Chapter 1142 Unrest

Lin Xian glanced at Ling Yuan with amusement and explained to Lu Miao:

"It's just that the water pump in the farm's well seems to be broken. These days, even after using hot water to thaw it, it still won't pump water. He spent two days trying to fix it but couldn't. He was talking about it on the way here, wanting to ask Brother Xiaoliu if he had time to go over and take a look. But since it's not the end of the first lunar month yet, he was too embarrassed to ask when he got here."

Lu Miao laughed and joked:
"That's it? I thought it was something big. I was almost scared to death just now."

"Ha ha……"

She said it in a playful way, and everyone else in the room was instantly amused.

After laughing for a while, Fu Jingyou touched Ling Yuan's shoulder and said:

"I'll go with you and take a look."

Ling Yuan nodded first, then shook his head and said embarrassedly:

"There's no rush. We can wait a few days until after the Chinese New Year."

How can I really not be anxious?
People can just shovel some snow and burn it to make ends meet. There are still so many livestock on the farm!

However, due to the current time, Ling Yuan was indeed embarrassed to trouble Fu Jingyou as Lin Xian said.

Fu Jingyou had not considered this at first, but after Lu Miao's reminder, he naturally understood Ling Yuan's difficulties, and chuckled:

"Now we just have to go to the West Second area to celebrate the New Year. It will be convenient for us to go there later. It won't delay anything."

Ling Yuan then nodded, smiled and did not refuse.

In the afternoon, Fu Jingyou drove the Ling family back home and stopped by Lingyuan's farm. As soon as they left, someone from the Xue family came over.

At first, Lu Miao thought it was just a simple New Year's greeting, but when he asked Aunt Xue and Uncle Xue to sit down, he realized it was not the case.

It turns out that except for a few big shots in northern Beijing, no one had a peaceful New Year's Eve last night.

The Xue family and the Nie family in the neighboring Wing District of the city also lived in unrest.

Nie Yunge goes to school in Beijing North and usually lives in Xue's house.

But as the New Year is approaching, it is reasonable for him to go back to his home in Wing District for a few days.

After all, the child’s mother is gone, but his father and grandparents are still alive, and Aunt Xue has no suitable reason to keep him.

Before sending Nie Yunge back this time, Aunt Xue had already discussed with the child that she would pick him up at the latest on the third day of the New Year.

But I didn't expect something to happen on New Year's Eve.

The Nie family called and asked Aunt Xue to go pick someone up. When Aunt Xue and her husband rushed over, it was already past two in the morning.

The elders and women of the Nie family went back to their rooms to rest, and only Big Brother Nie and Nie Yunge's father were standing in the living room.

As for Nie Yunge?
Although the Nie family had the stove burning, the door was open.

The half-grown boy was wearing a thin sweater and was tied up with a rope and forced to kneel on the ground. No one knew what had hit him on the head and half of his face was covered in blood.

His eyes looked like they wanted to eat someone as he stared straight at his father.

Aunt Xue was almost frightened to death.

The Nie family didn't give any explanation. Under such circumstances, Aunt Xue didn't think of asking, and she hurriedly took the child to the hospital with Uncle Xue.

Aunt Xue came to the Fu family at this time, empty-handed.

The couple had just accompanied their child to be transferred from the Wing District to Beijing North an hour ago, and had no time to buy it.

Aunt Xue spread her index finger and thumb two centimeters apart and gestured to Lu Miao:

"There's such a long cut on the eyebrow. If it went any lower, the eye would have been lost! Yesterday at the Wing District Hospital, his uncle went to the hospital with him and said that the child fell down the stairs by himself. I don't believe this at all! A child in his teens, not three or two years old, how could he roll down the stairs while walking?" Even if the child really fell by himself, what's the point of tying him up with ropes like a criminal?
Aunt Xue concluded that it must be the woman that Nie's father married later who was restless and was stirring up trouble.

Thinking of this, Aunt Xue took Lu Miao's hand and pleaded:

"My dear sister, the child is a little better now, but he won't tell me anything I ask him. I have no choice but to ask you for help."

In the past, Nie Yunge always came to the Fu family to play, and Lu Miao was familiar with him.

But although Lu Miao felt distressed when she heard about this, if she really wanted to talk about it, how could she help?

As if she could see Lu Miao's confusion and embarrassment, Aunt Xue wiped her tears and said:
"That child likes playing with Xia Xia the most. Can you ask Xia Xia to go with me? Let Xia Xia coax him..."

As Aunt Xue spoke, her eyes turned red and she choked up.

"This……"

Lu Miao was a little hesitant, but thinking about the times when several children in his family often went to Xue's house to play, he nodded again.

Lu Miao was a little worried about letting his daughter go alone, so he said that the children all had a good relationship and asked Aunt Xue to take Shi An and Ming Yi with her.

Aunt Xue nodded, and Lu Miao went to call the children.

Aunt Xue and Uncle Xue drove here, and the car was full with several children.

Lu Miao walked them to the door and got them into the car. He then asked Shi An to look after his younger siblings through the car window.

He also reminded Mingxia to be careful with her words and not to make her little brother sad.

Afterwards, they greeted Aunt Xue and made an agreement, saying that they would go to see Nie Yunge and pick up the child when the child's father came back from paying New Year's greetings later.

After sending Aunt Xue and others away with great concern, Lu Miao asked Xu Xiangcao to go to the market to see if he could buy a pigeon.

She cooked some soup so that when she visited later in the evening she wouldn't go empty-handed, and the child could also have something nutritious to eat.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, all the state-owned meat shops were closed, so how could there be any stalls outside?

Xu Xiangcao ran in vain.

Lu Miao had no choice but to settle for the next best thing and asked Tang Mei to kill a chicken.

Divide the chicken into two, use one half to make soup, and wash the other half and stir-fry with mushrooms and black fungus and then stew them.

It was already past six in the evening when Fu Jingyou came back from work.

Lu Miao filled two thermos bottles, took a pair of chopsticks and a few bowls, and hurriedly pulled him out of the door. Only after they got into the car did he slowly explain the situation.

"What's the constitution of our family? Why do we always have such miserable little cabbages? We encountered such a bad thing at the beginning of the year. How are we going to spend the rest of the year? Can we still have a smooth life?"

Lu Miao sighed and muttered.

Fu Jingyou understood her and knew that what she hated most after becoming a mother was hearing or seeing her children bleed or cry, and she was not really complaining about anything.

He freed one hand to drive, covered her hand with it and patted it gently to comfort her:

"There's always one bad or biased person among ten people. How can we guarantee that all of them are good people? Once the kids get over this hurdle, everything will be fine in the future, ok? Don't think too much."

What else could Lu Miao do except nod?

Sighing, Lu Miao asked another question:

"Did you go to Lingyuan to see what was going on? He didn't seem to be in good shape this time. He used to be quite cheerful."

Fu Jingyou said, "The water pump just has a few screws that are broken, and the wiring inside is loose, so the contact is poor. I can just replace it with a new one... There's nothing wrong with his farm management, but there are usually no young people except for a few old helpers. After being alone for a long time, he is a little unfamiliar with communicating with others."


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