately. When we asked her, she refused to say anything."
"If Yueyue is free, I would like to trouble you to help enlighten me."
An Yue smiled and nodded, saying obediently: "Well, okay, no problem."
Magistrate Qi nodded and smiled, "Okay, okay, thank you very much, thank you very much."
An Yue bowed slightly, turned around and left quickly.
The officer asked An Yue to walk in front, and the three generations of grandparents and grandchildren followed behind.
As soon as she came out, she saw her grandmother, aunt, sister-in-law and Xiaobao waiting at the door.
Everyone's eyes were directed to An Yue.
Then, they watched An Chengde, An Tiancai and An Qing walk out from behind An Yue one by one.
My aunt-in-law and the others burst into tears of joy.
The three saw Meng Xiuer and the others were waiting.
An Qing and An Tiancai carefully supported An Chengde and walked towards them step by step.
When An Yue saw them, they were lifeless.
Until this moment, I finally saw a glimmer of hope and breath of life on the faces of these three generations of grandparents and grandchildren.
Aunt Zhang let go of the hand that was supporting her mother-in-law and walked quickly towards them.
Grandmother Zhou's hands trembled with excitement, and she sobbed, "You're back, you're finally back."
After saying that, he hurried forward to check on the health of his son An Tiancai and grandson An Qing.
Xi smiled and said, "It's good that you can come back, it's good that you can come back!"
Finally, grandmother Zhou went to support the old man An Chengde and cried, "Old man, how did you become like this?"
An Chengde nodded heavily and held Zhou's hand tightly.
Aunt Zhang looked at An Tiancai, tears streaming down her face: "Master, you are finally back."
An Tiancai looked at his wife Zhang and lowered his head in shame.
Anqing looked at Meng Xiuer and Xiaobao, his eyes full of tenderness and guilt.
Meng Xiuer stood there in disbelief, looking into Anqing's eyes.
Their eyes were filled with tears, and Meng Xiuer's face at this moment was filled with countless grievances and forbearance.
Not long after Anqing and Meng Xiuer got married that year, the An family's old house was burned down, and they were forced to separate after committing a crime.
Now, after five years, we finally meet again.
The emotions in their eyes were like lovers from another world.
After a few breaths.
Meng Xiuer raised her hand to wipe the tears from her face, then quickly walked forward holding Xiaobao's hand.
An Qing ran towards Meng Xiuer with tears on his face and hugged her in his arms.
After the two hugged each other, Anqing burst into tears and said, "Xiu'er, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, it's me who is sorry for you and made you suffer."
Xiaobao stood aside, with his eyes wide open, looking at the three people in front of him who seemed familiar.
Meng Xiuer then let go of Anqing, squatted down and said to Xiaobao: "Xiaobao, come here quickly, this is your father."
Xiaobao tilted his head and looked at the dirty man in front of him with a frown.
He scratched the back of his head and murmured in confusion, "Daddy?"
Anqing also squatted down and reached out to hold Xiaobao's hand.
Xiaobao shrank his neck timidly and didn't dare to move forward.
An Qing called out softly, "Xiaobao, I'm your father. Come here and let your father take a good look at you."
Xiaobao ran to hide in his mother's arms, cautiously peeking at the man in front of him who called him daddy.
Meng Xiuer hugged Xiaobao and patiently explained, "This is the daddy that mother told you about! Xiaobao, have you forgotten?"
Xiaobao looked at his mother seriously, then turned to look at the man in front of him with a haggard face.
She blinked a few times hesitantly, then threw herself into Anqing's arms.
She cried, "Daddy, you are finally back."
An Yue stood aside, watching the three of them come back, and the guilt in her heart gradually eased.
After a while, Grandmother Zhou wiped away her tears of joy and said, "Let's go, let's leave here first."
Everyone nodded.
An Yue stepped forward, pointed, and said, "Help all four of them onto the carriage!"
An Tiancai and An Qing helped An Chengde get into the carriage.
The eldest aunt also helped her mother-in-law, Zhou, up.
An Yue said: "Auntie, sister-in-law, Xiaobao, please wait here for me. I will send them to the house and then come back to pick you up."
Meng Xiuer waved her hand and said, "Yueyue, no need. It's not far anyway. The three of us can just walk there."
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Soon, everyone returned to the house.
Mrs. Zhou was busy preparing hot water for her son and grandson so that they could wash up.
An Yue drove the carriage to the clothing shop and bought some clean clothes.
Aunt Zhang and sister-in-law Meng Xiuer were preparing some simple and delicious meals in the kitchen.
Anqing kept hugging Xiaobao, and Xiaobao was talking to them incoherently.
Half an hour passed.
After they washed up, the meal was ready in the kitchen.
The family sat around a table with steaming food.
An Chengde looked at his family in front of him and said with deep emotion: "You have suffered so much in the past few years. It is really the blessing of God that we are reunited now."
Everyone nodded, tears glistening in their eyes.
An Qing picked up a glass of wine, stood up and said to everyone: "I'm sorry for making everyone worried over the past few years. I will take good care of you in the future."
After saying that, drink it all in one gulp.
Meng Xiuer looked at Anqing, her eyes full of relief.
Aunt Zhang asked, "Qing'er, please tell us quickly about your situation over there."
After hearing what Zhang said, the three of them lowered their heads and remained silent.
Grandfather An Chengde said in a hoarse voice: "In the northwest, the sky is full of sand and wind, and we often can't open our eyes. The water we drink is also muddy and sandy."
"Every day we must get up before dawn and work until dark."
An Tiancai went on to say: "The winter there is bitterly cold. We have thin clothes, but we still have to carry stones and chisel the stone mountains in the ice and snow."
“When summer comes, it’s like being in a pot, and when your hand touches the stone, it’s like holding a hot pot with your bare hands.”
An Qing also said: "Over there, many people die of illness every winter and summer. Although my grandfather, father and I did not die of illness, we were seriously ill several times."
"Every time I was seriously ill and only had one breath left, I thought in my heart that even if I died, I would come back to see you. Alas! We have experienced life and death several times before we can finally complete our labor service today."
An Chengde coughed a few times, recovered, and sighed, "Alas! I am old, and every time I fall ill, my health gets worse day by day."
The people nearby were already in tears as they listened.
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