On the day of Xiao Yao's marriage, the workers in the factory added two more dishes to lunch, which was subsidized by Xiao's father alone. All the branch directors and old employees participated in the celebration, but Master Gu did not come to work that day. There were also a few commune leaders who had a good relationship with Xiao's father, and they also came to say goodbye.

On this day, Xiao Yao was as idle as usual, as if it had nothing to do with him. He didn't invite anyone, but in his room, he accompanied Gu Yuncui and the old lady who came with her and Gu Yunjin chatted for a while, and during the meal, he toasted from table to table, and he didn't feel much else.

A few days after Xiao Yao's marriage, the school was on holiday. To Xiao Yao's surprise, the first person to come to visit him was a short little Zhu Xihuan.

When Zhu Xihuan arrived, Xiao Yao was not in the factory. In order to strengthen the relationship between her son and her future daughter-in-law, Xiao's mother invited someone to dig a fish pond at home and called Gu Yuncui to help cook. Xiao Yao asked for anti-rust paint from his uncle since he was a child, and he wanted to paint the steel and tendons of the window lattice to prevent rust.

Xiao Yao's rare request to do a serious job, Xiao's mother was very supportive, and specially brought back sandpaper for rust removal to teach Xiao Yao how to remove rust from the window lattice first, and then paint it. She didn't want Gu Yuncui to help cook, so she only asked her to accompany her son to paint together.

Zhu Xihuan didn't see Xiao Yao in the factory, and went directly to his home. Xiao Yao was standing on a stool painting the high place, and Gu Yuncui was standing beside her, holding a paint jar in her hand, allowing Xiao Yao to brush at any time.

Seeing Zhu Xihuan, Xiao Yao happened to be tired from work, so he put down the brush handle and took Zhu Xihuan to sit at the big table in the living room and chat.

Xiao Yao wanted to inquire about Xiaoya and Xiaoai many times, but Zhu Xihuan always didn't know anything, and finally was asked in a hurry, only saying that he had a conflict with the two of them and didn't speak.

Gu Yuncui brought tea from the back kitchen, and was surprised to see Xiao Yao chatting with such a young child. In her opinion, Zhu Xihuan is just a primary school student, and no matter how she says it, he can't be his classmate.

After Xiao Yao's introduction, Zhu Xihuan called the second sister very sweetly, and a trace of imperceptible disappointment flashed in his eyes. He didn't know that Xiao Yao and Huang Li had broken up, and he didn't expect Xiao Yao to have a family affair in such a short period of time.

At lunch that day, Zhu Xihuan ate absent-mindedly, while several uncles and cousins who came to dig the pond drank very happily.

The uncle who was once blown up by Xiao Yao on the door with * for New Year's greetings, first picked up a piece of chicken leg and rewarded it to his future nephew Gu Yuncui, but she just didn't eat it, and the uncle hurriedly used the agitation method, saying that if she didn't eat this piece of chicken leg, he wouldn't eat the chicken either.

But no matter what way his uncle used, Gu Yuncui just didn't eat chicken. Xiao Yao also asked her to give her uncle a step down and persuaded her to eat the chicken legs. But her eyes looking at Xiao Yao were full of innocence, Xiao Yao was afraid that if he forced her again, he would make her cry, so his heart softened, and he simply gave the chicken leg to Zhu Xihuan.

The uncle's words had already been spoken, and he didn't put chopsticks in a plate of roast chicken until the end of lunch. Later, he learned that Gu Yuncui's meat dishes only eat fish, and other meat foods are never touched, which really made him regret it.

Zhu Xihuan was in a hurry to go home after dinner, and Xiao Yao knew that his younger brothers and sisters had many small things, so he didn't keep them. But early the next morning, he ran back in a panic.

"Second brother, is my third sister here?"

Since that time when Xiao's father said that Zhu Xihuan was the third brother in his family, Zhu Xihuan has been calling Xiao Yao's second brother unconsciously. Xiao Yao saw that he looked flustered, and he couldn't bother to wipe it off when he was sweating profusely, so he asked his third sister and was taken aback.

