"I heard it and came here to find you!"
Having made an agreement with Zhuiyun, Yang Ruoqing hurried back to the village before the last ray of light was swallowed up by the dusk.
Yang Huazhong and the others still haven't come back.
Mrs. Sun was sitting alone at the door of the stove cooking dinner. The woman stuffed a handful of firewood and stared blankly at the dancing fire in the stove.
Dajie had already moved back to live with Ga Po. In the next room, Daan was sitting at the table and Bai~Wan\xiao! said.
Xiao An sat aside, his head drooped, looking drowsy.
"Mom, I'm back."
Yang Ruoqing entered the kitchen.
Mrs. Sun came to her senses and quickly stood up.
"Qing'er, where have you been? Why did you come back so late?" the woman asked.
Yang Ruoqing walked over and lit another soybean oil lamp.
The light in the kitchen suddenly became brighter.
As soon as the light became brighter, some of the gloom and mist that shrouded everyone's minds was dispelled.
"I didn't go anywhere, I just went to Xiaoyu's place and had a conversation," she said.
"Oh." Sun didn't ask any more questions.
The lid of the pot was opened, noodles were boiling in the pot, and the woman cracked three poached eggs into the pot.
"Qing'er, call your two younger brothers over, let's have dinner!"
"Hey, okay!"
Yang Ruoqing immediately entered the next room.
Seeing Xiao An lying sleepy at the table, I felt heartbroken.
She came over, held Xiao An in her arms from behind, and casually said to Da An: "Brother, come to the kitchen to eat."
"Um."
Da'an responded, "Sister, you go over first, I'll pack up the paper and pen and I'll be right back."
Yang Ruoqing nodded, then carried Xiao An back to the kitchen.
Mrs. Sun had already set out bowls and chopsticks on the small table, with three hot bowls of noodles, each with a poached egg on top.
On the table, there is also a bowl of cold cucumbers and a bowl of dried tofu.
"Hey, Xiao An is asleep? He hasn't taken a shower yet and he's still hungry!"
Sun said, and quickly came over to pick up Xiao An.
The woman gently woke up Xiao An.
At this time, Daan also came over, and everyone sat down around the table.
"Why hasn't my father come back yet?"
Daan looked at the night outside the house and asked.
Sun shook his head and sighed.
Yang Ruoqing handed the chopsticks to Daan: "Dad and the others should be home later. Come and eat noodles."
Yang Ruoqing found that there was no Sun family.
"Mom, why don't you eat?" she asked.
The woman shook her head: "I'll wait for your father to come back and eat together."
Yang Ruoqing frowned, "How can it be done? Dad doesn't know when he will come home. Can you eat first?"
The woman still shook her head: "You go ahead and eat. It's hot today and I don't have much appetite at night."
Seeing this, Yang Ruoqing stopped trying to persuade her.
The two siblings buried their heads in eating, but Xiao An was still in a daze, so Sun simply fed her there.
The family ate in silence.
No one said anything.
Occasionally, from the front yard of Old Yang's house, there would be a few cries and curses from Mr. Tan.
Crying for Yang Huamei, worried about her.
To scold is to scold Yang.
Tan placed all the blame for Yang Huamei's disappearance on the second wife.
Yang Ruoqing buried her head and ate every noodle carefully.
If Yang Huamei disappeared earlier, she felt a little happy.
I feel that Yang Huamei should suffer.
But it turned out to be like this, and she wanted to find Yang Huamei as soon as possible.
This burdensome guy can't even live a peaceful life!
After dinner, Mrs. Sun fetched water and helped Daan and Xiaoan wash themselves.
Yang Ruoqing was busy smoking the burning mugwort leaves around the room.
Summer nights in the countryside are humid and hot.
Mosquitoes can get in through the cracks in doors and windows that have poor sealing performance.
Fumigating it with mugwort and tightening the curtains of the two brothers' cots will ensure that they have a sound sleep.
By the time she had done all this, Sun's side was almost done washing up.
After the two boys went to bed, Mrs. Sun urged Yang Ruoqing: "You have been busy all day, so hurry up and wash up and go to bed."
"Well, I'll go right away."
When Yang Ruoqing was taking a shower in the next room, she heard a noise coming from outside.
It's Yang Huazhong who is back.
The two boys were sleeping, so Mrs. Sun took Yang Huazhong and went straight into the kitchen to talk.
Yang Ruoqing finished washing quickly, changed her clothes and came to the kitchen.
The noodles cooked by Mrs. Sun had just come out of the pot and she brought a bowl to Yang Huazhong.
The man was sitting on the pony, wolfing down the cold cucumber in front of him.
Seeing Yang Ruoqing come in, Yang Huazhong swallowed the noodles in his mouth.
"I've searched all directions from east to west, north to west, but still nothing!"
Yang Huazhong said.
"We went from house to house in Baojia Village, Yanjia Village, and Jinjia Village, and no one said they had seen him."
"It's been two days, your sister-in-law is in trouble this time!" the man said.
Yang Ruoqing frowned.
Mrs. Sun took a breath.
"So Master Qing'er and the others are back, right? Have you said what's going to happen next? Are you still looking for them?"
Sun asked.
Yang Huazhong shook his head: "Dad didn't say anything."
"Halfway through finding it, his body couldn't hold it anymore."
"After that, Lao Wu and I helped him go door to door and asked questions."
"I just sent him back to the east room. My second sister-in-law has gone to get some food. I'm afraid she will tell us after he has eaten whether he is looking for it or not," the man said.
Sun didn't ask any more questions.
Yang Ruoqing returned to her room and lay on the bed.
But there was no sleepiness at all.
She pricked up her ears, catching the movement outside.
We searched in all three directions: east, west, north, that is to say, we only didn't look for Mianniu Mountain in the south.
Next, it’s up to Chaiyun.
She harbored a hint of luck, but did not dare to place too much hope.
After all, Zhuiyun is a wild wolf, not a specially trained police dog.
Besides, if Yang Huamei is really lost in Mianniu Mountain to the south.
It's been two days and two nights, and I'm afraid it has already become a meal for the beasts.
That tonnage is a rich meal!
Next door, Lao Yangtou never came looking.
My mother seemed to have scooped out some water and asked my father to take a random bath in the yard.
Then, the couple went back to the next door room.
It’s time for dad to lie down and take a nap...
I never heard the wolf howl from Chaiyun.
Alas, it seems there is no chance.
Yang Ruoqing turned over in the darkness and fell asleep.
Later in the night.
She was suddenly startled by the sound of banging on the door.
She sat up suddenly with a start.
The sound came from the door of the house.
thief?
then what?
She picked up a stick placed beside the bed and got out of bed quietly.
Come to the door and look out from the crack in the door.
Under the moonlight, on the ground in the yard opposite the door of the house, a snow-white figure squatted there.
It was staring at the door of her house with its head tilted.
The scarlet tongue stuck out.
Its gaze seemed to be able to penetrate the thin door, when she inside put her eyes against the crack of the door and looked out.
It tilted its head and slapped its thick tail on the ground behind it a few times.
As if greeting her.
Yang Ruoqing was overjoyed.
It’s Chaiyun!
It actually came to the door, so it must have found traces of Yang Huamei.
She hurried back to the bed and changed her clothes and shoes.