"Didn't you see it, didn't you tell the family where your third sister went?"

"She didn't come? Why didn't she come? The third sister didn't come home last night, and my parents were dying. I have been comforting my parents and saying that the third sister must have come to your house. ”

Zhu Xihuan muttered to himself, his eyes were a little lost, and he looked around as if he didn't believe what Xiao Yao said.

"You are stupid, your third sister has never been here, how can you recognize my house?"

"Don't say it, I'm leaving, I have to hurry up and find the third sister again. ”

Zhu Xihuan even forgot to say goodbye to Xiao Mu and Gu Yuncui beside Xiao Yao, and after speaking, he turned around and left.

"Wait, I'll go with you. ”

Xiao Yao shouted to Zhu Xihuan and hurriedly pushed the bicycle out of the door.

"Second son, you ....... ”

Xiao's mother wanted to stop Xiao Yao from going, after all, her prospective daughter-in-law was by her side, and he was going to find other girls, Xiao's mother was worried that Gu Yuncui had an idea in her heart.

"Mom, I have to go, if I don't find his third sister, I'm not at ease at home. ”

Xiao Yao pushed the cart out, just glanced back at Gu Yuncui, and quickly chased after Zhu Xihuan who left the hospital.

Sitting behind Xiao Yao's car, Zhu Xihuan told Xiao Yao that his third sister had already inquired about the specific location of Xiao Yao's house from him. He regretted very much that he went home yesterday afternoon and told her that Xiao Yao had been married.

"My third sister heard me say that you are married, and she is as stupid as a fool. She only said that she was going to come to you to ask, and I didn't care, who knew that when I came back from work, I wouldn't be able to see her. ”

Not to mention that Zhu Xihuan is still young, and he doesn't know any relationship problems, even Xiao Yao is confused and doesn't feel anything about his family.

"Since you said the address of my home and the factory, maybe the third sister is in the factory. ”

Xiao Yao was very anxious in his heart, and the bicycle pedaled fast.

"I asked my uncle when I passed by the factory, and none of them knew that the third sister was looking for you. ”

Zhu Xihuan's words gave Xiao Yao a scoop of cold water, in that era of extremely backward communications, if you want to find someone who has run away from home, it is undoubtedly a needle in a haystack.

But Xiao Yao didn't give up, after arriving at the comprehensive factory, Xiao Yao found Xiao Wu and Xiao Tang and others, and made sure that they didn't see a girl coming to him, so he rode a bicycle and took Zhu Xihuan to his house.

It's just that when Xiao Tang answered Xiao Yao's question, some imperceptible guilt flashed in his eyes. And Xiao Yao was anxious at this time, and did not find Xiao Tang's abnormality,

Originally, Zhu Xiaomei was supposed to take care of her younger siblings at home, and Zhu Xihuan's mother had to work in the fields. But at this moment, it is the little mother who is alone at home with two children, and she can't leave a single step.

As soon as she saw Xiao Yao and Zhu Xihuan enter the door and didn't see Zhu Xiaomei, she knew that her daughter hadn't been found yet, and she couldn't stop crying.

"This child, she has never been far away, except for the Chinese New Year, she has never spent the night outside, where can she be this night?

"Auntie, don't worry, I will definitely find her. ”

Seeing the old man's tears, Xiao Yao felt very uncomfortable, and he secretly decided that he must find Zhu Xiaomei to comfort the old man's heart. It's only been more than a year since the eldest son was killed, and now the daughter is missing again, how can the old man stand it?

At that time, people were missing, and there was basically no police call. Just like Xiao Yao ran away from home twice, he went to find it at home. The biggest duty of the police station is to maintain law and order.

Xiao Yao asked, Zhu Xihuan's mother didn't know where Zhu Xiaomei would go. Xiao Yao had to ask her which girls the third sister usually had close relationships with, and he didn't believe that Zhu Xiaomei would stay outside all night alone, let alone run to an unfamiliar house to spend the night.

In rural areas, under normal circumstances, girls only interact more with girls of the same age at the door of the house, but they have been asked from house to house, and no one has seen Zhu Xiaomei.

"Second brother, when my third sister was studying, she had classmates in several nearby villages, so I don't know if I will go to their house. ”

"Do you know their family?"

Xiao Yao went through his mind for a moment, although he didn't have much hope, but he also wanted to try his luck. But Zhu Xihuan said a little frustratedly:

"I only know their names and Yingzi, but I don't know which one they are. ”

"That's good, let's ask one by one. Does Xia Jiaohuan's family have it?"

Xiao Yao thought of his good classmate, that Yingzi had him, and he should do it better. Zhu Xihuan nodded, Xiao Yao didn't say a word, and rode away with him.

But when they came to Xia Jiaohuan's door, they heard that Xia Jiaohuan had been out for a long time and had not come back, and he had gone out to do things since he was not admitted to the preliminary selection. Xiao Yao was not discouraged, and asked about Zhu Xiaomei's former classmate's home in the village, but the search was unsuccessful, and he went to another village.

The two inquired all the way and searched all the way, but no one had ever seen any trace of Zhu Xiaomei. They forgot to eat lunch and searched until the evening, when they came to a village that Xiao Yao and Zhu Xihuan passed through when they came.

This Yingzi is the only way from Zhu Xihuan's house to Xiao Yao's house. There is also a classmate of Zhu Xiaomei here, but they are far away, Xiao Yao and Zhu Xihuan also walked from here, not to find the neighborhood, Zhu Xihuan didn't remember that there was a girl named Tan Youlin here and his third sister were classmates.

Tan Youlin's home was very inquiring, and she asked someone casually, and the person pointed to a row of red-brick and black-tiled houses in the middle of the village and said:

"That big tiled house is, you are Tan Shizhu's classmate, right? He may not be at home. ”

At that time, there were several large red brick houses, and they were not the richest people in the village. When the man saw Xiao Yao coming on a bicycle, he was also very enthusiastic.

Xiao Yao didn't care who he was not at home, and after hurriedly thanking the man, he took Zhu Xihuan to the door of a row of large tiled houses.

Xiao Yao just held the bicycle steady, and the three girls ran out of the gate. Two of them are close to Xiao Yao's age, and only one is much younger, only seven or eight years old.

When they saw Zhu Xihuan, some panic flashed in their eyes. Xiao Yao noticed the eyes of the two of them, but Xiao Yao didn't think much about it, thinking that they were afraid of themselves when they saw the living.

"Tan Youlin, did my third sister come to your house?"

Zhu Xihuan couldn't wait to ask one of the older girls. Xiao Yao's attention focused on her face. To be honest, the three girls in front of me, no matter how big or small, are all very beautiful.

The three of them are not dressed like ordinary people's children, their bearing, even if they can't be said to be beautiful girls, but the small jasper is still more than enough.

"No, we didn't see it. Eldest sister, younger sister, you haven't seen it. ”

Tan Youlin looked like a person who couldn't lie, and when she answered Zhu Xihuan's question, she didn't dare to look at Zhu Xihuan in a panic, and handed over to the two girls beside her.

is such an obvious lie, if Xiao Yao can't see it, then he is a fool. He immediately showed a vicious face, a wolf-like gaze erupted in his eyes, stared at Tan Youlin viciously, gritted his teeth and said:

"If you see Zhu Xiaomei, or know where she is, you'd better tell me honestly, if you dare to lie to me, don't blame me for destroying flowers. ”

"Woooooooooo......oo , eldest sister, woo woo woo ....... ”

Xiao Yao's brutality only scared Tan Youlin to take a step back, but it scared the youngest girl into tears and threw herself at the eldest sister on the side.